Teacher Resources

LESSON PLAN SOURCES
Lesson plans can be found at many of the Web sites listed under other categories. The following collections are grouped by level and content area and can be searched easily by topic.

Apple Learning Interchange http://ali.apple.com/

The AskERIC Virtual Library (ericir.syr.edu)

Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans (www.col-ed.org/cur)

Connections+ (www.mcrel.org/resources/plus)

Education Placehttp://www.eduplace.com/

Encarta Schoolhouse (encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse)

Eric’s Education Resource Home Page http://www.teleport.com/~links/

K-5 online Cirriculum Resources http://www.proteacher.com/

Lessons Bank http://www.teachers.net/

Lesson Plans for Literature http://ali.apple.com/

Lesson Stop (www.youthline-usa.com/lessonstop)

Houghton-Mifflin – New Ways to Know http://www.eduplace.com/

PBS Teacher Source http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Research Paper Ideas http://www.researchpaper.com/

TeachWeb (www.teachweb.net)

Teacher Created Ideas http://www.teachercreated.com/

Teacher Talk Forum: Lesson Plans http://education.indiana.edu/cas/ttforum/lesson.html

Yahoo! – Education: K12:Resources http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Resources/

CURRICULUM PORTALS
Portals are doors on the Web that provide integrated resources, tools and services through single locations. Education portals offer customized fee-based curriculum services and related school applications.

SchoolTone Alliance (www.schooltone.com)

The LearningStation.com (www.learningstation.com)

NovaNET (www.novanet.com)

NetSchools (www.netschools.com)

Riverdeep Interactive Learning (www.riverdeep.net)

CURRICULUM RESOURCE CENTERS
There are multiple curriculum centers hosted by various professional associations, foundations, government agencies and individuals (the next two sections focus on school/teacher/student curriculum collections, and those maintained by companies). The following are favorite sites in each content area.

GENERAL CURRICULUM

Awesome Library (www.awesomlibrary.org)

Bonus.com (www.bonus.com)

Curricular Resources and Networking Projects (www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdCurric.html)

Education World (www.educationworld.com)

EdWeb (edweb.cnidr.org)

Enchanted Learning (www.enchantedlearning.com)

Library in the Sky (www.nwrel.org/sky)

THE ARTS

Art Lessons http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/

ArtsEdge (artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

ArtsEdNet (www.artasednet.getty.edu)

Arts Education partnership (AEP-arts.org)

Can-Do Art Projects http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/

Children’s Music http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/

Consortium of National Arts Education http://www.amc-music.com/

Elementary Art http://www.kinderart.com/

Music Education Online (www.geocities.com/Athens/2405)

Music Terminology http://www.hnh.com/mgloss.htm

The Puppetry Home Page (www.sagecraft.com/puppetry)

Sapphire Swan Dance Directory (www.SapphireSwan.com/dance)

World Wide Arts Resources (wwar.com)

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE

Book Adventure http://www.bookadventure.org/

The Children’s Book Council Online (www.cbcbooks.org)

Children’s Literature http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/aboutclwg.html

CyberGuides (www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html)

The Children’s Literature Web Guide (www.ucalgary.ca/-dkbrown)

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare)

Golden Books http://www.goldenbooks.com/

International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/

The On-Line Books Page (digital.library.upenn.edu/books)

Links to Educational Resources (www.writeenvironment.com/linksto.html)

MS Language Arts http://www.writesite.org/

Mythology http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/

Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction http://www.eserver.org/

MATHEMATICS

Innovative Math Materials http://www.comap.com/

Ask Dr. Math (forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math)

Calculators On-Line Center (www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html)

Comprehensive Math Source http://archives.math.utk.edu/

The Geometry Center (www.geom.umn.edu)

Interactive Flashcards http://www.aplusmath.com/

Interactive Projects http://www.mathprojects.com/

Math.com (math.com)

Math Forum http://www.mathlearning.com/

Math Goodies http://www.mathgoodies.com/

Math Products http://www.mathmastery.com/

Math Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

Math and Science Gateway for High School (www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway)

The Math Forum (forum.swarthmore.edu)

MegaMathematics (www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math)

Mind Exercises http://www.funbrain.com/math/

NCTM http://www.nctm.org/

Secondary Math Tutorial http://www.ping.be/math/

The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/store/hom/#2

SCIENCE

Animals and Earth http://www.kindnews.org/

Aviation Museum Locator http://www.aero-web.org/museums/museums.htm

Children’s Chemistry Textbook http://www.chem4kids.com/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (www.enc.org)

Fun and Interactive Physics http://id.mind.net/~zona/index.html

Hands-on Science http://www.delta-ed.com/

Interactive Table of Elements http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/

Lab and Class Exercises http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/

The Environmental Education Network (envirolink.org/enviroed)

High School Biology Projects http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

The NASA Homepage http://www.nasa.gov/

NASA Phot Gallery http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html

National Science Teachers Association http://www.nsta.org/

SciCentral K-12 Science (www.scicentral.com/K-12)

SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources (www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html)

The Science page (www.sciencepage.org)

Space Educators’ handbook (vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh)

Space and Exploration – CNN http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/

U.S. Space Camp http://www.spacecamp.com/index_hg.html

Virtual Chemistry Textbook http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/

The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/homepage.html

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet (www.yucky.com)

Zoological Society of San Diego Home Page http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

SOCIAL STUDIES

Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/

Geography http://geography.about.com/science/geography/

The History Net (www.thehistorynet.com)

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers (execpc.com/-dboals/boals.html)

How Far Is It? http://www.indo.com/distance/

Les Pages de Paris / The Paris Pages http://www.paris.org/

Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers (www.csun.edu/-hcedu013)

Mainxchange Mainxed (www.mainXed.com)

Map Quest! Welcome! http://www.mapquest.com/

Nystrom http://www.nystromnet.com/

Real Australia On – Line Australia http://www.aaa.com.au/online/

Social Studies School Service (socialstudies.com/online/html)

Social Studies (www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies)

Social Studies Sources (education.indiana.edu/~socialist)

Today in History http://features.learningkingdom.com/history/

Virtual Galapagos http://www.terraquest.com/galapagos/intro.html

Welcome to the White House http://www1.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html

World History, American History http://www.thehistorynet.com/

HEALTH/NUTRITION/PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html)

Healthtouch Online (www.healthtouch.com)

Kids Food CyberClub (www.kidsfood.org)

Nutrition Navigator (navigator.tufts.edu/index.html)

PE Central (pe.central.vt.edu)

Sports Media International (www.sports-media.org)

VOCATIONAL AND CAREER STUFF

American Careers http://www.pitsco-pathways.com/

Powerful College Information http://www.powerstudents.com/

Career Planning http://www.careerplanit.com/

Career Information http://www.careeradviser.com/

Information for Post Graduates http://www.highereducation.org/

SCHOOL/TEACHER/STUDENT CURRICULUM COLLECTIONS
There are growing numbers of general and specialized curriculum collections maintained by schools and individuals, and many are “labors of love” for the common educational good. The following are selected examples.

The Art Teacher Connection (www.inficad.com/-arted)

Joan Berger’s Windows to the World (www.li.net/~jberger)

Busy Teachers’ Web site K12 (www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt)

The Falcon’s Next (www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/upk.home.html)

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators (discoveryschool.com/schrockguide)

Mrs. Silverman’s Second Grade Class (www.webcom.com/suealice)

COMPANY CURRICULUM COLLECTIONS
Many companies and organizations that provide education products and services offer online curriculum resources such as the examples below.

AOL@School (school.aol.com)

Apple Education (www.apple.com/education)

AT&T Learning Network (www.att.com/learningnetwork)

Big Chalk.com (www.bigchalk.com)

Crayola Art Education (www.crayola.com)

Classroom Connect (www.classroom.com)

Computer Curriculum Corporation CCCLearn (www.ccclearn.com)

Copernicus Education Gateway (www.edgate.com)

Disney Edu-Station (Disney.go.com/educational)

Ed’s Oasis (www.classroom.com/edsoasis)

ePlay (eplay.com)

Harcourt School Publishers, The Learning Site (www.hbschool.com)

HiFusion (www.hifusion.com)

Houghton Mifflin Education Place (www.eduplace.com)

Imind (www.imind.com)

JDL K-12World (www.k-12world.com)

Knowledge Adventure (www.knowledgeadventure.com)

The Learning Company School Division (www.learningcompanyschool.com)

Lightspan.com (www.lightspan.com)

McGraw-Hill School Division Resource Village (www.mmhschool.com)

Pitsco Innovative Education (www.pitsco.com)

Scholastic.com (www.scholastic.com)

WWWRRR (WWWITT.com)

ONLINE PROJECT SOURCES
The following sites are places to find online projects and propose your own (some require paid subscriptions).

Adventure Online (www.adventureonline.com)

Educational Web Adventures (www.eduweb.com)

Electronic Emissary Project (www.tapr.org/emissary)

GlobalLearn.com (www.globalearn.com)

Global Schoolhouse and Internet Project Registry now at Lightspan (www.lightspan.com)

HighWired.com (highwired.com)

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections-IECC-Projects (www.iecc.org)

International Education and Resource Network-lEARN (www.learn.org)

KIDLINK/KIDPROJ (www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ)

NASA Classroom of the Future (www.cotf.edu)

NASA Quest (quest.arc.nasa.gov)

NASA SeaWiFS Projects (seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov)

NASA SpaceLink (spaclink.nasa.gov)

Online Class (www.onlineclass.com)

SiteALIVE! (www.sitesalive.com)

Thinkquest/Thinkquest Junior (www.thinkquest.org)

LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
The following sites link to exhibits at libraries and museums throughout the world and allow users to communicate with experts and explore special topics in depth.

American Museum Historical Collections (memory.loc.gov)

American Museum of Natural History (www.amnh.org)

The Exploratorium (www.exploratorium.edu)

The Franklin Institute Science Museum (www.fi.edu)

Hands On Children’s Museum (www.hocm.org)

Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide (www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html)

The Internet Public Library (ww.ipl.org)