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General Teacher Sites

  • A to Z Teacher Stuffspacer Another source of quite a variety of lesson plans, printables, tips, and discussion.
  • ABCTeachspacerOffers a variety of free printable pages and worksheets. More is available if you become "member" for $25/year.
  • Brain Boostersspacer Need a daily brain teaser to post? Check out this collection.
  • Bulletin Board Ideas spacerIn a bulletin board rut? Maybe this will help.
  • Dr. LeBeau's HomePagespacer Extensive list of recommended links by a veteran online instructor. Strong selection of sites covering writing, science, math, social studies, geography, reading. Includes "Cool Sites for Kids."
  • Earth Calendar spacerNEW LINK--Fall '08!spacer "A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world."
  • Education World spacer As you can imagine, this site is vast. Includes links to tools, reference sources, current issue articles, subject links, website reviews, etc., etc.
  • The Educator's Reference Desk (Formerly AskERIC) spacerThe Educational Resources Information Center, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, provides 16 subject-specific clearinghouses on topics of interest to educators.
  • Ethemes spacer Created by the Missouri Research & Education Network, this is an awesome collection of over 400 teacher-created lists of links arranged by common themes taught in the classroom. Can search by subject or grade level.
  • Filamentalityspacer Afraid you don't know enough to create a webpage activity for your students? This fill-in-the-blanks site will have you up and going in no time. Remember the friendly librarian in the LRC is available for assistance.
  • First Day of School HelpspacerLots of hints here aimed at getting off to a great start.
  • The Gatewayspacer This nifty site lets you search for lesson plans by grade level or keyword. Thousands of lesson plans indexed here.
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators spacer This frequently updated, well organized website is so complete that you may not need any others bookmarked! Helpful links in categories entitled "Subject Access" and "Teacher Helpers." Absolutely amazing.
  • More Brain Teasersspacer This collection is rated according to difficulty.
  • Mr. Donn's PagesspacerTremendous number of lesson plans in many subjects, especially social studies.
  • MrNussbaum.comspacer Free premium membership to this site. Several subjects, especially interactive math and language arts activities...can record student progress.
  • New York Times Learning Networkspacer This site is a rich collection of timely information useful to students and teachers. There are lessons and handouts, questions to �discuss at home,� articles to be used in most every subject area, and daily �test prep questions.�
  • Oh!Teachspacer Information for Ohio's teachers, educators, and school library media specialists. Provided by OPLIN and Infohio.
  • Online Tools for Teaching and Learningspacer Kathy Schrock has created this site to provide links to useful, no-cost online tools for teachers and students.
  • Pandora Radio spacer Create your own radio station(s) with your favorite type of music / artists.
  • Philologus spacerNEW LINK--Fall '08!spacer Designed by teachers for teachers. Create interactive versions of popular games (Millionaire, Deal or No Deal, etc.) to make learning fun.
  • Printable Brain TwistersspacerSelect either "middle school" or "elementary" level. Changes weekly.
  • PBS for Teachersspacer PBS lists featured lessons and programs here. Over 4,000 lesson plans.
  • Puzzlemaker spacer Make a variety of puzzles for your students here.
  • Quote-a-Day spacerEducation World provides a list of short "inspiring" quotes-- enough for each school day.
  • Sites for Teachersspacer Interesting site lists a wide variety of "teacher sites" listed according to popularity of use.
  • The Solution Site spacer Click on "Find a Unit" and you'll be able to search by subject or grade level. A huge collection of detailed lesson plans here.
  • Study Stacksspacer An interesting take on the old "flash card" method. Organized into subjects, such as: math, history, science, etc. Also can make your own.
  • Teach Net spacer Many useful links here--bulletin board ideas, lesson plans, subject links, instructions for "Homeworkopoly" and other tools, etc., etc.
  • Teacher Tidbytesspacer Site, administered by Linda Guterba, provides a variety of web resources, lesson plans and tutorials. Linda also provides homework help and other resources through KidInfo.spacer
  • Teach-nologyspacer Another site which provides thousands of lesson plans and materials for free. If you become a member, more items are available.
  • Thinkfinityspacer 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials.
  • Works4Me Tips Library spacerTeachers from all over share what has actually worked for them in a wide range of areas. Topics include taking care of paperwork,using technology, handling discipline,teaching specific subjects, and much more.

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Especially for New Teachers

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Teacher Sites in Art

  • Best Sites in Art History spacerAmazing list of rated sites.
  • ARTiculationspacer Lavish site covering elements of art, principles of design, and the art critiquing process. Includes over 50 activities for students.
  • Artist's Toolkitspacer The Minneapolis Institute of Arts provides a fascinating look at line, color, space, shape, balance, movement/rhythm through animated demonstrations. Allows students to create own examples. Includes encyclopedia for artistic terms.
  • Arts Ed Net spacerJ. Paul Getty Trust's collection of curriculum plans and exhibitions. Sortable by grade level or alphabetically.
  • The Arty Factoryspacer Free online workshops for artists of any age. Each workshop has an interactive quiz or game.
  • Viscosity spacerNEW LINK--Fall '08!spacer Generate and post your own modern art. Click here for: Instructions spacer

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Teacher Sites in Language Arts

General Links in Language Arts
  • The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuationspacer The rules are here, plus exercises and tests.
  • Common Errors in English spacerAward-winning site details the many common mistakes made as well as some "mistakes" that actually aren't!
  • Creative Writing Prompts spacerSupplies writing prompts for each day of the year. Archives available.
  • Elementary Writing Prompts spacerA list of about 200 prompts. Most okay for middle school.
  • Grammar Bitesspacer Free exercises and tutorials on proper punctuation, irregular verbs, and word us.
  • Instant Poetry Formsspacer Many poetry-writing ideas here from cinquain to "verb verse." (See column on left side.)
  • Interactive Punctuation Test spacer Need practice on whether to use their, there, or they�re? You can find an online quiz here.
  • Literacy Net from CNN spacerNEW LINK--Fall '08!spacer Provides links to nonfiction news stories with comprehension activities.
  • OWLspacer The "Online Writing Lab" site of Purdue University offers printable practice sheets on various grammar and usage problems. Of course, these are designed to help remediate college kids, but some of the exercises may be of help--particularly the ones designed for "English-as-a-second-language." Some of our more advanced students might find the whole site's offerings a help.
  • Sentence Clubhouse spacer Identify sentences and build a clubhouse.
  • ThinkReadWrite spacerSponsored by a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. Remarkable gathering of excellent lesson plans and web resources. You�ll want to bookmark this one.
  • Web English Teacher spacerWeb site states that it "presents the best of K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities." It just might.
  • WritingFixspacer Sponsored by the Northern Nevada Writing Project, this site is designed to provide interactive online writing assignments. There are a lot of ideas here, plus several writing prompt generators. You can even arrange to have 6 prompts e-mailed to you every Sunday.
Literature

See also the Language Arts page in this website.

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Teacher Sites in Math

  • Aplus Math spacer Source of flashcards for a huge variety of online flashcards (the usual plus money, square roots, order of operations, etc) Students can even compete with other students world wide.
  • Figure Thisspacer Quite a variety of math problems...searchable via a "math index." If you'd like to get parents involved in the "Figure This" project, here's the PowerPoint presentation and hand-outs you need.
  • Franklin Institute Online Math Collection spacerOffers variety of math problems, including mulicultural lesson plans and seasonal math.
  • Graph Paper! spacerRun out of graph paper? Print off what you need here.
  • Johnnie's Math Page spacer Great collection of interactive math activities gathered by a California math teacher; �great for individual practice or whole-group interactive whiteboard use.�
  • Math in Daily LifespacerThe Annenburg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have joined forces to provide practical lessons using math in real-life situations--probability in beating a casino, earning the most interest for your savings, plus math in cooking and home decorating.
  • Math ManipulativesspacerA large collection of interactive manipulatives including number puzzles, an abacus, a factor tree, fractions, geoboards, Platonic solids, and much more.
  • Math Toolsspacer A project of "Math Forum," it presents "software for teaching and learning mathematics: preK - calculus." Activities are aligned to NCTM Standards.
  • Mathematics in Movies spacer A collection of movie clips in which mathematics appears. Did you know that you could use �The Simpson�s� to teach math?
  • Mega Mathspacer Puzzle-like scenarios are brought to math classrooms via the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Interesting.
  • More Than Mathspacer Introduces and explores concepts shared by mathematics and the visual arts such as pattern, symmetry, proportion, perspective, balance and geometric form. Eight hands-on interactive activities.
  • Ohio Math Worksspacer Award-winning site showing how math is used in the real world. Offers several projects, plus an archived section with excellent math questions-of-the-month.
  • Purplemath--Help with Algebra spacer Math teacher Elizabeth Stapel offers both lessons and links to helpful sites for free online tutoring and lessons, quizzes and worksheets.
  • U.S. Mint's Site for Kidsspacer Includes games, lesson plans.
  • Watch and Learn Math Clips spacer Short videos made by students from a gifted math class explain basic concepts.

See also the Math page in this website.

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Teacher Sites in Science

  • AE Mystery Spot spacerOnline and offline activities for students to solve mysteries using science.
  • Astro-Venture spacerStudents enter "astro-training," are quizzed on their knowledge, and use scientific process to find or design habitable planet.
  • Creative Chemistry spacer"Over two hundred pages of question sheets, practical guides, chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models, and the 'Tune-up Garage' to help improve science investigations."
  • Ed Headsspacer Your students can work on simple machines, predicting weather, and even perform virtual surgery.
  • The ExperiMENTALS spacer Award winning site from Australia that makes science fun. Great videos. Will make you laugh out loud.

See also the Science page in this website.

Teacher Sites in Social Studies

General Help
  • Asia for Educatorsspacer Teaching materials categorized by subject area and time period.
  • Best History SitesspacerImpressive, award-winning site which rates history resources on the web.
  • CNN Learning Resources spacerProvides current news stories to students. Includes lesson plans, and interactive learning activities.
  • Digital History Help for Teachers spacerAmazing site. Links to printable fact sheets and hand-outs, learning madules, lesson plans, and resource guides.
  • EHistory spacer The OSU History Department has made available a substantial collection of historical documents and images.
  • Flag Gamespacer Allows the player to guess the name of the country based on clues including; capital, continent, neighbors, map outline, currency & anthem. Fun, but tough!
  • A Food Timelinespacer Need to liven up the history lesson? Check out the food of the time.
  • Libertyspacer PBS gathers much information here from its 6-hour series, Liberty: The American Revolution. Includes the "American Revolutionary Game."
  • Mr. Donn's PagesspacerTremendous number of lesson plans in many subjects, especially social studies.
  • National Geographic for Educators spacerOfferings especially for educators. Searchable.
  • New York Times Learning Networkspacer Need some current event connections? This website provides that and more in an interesting format designed for grades 3-12. Check out the "test prep question of the day," theme-based crosswords,the "Daily Lesson Plan," plus news summaries and quizzes.
  • Old Magazine Articles spacer Primary source site with PDF versions of magazine articles covering the American Civil War, World War I, Prohibition, fashion history, art history, immigration history, the sinking of the Titanic and much more.
  • Outline Mapsspacer All maps are designed to print on one page. Quite a variety. Includes U.S. history.
  • Social Studies Lesson Plansspacer Award-winning site offers access to resources for lessons and online activities.
  • Teaching with Historic Places spacerLessons plans for teachers (grades 5-12)categorized into theme, location, time period, and National Standards.
  • Winged Sandalsspacer Hermes the messenger god directs a tour of Who's Who in Classical Mythology. Includes interactive activities and games.

See also the Social Studies page in this website.

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Technology Help

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Assigning Research

  • Big 6:An Information Problem-Solving Processspacer This website gives a well-organized explanation of the "Big 6" process. There are many links to related topics, such as: graphic organizer examples, assessment ideas, evaluation of sources, etc.
  • Filamentalityspacer Afraid you don't know enough to create a webpage activity for your students? This fill-in-the-blanks site will have you up and going in no time. Remember the friendly librarian in the LRC is available for assistance.
  • Evaluating Web PagesspacerAlthough this is part of Duke University's research tutorial,it offers simple steps to check on the quality of the websites you use for research.
  • The Webquest PagespacerThis site gets over 1700 hits a day. Look over the examples of webquests and see if you are ready to try a new approach.
  • Webquests for Junior HighspacerLarge collection of various webquests for the middle school group.

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