"The Hummingbird Project," a unique initiative that challenges, connects, and teaches student observers through the Internet. In Operation RubyThroat, participants observe the Ruby-throated Hummingbird in their home countries and share information with peers across North and Central America...

The effective teacher is someone who can take an idea or technique, even if it is not related to education, and transform it into something that will apply to a personal situation. The effective teacher is a creative teacher---one who can THINK, REFLECT and IMPLEMENT...

It is a given that all students will not be attracted to all teachers. It is also a given that respect, rather than being liked, is the hallmark of great teachers. But chances of achieving both are far greater through encouragement and empowerment than by saying, "Call me by my first name."...

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Coast Guard LT. Marshall Branch is the officer and helicopter pilot who initiated and will be coordinating the e-mails from Antarctica Project with Teachers.Net and classroom teachers who sign up to participate...

Parent Conference week is such a busy time for teachers. Do you feel like you might as well live at school during parent conference time? Here are the ideas you need to turn conference time into a positive experience for parents and for you...

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We do an activity called Pumpkin Math! Our PTO donates 5 pumpkins to our classroom. We also recruit 4 or 5 parent volunteers to facilitate groups of students.

Each parent has a group of 4 students and 1 pumpkin. The groups do the following...

Most classrooms that have a computer also have a printer. In a typical classroom the printer is a cheap throw-in on a package deal---"buy this computer and get a free printer!" But that "free" printer usually proves to be well worth the price; it does not withstand the onslaught of child-use...

Printables;

Tic-Tac-Toe Homework
from Jennifer Poe

Literature Circle Role Sheets
from Donna Baker

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