Below are interactive, tech-enhanced online resources to help students practice the skills they will need for next generation assessments.
Ohio Sample Assessment Items- Link - Ohio Training Test for Science and Social Studies
- Link - Ohio Sample Assessment Items
Other Sample Assessment Items- Link - Edcite - Use, copy, or modify thousands of user-created next generation assessment items, or create your own. Includes support for technology-enhanced question types including ELA passage highlighting, dynamic Math graphs, image labeling, and many more.
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Calculator Resources - Link - Use an interactive calculator to solve a variety of problems - Requires Flash
- Link - Using a Calculator web lessons - use an online calculator to solve a variety of problems including multiple choice, fill-in, and drag and drop questions.
- Link - Smarter Balanced Calculator for Grade 6 (Basic)
- Link - Smarter Balanced Calculator for Grades 7 and 8 (Scientific)
- Link - Calc SS3 - Simple pop-up calculator extension for Google Chrome that can switch between scientific and normal mode
Content Area Reading Comprehension - Link - Newsela - Daily nonfiction news articles, each available at multiple lexile levels, with associated Common Core aligned quizzes. Teachers can also assign and track student articles.
Simulations - Link - Bottling Honey - Investigate flow rates of four liquids to determine best temperature for bottling honey - Requires Flash
- Link - Playground Soil - Investigate attributes of two soil sampes to determine the best site for building a playground - Requires Flash
- Link - Planning a Park - Evaluate the impact of a planned recreation park on specific organisms - Requires Flash
General Interactive Resource Sites
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- Link - Annenberg Learner Interactives
- Link - The Concord Consortium STEM Resource Finder
- Link - ScienceNetLinks Tools Search
- Link - PhET Interactive Simulations - Some require Java
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