COVID19 SURVIVAL
Students who Thrived under Lockdown – references
Best Maths and English resources for teachers working remotely – free, comprehensive, from kindergarten to Year 13
Maths by remote learning – all ages, from fractions to calculus
Chemicool – based around the periodic table, all elements well explained
Huge video collection for all Sciences and STEM subjects
Science Projects at Home – lots of easy safe experiments for home
Science Toys – simple Science experiments that students can do at home
Physics Central – excellent resources for teachers and students on all major physics topics
Google Applied Digital Skills – free lessons in practical digital skills for teachers and students
2000 Museums to visit virtually
25 Best Websites for teachers for preparing remote learning lessons
Huge free Junior School resource base for remote learning – lots of videos, links and other interactive resources
Best Social Studies links museum tours and virtual field trips for remote learning
Best History links and resources for remote learning
Critical Thinking Web – huge resource base of lesson plans for teaching all aspects of critical thinking – available in English and Chinese
Teach Thought – 25 apps for teaching critical thinking
Tim Cavey – the primacy of thinking and learning skills over knowledge in a post-Covid19 world
Teaching Strategies of award-winning online instructors
Harvard Project Zero – thinking strategies for remote learning
Ramsey Musallam – great resources for teaching Science remotely
Free guide and resources for teaching about climate change
Teaching Maths remotely – Mathigon interactive, personalised textbook
Free online learning – huge database of links to free university level remote learning courses – many suitable for school
Kate Pechacek – practical strategies for assessment in the remote classroom plus Andrew Millerwith more
TEDEd Earth School – 30 earth-based, well resourced projects to do at home
Laura Lee – 7 guiding principles to pass on to parents teaching at home
Nora Fleming – meeting students SEL needs remotely
Edutopia video on keeping students engaged in virtual settings
OTHER LINKS FOR TEACHERS
Teachers Pay Teachers – great idea, great site for teachers to buy and sell lessons, all levels, all subjects
Maths Is Fun – from fractions to calculus, good site for teaching maths
Scientific American – good resources for many Science topics
Best sites for teaching the Sciences – Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Physics
Google Arts and Culture – amazing collection of resources and links
Web English Teacher – teaching English, English Literature & ESL, a huge lesson plan resource base plus paid tutorial service
Developing Understanding by Design – backwards design for teaching by Wiggins and McTighe
Thinking Skills Activities – for Grades 3-6
81 Thinking Skills Activities – worksheets provided
25 Resource links for Teaching Critical Thinking – from TeachThought
Teaching Critical Thinking – Glen Dewar’s tips for the deliberate teaching of critical thinking at all ages
100 Best Science Sites for Teachers – the best science sites to find resources to design lessons around.
Teaching English – a good UK site for the teaching of English, lots of lesson planners, exercises etc.
Busy Teacher – an English teaching site where teachers share their printable worksheets, lesson plans and lesson activities with colleagues for free, especially good for ESL.
ESL Cafe – Dave Sperling’s site for ESL and EFL teachers and learners – particularly good for games to play.
Freeology – Resources for teaching reading, grammar, numbers. These will suit Junior teachers mostly although has some great graphic organisers for higher level English.
Science Videos – Ten great science video sites.
Endorsments
All teachers should attend this course for themselves and to help their students. This comment applies equally to parents.
ÉCOLE MARIE-CLARAC-SECONDAIRE
MONTRÉAL-NORD