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November 22, 2008 Educational Freebies
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."~Henry
David Thoreau
http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/freebies.htmTons of FREE resources for children in need of speech/language therapy
This site is loaded with great links
& resources, but this link takes you directly to the freebies. Check it out if you have a child or know a child that is
in need of speech/language therapy.
http://www.ceressoft.org/Files/free.htmFREE downloads for middle & high school science educational materials. Here is the list of some of the materials:
Converging Lenses. Version 2007, Beats and Sound Waves. Version 2007, Relativity. Version 2007, The 2007 Gold version of Module
2: Beginning Kinematics. , Learning Chemistry. Version 2007., For chemistry students, a free chemistry software program (version
2.0 - year 2005), For physics students, a free physics program (version 2.0 - year 2005) , & For students in physical
science, a free physical science program (version 2.0 - year 2005).
http://drawing.gamemaker.nl/index.htmlFREE download "Drawing for Children version 2.2"
Drawing For Children
Written by Mark Overmars
Drawing
for Childen is a free drawing program for children with many nice options. You can draw with many different pens, you can
put stamps on your drawings, create all sort of text effects, and much more. The program is suitable for very young children
and has a child mode especially for them. But it also provides lots of fun to older kids. It is used by hundreds of thousands
of kids all over the world. The best way to see what is possible is to simply download it and install it. Remember, it is
free.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/kiddo.htmlFREE download "Kiddo"
A fun coloring program for all ages. Easy for the beginners just learning how to use
the mouse or the more experienced computer users. (a great way to work on your mouse skills) Select from several pictures
such as trees, planets and more. Move the mouse across the screen and watch patterns and colors change. To place a picture
in a specific spot on the screen click on the mouse in the menu. This will give you more control on placements of pictures.
http://www.hiyah.net/software.htmlFREE downloads "Hiyah Software"
Hiyah - Free Software For Special Needs Kids And Toddlers
Hiyah is a collection
of nice and extremely simple software written by a mom with two young children who struggle with autism, ADHD, and speech
delays. It is so easy to use, all you need to do is to press the spacebar!
http://gcompris.net/-en-
FREE download of GCompris
GCompris is an educational software suite comprising
of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.
http://www.glaucoma.org/learn/literature.phpFREE Educational materials from the Glaucoma Research Foundation
Here is a list of some of the materials:
Understanding
and Living with Glaucoma -Comprehensive guidebook offering general information, medical illustrations, treatments, and tips
on living with glaucoma, English, 32 pages
What You Need To Know About Glaucoma -Brochure
Childhood Glaucoma -Reference
guide for parents and professionals involved in the care of children with glaucoma, 32 pages.
http://www.guidedog.org/Pubedu/forms/addinfo.htmFREE Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
This website is through the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind. It
gives a brief description of what a guide dog is, and the history of the foundation. The site explains the requirements of
a guide dog, and the dog’s function within society. Also, it explains the process of how a blind person can get a guide
dog. The educational materials are about what these concepts as well.
Here is a list of the materials:
General
brochure
Informational booklet
15-minute video
Annual Report
Puppy Walker brochure
Dog Sponsorship brochure
“Stories
of Second Sight™” booklet
Recent “Guideway” newsletter
Planned Giving brochure
Campus expansion
information
Guide Dog Etiquette
https://materials.usmint.gov/$1coin/index.cfm/action/materials/interestGroupID/27/seriesYear/2007/?CFID=2560840&CFTOKEN=51405402
FREE Educational materials
from The United States Mint.
Here is a list of some of the items:
Presidential $1 Coin Release Schedule
Color gate-fold,
double-sided (3.5” x 4”) Contains full
Presidential $1 Coin release schedule through 2016 -- a quick, pocket-sized
reference guide
Presidential $1 Coin Collector Board - 2007
Double-sided, color (2.5” x 8”) board Two-sided
storage and coin display holder contains four coin inserts on one side and quick facts on our Nation’s first four presidents
on the other.
Presidential $1 Coin Educator Brochure
Downloadable color tri-fold, double-sided (3.623” x 8.5”)
brochure containing basic facts about the new $1 coins and ways teachers can integrate them into their curriculum
Presidential
$1 Coin Bulletin Board Kit
Boxed bulletin board kit containing eight 3-foot segments of Presidential $1 Coin border, five
cardboard coins featuring each of the first four coins in the Presidential $1 Coin series and the Statue of Liberty, a coin
release schedule and an educator poster
http://www.biography.com/classroom/ideabook.jspFREE Idea Book for Educators
The Idea Book for Educators is the biannual teacher's magazine created by the
Education Department at A&E Television Networks. The Idea Book includes Teacher's Guides for programs featured in Classroom
and a printed version of the A&E Classroom Calendar, which features air dates, program descriptions, and copyright information.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/promos/theme/default.aspx?
FREE Prevention Basics for Families
It’s a fact: Parents are the most
important influence in a child’s life. Research shows that children whose parents talk with them about the dangers of
drugs and underage drinking are less likely to try them.
Maybe you’re a parent or caregiver who isn’t sure
where to start. You wonder how to talk with your child about exactly why drugs and alcohol are dangerous to them.
If that’s
the case, this kit can help. It presents facts and offers suggestions for setting up good communication with your child, setting
and enforcing clear rules consistently, and helping them choose friends wisely.
You’ll also find an activity comic
book for elementary-school children and handy informational pamphlets for teens.
Special Feature Kit Publications Includes:
Keeping
Youth Drug Free (52-page booklet)
McGruff’s Surprise Party (comic book)
NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use and Delinquent
Behaviors Among Young Adolescents (short report)
Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide
for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders, In Brief (pamphlet)
The Role of Parents in Preventing and Addressing Underage
Drinking (fact sheet)
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Methamphetamine (pamphlet)
Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana:
A Guide for Parents (brochure)
Your Time . . . Their Future: Membership-Based Groups Provide Positive Activities (12-page
booklet)
http://qa.bookitprogram.com/enrollment/homeschool.aspFREE Pizza Hut “Book-It!” Homeschool Enrollment
Who is eligible for the BOOK IT! Program for homeschools?
Any
student in grade K-6 (5 years old by September of current school year) that is homeschooled and does not attend any other
educational facility.
http://catalog.niams.nih.gov/detail.cfm?pubid=1304FREE Childhood Sports Injuries and Their Prevention: A Guide for Parents with Ideas for Kids
This booklet contains
general information on preventing sports injuries in children. It also presents common injuries associated with specific sports.
In addition in discusses the importance of proper hydration, the benefits of sports participation, and how to treat injuries.
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/survivor.jspFREE Teaching Kit for Grades 8-12
"One Survivor Remembers" tells the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann
Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. Klein describes her years in Nazi labor camps and months on a forced
death march. Though her experience was horrifying, Klein also remembers wonderful acts of decency and normalcy — testaments
to the greatness of humanity.
This teaching kit sheds light on the 20th century's terrible history of devastation and prejudice,
yet offers hope that hatred can be overcome. It includes:
A 40-minute Oscar-winning documentary film by Kary
Antholis, available in VHS or DVD format, with closed-captioning;
A collection of primary documents, drawn from Klein's
personal collection;
A resource booklet including a Holocaust timeline; and
A teacher's guide with standards-based lesson
plans.
"One Survivor Remembers" is made available through a special partnership between HBO, The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation
and Teaching Tolerance.
http://asimo.honda.com/SafetyVideo.aspxFREE DVD: “Step to Safety with ASIMO”
Step to safety with ASIMO, the world’s most advanced
humanoid walking robot! In this educational program, students discover safe and responsible street crossing steps with the
help of ASIMO and friends. ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) uses its amazing human-like capabilities to show a
group of young friends how to cross the street safely in various traffic situations. Students will be educated and entertained
by ASIMO as they take a closer look at important pedestrian safety procedures and learn to rely on themselves to make smart
safety decisions.
http://www.freedomssong.net/FREE Freedom's Song DVD and Lesson Plans
Farmers has joined with The Association for the Study of African American
Life and History to create a documentary film, Freedom’s Song: 100 years of African-American struggle and triumph, that
highlights significant milestones in the history of the African-American experience during the past century. It includes living
testimonials designed to put a personal face on the actual historical events featured in the film.
The Freedom’s
Song package is free to educators and includes a DVD copy of the film, engaging and thought-provoking lesson plans and an
interactive web site that will be continually updated with audio and video content.
http://www.lysol.com/news.shtmlFREE LYSOL® Healthy Habits Activity Booklet for Kids
First, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. Then,
click on “order” where it refers to ordering the copy of this booklet. Last, fill out the form & submit it.
November 15, 2008 Educational Freebies
"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
~F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://www.stellarium.org/FREE Download of Stellarium
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic
sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors.
Just set your coordinates and go.
November 8, 2008 Educational Freebies
"What really matters is what you do with what you have."
~H. G. Wells
http://www.healthywomen.org/resources/nwhrcpublications/
dbpubs/yourmenstrualcycleFREE "Your Menstrual Cycle: How it Works, How to Manage it"
Author: National Women's Health Resource Center
Published
by: National Women's Health Resource Center, Inc., September 2008
This new, 24-page guide will clue you in on everything
you wanted to know about your menstrual cycle. Learn what's normal and what's not; how to manage unmanageable menstrual symptoms
such as heavy or irregular periods; how to safely eliminate your periods completely; and much more!
November 1, 2008 Educational Freebies
"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."~Henry
David Thoreau
http://feedthepig.org/tweens/order/FREE "Feed the Pig for Tweens kit"
EAch kit Contains:
* 1 The Great Piglet Challenge
DVD (game)
* 1 Feed the Pig for Tweens Teacher's Guide (includes Bankes Bucks and Family Goal)
* 1 Bankes
Piglet Cards (set of 12)
http://videodirect.state.gov/request.aspxFREE Video and Curriculum package from the Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs. There are six different
ones to choose from.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/dash.aspxFREE Adolescent and School Health Publications from the Center of Disease Control. There are several to choose
from. A maximum of 18 publications at a time may be chosen.
http://www.classroom-energy.org/free_material.htmlFREE Classroom Energy CD
This CD is about energy conservation. If you go to the link above, you can also download
lesson plans & do some online activities as well.
http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17245FREE Children's Program Kit (w/ videos on DVD)
The kit is designed to provide materials for substance abuse
programs so that they can initiate educational support programs for the children of their clients in substance abuse treatment.
The program will teach children skills such as solving problems, coping, social competence, autonomy and a sense of purpose
and future. The toolkit has activities for children in elementary school, in middle school and high school. It contains information
for therapists to distribute to their clients to help parents understand the needs of their children, and training materials
including posters and DVDs for substance abuse treatment staff that plan to offer support groups for children.
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/order/pubs_title.aspFREE educational materials from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorder (NIDCD)
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/order-publications.htmFREE educational materials from the Environmental Protection Agency
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/english-order.htmFREE Underage Drinking Poster
This poster comes from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA). To see how this poster looks like, go to http://www.thecoolspot.gov/poster.asp . The site has other educational materials as well, but I thought this poster was worth pointing out as one of the
best in promoting an anti-alcohol abuse for teens & pre-teens.
http://www.oraldeafed.org/materials/index.htmlFREE Comprehensive Education Kits for Helping Deaf Children
These comprehensive kits have been created for
parents, students building a career in deaf education, educators of the deaf and health care professionals (including physicians,
audiologists and speech pathologists). Click on the kit name for more information about it.
http://www.walden.com/walden/walden/guide_matrix.php***You must email to receive this FREEBIE. ***
At Walden Media, we don't just create
great movies. We also create exciting lesson plans you can use with your students --with our films and the books from which
they've been adapted. Our lesson plans are interdisciplinary, written by educators for educators, and comply with national
standards in content areas and in character education as well. Where applicable, lessons also include an “adaptation”
with suggestions for how to scale the lesson for use with younger students and/or with students for whom English is a second
language. Walden Media gives you the tools you need to bring great stories to life!
To request materials for your classroom,
library, or homeschool, please send an email to: outreach@walden.com and include your full mailing address, name of the Walden Media property, and what guides or educator's posters you
wish to receive.
www.pueblo.gsa.govTons of FREE educational materials
NOTE: Not all educational
materials are FREE on this site. So, be sure to read the descriptions before ordering.
To order materials, click
on the topic of interest on the left-hand side of the page. Then, click on the box next to the description of the publication
on the right-hand side of the page. Finally, click on the “Add or View Cart” icon on the bottom right-hand side.
http://www.cdc.gov/ConcussionInYouthSports/FREE "Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports" tool kit
http://www.ny.frb.org/publications/result.cfm?comics=1FREE Comic Books for kids from the Federal Reserve
https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/details.asp?pid=1084FREE “Cells, Genes, and Protein Machines” Coloring Book
This coloring book is for children in grades
1 to 3. It is a story that teaches children that a gene, when active, makes a specific protein in the cells of the human body.
When every cell type carries a full set of genes, each different type uses only the subset needed for its specific function.
http://www.discovernursing.com/free-materials-promotionalFREE Educational materials about Nursing.
http://www.arts.gov/pub/pubArtsed.phpFREE Books from National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tnforms/mypyramid/order-form.htmFREE “My Pyramid” poster from the USDA
http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/detail.cfm?ID=217&CH=NKUDICFREE Kidney Failure Library Box Set
http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/detail.cfm?ID=1000&CH=NDICFREE Move It! And Reduce Risk of Diabetes School Kit
This kit contains three posters of American Indian/Alaskan
Native youth engaging in fun, healthful physical activity, fact sheets, resource lists and stories from schools that have
used the materials to start Move It programs. The kit features resources that can be customized. An extensive CD-ROM provides
supporting materials and references. 2006.
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/ric/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=385FREE Campus Safety CD-ROM
Abstract: This CD-ROM contains more than 50 publications and resource links related
to crime and violence, drug and alcohol issues, as well as sexual assault and stalking. It also contains a video, Because
Things Happen Every Day: Responding to Teenage Victims of Crime, produced by the National Center from Victims of Crime and
sponsored by the COPS Office.
http://www.tuxpaint.org/FREE Download of Tux Paint
Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for
example, preschool and K-6 in the US, key stages 1 & 2 in the UK). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects,
and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.
http://www.entfdn.org/freematerials.htm***You must email or call to receive these FREEBIES. ***
The Entomological Foundation
offers free educational materials to educators to help in implementing entomology into their current science-based programs.
If you would like to receive the materials listed below, please send a note to April Gower letting her know which materials
you would like to receive along with the number of bookmarks (maximum 30) you would like for your students. You can contact
April at april@entfdn.org or (301) 459-9083.
http://www.wartoft.nu/software/minisebran/FREE download “Minisebran - Freeware for Toddlers”
Minisebran contains alphabet exercises, number
exercises and doodle activities. It is perfect for toddlers and kids up to 5 years old who are learning the basics of using
a computer, keyboard and mouse. The design is in bright colors on a black background. The program runs in full screen mode.
It is multilingual and runs in Catalan, English, French, Greek, Afrikaans and Swedish. New languages can be added. Minisebran
is freeware.
Here is the direct link to download: http://www.wartoft.nu/produkter/sebran/minisebran.exe
http://www.eetap.org/html/order_form.php?product_id=posterFREE Educational Environmental Poster from EETAP
Just remember to check mark the EETAP Poster box when filling
out the form.
http://fusioned.gat.com/free.php?back=http://fusioned.gat.com/teacher.phpFREE Teacher’s CD-Rom notebook, videotape, CD, and various activities, pamphlets, pictures and other resources
regarding fusion energy research
WHAT IS FUSION?
Fusion is the process that powers the sun and the stars. It is the
reaction in which two atoms of hydrogen combine together, or fuse, to form an atom of helium. In the process some of the mass
of the hydrogen is converted into energy. The easiest fusion reaction to make happen is combining deuterium (or “heavy
hydrogen) with tritium (or “heavy-heavy hydrogen”) to make helium and a neutron. Deuterium is plentifully available
in ordinary water. Tritium can be produced by combining the fusion neutron with the abundant light metal lithium. Thus fusion
has the potential to be an inexhaustible source of energy.
http://www.homesofourown.org/FREE Home Building CD-ROM Simulation Game
“Building Homes of Our Own” is an interactive teaching
tool for the middle and high school classrooms. The simulation presents a macro view of the entire home building process from
site selection to final sale. Students collect information, solve problems and make choices as they build a 3D home against
a budget, then review credit applications and sell to the buyer of their choice.
The new program is part of the National
Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) ongoing educational outreach initiative, in partnership with the National Housing Endowment,
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters and Freddie Mac.
http://catalog.niams.nih.gov/subject.cfm?SearchType=AllPubsFREE educational materials from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_classroom_booksFREE Ayn Rand's Books - Scroll Down & to the Right
http://www.justchoices.org/FREE Educational Video “Just Choices”
The goal of the Just Choices program is to assist teachers
in encouraging grade 6-12 students to explore new ideas and reevaluate old ones while developing a strong understanding and
appreciation of historical and contemporary social justice movements.
Through this program, students will learn how their
everyday choices affect others in society and will be inspired to take on issues with passionate civic engagement.
Educators,
order your free copy today!
http://www.getfocusedamerica.org/html/video_order.htmFREE DVD of the VSP "Get Focused" Sports Vision Video
VSP Sports Vision Video
Youth baseball coaches have
hundreds of drills to improve the throwing, fielding and hitting abilities of their young athletes. But how many coaches use
drills that are specifically designed to challenge a player's visual abilities on a baseball field? This unique video from
VSP demonstrates five baseball drills that will sharpen the visual skills and the visual awareness of young baseball and softball
players. Dr. Ron Reynolds, a Hawaiian optometrist who specializes in sports vision, provides expert commentary along with
Lenn Sakata, manager of the class "A" San Jose Giants and a former Major League player.
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