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| Education Oasis That's us! |
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| Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) |
| The Global Schoolhouse |
| NOVA Teachers Teacher's guides, resources. |
| PBS Teacher Source |
| Thinkfinity |
| U.S. Government Department of Education |
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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.
Daily Life Online History and culture.
Discovery Channel School
EconoEdLink
EdSitement
Education Oasis
Eye on the Sky: Lesson Plans for the Elementary Classroom Sun and weather lesson plans.
The Gateway to Educational Materials Portal to lesson plans.
Great Performances: Educational Resources for Teachers
Illuminations National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Intel Units and Project Plans
KinderArt Lesson Plans
Layered Curriculum
Learn NC
Lesson Plans Page by Hotchalk
Marc Sheehan's Lesson Plans Page List of links.
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
The New York Times Learning Network Lesson plans, news snapshots, more.
read-write-think
Science NetLinks
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian's History Explorer
Teacher's Net Lesson Bank
Teachers Network
Thinkfinity Portal to lesson plans and more.
ThirteenEd Online Check out the lesson archives.
Xpeditions National Geographic. |
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| Art Room |
| ArtEdventures and Color of a Lifetime |
| ArtLex: 3,300 Art Terms Defined |
| Arts Education Partnership |
| ArtsEdge |
| ArtsEdNet |
| ArtsWork: Arts Resources for Teachers and Students |
| Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures |
| Color Matters |
| Crayola Kids |
| Eduweb |
| Freer Gallery of Art Online Asian Collection |
| Hands on Crafts for Kids |
| KinderArt |
| Metropolitan Museum |
| Museums in the USA: Links to Online Museums |
| National Endowment for the Arts |
| National Museum of Africa Art |
| Perseus Digital Library |
| Photo Galleries from National Geographic Kids |
| SmARTkids An interactive investigation of ways of looking at, think about, and respond to art. |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| Web Museum, Paris |
| WebExhibits |
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| Assessment and Rubric Information List of links. |
| Assessment Tools Grades: K-3 |
| Creating Rubrics for a Given Task |
| Rubistar Awesome site! |
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| AdPrima |
| Beginning Teacher's Toolbox |
| Beginning Teachers from Education Oasis Links to resources. |
| Scholastic's New Teacher Survival Guide |
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| Beginning of the Year Bulletin Board Ideas Elementary |
| Boards Galore Church and school board ideas. |
| Bulletin Board Pro |
| Bulletin Boards for Business |
| Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom |
| Bulletin Boards for P.E. and Health |
| Classroom Displays and Bulletin Boards |
| DLTK's Bulletin Board Ideas |
| Garden of Praise: Halls, Walls, and Bulletin Boards |
| Interactive Bulletin Boards for Secondary Math |
| Kim's Korner |
| KinderArt |
| NEA's Bulletin Board Ideas |
| Teacher Tools |
| Teacher Vision's Bulletin Boards |
| The Teacher's Corner |
| Teaching Heart Ideas for K-3. |
| TeachNet.com |
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Teacher Certification by State |
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Children's Book Publishers with Educator Sections |
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| Eerdmans Books for Young Readers |
| Harcourt Children's Books |
| HarperCollins |
| Hatchette Book Group |
| 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 & Schuster |
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| Classroom Management in a Nutshell |
| Setting Up Your Classroom Elementary. |
| You Can Handle Them All! |
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Computer/Internet/Blogs/Podcasts/Technology |
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| 4Teachers.org |
| C-Span in the Classroom |
| Center for Digital Storytelling |
| Edublog.org Free blogs for you and your students. |
| Education Week Blogs |
| Edutopia.org |
| International Association for K-12 Online Learning |
| International Reading Association Podcasts: Ideas for Teaching Reading and Writing |
| Tech & Learning |
| Video Conferencing for Learning |
| A Visit to Copyright Bay |
| Web Style Guide |
| WebQuest Page |
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| Blue Web'N |
| Child and Family WebGuide: Education and Learning Tufts |
| Discovery School's: Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators |
| Edsitement.com |
| EduHound |
| Education Index |
| TEAMS Educational Resources |
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| Education Week |
| CNN: Education |
| New York Times: Education |
| U.S. Department of Education Press Room |
| U.S. News and World Report: Education |
| USA Today: Education |
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| The Center for Comprehensive School Improvement and Reform |
| The Center for School Improvement AFT. |
| Coalition of Essential Schools |
| Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning |
| National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching |
| National School Reform Faculty |
| Public Education Network |
| The Fordham Institute |
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| American Educational Research Association |
| Child Care and Early Education Research Connections |
| ERIC: Education Resources Information Center |
| Google Scholar Easily search for scholarly literature. |
| The Nation's Report Card NAEP |
| National Institute for Early Education Research |
| Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
| U.S. Department of Education: Research and Statistics |
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Early Elementary and Elementary |
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| Brain Breaks: Physical Activity Idea Book |
| Can Teach |
| Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
| Teaching Kindergarten |
| Virtual Vine |
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English as a Second Language (ESL/EFL/ESOL) |
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| About.com: Teaching English as a Second Language |
| Center for Applied Linguistics |
| EFL/ESL Lesson Plans for Current Affairs |
| The Internet TESL Journal |
| The Internet TESL Journal: Links |
| National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition |
| TESOL |
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| 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 |
| Florida Geographic Alliance |
| Geographic.org |
| Geography Lesson Plans McREL. |
| GeoNet Interactive game. |
| Greatest Places |
| Helping Your Children Learn Geography |
| Map Collection Perry-Castaneda Library. |
| Map-Zone.net |
| National Council for Geographic Education |
| National Geographic Bee |
| National Geographic: Geography Action |
| National Geographic: MapMachine |
| National Geographic: XPeditions Lesson plans, activities, maps. |
| National Geography Standards |
| Searching for China Webquest |
| U.S. Geological Survey Educational materials and teaching packets. |
| What's Up With the Weather? Nova: Frontline. |
| World Fact Book CIA. |
| World Map Collection |
| WorldAtlas.com |
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| AT&T Aspire |
| Best Buy Teach Awards |
| e-grants U.S. Department of Education |
| Grantionary: Glossary of Terms |
| Grants.gov Source to find and apply for government grants. |
| IBM Education Grants |
| Intel Grant Information |
| National Geographic Education Foundation |
| NEA Foundation |
| Target |
| Toshiba America Foundation |
| Toyota Tapestry Grant |
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History/Social Studies/Social Science |
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| American Centuries: View from New England |
| American Historical Association |
| Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History |
| African Studies Center |
| American Civil War Home Page |
| Biography A&E |
| C-Span in the Classroom |
| Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures |
| Colonial House PBS |
| Country Studies Library of Congress. |
| Dictionary of the History of Ideas |
| ExplorePAHistory |
| Federal Court Concepts |
| Feudal Life |
| Go for Broke National Education Center Japanese American WWII veteran site. |
| The History Channel |
| History Matters U.S. Survey Course on the Web. |
| HyperHistory Online |
| Internet Medieval Sourcebook |
| Justice Learning: Civic Education in the Real World |
| The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies |
| Living Room Candidate More than 300 commercials from every presidential election since 1952. |
| Meet Amazing Americans |
| Mr. Donn's Pages |
| Mughal India |
| National Council for the Social Studies |
| Net Serf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources Links, glossary. |
| Odyssey Online |
| The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies |
| 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 from 1895 to present. |
| Smithsonian Latino Center's Kids Corner Take a virtual tour through the museum. Amazing! |
| Teaching about the Holocaust United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
| Teaching with Historic Places National Park Service |
| The Story of Africa BBC |
| University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection |
| World Fact Book CIA |
| Youth Leadership Initiative Nonpartisan site where students can learn about the political process. |
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Language Arts/Reading/Writing |
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| 6+1 Trait Writing |
| A+ Research and Writing for High School and College |
| A Celebration of Women Writers |
| ABC Centers Ideas for Kindergarten. |
| Acrostic Poems Interactive generator 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 |
| Big Ideas in Beginning Reading |
| Biography Maker |
| Book Adventure |
| Book Hive Children's literature and books. |
| Book Talks Quick and Simple Nancy Keane |
| Bulfinch's Mythology From Bartleby. |
| Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site |
| Children's Book Council |
| Children's Book Reviews |
| Children's Literary Links |
| Children's Picture Book Database Miami University |
| Citation Styles for Research Papers |
| Copyright and Fair Use |
| Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the WWW |
| Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature |
| Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart |
| English Literature: Early 17th Century |
| EServer: Accessible Writing Alternative niche for quality work, particularly in the arts and humanities. |
| EServer: Fiction Collection |
| Four Blocks Literacy Center Teachers.net |
| Fun With Words! |
| Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Grimms' Fairy Tales National Geographic |
| Guys Read |
| The Horn Book |
| In Search of Shakespeare PBS |
| Instant Poetry Forms |
| kidbibs.com |
| Library of Congress Digital Collection Historic newspapers, rare books, and more online. |
| Literary Criticism From the Internet Public Library |
| 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 |
| Making Meaning in Literature |
| Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet |
| Odyssey Online |
| Online Books Page Listings of free books on the Web. |
| Online Speech Bank |
| OWL: Online Writing Lab |
| PBS Kids Zoom Playhouse Plays for elementary students. |
| Paradigm Online Writing Assistant |
| Poem Hunter |
| Project CRISS Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies |
| Project Gutenberg A collection of free electronic books. |
| read/write/think |
| Reading Lady |
| Reading Online International Reading Association. |
| Reading Rockets |
| Reading Today Daily International Reading Association's blog. |
| Representative Poetry Online |
| Starfall: A Learn to Read Web site |
| Surviving Dickens' London Flash game; Dare you take a tour of Dickensian London? |
| The Textmapping Project |
| Teachers @ Random: Teacher's Guides & More |
| TeenReads |
| Web English Teacher Wonderful site chock full of links! |
| Writing Handbook The Writing Center-University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| American Library Association |
| Children's Book Council |
| Google Scholar Easily search for scholarly literature. |
| Internet Library for Librarians A portal for Internet resources. |
| Libdex A directory of libraries around the world. |
| Librarians Index to the Internet |
| Library of Congress Online Catalogues |
| LibrarySpot |
| Reviewer's Checklist |
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American Mathematical Society
Coolmath
4Kids.com
Math Counts
Middle School Portal Links to science and math resources on the Internet.
The Mint
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics Awesome!
Science U
Geometry Center |
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| The First Days of Middle School from MiddleWeb |
| National Middle School Association |
| Middle Web |
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| A Dancer's Journal: Learning to Perform the Dances of Martha Graham |
| Baroque On |
| Great Performances Educational Resources for Teachers PBS |
| Idea Bank for Music Teachers K-8 |
| Music and Musical Instruments at the National Museum of American History Search topics. |
| Music Teachers National Association |
| The National Association for Music Education |
| National Dance Association |
| Smithsonian Global Sound Download and learn about traditional music from around the world. |
| Smithsonian Jazz |
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Professional Magazines, Newsletters, and Journals |
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| Comprehensive List of Education Journals |
| E-Journals in Education |
| Education Week on the Web |
| Teacher Magazine |
| Teaching K-8 |
| Teacher Librarian |
| Tech & Learning |
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Professional Organizations and Associations |
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| American Federation of Teachers |
| American Association of School Administrators |
| American Association of School Librarians |
| Assocation for Childhood Education International |
| Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
| Coalition of Essential Schools |
| Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders |
| Council for Exceptional Children |
| International Reading Organization |
| International Society for Technology in Education |
| International Technology Education Association |
| Music Teachers National Association |
| National Art Education Association |
| National Association for Beginning Teachers |
| National Association for Elementary School Principals |
| National Association for Gifted Children |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| National Association of Biology Teachers |
| National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| National Association of Test Directors |
| National Catholic Education Association |
| National Center for Education Statistics |
| National Council for the Social Studies |
| National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| National Council of Teachers of English |
| National Education Association |
| National Middle School Association |
| National School Boards Association |
| National School Reform Faculty |
| National Science Teachers Association |
| National Substitute Teachers Alliance |
| North American Montessori Teachers' Association |
| Parent Teacher Organization |
| Southern Early Childhood Association |
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| All-in-One Reference Search |
| Amo's Online Crossword Dictionary |
| Answers Fast facts. |
| 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 Numbers Guide |
| eHow Clear instructions on how to do (just about) anything. |
| Encyclopedia.com |
| Encyclopedia Smithsonian Art to Zoology. |
| Find Law |
| Google Scholar Easily search for scholarly literature. |
| How Stuff Works |
| InfoPlease |
| 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 Catalog |
| LibrarySpot |
| Merriam-Webster Online |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook U.S. Department of Labor |
| OneLook Dictionary Search |
| Online Dictionaries List of online resources. |
| Online Speech Bank |
| refdesk.com Terrific all around resource. |
| 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 Yellow pages, white pages, more. |
| Thesaurus.com |
| United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| University of Texas Map Collection |
| YourDictionary.com |
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Adventures of the Agronauts Grade: 3. Curriculum. Space science and plant biology.
Alaska SeaLife Center Satellite telemetry in rehabilitation and research.
Amazing Space Teaching tools, online explorations, homework help, and more.
American Astronomical Society
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Butterflies of North America
ChemiCool Periodic Table
Cornell"s Science and Arts Gateway for Education
Creative Chemistry
CritterCam
ChroniclesDarwin 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
Earth and Moon Viewer
Earth Sky Podcastse
Nature
EPA Environmental Center
EurekAlert! Science news portal.
Exploratorium
Exploring Time Time-lapse videos of a wide variety of events.
Extreme Science
Frank Potter's Science Gems: Great Links to Great Science Resources
Franklin Institute of Living Things
Galileo Project
Health Science Curriculum
Infrared Astronomy Tutorial
Instructional Materials in Science Education Links.
Jason Project Kid's Planet Wolf curriculum, otter unit, black bear curriculum, wildlife biography.
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 Science Foundation
NASA Earth Observatory Check out the images available!
NASA Education
NASA Human Space Flight
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 Friday: Kids' Connection Grades: 6-8.
Science Lessons by Grade and Subject
Science Made Simple: Online Conversions
Science Net Links
Science News for Kids
Science of Hockey
Scientific American
Scientific Biography
SciNet Science Search
Smithsonian
Strange Matter
Superfund for Students and Teachers Effects of pollution from the EPA.
Teacher's Guides Sea World and Busch Gardens.
Teacher's Lab
USGS The Learning Web
Understanding Evolution One-stop source of information on evolution. Lesson plans included.
Weather Calculators
The Weather Channel
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| Center for Talent Development |
| Council for Exceptional Children |
| GreatSchools: Your Child with Learning Difficulties |
| National Attention Deficit Disorder Association |
| LD Online Learning Disabilities Online |
| U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
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| Center for Civic Education |
| Council for Economic Education |
| International Society for Technology in Education |
| National Association for Music Education |
| National Association for Sport and Physical Education |
| National Center for History in Schools |
| National Council for Geographic Education |
| National Council for the Social Studies |
| National Council of Teachers of English |
| National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| National Dance Association |
| National Fine Arts Standards |
| National Science Standards |
| National Standards for Foreign Language Education |
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