An Animated Tour of the Water Cycle and Water Treatment

The US Environmental Protection Agency offers some nice resources for teaching about the water cycle and water treatment. Thirstin's Water Cycle takes students on an animated and narrated tour of the water cycle from water, to vapor, to clouds, to rain. Thirstin's Tour of a Water Treatment Plant takes students on a narrated tour through a typical water treatment facility found in the United States.

Applications for Education
Both of Thirstin's narrated tours are designed as supplementary materials to the elementary school lesson plans offered in the teacher's resources section of EPA.gov.

April's Most Popular Posts on Free Technology for Teachers

April came and went quickly. In fact, it went so quickly that I didn't even realize it was over until I looked at the date about an hour ago and realized we were into May. I'm a day late on my month-in-review post.

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:
1. 11 Google Apps Updates You Might Have Missed
2. New Polling Feature Added to Google Classroom
3. A Short Overview of 12 Tools for Creating Flipped Lessons
4. Kahoot Adds a Team Mode
5. 5 Ideas for Using Google Sites in Your Classroom
6. Mozilla Releases an Interactive Web Literacy Map
7. My Three Favorite Classroom Timer Tools
8. Three Google Apps Updates You Might Have Missed
9. Telling Stories With Storyboards - Webinar Recording
10. Four Tools for Creating Screencasts on Chromebooks

Spring and Summer PD Opportunities With Me

• Only seven tickets are left for the Practical Ed Tech BYOD Camp in July. 
• Just one ticket is available for the Practical Ed Tech Chromebook Camp in July. 
• If coming to Maine isn't an option for you, take a look at the online workshops I'm hosting throughout the spring and summer.

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