General Resources
A
to Z Teacher Stuff - This
well designed site includes such teacher resources as lesson plans, book
reviews, advice and more.
ERIC
- ERIC is
the Educational Resources Information Center. This searchable site includes
a virtual library, extensive archives, lesson plans, access to ERIC database,
and a question and answer service.
Educator's
Reference Desk - This site includes the 2000 lesson plans, 3000
value -added pointers to education information & organizations, and
200 question archives that have been on askeric.org.
Awesome
Library -
"The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 15,000 carefully reviewed
resources." Browse or search the site.
Blue
Web'n - Links
educators to Internet lesson plans. The plans are grouped by subject discipline
and the site can be searched.
edHelper.com
- Access more than 7,000 lesson plans, 1,000 WebQuests by discipline, downloads,
educational sites, and free worksheets.
Education
World - This
major educational site is updated weekly and is a specialized search engine
for educational sites. It includes lesson plans, research materials, links,
and chat boards for teachers.
Kathy
Shrock's Guide for Educators
- Recognized as one of the best, this site is updated weekly . Classified
Web sites, tutorials, and professional growth articles are included in this
site.
Education
Index - Offers
a topical approach to "the best sites on the World Wide Web."
The
Gateway to Educational Materials
- This site includes lesson plans, curriculum units, and other educational
resources.
Full-Text
Education Journals Online
- This site includes links to numerous professional education journals.
FunBrain.com
- Visit the FunBrain.com "Teacher's Lounge" for online quizzes
that are fun. This is also a good place to share ideas with other educators.
Marco
Polo- This
site contains standards based Internet content. Internet links, lesson plans,
classroom activities and materials, and a search engine are included.
Kansas
State Department of Education
- This is the home page for KSDE with many links for Kansas educators. To
find the state standards for a particular discipline, go to Search and type
in "standards."
Online
Workshops for Teachers
- This site presents eleven online workshops for teachers that explore some
of the current educational concepts and how teachers are implementing these
ideas in their classrooms.
TeacherFocus.com
- This is a new interactive educator community. The site includes a teacher
forum, a calendar with incoming professional conferences, and a resource
directory with many links in various areas of education, professional development,
grant opportunties, and more.
PBS
Teacher Source
- The PBS Teacher Source website is the web extension of PBS for educators
and includes extensive curricular materials.
High
Plains Regional Technology in Education
- Tracktar is a program that allows teachers to organize a collection of
websites into an interactive online presentation. It's an Internet web-based
lesson plan maker. All lessons are searchable by keywork, subject and grade,
themes and standards.
Eduscapes
- This site has definitions, activities, and many other links
and resources for thematic topics.
BrainPop
- This unusual site has
movies and other information on many different topics.
Virtual
Field Trips
- This site includes an extensive list virtual field to all kinds of places.
This site by Midge Frazel is great and it is worth looking at the entire
site, not just the virtual field trips.
AlternaTime
- Time lines from all subject areas on the web.
AOL@School
- This is a great educational portal for teachers of all grades. It includes
resources for students and professional development and lesson plans for
teachers.
WISE
Science -
Web-based Inquiry Science Environment is a site for science teachers, grades
4-12. It is funded by the National Science Foundation. Students work on
inquiry projects on topics such as earthquake prediction and the deformed
frogs mystery.
Kids
Health - This
site includes a section for students and one for parents. In the games closet,
students can read interactive stories from kids who have different illnesses
or look at animations of different parts of the body. This site is a project
of the Nemours Foundation which was established in 1936 by Alfred DuPont.
Medlineplus
- An excellent site for
any type of medical or health information. This site is produced by the
National Institute of Health.
Atlas
of the Universe -
This website consists of nine main maps of the universe, ranging from the
nearest stars to the sun and out to the limits of the visible universe.
The
Writing Den
- The Writing Den is an online interactive writing tutorial for students
in grades 6-12 seeking to improve their English reading, comprehension,
and writing skills.
English/Language
Art Links - A number of literature and language links.
Language
Arts Lesson Plans & Resources
- A large number of lesson plans for various grade levels on numerous topics.
A
Maths Dictionary for Kids
- A Maths Dictionary for Kids is a colorful website that defines 400 common
mathematical terms in simple language. The terms are organized alphabetically
and an activity or visual example accompanies each definition.
Coolmath.com
- This interactive math website describes itself as an "amusement park
of math" and is divided into sections for parents, teachers, kids aged
3-12, and kids aged 13-100. This site features activities, games, and lessons
in a variety of math areas such as fractals, algebra, and geometry.
The
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
- ENC links teachers to online math and science resources, lesson plans,
and information about math and science materials. This site allows the user
to search for specific topics.
American
Memory - This
site by the Library of Congress provides information on American history.
Kids
in the House
- An interactive site that helps students learn about the US House of Representatives
and its role in lawmaking.
Your
Nation.com
- This site allows
a student to compare two countries on dozens of facts. All sorts of statistics
on many nations are easily available.
Ancient
World Web
- A massive list of links to ancient history information.
Best
of History Web Sites - An
award winning portal created for students and educators
Puzzles, Scavenger Hunts, Webquests
Webquests
- This site from San Diego State University includes many webquests categorized
by subject. Click "examples" on the home page to see the various
webquests.
Thinkquests
- This site provides highly motivating opportuntity for students and educators
to work collaboratively in teams to learn as they create web based learning
materials and teach others. To view winners, click onto the library page.
Jeopardy
Power Point Instructions