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Teacher Resources
Alphy: the Kids' Portal Playground
http://www.alfy.com/teachers/index.asp
Thematic units, lesson plans, brain teasers, links and more.
Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
A comprehensive database of links to web-based activities and lesson plans, organized by
subject. Examples of some of the 81 social studies activities include "The historic
steps of Lewis and Clark", "The role of American women in WWII," or
"Hero of the year," where students choose a hero, then design a commemorative
stamp. The one on Abraham Lincoln features a quiz written and illustrated by 1st
graders. In science, try "The Great Plant Escape," or "Whales of the
world." Teachers will find web-based activities for almost any subject. This is a
great resource!
The Busy Teacher's Website K-12
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
Lots of lesson plans listed by subject area.
Children's Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com
Activities and books for themes, curriculum ideas
Children's Picture Book Database
at Miami Universityhttp://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
Gives teachers a place for designing literature-based thematic units for all subjects. Includes abstracts of over 4500 children's picture books and search capabilities for over 950 keywords, including topics, concepts, and skills which describe each book.
Cyberbee
http://www.cyberbee.com
Some great curriculum ideas for using the Internet in your classroom. Also Treasure
hunts--use the Internet to find the answers. Ex. Election 2000, Favorite
authors, Wonders of Science...
Discovery Channel School Online
http://school.discovery.com
Printable worksheets, links to other great sites, theme-based lesson plans, etc.
Includes a puzzlemaker that allows you to create and print customized word
search, crossword, and math puzzles using your own word lists.
Economic Education Web
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
The mission of EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, is to provide support for economic
education in all forms and at all levels. Includes resources for K-12 teachers.
Edhelper
http://www.edhelper.com/
10847 Lesson Plans , 1201 WebQuests, 679 File Downloads, 8641 Additional
Educational Sites, 4200 Free Worksheet Generators, 1000 Word and Critical
Thinking Problems, Exams and Puzzles for Standardized Tests, Educational News
Updated Daily!
Global Schoolhouse
http://www.gsh.org/
A great source of online collaboration projects
Internet Keypals
http://www.cln.org/int_keypals.html
Look for keypals for your class
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Billed as "a categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for
enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth."
KERA Professional Lists
Discussion lists (listservs) are a great way for educators to communicate information with each other. It's easy to subscribe. Just follow the directions at this site. There are listservs for math, science, and social studies teachers, to name a few.
KET (Kentucky Educational Television)
http://www.ket.org
All teacher's guides for KET programs are now posted on the web, as well as other
resources (ex. the quiz for News Quiz, the Reading Rainbow schedule, WINKS online weather
resources, etc.) Look here for Civil War in Kentucky resources also.
The Lesson Plan Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
http://www.mathgoodies.com
A huge math resource of interactive math lessons
NASA K-12
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov
Lots of online interactive projects
National Geographic Education site
http://nationalgeographic.com/education
Lesson plans, activities, maps, photos, flags, bookmarks and more.
Random House Teacher's Resource Center.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/
Looking for new ideas about ways to teach award-winning books? Seeking exciting ways to
bring literature alive for your students? Just click on the alphabetical title index
to get lesson plans for many titles.
Scholastic for teachers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
Lesson plans, online activities, resources, author visits--a great site!
www.teach-nology.com
Lesson plans, freebies for teachers, journal articles, site of the week, current trends, etc.
Woodford Educational Education Foundation (WEEF)
http://ilearn.woodfordschools.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=222
Worksheets
LearningPage Worksheets
http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/gallery.html
Basic worksheets for most subjects. Of special interest are themed
worksheets on creatures, including dinosaurs, insects, fish, and reptiles.
Free
Teacher Worksheets
http://worksheets.teach-nology.com
Worksheets, Worksheet makers, and Rubric makers are linked.
Worksheet Generator
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator
You can create your own unique worksheets.
Bulletin Boards
Teacher
Helper Bulletin Board Ideas
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/bulletin
Kathy Schrock's site is a well-maintained list of links to bulletin board sites.
Classroom
Decor Ideas
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/decor
More bulletin board and whiteboard ideas.
Ideas
for Bulletin Boards
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/bulletinboards.html
Bulletin board topics as well as backgrounds and borders.
A
to Z Teacher Tips--Classroom Decor
http://atozteacherstuff.com/tips/Classroom_Decor
Practical ideas, such as trompe l'oeil windows, seasonal themes, and tips on
embellishing doors, desks, etc.
