LACS teachers have resources available to give students opportunities for hands-on experiences that will help students become skilled learners able to solve many kinds of problems independently.
The NJ Department of Education has provided useful examples of lessons in their, " Frameworks for Technological Literacy." These frameworks can be accessed on the web at:http://www.state.nj.us/njded/aps/cccs/tech/frameworks/
Here are some useful links by grade level and topic, related to some of the things we've been working on:
TechKnowledge Technology Curriculum:
http://www.sratechknowledge.com/
Math Site - all grades
Cool math at Coolmath.com
Fact Monster at factmonster.com
Grade 1:
Safe site with online coloring and games - http://www.uptoten.com
Grade 2:
Citizenship and the Community
Links to other sites - http://www.42explore2.com/character.htm
Six Pillars of Character - http://www.charactercounts.org/defsix.htm
Webquest activity - http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/FlintHillES/chared/Original/ffalcon.htm
Grade 3:
The Great Plant Escape - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1a.html
Money Games from the US Mint - http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?fileContents=games
Science - Click Here
Language Arts Stories: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Stories/
Grade 4:
Weather
Weather Puzzles, Games, and Info - http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Animals
Learn Biomes & Animals Habitats as You Play - http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon/zoo2/
Grade 5:
Spiders
Make a web - http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Info/Construction_of_a_web.html
Spider families of the world - http://www.jason.org/expeditions/jason6/spiders/key.html
Natural Disasters
Forces of Nature: Thinkquest 2000 - http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/
Online disaster quiz - http://www.redcross.org/news/dro/game.html
Earthquake vs. Volcano(by 3rd graders) - http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/ev/ev_home.htm
Natural Disasters: Without Warning - http://library.thinkquest.org/J001382F/
NASA's Earth Observatory - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://www.fema.gov/kids/herman/beach.htm
Information on the 50 States - http://www.50states.com/
Grade 6:
Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Floor - http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html
Dinosaur Dig - http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/
Dinosaur Links - http://www.kidskonnect.com/Dinosaurs/DinoHome.html
Dinosaur Activities -http://www.42explore.com/dinos.htm
Testing Prep:
Mathematics - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/
Black History Month:
Links to information and activities - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
Guess the words to "I have a dream" - http://www.windmillworks.com/games/dream.htm
Martin Luther King quiz - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/classroom/MLKquiz.html
MLK timeline by kids - http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html
Black History site - http://blackquest.com/link.htm
Rosa Parks - http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1
Underground Railroad - http://www.headbone.com/derby/escape/
African American kids site - http://www.afro.com/children/children.html
Site Testing for Generation Gap:
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Toys/
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/
Reading and Math Testing
www.brainchild.com