Tools for Teachers

PowerTeacher

Cougar Access

Information about Acuity Diagnostic Assessments.

Acuity(at home access)

School email

Webstorage

Rubistar

Google Docs

 

Learn about Twitter 

Learning Connection- the IDOE site 

Live Binders index

PTO Website

Weatherbug Achieve

Weatherbug current observations

Animaps-very cool illustration you can make of traveling-good for lit or social studies.

Think tech

Have you seen Edutopia? It has great resources keeping you ahead of the curve in education.

Possible response systems you could use in class.

If you have an iPod, iPhone, or iPad, this site review education apps. It goes by the acronym of IEAR.

Want to create a group of links for your students, try Pearl Trees.

Standards information

IN Standards

Common Core Standards Information

Indiana DOE Crosswalk for 2012 4thgrade and 6th grade Science ISTEP. What do our students need to know for 2012 but not 2013?

Science

FOSS Web

Amanda Czyszczon’s Indiana FOSS Website

Science Spot-an awesome source for science instruction!

AAAS Science Assessment site. Very helpful to learn about student misconceptions. There is also a question bank for each indicator.

Science Notebooking

Science and Children: Science Notebooks Nov/Dec 2005, p24-27

Scientist’s Notebook Toolkit East Bay Educational Collaborative, Rhode Island

Science Notebooks in k-12

Using Science Notebooks Tucson Regional Science Center