Classroom Resources

Julio Sieiro

MEC-BC Bilingual Project

• It is a joint project between the British Council and the Spanish Ministry of Education which has been in operation since 1996.

• The aim is to provide pupils from the age of three to sixteen with a bilingual, bi-cultural education through an integrated curriculum based on the Spanish national curriculum and aspects of the National Curriculum for England.

• Subjects to be taught in English:- English (language and literacy): 5 hours- Science: 3 hours- Geography/History: 3 hours

• It is essential for Science and Geography teachers to work with English teachers to ensure that language skills and content targets are met.

• Project Teachers are either native speakers or highly proficient in the language. In any case the Qualified Teacher Status is required.

• In 4th ESO students are encouraged to take the exams for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE-the world's most popular international qualification for 14–16 year olds):– English: 20 students out of 20 passed.– Math: 10 out of 10– Unfortunately our labs don't meet the criteria

set by Cambridge to take both the science and social studies exams.

• First Certificate: 10 out of 10 passed.

All Subjects• ENCHANTED LEARNING

- Mainly for primary, but sometimes comes in handy. - It offers label me-printouts, worksheets, puzzles,…- You have to pay in order to get full access.

• PRIMARY RESOURCES

- Designed for primary teachers, but some activities might be helpful. - Has also Key Stage 3 materials. - It hosts free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for teachers: power point presentations, flash animations, PDF, Word, etc.

• CLASSZONE

- Excellent web site created by MacDougal Littell, a publishing company. - Unfortunately many features are restricted .- Free audio downloads.- It includes flash animations, games, quizzes, web quests, …

• MEDIA LIBRARY

- McGraw-Hill's Media Library provides high-quality multimedia assets. - It includes Video, Audio and Print Libraries.- Math only for primary

• HIPPOCAMPUS

- Created by Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects free of charge.

• It was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone.

• TEACHNOLOGY

- They provide free and easy to use materials: lesson plans, worksheets, printables.- You must pay in order to get full access, though.- They offer also online material makers.- Links to teacher sites, web quests and downloads.

• TEACHERS´ DOMAIN

- Subscription required for most features. It's free, though.- is an online library of free media resources from the best in public television: NOVA, Frontline,...- resources include video and audio segments, Flash interactives, images, documents, lesson plans and student-oriented activities.

• TEACHER NET

- Hosted by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. - It offers lessons for Key Stage 3 and 4.- It also includes post 16 resources.- Three different databases to choose from.

• FREE

- Among the most popular K-12 websites maintained by the U.S. Department of Education. - More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources from dozens of federal agencies.

• TEACHERS FIRST

- Rich collection of lessons, units and reviewed web resources. - Subscription is free.- It presents a whole array of resources classified by subject and grade.

• EDUCATION WORLD

- A resource that includes:•a search engine for educational Web sites only,

•original content, including lesson plans and information on how to integrate technology in the classrooms.

- With advertisements.

• INTERNET4CLASSROOMS

-free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas or reinforcing specific subject areas.- Links to other sites.- With advertisements.

• SKOOOL

- Intel® driven initiative that brings innovative, interactive and exciting learning resources.- Only Science and Maths for Key Stages 3 and 4.

• It also contains a GCSE Exam Centre.

• S-COOL

- Free GCSE and A-Level revision materials.- It houses the S-zone, a gateway to information, advice and entertainment for 14-19 year olds.

• Links to other useful webs.

• PETE´S PPS STATION

- Free presentations in PowerPoint format.- It also includes free interactive activities.

• Links to games.

• EDHELPER

- Loads of worksheets and lesson plans. - Allows you to create your own puzzles.- It includes classroom helpers: time lines, calendars, passes, rewards, etc. - Unfortunately, some features are only available to members.

• WISCONSIN ONLINE

- Digital library of Web-based learning resources called "learning objects."- It also hosts a game builder.- Requires subscription to get full access. - Up to 5 games can be built for free.

• DISCOVERY EDUCATION

- Lesson plans for all grades. - Their puzzle-maker is excellent.- The featured content tab includes:

• Brain boosters• Worksheets• Useful Links

• BBC LEARNING

• PBS TEACHERS

• TEACHERS TV

• EDU TUBE

• NEO K 12

• LEARNER

• IDEAS

• SCHOOLS NET

• KNOW IT ALL

• EDUCYPEDIA

• JEFFERSON LAB

College • OPEN LEARNING INITIATIVE

• BERKELEY WEBCASTS

• MIT OPEN COURSEWARE

• U. MASS. BOSTON OCW

• OPEN YALE COURSES

• U. CALIFORNIA-IRVINE

• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

• OPEN MICHIGAN

• THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

Biology• BIOLOGY RESOURCES

• BIOLOGY BINDER

• BIOLOGY CORNER

• BIOED ONLINE

• BIOLOGY MAD

• MERLOT BIOLOGY

• CELLS ALIVE

• BIODIDAC

• DOLAN DNA

• CELL BIOLOGY

• SUMANAS

• LEARN GENETICS

• BIO ANIMATIONS

• THE LIFE WIRE

Geology• BRITISH GEO. SURVEY

• USGS EDUCATION

• GEOLOGY

• ROCK CYCLE

• WEB GEOLOGY

• ESSENTIALS GEO.

• VIRTUAL VOLCANO

• VIRTUAL GEOLOGY

• VIRTUAL CAVE

Physics & Chemistry• CHEM4KIDS

• PHYSICS4KIDS

• CHEMTUTOR

• PHYSICS CLASSROOM

• PHYSICS 2000

• WEB ELEMENTS

• CHEMISTRY ANIM.

• PHYSICS ANIM.

• BETHA

Math• MATH IS FUN

• THE WORLD OF MATH

• MATH ARCHIVES

• MATH FOR SCHOOL

• INTERACTIVE MATH

• WOLFRAM MATHWORLD

• WEB MATH

• MATH BITS

• MATH APPLETS

English• BRITISH COUNCIL

• TEACH IT

• AGENDA WEB

• ENGLISH EXERCISES

• TOP ENGLISH TEACHING

• DOCTOR GRAMMAR

• VISUAL THESAURUS

• MOVIESHEETS

• PHONETICS

History• MR DONN

• JOHNDCLARE

• HISTORY GCSE

• SCHOOL HISTORY

• HISTORY on the NET

• BBC HISTORY

• HISTORY STUFF

• ACTIVE HISTORY

• NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Geography• GEOINTERACTIVE

• GEORESOURCES

• INTERNET GEOGRAPHY

• GEOGRAPHY TEACHING

Web Quests• WEB QUEST.ORG

- A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. - It's a way to make good use of the internet while engaging the students in the kinds of thinking that the 21st century requires.

• BEST WEB QUEST

• WEB QUEST LOCATOR

Free Software• ARDORA

- Computer application to create activities in html format, in order to be used by the students in a very simple way. - More than 45 different kinds of interactive activities, crosswords, word searches, fill in the gaps, graphical panels, clocks ...

• HOT POTATOES

- It includes six applications that enable you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises.- You must provide a user name before you can use all the features of Hot Potatoes.

• QUANDARY

- Application for creating Web-based Action Mazes. - An Action Maze is a kind of interactive activity where the user is presented with a situation, and a number of choices as to a course of action. On choosing one of the options, the resulting situation is then presented, again with options. .

• VIRTUAL TELESCOPE

• VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE

• GEOGRAPHY GAMES

• ELEMENT GORILLA

• GEOGEBRA

• VOZ ME

• A TUBE CATCHER

• FLASH CATCHER