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Volume 12 Issue 10
March 4, 2008

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

Aero-Pop
Fab fitness program from Canada – all downloadable for free: feel the burn!
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-29.shtml

ChemTutor
Strong site for high school or college chem. students.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-27.shtml

National Sea Grant Library: Digital Libraries
Super site about the seas, with an ocean of teaching resources.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-25.shtml

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REVIEWS
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Aero-Pop
Fab fitness program from Canada – all downloadable for free: feel the burn!
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-29.shtml

REVIEW: A+
This high energy site may be the cure for getting youngsters to moving and improving their health. It can be incorporated into the school fitness programs or done at home and is appropriate for all children. Best of all, the entire program can be downloaded for free. Teachers will find thirty-five easy to follow lesson plans with a video clip to demonstrate each new move. A PDF file is also available explaining in detail the lesson plan for each session. Parents can easily use the program at home to get and keep your kids moving and having fun while they’re doing it. Just choose your own upbeat music and start Aero-popping!! It’s the fun way to change the way children think about exercise and physical education.

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ChemTutor
Strong site for high school or college chem. students.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-27.shtml

REVIEW: A
Chemtutor is a useful resource for students and teachers. It can be used for independent study, review of lessons taught in class, or a tutoring program for students in basic chemistry. The content is grouped into sections by topic including how to learn, the periodic table, kinetics, reactions, atomic structure, elements, solutions, and thermochemistry. Within each topic area, users can read the text and view charts, tables, sample problems, and diagrams. According to the site, “Chemtutor begins with the fundamentals and gives expert help with the most difficult phases of understanding your first course in chemistry."

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National Sea Grant Library: Digital Libraries
Super site about the seas, with an ocean of teaching resources.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2008/r0208-25.shtml

REVIEW: A+
This site provides a wealth of information and resources on marine topics. The subject categories include coastal hazards, diving safety, global warming, harmful algae, marine careers, seafood safety/foodborne illnesses, and, perhaps most interesting to teachers, the education section. The materials cover a broad range of topics and grade levels. Some of the gems here include a resource guide for environmental and marine science teachers, wetland activities, a resource guide for oceanography, and coastal processes: developed for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, The "marinated" classroom: a sourcebook of aquatic activities for the elementary classroom and another for the secondary classroom, water on the web: integrating real-time data into educational curricula over the internet and coastal capers: a marine education primer. Additionally, an Ask the Librarian section is available with answers to some of the more interesting questions they have received and an email link to the librarian in case you have further questions.

Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators."

Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement
This useful book by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis takes as its first chapter title and as its philosophy, "reading is thinking," and builds upon that fundamental realization beautifully. The book, however, is not a simple collection of tips for teaching reading, but really a marriage of practical suggestions and an underlying model for how students learn to read better and, importantly, how to think more effectively.
Click to learn more or to purchase this book.

The Psychology of the Child
An essential book in the history of educational theory, this is a great introduction to the work of Jean Piaget. First published in French in 1966, this book lays out Piaget's six stages of sensory-motor intelligence and goes on to build upon that foundation a schema that tries to encompass the development of cognitive abilities right up to adulthood. Surprisingly brief and readable, this is one of those books every education library should contain.
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The Best of LEARNING GAMES

If you enjoy Education World's weekly LEARNING GAMES feature, you'll love this book! Education World and the National Education Association (NEA) have joined forces to create a handy, pocket-size booklet of more than 30 of our most popular learning games. PLUS an extra bonus -- ten more games for classroom fun!

These classroom games span the grades and the major subject areas -- and inject a healthy dose of fun into the serious business of teaching and learning. Looking to fill the end of a hectic day with something fun and educational? Looking for a great reward for students that will make valuable use of free time? Looking to reinforce basic skills with a fun activity? These games will fill the bill!

Included in this 80-page booklet you'll find these games and more: