Friday, June 20, 2008

Blog C - Teacher Resources – FREE!

Here's a few FREE! Resources for teachers. Use them as supplements, enrichment or as something a little different.


FREE Classroom Projects and Activities From Dover Publications. Each week Dover will send you an email with fun and educational projects and activities -- puzzles and brain-teasers, science projects, stories and poems, nature illustrations, coloring pages, and much more. http://www.doverpublications.com/ts001/index.php?adid=st_teacherresource&lineid=22222

A Free 1-year Subscription to YES! Magazine. YES! is ad-free and published by the Positive Futures Network, an independent nonprofit organization. The latest issue's theme is Foreign Policy. Previous issues have focused on climate and community. http://www.yesmagazine.org/teachersub.asp


EXPLORATIONS™ Sample Activity Booklets for educators in the US and Canada.The books help educators integrate TI technology into their curriculum and everyday instruction, from kindergarten classes all the way through college. There are also free online activities in math and many other subjects. Topics are not limited to math, so browse to see if any booklet might apply to the subjects you teach! http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/global_forms_sampleactivities.html

The US Federal Reserve has a series of comic books devoted to economics. Topics include the history of money, how savings banks work, how credit works, and many other topics such as checks and inflation. Teachers can order up to 35 complementary copies. Some are available free in PDF format. There are also a number of other booklets and guidelines on everything from investing to finding a mortgage. http://app.ny.frb.org/publications/result.cfm?comics=1

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