Tynker

Tynker.com offers a free 6-course introduction to coding for grades 3-8 and paid coding courses for younger students.  The courses includes lesson plans and project templates to help students learn to program and code by creating games, tutorials  and puzzles!

Youngzine

Current event articles and videos for kids!

Teachers who sign up for an account can have their students comment, and submit articles, book reviews or travelogues. All content is monitored by their editorial staff.

Siemens Science

Looking for some fun, hands-on science activities to keep your students engaged until the end of the year?  Siemens, in conjunction with Discovery Education, has k-6 lesson plans and support videos for earth, life and physical sciences!

http://www.siemensscienceday.com/index.cfm

Smithsonian TT & TweenTribune

Looking for current event articles for kids?  Check out Smithsonian TTJunior & TweenTribune.  This site has interesting daily articles categorized by Lexile.  The articles are clean, with no distracting ads on the side.  Teachers can create a class and have students participate in quizzes and post teacher approved comments!

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Free Technology for Teachers: 16 Educational Resources for Earth Day 2016

Free Technology for Teachers: 16 Educational Resources for Earth Day 2016: Earth Day 2016 is on Friday. As I've done in the past, I've compiled a list of resources for teaching about Earth Day and environm...

The 27 Characteristics of A 21st Century Teacher

"The 27 Characteristics of A 21st Century Teacher ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning." The 27 Characteristics of A 21st Century Teacher ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2016. <http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/the-27-characteristics-of-21st-century.html>.