The VIBE Teacher Edition March 2012

Shore Regional High School

March 2012 William J. Valenti Teacher-Librarian

Teacher Edition

THE VIBE Valenti’s Information Bulletin Essentials

2012 National Women’s History Month Theme: Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment

National Women's History Month

Women’s History Month Websites HISTORY.COM http://www.history.com/minisites/womenhist INFO PLEASE http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html ABOUT.COM http://womenshistory.about.com/od/womenshistorymonth/a/whm_history.htm GALE’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH RESOURCES

http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/ CNN’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/02/28/ extra.womens.history.month/index.html

MARCH READER OF THE MONTH– Allison Cronk Allison says, “Reading is an escape from the stresses of life and that’s why I love it. There’s nothing better than sitting down with a great book after a long week and losing yourself in its pages. Reading stimulates the mind because it’s up to you to read the author’s words and make the picture in your head and great books touch your heart—they are books that you think about for days, or even years, after you’ve read them.”

A book I recommend is A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute.

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Shore Regional High School Art Department to Host Escher Traveling Exhibit During Youth Art Month.

Youth Art Month is in March and to celebrate Shore Regional’s Art Department will be displaying a Teacher’s Discovery Traveling Exhibit featuring the fascinating paintings and drawings of the master of artistic illusion, M.C. Escher. The students and staff will experience the giant reproductions during the week of March 5, 2012. The exhibit celebrates fine art and the lifelike drawing that you can’t tear your eyes from, including the famous Drawing Hands in which the two hands Listen Forseem Free to draw each other! M.C. Escher draws masterful pen and ink Art illusions. In adhttp://nea.org/tools/48171.htm Getdition audio books that can be played on your computerstudent (and in some cases, on your to displaying Shore Regional work, keep your eyes peeled for your YAM gifts which will be given out during the month. Enjoy the Artwork!

HELLO SLIDE– Easily Add Narration to Your Slides http:// www.helloslide.com Hello Slide is a tool that you can use to add voice narration to slides you display online. Instead of recording your voice, you just need to type what you want the narrator to say. You must register for a free account.

WEBSITES EMAILED BY WILLIAM J. VALENTI DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST

FEBRUARY 2012

Art/Music Art Through Time: A Global View http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/art-through-time-a-global-view.html A course for high school, college, and adult learners, including 13 half-hour video programs, a Web site with art images, accompanying text, and course guide ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades 9‐12 http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/Arts-Across-the-Curriculum-Grades-9-12.html Our hand-picked resources for grades 9-12 help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

English 35 Poets Read Their Work http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/35-poets-read-their-work.html Each entry includes a short introduction to spark student interest, questions for discussion, teaching tips, and links to standards ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

Faculty AudioLiterate - Stream and Download Audiobooks http://audioliterate.com/

AudioLiterate is a new website offering free and paid audiobooks that you can listen to online or download to listen to on your favorite device. You can locate audiobooks on AudioLiterate according to author, genre, price, or title. The free audiobooks can be streamed chapter by chapter directly from AudioLiterate. The free audiobooks come from public domain sources. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers 20 Free iPad Apps for Educators http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/50621.htm A variety of teaching and learning materials to access from your iPad.

~ From NEA 10 Free Things

or cell phone) ~ From NEA 10 Free Things Teaching Channel: Videos That Inspire Teaching http://www.nea.org/tools/46329.htm This site offers a growing library of short videos to inspire teaching ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

Drop Me Off in Harlem Explore the themes and art that emerged during the Harlem Renaissance

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/AEMicrosites/drop-me-off-in -harlem.aspx 10 Useful Chrome Web Apps and Extensions for Teachers and Students http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/01/10-useful-chrome-web-apps-and.html 100 Greatest Books for Kids - Scholastic ( Great for your kids or grandkids) http://www.scholastic.com/100books/ Courtesy of one of the best publishers of children's books, this list can be read in order, or browsed by age group, fiction or nonfiction, fiction categories, award-winners, etc. ~ From Mary Laine How To Repair - Common Repairs Made Easy http://www.fixitclub.com/index.shtml Choose one of the guides, like bicycle repair, and get an overview of how it works, how to figure out what's wrong, discover what parts and tools you'll need, and the steps to fixing the various problems. ~ From Mary Laine

Chomp http://chomp.com/ Chomp is a excellent search engine for iOS apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Android. The results come in thumbnails w/ pics and a star rating as well as links to a review. Also, a person can search for free apps as well. ~ From Technology Tidbits

Guidance The Art Career Project http://www.theartcareerproject.com/ You and your parents don't need to worry that a degree in art will lead to starving in an attic, because there are many attractive careers requiring artistic skill, including medical illustration, video editing, 3D animation, automobile design, museum curator, landscape architecture, and more. Read about the careers here - what the work is like, what training and skills are required, salary range, etc. ~ From Mary Laine Life after College Roadmap - Mint Life Blog http://www.mint.com/blog/how-to/life-after-college-roadmap-012012/ Your possible courses of action based on your answers to critical questions. ~From Mary Laine

American Mathematical Society: Career Information http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/american-mathematical-society-career-information.html Find information on careers in mathematical research and education as well as careers applying math in the sciences,

business, finance, manufacturing, communications, and engineering.

Careers at NASA http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/careers-at-nasa.html Learn about jobs at NASA. Meet scientists, technical experts, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, accountants, attorneys, astronauts, educators, pilots, astronomers, and experts in many other fields. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things ScholarPRO Helps Students Find Scholarships https://scholarpro.com/

ScholarPRO is a service that helps students locate and apply for scholarships that match their qualifications. To find the scholarships that they're most likely to have a chance of receiving, students complete a profile on ScholarPRO. The more information a student supplies in his or her profile the more accurate the search results are going to be. Students can apply for the scholarships on their own or use the ScholarPRO service to apply. The way that ScholarPRO makes money is through subscriptions to its "easy apply" service. But just to be clear, students can search for scholarships without a subscription. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Explore Careers in Science on Science Buddies

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science_careers.shtml?

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The Science Careers section offers overviews of dozens of careers in seven different areas of science. Each career profile provides an overview of what a person in that field does, links to interviews with people in that field, the minimum education requirements of the career, career growth potential, and salary information. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Home Economics Bread Recipes - CookingBread.com http://www.cookingbread.com/ A little-known fact about me is that I have been baking bread for my entire adult life; it makes for delicious nutrition, highly prized gifts to friends and relations, and a house filled with a wonderful yeasty aroma. Here is a large collection of bread recipes, including high fiber, gluten-free, flat breads, cheese breads, holiday breads, bread machine breads, and more. For some recipes, cooking classes, with step by step instructions and photos, are included. ~ From Mary Laine A Dress a Day http://www.dressaday.com/ Lexicographer Erin McKean is as much in love with vintage dresses as she is with words. In her blog, she not only gives loving descriptions and pictures of the dresses she has made from vintage patterns, she also makes up wonderful stories about women who wore the dresses, each story fitting the character of the dress. Anyone who loves vintage clothing, or making dresses, will enjoy this. ~ From Mary Laine Eating Well - Healthy recipes, Healthy Eating, Healthy Cooking http://eatingwell.com In addition to providing loads of recipes and menus (including recipes for vegetarians and kids and people on special diets), there's advice on healthy cooking and recipes that will improve blood pressure, bone health, digestive health, pregnancy, and other conditions. It's also chock full of articles like "7 of the Healthiest Foods You Should Be Eating

(But Aren't)," "Foods for a Flatter Stomach," "10 Secrets to Cooking Healthier," etc.

~ From Mary Laine

Math Gooru - Great Collections of Science and Math Resources http://www.goorulearning.org/

Gooru is a new service (still carrying the Alpha label) that aims to provide teachers and students with an extensive collection of videos, interactive displays, documents, diagrams, and quizzes for learning about topics in math and science.

As a Gooru member you have access to hundreds of resources according to subject areas such as chemistry, biology, ecology, algebra, calculus, and more. Within each subject area you can look for resources according to media type such as video, interactive display, slides, text, and lesson plans. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers A Geometric Investigation of (a+b)2 http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=127 Grades 9-12 | Mathematics

Physical Education Promoting Physical Fitness, Grades 9‐12 http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/promotingphysical-fitness-9-12.html Classroom resources that reinforce the benefits of physical fitness for grades 9-12. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

Science Extreme Weather 101 Teaching Resources http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/climate‐change‐basics/extreme‐weather‐101 A collection of lesson plans, videos, interactive, and websites for educators ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

Gooru - Great Collections of Science and Math Resources http://www.goorulearning.org/

Gooru is a new service (still carrying the Alpha label) that aims to provide teachers and students with an extensive collection of videos, interactive displays, documents, diagrams, and quizzes for learning about topics in math and science.

As a Gooru member you have access to hundreds of resources according to subject areas such as chemistry, biology, ecology, algebra, calculus, and more. Within each subject area you can look for resources according to media type such as video, interactive display, slides, text, and lesson plans. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Interactive Build a Body Lesson http://www.spongelab.com/slxdev/interactives/buildabody/en/whole/index.html

In Sponge Lab Biology's Build a Body students construct a human body system-by-

system. To build a body students drag and drop into place the organs and bones of a human body. Each organ and bone is accompanied by a description of the purpose of that bone or organ. The systems that students can build in the Build a Body activity are the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers 7 Resources for Teaching and Learning Anatomy and Physiology

Healthline Body Maps provides interactive three dimensional models for learning about human anatomy.

BioDigital Human offers interactive 3D models of human anatomy. You can turn on and off different views according to which body systems you want to view.

In Sponge Lab Biology's Build a Body students construct a human body system-bysystem.

Anatomy Arcade is a collection of games about human body systems. The collection is categorized by both body system and game type. The games most frequently appearing in the Anatomy Arcade are jigsaw puzzles, matching games, and crossword puzzles.

Get Body Smart has number of tutorials and quizzes divided into eight categories of anatomy and physiology.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System provides nearly 200 video animations and explanations of injuries, diseases, and body systems.

In Man as Industrial Palace Henning Lederer brings this famous drawing to life. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers The Spangler Effect - Experiments and Explanations

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/the-spangler-effect.html The Spangler Effect is a new YouTube channel from Steve Spangler Science. The Spangler Effect videos offer longer (15 minutes or so) explanations of science experiments. The Spangler Effect videos explain the science of do-it-yourself experiments and how you can recreate those experiments at home or in your classroom. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Social Studies America the Greatest.org http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/america-the-greatest-dot-org.html This web site has downloadable posters with biographical information about Great Americans. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things Center on Congress Short Videos http://www.nea.org/tools/49967.htm Impact on Congress is a series of web-based videos examining key legislation in our nation’s history that impacts our

lives today. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things 7 Useful YouTube Channels for History Teachers

Hip Hughes History http://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV Dizzo95 http://www.youtube.com/user/dizzo95 U.S. National Archives YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/ usnationalarchives New York Historical Society has a YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/ user/nyhistory

World History & Other Stuff http://www.youtube.com/user/worldhistoryteacher/ videos?view=pl Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History YouTube channel http:// www.youtube.com/user/smithsonianNMNH Naval History & Heritage Com'd channel http://www.youtube.com/user/ usnavyhistory ~ From Free Technology for Teachers The Civil War - the Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2012/02/ The Atlantic, one of America's longest-lived magazines, was there when the Civil War began. In the 150th anniversary commemorative issue, it reproduces articles it published before, during and after the Civil War. Here's the table of contents and links to selected digitized articles by Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other notables. ~ From Mary Laine

History for Music Lovers http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers

History for Music Lovers is a great place to find music videos about dozens of topics in World History. The videos are set to the music of popular songs with the lyrics changed to tell the stories of things like The French Revolution, The Crusades, and William the Conqueror. The images in the videos come from a mix of movies, music videos, and documentaries. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Student 10 Sites and Apps for SAT Vocabulary Review http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/10-sites-and-apps-for-sat-vocabulary.html a list compiled by education blogger Richard Byrne, is an excellent set of resources, smart phone apps, videos, online games and flashcards. Byrne provides reviews and links for each free SAT review resource. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things

CNN Student News http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/cnn-student-news.html A daily commecial-free, ten-minute broadcast of the day' news geared for middle- and high-school students. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things ScholarPRO Helps Students Find Scholarships https://scholarpro.com/

ScholarPRO is a service that helps students locate and apply for scholarships that match their qualifications. To find the scholarships that they're most likely to have a chance of receiving, students complete a profile on ScholarPRO. The more information a student supplies in his or her profile the more accurate the search results are going to be. Students can apply for the scholarships on their own or use the ScholarPRO service to apply. The way that ScholarPRO makes money is through subscriptions to its "easy apply" service. But just to be clear, students can search for scholarships without a subscription. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Vocabology FREE IPHONE APP The easy to use iPhone application that helps you to build your vocabulary.

World Language Leximo - The World's Multilingual Dictionary http://leximo.org/

Leximo is a multilingual dictionary constructed of words and definitions contributed

by Leximo users. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers About.com: Resources for Spanish Teachers http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/about-dot-com-resources-for-spanish-teachers.html This site offers links to free resources for Spanish teachers.

Foreign Language News and Newspapers http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/foreign-language-news-and-newspapers.html Electronic journals, newspapers and magazines are available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. From MIT Libraries. ~ From NEA 10 Free Things