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The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: July 2008
Keeping track of Space Travel topics; The Science of Genetics; Native Americans & Art Museum; A site for Science teachers; and "Live-at-the-scene Postcard travel and lessons are the fabulous sites for this month!
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by Marjan Glavac
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Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher and co-author of “How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom”, presents The Busy Educator's Monthly Five -- five websites for educators that are easy to read, simple to use and worthwhile to know.
Sign up for his free monthly Busy Educator’s Newsletter at:
http://www.thebusyeducator.com
Human Space Flight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings
Want to know when a spacecraft will be flying over your city? What about the latest Shuttle Mission Status Reports? Need to know anything about the International Space Station? It's all here and more.
Genetic Science Learning Center
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu
In simple language, eye catching animations and podcasts, this site deals with genetics, with information for students and teachers.
Surrounded By Beauty: The Arts Of Native America
http://www.artsmia.org/surrounded-by-beauty
There is no equivalent in the many Native American languages for the word art. They make no distinction between what is beautiful or functional, and what is sacred or secular. Yet Native Americans are a highly spiritual people who create objects of extraordinary beauty. Explore dozens of these objects in this online exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Science-Class.Net
http://www.science-class.net
The site contains lesson plans, activities, student handouts, state standards, and classroom policies and procedures. It also has the latest research in science education a teacher, student and parent resource sections.
Postcards From America
http://www.postcardsfrom.com
Postcards from America follows a teacher and a photographer as they travel across America. Through the use of a digital camera, "live-at-the-scene" electronic postcards are sent directly to the e-mailboxes of thousands of schoolrooms. Teachers use the personalized E-cards to help students learn about America's 50 states. Beyond the "live-at-the scene" postcards, the award-winning website features include Travel Tips, Fun Facts, Maps, and a "Just for Teachers" web page with tips for using the postcards in the classroom.
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"There are no boundaries for the journeys of the mind."
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About Marjan Glavac...
Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He is a full time classroom teacher with 25 years teaching experience. He has taught and continues to teach students from the inner city, students with emotional/behavioral disorders, ESL, and IEP students. He is an international speaker and workshop presenter.
Marjan is the author of 3 books: The Busy Educator’s Guide To The World Wide Web 1st Edition, and 2nd Edition, and How To Make A Difference: Inspiring Students To Do Their Best, the creator of one of the Internet’s longest running free teacher monthly newsletters: The Busy Educator’s Newsletter (1998) and co-author of "How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom".
Since 1993, Marjan has been involved in dozens of telecommunications projects involving students from K-University on every continent of the world. His K-8 students have also participated in e-mail, travel buddy, research projects and polishing mirrors for the NASA Starshine project. He and his classes have been filmed by TVO and Global's Kids-TV; featured in all local media - newspapers, TV, radio, as well as nationally in Reader's Digest, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Today's Parent, Home and Educational Computing and internationally on WGN and NPR radio, websites and dozens of student newspapers worldwide.
Marjan is currently a gr.6 home room teacher at Wilfrid Jury Public School in London, Ontario, Canada where he resides with his wife and two children. For more information about Marjan Glavac, his books, keynotes, training and seminars, visit him at his site at http://www.thebusyeducator.com
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Marjan Glavac Columns on Teachers.Net...
- Literacy Volunteer Connection, Computer Science & Business Education Site, How Stuff Works, Postcards From America, Monetary Mania Social Studies Web Adventure (Nov. 08)
- www Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources, Biomedia, Schoolweb.se, Anacleta's Spanish & World Language/Culture Links, Behind The Name (Oct. 08)
- Addressing learning difficulties; Teacher resource; All things Science; Games and writing skills help; Secondary level English lesson plans (Sept. 08)
- Speaking Of Speech.Com, Flying Turtle Science And Technology Exploring, and more (Aug. 08)
- Human Space Flight, Genetic Science Learning Center, and more (July 08)
- web-based Ghost Towns, games, topical tutorials, and more (May 08)
- Writing, Genealogy, Soil, and more (April 08)
- Miscellaneous Sites (Mar. 08)
- Art Sites (Feb. 08)
- Miscellaneous Sites (Jan. 08)
- Back to School Sites (Aug. 03)
- Language Arts Sites Part 3 (July 03)
- Language Arts Sites Part 2 (June 03)
- Language Arts Sites Part 1 (May 03)
- English As a Second Language (ESL) Sites (Apr. 03)
- Art Sites (Mar. 03)
- College and University Sites (Feb. 03)
- Sites for School Principals and High School Teachers (Jan. 03)
- Sites For Grades 7 to 8 (Dec. 02)
- Sites For Grades 4 to 8 (Nov. 02)
- Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Oct. 02)
- Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Sept. 02)
- Back to School (Aug. 02)
- Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 2 (Jult 02)
- Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 1 (June 02)
- Theme Sites Part 2 (May 02)
- Theme Sites Part 1 (Apr. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 6 (Mar. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 5 (Feb. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 4 (Jan. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 3 (Dec. 01)
- Five For Lesson Planning (pt 2) (Nov. 01)
- Five For Lesson Planning (Sept. 01)
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