Kids Who Think!

Kids Who Think!
29/3/09 – “A Program Designed to Encourage Kids to Think Outside of the Box…Challenges will be posted weekly”.

Science Projects Experiments & Educational Toys – Cool Ideas, Gifts & Lesson Plans from Steve Spangler at Steve Spangler Science

Science Projects Experiments & Educational Toys – Cool Ideas, Gifts & Lesson Plans from Steve Spangler Science
22/3/09 – The description in the title is pretty much accurate – videos explain everything; well worth a look.

Ideas to Inspire

Ideas to Inspire
20/2/09 – “‘Ideas to Inspire’ is a collection of Google Docs presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas.The presentations are a collaboration between lots of fantastic teachers around the world.Choose a presentation to begin…”

Random Teaching Idea Generator

Random Teaching Idea Generator
24/1/09 – Now I wish I had invented this myself! Click the button for another of the 2,500 teaching ideas, methods and activities. Very highly recommended.

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Imagination Prompt Generator

Imagination Prompt Generator
1/11/08 – Creative writing starter ideas; some may not be appropriate for unfiltered use in the classroom. Worth looking at though…

Useful tips for the start of the year

Useful tips for the start of the year
11/5/08 – This is a charming story of a Kindergarten teacher in the USA. Much of what he suggests is directly applicable or adaptable all the way up to Y6.

Plot and Character Generator

Plot and Character Generator
20/4/08 – Gives randomised charcters and events for creative writing stimulus. I won’t use this with children because some of the scenarios might elicit too many awkward questions. I will probably collate the more relevant and appropriate ones at home. Looks good though!