SMITHSONIAN
Educational resources available to teachers, includes lesson
plans and primary sources.
http://smithsoniansource.org
Library Spot
Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries
and so much more.
http://www.libraryspot.com
ED Helper
Puzzlemaker free crossword puzzle maker.
http://www.edhelper.com/crossword_free.htm
The New York Times Learning Network
This site offers News summaries, test prep, daily lesson plans,
puzzles and much more.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Keyboarding drill resources
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ate/keyboarding/resources/drills.htm
Literature Units
On the web by Ginny Hoover
http://www.ginnyhoover.com/literatureunits.htm
Ed Helper
Free wordfind puzzlemaker.
http://www.edhelper.com/wordfind_free.htm
The Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web
Recommended sites to check out: Top Educator Sites, Top Kid
Sites, Top Parent Sites, and Teacher Products. Lesson Plans,
book reviews and more.
http://www.glavac.com
THE TEACHER CORNER
The place for Primary & Intermediate Teacher Resources
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/
Librarians' Index
More than 14,000 carefully selected and evaluated resources
oranized into Best of... Databases (invisible web), Directories,
Specific Resources. Search by keyword.
http://lii.org
Vocabulary University
Free word puzzles and other vocabulary enrichment tools build
word skills at this site. Interactive puzzles, fill in the blank
games and more.
http://www.vocabulary.com/
Scholastic Books
Great site with areas for families, kids and teachers. Lots of
games, resoures. Includes lesson plans and more.
http://www.scholastic.com/
Teach net.com
Smart tools for busy teachers.
http://www.teachnet.com/
Teaching Treasures
Teachers, parents and students using this educational site will
find many free unique online interactive activities mostly
suitable for Internet Explorer 4+ users, also projects,
worksheets and many other resources to help with the daily
educational learning adventure.
http://teachingtreasures.com.au/index.html
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet Resources related to children and young adult Literature.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
US Department of Education
Can be used for research, information and much more.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/index.html
AskERIC
A network of information specialists have compiled over 3000
resources on a variety of educational issues. This collection
includes Internet sites, educational organizations lesson plans,
and electronic discussion groups. To see a list of the newest
resources added to this collection
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Outta Ray's Head
A collection of lesson plans with handouts by Ray Saitz and many
contributors; all of the lessons have been used and refined in
the classroom.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/
The Journalist's Toolbox
Online resources for reports and editors.
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/
Fear of Physics
Physics finally explained, word games, physics dictionary.
http://www.fearofphysics.com/
FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION EXCELLANCE (FREE)
Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the
U.S. Federal government are now easier to find. Searchable
database and also arranged by content area.
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
Help Teens get smart about money with... Sense $ Dollars a hip,
energetic financial literacy Web site that speaks to middle and
high school kids in their own language. Games and activities to
help kids learn about earning, spending, saving, and investing,
credit cards, budgets and lots more. High quality classroom
resources and information for teachers too.
http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org/
Smithsoinian Education
This site, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Education and
Museum Studies, is a content rich portal featuring links to
numerous online resources. From the homepage click on the
Educators link to bring up a list of pages on Art and Design,
History and Culture, Science and Technology, and Language Arts-
each area features an assortment of topics for classroom use.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
Poetryclass is the solution for teachers wanting to bring poetry
alive in the classroom. Our online poetry classroom and unique
INSET training provides teachers with a 'nuts and bolts' insight
into how poetry works. A training team of poets, all of whom are
highly experienced with work in schools and have between them
hundreds of tried and tested ideas, is available to work with
teachers to overcome their problems and concerns with teaching
poetry.
http://www.poetryclass.net/
TEACHING TOLERANCE
Fight hate and promote tolerance website is part of project of
the Southern Poverty Law Center. It has great teacher resources
and lots of freebies!
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/
Sanford a lifetime of color
Offers many different activities to encourage artists and also to
teach.
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/index.html
READ WRITE THINK
provides K-8 educators with research-based lesson plans and web
resources they can use in their classrooms.
http://www.readwritethink.org/
TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons and web resources
for K-12classroom teachers, their students, and even students'
families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level,
making it easy to locate lesson plans and associated web
resources quickly.
http://www.teachersfirst.com
Welcome to Teachit's library of free English teaching resources
Now 4000 pages of classroom materials for Primary, Secondary and
F.E. English, Drama and Media Studies teachers!
http://www.teachit.co.uk/index.asp
The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science
teachers. The Lesson Plans sections contains classroom
activities, labs and worksheets, feel free to change any of these
to suit your own classroom needs. The Webquest sections contains
inquiry based projects that utilize the internet.
http://www.biologycorner.com/
Free Worksheets
We offer free worksheets for teachers or parents to print and use
immediately!
http://www.beginningreading.com/Free%20Workshe.htm
POETRY TEACHERS
Includes poetry theatre, contests and much more.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
RUBISTAR
Free teacher website for creating rubris. It provides templates
for almost any classroom activity, including oral projects,
products, multimedia, research and more.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Tonya Skinner's Business Education Lesson Plans and Resources
http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/
Grant opportunities from the State of Minnesota
See if any will be for you.
http://education.state.mn.us/html/intro_ed_info.htm
EDUCATIONAL PRESS
Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game
boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser. Simply
choose a word list and an output style
http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/
FEDERAL RESERVE Education
Allows teachers to search for lessons on their website.
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/teachers/
Copyright information from Cornell.
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/copyrightterm.pdf
MUSIC LINKS
Teacher and student resources.
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/musiclinks.htm
Free Federal Resources For educational Excellance
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
Social Psychology Network (SPN)
The centerpiece of this attractively designed site is a
searchable database of more than 11,000 annotated Web links
related to psychology. You can do a quick keyword search from the
home page or use an advanced search form that, while initially a
bit confusing, allows for some interesting options.
http://www.socialpsychology.org/plous.htm
READ WRITE THINK
Lesson plans and more.
http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp
NEA Works4Me Tips Library
This is the Works4Me Tips Library, an archive for NEA's weekly
classroom tips e-mail. Each week, Works4Me subscribers receive an
e-mail newsletter with two practical classroom tips submitted by
the real education experts your colleagues. This library contains
more than 400 tips offering ideas and solutions that you can use
in your classroom. Feel free to print these tips and share them.
http://www.nea.org/tips/library.html
Busy Teachers' Web site K-12
to provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans
classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and
to provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher
who is learning to use the Internet.
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/welcome.shtml
Science-Teachers.com is a teaching resource providing lesson
plans, worksheets, and activities for upper elementary and middle
school science teachers. All resources on this site are copyright
http://www.science-teachers.com/
APTE Puzzle Center
Requires registration but it is free, produce and print your own
puzzles, create e-puzzles or play theirs.
http://www.apte.com/puzzles/index.cfm?action=dsp_home&CFID=9492799&CFTOKEN=59270839
TrackStar is your starting point for online lessons and
activities. Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar,
add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive,
online lesson called a Track. Create your own Track or use one of
the hundreds of thousands already made by other
educators.
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/;jsessionid=67B3FB968CA14DCC9E909BDD00558DC3
ABC TEACH
This is the place for kids, parents, student teachers, and
teachers.Free Printables: 5000+ free printable pages and
worksheets.
http://www.abcteach.com/
Curriki
The Global Education & Learning Community
Our mission is to improve education around the world by
empowering teachers, students and parents with user-created, open
source curricula, and it's all free! We believe that access to
knowledge and learning tools is a basic right of every child. Our
goal is to make curricula and learning resources available to
everyone.
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Teachers' Domain is an online educational service with two
related components collections and courses that help teachers
enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their
own teaching skills. The Teachers' Domain collections include
classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or
independent study, and the Teachers' Domain Professional
Development courses utilize many of the same resources along with
videos of exemplary classroom practice.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
The Anholt Nation Brands Index, powered by GMI, is the first
analytical ranking of the world's nation brands. Each quarter,
the Index, led by nation brands expert Simon Anholt, surveys
25,900 consumers in 35 nations
http://www.nationbrandindex.com/
ONLINE TOOLS TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
From the North Carolina Educators
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/Hovercraft/OnlineTools/index.htm
Curriki
Content material and assessments that are livelier and more
current than printed textbooks.
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Completing class projects can be fun for your students,
especially if they know exactly what is needed. Creating
guidelines can be time-consuming though, so we've made a way for
you to do it in no time!
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml
Using Technology in the Classroom
Technology can be used in many ways as an integral part of the
curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners. For example, it
can introduce into the classroom exciting curricula based on real-
world problems; provide scaffolds and tools to enhance learning;
give students and teachers more opportunities for feedback,
reflection, and revision; and build local and global
communities where people gather and share information. Technology
can help students recognize, organize, and represent knowledge.
http://www.startechprogram.org/technology/usingtech.html#articles
Paper on using Technology in the Classroom
Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te800.htm
Glencoe's Teaching today
Intergrating Technolgy in the classroom, tips, lessons etc.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/index.phtml
Awesome Library-Intergrating Technology Lessons, ideas, help
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Technology/Integrating_Technology/Integrating_Technology.html
Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the classroom
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/
4Teachers
Here you will find some of our resources to help you integrate
technology into your curriculum, along with links to stories
written by teachers who personally conquered integration
challenges.
http://www.4teachers.org/inttech/
From the Truman Library,
Lessons that have Technology intergrated in them.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/integrating_tech.htm
Welcome to the Best Practices of Technology Integration in
Michigan Site. This site is sponsored by the Michigan Association
of Intermediate School Administrators, the REMC Association of
Michigan and the Berrien County Intermediate School district. The
lesson plans that you will find here have been written by
practicing teachers and have been "kid tested" to work
in the classroom. All of these lessons have been aligned with the
Michigan Framework Document. We hope you find these lessons
helpful. They are examples of how technology can be used as a
valuable tool in your classroom. Please feel free to try or adapt
any of these lessons in your classroom
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/
Lesson Planet
Quickly search over 80,000 teacher reviewed online lesson plans
http://www.lessonplanet.com/?gclid=CKLliLv5kIwCFR0CPwodHFS-BQ
Lectures from many universities
Explore our more than 3,000 titles available online Arts and
Humanities | Business and Economics | Computer Science and
Engineering Health and Medicine | K-12 and Education | Sciences |
Social Sciences
http://researchchannel.org/
Get Wise!
These classroom activities and printable worksheets are designed
as a resource for teachers to help students learn ways to
conserve water and energy.
http://www.getwise.org/lounge.html
WOW lessons use the aquatic environment and real lake data to
explore basic science concepts. Most lessons appear in two
different forms: a Studying lesson and an Investigating lesson.
Studying lessons allow you to apply and learn concepts through
direct, guided experiences. Investigating lessons provide
opportunities to discover the same concepts and involve more
problem-solving.
http://waterontheweb.org/curricula/bs/bs_index.html
Safe Water for Kids
Designed as a tool for teachers, educators and water company
operators to use so that they may more clearly show the balance
between our activities and the environment.
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/SafeWater/kids/index.htm
Amphibian Alert! Education Program
This downloadable curriculum aims to teach children what
amphibians are and why amphibian population declines are
important to scientists and communities throughout the world.
http://www.scz.org/amphibian_alert.html
Student Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Program
(SPARC)Contains educational projects and materials for students
at all levels, but particularly K-12
http://www.parcplace.org/sparc.html
Perspective-You can link your students' test results with
targeted teaching strategies and learning resources. Here you can
explore a wide range of online learning activities designed to
enrich and improve your students' education and further your own
professional development
http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/mn/educator/?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=edu_home_page
Education Oasis: Great Lessons and teacher resources.
http://www.educationoasis.com/index.htm
21 Century Connections
Innovative technologies to inspire digital creativity in the 21st
century classroom. Lots of Professional development information
http://www.21centuryconnections.com/
Department of Education: Doing what works
Great resources.
http://dww.ed.gov/index.cfm?
Department Education
IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/index.html
Access to the Web means finding millions of resources. How does
anyone choose what to review and even more, what to use? Most
often, finding a trusted source that provides thoughtful
recommendations makes all the difference. In this case, the sites
listed are from the federal government. In 1997, more than 30
Federal agencies formed a working group to make hundreds of
federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to
find. The result of that work is the Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence web site (FREE). The web sites listed
below are excerpted with permission.
http://www.modelintelclass.com/resources_solutions/resources_math_and_computer_science
Wordsearch maker
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/worksheets/schoolwordsearch3.cfm
Writing teacher,
Blog for teachers to share ideas about helping students learn to
write.
http://www.thewritingteacher.org/
SCHMOOP
Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history,
poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your
writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant
today. We want to show your brain a good time
http://www.shmoop.com