Websites You
Can Use
Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
Lesson Plans on Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=LessonPlans
Lesson plans submitted by teachers. Shows how to use Microsoft Office applications in curricular areas.
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
This extensive PBS site includes subject specific areas with lesson plans and activities, technology tutorials, ideas for web based activities, lesson guides and teacher materials for PBS broadcasts and much more! Over 4,500 free lesson plans and activities for all age levels and subject areas.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education is funded through a contract with the US Department of Education to provide K-12 teachers with a central source of information on mathematics and science curriculum materials.
Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/search.cfm
This website, provided by Pacific Bell Education First, links to exceptional educational websites they have rated. The websites are categorized by subject area and type.
The Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org
The people who created Ask ERIC announce a new service and name to access the resources you've come to depend on for over a decade.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com
This site is a "one-stop-shop" for educators. It offers lesson plan resources, grant information, current events (in education), book reviews, and guidance on curriculum integration.
TeachNet
http://www.teachnet.com
This is a site which was created by teachers to help others in the same occupation. Its purposed is to improve classroom management and provide helpful tips and creative ideas for classes of all levels and abilities.
Marco Polo
http://www.marcopolo-education.com
Marco Polo provides high quality, standards based Internet content and professional development for K-12 educators.
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education
In addition to the regular National Geographic site, this section has lesson plans, online adventures, and more!
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com
If your students need information about a topic, start here! Thousands of topics are explored and explained, including some that you'd never think of.
iTools
http://itools.com
Online tools for research for teachers and students. Very simple to use.
Pics 4 Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
The Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com
The Library Spot is a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information. It was created to break through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by an editorial team for their exceptional quality, content and utility.
Yahoo! Education
http://education.yahoo.com
This site has tools and resources for the education world in general. The on-line reference section is particularly useful.
4 Teachers
http://www.4teachers.org
This site has many teacher tools, as well as a lesson plan resource area.
Super Kids
http://www.superkids.com
This site has software reviews, games, worksheets, and links to on-line activities and resources. Some on-line games could be used with students.
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