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By Marjan Glavac
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.
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January 2010 column
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/ CYBERCHASE, the math-mystery cartoon on PBS KIDS GO!, has a companion online game. CYBERCHASE: The Quest is a cutting edge interactive Web game that lets kids create their own cyber characters, and go on action-packed quests throughout Cyberspace, all while developing money-management skills to help defeat the bad guys.
The game is designed to help children develop financial literacy skills such as earning, saving and spending as part of the CYBERCHASE: Know Your Dough financial literacy campaign.
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ADRIAN BRUCE READING (K TO 3RD GRADE)
http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/
This reading resource site from busy classroom teacher, Adrian Bruce from Wollongbar New South Wales Australia has lots of word games, phonics games, reading games, comprehension strategies and a phonics poster section.
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A JOURNEY TO A NEW LAND (K-12) http://www.sfu.museum/journey/
People first arrived in the Americas at least 12,000 years ago. The timing of their arrival and the route by which they travelled are not known. Did they follow an inland ice-free corridor route from Siberia to the unglaciated regions south of the ice sheets? Or did they take a coastal route, travelling by boat down the Pacific Coast? Did people arrive during the ice age, or not until after the glaciers receded? This site explores these and other questions, and looks at some of the evidence and ideas that have been proposed to resolve them.
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NOVA SCIENCENOW (GR. 9-12)
http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow
The “NOVA scienceNOW” website features streaming video of broadcast episodes, in-depth interactive scientist profiles, downloadable podcasts, viewer forums, educator materials, and much more, all in a variety of engaging formats.
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“The Teacher’s P.E.T.*” (Professional Education for Teachers). “The Teacher’s P.E.T.” features video and podcasting programming from the diverse campuses, national laboratories and affiliated institutions of the University of California. With topics ranging from history and the social sciences, visual and performing arts, science, and even guidance on college admissions.
