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Elementary Teachers NOVEMBER 6 - 13, 2012

What does innovation look like in the classroom? This week, IPTV focuses on innovative resources to help you challenge your students to meet their full potential. From lesson ideas that are cross-curricular to videos that show what new technologies will look like in future classrooms, there is something here to help your innovate in the classroom.

Contest

2012 Teacher Innovator Awards

Grade Range: K-12

Are you an innovator in the classroom? Sign up for the 2012 Teacher Innovator Awards to share your ideas and be recognized for your innovations. This contest is for all PreK-12 teachers, media specialists, technology coordinators and homeschool educators who use digital media to enhance student learning.

Interactive

PBS KIDS Island

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

In this interactive, students create a playground with PBS Kids Island. The site offers reading games and activities for children, and resources and literacy activities for parents and teachers. Find a progress tracker and more.

Lesson Plan/Activity

Astronomy and Geography

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

Use an atlas to explore towns and cities named after planets or constellations. Discover how constellations got their names and were assigned their boundaries in the sky.

Interactive

WordGirl/Miss Power Face-Off

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

In this interactive, WordGirl must face off against Miss Power and use antonyms to defeat her negative words.

Video

Meet an Astronaut

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

In this Connections to Science video, meet astronaut and Iowa native Dr. Peggy Whitson who is the first female commander of the International Space Station. Learn some interesting facts about the International Space Station, why half the fun of science is getting unexpected results, and what it takes to not only be an astronaut, but also successful in life.

Interactive

Web Karaoke

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

Create a poem that becomes the lyrics to a song in this interactive karaoke activity. Type in the lines of your poem, listen to the melody while singing along, and print your song.

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