Tips and Fun

Some teaching tips/fun things I've found:

• Grade Contracts
• 10 worst things teachers can do
• Water Tricks! (who knew water was so cool!)
• Ready for Christmas? I think I might do the Borax Crystal Snowflake this weekend!
• Can you say Educational Games!
• Love to color?

Happy Thanksgiving!

• A snazzy video converter
• Google Tool Tutorials
• Easy way to find Creative Commons pictures- no copyright issues
• Great blog on collecting student's work online - no wasting time passing out papers
• Using Enter the Group to work collaboratively
• Online FREE Scientific Calculator awesome if students need calculators at home
• Slightly kidish- but still fun
• Need to cut up YouTube Videos?

Element's Video

Cool links for the week.

• Trouble with Late Work? Here's some suggestions.
• Making any kind of Slime? Some helpful hints.
• Online Diagram Generator.
• Google tutorials for teachers.
• Periodic Table of Produce

I've really been enjoying these feeds. I always learn something new or am inspired by an idea I have never thought of before. Can't wait to actually use some of these fun ideas!

Some fun things this week

• Metals vs Non-Metals
• Rock Candy Flavors: when covering solids and crystal structures: I think it's super important that we have some fun experiments! I personally love the crystal gardens, but rock candy is always wonderful as well!
• Swump: a fun online program to create slideshows using audio and pictures.
• Resources to help learn the Periodic Table
• (Nothing to do with Chemistry) but for these midterm elections!
• Open Source lesson plans