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GE Earth Day Project Teaches Students To Make A Big Impact
Each of us can make a significant impact on the environment without even knowing it, says the GE Lighting Campaign. Whether it's switching to an energy-efficient light bulb or planting a flower, each small change today can make a positive environmental impact tomorrow.
Saudi Students Go Green for Earth Day
By Mohammed Asim GhaziGo Green is a project for students in middle and elementary school, which teaches them to understand and appreciate conservation of electricity through simple acts, like turning off lights, and …
Hurry! GE Plant-a-bulb Offers 100 Free Flower Bulbs to the First 100 Schools!
By Teachers.Net News DeskFREE FLOWER BULBS! At least the first 100 schools that download the lesson plan AND register will receive a free GE Project Plant-a-Bulb Grow Pack, including 100 flower bulbs ready …
Earth Day Lessons, Activities, Resources!
By Teachers.Net ResourcesBringing Choices to Light Lessons Pack – A free, 17 page printable packet of national standards-based lessons created by GE to engage beginner to intermediate and advanced students …
Four Green Steps – Eco-friendly products
By Teachers.Net News Desk
The Four Green Steps school program is designed to educate primary and secondary school students …
On the Road – Travelocity as Curriculum
By Todd NelsonIt’s a story as old as stories: hitting the road. It’s the story that comes just before “A stranger came to town,” and “Boy meets girl.” Perhaps it’s the story …
How Can a Substitute Teacher Make Math Class Fun?
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I just finished your book and LOVED it, particularly the specific dialogue examples from yourself and …
I’m a Nagging and Negative Substitute Teacher – How can I change?
By Barbara PressmanI had an awful day today. The fifth graders filed in at 7:45. I was sitting at my desk, and the students walked right up to me and started asking …
Elementary Classroom Rules and Management
By Leah DaviesElementary classrooms can become better learning environments when teachers have rules, classroom management skills, and a belief that each child can be successful.
A Pedagogical Primer by a Pragmatic Pedagogue
By Bill PageAn abundance of educational definitions uninfluenced by tradition, unimpeded by the educrats, unaffected by archaic rules, undiluted by myths, and uninhibited by policies.
Throw the Phrase, “Just a Paraprofessional” Out the Window
By Susan FitzellIs there anything to be gained by creating a culture in our schools where paraprofessionals (teaching assistants, aides, paras, para-pros, classroom assistants) are viewed as ‘less than’?
How Earthquakes Happen
By Tim NewlinTotal disorientation, jumbled sensory input, loss of balance, and temporary mental blackout – that’s what an earthquake does to you and it is almost impossible not to panic and to …
5 Sites Busy Educators Need to Know About
By Marjan Glavac
Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker,teacher and co-author of “How To Thrive And Survive In …
This ‘n’ That – April: The Latest from Teachers.Net
By Teachers.Net News Desk
This is THE place to watch during the month for frequent updates, information, opportunities and other breaking …
KidEarth International Music Project
By Teachers.Net News DeskA 12 year old boy who likes music and doesn’t like global warming is behind the creation of KidEarth, an effort to have a positive impact upon the Earth by …
Harry & Rosemary Wong
Training Teachers to Be Effective
Instead of teaching teachers how to be effective and how to improve student learning and achievement, the history of education has shown that we have spent at least 75 years jumping from one fad or ideology to another, while recycling the same programs year after year, decade after decade.
From the Teachers.Net Community
- The Earth Day Theme Books You Need for your Classroom – Annotated, Linked List
- Apple Seeds – Quotes for Educators
- I’m a Nagging and Negative Substitute Teacher – How can I change?
- Featured Math Lesson: Probability – Tree Diagram Construction
- School Administrator’s Facebook Controversy
- How Can a Substitute Teacher Make Math Class Fun?
- Captivating Civil War Activities for 8th Graders
- Art Activity: Interactive Color Wheel
- Four Green Steps – Eco-friendly products
- National Environmental Awareness Campaign Offers Tips to Save Money on Energy, Lesson Plans for Earth Day
- A Pocket Chart Activity – Hello Song
- Hurry! GE Plant-a-bulb Offers 100 Free Flower Bulbs to the First 100 Schools!
- Today is… Silly & Serious April Dates
- Earth Day Lessons, Activities, Resources!
- KidEarth International Music Project
- GE Earth Day Project Teaches Students To Make A Big Impact
- This ‘n’ That – April: The Latest from Teachers.Net
- Etta Kralovec on The End of Homework – How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning
- Schoolies Humor – Wifi
- 5 Sites Busy Educators Need to Know About
Interactive Learning Takes Learner from Bystander to Participant
By Vikas JoshiWe can learn a lot from the way children learn – the shortest path to learning is interactive. This short article discusses paradigms and technologies that infuse interactivity in learning. …
Dyslexia: A New Perspective
By Luqman MichelThere are many definitions of dyslexia. One of them is: Dyslexia is a learning disability. This is far from the truth. It is in fact wrong. How can one say …
The Ultimate Presentation Power – Student Use of the Document Camera
By Joe Frisk
For decades, teachers have stood in front of the class, presenting material printed on transparencies via …
Feedback after the Solo – Using Evaluation to Teach
By Stephen McClardGiving praise for success is the easy part. A trained monkey could handily praise great effort, or even dumb luck. Dealing with perceived failure is the tough part.
There’s one rule …
1-800-TEA-CHER – A Successful Implementation of Theory
By Jana McCabeShortly after the beginning of the school year, my son, a first-grader, came home with an interesting homework assignment- a list of personal information that he was expected to commit …
Apple Seeds – Quotes for Educators
By Barb StutesmanTo be or not to be, that is your decision….
Today is… Silly & Serious April Dates
By Ron VictoriaCancer Control Month; National Child Abuse Prevention Month; Alcohol Awareness Month; Autism Awareness Month; National Poetry Month; Mathematics Education Month; Keep America Beautiful Month, and more.
School Administrator’s Facebook Controversy
By Teachers.Net CommunityA school administrator relates what happened when he enforced the school policy against teachers “friending” students on Facebook. “Principal Jay Three” solicits input from colleagues on Administrators.Net …
Captivating Civil War Activities for 8th Graders
By Teachers.Net CommunityThe peer support available on the grade level chatboards is amazing. Andrea posted a plea to colleagues for help with creating exciting lessons and experiences for her students, and the …
Art Activity: Interactive Color Wheel
By Teachers.Net CommunityI wanted to do a simple introduction to the color wheel with 6th grade, and was seriously considering making nilla wafer color wheels by mixing food coloring and vanilla frosting. …
Featured Math Lesson: Probability – Tree Diagram Construction
By Teachers.Net ResourcesHave the students sit in the front of the room in a semi-circle. Show them a picture of a spinner that has 4 equal colors. Draw a tree diagram on …
A Pocket Chart Activity – Hello Song
By Teachers.Net CommunityKindergarten teacher Sarah shared this photo of one of her classroom pocket charts. She tells us the activity is based upon a song she has posted on chart paper, with …
Etta Kralovec on The End of Homework – How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning
By Teachers.Net ResourcesFrom the Teachers.Net Archives: A conversation with Etta Kralovec, co-author with John Buell of The End of Homework – How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning (Beacon Press)
The Imagination Factory Teaches How to Turn Waste into Art
By Teachers.Net CommunityArt teacher and member of the Teachers.Net community Marilyn Brackney has returned from Indianapolis where she attended Green Fest Indy, an environmental festival organized to connect green businesses and …
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