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 * Instructions:**
 * 1) Scan the list of resources listed in the Key Information for Topic 5-C. Review the general links and then discipline links that are appropriate to you or that you find interesting.
 * 2) Bookmark the resources that you find valuable.
 * 3) Find two examples of lesson applications or educational resources that you found most helpful.
 * 4) Post these examples in the **table** **below**.


 * **Student name** || **Grade or Discipline** || **Links (include two)** || **Notes or Comments - Why did you find this useful?** ||
 * Ginny S. || School Counselor/ Grad class facilitator || @http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherTips.html

@http://www.schoolcounselor.com/ || Resource information for teachers and School Counselors to help them assist students.

School Counselor site for lesson plans, resources, technology tips, and a newsletter. ||
 * Lou R || H.S. math || [|Illuminations]

[|PUMAS] || A good website for math and science resources. Easy to search by grade/subject matter.

Has fun math problems similar to ones I do the first day of school to show kids the power of math! ||
 * Sarah P-S ||  || Illuminations math website

Shopping Mall math

PBS for teachers || This site is great, especially for those of us who worry about making math fun and interesting. I've also included a link to an activity where students design their own shopping mall layout.

I may be partial because I love PBS, but they have an easy to navigate page with lots of neat lesson plans. A benefit is that many corepsond with shows they've had on PBS. ||
 * Michelle F. ||  || [|ArtsEDGE]

[|The Incredible Art Department] || I love this website because it provides lessons that are connected with standards AND shows interdisciplinary connections.

The second site is one of my favorites as an art educator. It's a wonderful resource for lesson plans, advice, project /supplies management and more. ||
 * Emily H. ||  || [|PBS Teachers]

[|Kennedy Center Arts] || The major benefit of this site is that the lessons and resources are age appropriate and grade specific.

Art ideas and lessons in various categories (dance, music, theater, visual arts) that are grade specific. ||
 * ToniG ||  || Twenty-five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events

[] || This is a good resource for connecting my business content with current business news.

When I search for "Business" it brings up lessons related to careers, entrepreneurs, international business and other relevant topics related to my content. ||
 * Nancy || All || @http://www.thinkfinity.org/

@http://www.uen.org/ || Free lesson plans searchable by grade/content/state standard. Some of their content partners include: ReadWriteThink, Illuminations, Xpeditions, and ArtsEdge so the content is thoroughly vetted before being posted.

Utah Education Network - Another clearninghouse for lesson plans; click on K-12 Core Lesson Plans for a breakdown by content area. ||
 * Jessica M. || social studies || []

[] || Collection of primary sources and teaching tools (videos, lessons,...) for US history. Geared more toward teachers of AP US to help them prepare their students for the DBQs on the exam.

The British Museum includes a ton of information about life and culture in ancient Greece (in a format that lends itself to a webquest), stories, and a couple flash activities for every topic. ||
 * Jared C. || Math || [] || If you're looking for online, interactive manipulatives, this is the place to go. ||
 * Jared C. || Math/Science || [] || This site has lesson ideas and resources that show students how both science and math apply to daily life. ||
 * Beth || High School Math || [|http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~lori/mathed/problems/]

[] || This site has word problem that can be used for warm-ups or in class examples. Solutions are also provided.

Drexel University has developed a website that has lots of resources for teachers of all levels of math from kindergarten up to undergraduate. There is also resources for students to get additional help. ||
 * Roann MC || Business || []

[] || Paul Kedrosky, a venture capitalist, is interested in green technology and finding and funding marketable products in early-stage science.

Every teenager loves shopping; this site looks at characteristics of a successful entrepreneurial business. ||
 * Megan S || 8th Grade English || [|Brain Pop Grammar]

[|Web English Teacher] || BrainPop makes grammar fun (or at least not as boring as worksheets). It's interactive and the students really enjoy using it.

Web English Teacher is a site that's full of ideas, author information, and lesson plans. It has given me many good lesson and unit plan ideas. ||
 * Holly S. || 3rd Grade Math || Math Archives - Askeric.org

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles || This lesson plan is called Greedy Triangles and it is a great way to teach students about the characteristics of polygons. Students will also learn about triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and decagons.

This is a resource for challenging and different logic problems if you have to teach critical thinking lessons to your gifted cluster groups. ||
 * Ruth R. || Gifted Ed interdisciplinary || [|Intelligenic]

[|Digital Wish] || This website provides an array of lesson plans that involve teaching with podcasts. One that really impressed me provided clear step by step instructions for using and or developing podcasts in the classroom. Digital Wish is an organization that offers grants to fund technology and its website has an abundance of lesson plans. Two that caught my attention include one on Biomes and another on creating animation for storytelling. ||