Subject Matter: Environmental, Natural Sciences, Weather, Marine Science
Grades: Elementary through High School

What’s NOAA?
NOAA stands for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.  This government agency give us our weather forecasts.  And of course, with atmosphere and ocean in their name, they are very knowledgeable about the ocean, the atmosphere, storms, weather patterns, ocean geography, marine animals [...]

Grades: K-12
Subject Matter: Biology  and Natural Sciences
Virtual Lab & More
When I walked around the national science teacher’s convention in New Orleans, I paused at the Digital Frog booth.  The virtual frog dissection was intriguing.

Have you heard about TwitterMoms?   Looks like a fun site. www.twittermoms.com

Grades: Elementary School & above
Subject Matter: Reading, Writing, Spelling

Word Web Power
Struggling for the right word, and the online thesaurus isn’t helping?  Try Visual Thesaurus.  Type in a word and a virtual word web pops up.  On the side, a color coded bar defines each word as a noun, adjective, verb or adverb.  Some words provide [...]

Grades: High School & Above
Subject Matter: Art, Illustration, Web Media
Personal Tutor in a Book
Most computer classes don’t provide one-on-one tutoring, yet Adobe offers Illustrator CS4 Classroom in a Book as a great substitute.  Each lesson is well laid out to let readers explore how to manipulate powerful illustration tools.  Beginners can follow each lesson chapter-by-chapter [...]

Grades: Elementary school
Subject Matter: Astronomy, Geography, Weather
Fun With the Sun
Last November, I picked up the Eye in the Sky brochure at the Portland NSTA conference. This organization is associated with Project First, and is supported by NASA, the California Space Institute, and UC Berkeley.
Naturally, after teaching Astronomy for six years at an elementary school, I [...]

Grades: Elementary, middle to high school
Subject Matter: Arts & Music, Health, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Brainpop offers numerous creative videos that explain a wide range of subjects for 3rd to 12th grade students. Two animated characters, Tim and Moby, help explain simple to difficult subject matter, from art history, algebra to chemical equations. [...]