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I realize your plate is full as you scramble to create lessons in a fully online world as we all battle the Corona Virus. Phet is a terrific site that was created by the University of Colorado Boulder. It is FREE and does NOT require a log in. They have activities for elementary, middle, high school as well as university. Many times I lauded the interactives offered by SAS Curriculum Pathways. Since they have shut down their site, the activities were added to Phet. I have links to both a math lesson as well as science to give you an idea of what is there. Enjoy and Stay Safe.

Barbara

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/graphing-lines

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-static-electricity

How-To-Geek is one of my favorite Go-To sites for tech information. I found this article today about disinfecting your phone. An excerpt from the article: “The CDC recommends that everyone “clean all “high-touch” surfaces every day” to protect against the spread of COVID-19. These surfaces include smartphones, tablets, keyboards, and other frequently-used items of technology. We’ll be showing you how to do this safely, using the CDC’s recommendations of using “alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol” to kill microbes without damaging your device.”

Read their recommendation at https://www.howtogeek.com/660848/how-to-disinfect-your-smartphone/

Stay safe all,
Barbara

Hi all

Hope you are all well … these are challenging times but we will all get through them by helping one another. I worked with LearnZillion several years back and was impressed with the vetting of their instructional videos, They have since been sold but the instructional videos are free and do not need a sign up; or log-in.

I visited the site today and noticed that some of the Illustrative Math lesson plans are also free but teacher notes are not included in the free version. To access go to https://learnzillion.com/search?q=videos

Hope these are helpful. I used many of them when teaching middle school math and encouraged parents to use them as well. Stay safe.

Barbara