Web Links
The following websites are listed under these specific catagories:
General Resources, Early Childhood, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science Religion, Social Studies, Primary Sources, Projects/Webquests, Miscellaneous.
Please feel free to suggest any other topics.
GENERAL RESOURCES
www.teach-nology.com
If you want everything, you may find it here, lessons
printouts, rubrics, etc.
www.4teachers.org Excellent web lessons, quizzes, grant info. Check out
Trackstar and R Tec Teacher links
www.educationworld.com/
Kept up-to-date on a daily basis and contains all types of information
for teachers.
school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Good place to begin to get all types of information. www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
Great database for projects and webquests. Lessons are
rated.
www.thejournal.com/highlights/roadmap/default.cfm
This roadmap will lead you to some very specific websites in a variety of
subject areas.
www.scholastic.com
This site will give you ideas to be used in all subject areas in all grade levels.
www.edhelper.com
Educational resources for grades K-12. Not everything is free.
www.awesomelibrary.org
Database of information for teachers, students, and parents.
www.mikids.com
Interesting links in a number of subject areas for K-5.
www.lessonplanspage.com
A collection of over 1,000 lesson plans, primarily on the elementary grade level.
www.atozteacherstuff.com
Lesson plan directory
www.thirteen.org/edonline
Information for teachers, students, parents. Doorway to Edvideo,
games, contests, and much more
www.nykids.org
Interactive site for kids
EARLY CHILDHOOD
www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Activities, projects, picture dictionary. Not all materials
are free.
www.billybear4kids.com/
Fun stuff for kids. Worksheets, storybooks, etc.
www.funbrain.com
Subject area games (can be used for K-8)
www.starfall.com
Great for children learning to read by using the Internet. Some printed
materials are free.
www.amphi.com/~psteffen/prireading.html
Database of sites
LANGUAGE ARTS
www.carolhurst.com
Excellent literature site
www.icdlbooks.org
International children's digital library.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Children's literature web guide. Great resource for
information on books for children and young adults.
http://www.bartleby.com
Free of charge access to online books
www.americanliterature.com
A compilation of American classics online
www.aesopfables.com
A collection of over 655 fables indexed in table format.
MATHEMATICS
http://mathforum.org/
Problems for K-Adult, worksheets, etc.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html
Interactive library of virtual manipulatives (java software can be
downloaded free)
http://illuminations.nctm.org
An excellent collection of math lessons, activities, and more for prk-12.
http://www.aaamath.com/
Math skills, games, and interactive practice for
grades K-8
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp?flash=true
Good information on making graphs
www.shodor.org/interactivate
A collection of lessons, activities, and standards, for grades 3-12
RELIGION
www.newadvent.org
Catholic encyclopedia
http://www.vatican.va/
All you wanted to know about the Vatican.
http://www.silk.net/RelEd\
Contains religion lesson plans and a digest of catholic information.
www.faithfirst.com
Excellent resource for parents, children, and teachers.
SCIENCE
www.sciencenetlinks.net
Standards-based lesson plans that incorporate reviewed
Internet resources, and can be selected according to
specific benchmarks and grade ranges.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/home.html
Learning about the dissection of a frog.
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Explores all aspects of the heart.
www.chem4kids.com
Basic chemistry facts for kids and adults.
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids
Lawrence Hall of Science - play online games, download activities to do
at home, and more cool stuff-all related to science.
www.eetap.org
The Environmental Education and Training Partnership- free posters, software, and lessons related to environmental science education.
www.usgs.gov/education
Provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect the quality of life. Many online resources e.g. how to read topos, lessons...
http://sin.fi.edu/learn.html
Franklin Institute Online - online exhibit of the Heart, Benjamin Franklin, etc.
www.cellsalive.com
Interactive site that covers various types of cells in detail
www.webelements.com
Map and information on the periodic table.
www.kidsplanet.org
Good for grades k-5. Facts on animals all over the world, activities, lesson plans, etc.
SOCIAL STUDIES
www.whitehousekids.gov
An educational opportunity for young children and parents to learn about the White House and the presidents through fun and exciting features.
www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Provides a complete daily lesson on topics of the day.
Activities for Students, Teachers, and Parents. For grades
3-12.
www.juntosociety.com/directory.html
In-depth information and resources on historical dates, events, speeches,
political news, etc.
http://memory.loc.gov
American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world
Great for kids. Contains games, questions, and tons of information.
PRIMARY SOURCES
www.nara.gov
National Archives of the U.S. - contains reproducible copies of primary source materials.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa
From the Revolution to Reconstruction
www.pbskids.com
Stories, games, and much more.
www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/index.html
Teaching and learning resources on more than 20 essential subjects.
http://memory.loc.gov
A large collection from the Library of Congress American Memory.
PROJECTS/WEBQUESTS
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
Learn about webquests and view a variety of different
webquests.
www.gsn.org
Clearinghouse for more than 1,000 projects, organized by topic, grade, and date.
www.coollessons.org
Webquests/online projects
www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest
Webquests on all subject areas.
www.esc7.net/information/webquest.htm
Database of webquests
oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/ education/projects/webquests/oceans/home.html
Webquests for elementary, midde, secondary
www.k12science.org/currichome.html
Excellent collaborative Internet-based lessons using
real-time data in the areas of math and science
MISCELLANEOUS
www.puzzlemaker.com
Create mazes, word searches, crosswords...
www.think.com
www.schoolnotes.com
www.teacherweb.com
Easy webpage design for schools or classes.
www.techlearning.com
www.fno.com
www.thejournal.com
Excellent online magazines in technology covering great articles, websites, grants, etc.
www.portaportal.com
This is a bookmarking online website. Store links for your favorite websites and get them from any computer.
www.museumstuff.com
Find museums online, virtual exhibits, educational links, etc.
