Check out the website I created for my classroom last year. There are tons of lessons, website links, videos and photos. If you are interested in something you see, feel free to use it in your own classroom. I only ask that you provide some feedback on the site 🙂
Welcome back to school!
More and more I see a movement away from one-dimensional tools, such as textbooks, towards videos, photos, on-line simulations, forums and “vicarious” experiences in the classroom. These are the tools that create long-term reading, which engage students and which answer the tough questions.
Some recent sites that are inc credible, graphically and informational are:
Ted-ED: short 3-5 minute animations on all subject areas.
NOVA: excellent history, math and science videos, lesson plans and labs
Molecular Workbench:Â provides visual, interactive computational experiments for teaching and learning science.
Discovery Channel: Math and science videos
Engineering an Empire: (YouTube) action-packed videos that er perfect for middle school Social Studies
National Geographic: science, math and history videos and lesson plans
Flocabulary: educational hiphop on all subject areas with lesson plans and worksheets
There are just some of the resources that are available. My students are still talking about a video I showed them in September (PBS: Ice Age DeathTrap)
I have moved towards a PowerPoint/ Keynote format for my lectures. I usually show one chapter per class. We start with a key question/ key questions (KWL of sorts) and move on to graphics to support the lesson. I pop in a video or two throughout the lesson. A great example was teaching the students about papyrus. I popped in a short 1.3 minute video that showed the plant growing and then being made into paper.TED
I have attached the Ancient Egypt PowerPoints below, which was designed to go with “The Ancient Egyptian World” , produced by The World in Ancient Times series.
There is A LOT of detail in these PowerPoint. The teacher’s guide is great because it includes chapter quizzes as well as additional links. I tried to include as many movies, photos. links and tidbits as possible, with the hope that it is more approachable format than a one-dimensional textbook.
Enjoy!
Multiple Intelligences in the Everyday Classroom 
