Professional Development - Websites for Teachers Awesome Library Awesome Library organizes the Web with 24,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. Organized by classroom subjects, administrative support, and general resources, help about most any topic is available here. Topics often include lesson plans, discussions, links to other sites, materials, papers, and projects. http://www.awesomelibrary.org Dirtmeister’s Science Labs Get your hands on science with a fun experiment from the Dirtmeister – and make science come alive in your classroom! http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/index.htm DiscoverySchool You love their cable network channel – now you can love their web site devoted to students, teachers, and parents. http://school.discovery.com ENC Online The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) is a K-12 math and science teacher center. Its mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. http://www.enc.org Free Lesson Plans and More A web site dedicated to providing teachers a single shop for educational resources. Offers worksheets, test preparation materials, and education news. http://www.edhelper.com Great Web Sites List The greatest web sites listed in one place for parents, teens, kids, and educators. http://www.surfnetinc.com/smschool/greatweb.htm HubbleSite Visit this web site to view and download pictures of planets, stars, galaxies, moons, and so on from the Hubble Space Telescope. http://hubblesite.org/gallery Imagiverse Imagiverse.... the universe of our imaginations has no boundaries. Imagiverse believes that imagination is the key to learning. Teachers can teach, but learning comes from within. The web site's goal is to spark the flame that will lead young and old to pursue learning as an adventure through imagination. Activities, resources, and lots of information is available for all to see and use. http://www.imagiverse.org PBS TeacherLine Funded by a grant from the US Department of Education, PBS TeacherLine is committed to helping educators acquire the skills they need to prepare students for the future. This web site provides educators with courses developed with collaboration with organizations such as the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline ScienceMaster ScienceMaster was formed in 1997 with one goal - to excite young minds about science. ScienceMaster brings high quality science to the Internet by providing the best science resources for teachers, parents, hobbyists, and life-long learners. The ScienceMaster web pages include links to research sites, lesson plans, activities, and project ideas. Browse our current selections, hear sound clips of audio interviews, see pictures from the NASA and USGS archives, or JPEG and GIF images you can download and keep. http://www.sciencemaster.com/jump/index.php Teachers’ Lab A web site dedicated as a place for teachers to explore new ideas in learning. http://www.learner.org/teacherslab The Library of Congress More than a library. . .an on-line collection of the words, pictures, and sounds of our country in a library that never closes. http://www.loc.gov The RhymeZone An on-line rhyming dictionary and thesaurus to help you become a poet before you know it. http://www.rhymezone.com/help Top 100 Sites for Teachers Contains lots of ‘smart tools for busy teachers.’ Links, links, and more links for teachers take you to more lesson plans than you could ever use in a lifetime of teaching. http://www.teachnet.com/t2t