General
Resources
A
to Z Teacher Stuff - This
well designed site includes such teacher resources as lesson plans,
book reviews, advice and more.
4Teachers.org-
4Teachers.org works
to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE
online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create
ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars.
There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional
development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology
planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.
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.
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 21st Century Skills - In addition access
to educational resources on the Web, the Gateway to 21st Century Skills
also hosts information about GEM. GEM is an acronym for Gateway to Educational
Materials.
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.
Thinkfinity-
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.
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
- Trackstar 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.
Science
Resources
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.
English
Resources
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.
Language
Arts Lesson Plans & Resources
- A large number of lesson plans for various grade levels on numerous
topics.
Math
Resources
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.
Social
Studies Resources
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.
Best
of History Web Sites - An
award winning portal created for students and educators
Puzzles,
Scavenger Hunts, Webquests
Word
Puzzles
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.
Discovery
School Puzzlemaker
Ultimate
Webquest Website
Jeopardy
Power Point
Jeopardy
Power Point Instructions
ucEducational
Blogs
Blog
Board - Host: Teacher Magazine
Kathy's
Kaffeeklatsch - Host: Kathy Schrock
Teach42.com
- Host: Steve Dembo
Moving
at the Speed of Creativity - Host:Wesley Fryer
Library
Resources
