Cells Alive

 

If you are teaching a unit on cells in your science class this website is a must see. It has  To check out this website click here.

Making the most of Quizlet

 

On October 31 2020 I posted about Quizlet.  You can see the post by clicking here.  Today I read an excellent article, "Making the most of Quizlet" by Sandy Millin.  She goes into depth about using it for her class.  To see the article click here.

Citation

 

I know I have discussed using bibme, mybib, easybib, Citation Machine,  University of Alberta's Centre for Writers and purdue owl before.  Here are a few others that you might want to use for your citations. Bibcitation can be found by clicking  here.  Formatically can be found by clicking  here.   Quickcite can be found by clicking here.

Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest

Only available for our American friends.  Drats.  

NASA is taking remote learning to the Moon! 2020 has been a year of working and living at a distance. Now consider what it might be like if you were living with a pod of astronauts 250,000 miles from Earth. Your challenge is to imagine leading a one-week expedition at the Moon’s South Pole – with the whole world cheering you on. Tell us about the types of skills, attributes, and/or personality traits that you would want your Moon Pod crew to have and why. How many would be in your pod? And of course you’ll need high tech gear and gadgets! In your essay, also describe one machine, robot, or technology that you would leave on the lunar surface to help future astronauts explore the Moon. Your entry must meet these requirements:

Grades K-4: Essay, up to 100 words

Grades 5-8: Essay, up to 200 words

Grades 9-12: Essay, up to 300 words

Please DO NOT put your name in your entry.

To see the contest website click here.

Most Dangerous Writing App

 

I posted about this in 2019 but it is as a good time to repeat it.   This website might be great to get your students writing.  You can ask it to give you a prompt or not.  You can set it to a preset time or preset number of words you must write for or it stops and you are finished.  When completed you can save your work in many different formats.  To see the website click here.

What is contact tracing?

 From Common Craft, "A short (and silent) video that explains the basics of contact tracing as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19. This video is part of a free resource called the COVID Communication Kit. https://commoncraft.com/covid"

Why Masks Matter

 From Common Craft, "This short (and silent) video briefly explains why masks matter in helping to slow the spread of COVID-19. It's part of a free resource called the COVID Communication Kit: https://commoncraft.com/covid."