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 * Instructions:**
 * 1) Scan the list of resources listed in the Key Information for Topic 5-C. Review the general links and then discipline links that are appropriate to you or that you find interesting.
 * 2) Bookmark the resources that you find valuable.
 * 3) Find two examples of lesson applications or educational resources that you found most helpful.
 * 4) Post these examples in the **table below**.

@http://www.schoolcounselor.com/ || Resource information for teachers and School Counselors to help them assist students. School Counselor site for lesson plans, resources, technology tips, and a newsletter. || @http://www.brainpopjr.com/ || I really liked these manipulatives that I can use on the smartboard with my students. I will definitely use BrainPop, jr. in my classroom to integrate it into my instruction. || @http://www.brainpop.com/science/ || I really like this easy simulation for natural selection. It is hands on and fun while giving the students a very easy way to see natural selection in action. Love these cute and funny videos that take pretty complex topics and break them down into simpler ideas for middle school students. || [] || This site allows you to choose a grade level and has games specific to those levels. The games have characters from the shows which most of my K-2 students are familiar with. They is also an opportunity to post and interact with other teachers. Fun Brain is a fun site for kids to learn and practice skills while playing games. They have fun and learn/reinforce. This is part of our "Fun Fridays". || 6-8 Geometry || [] [] || Brain Pop does makes learning the difference between a idiom and a cliche fun! Virtual Manipulatives has a fun manipulative to understand and practice the Pythagorean theorem || [] || Teen-oriented website run by editors, librarians, and reviewers that feature the latest teen book releases, author interviews, book club links, and librarian/teacher support information geared to getting teens to read. Blogging and chat sessions for teens available. Free educational website that allows teachers to set up wikis categorized by subject. Perfect safe spot to set up wiki for beginning online book club or author study. || [] || I have always been a fan of youtube. Unfortunately, I have to jump through hoops to get in unblocked in school and then closely monitor what the kids are watching. But this link has a wide range of biology topics, each having its own video presentation. They make great reinforcement or introductory resources for many topics. I use a lot of PBS videos in my classroom to support the curriculum. This site provides the same great quality that I have come to expect from PBS in interactives. The one on embryo comparison is especially pertinent to what I am teaching in Biology II right now. The students are going to be so happy that I discovered this site in my grad class! || [] || I specialize in the area of Ancient World Civilizations. This website is another resource that my students can use during research for projects. One of the chapters in our textbook focuses on methods that social scientists use to get clues about how early humans lived.This link provides a great activity in which my students can play the roles of archaeologists looking at Neanderthal sites. ||
 * **Student name** || **Grade or Discipline** || **Links (include two)** || **Notes or Comments - Why did you find this useful?** ||
 * Ginny || School Counselor/ Grad class facilitator || @http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherTips.html
 * Jen H. || Second Grade - Math || @http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_1_t_1.html
 * Stacy C. || 7th and 9th grade Science || @https://pumas.gsfc.nasa.gov/files/09_17_03_1.pdf
 * Sharon D. || K-4 English as a Second Language || []
 * Diane ZB || 6-8 English
 * Laurie R. || Middle and High School Media/Library or English || []
 * .Pat M || High School Biology || []
 * Victor E || 6th grade Social Studies || []
 * Joy M || 3rd grade Math || [|illuminations.nctm.org][|multplication array] || I really enjoyed the lesson plans I found on Illuminations. I was able to find math lessons for my third graders that were very visual and meaningful. The web links provides users with interactive manipulatives. By narrowing my lesson plan search to only those with online activities, I found new ways to visually represent multiplication. I think this will be a fun way for students to make arrays for their facts without the mess of place value blocks. There are also lesson plans that are linked to the standard that do not incorporate technology. ||
 * Joy M || 2nd Grade Social Studies || [|Teacher Tube: Transportation] || I spent time exploring Teacher Tube for visuals to support a lesson about transportation with a group of 2nd graders. My search did not pull many high quality results. There were many videos for my topic, but most were very amateur. Many videos are of students posting their projects. In the end, I did find a video that I used to spark conversation with the students. I picked a video that featured many forms of transportation and used it to guide discussion about the changes in transportation. Students were involved in the discussion because they were excited to talk about the images on the screen. In the future, I will probably use this site to post student work. ||