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[] This site is the Federal Trade Commission and has great resources for consumer education topics. Teachers can get information on many different facts, laws and articles. I think I will find many great articles and information to use when creating my lesson plans on consumer affairs. [|www.youtube.com] YouTube is a video sharing website. It is great to find clips on most movies, tv shows, music and even personal videos. I like using this website because it is great ways to find videos to incorporate into lesson plans. [|www.skype.com] Skype is a tool to communicate through the internet. I used this when I was living in Australia and it was free to call any other skype user. However, if you wanted to call a cell phone or landline there was a small fee per minute. It also has live video chat which you can use to see the other person. It is a great tool to use to speak to any one and anywhere around the world. I can use it to connect with other teachers around the world [] Earth Day Network's Environmental Education Program provides tools for integrating environmental issues into core curriculum subjects to teachers and students at all grade levels. You can also find games, interactive quizzes, and a variety of other fun and informative ways to learn about the environment. This site requires you to join for a donation amount of your choice and offers resources that promote civic education, engagement, and responsibility, five editions of Environmental Jeopardy, monthly lesson plans conforming to state standards and tested by your fellow educators, ideas for celebrating Earth Day and engaging your students in local community issues, access to a network of dedicated environmental educators. I love this website and I will use it to find and create ideas on my lesson planning when talking about going green to my students [] This website gives you free information and ideas on how to create rubics. I think this is a wonderful site to help me create a rubic [] This website you can find chartable sewing, fun sewing projects, lesson plan ideas, “how to”, fabrics and information on tools and equipment. I like this site because I don’t know too much about sewing and as a future FACS teacher this is really beneficial for to me go for ideas [|www.quizstar.4teachers.org] Quiz star is a great way to use quizzes for both the teacher and the student because it is a web-based quiz maker that enables you to create, administer and automatically grade your quizzes online! This is a great tool to use in and outside the classroom [|www.MyPyramid.gov] MyPyramid has many different resources for eating plans, diets, and fitness. It also has interactive tools to help plan and assess food choices that are best suited for you. It is a great site to refer to when teaching about nutrition and wellness to any grade level. [] Story bird allows you to create a story and get ideas from others. I would use this in my classroom because it can be used as a hook and do now
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 * [] **This site is the American Association of Family & Consumer Science. This is a great website for all FACS teachers to use. It keeps us updated with new ideas and concepts. There is a membership fee to join and this one I am interested in because I think I will find many helpful ideas for lesson plans, workshops and conferences.