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11 Valentine Sites For Students K-2

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Here are fun Valentine sites to fill those few minutes betwixt and between lessons, projects, bathroom breaks, lunch, and everything else (click here for updates on this list):

  1. Drag-and-drop games
  2. Google Drawings Magnetic Poetry from Ctrl Alt Achieve
  3. Games and puzzles
  4. ‘I love you’ in languages Afrikaans to Zulu
  5. Match
  6. Puppy jigsaw
  7. Rebus game
  8. Sudoku
  9. Tic-tac-toe
  10. Typing
  11. Write in a heart
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Do you use any I missed? If you’re looking for more, here’s my collection of holiday lesson plans, easily adaptable to Valentine’s Day.

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13 Online Resources About Kids News Resources

News sources for kids (click for updates to this list):

  1. C News for kids
  2. Kids News – Current Events
  3. KidsPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/
  4. KiwiKids News https://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/ excellent articles on world events as well as general interest topics.
  5. News For Kids  https://newsforkids.net
  6. News-o-matic for kids (app)
  7. Newsela https://newsela.com each article written at five different reading levels
  8. NewseumEd
  9. Reach Out Reporter — science news for elementary students
  10. Science News for Students https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org
  11. Student Daily News https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/
  12. Teaching Kids News http://teachingkidsnews.com/
  13. TweenTribune http://tweentribune.com written at four different reading levels so the content can be used K-12.

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Winter Websites

Here are some Winter activities to share the joy of winter (click here for updates to list):

  1. 5 Videos to teach about winter
  2. Winter Facts and Worksheets
  3. The Winter Solstice, from PBS–a video for youngers
  4. Winter Vocabulary–a video
  5. What is a Solstice, from National Geographic–a video
  6. What is the Winter Season–a video
  7. Winter Coloring Pages, Printables, and more
  8. Winter Games–digital

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17 Websites and Videos on Natural Disasters

Natural disasters is a related discussion to any number of topics–geography, ecology, Earth Day, even problem solving. Here are 17 websites that bring the power of these natural forces to students (click here for updates to the list):

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Top Ten Posts and Tips for 2024

Since we started Ask a Tech Teacher fifteen years ago, we’ve had almost 6.3 million views and 3300 comments from about 11,500 followers who read some or all of our 2,454 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like:

If you’ve just arrived at Ask a Tech Teacher, start here.

Here are our top 10 lists of most popular posts and tips for 2024:

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14 Holiday Websites and 5 Projects

Need a few websites to fill in free minutes? Here are holiday websites that will keep students busy while teaching them (click for updates to list):

  1. 12 Days of Christmas
  2. 55 Christmas Project Ideas for Elementary Schoolage Students
  3. Christmas Celebrations Across the World (video)
  4. Christmas puzzles and games
  5. Christmas—history—fun video
  6. Christmas Traditions Around the World (video)
  7. Gift Hunt–updated version of 12 Days of Christmas–just as much fun
  8. Holiday Crossword
  9. Holiday Elf Games
  10. Holiday—Math Facts
  11. Holiday—North Pole Academy
  12. Holiday STEM Activities
  13. Phone call from Santa
  14. Santa Tracker

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14 Apps and 2 Projects for Thanksgiving

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Need a few websites and apps to fill in sponge time? Here are Thanksgiving websites that will keep students busy and still teach them (click for updated links):

  1. Berenstein Bears Give Thanks (app)
  2. Canadian Thanksgiving
  3. Online/Offline Thanksgiving activities
  4. Plimoth Plantation–a field trip of a Pilgrim’s life. Included on this real-life site is a video of the Pilgrim’s crossing to the New World.
  5. Thanksgiving edu-websites–CybraryMan
  6. Thanksgiving Games
  7. Thanksgiving games and puzzles
  8. Thanksgiving games–Quia
  9. Thanksgiving Lesson Plans
  10. Turkey Templates — activities in Google Slides

If you’re looking for projects, you’ll find two on Ask a Tech Teacher:

  1. A Holiday Card
  2. A Holiday Flier

For more, click here:

  • Thanksgiving ASCII Art
  • Comics
  • Countdown Clock for the Holiday
  • Team Challenge
  • Thanksgiving Poll

Here’s a gallery of some of the Thanksgiving/Holiday projects:

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Autumn Websites

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  1. Autumn Facts for Kids
  2. Don’t “Leaf” Out Fall’s Most Valuable Lesson
  3. EEK! A Tree’s True Color
  4. Fall Bucket List For Families Printable
  5. Fall Crafts, Decorations, and Printouts
  6. Fall Books & Short Stories For Kids about Autumn
  7. Primary Games’ Fall Fun
  8. Science Made Simple: Why Do Leaves Change Color in Fall?
  9. Why Leaves Change Color

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22 Back To School Websites

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Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to

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We write about back to school often on Ask a Tech Teacher. Here are some of the past articles I think you’ll like:

  1. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons
  2. 5 FREE Web Tools for a New School Year
  3. 5 Tech Ed Tools to Use this Fall
  4. 5 Top Ways to Integrate Technology into the New School Year
  5. 5 Ways Teachers Can Stay on Top of Technology
  6. 5 Ways to Involve Parents in Your Class
  7. 6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers
  8. 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School
  9. 11 Back-to-school Activities for the First Month of School
  10. Back to School–Tech Makes it Easy to Stay On Top of Everything
  11. Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments
  12. Great Activities for the First Week of School
  13. Great Back to School Classroom Activities
  14. How to Build Your PLN
  15. New School Year? New Tech? I Got You Covered
  16. Plan a Memorable Back to School Night
  17. Ready To Go Back To School? 7 Fun Lesson Ideas To Start The New Year

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Invention Convention 2024 is coming

 

Invention Convention Worldwide is a global K-12 invention education curricular program mapped to national and state educational standards that teaches students problem-identification, problem-solving, entrepreneurship and creativity skills and builds confidence in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship for life. Signups for the annual Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals start March 29, 2024 (that’s today–publication day for this article).

RTX Invention Convention U.S. Nationals 2024 will be held at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI on June 5-7, 2024. Here’s a calendar of events (from Invention Convention Worldwide):

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