Links for Educators

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GENERAL INTEREST

• ALA Great Web Sites for Kids: "Amazing, spectacular, mysterious, colorful web sites for kids and the adults who care about them".
• Blue Web'n: Classified, searchable directory of "blue ribbon" learning sites.
• Tired Teacher's Web Site: K-12 internet resources.
• Census in Schools: Free, downloadable teaching materials for social studies and math.
• DiscoverySchool.com: Extensive collection of teacher tools.
• Edutopia: Innovation in education from the George Lucas Foundation.
• ePals Classroom Exchange: Online, global classroom community.
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE):  Educational web sites created by many different federal agencies--from Agriculture to NASA.
• Free Worksheets: Reproduce and distribute at will!
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: A classified list designed to enhance curriculum and teachers' professional development.
• The Kindergarten Teacher: Over 600 links to Internet resources for present and future kindergarten educators, prepared by California State University Curriculum Librarian Mike Tillman.
• The Learning Page: Contains downloadable activity sheets, lesson plans, themed reading suggestions, Pre-K to 2.  Acrobat Reader needed for downloads.
• National Library of Education: The federal government's main source for education information.
• PBS Teacherline: Online professional development for pre-service and in-service teachers.  Current modules include mathematics and integrating technology with classroom practice.
• Education Associations and Organizations: From the U.S. Dept. of Education.
• Random Acts of Kindness: Lesson plans, activities, teacher's guide.
• RHL Free Worksheets: Quality worksheets by subject.
• Scholastic.com: Lesson plans, reproducibles, professional resources, author information, online activities, news zone, and research tools make this a first rate site for all teachers, kids, and parents.
• Study Skills: Guides students in setting goals, managing time, and studying.
• Teach Kind: Resources for teaching kindness to animals (and humans).
• Teach Tolerance: Stop hate!  Free lesson plans, activities, and multimedia kits to teach children about compassion and tolerance.
• Teachable Moment: An excellent resource for dealing with contemporary issues.
• Teachers @ Work: Internet Resources for Teachers: Contains links to over 5,000 reviewed web sites.
• Teachers Domain: Repository of multimedia files, including online video and flash, for classroom use.  Free, requires registration.
• Teach-nology.com's Teacher Rubric Makers: Rubrics for every occasion.
• Theory Into Practice: A database of fifty major learning and instruction theories, an overview with examples including graphic diagrams.
• What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching: Advice from other first year teachers and seasoned veterans.

• American Memory Collection: Library of Congress 
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: From the U.S. Government Printing Office, this site provides resources on how government works, links to U.S. government web sites for kids, and learning tools for students, parents, teachers.
• The History Channel: Study guides, speeches, "This Day in History".
• Holiday Traditions: Recipes, religious practices, music, and holiday traditions around the world.
• Map Collections: Library of Congress digitized maps from 1544 to 1996 in seven major categories, including military campaigns, exploration, and cultural landscapes.
• National Archives Digital Classroom: Online historical documents.
• National Geographic: Interactive adventures, virtual expeditions, lesson plans, printable maps, and an online atlas.  Coordinated with National Geography standards.
• New York Times Learning Network: Part of the Newspapers in Education initiative, lesson plans and activities are based on the daily New York Times and current events.  The Lesson plan archive is searchable by subject.
• Social Studies: Lesson plans and resources for social studies teachers.
• Social Studies Sources: Links to resources in all content areas.
• Teachers Guide to Editorial Cartoons: An interesting site with lessons and activities using editorial cartoons with elementary, middle and high school students.
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Current global issues, lesson plans, teaching modules, classroom activities.
• USGS Learning Web:  A site from the U.S. Geological Survey, containing study units, activities, lessons, and lists of materials in the area of biology, geology, hydrology and geography.

• AAA Math: By grade level, homework help, in depth topics.
• A+ Math: Worksheets, games, flashcards.
• Count On!: Interactive games, brain teasers, math poems, and flash cards.
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education: Resources for the improvement, enrichment, and reform of mathematics and science education. 
• Figure This! Challenges for Families: Enjoyable challenges for families (and teachers), contributed by educational organizations.
• Fraction Bars: Interactive games and activities for teaching fractions.
• MASSIVE: Math and science song information.
• Math.com: Sixty interactive, multimedia lessons in algebra, geometry, and basic math.   Many other teaching resources.
• The Math Forum: Everything mathematical--an excellent resource.  Check out the Teacher's Place.
• Mathematics Archives: A comprehensive source on mathematics topics, software, and teaching materials.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics: An NSF funded project from Utah State University to provide virtual manipulatives and tutorials for mathematics instruction, K-8.  Java applets.
• Teach ALL Students the Multiplication Facts: Activities, games, and worksheets.

• CyberGuides:  Teacher Guides and Student Activities: Activities are based on children's and young adult literatures and California Language Arts standards.  Good suggestions and an excellent resource.
• EdSitement: Lesson plans for literature and resource links.
• Foreign Language Lesson Plans: A large collection of modern language curriculum resources, including online exhibits.
• Language Arts: Kathy Schrock's Discovery School index for language arts resources.
• Literature Lesson Plans: Middle and High School, search by author.
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet: Excellent resource, electronic Shakespeare texts, and links to other related sites.
• New York Times Learning Network: Part of the Newspapers in Education initiative, lesson plans and activities are based on the daily New York Times and current events.  The Lesson plan archive is searchable by subject.
• Parlez-Vous?: A resource for French students and teachers.
• Power of Words: Teaching tolerance curriculum for multiethnic understanding.
• Smartwriters.com: Check out Teacher Resources and information about author visits.
• Teachers Guide to Editorial Cartoons: An interesting site with lessons and activities using editorial cartoons with elementary, middle, and high school students.
• Teaching Books: Excellent site with online videos of authors and illustrators, teaching guides, and lists of award books.  Requires registration.
• Vocabulary University: Vocabulary puzzles, activities, themes.  SAT prep.
• Web English Teacher: A rich resource for practicing or preservice English teachers.

• Amazing Space Web-Based Activities: Covers many space topics, provides fun activities and games.
• Cool Science: Activities and crafts on and offline.
• eNature.com: Nature and wildlife resource featuring the Audubon guides to plans and animals.
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education: Resources for the improvement, enrichment, and reform of mathematics and science education. 
• MASSIVE: Math and science song information.
• Science.gov: Check out the Science Education link on this government gateway for good science sites and information.
• Science Spot: Lesson plans and descriptions, science clip art.
• USGS Learning Web: A site from the U.S. Geological Survey, containing study units, activities, lessons, and lists of materials in the area of biology, geology, hydrology, and geography.

• All Kinds of Minds: Emphasizes different styles of learning.
• GT World: Gifted and talented information, links to online programs and special schools, publications.
• LD Online: Web site designed for parents provides information about many different types of learning disabilities and support agencies.
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities: Dedicated to answering questions and keeping parents and educators up–to-date on laws affecting the disabled.
• National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented:  Authoritative research and full-text articles on gifted education.
• Red and Green Choices: Based on the authors' intervention programs for children with autism and behavioral disorders, provides printable charts.
• SERI:   Special Education Resources on the Internet: Covers a wide variety of topics, including individual disabilities, organizations, technology, and discussion groups.

• Art Education and ArtEdventures: Play games, create art, hands-on activities, and tips for teaching art.
• ARTSEDGE: Supporting the arts as a core subject area in K-12 curriculum, from the Kennedy Center.
• Children's Music: Music activities, including creating your own radio show and sound effects.
• Kinderart: A large collection of art lessons and activities for all ages.

• Awesome Library:   Health and PE: Organized by topics such as Health, Highway Safety, Medical, Nutrition, Personal Care, Physical Education, Prevention, Recreation, Sports, and Standards.
• Body and Mind: Created by the Center for Disease Control to provide answers for kids' health issues, this site also provides activities for health educators.
• HealthTeacher.com: A sequential K-12 health curriculum with almost 300 lesson plan guides that meet National Health Education standards.  SRU's Dr. Michael Cleary was a consultant to this site.
• PE Central: A searchable directory of lessons, equipment, job listings.
• P.E. Lesson Plans and Activities: A large collection of lesson plans for Physical Education.

• CyberBee: Subject specific web sites, with an emphasis on integrating technology.
• CyberSmart!: A free curriculum to assist teachers in teaching Internet safety and responsibility.  Aligned with National Educational Technology Standards, consists of 65 lesson plans.
• Daily Dose of the Web: Daily birthdays, quotations, vocabulary words, brain teasers, challenges, math problems.
• T.H.E. Journal's Road Map to the Web for Educators: An index site to resources in all curricular areas and interests.
• ThinkQuest: Library of informational sites created by students and teachers.  Sponsors an annual web competition.
• Web Quests: Learn all about scavenging the 'net for class projects and activities.  Examples and training materials.