M.I.S.I.C PerformanceAssessmentTasks

Mixed (Integrated) Topics:

Jamie MacKenzie’s site: http://www.fno.org/integrated technology ideas and links to other sites

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/ Great source of links to other sites, resources for building assessments for project based learning

http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=037 There is a newsletter on project based learning from Edutopia, free to educators currently employed in a district

Lots on interesting units and lessons by content area, some integrated:

http://www.mcdenver.com/useguide/pbl.htm

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm Good links and ideas across content areas and courses

http://college.hmco.com/education/pbl/index.html Contains a few well done lessons for science and social studies that incorporate use of technology and media

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/project.htm More good resources

Bio Tech curriculum http://cse.edc.org/products/curricula/biotech/default.asp

Simulations: http://www.icons.umd.edu/staff/website.simulation_overview?id=2

More Simulations: http://www.classroominc.org/?page=our_programs&subpage=simulations

Integrated Math and Science Units: http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/

On-line, standards-based, resource bank of mathematics performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://palm.sri.com/

Great Math resources: linked off of the PBS web site

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/recommended/math/lk_reference.shtm

PBS resource for Math thinking skill book mark on effective questioning and mathematical thinking

http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/downloads/PBSTL_math_qcard.pdf

Designing Effective Projects: Teaching Thinking & Assessing Thinking http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/teaching_thinking_skills.htm

Assessing Projects: Using Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning

http://www.intel.com/education/assessingprojects/index.htm

Science:

Mars for Educators: http://marsrovers.ipl.nasa.gov/classroom/complete lessons and unit material ready to go with good literacy integration

http://education.usgs.gov/ incredible integrated projects and inquiry lessons

Great resources: http://www.nsta.org/highschool

Great chemistry ideas: http://www.chemistryteaching.com/

More great chemistry and integrated science units: http://www.anachem.umu.se/cgi-bin/pointer.exe?Demonstrations

Agriculture and Science:

Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education

http://www.caert.net/estore1/sample.asp

Math:

NCTM illuminations site http://illuminations.nctm.org/

http://www.nctm.org/ Great links

http://www.ct4me.net/math_projects.htm good links and ideas for math based projects

Integrated Units with a math focus:

http://www.goenc.com/search/default.asp?page=1&pagelength=10&searchText=integrated+units&grade=G0&resourceType=R0

Social Studies:

History Alive site http://www.historyalive.com/resources/onlHistory.aspx

http://www.bie.org/pbl/pblhandbook/index.php Buck Institute for Education, great focus on economics and civics and other areas in socials studies, some of the resources and links applicable across content areas

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmkahler/67910/projectbased/#Project%20Examples Contains four really good units focused on medieval times, however, could be easily adjusted for era under study

http://www.ncss.org/lessons/Good lessons in a variety of courses

Source for simulations and units http://www.paachawaii.org/highschool/index.htm

Good resources for economics by level (some freebies, some for purchase) www.store.ncee.net

English/Language Arts/Literacy:

http://www.sagrader.com/ Essay grader

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/myth.html Cool unit on the myth of Superman, teaches several great themes in literature

http://www.ncte.org/Tons of resources integrating literacy and technology, also integration with other courses. You may need to become a member to access all of the resources.

Integrated English and Social Studies Unit:

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/amliterature/amliterature.htm outstanding unit, received national recognition

Technology Focus:

http://pblmn.k12.ca/us Great ideas and step by sep instructions for multi-media projects, cross content ideas

http://www.schoolcio.com/registration/login.jhtml?_requestid=274504 Great strategies for technology integration, you need to create a logon

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/01/project7.html incredible links, including one to the George Lucas Center for Educators

http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=160 Great ideas to build into adult focused workforce projects

http://www.wested.org/pblnet/exemplary_projects.html Good resources for technology infused lessons for middle and high school students across content areas

Fine Arts Connections:

http://teachers.net/mentors/art/ Connections to a variety of Blogs and resources, pick and choose carefully

http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/art-ed-links.html Great links

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/teaching/lstyle.htm

Career and Technical Education:

Excellent site for CATE ideas: http://www.career-connection.org/

Good site for links to other organizations that have materials for use in creating units in arts based careers such as graphic design:

http://www.artschoolreview.com/graphic_design/index.html

Many free resources and connections between content areas: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cte/

Outstanding integrated business and economics resources (great for Social Studies Economics courses as well): www.thinkingeconomics.com

Raising the Level of Rigor and Relevance for all Grades:

Making Good Lessons Quickly

http://questioning.org/

Understanding by Design Exchange – www.ubdexchange.org/

A database of lessons created using the process developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.

Educator’s Desk Reference – www.eduref.org

A collection of resources that combines the AskERIC lesson plan database, Gateway to Education Materials, and Virtual Reference Desk.

Discovery School – http://school.discovery.com/

Extensive teacher resources including lessons plans, Web links from educator Kathy Schrock, and videos from Untied Streaming.

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) – www.thegateway.org/

The Gateway provides one-stop access to thousands of quality lesson plans, curriculum units, and other education resources sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Lesson Planz.com – http://lessonplanz.com/

A searchable directory of nearly 4,000 hand-selected and reviewed free online lesson plans and resources for all grades and subjects.

National Science Digital Library – http://nsdl.org/

Created by the National Science Foundation to provide access to high-quality resources and tools for teaching science, technology education, engineering, and mathematics.

New York Times Learning Network for Teachers – www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html

Updated daily, this site contains a new lesson plan each day, plus an archive of plans.

PBS TeacherSource – www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm

Search the database of more than 2,500 lesson plans and activities correlated to more than 230 sets of state and national curriculum standards.

Teachers.net – http://teachers.net/lessons/

This lesson bank includes hundreds of lesson plans and teaching ideas.

TeacherVIsion – www.teachervision.com

Part of the Learning Network supported by Pearson Publishing, this site contains lessons and other ideas in a searchable database.

Curriculum Matrix – http://www.edgate.com

AskERIC Lesson Plans – www.eduref.org

A collection of more than 2,000 lesson plans written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.

CNNfyi.com – http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/teachers/