Great Ideas for August!

Daily Dose of the Web
Invigorate your class with Brain Teasers, Quotations, Interesting Trivia, Question of the Day, How Stuff Works, and other links are available at this resource center.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/daily_dose.htm

High School Ace

The High School Hub is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online academic resources for high school students. It features interactive learning activities, an ongoing teen poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, social studies, science, world languages, arts, health, and technology.

http://HighSchoolAce.com

 The Lesson Plans  Page

The Lesson Plans Page is a collection of over 1,000 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students, and faculty at The University of Missouri. More recent lesson plans were submitted by the users of this website

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/BeginSchool.htm

First Day of School Activities

Try making Time Capsules, Me Boxes, or Class Photo Books. Play the Name Game, or take a School Tour.

http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/activities/1rstday/1rst.html

PTA: Back To School

National PTA offers organized resources to help parents, children, and local PTAs prepare to return to school.

http://www.pta.org

No Child Left Behind

Visit this site to learn more about the No Child Left Behind Act, passed in 2002

http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/index.html

National Hurricane Center
 This site tracks active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Eastern Pacific during the hurricane season, with satellite images updated every hour and much more useful information, including e-mail advisories and notes on hurricane preparedness.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/

 NOAA's Hurricane Research Division
 Part of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, which conducts research on hurricanes, this site has a very rich FAQ section. Answered questions range from why are tropical cyclones named to why don't we try to destroy tropical cyclones?
 www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/

Hurricanes
 This National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration page has a host of links to useful NOAA sites on hurricanes. Also featured are downloadable hurricane awareness and preparedness guides. 
hurricanes.noaa.gov/
 

EYE TO EYE: Seeing Hurricanes As Only NASA Can
 This extremely rich page offers in-depth analysis of Isabel, Frances, and other 2004 hurricanes. The page offers numerous intriguing QuickTime movies and animations built from data and images of hurricanes captured by NASA and NOAA satellites. www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2004/0915isabel/addl.html

Updated:  April 01, 2008