March 30, 2004

Welcome to the latest issue of Excursions.  Keep sending requests, feedback,  and good web sites our way!  Send us pictures, too!  Please visit the Excursions Archives for past issues.  The Archives include past links arranged by topic, in grade order.

ESL, Speech and Language, World Languages,  gr  K-12:  http://members.aol.com/adrmoser/esl.html  MANY resources for ESL teachers, some adaptable for speech/language as well.  The online quizzes alone could keep you busy for a long time, not to mention the on-line dictionaries and translators.  Verifique este local para fora! Você não será decepcionado!  

Family & Consumer Science, Language Arts,  Grade 6-12: http://www.mamkschools.org/hommocks/class/h&c/nelson/Child%20Dev/Child_Dev.htm A child development webquest to teach about basics of positive discipline. Lots of resources and assessment rubrics included. 

General, Teacher Resource gr K -12: http://www.certificates4teachers.com Another good certificate making site!   Choose from many kinds of certificates. 

Language Arts, Math,  Science, PE, gr K-12:  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Apr2004.html "Let's Get Moving! Tackle the topic of physical activity right in your own classroom! It has been 50 years since the color television was developed, and the term "couch potato" was quick to follow. This month, the MarcoGram features lessons about athletes, sports and other forms of movement. Use the warm-up activities below to remind students about the benefits of regular physical activity, then scroll down for links to more lessons and resources." Many lesson plans here covering a wide variety of topics.  

Language Arts, gr 9-12: http://www.richmondhilleaz.co.uk/webquests/macbeth/macfront.htm Webquest on Macbeth, challenging students to bring the story into a film in a contemporary setting.  If you don't have time for your students to do the whole activity, still check out the links.

Language Arts, SAT vocabulary prep. sites, gr 11-12: 
http://www.vocabulary.com/topsat3.html Cool site with some games, and HARD puzzles – interesting format.  Some crossword puzzles available too, for some fun. 
 http://www.freevocabulary.com/  - A list of 5000(?) words with brief definitions – scroll to the bottom for very helpful tips and strategies for learning vocabulary and prepping for a test. 
 http://www.number2.com Sign up to access SAT tutorials – I used a fake address – lots of options – student progress is tracked – teachers can sign on as mentors for a student or class.  
http://www.quia.com/mc/1527.html -  a cool matching/memory type game – when you finish one board, click on Start Over to reset the board with new words. 
 http://businessmajors.about.com/cs/quizzes/a/VocA100q.htm a busy page, but progressively harder words – A quiz, B quiz, C quiz – how far does it go?  I liked this one a lot – learned SEVERAL new words!!  And that was just on the “A” list. 

Math, Language Arts, gr K-: http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/apple.html Help Wilbur Worm sort the apples into the boxes by size. More easy games at  http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/loading.html 

Math, gr 3-5: http://www.funbrain.com/co/index.html Choose easy, medium, or hard games to practice with graphing coordinates.

Math, gr 3-6: http://aimsedu.org/aimskids/ipuzzles/hurkle/hurkle.html Find the Hurkle!  Nice game (kind of like the classic  Battleship game)  that uses ordered pairs as well as north, south, east, west.  Good practice game for reinforcing the X and Y axis.  

Math, Algebra, gr  8-12: http://www.bonita.k12.ca.us/schools/ramona/teachers/carlton/tutorials.html A nice collection of online tutorials, drills, and quizzes for Algebra by a teacher in California. Give them a try and send the teacher a thank-you email!

Physics, gr 7-12: http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/ "This simulator is designed for kids who want to design their own thrilling coaster and educators who want to use a cool activity to simulate the application of physics by using an exciting interactive tool and access to a wonderful reference source."

Science, gr K-8: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/falcon/ The falcon-cam from Harrisburg, PA.  Watch the eggs hatch and the babies grow!

Science, gr 3-9: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/frameset.html Another cool site with the latest images from the rovers....Virtual Mars tour from NASA.

Science, gr 5-8: http://www.can-do.com/uci/ssi2003/light.html A great webquest about understanding light.  Complete with links to activities.  Try it with the laptop cart!  

Did you know (and some of you do, but…)  

You can easily change your passwords. 

At SBSD, we have several passwords--one for GroupWise, one for the network, one for Schoolmaster, possibly one for Schoolmaster Gradebook, and possibly one for the reservation database system. Below are the commands that enable you to change your password in each. For more extensive directions, click here.

• GroupWise:  Select Tools menu: Options…, Double-Click the [Security] button 

• Novell/Network: 

  • Windows 98:  Select Start menu: Settings: Control Panel and Double-Click the "Passwords" icon 

  • Windows XP: <Ctrl> <Alt> <Delete> and click the [Change Password…] button 

• Schoolmaster:  Select Edit menu: Change Password… 

• Schoolmaster Gradebook:  Select Edit menu: Change Password… 

• Reservation Database (MS Only):  Give Margaret your username and desired new password

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