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Teaching Pre K-8, Jan 1999 by Lindroth, Linda

Internet curriculum keeps getting better and better! This month features a math network, a teacher web service and resource books online.

wNetSchool

www.wnet.org/wnetschool

Here's a K-12 web service designed by master teachers! Sponsored by Thirteen/\NET, this free service contains rich content for educators.

Original, in-depth thematic lesson plans correlate to the programming on WNET public broadcasting.

Each web-based activity consists of an overview, teacher procedures for prep, lesson steps and extensions and printable organizers for students which includes vocabulary lists, maps and program viewing questions. Web links are provided for research and enrichment of the content.

Teachers will also find the detailed reviews of selected websites a timesaver in discovering Internet content that support classroom curriculum.

A searchable database of ITV lesson plans is quite impressive! The outlines lessons, websites and companion sites for many PBS programs. Your students are invited to contribute work generated from the lesson plans to the .

Creative Teaching Press

www.creativeteaching.com

Now there is an online resource for reproducibles to help you with student activities that celebrate monthly events and curricular themes.

Each month, Creative Teaching Press features several of their resource books with sample classroom activities. Each downloadable activity consists of a suggested lesson plan and a reproducible activity page that can be printed for student use. Archived activities insure a useable curricular theme.

Celebrate math and the 100th day of school with the archived "100 Day Class Journal" from the book Hooray for 100. Or, add hands-on science with a step-by-step guide for creating a student "Microscope" from RealWorld Science and Technology.

An online catalog, searchable by grade, curriculum or category gives easy access to . The has reviewed web links, contests and a planned teacher and parent bulletin board. Stay tuned!

KnowZone

www.kz.com

The KnowZone by Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Longman combines a co-ROM with the power of an Internet subscription service. This online learning center focuses on math skills for grades 3-8, linking classroom math to home use.

In , warm-ups review math skills keyed to the Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley series, but are common to all texts. After choosing a grade level and chapter, students practice standardized tests, and reinforce math skills with gamelike activities. There's immediate feedback.

In , challenging interactive games tie math concepts to class work while having fun. A area offers problem-of-the-week and off-line projects. A shows progress and ways to improve student achievement. Annual fee (includes CD-ROM): $59.95 for home; $199 for schools.

Spotlight

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Technology

T1 -73 with Graph Explorer Software

This month's spotlight is on the TI-73 Graphing Calculator from Texas Instruments. It's the first electronically upgradable calculator to keep up with technology advances and allow it to be customized to meet curricular needs in math and science.

An I/O port lets the TI-73 connect to a computer or ViewScreen LCD panel to project the screen for group use. TI-Graph Link transfers files between calculator and computer. Middle school math and science students can create pie/bar graphs, pictographs, histograms, stacked fractions and data analysis and then print graphs and solutions.

Upgrades for the calculator can be downloaded from the TI website which makes it more economical to upgrade the calculator with new features. Additional graph functions can be added from other companies. Compatible software for the calculator is now available from Sunburst Communications, 800-338-3457.

Visit www.ti.com for a dozen lessons that use the TI-73 as a teaching tool for reinforcing math concepts or call distributor EAI at 800-272-0272 to place an order. $99.

Linda Lindroth is an Area Technology Teacher K-- 12 with Kanawha Schools in Charleston, WV. She is also a Teaching Editor for Teaching K-8.