Excellent Government Sites
| � | U.S. Department of Education - WOW!! You really won't believe how much stuff is there. Almost anything you need for educational and instructional purposes can be found on this website. Go see for yourself. |
| � | New Jersey Department of Education - The place to go to get downloads and information about the New Jersey S.O.L.s (Standards of Learning). |
| � | ClassBrain.com - THE New Jersey site to get kids' minds in gear about their home state! |
| � | America's Story - Presented by the Library of Congress. Wonderful attempt at making a family-oriented informational website. |
| � | American Memory - An official "This Day in History" page that features a famous historical person or event each day. |
| A+ Recommendations | |
| � | Big Chalk - Bigchalk delivers resources to 43,000 schools in the U.S. and abroad. By harnessing the power of online content, they create learning environments that promote student achievement. |
| � | A-Z Teacher Stuff - This site was designed to help teachers find online lesson plans and resources more quickly and easily. |
| � | ABC Teach - The purpose of abcteach is to provide educationally sound suggestions that help with learning and teaching. abcteach will provide easy, online materials for immediate use by kids, student teachers, teachers, parents and other visitors to the site. |
| � | DiscoveryShool's Puzzlemaker - Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. |
| � | MathStories.com - The goal of this math website is to help elementary and middle school children improve their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. |
| � | Zoom School - Zoom School is an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities. |
| � | Sites for Teachers - "The Net's Best resource for Teachers." Provides an extensive listing of links to useful teacher websites. |
| Classroom Management | |
| � | University of Limerick Classroom Management Lesson - issues involved in successful classroom management. |
| � | CanTeach
- ways to encourage good behavior, reward ideas, create random seating plans, and more. |
| � | Rules
for Making Rules - ideas to create rules according to teaching style. |
| � | Tools for Teaching (Motivating Students) - strategies and information on de-ephasizing grades, structuring classes, responding to student work, and more. |
| Lesson Plans | |
| � | A
to Z Teacher Stuff - searchable database of lesson plans and ideas organized by grade level. |
| � | Academy
Curriculum Exchange - offers an archive of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject. |
| � | AskERIC
Lesson Plans - offers a collection of lesson plans from teachers all over the United States. |
| � | CEC
Lesson Plans - features lessons in math, science, social studies. Provide several links to other lesson plan websites. |
| � | Cool
Teaching Lessons and Units - features links and resources on webquest units, ready made units, rubrics, and more. |
| � | Educ8r.net
- includes lessonplans, tests, tutorials, reading materials, and discussions with like minded educators. |
| General Teacher Resource Websites | |
| � | A0kTeachersStuff
- presenting resources for teachers and parents including daily
newsletter, coloring pages, math and science activities and information,
and more. |
| � | abcteach.com
- includes ideas and activities for children, parents, student teachers, and teachers. |
| � | Alphabet
Superhighway - resource for teachers to find materials and ideas for teaching almost any part of the elementary or secondary curriculum; it is a place for students as well. |
| � | Homework Online - teachers can post homework on the Internet. |
| � | HomeworkNOW - allows teachers to post their classroom assignments on the Internet. |
| � | PBS TeacherSource - makes it easy to locate and use the best television and Web resources available, including hundreds of ready-to-use lesson plans. |
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SchoolHouseTALK.com - email news service for K-12 classrooms. |
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Teacher Tools - includes links regarding lesson plans, curriculum, puzzles, and other areas. |
| Earn Your Graduate Degree ONLINE | |
| � | University of Pheonix ONLINE - The Nation's Leading Online University. Offers several graduate programs online in the educational field and more... |
| � | American Global University - offering courses of instruction leading to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. They have several offerings in the educational field. |
| � | Seattle Pacific University online - Earn a Master's of Education Degree in Curriculum and Instruction online. |
