Educator Resources

Assessment

• Going Digital with Formative Assessments

Big Data Sources

• Amazon Public Datasets Huge public data resource
• ​CIA World Factbook Includes info on economy, government, history, population, infrastructure and military for over 250 countries
• Data.gov Includes info on agriculture, education, finance, public safety, and more
• Gapminder Includes social, medical, economic statistics
• Google Finance  Stock market data
• HealthData.gov 127 years of US healthcare data
• US Census Bureau  Includes data and visualizations

Classroom Readings - Sources

• NEWSELA Nonfiction Literacy & Current Events
• New York Times
• NSTA National Science Teachers Association 
• NY Times Learning Network
• PBS News Hour grades 7-12
• ReadWorks.org
• Science Daily 
• Science News
• Scientific American
• Student News Daily
• National Archives Historical Documents​

Cooperative Learning

• eMINTS Collection -Cooperative Learning Strategies
  
• Laura Candler's File Cabinet 
  Cooperative Learning Resources
• Dazzle your Day A variety of activities
• Cooperative Structures
• Overview of Structures

Copyright-Friendly Image Sources

• Photos for Class
• Pixabay
• Morguefile

Integrating Literacy

• Text Rendering Protocol
• Writing to Learn
• Content-Area Writing 
• How Writing Shapes Thinking 
• Writing Resources by Topic 
• Writing to Learn STEM Database 
• 10 Ways Literacy Can Promote a Deeper Understanding in Math
• Math and Literacy: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
• Addressing Literacy in Science and Math
• ​Literacy and Science: Each in the Service of the Other

Issue-Based Teaching

• Rigorous Investigations of Relevant Issues

Questioning 

• Essential Questions
• The Question is the Answer
• Importance of Essential Questions
• Bloom's Taxonomy Question Stems
• Question/Answer Relationships
• A Questioning Toolkit
• PBL - Driving Questions

Social Media

• EdModo
• Facebook in the Classroom
• Pinterest in the Classroom 
• Skype in the Classroom
• Twitter in the Classroom

5Es

• 5Es -Enhancing Education
• The 5E Model of Instruction
• 5Es Overview
• 5Es Instructional Model
• Instructional Procedures Template Using 5 Es
• STEM Literacy Project Unit Plan Template 
• Engaging Students with 5E Instructional Model