HOW DO WE KNOW? THEME STUDY
During this time students develop their information processing, communication, creative, and critical thinking skills. First, students will  find and evaluate resources as they investigate a topic having to do with the brain. Next, students will use all of the multi-media skills they learned in the past to share their research through a brain museum.  
 

PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
The teacher will lead discussions and activities to help students function in groups, effectively interact with others, and strengthen their personal problem solving skills.

MUSEUM NAMEPLATE
Museum Nameplate
Nameplate Example 

 

 VIRTUAL MUSEUM TEMPLATES
Virtual Museum Template 1
Virtual Museum Template 2
Virtual Museum Template 3

GAMESHOW TEMPLATES
 Blank Jeopardy
Jeopardy Template
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Template

BRAIN
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html Neuroscience for Kids website
http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/nervous-system  How Stuff Works
http://www.arlenetaylor.org/brain-lead/1499-school-subjects
http://quizlet.com/2488126/brain-lobes-and-functions-flash-cards/ Brain lobes games
www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/brain_noSW.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/brain/index.asp
www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=explorehome/learning-resources
www.exploratorium.edu/brain_explorer/jumping.html
www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/1.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/coma/geography/
http://health.howstuffworks.com/brain.htm
http://www.fi.edu/brain/index.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/index.shtml
http://www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/brain/index.html
http://rwmarketing.com/News/VisPun.html
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html 
http://prezi.com/t6atwsohlmui/brain-structures-and-functions-by-peza-dicen Slideshow of brain structure
http://interests.caes.uga.edu/eai/ai.html  artificial intelligence
 

MUSEUMS
http://www2.fi.edu/(Franklin Institute)
http://www.si.edu/Museums(Smithsonian Museums-includes virtual museums)
http://www.cdm.org/index.asp?f=1
http://www.bostonkids.org/exhibits.html
http://www.pittsburghkids.org/Templates/CMP_Main.aspx?CID=93&SECID=2&MENUID=11
http://thechildrensmuseum.org/
http://www.mos.org/
http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/
http://www.msichicago.org/Chicago Museum of Science and Technology

GENERAL:
 http://www.edmodo.com/?language=en&auto_selected_lang=true  Edmodo
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/  Make your own comic
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood  Solve all different kinds of puzzles
www.freerice.com  Develop your vocabulary while donating rice
http://dictionary.reference.com/  Word of the day
http://pppst.com/  PowerPoint lessons on a variety of topics
http://www.brainybetty.com/soundsforpowerpoint.htm  Free music downloads
http://edu.glogster.com/ Glogster
http://www.fonts.com/aboutfonts/articles/finetypography/typographicchecklist.htm help in choosing and using fonts
http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives
 

IMAGES
http://www.edupic.net/index.html  All images are free for students
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net  See terms of use for acceptable use of these images
http://imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php  Free stock images with full permission to use
http://www.clipart.dk.co.uk/ Permission to downlad for personal use
http://explore.ecb.org/videos/VLC_titles?REFERER=BADGER  Science images; check terms of use
http://collections.si.edu/search/  Pictures from the Smithsonian collection; Credit Smithsonian and photographer
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html Students may use pictures as long as they credit NASA
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/  Full permission to use
http://imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php  Full permission to use photos


 MATH
http://www.teacherled.com/resources/difftri/fifteenload.html
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/06-solving-equations/index.html
http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/08-signed-numbers-integers/index.html 
http://www.math.com/practice/Algebra.html 
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Math/PreAlg01/default.asp   Go to the signed integers lessons

SCIENCE
MAD SCIENTIST
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx  Create a Graph
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/scientific_method/sci_method_selector.swf 
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=85B1D471-15A4-4294-88E2-43497FD983F4&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US 
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_scientific_method.shtml      
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/studies_scimethod.html   
http://sciencefairproject.virtualave.net/scientific_method.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/scientificmethod/
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/
www.biology4kids.com/index.html
www.answers.com/topic/scientific-method
http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/Research_Rack/tools/scientific_method.html