Entire unit of work on Antarctica

Here is a great unit of work for those of you wanting to teach and learn about Antarctica.  It is pitched at year 5/6 students but there is plenty in it for all ages.

Download the PDF here.

The evolution of learning technologies throughout history

The NY Times have put together a great interactive timeline of learning technologies from the 'The Horn Book' through to the iPad and everything in between.  This is a great little piece of history to share with your students to help them understand the opportunities we have available to us today.  Check it out here.

Best of History on the Web

Best of History Websites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.

BOHWS has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The British Library Net, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others.

The site is broken into a range of historical areas such as Roman, WW2 and twentieth century and every site has a mini review and rating to save you plenty of time.  Check it out here.

Can your students uncover the mysteries of the Nile?

Want to see the Sphinx close up? Clamber inside the Great Pyramid? Visit the magnificent tombs and temples of Luxor? Simply click on the images and enjoy a self-guided QuickTime tour through the Land of the Pharaohs. 

There's so much here, it's easy to get lost. Use the Site Guide to see the list of everything available. Classroom resources section helps you customize your own lesson plans, check out their lesson plans, or get started with ideas to energize your students.  Access it here.

Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High School, College, Adult/Professional

Digital DaVinci - Interactive lessons for students

What is it? Universal Leonardo is a celebration of one of the greatest minds of all time aimed at deepening our understanding of Leonardo da Vinci through a series of European exhibitions, sscientific research and web-based resources.  It contains interactive activities, research content, interesting games and tools and resources that will enable you to discover and solve some of the mysteries surrounding his vast amount of artistic and scientific work as well as his deeply debated personal life.

How can I integrate this into my classroom? There is plenty of opportunities to tie in mathematical concepts such as symmetry and tessellation through the games area and then explore some scientific concepts such as flight and anatomy.  Obviously there is plenty here for history students and those studying biology and other areas of science to appreciate the insight and appreciation of Da Vinci's contribution to science over 500 hundred years ago and compare and contrast what we know today.  And I haven't even mentioned the art...

Check it out today here