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U.S. Government Department of Education
 
Lesson Plans
 

The Academy Curriculum Exchange
Alabama Learning Exchange
ArtsEdge Lesson Plans
Columbia Education Center
Curriculum Units  Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute.
CyberSmart! Free curriculum and lesson plans to extend students' learning into cyberspace.
Discovery Channel School
EconoEdLink
EdSitement
Education Oasis
ENC   Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education.
Eye on the Sky: Lesson Plans for the Elementary Classroom
The Gateway to Educational Materials

Great Performances: Educational Resources for Teachers
Illuminations   National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Intel Units and Projects Plans
KinderArt Lesson Plans
Layered Curriculum
Lesson Plans Page
Marc Sheehan's Lesson Plans Page
Marco Polo
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
National Teacher Training Institute
The New York Times Learning Network   Lesson plans, news snapshots, more.
Nortel Networks Kidz Online
NOVA Teachers
PBS Teacher Source
read-write-think
Sequenced Lesson Plans
Science NetLinks
SCORE

Sequenced Lesson Plans
Smithsonian Education
Teacher's Net Lesson Bank
Teachers Network
ThirteenEd Online
Xpeditions   National Geographic.

 
Art
 
Art Room
Art Teacher on the Net
ArtEdventures and Color of a Lifetime
ArtLex: 3,300 Art Terms Defined
ArtsEdge
ArtsEdNet
ArtsWork: Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
Art's Edge: Standards and Exemplars
Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures
Color Matters
Coloring Book Fun
Crayola Kids
Hands on Crafts for Kids
Inside Art
Ivy's Coloring Page Search Engine
KinderArt
Metropolitan Museum
Musee: Museum Links from Around the World
Museums in the USA: Links to Online Museums
National Endowment for the Arts
National Museum of Africa Art
Perseus Digital Library
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Web Museum, Paris
WebExhibits
 
Assessment
 
Assessment and Rubric Information
Assessment Tools K-3
Creating Rubrics for a Given Task
Rubistar
Writing Assessments 6+1 Traits
 
Beginning Teachers
 

AdPrima
Beginning Teacher's Toolbox
New Teacher Online Resources
A New Teacher's Survival Guide
Tips for Teachers

 
Bulletin Boards
 
Bulletin Boards for Business
Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
Classroom Displays and Bulletin Boards
Garden of Praise: Halls, Walls, and Bulletin Boards
Gigglepotz
Interactive Bulletin Board's for Secondary Math
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kim's Korner

KinderArt
Perpetual Preschool
Teacher Tools
The Teacher's Corner
Teaching Heart
Teaching Tips
TeachNet.com
 
 
Teacher Certification by State

 

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Children's Book Publishers with Educator Sections
 
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Harcourt Children's Books
HarperCollins Be a Harper Teacher!
Henry Holt and Company Books for Young Readers
Houghton Mifflin
Hyperion Books for Children
Penguin Group
Random House Children's Books See Teachers @ Random!
Simon Says Simon & Schuster
Time Warner Visit the Activity Center!
 
Classroom Management
 
Classroom Management Profile
Setting Up Your Classroom
You Can Handle Them All!
 
Computer/Internet/Blogs/Podcasts/Technology

 

4Teachers.org
Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
Blogs in Education
C-Span in the Classroom
Center for Digital Storytelling
Classroom Conferencing Using CU-SeeMee, NetMeeting and other programs.
Computer Lesson Plans
Edutopia Online
George Lucas Foundation. Offers a free subscription to Edutopia magazine.
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
Exploring Time Time-lapse videos of a wide variety of events: glacier retreats, gymnast, seasons, more.
Food-Force A game for students that allows them to learn about world hunger. Downloadable.
Intercultural Email Classroom Connections
International Reading Association Podcasts: Ideas for Teaching Reading and Writing
Internet Brothers Tips, Tools, and Helpware for the Cybercommunity
Internet FAQs Archive Search for FAQs pages.
Look Sharp Project : 12 Principles of Media Literacy in the Classroom
Nortel Networks Kidz Online
Podcast Bunker Talk radio for your iPod.
Tech-Learning
Video Conferencing for Learning
A Visit to Copyright Bay
Web Style Guide
WebQuest Page

WebQuests

 
Curriculum: Resources/Information

 

42explore
C-Span in the Classroom
Funbrain.com
Going Public with Your Teaching: Participatory Action Research
Justice Learning: Civic Education in the Real World
Learner.org
LearnNC
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Smithsonian Education
Teacher's Guides Sea World and Busch Gardens
The Webquest Page

 
Directories
 

Awesome Library
Blue Web'N
Child and Family WebGuide: Education and Learning Tufts
Digital Dozen
Discovery School's: Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators
Edsitement.com
Education Planet
EduHound
EduPuppy
Education Index
Education World Database
Great Websites for Kids! American Library Association
Jerry's Curriculum Hotlists
RefDesk.com
TEAMS Distance Learning

 
Education News
 
Education Week
CNN: Education
New York Times: Education
U.S. Department of Education Press Room
 
Education Reform
 

All Kinds of Minds
Coalition of Essential Schools

Pathyways to School Improvement

Education Research
 

Google Scholar Easily search for scholarly literature.
The Nation's Report Card
NAEP
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
The Project Approach

 
Early Elementary and Elementary
 
Brain Breaks: Physical Activity Idea Book
Can Teach
Children First: A Curriculum Guide for Kindergarten
Education Place Hougton Mifflin
Kinder Korner
KinderHive
Kindersite Project
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Teaching Kindergarten
Virtual Vine
Zero to Three
 
English as a Second Language (ESL/ESOL)
 
Center for Applied Linguistics
EFL/ESL Lesson Plans for Current Affairs
 
Geography
 
50 States
About: Geography
The American Geographical Society
American Mile Markers
Association of American Geographers
Canadian Geographic Online
Country Studies
EarthCam for Kids Various live cameras.
Explore the States: America's Stories from the Library of Congress
Family Geography Challenge National Geographic
Florida Geographic Alliance
Geoexplorer
Geographic.org
Geography 12 BC Education Ministry
Geography Action National Geographic
Geography Lesson Plans
Geography Lesson Plans McREL
Geography Teacher's Geography Classroom
Geography World
GeoNet
Greatest Places
Helping Your Children Learn Geography
Internet Geography
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans and Activities PBS
Lesson Plans and Research Papers
Map Collection Perry-Castaneda Library
Map Maker, Map Maker, Make Me a Map
Map-Zone.net
MapsMachine
Mr. Dowlings's Electronic Passport
National Geographic Bee
National Geographic Society's XPeditions
National Geographic's Maps and Geography
National Geography Standards
Project Wet: Water Education for Teachers
Searching for China Webquest
U.S. States and Regions Mr. Donn
What's Up With the Weather? Nova: Frontline
World Fact Book CIA
World Geography Lesson Plans Mr. Donn
World Map Collection
WorldAtlas.com
Xpeditions Lesson Plans National Geographic
 
Grant Information
 
The Body, Heart, and Soul of Grant Writing
Citizen Activist Award
The Gleitsman Foundation
The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships
e-grants U.S. Department of Education
Grant Opportunities for Teachers
Grantionary: Glossary of Terms
Grants: Corporate Sites
Grants: Recommended Links
Grants and Funding
GrantsAlert.com
SchoolGrants.org
So You Want to Write a Grant?
Toyota Tapestry Grant
 
History/Social Studies/Social Science
 
American Centuries: View from New England
American Historical Association
Ancient History Links
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
African Studies Center
American Civil War Home Page (Dr. George H. Hoemann)
Bell South Digital Storyteller
Biography A&E
C-Span in the Classroom
Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures
Colonial House PBS
Country Studies: Federal Research Division
Digital History
ExplorePAHistory
Federal Court Concepts
Feudal Life
Flags of All Countries
Go for Broker Educational Foundation
Historical Treasure Chests
The History Channel
History 4 Kids
History Matters
The History Net
HyperHistory Online
Justice Learning: Civic Education in the Real World
Living Room Candidate More than 300 commercials from every presidential election since 1952.
Making of America
Meet Amazing Americans
Mr. Donn's Pages
Mughal India
Multicultural Pavilion
National Council for Social Studies
Net Serf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
Odyssey Online
The Ottomans.org
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow PBS
Sacred Contexts: Discover What We Share  Video, audio, and sacred texts.
Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches Audio clips of speeches from 1895 to present.
Social Studies School Service
Social Studies Sources
Talking to Kids About War and Violence PBS
Teacher-Librarian Links and BC Social Studies 8-12 Resources
Teaching about the Holocaust
Teaching with Historic Places
The Story of Africa BBC
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection
World Fact Book CIA
The World Lecture Hall
Youth Leadership Initiative   Nonpartisan site where students can learn about the political process.
 
Home Schooling
 

A to Z Home's Cool
Homeschool Teacher's Lounge
The Homeschool Zone
National Home Education Network

 
Language Arts/Reading/Writing
 
6+1 Trait Writing
25 Fun Ways to Encourage Reading Brochure for Parents. PDF.
30 Days of Poetry
A+ Research and Writing for High School and College
A Celebration of Women Writers
ABC Centers
Acrostic Poems From read-write-think.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables Online Collection
Amazing Handwriting Worksheet Maker  
American Rhetoric: The Top 100 American Speeches
American Verse Project
Anagram Server
Bartleby.com
BBC Skillwise Online games, activities, and more for your students.
Between the Lions: Get Wild About Reading PBS
Bibliomania
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
Biography Maker
Book Adventure
Book Hive Children's literature and books.
Book Talks Quick and Simple Nancy Keane
Books That Build Phonemic Awareness
Bulfinch's Mythology From Bartleby.
Carl's Corner
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Center for Digital Storytelling
Children's Book Council
Children's and Young Adult's Book Authors' Birthdays
Children's Literary Links
Children's Literature Activities for the Classroom
Children's Literature Resources
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Children's Picture Book Database Miami University
CIERA: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
Citation Guide for Internet Resources
Citation Styles for Research Papers
A Compact for Reading & School-Home Links
Comprehensive Literacy Model
Confusing Words Confused and misused words—3,210 of them!
Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the WWW
Creative Writing for Teens
CRISS
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart
Early Literacy Resources for teachers and parents.
English Literature: Early 17th Century
EServer: Accessible Writing
EServer: Fiction Collection
Five in a Row
Four Blocks Literacy Center Teachers.Net
Fun With Words!
Geoffrey Chaucer
Get Ready to Read!
Grammar Lady Online
Grimm's Brothers
Gumbo Lesson Plans for English Teachers
Guys Read
In Search of Shakespeare PBS
Instant Poetry Forms
K-12 Literature: Lesson Plans and Activities
kidbibs.com
Learning to Read: Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research
Literacy Stations
Literary Connections
Literary Criticism
Literacy Matters
A Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature
Literary Resources on the Net
Literature Based WebQuests
Literature: What Makes a Good Story?
Literature Lesson Plans from Discovery School
Look Smart Project: 12 Principles of Media Literacy in the Classroom
Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature
Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature
Making Meaning in Literature
Marilee's Picture Book Links
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
NoodleTools: Quick Cite!
Not Another Inservice!
Odyssey Online
Online Books Page
Online Literature Library
Online Speech Bank
OWL: Online Writing Lab
PBS Kids Zoom
Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Project Gutenberg
Planet Esme
Poem Hunter
Read/Write/Think
Reading and Your Child
Reading Lady
Reading Online IRA
Reading Rockets
Reading Strategies We Use
Reading Today Daily IRA
Representative Poetry Online
Shakespeare: Works of the Bard
Starfall: A Learn to Read Website
Story Arts Online
Surviving Dickens' London Flash game; Dare you take a tour of Dickensian London?
The Textmapping Project
Themes and Literature Circles
Teachers @ Random: Teacher's Guides & More
TeenReads
Thesaurus.com
Units 4 Teachers Literature themes and links.
Web English Teacher
Web Quests Literature webquests.
Writing Handbook The Writing Center-University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
Learning Styles
 
All Kinds of Minds
Paragon Learning Style Inventory
 
Librarian's Links
 

Google Scholar Easily search for scholarly literature.
International Children's Digital Library

Internet Library for Librarians

Librarians Index to the Internet
Library of Congress' Learning Page for Teachers
Library of Congress Online Catalogues
LibraryHQ.com

LibrarySpot
Reviewer's Checklist
SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club
Teacher-Librarian Links and BC Social Studies 8-12 Resources

 
Listserves and E-Mail Discussion Lists
 
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Mathematics
 
A Plus Math
American Mathematical Society
Appetizers and Lessons for Math and Reason
Clearinghouse On Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science (COMETS)
Coolmath4Kids.com
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
The Guide to Math and Science Reform
Interactive Mathematics  Iinteractive tutorials for grades 8 and up.
Math Counts
Mathematics Archive
Middle School Portal   Links to science and math resources on the internet.
The Mint
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
Science U Geometry Center
 
Middle School
 

CyberGuides Grades 6-8
Global Access to Educational Sources (Cybrary for Middle School and Beyond)
The First Days of Middle School from MiddleWeb
National Middle School Association
Middle Web

 
Music and Dance
 
A Dancer's Journal: Learning to Perform the Dances of Martha Graham
Great Performances Educational Resources for Teachers PBS
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
 
 
Online Workshops and Classes for Teachers
 
Concept to Classroom: A Series of Workshops
 
Professional Magazines, Newsletters, and Journals
 
Comprehensive List of Education Journals
E-Journals in Education
Education and Computer Connection
Education Week on the Web
Teacher Magazine
Teaching K-8
Teacher Librarian
TechLearning
 
Professional Organizations and Associations
 
American Federation of Teachers
American Library Association

American Teachers
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Children's Book Council
International Reading Organization
National Art Education Association
National Center for Education Statistics
National Council for Social Studies
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of English

National Education Association

National Middle School Association
National Science Teachers Association
 
Reference Resources
 

All Experts Ask an Expert
All-in-One Reference Search
Amo's Online Crossword Dictionary
Answers Fast facts.
AnyWho Online Directory
Ask and Expert Sources
Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
Biographical Dictionary

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Citation Styles for Research Papers
Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the WWW
Currency Converter
Dewey Guide
Documents in the News

eHow Clear instructions on how to do (just about) anything.
Encyclopedia.com
Find Law
Google Scholar Easily search for scholarly literature.
How Stuff Works
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
InfoPlease
International Marine Signal Flags
Internet Public Library
iTools: Research Tools
Kid's Click Web search for kids by librarians using the Dewey Decimal System.
Legal Information Institute from Cornell
Library of Congress Online Catalogues
Library of Congress Classifications List.
LibrarySpot
A Lexicon of Learning
Library of Congress' Learning Page for Teachers
List of Lists (from Magazines)
Merriam-Webster Online
Metric Conversion Factors
NoodleTools: Quick Cite!
Occupational Outlook Handbook U.S. Department of Labor
OneLook Dictionary Search
Online Dictionaries List of online resources.
Online Speech Bank
Publisher's Catalogues Online
Ready Reference: Selected Internet Sites
refdesk.com
Rhyming Dictionary
Robert's Rules of Order
Science Made Simple: Online Conversions
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Resources on the Web
SuperPages: Search for U.S. Businesses
Switchboard.com
Thesaurus.com
Today's Calendar and Clock Pages
United States Patent and Trademark Office
University of Texas Map Collection
Virtual Reference Desk
yourDictionary.com

 
Reproducibles/Worksheets/Printables
 

Blackwell's Best List of Printable Resources
Clifford Printables PBS Kids
Crayola
Custom Tracer Pages
Discovery School's Puzzlemaker
DLTK Printables
Enchanted Learning
FunLessonPlans.com
Handwriting for Kids Make your own worksheets.
Home-School Links 100 school-home links/activities for the kindergarten level.
Hubbard's Cupboard Printable Booklets
Kids' Lab Print and Read Books
Kindergarten.com
Marcia Goudie's Very Emergent Bookshop
Pratt's Educational Resources
Starfall
Sunnie BunnieZZ Puzzles and Puzzlers

 
School Improvement
 
Pathways to School Improvement
 
Science
 
Alaska SeaLife Center Satellite telemetry in rehabilitation and research.
Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone
Amazing Space Teaching tools, online explorations, homework help, and more.
American Astronomical Society
Animal Diversity Web
Ask Dr. Universe
Astronomical Data Center (NASA)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Biodiversity
Biographies 16th and 17th century science community.
Butterflies of North America
ChemiCool Periodic Table
Children's Butterfly Site
Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
Creative Chemistry
CritterCam Chronicles
Darwin American Museum of Natural History. A plethora of information about Darwin.
Darwin 200   Natural History Museum.
Darwin Digital Library of Evolution
Dinosaurs by SEDL Curriculum and lesson plans.
DNA Interactive
Dragonfly Web Pages: For Investigators of All Ages
Earth and Moon Viewer
Earth and Sky
EELink Environmental Education on the Internet
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
Electronic Naturalist Units available.
eNature
EPA Environmental Center
The Everglades Ecosystem
Exploratorium
Exploring Time Time-lapse videos of a wide variety of events: glacier retreats, gymnast, seasons, more.
Extreme Science
Food Science
Forensics in the Classroom
Frank Potter's Science Gems: Great Links to Great Science Resources
Franklin Institute of Living Things
Geology Link
The Guide to Math and Science Reform
Infrared Astronomy Tutorial
Instructional Materials in Science Education
Jason Project
Kid's Planet Wolf curriculum, otter unit, black bear curriculum, wildlife biography.
Mad Scientist Network
Microbial Ecology Home of the MicrobeZoo.
Middle School Portal   Links to science and math resources on the internet.
Monarch Watch
National Air and Space Museum
National Park Service: Nature and Science
National Science Foundation
NASA Earth Observatory Check out the images available!
NASA Educational Products
NASA Human Space Flight
Neartica: The Natural World of North America
Ocean Themed WebQuests
The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
A Private Universe Project
Putting DNA to Work
Rockets Away
Science Education Gateway
Science Fair Theme Page
Science Fair Topics
Science Lessons by Grade and Subject
Science Made Simple: Online Conversions
Science Net
Science Net Links
Science of Hockey
The Science Page: Links By Category
Science Spot
ScienceMaster.com
Scientific American
Scientific Biography
SciNet Science Search
Simply Science
Smithsonian
Strange Matter
Superfund for Students and Teachers Effects of pollution from the EPA.
Teacher's Lab
Timeline of the Universe 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species
USGS The Learning Web
Understanding Evolution One-stop source of information on evolution. Lesson plans included.
Volcano World
VolcanoWorld.org
Watershed Atlas (Bryant Creek)
Weather Calculators
The Weather Channel
Wild Birds Unlimited
 
Search Engines
 

Kid's Click Web search for kids by librarians using the Dewey Decimal System.
Ivy's Coloring Page Search Engine

ResearchBuzz (Search Engine Happenings and News)

 
Special Education
 
Council for Exceptional Children
Center for Gifted Education
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association

LD Online
Learning Disabilities Online
The Learning Toolbox

National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education
U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
 
Standards
 
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Teacher-Created Sites
 
Almost Heaven Kindergarten
Calico Cookie Kindergarten
Carl's Corner
Education Oasis
Hubbard's Cupboard

KinderHive
Kinder Net
The Learning Leap
Marcia's Lesson Links
Mrs. McDowell's Classroom
Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinder Page
The School Bell
Simply Science
Teaching is a Work of Heart
Tooter4Kids
VirtEd
 
Teaching How-To
 

English Companion
Middle Web's Teaching Strategies

Secrets of the SAT PBS: Frontline
Teaching Strategies Downloadable strategies.

Teaching Tips

 
 
 
 
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