Administrator
Resources
Art
- ArtsConnectEd
- Art and Current Events - Find powerful
images relating to issues around the world today.
- Art
on the Net - Good site.
- Kids Design Network
- KinderArt -
This site is provided by the Jarea Art Studio and features more than
a 100 free art lesson plans of every kind for ages 4-12. Topics include
drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, multicultural art, cross-curricular
art lessons, coloring pages, and seasonal activities.
- International
Architectural Database - You will find building type, primary architect, location, years
of construction, and in certain cases, external links to photographs and
plans.
- National
Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. - Collection of permanent and temporary
exhibitions from many countries and cultures.
- Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco
- For Teachers (Getty Education)
- The
Art Room - This site features a variety of classroom projects for
Grades 3-12 in the Art Room Doorway.
- WebMuseum -
Tour the Louvre and Paris. Famous paintings.
- World
Wide Art Resources - Links to hundreds of museums and galleries.
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Career
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Financial
Aid Information
OTHER FINANCIAL
AID EDUCATION RELATED SITES. (Some places charge for their service.)
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Foreign
Language
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General
Education
- ABCTeach
- Adventure
Online - Free event media which includes a MayaQuest, Free event
media which includes a MayaQuest, Free event media which includes MayaQuest.
- American
Memory - Online resource compiled by the Library of Congress National
Digital Library program.
- AOL@SCHOOL
- Ask
An Expert - Find an expert by searching in the appropriate section.
- ASCD - Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Here is where you'll
find everything from full-text articles published in educational leadership
to descriptions of every ASCD Professional Institute.
- Blue
Web'N - Great site for designing web-based projects for students.
- Biography -
Students who are looking for biographical resources can find a wealth
of information. Visitors can search a database of more than 20,000
people for short biographies.
- bigChalk -
A great site full of many educational resources. Sites are categorized
by grade level and subject.
- Busy
Teacher's Website - Variety of educational resources.
- Classroom
Connect - Resources for computers and technology. Great lesson
plans.
- DiscoverySchool.com -
The Discovery Channel School site has an extensive listing of lesson
plans for K-12 educators. The lessons cover subject areas such
as ancient history and space science.
- Computers
as Learning Partners - Resources
for computers and technology.
- Earlychildhood.com -
Get advice from experts in the early childhood field, expand your collection
of creative projects, and share ideas and questions with the early childhood
community.
- edHelper.com -
A searchable database of outstanding Internet learning sites categorized
by subject area.
- Education
World - This site provides a wealth of information on varied topics
including current education news, lesson plans, financial planning
guides, reviews of education Web sites and curriculum resources. Contains
a search engine with more than 111,000 additional Web sites.
- Educator's
Portal
- Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Math and Science - Variety of resources
especially math and science.
- FunBrain -
Variety of leveled games that include counting change, grammar, math
baseball, etc.
- The
Graphic Organizer
- Global
Schoolhouse - A variety of curriculum resources with many Internet
projects.
- Houghton
Mifflin Projects - Reading,
math, social studies, science, keypals, and online project links.
- Instructor
Magazine - Top
teacher magazine which presents quick ideas, lesson plans, resources
and best resource ideas.
- Internet
Public Library - Variety of good resources.
- Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators - Links to curriculum resources in
all subject areas. The site includes information about search
engines, HTML, web site evaluations tools, and a host of other topics
for using the Internet in the classroom.
- Kidlink
- Kids
Web Digital Library - Good for finding information on the web.
- Learn
2store.com - An information-filled site that offers step-by-step
instructions on a side rage of skills, activities and tasks, discussion
forums, and hundreds of helpful tips. Other features include
survivial guides.
- NCREL -
Variety of school resources.
- OSU -
Educational resources.
- Pathways
to School Improvement - Variety of school improvement ideas.
- PBS
World Wide Web Site - Many good links.
- Reading
Rainbow - This site is full of games and trivia for students. Broadcast
schedules, program descriptions, lesson plans and curriculum materials
are all available to teachers.
- Scholastic
Central - Variety of resources for teachers.
- Seussville -
Fun activities for elementary kids built around Dr. Seuss characters.
- Teacher
Source Site - Information for using PBS lesson plans.
- Teacher
Timesavers - Thematic units.
- Teachnet.Com
Lesson Ideas - Up-to-date listing of lesson ideas covering music,
language arts, science, and more! (K-12).
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Home
Economics
- Home
Economics Resources Online - There aren't
many curriculum
resource sites for "home ec" teachers, so Kim Burge, a teacher from
Keller High School in Texas, created her own. With a message board and categorized
links, this
resource helps home economics teachers connect and share resources.
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Homework
and Research Sites
- AOL@School -
Free site with many educational links.
- Ask Jeeves -
Students can ask questions and get links to resources related to the
topics.
- Ask
Jeeves for Kids
- B.J.
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - This site was developed by an elementary
school student and his parent. It lists many homework and research
sites.
- Bigchalk.com
- Classroom
Connect - Many educational research resources and links.
- My
Virtual Reference Desk - - A guide to countless general and specific
topics with extensive links to research tools and references, including "my
homework helper" resources.
- National
Student Research Center - This site promotes scientific research
in K-12 schools, publishes an electronic journal on student research,
and offers extensive links to related information and student projects.
- On-Line
English Grammar
- Research-It! -
This site offers a point and click access to a variety of Web-based literary,
library, geographic and financial tools, including dictionaries, a thesaurs,
language translators, maps, telephone directories and stock market prices.
- Riverdeep
Interactive Learning
- Study
Web - This site "focuses on the Web for education" and
provides information in more tha 73,000 preselected Web sites, organized
in more than 30 categories from "Animals and Pets" to "Writers
and Writing. Includes tips on online research.
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Language
Arts/Literature
- Academy
Curricular Exchange (K-5) - Offers 44 mini-lesson plans covering
various language arts topics at the elementary school.
- Academy
Curricular Exchange (6-8) - Offers 33 mini-lesson plans covering
various language arts topics at the middle school level.
- Academy
Curricular Exchange (9-12) - Offers 14 mini-lesson plans covering
various language arts topics at the high school level.
- Activity
Search - Site offered by Houghton Mifflin which features a curriculum
database where K-8 teachers can search for language arts lesson plans/activities
and other subject areas by grade level. Activities can be browsed by
theme.
- American
Literature - A look at different literature.
- Art
of Storytelling - This is the interesting and intriguing site of
Brlan Sturm who has been a professional storyteller for five years
and is working on his Doctorate on the "Enchanting Power of Storytelling".
- The
Bookwire Site The bookwire index is the most comprehensive,
and easiest to use guide to the book recourses of the internet.
- Carol
Hurst - The curriculum areas listed here each have one or more pages
on this site with information such as: related children's books, activities,
related professional books and links to related sites on the internet.
- Children's
Literature Web Guide - This is a directory of the best children's
authors and illustrators on the Web.
- Favorite
Poem Project - "Reading
a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between
staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on
an instrument," says U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. His Favorite
Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite
poems, and invites readers to send in their favorite poems with a few
sentences about why it is special to them. Students are invited to
participate, and this could be a springboard for classrooms to develop
their own favorite poem web sites. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
School, High School, College Content Area: English (Literature), English
(Speaking), Arts (Performing Arts)
- Harry
Potter Site - The young wizard who cast spells across the world
and into the hearts of children, "magically" appears on this
web site.
- Ohioana -
Presents 52 radio features celebrating Ohio's rich literary
- Online
Books Page - More than 1,000 books online. Search by author or
title.
- Pilkey's
Web Site of Fun - Children's
author, Dave Pilkey, aka Sue Denim, has a unique and amusing Website
about himself and his stories. Also included is a section on jokes,
interactive actives that include printable coloring sheets and games,
and a section for teachers on how to use Dave's site as a teaching
tool. Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary Content Area: English
(Literature, Reading), Arts (Visual Arts)
- Poetry
Magazine - Here you will find digital access to the world's oldest publication
devoted to poetry.
- Project
Gutenberg - Offers a virtual library of information, books and
other materials available to the general public in an easy to use and
search format.
- The
Awesome Library: Language Arts Lesson Plans - Site contains a collection
of hundreds of language arts lesson plans for grades k-12
- The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- The
Sesame Street Central Site - This is a great site for preschoolers
where parents and children can play and learn together.
- Wishbone
Sites - These sites provide information about Wishbone, the Jack
Russell Terrier who teaches kids about literature and life lessons.
- Poetry
for Kids
- The
Academy of American Poets
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Math
- A+ Math
- American
Mathematical Society - Many options for the math-minded individual.
- Ask
Dr. Math - Answers to any K-12 question via e-mail
- Common
Scientific Enterprise - Invites students to join in on various activities.
- Conjectures
in Geometry - Online project created by teachers.
- Coolmath4kids
- Developing
Estimation Strategies - Demonstrates how a single estimation problem
can draw out the connections among number concepts, geometry, data collection,
and measurement.
- Encouraging
Mathematical Thinking -
A straightforward volume problem is the starting point
for a fascinating look at discourse in the mathematics classroom.
- Explore
Math - Are your students having a tough time with the concepts
of slope calculation and distance formula? Try some of the lessons
fellow teachers have contributed to ExploreMath, a site that features
lessons, multimedia activities (requiring a Flash plugin), and "Math
in the News".
- Forum
Web Units and Lessons
- Fractals - Here is
a set of lessons from Cynthia Lanius that makes fractals accessible while
making the essential connections to the math curriculum.
- Historical
Mathematicians Project-Elementary Level
- Houghton-Mifflin
Math Center
- Indy
500-Middle School
- International
Math Olympics
- Internet
Center for Mathematics Problems - For the advanced math student.
- It's
a Wild Ride - Here is an interdiscip;inary, technology-based roller coaster
design project that is a surefire motivator.
- Locker
Problem Activity - This lesson plan offers an optional spreadsheet-based
approach and a host of critical-thinking questions.
- Make
These Designs - This
web site is chock full of intriguing ideas for algebra and geometry investigations.
- Math
Archives - Many math resources to download.
- MegaMath -
Makes challenging math subjects fun
- The
National Math Trail - With the philosophy "math is all around
you," the National Math Trail project challenges K-12 teachers
and teams of students to observe their surroundings, and create math
problems about what they see and what they want to figure out. Teachers
can find examples of math trail projects and other resources on this
site. Register, and you can submit your class's math trails for posting
on the web site.
- Native
American Geometry - This site shows educators how to teach the
unknown. Visitors learn about the study of physical, proportional
geometry that originates from the simple circle and the righ history
behind it. The links to additional teaching references are extensive.
- Rectangle
Pattern Challenges - This site presents a seemingly simple pattern
that is the basis for an in-depth lesson on counting, symmetry, and algebraic
expressions.
- Sand
Babies - Students use a scale as they prepare a bag of sand that equals
their birth weight.
- Saxon
Online Math Activities
- Study
Web: Math
- The
Awesome Math Library
- The
Clothesline - The Delaware mathematics standards for developing number
sense in middle school.
- Thinking
Fountain - This site focuses on children's fascination with bubbles and
turned it into a geometry lesson.
- Varnelle
Moore's Primary Math Activities - This site offers five lesson plans
in one!
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Science
- Access
Excellence Genetech - Biology teaching and learning resources.
- Access
Excellence Resource Center - Collection of science resources and
hypertext projects.
- Biosciences -
Info on bioscience resources available.
- Bridging
the Watershed - A "National Park Labs" partnership between
Potomac National Parks and schools.
- Costa
Rican Rainforest - A virtual trip through a Costa Rican rainforest.
- Cycles
of the Earth and Atmosphere - This web site was created by the
National Center for Atmospheric Researchi n collaboration with teachers. It
contains teacher-created classroom activities designed to enhance middle
school students' skills in science and math.
- Desert
Life - Students looking for information on deserts and the American
Southwest can find it here. Students can search through the site's
different areas including The Desert Environment, Desert Pland & Animal
Life, Desert Environment & Geology, Desert People & Cultures
and more.
- Dinosaurs -
This web site tells where the latest bones and fossils have been found,
how the dinosaurs are named, and which are the biggest, smallest, and
the oldest
- Dinosaurs -
This site gives you a virtual tour of dinosaurs at the National Museum
of Natural History in Washington D.C.
- Discover
Site - This is an electronic version of Discover Magazine.
- Earth
Day on Your Block - This site offers great ideas and activities
for celebrating Earth Day for all ages.
- Environmental
Education on the Internet
- Environmental
Postcards - Use this site an an email/writing activity.
- ESTME Web Site Gallery
- Everglades
National Park
- Exploratorium
- Happy
Earth Day Coloring and Activity Book - Free 11-page coloring book
full of tips on how to make the Earth a better place.
- Helpful
Hints for Planet Earth - Take a quiz, find out about good books
to read, or just follow their links to other sites. Good information
for elementary students.
- HowStuffWorks
- Kids
Domain - This site has many elementary activities but the Earth
Day section includes activities, stories, coloring pages, word searches,
downloadable games and more.
- PlanetPays
Earthzone - Grades 3-6. Meet Earthman and His Pals to learn
about the universe. Use the interactive pages to take a quiz,
be a star, color, play, or make something.
- The
Learner Online
- Backyard
Wildlife Habitat
- Bio
Images - Click on
the map and see the trees native to the area.
- Biologically
Inspired Robotics Group - You
will find student projects, research, publications, and news, as well as
movie highlights.
- The
Globe Program
- The
Wilderness Society Presents Earth Day 2001 - Learn about the history
of Earth Day and how both kids and adults are becoming Planetary Heroes. Includes
lesson plans and downloadable activities.
- Eighth
Grade Sci-ber Text - It's great when teachers collaborate. Teachers
in the state of Utah have created this online resource for their Eighth
grade science curriculum full of activities and links. Topics covered
include matter, energy, forces, machines, and earth. Most of the activities
can easily be used for other grade levels.
- EnvioWeb -
Info of environmental studies on the Internet.
- Envirolink
Library - Collection of environmental information on the Net.
- Everglades -
This site is a site where kids can learn about animals or specimens that
live in the Everglades.
- Experiment
Archive - Students can "conjure up" and consume such
items as food batteries, pop fizz, and cabbage juice and cheese fractures.
- Explore
Science - An interactive site for exploring science.
- Franklin
Institute Science Museum - An organized list of resources that
science teachers may find useful. Check out the educational
hotlist.
- How
Stuff Works - A site explaining how the many mechanical devices
work.
- Marine
Mammal Site - Created by the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and
Aquariums, this site is completely directed to K-12 students. Classroom
projects and activities focus on marine mammal habitats, anatomy and
pollution among other topics.
- Medical
Science - Howard Hughes Medical Institution invites curious kids
to explore biology on-screen.
- MTU
Volcanoes Page - Study information about volcanoes.
- Mysteries -
A site where kids can look for answers at the Museum of Unnatural Mystery.
- NASA
Curriculum Materials - Hundreds of lesson plans from the U.S. Space
Agency covering a dozen curriculum areas.
- National
Energy Foundation - You'll find classroom activities and professional development opportunities,
even free materials at this site.
- National
Science Teachers Association - Science resources and grants.
- Nature
and Science for Kids - This site helps kids understand the solar
system.
- NetFrog -
Dissect a frog over the Internet.
- Nine
Planets - Solar system information and multimedia tour of the Solar
System.
- Periodic
Table Adventure - Middle school teachers
will love this website with 5 lessons and activities that introduce
the periodic table. The Element Adventure Webquest allows students
to research an element and create an advertisement for that element.
- Pieces
of Science - Pieces of Science
has online activities for students, curriculum resources for teachers and
suggestions for interdisciplinary lessons.
- San
Francisco's Exploratorium Site - The Exploratorium has a great
Web site with interactive science exhibits.
- Science
and Foreign Language - World Meteorological Organization
- Science
Hypermedia - Listing of chemical terms, laws, and applications.
- Simple
Machines - Their characteristics,
functions, and an interactive, animated challenge for students grades 3-6.
- The
Cincinnati Zoo - Zoo and animal information.
- The
NASA Site - This site contains information about the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
- Treasures@Sea:
Exploring the Ocean Through Literature
- Tyrannosaurus
Rex - Information about science and other topics.
- UK
Environmental Issues - Learn
about environmental issues from the perspective of the UK.
- Virtual
Body - The virtual body offers and interactive tour of the human
body.
- Why
Files Site - Created by the National Institute for Science Education,
this magazine focuses on science, math, engineering, and technology.
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Social
Studies
- A
Revolting Alphabet - Revolutionary War web sites for 4th and 5th
graders and includes a scavenger hunt activity.
- African-American Migration
Experience
- Africans
in America - Citizenship, economics, freedom, leadership and resistance,
identity, and race and racism all are themes central to this site.
- American
Dreams
- American
Treasures of the Library of Congress Exhibit - Library of Congress
Home Page.
- Awesome Stories
- Beginners
Guide to the Balkans - This
ABC News Special Report provides an overview and context for current
events in the Balkans. The site includes an interactive map, timeline,
list of Who's Who, Q&A, and more.
- Castles
on the Web - Dungeons, towers, chamber rooms, banquet rooms and
everything else that you ever wanted to know about castles is on this
web site.
- City
Net - On this site you can compare and contrast the largest cities
in the United States.
- CNN
News - Current Events.
- Center
for Mapping Home Page - All kinds of maps.
- CIA
World Fact Book - Go to CIA Publications and the World Factbook.
- City.Net -
World travel guide with geography education information and links.
- Civil
War Maps - Civil war
maps and charts, plus an additional 600 from the archives in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
- Colonial
Williamsburg Site - This is the site of the Colonial Williamsburg
Federation.
- Electronic
Embassy Site - This is a resource developed by the U.S. government
for the Washington, DC foreign embassies.
- Explore
D.C. - Produced by WETA, the Public Broadcasting station in Washington,
this website gathers information about local history, Federal City,
the Presidents, and the importance of the African American community
in the US Capital. Lesson plans were created to support each section,
with many ideas for class activities. A timeline and a list of audio
files complete the site.
- Foder's
Travel -On this web site you can custom tailor your own trip-there
is a concise guide to any of 99 destinations worldwide
- George
Washington - This site has facts based on the folklore surrounding
the first President.
- Girl's
World Clubhouse - The objective of this site is to make new friends
worldwide, meet important women and learn in a fun way.
- Groundhog
Day Site - On this site there is a history of the holiday and past
records of Punxsutawney Phil's performance.
- Habitat
for Humanity - This site outlines the program, how it works and
how you can get involved.
- Hero
Site - This is a great site that kids can view to read about heroes
who no one else has heard of.
- Iditarod -
Follow the famous Iditarod race.
- The
Library of Congress - Examine the documents, photos, and related materials of the Inaugural
Addresses of 18 of America's presidents.
- Medival
Castle Page - This site contains dazzling pictures and tours of
castles on the British Isles.
- Museum
of Tolerance - Holocaust/WWII site specifically
designed for students.
- National
Atlas of the United States
- National
Political Index
- Pathfinder -
Today's headlines and Marketplace.
- Peace
Corps: Kids World - This
Peace Corps site for kids is designed to educate and entertain children
about world geography and the cultures of other countries. Children
can also send electronic postcards, read folk tales from around the
world, download coloring pages and test their geography savvy with
an interactive game. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School Content
Area: History & Social Studies (Geography & Cultures)
- Professor's
Postcard Site - As part of the U.N. CyberSchoolBus site, students
will be introduced to the "eccentric international professor" who
drops hints in her postcards, and students will receive a postcar from
various world cities.
- Martin
Luther King Site - This fascinating site contains a wealth of King's
writings, a photo collection, and information about the Civil Rights
Movement.
- Terraserver
Site - This is a Web site that allows you to view satellite images
of the earth.
- Thanksgiving
Day Sites - This is the location of the Mayflower Web Page which
is an extensive collection of resources regarding the Mayflower, the
Pilgrims and Native Americans.
- The
American Civil War Home Page - Contains general resources, graphic
images, letters, diaries, and links to other sites.
- The
New York Times Learning Network - Grades 6 - 12; An impressive
connection for incorporating current events into any subject area. News
summaries, daily quizzes and puzzles, daily lesson plans, archives,
and much more are on this great web site.
- The
Satellite Site - Learn the what,
why and how of man-made satellites, then build one of three Java-based
satellites with the interactive construction sets. Includes information
about Communications, Earth Remote Sensing, Weather, Global Positioning,
and gallery lesson plans. From the Tech Museum of Innovation in San
Jose, California. Grade Level: Middle School, High School Content
Area: Science (Astronomy / Space, Earth Science), Science(Physics)
- Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World Site - This site gives you a tour
of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- Smithsonian -
Smithsonian Institution Home Page
- Social
Studies Lesson Resources - Contains hands-on exercises and links
to lessons for use in all K-12 Social Studies classrooms
- Statue
of Liberty Tour Site - This site provides a photo tour of the grounds,
garden, and the famous statue.
- U.S.
Bureau of Census
- U.S.
House of Representatives - Locate information on the U.S. government.
- U.S.
Supreme Court Decisions - Contains information about recent decisions
by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- USA
Today - The site is targeted to supply relevant education tools
for students, parents and teachers and focuses on national and world
events.
- Whitehouse
Site - This site contains information about the U.S. Presidential
Whitehouse.
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& Education
ISTE
TECH SITE RECOMMENDATIONS (International Society for Technology in Education)
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