Under the resources icon, you will find links to many other
wonderful sites, as well as lesson ideas. This is a very useful site.
A website run and maintained by the
The member site for NAEA.
Another excellent site for character education K-12. The teaching
guides are posted by grade level and contain some great web resources the
have been reviewed and screen for usefulness!
Midge Frazel's Homepage
Excellent site for character education resources that include
ideas, lesson plans, and other resources. This web page was featured in NEA
Today, March, 2002.
The Teacher's Corner
Good site with many lesson plans submitted by fellow teachers.
Lesson plans listed by subject matter. Also has thematic units, seasonal
items such as remembering September 11, and other resources.
Teachnet.com
This Web site contains lesson plans for all subject areas
such as language arts, math, social studies, science, health, PE, and Technology.
The Teacher's Corner
Good site with many lesson plans submitted by fellow teachers.
Lesson plans listed by subject matter. Also has thematic units, seasonal
items such as remembering September 11, and other resources.
21st Century School house
An interactive Web site committed to delivering lesson plans
and educational strategies for elementary, middle school, and high school
teachers in cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, cross-age tutoring,
newspapers in education, integrated thematic curriculum, and software integration.
The Links Gateway allows a teacher to access nearly 100 additional Web sites.
Best Practice Resources
Best Practice Resources is a comprehensive website for staff
development resources, specializing in five areas: mentoring and induction;
peer observation and coaching; authentic performance assessment; school
improvement planning; and staff development planning.
Education World
Education World, the Educator's Complete Resource Guide to
the Internet, offers education professionals, parents, students, and administrators
a place where they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research
materials they are looking for. This site is updated daily with fresh new
lesson plans and curriculum ideas, articles on issues that are of interest
to educators, parents, and students, and much more.
LessonPlansPage
One of the best PreK-12 teacher resources on the Internet,
and it's completely free!
MathSphere
Mathematics site for teachers and parents to download practice
worksheets and tests to improve children's achievement. Many other facilities
available including children's contributions, magazine and competitions.
Mrs. Harland's Home Page
This site is geared toward encouraging new teachers in education.
However, both beginning and veteran teachers will enjoy the information
on how to integrate Internet in the classroom, writing across the curriculum,
and links to great teacher and student sites. See how new teachers can be
pioneers in education by using technology!
The National Association for
the Education of Young Children
This website is for the largest professional organization
of early childhood educators. Locations and dates of state, regional and
national conferences as well as NAEYC publications are updated regularly.
Be sure to checkout the excellent link to the "Position Statements"
on such topics as literacy, technology, special education, and violence
prevention.
Early Childhood Education Online
Information for curriculum, resources and more. Or you can
add yourself to their listserve to collaborate with others internationally.
Lessons for Early Childhood Classrooms
A resourceful page full of lessons submitted by students from
University of Maryland College Park.
The Idea Box
A website full of activities
and ideas for young children. Here you'll find recipies, crafts, games and
more.
Anytime, Anywhere Science Courses for Teachers
“The
National
Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
NSTA is the most dynamic national science organization for teachers of all
levels. It was founded in 1944 and headquartered in
Robert Krampf
Science Experiment of the Week “In
addition to presenting his amazing science shows, Robert Krampf also does
whatever he can to show people that science can be fun and understandable.
Part of that effort is the Free Experiment of the Week list. If you join
the Experiment of the Week List, each week you will get a new experiment
that you can try yourself.”
This page has a nice simple layout, and the contents will be
of benefit to parents, students, and teachers. The site was designed by the
parents of gifted students in
Gifted
Education
On this site information is provided on how to teach gifted
children.
This site includes a number of exhibitions and American Treasures
from the collections of the Library of Congress. The American Memory section
includes a large number of digitized historical collections in both audio
and visual formats. When entering the Library of Congress page, the site map
assists in navigating this resource.
Lewis and Clark: Then and Now
Educators and historians have joined forces to reenact the
Merriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition—a three-year trek down the
Ohio and Missouri Rivers. Bring Lewis and Clark into your classroom this
year through the Lewis and
Dave Perling has an international reputation for working with
TESOL and ESL. This page is well designed. The page is a long scrolling page
with the 26 characters of the alphabet as a table of contents. The page provides
a chat central, discussion center, graffiti wall, hints, help center, and
many other educator resources.
Ideas for working with ESL students
Teacher Talk is a resource for pre-service teachers, especially
at the secondary level, and provides practical ideas for pre-service students
and those who are student teaching.
Children and Bilingualism
About 32 million people in the
Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second
Language Instruction
This site offers a nice collection of royalty-free clip art
for bilingual education.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
This is the web site for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse,
a project of the U.S. Department of Education. It provides K-12 teachers
and others with a central source of information about math and science materials.
Some of the resources include lesson plans, classroom resources, useful
addresses on the web for math and science teachers, a daily overview of
what’s making news across the nation, and professional development.
The National Association for
Music Education
This Web site offers resources for adding to the classroom
curriculum through the MENC Teacher Guide. Lesson plans including all the
necessary sound files and some sheet music is also available. Other features
of this site are current issues in music education and articles on school
music programs, professional development opportunities and MENC's advocacy
program, MusicFriends. The MusicFriends newsletter provides important information
about music in our nation's schools and how you can get involved.
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
is a national, voluntary association of colleges and universities with undergraduate
or graduate programs to prepare professional educators. The Association supports
programs in data gathering, equity, leadership development, networking, policy
analysis, professional issues, and scholarship.
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching
A not-for-profit organization based in
The Haberman Foundation
The Haberman Educational Foundation was created to extend the
research and concepts of KDP Laureate Martin Haberman. The Foundation works
with schools serving children in poverty to:
• improve the quality of beginning teachers;
• recruit a more diverse pool of teachers; and
• enhance professional development.
The Foundation offers a range of training services and also promotes alternative
certification.
The Mentoring Leadership and
Resource Network
An affiliate of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, the Mentoring Leadership and Resource Network promotes the mentoring
and induction of new teachers by supporting mentors and mentoring programs
in K-12 schools and in university teacher education programs.
Milken Family Foundation
Established in 1982 by Lowell and Michael Milken, the Milken
Family Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Santa Monica,
California, whose mission is to discover and advance inventive and effective
ways of helping people help themselves and those around them lead productive
and satisfying lives. The Foundation advances this mission primarily in the
areas of education and medical research.
National Education Association
(NEA)
The National Education Association
is a teacher union. It's mission is to: "fulfill the promise of a democratic
society, the National Education Association shall promote the cause of quality
public education and advance the profession of education; expand the rights
and further the interest of educational employees; and advocate human, civil,
and economic rights for all."
The National Association for
the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
This website is for the largest professional organization of
early childhood educators. Locations and dates of state, regional and national
conferences as well as NAEYC publications are updated regularly. Be sure to
checkout the excellent link to the "Position Statements" on such
topics as literacy, technology, special education, and violence prevention.
National Teacher of the Year Program
The National Teacher of the Year Program began in 1952 and
continues as the oldest, most prestigious national honors program that focuses
public attention on excellence in teaching. The National Teacher of the Year
is chosen from among the State Teachers of the Year by a national selection
committee representing the major national education organizations.
One stop resource on reading and literacy available to educators
for free. Provides information on professional development, research, advocacy,
and conferences.
PBS
Teacher Source Lesson plans are presented by subject and/or
age level.
Reader’s Theater Editions
This site contains free scripts for readers theater the can
be downloaded from the internet. Reader’s Theater Editions are scripts adapted
from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and
world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is
included, with most scripts aimed at ages 8-15.
Reading Journal
Peer reviewed journal focuses on current literacy practice
and research in K-12 classrooms. The “Electronic Classroom” link contains
Ideas and information about applying technology in literacy instruction. The
“Online Communities” allows one to join in conversations about issues in literacy
and technology in the classroom. Free. Great resource for finding strategies
and methods to teach in the class. For instance, if a teacher has a number
of children in the class speaking African-American vernacular, she or he can
find a number of articles with strategies on how to address the issue of language
variation in class.
Virtual Community of Reading
Teachers
RTEACHER is a listserv run in conjunction with The Reading
Teacher as a place where RT readers can share their ideas, questions,
concerns, and successes. RTEACHER assists a diverse population, now numbering
more than 800 educators, interested in issues of literacy and technology
in the elementary classroom.
“NASA
Kids” provides hundreds of Web pages about space science, rockets and airplanes,
and pioneers and astronauts. Teachers can find puzzles, games, and coloring
pages, and can subscribe to a newsletter.
A weather education site especially for kids, parents
and teachers.
This site provides a lot of information on weather, including
weather basics, local forecasts, suggested weather books for teachers and
children, information about teacher grants, questions and answers about weather,
activity sheets, weather curriculum, and water music. The Web-site is provided
by a national TV meteorologist, Nick Walker. There is a link to the Weather
Channel.
Bubblesphere
This is a wonderful page to accompany a unit on bubbleology
or just for fun when exploring bubbles. Some of the links include: bubble
solutions, questions, history, references, games, forum, and links.
Earth Science Explorer
This Earth Science Explorer Web-site by Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA
Classroom of the Future has both a teacher entrance and a student entrance.
There are many links to earth systems (diversity, adaptation, plate tectonics,
cycles, spheres, biomes, and geology). As an example, the student entrance
“reference section” features dinosaurs. It has a resource section, lesson-plan
section, and an activities/crafts sections. Examples of the activities are
trilobite cookies and easy-to-make paper dinosaurs.
Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse
This is the web site for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse,
a project of the U.S. Department of Education. It provides K-12 teachers and
others with a central source of information about math and science materials.
Some of the resources include lesson plans, classroom resources, useful addresses
on the web for math and science teachers, a daily overview of what’s making
news across the nation, and professional development.
How Stuff Works
This fun Web-site helps people understand how things work.
Some of the categories include automotive, body/health, computers, cool stuff,
electronics, engines, money, and toys/games. There are seasonal features.
In December, for example, some of the sites included How Christmas works (stories
behind the traditions, such as Santa Claus), How Mistletoe Works (how it became
a tradition), and How Christmas Lights Work.
NASA Mars Website
For those of you who have students interested in learning more
about Mars, NASA has launched a Web site called Mars for Educators. You can
find project ideas, send for free posters, and more.
Sci4Kids
This Sci4Kids web site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Agricultural Research Service. It provides a peek behind the scenes to see
what scientists really do. Sample topics include Going Coo Coo for Chickens,
Using Satellites to Find Bees, and Bugs for Breakfast. There are links to
science resources, science fair projects, and more. It is designed for children
8-13 but can be enjoyed by older children and teachers, as well.
The National Institute on Drug
Abuse (NIDA)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has developed science
education materials for second and third-grade students on the brain and the
effects of drugs on the brain. The curriculum is titled Brain Power!
The NIDA Junior Scientist Program consists of six modules. The goal of the
curriculum is to lay the foundation for future scientific learning and substance-abuse
prevention efforts by providing an early elementary school-age audience with
a basis of knowledge and critical-thinking skills.
The ultimate science fair resource
This site describes itself as the ultimate science fair resource.
It contains sections such as Doing a Science Fair Project, Project Hints,
Writing a Report, Display Hints, Project Categories, “How To” Links, Project
Ideas, Idea Board, Links, and more.
TryScience
This award-winning web site is from the Association of Science-Technology
Centers (ASTC), a nonprofit organization of over 450 science centers and museums
in 42 countries. TryScience offers a new way for people to gain access to
and experience the fun of science from museums around the world through interactive
exhibits and multimedia adventures. It also provides hands-on science activities
that will be enjoyed by children, parents, and teachers.
Volcano World “Web’s premier
source for volcano information.”
This site from the University of North Dakota,
Good site with many lesson plans submitted by fellow teachers.
Lesson plans listed by subject matter. Also has thematic units, seasonal items
such as remembering September 11, and other resources.
U.S. Government Information &
Resources in Response to September 11 Events
Review many resources available to learn about September 11th.
University
of South Florida Internet Safety Education Project
This site provides links to Internet safety resources and
provides an overview of research studies conducted on cybersafety for children.
Internet safety entails the guidelines and procedures implemented in public
and private settings to protect the well being of Internet users.
| Social
Studies |
This is a new dynamic database on the World Wide Web that serves
as a resource for teaching about citizenship for four primary audiences: teachers/administrators,
parents, students, and policy makers. What makes this Web-site dynamic is
that anyone can add a submission through a link on the menu bar at the top
of the page (see add a story). An editorial board reviews submissions
for their suitability. Themes are used to organize the various contributions.
While just in its infancy, this site has potential to grow into a dynamic
resource for carrying forward our primary missions as educators: to prepare
the next generation for citizenship.
Center for Civic Education
The Center for Civic Education is a not for profit organization
dedicated to promoting the study of citizenship from primary grades through
senior high school. They are the publisher of a number of notable books devoted
to law-related issues. They also sponsor two We the People programs:
Project Citizen is a middle school civic education program designed
to develop interest in public policymaking as well as the ability to participate
competently and responsibly in state and local government. The Citizen
and the Consitution is an instructional program on the history and principles
of constitutional democracy in the
Facing The Future: People and the Planet
Lesson plans, curriculum materials, and resources for teachers
who want to change the world can be found here. The focus of this not-for-profit
curriculum development and teacher training institute, Facing the Future,
are the global issues of poverty, population, and pollution. The activities
and materials available here lead students to develop their own possible solutions
to these problems. There are lots of good resources that can be downloaded
for free. For Teacher use with 6-12 grades.
Links To
Alternative Assessment Resources
This Web site contains two URLs that are of importance to social studies teachers.
These two links lead to alternative assessment Websites developed by the Illinois
State Board of Education. One site provides a rubric and good supporting information
about alternative assessment. Unfortunately, it uses frames and uses scanned
versions of student pencil and paper responses. The second site focuses exclusively
on geography. These are for Teacher use for all grades.
Merrill Social Studies Education
Resource Website
On this website you will find addresses and links to the most
useful Internet sites for social studies educators. Because the social studies
curriculum tends to be organized around social science content areas, topics
are organized and presented here much the same way as they are found in most
schools across the nation. Categories are sometimes further broken down by
themes and issues specific to each discipline.
National Council for the Social
Studies (NCSS)
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is the professional
organization that represents social studies teachers. It publishes two excellent
journals and hosts an annual conference that is a valuable source of professional
development for thousands each year. Additionally, NCSS affiliates state and
regional councils that also host conference, publish journals, and conduct
other professional development activities. The 82nd Annual Conference will
be held in
Teach Vietnam
Dedicated as a resource to teachers, students, and parents
for helping future generations to address the terrible scar this conflict
in
The Valley of the Shadow: Two
Communities in the American Civil War
This hypermedia archive examines one Northern and one Southern
community using the backdrop of the Civil War. The site contains thousands
of sources such as religious documents, photographs, military records, and
maps. In the Teaching Materials section teachers can find lesson plans for
social studies classes grades 7-12, and students can find paper topics for
high school and college United