Lesson Plans/Teacher Resources
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Awesome Library: K-12 Education Directory—Provides access to all kinds of educational resources, including links for various subject areas, as well as lesson plans and curricula. (http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/)
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BBC Learning—Includes resources and learning activities for various subjects including: Art & Design, English, Geography, Health, History, Languages, Science, Weather, etc. Also includes lesson plans under the "Schools" link. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/index.shtml)
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Blue Web’N—Searchable site of recommended lesson plans, resources, projects, activities, and tutorials in a wide variety of subjects. (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/)
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Britannica: Web’s Best Sites, Chosen by Our Editors—Encyclopaedia Britannica's Internet guide is a World Wide Web navigation service that classifies, rates, and reviews thousands of web sites. Sites can be accessed through a search or through broad categories. Includes information on a broad range of topics, including education. (http://www.britannica.com/)
- Busy
Teacher's Cafe—Designed to provide teachers with
resource materials, classroom activities, and graphic organizers. (http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/index.htm)
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Discovery School—Sponsored by the Discovery Channel, site provides lesson plans for many subject areas from grades K-12, as well as other teaching resources. (http://school.discovery.com)
- Education World—Includes
lesson plans, daily features and columns, and many other resources for
educators, preschool through highschool. (http://www.educationworld.com)
- The Educator's Reference
Desk—Includes lesson plans across PreK to 12 subject areas, a
question/answer archives, and an ERIC Database for searching journal
articles, microfiche, and full-text ERIC Digests. (http://www.eduref.org)
- EduHound: Everything for Education K-12—Resources for most subjects taught K-12. Includes lesson plans. (http://eduhound.com)
- Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation—Includes discussion and examples of innovative practices for grades K-12, including assessment, project-based learning, teacher supervision and development, and technology integration. (http://www.edutopia.org)
- GEM: The
Gateway to Educational Materials—Union catalog which has
thousands of lesson plans, curriculum units and other educational materials
distributed on web sites across the Internet. Includes the AskERIC
Lesson Plan Collection. To search by topic and grade level, click on
"Search the Gateway." (http://www.thegateway.org)
- Harcourt
Brace School Publishers: The Learning Site—Provides teaching
activities related to reading/language arts, spelling, mathematics, social
studies, science, health, and art appropriate for elementary and middle
school. While the ideas often refer to specific Harcourt Brace
textbooks, they can also be used independently. (http://www.harcourtschool.com/)
- Houghton
Mifflin Teachers' Center—Includes special information in
reading/language arts, mathematics, and social studies. The social
studies section includes outline maps for downloading. The
"Activity Search" provides a search by curriculum area and grade
level (K-8) for classroom activities and lesson plans. (http://www.eduplace.com/index.html)
- Interactives—"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas, including math, language arts, science, and history. Activities are good for practice and review. (http://www.learner.org/interactives)
- Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators—An extensive list of sites on
the Internet useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional
growth. Also provides access to lesson plans from the Discovery
Channel. (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide)
- The Library
in the Sky—Contains over 7,000 links to some of the best
educational resources on the Internet. Guides teachers, students,
parents, librarians, and members of the community on their journeys through
cyberspace. Includes links to numerous lesson plans in a variety of
subject areas. (http://www.nwrel.org/sky/index.php)
- Library of Congress: Teachers—Provides resources and lesson plans for teachers on a wide variety of topics. (http://www.loc.gov/teachers)
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Minneapolis Public Library: Subject List of Internet Resources—Provides links to Internet resources in many subject areas. Sites selected by professional librarians. (http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/reference.cfm)
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New York Times Learning Network on the Web: Teacher Connection (Grades 6-12)—Provides lesson plans in many subject areas based on the news. Includes a lesson plan archive. (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html)
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PBS Online—Provides information on PBS television shows and videos. Includes lesson plans for PBS productions and links to over 1,000 teacher resources online in the areas of arts and literature, health and vocation, social studies, mathematics, science, and "TechKnow." Resources include materials for preschool through high school levels. (http://www.pbs.org)
PrintableCalendars.com—Provides free printable calendars by month and year. Various size calendars are available. (http://www.eprintablecalendars.com)
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Scholastic—Publisher site that includes lesson plans, teaching activities, discussion guides for selected books published by Scholastic, and current events. (http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
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Smithsonian Education—The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest complex of museums. The Education area provides lesson plans/resources in the arts, language arts, social studies, and science. (http://smithsonianeducation.org)
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Think Quest Library—Provides innovative resources for students of all ages on a wide range of educational topics. Featuring over 6,000 websites, the library is created by students from around the world. (http://www.thinkquest.org/library)
Thinkfinity—For educators to enhance their classroom intruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resurces. Includes K-12 lesson plans. Also provides printable maps. (http://thinkfinity.org/EducatorHome.aspx)