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THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS
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This week, Education World reviewed three Web sites of interest to educators.

Science Animations
See science in motion at this Houston community college's site.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-15.shtml

BioED Online
Baylor College of Medicine offers a sharp site on biology.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-13.shtml

Teaching Mathematical Thinking Through Origami
The other kind of "math paper."
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-11.shtml

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REVIEWS
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Science Animations
See science in motion at this Houston community college's site.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-15.shtml

REVIEW: A+
These Science Animations, Movies and Interactive Tutorial Links may be just what the busy science teacher needs to spice up classroom instruction and make it more meaningful for students. With a long list of online multimedia resources, this site is a great supplement to the science curriculum. Resources are grouped into categories including General Collections (animals, plants, ecology, microbiology, astronomy, geology and physics), Anatomy and Physiology I, Anatomy and Physiology II and Biology. These useful resources were created by such notable institutions as Cambridge University Press, Florida State University, Carnegie Mellon, University of Leicester, University of Alberta and Harvard Education.

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BioED Online
Baylor College of Medicine offers a sharp site on biology.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-13.shtml

REVIEW: A+
BioEd Online is a site designed to “enhance the skills and knowledge of science educators” and it provides the materials and information to do just that. The Presentations area offers streaming video presentations on topics such as research lab techniques, inquiry science, and assessment as well as presentations for teachers in training. Teachers will especially appreciate the Slide Library where they will find hundreds of searchable slides that can be downloaded and used to customize their own lesson plans and activities. Each slide includes talking points and references. The Teacher Resources area includes ready-to-go lessons and instructional materials such as the grade 4-8 activity guides: Sleep and Daily Rhythms, Muscles and Bones, and Food and Fitness. There is also a separate section for K-5 educators that includes presentations, slide sets, teacher resources and professional development appropriate for elementary teachers. Additionally, the site offers the latest news, free online courses, discussions and information on hot topics.

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Teaching Mathematical Thinking Through Origami
The other kind of "math paper."
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-11.shtml

REVIEW: A+
Teaching Mathematical Thinking Through Origami offers educators a different approach to teaching mathematical thinking. The site includes background information on the art of origami, a set of teaching strategies that can be used with any of the models to incorporate origami into the classroom, and sample models. Teachers will find that the basic strategy is for students to become the teachers and the model examples include a variety of different computer-based techniques that students at all levels can use. Additionally, the Origami Sources section includes external links to other helpful origami sites.

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Educative Assessment: Designing Assessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance
Grant Wiggins is one of the most important education thinkers and writers because he has a unique and logical point of view on a fundamental aspect of school -- assessment. In this book, Wiggins attempts to envision what assessment reform would look like if it were to succeed, and then fleshes out his vision with strong logic and significant detail. Wiggins shows his ability to take the discussion to a higher level in the later chapters of this book by arguing that getting assessment right is not only an education priority but in fact a moral imperative.
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Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Active Learning
This book starts with a grounding in brain research and applies its key concepts to making foreign-language teaching in the middle and high school more active and engaging. With practical activity suggestions and other considerations for teaching to multiple intelligences, activities related to specific themes such as holidays and based on specific creative ideas, like Jeopardy-style games, the book culminates in chapters on alternative assessment and incorporating technology. With foreign-language teaching so often falling into well-worn patterns, and with our national level of language skills lagging far behind other countries, this is a valuable addition to the education bookshelf.
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