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For some teachers there is this natural flow of ideas of ways to grab the interest and attention of students on any given subject. Other teachers, on the other hand, have difficulty thinking up ideas for bringing focus and attraction to the subject matter of the day. Here are some ideas that may just get the imaginative juices flowing. If you are a teacher who needs outside help with creative teaching tools and ideas, it is suggested that you print this article, and some of the other ones, place them in a binder, and even laminate them so they will stay fresh for your use. Refer to them often, and even add your own ideas to these so you will develop a growing resource.

INTERNET: The first area I would like to address in developing a resource for creative teaching tools is the Internet. Of course this one will likely become part of all of the rest of the ideas mentioned. At the end of this article I will start a list of keywords that you can use in searching for ideas. The internet is very comprehensive, and produces quick results. It is less stressful than going to the Library and searching for books or information. On the Internet you will discover sites that actually have creative tools to help you make puzzles, maps, tests, posters, and much more. If you have computers in the classroom you can even make assignments for students to create their own puzzles, and maps, etc. This is one tool that might find its way into any school subject.

Of course, the Internet can be used for research as well, but you must warn against illegal use of some of the materials found there. To make the very best use of this to for research you might want to require your students to make a written draft of the way the research is going to be done. This draft would include keywords that the student will use, and you might limit them to a certain number of keywords so they will not look forever and never start the actual project. This also causes the student to have to think about their topic and narrow it down to specific ideas. For example, your topic might be "Tropical plants in the United states". You might limit them to three key words, and you might make one suggestion leaving the others to the student.

CARTOONS: Based on the subject matter for the day or week, students can be assigned to teams to create cartoons about the material being covered. This can be done by hand drawings, and captions, or other creative ideas. The idea that I thought of immediately was to assign one student

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