Strategic Network: Practice w/ Supports
First, visit CAST to learn about or review the Strategic Network.

Learn about UDL through videos, reading or activities.

Watch video clip, The Brain Research

Read Chapter : Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age on-line at CAST.

Explore a model UDL lesson plan (science, grade levels 3-5) - be sure to click on the UDL [...]

Tags: brain research, cast, strategic network, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Recently the U.S. Department of Education launched a new and improved version of the much acclaimed web site, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE). The new site makes it easier for users to find teaching and learning resources by offering, for the first time, a list of 500 educational topics and a redesigned home page. [...]

Tags: federal resources for educational excellence, teaching aids

EduHound and Time for Kids have teamed up to bring you free K-1 classroom teaching tools that will engage and motivate your class to learn more. You’ll find subject-specific mini-lesson plans along with corresponding online resource links to help you create the ultimate learning experience for your students.
 

Websites of the Week
Ecology
Eco Kids - a Canadian resource that has some great interactive materials. *From the FAQ: Designed for students ages 7-1 - adaptable for older students as well.
Here is an interactive food chain game – click on “Play the Game” when you are ready.

Vocabulary
WordGirl is a new animated series from [...]

In elementary school about as many girls as boys have positive attitudes toward science. A recent study of fourth graders showed that 66% of girls and 68% of boys reported liking science.
However, by second grade, when students (both boys and girls) are asked to draw a scientist, most portray a white male in a [...]

We use technology because:

Technology, if used well, enhances, enlivens and enriches the content of our lessons.
Technology engages students in learning.
Technology helps to create dynamic learning environments that simulate real-life scenarios.
Technology allows us to communicate, share, explore, collaborate and connect with others, often in distant places and diverse spaces.
Technology helps [...]

Here’s the direct link to the Tools and Activitiespage on the TES (Teaching Every Student) portion of the CAST website. The activities section contains informaiton on the 3 Brain Networks and what some folks call the “fuzzy picture” activity. CAST calls it, “Your Three Brain Networks.”