A-Z Teacher Stuff -- You'll
be amazed at the teacher "stuff" packed into this site! The Thematic Unit and
Blue Book indexes are terrific as are the lists of Lesson Plan sites and New Teacher
sites.
Awesome Library -- Aptly
named, this resource for K-12 teachers organizes a Web exploration with 12,000 carefully
reviewed resources. Teachers may choose sites classified by subject, support area or
resources.
Blue Web'n -- This library
of Blue ribbon learning sites on the Web is a searchable database of outstanding links
categorized by subject, audience and type (i.e., lessons, activities, projects, resources,
references and tools).
Classroom
Connect -- You'll find the latest Web links and discussions related to using
the Internet in K-12 classrooms on this site, which offers a free newsletter delivered via
monthly e-mail.
CyberScout --
McGraw-Hill's School Division offers this Web research service which locates Web sites to
match your curriculum.
Ed's Oasis -- Here's a site that provides
links to quality student-centered instructional Web sites and examples of how teachers
have used them in their classrooms.
ERIC
(Educational Resources Information Center) -- Best known for its archive of
thousands of teacher-created lesson plans, this federally funded information clearinghouse
from the National Library of Education contains information in 16 subject areas for every
grade level.
Fun Brain -- Grammar Gorillas, Spellaroo and
Fresh Baked Fractions are just a part of the fun at this learning site for kids. Teachers
will enjoy the Quiz Lab, where you can create an original online quiz for your class. When
students take the quiz -- either at home or at school -- the results are e-mailed to you.
I'm A Teacher
-- Weekly Reader's site for teachers offers grade-specific resources to complement their
weekly publication, including links, activities and printable pages. Even if you don't use
Weekly Reader in your classroom, you'll find this site useful.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for
Educators -- Updated daily, this comprehensive site created especially for
teachers lists a variety of valuable resources in many categories.
Lesson
Stop -- A free weekly e-mail newsletter is offered by this site which
archives 1000 lesson plans, activities and teacher guides for K-12.
PBS Teacher Source -- This
quality television resource posts current listings of PBS programs and an archive of
information in arts and literature, social studies, math and science.
Puzzlemaker
-- Create your own grade-specific mazes, crosswords, word searches, number blocks, math
squares and more at this useful site. A practical resource!
Teachers Helping Teachers
-- Created by teachers for teachers, this collection of teaching tips
for the new as well as the experienced teachers is updated weekly.
Teacher Pathfinder
-- You'll love the variety of lesson plans and projects which serve as resources for new
ideas for your classroom.
The
Education Place -- Visit the Teacher Center on this site sponsored by
Houghton Mifflin and you'll find resources for teaching math, reading/language arts and
social studies.
The
Idea Box -- Kindergarten and first-grade teachers will appreciate this site
of early childhood and activity resources.
The
Kindergarten Connection -- This just-for-kindergarten resource addresses the
special needs of the kindergarten curriculum with lesson plans, teacher tips for classroom
management, bulletin board ideas and more.
School Express --
If you're into worksheets, you'll marvel at the breadth of this site packed with
downloadable files for games, lesson plans and worksheets for all ages and categories
(e.g., ages 4-6: language arts, phonics, social studies, reading, geography; 1-3: math,
science, sentences and story writing). You won't go away empty-handed!
ZoomSchool -- Teachers can
pick up a lot of resources and information on this site from Enchanted Learning software
company.
Beverly Cleary --
This "unofficial" home page is a good source of information for Cleary fans,
including facts about the author and in-depth exploration of the featured book each month.
Carol
Hurst's Children's Literature Site -- In this extensive collection of
information about kids' books, featured books are treated to reviews, discussion points,
follow-up activities, resources, related books and purchase information. There is an
excellent professional resources section on the site and you may have Carol Hurst's free
quarterly newsletter sent directly to you by e-mail.
Children's Book Council
-- This online guide from the Children's Book Council lists pages on their site which may
be helpful or interesting to teachers and librarians. It includes good links to Web sites
of children's book authors and illustrators, a "Meet The Author/Illustrator"
feature, reading activities for kids, a monthly showcase of books for planning themes or
special exhibits, and contact information for National Children's Book Week.
Eric Carle -- Check out the Caterpillar
Exchange for ideas submitted by teachers and librarians for enriching the experience of
Eric Carle's many books.
International
Reading Association -- This site contains publications, standards, research,
advocacy, conference information and international projects in the area of reading.
Jan
Brett -- Hosted by the popular Hedgie, this Web wonder from award-winning
author/illustrator Jan Brett is pure joy. You can read about Jan Brett, send her e-mail,
print masks of the animal characters in many of her books, download and print coloring
pages and bookmarks, enter Hedgie's holiday contests and send an e-mail postcard featuring
Brett's artwork.
Joan Holub -- Author/illustrator Joan
Holub's Web site features nine of her books with activities, excerpts and printable pages.
Among other things, you can print pen pal stationery from her book Pen Pals and
e-mail a postcard to Mom with animated artwork from Holub's book I Love You, Mom.
Don't miss the section of activities for the 100th day of school.
Magic School Bus Fun Place
-- The wheels on this bus go around and around to bring you current information about the
Magic School Bus TV schedule. live stage shows, the book club and all those great books.
Seussville -- The fun on this
Web site begins with the Cat and dances through fun, games, contests and activities for
kids -- all based on the books of Dr. Seuss.
StoryArts
Online -- Lesson plans and activities for storytelling in the classroom are
the focus of this site, which also features an online story library of many folktales and
26 fables from Aesop.
The Children's Literature
Web Guide -- Created and maintained by a librarian, this comprehensive guide
to children's literature on the Web features many links to authors, publishers, and a lot
of literature-based resources for teachers.
ePALS
Classroom Exchange -- Enhance your social studies curriculum by giving kids a
chance to correspond with "keypal" students around the world through this online
database of classrooms.
National
Council of Social Studies -- This site contains standards, information,
research, publications, conference information and on-line discussion groups in the area
of social studies education.
National Geographic -- This has to
be a favorite site on every teacher's list!
UNICEF -- Educational resources on this site
include curriculum guides which can be accessed as full-color PDF files.
Flashcards
for Kids -- program remedial activities for your students through this site,
which allows you to choose the math concept to be practiced as well as the level of
difficulty.
National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics -- This site contains standards
information, research, publications, math challenge problems and conference information in
the area of mathematics education.
The Explorer -- This site is a
collection of lesson plans, lab activities and instructional software for K-12 math and
science education. Browse the math curriculum on this site for a compendium of
downloadable/printable pages for all levels, including classroom games and ideas for using
popular books in math lessons.
Bill
Nye's (The Science Guy) Labs Online -- Kids love Bill Nye, the Science Guy.
Among other things, you'll find great lessons for the classroom in his science lab (i.e.,
physical, planetary and life science).
NASA
-- NASA is serious about education. Check out any one of the site for a wealth of
information about space travel, astronomy, ongoing NASA missions, how to obtain NASA
photographs and scientific images. Kids will enjoy the StarChild site, a learning center
for young astronomers offered at two levels.
National
Science Teachers' Association -- This site contains standards, information,
research, publications, conferences and initiatives in the area of science education.
Sea
World -- Grade-specific teacher guides are available on this site which
offers a great searchable database of animal information as well as many educational
resources and links.
The National Zoo -- If you can't visit the
National Zoo, this virtual tour is the next best thing. Simply by clicking on a map, you
can visit any of the zoo's buildings with an audio tour. The web cams offer a variety of
must-see zoo events such as watching the birth of a rhino or an elephant having his bath.
ZooNet -- This site provides
listings of links to zoos around the world, a selection of top picks for zoo sites, animal
links, animal pictures and endangered species at zoos.
Amazing Picture Machine --
Need a picture for a lesson or a bulletin board? You'll find it here. Also turn to lesson
ideas to see ways in which teachers have incorporated The Amazing Picture Machine into
their lesson plans.
Crayola
-- Teachers looking for art techniques and ideas for lesson plans will find a friend in
this site.
Kinder Art -- Over 225 art
lesson plans, an art library and an interactive bulletin board for sharing ideas about
teaching art are some of the resources you'll find on this site foe "kids" of
all ages.
The @rt Room --
Within the walls of this virtual art room, teachers can access ideas for art projects
through the "@rt Sparkers" doorway. Some fun things here.
American
Educational Research Association -- This web site contains information
related to improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to
education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research
results.
National
Association of Education for Young Children -- This site contains information
about initiatives, conferences, research, publications and other items of interest in the
field of early childhood education.
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
-- This site contains excerpts of articles from their quarterly newsletter, upcoming
conferences and seminars as well as programs for gifted and talented students.
