Next Week's Lesson Plans 10/4/14

When tech doesn't mind its own business.

Current Events
File this under, The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment

Happy Astronomy Day! Night sky viewing tips here

http://earthsky.org/tonight/happy-astronomy-day 

Total eclipse of Blood Moon on night of October 7-8

http://earthsky.org/tonight/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-hunters-moon-october-7-8-2014 

What's the controversy about Christopher Columbus?

Columbus Controversy

http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/columbus-controversy 

Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/other-worlds-voyage-columbus 

Chart Columbus's Voyages

https://www.teachervision.com/columbus-day/lesson-plan/3029.html 

Let Me Think About That

Two Case Studies: How Connected Educators Can Transform Schools

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/two-case-studies-how-connected-educators-can-transform-schools/ 

Ensuring Equal Access to Education Resources for all Students

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/10/ensuring-equal-access-to-educational-resources-for-all-students/ 

Education’s Curious Fascination With Uniformity

http://www.teachthought.com/featured/common-core-standards-decent-answer-decent-question/ 

We Need To Mix Things Up This Week

Oil Pastel Resist Halloween Art 

http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/10/oil-pastel-resist-halloween-art.html 

Fall Education--Science Lessons

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/fallcolor/education.cfm 

Autumn Leaves: Simple Science and Activities for Kids 

http://greatkids.outdoors.org/2012/10/autumn-leaves-simple-science-and.html 

Keeping Organized

This is the never ending story.

50 Fab Apps for Teachers

Must-have apps for your smartphones and tablets.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/50-fab-apps-teachers 

3 Great Apps to Keep Teachers Organized 

http://www.teachhub.com/3-great-apps-keep-teachers-organized 

For those of us still in the three-dimensional world.

The Clutter-Free Classroom
http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/

Classroom Management

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/classroom-management