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- The
Death Penalty
the history of the death penalty, stages in a capital case,
interactive US maps and state data and policies, arguments for and against the
death penalty, and four actual courtroom cases, along with lesson plans for teachers.
- The
Gateway to Educational Materials
One-stop access to high quality lesson
plans,curriculum unit and other educational resources on the Internet.
- TeAch-nology
This site offers access to lesson plans, printable worksheets, over 150,000
reviewed web sites, rubrics, teaching technology tips and much more.
- Evaluation
of Resources on the Internet
This site discuses techniques and strategies
for evaluating information on the Internet. - Evaluation
Rubrics for Websites
Help your students begin to critically evaluate
the content, design, and credibility of websites that they visit.
- The
Lesson Plans Page
Home to over 1,000 free lesson plans simply begin by
selecting a subject and grade level. - PBS
TeacherSource
Search the PBS TeacherSource database of more than 1,400
lesson plans and activities correlated to more than 230 sets of state and national
curriculum standards. - SprocketWorks
An interactive site for kids and adults to learn. - WWW4Teachers
A site which was designed or chosen for utilizing tools, tutorials, lessons
and articles for educators taking the lead with technology - Insect
Lesson Plans
Various K-12 Lesson plans on insects. - K-12
Lesson Plans
This site is designed to provide teachers with lesson plans
and additional classroom related materials. - Lesson
Plans and other Resources
List of URL's out together by the Spartanburg
District 3 County Schools. - Teacher
Resources
List of valuable links for teacher resources. - Write-On
Rhode Island
This site is dedicated to promoting and highlighting Rhode
Island. - TheGateway.org
The key to one-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units
and other educational resources. - Developing
WWW Research Lessons
The research lesson goal is to develop and post
a WWW integrated lesson that creates opportunities for students to solve problems
and create new answers and gives teachers ways to use the WWW as a tool in their
classrooms. - CyberSchoolBus
The United Nations CyberSchoolBus provides information on current global
issues and also offers lesson plans, teaching modules, classroom activities and
more. - math.com
Lessons and resources for math teachers of all ages. The references are very
useful, such as English-Spanish Math Translations and the Glossary of Math Terms.
You can generate Algebra Worksheets online, as are test prep for the SAT, ACT
and more. Some links on this site are for registered (often paying) users, but
there is much a math teacher to use with his/her classes. - Dive
and Discover
An interactive distance learning Web site designed to immerse
you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive
and Discover brings you right on board a series of research cruises to the Pacific
and Indian Oceans, and gives you access to the latest oceanographic and deep submergence
research as it happens! - Interactive
Classroom Resources
This site has a lot of interactive activities designed
for elementary grade students. Includes Mad Math Minutes, Compare It, Word Search
Puzzles and more. - The
Continental Sloop Providence: Classroom Under Sail
The Classroom
Under Sail program has served over 10,000 participants from schools across Rhode
Island. The trip is 3 hours long and allows students to participate in the real
life hands-on activity of sailing a tall ship. Along with a lesson in teamwork,
discipline and trust, students learn about the use of applied mathematics (through
the navigational techniques) and physical sciences (movement of air and water).
- Parlo
"Language, Culture, Life" is the motto for Parlo, a language web site that
currently features English, Spanish, and French language resources. Register (right
now it's free) and Parlo gives you access to vocabulary and lessons, as well as
articles and discussion boards. Your locker tells you lessons you've already covered,
articles you've read and music you've heard. - Explorer
The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources for K-12 mathematics
and science education. You may browse through mathematics and science education
curricula or conduct searches that focus on specific interests. - the
Virtual Field Trips Site
Take your students on nature field trips through
the Web. Each field trip covers a single topic such as salt marshes or volcanoes.
Sites are arranged in sequential order to build a story and include a series of
"trail markers" or stops, that describe each site on the field trip to guide students'
learning. If logs or journals are required, every field trip has a set of prepared
documents that you can print out for each person on the trip. Also included are
short teacher's guides and selected other Web sites that provide background or
curriculum guidance. - Puzzlemaker
Teachers, parents and students can create and print customized word search,
crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print
our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.
- CEC
Lesson Plans
Lesson plans and units for language arts, math, science,
and social studies, subdivided by grades. - The
Gateway to Educational Materials
Teachers, parents, and administrators
can search or browse The Gateway and find high quality educational materials,
including lesson plans, activities, and projects from GEM Consortium member sites.
- The
Great Plant Escape
Led by the sleuthing of Detective LePlant, students
in grades 4 and 5 can go on a fun interdisciplinary adventure in botany.
- Microsoft
Instructional Resources
Are you looking for some great ideas on how to
integrate technology into your curriculum? Check out these classroom-tested resources.
- Teacher
Connections
Each school day, access a lesson plan based on the day's
news. Print it out for classroom use, share a plan of your own, or visit the lesson
archive. - WONKA
Meet Willie Wonka and the Oompa Loompas in this exciting and colorful site.
The interactive games are both fun and educational with varied levels, and can
be played online with Shockwave or downloaded. Topics include science, technology
and animals. Visit the 'Teacher's Office' in the 'Wonka School' for lesson plans.
- Experience
Entomology
Budding entomologists will enjoy these projects, searching
for insects indoors and outdoors, creating a butterfly garden, or building an
ant habitat. Teachers will appreciate the seasonal lesson plans and activities
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). - Mathematics
Lesson Plans
This site provides a collection of lesson plans and ideas
for mathematics teachers. It is possible to save or print them out fairly easily
as they are simply text files. A good secondary teacher's resource.
- The
Principles of Aeronautics
This is an introduction to a course on the
principles of aeronautics. As you learn more about the mechanics of airplanes,
their dynamics and structures, you can move onto more advanced lessons on flying
theory and aeronautics. - BodyQuest
BodyQuest is an exploration of anatomy for pupils aged 11 to 16. The tour
is particularly good and the site is generally easy to navigate. Visit the experiments
and quiz sections. - Just
Say No!
This site consists of a short description of 12 different projects
that students can work on to promote alcohol awareness. At the end of the list
of projects is a set of research links for students to use in putting their projects
together. - National
Institute on Drug Abuse
This site is designed to inform health care professionals
and the general public about the effects of drug abuse. The 'Mind Over Matter'
series will educate the young and not so young about the effects of drugs on the
brain and on behavior. - KidsBank.Com
This is a great way for students to learn about banking. A cast of colorful
characters takes them through the workings of ATM machines, compound interest,
checks, and savings accounts. Students can test their acquired knowledge with
a quiz at the end of each section. - Quia!
create your own learning activities!
Quia allows users to create Java-enabled
matching, concentration, and flashcard learning games. You can also play games
that other Quia users have made or make your own. There are games for a variety
of subjects including foreign languages, mathematics, science, history, and geography.
- Especially
for Kids
Learn about the effects of oil spills or hazardous chemical
accidents. Join a guided tour to see how the experts deal with such environmental
disasters. Conduct simple experiments to investigate oil pollution and its effect
on birds and animals. - Librarians
Information Online Network
LION (Librarians Information Online Network)
provides lesson plans, activities, standards, information literacy projects, and
more. - The
Digital Classroom
The Digital Classroom provides materials from the National
Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources. This site encourages teachers
to use archival documents in the classroom. - UselessKnowledge.com
An on-line index of more than 6,000 trivia tidbits, quotations, tests, and
useless, but interesting, facts. - The
Food Timeline
This site features culinary history and social evolution.
Also view historic recipe collections and the food timeline. Visit the teacher
resources and lesson plans link. - Acid
Rain: A Collaborative Project, Fall 1999
The smoke and fumes released
from burning fossil fuels combine with moisture to produce acid rain. Join schools
from around the globe to determine if the pH level of rainwater is affected by
proximity to a fossil fueled power plant. - The
Wacky World of Words!
Lots of different word games can be found here
which will be very useful for fun word level work. - The
Incredible Art Department
This site provides a forum where teachers can
post ideas for art lessons. Many of the ideas are worth looking at and adapting
for your own use in the elementary and secondary classrooms or undergraduate classes.
- Teachers
Helping Teachers
This site offers tips and ideas in teaching methodologies,
lesson plans, and a forum for teachers to share their expertise. - The
Teacher's Desk
A collection of over 250 lesson ideas for Spelling, Writing,
English, Reading, and Vocabulary activities, with a few extras thrown-in, currently
being used in a fifth or sixth grade classroom. - Teaching
with Historic Places
Using listings in the National Park Service's National
Register of Historic Places, this site offers lessons and resources that support
history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. - Discovery
Channel School
A list of lesson plans for whatever subject and grade
you teach can be found here. - Geography
Education
The National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program
works with educators all over the country to produce lessons, units, and activities
designed to bring geography into the classroom. - Language
Arts
Mini-lesson plans covering various language arts topics at the elementary,
middle school, and high school level. Curriculum resources and activities for
teaching children's literature in the primary grades can be accessed.
- Rhode
Island Teachers and Technology Initiative
Rhode Island Teachers and Technology
Initiative provides a searchable database of unit ideas contributed by teachers
for grades K-12. To view the entire list, click on Find All. - Ewe
2: A Case Study
This inquiry-oriented activity "places students in the
position to ask great questions, seek out the answers, develop new relationships,
and take a stand on a current hot issue: cloning." - The
Drama Teacher's Resource Room
This site includes lesson plans, production
information, links, and more. - Connections+
Connections+ consists of Internet resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum
resources--linked with corresponding subject-related content standards. Also included
are other links to assist teachers. - The
United Nations
Take an electronic field trip to the United Nations. Get
background information on the UN, see the UN in action, or visit the Classroom
Activities section. - The
Evergreen Project Adventures
This site features What's It Like Where
You Live? (resources on biomes and aquatic ecosystems for students in grades 4
and up), Partners For Growing (plant investigations for primary students), and
WebWorkShop (online credit courses for teachers). - Lesson
Stop
Within the 7 subject area pages, you will find almost 500 links
to web sites organized by topic and grade level. These links provide access to
thousands of lesson plans. - The
K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
The Aeronautics Internet Textbook includes
sections on history, mythology, fundamentals, and more. Other highlights include
curriculum bridges, lesson plans, activities, and an Internet guide. The text
is also available in Spanish. - The
Geometry Center
This site is updated regularly and contains useful material
for teachers at almost any level. There are interactive math resources, Java applications,
software to be downloaded, and more. - The
Internet TESL Journal
A comprehensive site for Teachers of English as
a Second Language. This monthly web magazine includes articles, research papers,
lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, and more. - Education
Station
Information about planning and integrating technology in schools
and annotated links to teacher resources organized by subject. - Kodak
Lesson Plans
Links to lesson plans by subject and also by grades.
- Internet
Lesson Plans
This site contains lesson plans which have been set up for
classroom use, and are designed to teach something about the Internet, and about
how to use information gained from the Internet. - Global
Scholastic Projects
I*Learn, ThinkQuest, Electronic Schoolhouse, electronic
field trips and more. - G.E.M.
The Gateway to Educational Materials provides access to high quality Internet
lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources. - ArtsEdNet
Online services supporting arts education from the Getty Education Institute
for the Arts. Table of contents include lesson plans and curriculum ideas. Also
has a guide for learning and teaching art. - PBS
TeacherSource
PBS TeacherSource features a constantly-growing inventory
of more than 1,000 free lesson plans, teacher guides and online activities, mostly
designed to complement PBS television programs. - World
Wise Schools
Global education lesson plans for grades 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12.
These plans come from the World Wise Schools' "Destination" series of study guides.
To assist teachers in integrating global education into daily activities they
have been sorted by grade levels and curricular areas. - Classroom
E-Mail Exchange
Email Classroom Exchange (ECE) provides students with
an opportunity to meet and correspond with other students from around the World!
- Internet
Kids & Family Yellow Pages
This site contains selected Internet resources
from Jean Amour Polly's book, "The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, Second
Edition." The sites are arranged in sections such as "For Kids Who Love Art and
Music," "For Homework Help," "For Preschoolers," and "For Teachers."
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Scholastic Central
The World's leading publisher and distributor of children's
books, classroom and professional magazines, and other educational products.
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Interactive Communications & Simulations
The Interactive Communication
& Simulation program is not only to serve information to students, but also to
provide them a chance to contribute their own observations, findings, and reflections.
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Secondary Science Modeling Projects
This site contains some high school
modeling lessons and projects spanning a broad range of sophistication.
- Global
SchoolNet
Linking kids around the world. Global SchoolNet provides ongoing
opportunities to support learners both in and outside of the school environment.
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Ask An Expert
Ask an expert is a directory of links to people who have
volunteered their time to answer questions and webpages that provide information.
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Kidlink Global Networking for Youth Ages 10-15
Kidlink is aimed at getting
as many youth through the age 15 as possible involved in a global dialog. Kidlinks
has activties in English, Spanish, Portuguesse, Japanese, Scandinavian, German,
Icelandic,Hebrew, and Turkish. |
