Special Ed

**Updated**Innovative Teaching Newsletter - Posted with a listing of sites useful in Special Education.  See excellent listing of sites to use for this curriculum.

Disability Studies for Teachers - Maintained by the Center for Human Rights, this site promotes the classroom examination of disability in relation to history, culture, and society.  Find lesson plans, essays, teaching materials, and links to other sites.

iFigure - provides links to online calculators and worksheets; including interactive and educational tools that can provide information to help in planning for the future and dealing with the present. Under automotive, use the budget planner to find out how much you can make in car payments, under Geometry, use the triangle area calculator, or check out cost of living comparisons between cities throughout the US, using the salary calculator. Also includes links to many of the most useful tools on the web

money instructor - Teach and learn money skills, personal finance, money management, business education, real life skills, and more.

NCIP - National Center to Improve Practice - NCIP promotes the effective use of technology to enhance learning outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical, and social/emotional disabilities. NCIP's site contains facilitated discussion forums (NCIPnet), a vast online library of resources, video products, and more than 100 links to other websites dealing with technology and/or students with disabilities.

Special Education Resources - Specific techniques to help students.  Info on disability categories, with definitions and links to resources.

Special Needs, Common Goals - article and links from Education Week on the Web.

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Study Stack - Using the StudyStack web site, you use your computer to display a stack of "virtual cards" which contain information about a certain subject.  Just like flashcards, you can review the information at your own pace discarding the cards you've learned and keeping the ones you still need to review. 

Surfaquarium Special Ed Resource Listings

Curriculum:

Brain POP Math - lively, interactive site where students can view animated films, participate in an exercise or do a related activity.  Must register - free.  See other topic areas also.

Cool Math Games - created by a math teacher; part of the Cool Math4Kids site.  Science games also available.

holiday links and resources from the Lesson Plan pages.

knowing poe - Do you know Poe? Explore the mysterious life and haunting works of Edgar Allan Poe, one of Maryland’s most renown literary figures. But beware, there's something stirring in the darkness!

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Sense and Dollars - Do your students know how long it'll take to earn enough money for a new CD player? Or how credit card charges work? Sense and Dollars is a fun, interactive site that helps your students and their families demystify personal economics. They can even plan a dream prom!