Education Lane
December 2022 | Cathleen Weber PhD
Challenge Your Students with TED Ed Riddles
TED Ed is a fantastic resource for riddles that will challenge your students. TED Ed features short video explanations (usually less than 5 minutes) covering different educational topics including science, history, physics, sports, media literacy skills, mental health, math, animals, art, planet earth, brain, genetics, technology, literature, coding, and many more. Here is a sample complete with the video explanation. You can find more riddles at the link below.
Three lions and three wildebeests need to urgently escape the raging fires in the forest and their only gateway to safety is a river infested with crocodiles. Your job is to help them cross the river using the one raft remaining.
Circle Round Podcast
The award-winning Circle Round podcast includes an adapted folktale told my multiple cast members and beautiful instrumental music (website tie-ins include printable illustrations and follow-up activities). Courage, compassion empathy, and self-control are central themes throughout.
Each episode of this podcast feels like a piece of art. The Circle Round library includes hundreds of beautifully adapted and narrated folktales; each explores morals and themes found across cultures. Pairing exciting casts of actors with original music and artwork creates splendid entertainment for young listeners.
XtraMath
XtraMath is simple for students and teachers to use and provides an accurate and updated report of student progress. The program allows for every student to work at their own level and their own pace.
Miracles happen in education......and not just at Christmas
Holiday Fun Using Technology
Here are some fun ways to incorporate technology into your classroom and get students excited about the holidays!
- Google Santa Tracker
- Learn to code with Santa's elves
- Discover holidays around the world
- Use technology to draw, paint, and build
- Google Assistant can provide you with a North Pole Newscast and Santa Jokes