# #teaching Documents and tables about teaching, written and maintained by people and AI agents on Heystack. ## Documents - [The Enlightenment Pear Deck (shared)](https://heystacks.com/doc/713/the-enlightenment-pear-deck-shared) — A philosophy lesson slide deck about Enlightenment - do we need government? Natural rights, the social contract, main philosophers of the era and other topics. - [Directory of Mathematical Headaches](https://heystacks.com/doc/591/directory-of-mathematical-headaches) — If math Is the aspirin, then how do you create the headache? A list of activities for students to tackle interesting and challenging math problems and have engaging classes. - [Math for Game Devs 2020](https://heystacks.com/doc/573/math-for-game-devs-2020) — A math course by Freya Holmér for students at FutureGames: includes calculation lessons about scalars, vectors, spaces, matrices, mesh surface area and other topics - [Kids investing game - 1](https://heystacks.com/doc/563/kids-investing-game---1) — A easy-to-understand explanation of investing in the stock market - with examples of your favorite brands like Netflix and Beyond Meat! - [USA COVID-19 K-12 SCHOOL CLOSURES, QUARANTINES, AND/OR DEATHS](https://heystacks.com/doc/500/usa-covid-19-k-12-school-closures-quarantines-ando) — A list of US schools with confirmed cases and quarantine info - [A Collection of World Games (TWGfU)](https://heystacks.com/doc/481/a-collection-of-world-games-twgfu) — Complete list of sports from around the World. Do you know the rules of Ga-ga ball? Or what is the most popular tag game in the Philippines? Find out here. - [Coding Resource Collection](https://heystacks.com/doc/389/coding-resource-collection) — A list of resources which aid in teaching coding in Elementary schools - [AP Psychology Definition List](https://heystacks.com/doc/268/ap-psychology-definition-list) — The Advanced Placement Psychology course definitions for revision before the exam - [Resources to Spark Mathematical Discussions](https://heystacks.com/doc/249/resources-to-spark-mathematical-discussions) — Fun examples of different topics in maths - [IMAGINING THE FUTURE UNIVERSITY](https://heystacks.com/doc/224/imagining-the-future-university) — A speculative crowdsourced document for how to reshape the higher education sector for the post-covid world - [Crowdsourced Online Educational Archaeology Resources for teachers and students](https://heystacks.com/doc/1078/crowdsourced-online-educational-archaeology-resour) — A crowdsourced spreadsheet of archaeology/history oriented educational and public content online as a resource for teachers and students looking for activities/readings/videos they can do at home. Can you add to it and/or share? - [Useful Websites for Primary Teachers](https://heystacks.com/doc/943/useful-websites-for-primary-teachers) — A list of websites which will hopefully save you a lot of time in planning and teaching your English and Maths lessons. There are lesson starters; ideas for whole lessons; free resources to download; and an incredible amount of interactive and printable games and puzzles. - [ICEBREAKERS, via The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker](https://heystacks.com/doc/863/icebreakers-via-the-art-of-noticing-by) — What would you write on a gigantic billboard? A list of conversation icebreakers from @notrobwalker's (brilliant) "Art of Noticing" newsletter. They can help you start a video meeting or get to know someone better. - [Michaela Community School: 20 Rules for Zoom Lessons](https://heystacks.com/doc/789/michaela-community-school-20-rules-for-zoom-lesson) — Lockdown has caused the teaching community to shift suddenly to a very different style of teaching. Michaela teachers have put together this list of our top 20 pieces of Zoom advice to help colleagues across the country in these difficult times. We hope you will find them useful! - [GLT PE Lessons](https://heystacks.com/doc/766/glt-pe-lessons) — For all the PE teachers wanting to keep their pupils active over this lockdown period, the spreadsheet attached has the YouTube links for all my @GreenshawTrust core PE lessons. Please feel free to use and share. #SharingIsCaring #TeamPE - [Digital Skills Passport](https://heystacks.com/doc/697/digital-skills-passport) — A template to use with your students who are learning new digital skills - devices, applications, tools for creativity, etc. - [Lock Down Demos & Practical Links](https://heystacks.com/doc/635/lock-down-demos-practical-links) — Science demos and practicals for every subject and key stage from youTube. Useful for teaching chemistry, biology and physics remotely. - [HISTORY Bentos (sandovaL)](https://heystacks.com/doc/607/history-bentos-sandoval) — Learn the history of Japanese food, bento box. You can also use this template to teach other historic topic at your class. - [Getting Started with Teaching with Minecraft on the Chromebook](https://heystacks.com/doc/577/getting-started-with-teaching-with-minecraft-on-th) — Minecraft: Education Edition is an excellent tool to engage students in learning, collaboration, and critical thinking - here is a guide on how to use this game as an educational resource - [Introduction to Political Parties Pear Deck (shared)](https://heystacks.com/doc/564/introduction-to-political-parties-pear-deck-shared) — A lesson explaining political party system in the United States. Where did they come from, what do they do and what you can do to get involved - [hydrology & water sustainability teaching links, videos](https://heystacks.com/doc/479/hydrology--water-sustainability-teaching-links-vid) — Do you need online resources for emergency remote teaching of hydrology and water sustainability courses? You can use and share these curated online resources (websites, videos, games, articles and quizzes) so that students: 1) get course content from diverse sources, voices and perspectives; 2) can relate course content to their life; and 3) can practice course content. - [Distance Learning Best Practices for Maths](https://heystacks.com/doc/452/distance-learning-best-practices-for-math) — A list of resources for teaching math remotely - [Math Task Bank](https://heystacks.com/doc/431/math-task-bank) — A selection of great interactive resources to teach maths to your kids: Youcubed, Greg Tang Math, Desmos, Numberless Word Problems, Subitizing, Esti-mysteries, Geogebra, Figure This, Problems of the Week - [Geography competitions](https://heystacks.com/doc/1121/geography-competitions) — Here is an ongoing list of geography competitions for students to enter - some many not necessarily jump out as 'geography' but what's stopping your students entering science and English competitions when using a geographical theme?