For additional information on the Advantages of
Cross-Curricular Thematic Units, please access “Reading Center: Cross-Curricular
Thematic Instruction” by Mary Ellen Vogt at www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/vogt.html
General
Resources
http://www.teachnet.com/t2t/index.html
Lots of resources
http://school.discovery.com/conversations/guestexperts.html
Conversations with guest experts
http://www.learn2.com/index.asp
Answers questions
Curriculum, resources, research, treasurehunts
All newspapers at a click
http://www.digital-librarian.com/
a librarian's choice of the best
of the Web
A+ Math
- This is a well-established site that offers lots
of interactive activities for teaching and reinforcing Math skills.
http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/
Math Forum
Math
Goodies
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4116/
Online
Math Applications
Thematic Unit Collections
A+
Thematic Units- www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9673/teachers.htm
A to Z
Teacher Stuff – www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/index.shtml
Blue Web’n
- www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn - click on Content Table
Book Units - http://members.aol.com/sskufca/bookunits.htm
Early
Childhood Units – www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/index.html
Gander
Academy Units – http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE%20/themes.html
Interdisciplinary
Lessons – www.ssec.org/idis/cohasset/LessonLinks2.html
Science
Learning Network - www.sln.org/index.html
SCILnet
Home Page - scilnet.fortlewis.edu/
S.C.O.R.E.
- www.score.k12.ca.us/
S.C.O.R.E.
CyberGuides especially for Language Arts - www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html
Thematic
Planning Units - www.sped.ukans.edu/spedprojects/theme/index.html
Themes
Page - www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes.html
Thematic
Units ESL, BLE & General - www.west.asu.edu/kwetzel/tunits.html
Kalamazoo
Public Schools Favorite Thematic Units - kalamazoo.k12.mi.us/favorite/thematic.htm
Water Cycle Units - http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/waterscience.htm
Sample Units
Apples – www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9673/apples.htm
Bats – intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/welcome.html
Chocolate
– explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/explorer-db/html/827532906-81ED7D4C.html
Dear Mr.
Blueberry – www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/dearmr/dearmrtg.html
Pat’s
Cats – www.mania.com.au/~pshaw/
Patchwork
of Cultures – www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Patch/patchtg.html
Weather –
www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/21.html
Whales – curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/Whales/
Contents.HTML
Multiple
Intelligence
www.swopnet.com/ed/TAG/7_Intelligences.html
www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr054.shtml
www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/weather/adptcty/multint.html
www.coedu.usf.edu/~morris/multiple.html
www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
www.metronet.com/~bhorizon/teach.htm
www.ascd.org/services/eric/miabs.html
Constructivist
Teaching
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/drugfree/sa3const.htm
www.rhinelander.k12.wi.us/hodag/educationaltec.index.html
www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/engaged.htm
www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext/docs/construct.html
General
Teacher Links
Ask an Expert
http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Classroom Connect—check out ClassroomToday!
ED’s Oasis
Homework Central~ all levels of content/really good for HS
and college prep
ISTE Nat’l. Ed. Tech Standards
Kids Click! Kids’ Search
Engine~hits returned include READING level
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Quia Online Activities and Test Generator~flashcards,
puzzles, etc.
SchrockGuide
www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide
S.C.O.R.E~webguides for classroom use by grade level and
content area
Teach Net
Tech Trekers~vast resource for online activities,
resources, webquests, etc.
Trackstar~resources by content area
WebQuests~Bernie Dodge’s page
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
Language
Arts Sites
Epals
Enchanted Learning Picture Dictionary
Fake Out
http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/dictionary/index.html
Games
http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/dictionary/index.html
Kid Publishing Site
Kids Place
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html
Puzzlemaker
SchoolWorld Internet Connection
WWWebster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Word Lookup
Math Sites
Basic Facts
http://www.saxonpub.com/tech/basic_facts/basicFacts.html
Calculator Games
http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/CMS/activity/MM-calcw.html
Calif State Univ Math Ed Page http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/math.html
Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Change Maker Game
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/
Clever Games
http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html
Grade 5 Games
http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/pwang/mathpage/grade5.html
Math in Daily Life
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
MATHO
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geomatho
Math Forum
Multiplication Rock
http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/multiplication.hts?lo
UBUYCAR
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/pbl/ubuystudent/index.html
Science
Sites
Chem4kids
www.Chem4kids.com
Eisenhower Clearinghouse for Science Materials
www.enc.org
Miami Site
www.miamisci.org
Periodic Table Site
www.webelements.com
Science Education Gateway
University of Northern Iowa
http://ists.pls.uni.edu/links/gen_science.html
Sites for a Dinosaur Unit
http://pluto.njcc.com/%7Ecrissy/lessons/
http://www.teachingheart.net/dinosaur.html
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Dinosaurs.htm
http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/dinosaurs.shtml
http://www.dmns.org/denverbasin2/fossil/
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=1634
http://www.eyesoftime.com/teacher/dino.htm
http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/dinosaur/maindino.html
Related Internet Sites
Designing Effective Classroom Web Projects
http://www.gsn.org/pr/index.cfm
Global School Net's Internet Project Registry
http://www.gsn.org/gsn/proj/index.html
KidProj Master Project List
http://www.kidlink.org/english/index.html
Teacher to Teacher
http://www.realkids.com/help.shtml
Curricular Resources and
Networking Projects
http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdCurric.html
Teachers' Lounge
http://www.realkids.com/lounge.htm
Lesson Ideas
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson.html
International Kids' Page Elementary Projects
http://plaza.interport.net/kids_space/
Super Projects
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Projects/