Tuesday 1/27/15

This week is a Super Bowl theme in honor of this weekend's game.

TECH TIP:  

Practical Money Skills is site that has several different games to lean financial literacy.  One of those Games is Financial Football, where students answer financial questions in order to move their football team down the field.

NBC Sports has a site with several videos that look at the science and physics of sport including the science of football.

For a media lesson, here is a link to the 20 best Super Bowl ads of all time:  http://fansided.com/2015/01/27/20-best-super-bowl-commercials-time/

BOOK TIP:  Some great reads about football:

Friday NIght Lights by H.G. Bissinger follows one season of the Odessa Panthers, the winningest team in Texas school history.  Inspired both the movie and the TV show.

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis.  This is the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless young teen who is taken in by a rich, white family and finds he is a football star, able to protect the quarterback's blind side.  

Muckers by Sandra Neil Wallace.  This is the fictionalized account of a mining town whose high school is closing and this is final year of its football team, the Muckers.  Can they lead the team to a championship one last time?

Tuesday Tips 1/13/14

Every Tuesday, a tech tip and a book tip to inspire and support your work.

TECH TIP:  Big Huge Labs Picture Projects:  Make a Magazine Cover or Make a Movie Poster

As you are thinking about mid-terms assessments, these could be fun supplements.  Both of these websites provide templates for adding details, facts, and photos to fake magazine cover or movie posters.

Magazine Cover:  http://bighugelabs.com/magazine.php

Movie Poster:  http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php

BOOK TIP:  Bookboon: Free Online Textbooks

http://bookboon.com/

This is a website that allows you to download free eversions of textbooks.  Many science and math options that might be of interest.  

Tuesday Tips 1/6/14

TECH TIP:  Certificate Street  https://www.certificatestreet.com/

Looking for ways to celebrate your student's accomplishments as the semester ends?  Certificate Street is a website with free, customizable and printable certificates.  

BOOK TIP:  Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Now that the movie is in theaters, you need to read the book.  This is the incredible story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who faced challenges during World War II, including having to survive on a raft and being a POW in a Japanese camp.  This reads like fiction.  An amazing story of survival and heroism.