Posts made in November 3rd, 2009

Smart Board Goodies

Posted on Nov 3, 2009 in Interactive Whiteboards, SMARTboards, Useful Links | 2 comments

Just wanted to draw your attention to a new blog I’ve discovered called Smart Board Goodies.

Run by Amber Coggin, an Elementary teacher in Alabama, the blog has some great links on there to resources that can be used on any brand of IWB, not just Smartboards. I’d recommend you add it to your bookmarks and check it regularly.

Go take a look now. And don’t forget to check out the websites in my sidebar; both the blogrool and the delicious feed, for some more excellent sites that I recommend.

Update – found another blog today that’s worth a look – check out http://ictscoil.wordpress.com for more IWB-related ideas for the classroom.

A sense of scale

Posted on Nov 3, 2009 in Interactive Whiteboards, Science Resources, Useful Links | 2 comments

This is an excellent resource for teaching Scale that was shared on Twitter by Graham Linehan last week.

This Cell Size and Scale interactive from the Genetic Science Learning Centre, University of Utah, takes you from a coffee bean down to a carbon atom.

Drahg the slider across the screen to zoom in and out and view cells, organlles, paramecium, viruses and molecules, ending with a carbon atom. It’s a brilliant, clear way to demonstrate  relative scales of objects and would be perfect for Science teachers. View it here