Season 8

Nov. 23, 2025

Quick, Kid-Friendly Research with Ducksters

In Episode 222 of the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , Shanna revisits Ducksters , a kid-friendly research site that’s perfect for elementary and middle school learners. She shares how Ducksters supports history, biography, ...

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Nov. 9, 2025

Exploring Science

In Episode 221, Shanna spotlights two free science gems you can use across grade levels. Science News Explores offers up-to-date articles with audio, Power Words vocabulary, explainers, experiments, comics, and STEM career sp...

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Oct. 26, 2025

Civic Learning Made Easy

In Episode 220, Shanna shares two of her favorite civics education resources: iCivics.org , which offers free lessons, games, and simulations about government, and the Center for Civic Education , which provides state-specifi...

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Oct. 12, 2025

Measure Up! Fun Tools for Teaching Measurement

In Episode 219, we explore fun and free tools to help students practice and understand measurement. Try RulerGame.net for ruler and temperature games, Mr. Nussbaum Measurement Games for hands-on math challenges, and Marble Ru...

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Sept. 28, 2025

Fun Poetry Resources for Your Classroom

In Episode 218, we highlight two great poetry resources for teachers. Explore ShelSilverstein.com for videos, activities, and lesson ideas tied to Silverstein’s classic books, and Poetry4Kids.com for funny poems, a rhyming di...

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Sept. 21, 2025

Pixar in a Box

In Episode 217, we dive into Pixar in a Box , a free collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy that blends storytelling, math, computer science, and design. Explore educator guides, standards-aligned lessons, and interacti...

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Sept. 14, 2025

Beans, Rice, and Learning Twice

In Episode 216, we highlight two fun content review sites that also support charitable causes. Students can practice math, vocabulary, science, and more with BeanBeanBean while donating to U.S. food banks, or try Free Rice , ...

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Sept. 1, 2025

Working Smarter with Khanmigo

In Episode 215, we dig into Khanmigo , Khan Academy’s free AI toolkit for teachers. Generate lesson hooks, chunk texts, build quizzes, write newsletters (with translation), create Blooket sets, review class snapshots, and ada...

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