Links to Extension Activities for ISTE Scenarios
National Educational Technology Standards for STUDENTS (NETS•S)
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #1 (GRADES PK-2)
HEAT ENERGY
Interactive Thermometer
http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/thermometer.html
Make a Solar Cooker
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/solarcookers.html
Calendar and Weather Book
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=5721
Online Weather Activities
http://www.uen.org/weather/activities.shtml
Light and Dark Interactive Activity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/light_dark.shtml
Solids and Liquids
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/index.html
Light Source
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/light/eng/Introduction/default.htm
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #2 (GRADES 3-5)
RETELLING A STORY
Goldilocks & the Three Bears (Zoom Playhouse)
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/playhouse/goldilocksandthethre.html
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/story.htm
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (many activities-from the UK)
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/fairytale2/goldilocks/goldicontents/goldicontentspage.htm
Story Scramble with Binky Barnes (sequencing)
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/index.html
Comparing Tales through Performance (Three Little Pigs)
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2343/
Writing a Story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/storyplant.shtml
Fairy Tale Resources
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listfairytash.html
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #3 (Grades 3-5)
CAHABA RIVER
The Cahaba River Society
http://www.cahabariversociety.org/
Fishing and Floating the Cahaba River
http://www.outdooralabama.com/Fishing/freshwater/where/rivers/cahaba.cfm
Wikipedia’s Cahaba River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahaba_River
The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/freshwater/work/cahabariver.html
Lee River Interactives (specific to the Lee River but many activities would also apply to the any river)
http://www.riverlee.org.uk/index1.htm
National Geographic Interactive-What is River System?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/rivers/ga01.html
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #2 (Grades 3-5)
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fairytales in Other Languages
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/default.htm
Foreign Language Interactives
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/foreignlang.html
Foreign Language Resources
http://webgerman.com/languages/
Spanish Language Resources
http://www.spanishprograms.com/learning_module/tutorial_index.htm
Internet 4 Classrooms Foreign Language
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/flang.htm
Scholastic Spanish Activities
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/index.htm
Piñata Game
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/pinata/game.htm
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #1 (GRADES 6-8)
ONLINE COLLABORATION
Journey North – A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Classroom Connect Collaborating
http://www.classroom.com/community/collaboration/
Teacher’s Guide to Collaborating
http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/publications/Collab_web.pdf
CIESE Online Collaborative Projects
http://www.ciese.org/collabprojs.html
Global Schoolnet
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm
Internet Projects Registry (easily search for projects by grade level and subject)
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/pr/index.cfm
Global Virtual Classroom
http://www.virtualclassroom.org/
Collaborative Projects
http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary/lesson.ideas.html
Blog Safety
http://www.blogsafety.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1100000006
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #2 (GRADES 6-8)
CIVIL RIGHTS
Interactive Timeline
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/brown/1883.html
Voices of Civil Rights
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/history.html
Scholastic’s History Mystery on Civil Rights
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?game=2
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Interactive Election Activities
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election04/games.html
Time for Kids Election 2008
http://www.270towin.com/
270 to Win
http://www.270towin.com/
Kids Voting USA
http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/
Kids Turn Central
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/links/uspollinks.htm
Blog Safety
http://www.blogsafety.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1100000006
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #1 (GRADES 9-12)
FILM MAKING
About AFI Screen Education
http://www.afi.edu/intro/program.aspx#whyworks
AFI Screen Education Blog
http://blog.afi.com/screened/
Sidewalk Film Competition for Teenagers
http://www.sidewalkfilm.org/student.htm
Bridges to Understanding (student films from around the world)
http://www.bridgesweb.org/projects/gallery.html
Mabry Middle School (Digital Storytelling School 2.0)
http://mabryonline.org/archives/mtv/ (scroll down to get to the examples of video)
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR SCENARIO #2 (GRADES 9-12)
PHYSICS
Interactive Physics
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0070524076/student_view0/interactives.html
Interactive Physics
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
Skateboard Physics
http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/sims.php?sim=Energy_Skate_Park
Annenberg (roller coaster physics)
http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster.html
Evaluating Digital Resources (ISTE Grades 6-8 #5)
Five Criteria for Evaluating Webpages
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Evaluating Websites: Criteria and Tools
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html
Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources
http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/researchguides/webevaluating.html
ICYouSee: T is for Thinking
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
Kathy Schrock’s Teacher Helper – A Long List of Evaluation Resources
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html
Teaching Zach to Think – Alan November (A Must Read for any Educator)
http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=85&limit=1&limitstart=1