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What is Thinkfinity?Thinkfinity.org is a website that contains thousands of free K-12 lesson plans and

student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading educational organizations in the United States.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts

National Council on Economic Education Economics

National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics

International Reading Association &

National Council of Teachers of English Reading/English Language Arts

American Association for the Advancement of Science Science

National Geographic Society Geography

Smithsonian National Museum of American History American History

National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Worldwide

Adult & Family Literacy

Thinkfinity Partners

Continuum of skillsBasic skills Higher order thinking

Thinkfinity focuses on standards

•Knowing the alphabet

•Counting to 5

•Adding fractions

•Reading decoding

•States and capitals

•Volcano formation

•Converting decimals

•Difference between protons & neutrons

•Newton’s law of gravity

•Cell division

•Determine regression coefficients

Thinkfinity focuses on 21st century skills

•Critical thinking

•Collaboration

•Social responsibility

•Civic literacy

•Problem solving

•Technology literacy

•Communication

•Global awareness

•Financial literacy

•Personal responsibility

•Innovation

Standards & 21st Century Skills

multimedia

explorations

primary source

documents

lesson plans

video clips

podcasts

interactive

calendars

interactives

student e-sheets

1,200 print friendly

maps

datalinks

educator e-newsletters

Parent tools

powerful search engine

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13 million + # Pearl Harbor resources 50

Mostly Free? Yes

Maybe, probably not Created by Experts? / cross disciplinary?

Yes

Doubtful Standards Based? Yes

If you’re lucky Commercial Free? Yes

Who knows Audience Appropriate? Yes

No way Grade level specific? Yes

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