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Research and Evaluation Tools

Links for Future So Bright workshop

          Fournets Tips for advanced internet searches and how to do them better

Progress Check Sheets Questionnaires to give students to monitor their research progress (WHS Library)

Pre-research Questions for Students   Questions to prepare students for research

Library Research Check Sheet  Chart for evaluating the use of library time

Teamwork evaluation tool   self-evaluation for students on group activities

Plagiarism info    good article with tips on handling plagiarism

Rubistar  create your own grading rubrics from templates or use theirs; includes multimedia activities, oral presentations, research papers,  and more!

Rubrics of all kinds  find links to thirty or more rubrics, from science to math 
to oral reports to English

Questioning Toolkit  read Jamie McKenzie's very helpful and user friendly article about all the many ways we can use  questions to stimulate critical thinking in the classroom

Advanced Research Ideas  ideas for doing advanced types of research activities;  college preparatory—good for seniors  or AP

Teaching Students to Problem-Solve  article about  different methods for teaching problem solving and critical thinking to help students "do" better research

Sample Lessons  Sample lessons using critical questions

General Teacher Websites

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators 
links to many helpful sites for educators, organized by subject area, with helpful descriptions 

4Teachers  Tools to design online quizzes, certificates, online class calendars,
rubrics, etc.

Busy Teacher's Website
links to helpful websites, organized by subject area; includes an "email update" of what's new

Webquests
find complete online internet lessons for every subject 

 Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory
selected links to over 12,000 sites, organized by subject;  can be tailored for teachers, students,  librarians 
 

Global Connections - Helping Teachers Use the Internet in Class   
this site sponsored by National Semiconductor features lesson plans, links to educational websites, and ideas for using internet in the classroom  
  

Apple Learning Interchange  
helpful compilation of good resources on the web, lesson plans, and projects for educators; free membership

 

Subject Area Sites

The Math Forum Home Page   
an online math community for educators, with links to mathematical resources 
 

WHS History Links
American history links compiled by Al Bennett and social studies teachers for WHS curriculum, including the 1920's, civil rights movement and lesson plan sites

English Links
Links for WHS English teachers including sites on literary criticism, research, etc.

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers   
links to sites for students, parents, and k-12 relating to all aspects of history 
 

Internet Activities for the Foreign Language Classroom 
links to helpful sites, lesson plans organized by language, and helpful ideas for using internet in the classroom 
 

PBS/KLRU  find lesson plans and activities which accompany PBS programming here

Access Excellence   
resources for science, health, and math--includes news, forums, links, etc 
 

National Archive: Primary Sources and Activities for the Classroom   
ideas and lessons for teaching historical topics using primary source documents available from the National Archives

 

"information is our business"

To suggest a link or make comments, send e-mail to  WHSLibrary@eanes.k12.tx.us .