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Crab Balls!

05 Nov 2013 by Briana in Science 0 comments tags: bubbler crab, crab, crustaceans, tide pool

Wow! Next time you’re teaching about crustaceans, be sure to share this with your students. Or just show it for fun! Click on the image of the crab to see the sand bubbler Crab in action.

How to do Research

05 Nov 2013 by Briana in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies 0 comments tags: research process

The Kentucky Virtual Library has created an interactive map outlining the research process geared toward elementary students. Throughout the process students can click on a step to learn more about it and see examples. There is a lot of information, but you can focus on the parts your students need to know. This is a fun way to review how to work on research projects, but students will need to be walked through the process.

Creative Commons images for your projects

05 Nov 2013 by Briana in Useful Resources 0 comments tags: copyright, Creative Commons, images, photographs

Creative Commons? What is that, you may be asking. Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization that offers alternatives to full copyright licenses. So, what does that mean for you and your students? It means you can use quality images in your projects without worrying about copyright or fair use. Below are sites you can use to find these CC images. Behold is an image search engine that searches Flickr’s Creative Commons (here’s a rundown of the licenses) images. These images are licensed so that others can use them in blogs and other projects. All of the images are high quality, but a very small few are not little kid friendly. This would be a great site for teachers looking for quality images for a lesson. An advertising term referring to “dead” or used images, this site have a large collection of high quality images available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Most images only require attribution. The Commons is a Flickr project to catalog the world’s public photography archives. Institutions around the world have uploaded their collections for use by the public. Institutions include The Smithsonian, The National Archives, NASA and the Field Museum. This collection is a wealth […]