Breakout boxes based on classroom material help to reinforce content, encourage teamwork and critical thinking skills, and force students to think outside the box!  

Check out the Breakout website for inspiration.

Have an idea for a breakout room but can't find the exact box you are looking for?  

We can make one ourselves!

• Database presentations  & research instruction

• Resource demos

• Book talks

• Resource purchase & curation

• Co-teach lessons

• Technology support

• Purchasing of items to support all classroom learners (large print, language books, etc)

• Provide space for projects 

• Professional library materials

• Breakout boxes

• Support the utilization of different technologies:

  • • • Goosechase digital scavenger hunts

      • VR Glasses (with the ability to create for your content)--Thinglink

      • Makerspace items & manipulatives

Our teachers have access to a class set of 30 vr glasses!  

VR Glasses Teacher Portal:  

https://portal.classvr.com/classvr/login.cfm 

VR Safety Precautions from Advantis

Here is a list of all Resources in the VR Library!

Departmental Demos:

Ag & Tech Ed Art Business

English FACE Guidance

Math Music PE

Science Social Studies Spanish

Special Ed

Please contact Mr. Umbreit or Mrs. Gumtow with the dates you would like to use the vr glasses.  

Teacher Quick Start Guide

Swank K-12 is our database for streaming classroom movies and documentaries.  One of the convenient features of Swank is that  teachers have the ability to provide students with a link (along with the generic student login info below) that will take them only to the designated movie in the database.  Students never have access to the full catalog.  This makes it easy and safe to share links on Canvas!  We have the ability to add movies to our database, so please let Mrs. Gumtow know if you'd like to use a movie that is not currently in our collection in Swank (or use the request button in Swank).  

Student Login Information 

(**Student login information should be shared with students when a link is shared with them.):

User Name: BHSStudent

Password: Student1

Swank Teacher Guide

PBS LearningMedia

PBS Wisconsin and PBS have curated FREE, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for Wisconsin teachers.

The PBS Wisconsin Education Lab is funded by Badgerlink.

TeachingBooks is an ever-expanding database of digital resources about children's and young adult books and their authors and illustrators. TeachingBooks strives to equitably give all readers the opportunity to deepen their understanding and joy of the books they are reading, encouraging a lifelong love of reading.

The resource collection includes author and illustrator interviews, video book trailers, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and much more.

This resource will help you dive into text complexity and lexiles.  

Teachingbooks.net is provided by Badgerlink.  

A description of all Badgerlink Resources (and direct links for inserting into Canvas) can be found in this spreadsheet.

Access all Badgerlink resources here.

Click here to view Badgerlink Resources by subject.  

There is no login required when students and staff members access Badgerlink databases within our school building.  Students can access Badgerlink at home by logging in with their school id number by following these login instructions.  

An online database that explores opposing sides of the most important issues, helping learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills.

Access Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints here.

BHS staff and students can find login information for Opposing Viewpoints here.

Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

Access Gale Health & Wellness here.

BHS staff and students can find login information for the US History database here.

The Gale In Context: US History database provides historical content with millions of articles and primary source documents on events, conflicts, and more.

Access Gale in Context: US History here.

BHS staff and students can find login information for the US History database here.