http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links Links, Resources and Downloads for HCPS Teachers Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:09:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SIMILE | Exhibit | PresidentsThe best President Page ever.  See their places of birth/death plotted on Google Maps and  their terms of office on a time line. http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/12/19/simile-exhibit-presidents/ Creative Commons SearchNeed music, pictures or more without worrying about violating copyright?  This is your place. It is quite interesting. I'd suggest pre-downloading files from here and sharing them with students via VirtualShare as this site isn't restricted. http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/12/13/creative-commons-search/ Here's an interesting idea to get you kids thinking about math outside of the classroom and it works well for differentiation as it can be as hard or easy as you'd like.   The basic idea is to take a group of road signs and turn it into an equation ... http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/10/24/road-sign-math/ Main Page - MathcastsAn interesting site with movie versions of whiteboard explanations (with and without audio). Some of the films are a little too advanced for middle school (and for me) but the idea is great.If you'd like to create movies like these for your students to be able ... http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/10/10/mathcasts-wiki/ Slide Show: Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge 2006 On 22 September 2006, Science Magazine and the National Science Foundation honor the creators of dazzling scientific images and animated presentations, in the fourth annual Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. This year's winners -- in categories including photography, illustration, informational graphics, and multimedia ... http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/10/05/science-and-engineering-visualization-challenge-2006/ Maps of War Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans...the list goes on. A really cool map that shows the range of empires ruling the Middle East over the last 5000 years.  It's animated and attached to ... http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/10/04/maps-of-war/ A very interesting movie detailing the inner workings of the cell. http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/09/25/harvards-inner-workings-of-the-cell/ A nice alternative to an egg timer (which I would either break or lose) is this online alarm clock. Display it through your TV as a way to let students know when tests will end, tasks will change etc. http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/09/14/online-alarm-clock/ From the math maven, Ms. Chapman, comes this great link to an interactive math dictionary. http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/09/07/an-interactive-math-dictionary/ Quia Links http://www.byrdmiddle.org/links/2006/08/22/history-quia-pages/