Thursday, January 20, 2005

What Kind of Weather Now?

Ruthlessly ripped from Jamie's OVESTech blog...

Here are a few sites students and parents can use to get their daily dose of weather:

Weather For Kids
Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network
Weather Channel
All About Snow
How much longer will it be winter? Ask a groundhog!

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

CRCT Practice

It is that time again. The time when teachers begin to worry about the CRCT and where to find quality practice items. Look no further, Unity Grove Elementary School from Henry County has just the thing. They have quality practice items and the answers for all elementary grade levels. Check it out today.

Friday, January 07, 2005

Tsunami: Before and After

If the current topic of tsunamis is fascinating your students, here is a site with before and after photos. Make sure you click on the BEFORE button to see the difference .

Thursday, January 06, 2005

Need Answers? Need Them Fast?

If you need answers and need them fast, you might consider trying Answers.com, a new search engine that is particularly good at answering "Who is..." and "What is..." type questions. As with all search engines, this is a good tool for teachers but don't expect to turn it loose on your students without supervising them. Pupils want answers to all kinds of questions but they don't anticipate (nor are they always prepared for) the kinds of responses their queries deliver.