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Check out These "Curriculum Hot Spots on the Web 2003" from DistrictAdministration.com

Lesson Plan Sources
While many of the sites listed in other categories include lesson plans, the following are extensive collections that can be searched by level, topic and content area.

AOL@School (school.aol.com/teachers/)
AskERIC (ericir.syr.edu)
A to Z Teacher Stuff (atozteacherstuff.com)
Columbia Education Center (www.col-ed.org)
EdHelper.com (www.edhelper.com)
LessonPlansPage.com (www.lessonplanspage.com)
McREL Lesson Plans (www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans)
US Department of Education Site (http://thegateway.org)
Teach Net (http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html)
Social Studies Lesson Plans (http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/)
Inquiry Based Lessons (http://educate.si.edu/lp/lp_fs.html)
NASA Lesson Plans (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lesson_plans.html)
Science Lessons (http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/it/projects/Museums/Teacher_Guide/Science/home.html)
Art Lessons (http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/it/projects/Museums/Teacher_Guide/Art/home.html)

 

Information Indexes
An information index is a set of topic menus and submenus to narrow searches. Yahoo is the most popular, but there are other choices including specialized education indexes.

Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)
About.com (www.about.com)
Education Planet (www.educationplanet.com)
Education World (www.educationworld.com)
EduHound.com (www.eduhound.com)
EduPuppy.com (www.edupuppy.com)
Galaxy (www.galaxy.com)
InfoSpace (www.infospace.com)
Linkopedia (www.linkopedia.com)
StartSpot Network (www.startspot.com)

Search Engines
These online tools find Web pages containing specified words or phrases—put phrases in quotes, such as "Continental Congress." The last three are "metasearch engines" that use multiple search tools simultaneously.

Alltheweb (www.alltheweb.com)
AltaVista (www.altavista.com)
Ask Jeeves (www.aj.com)
CNET Search.com (search.com)
Excite (www.excite.com)
Go.com (go.com)
Google (www.google.com)
Lycos (www.lycos.com)
Northern Light (www.northernlight.com)
SearchEdu (www.searchedu.com)
Search Engine Watch (www.searchenginewatch.com)
Teoma (www.teoma.com)
WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com)
Dogpile (www.dogpile.com)
MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com)

Student Research Resources
These age-appropriate sites help students answer their own questions, do focused research and homework assignments.

Ask Jeeves Kids (ajkids.com)
Bigchalk HomeworkCentral (www.bigchalk.com)
Britannica.com (www.britannica.com)
CyberSleuth Kids (cybersleuth-kids.com)
Fact Monster (www.factmonster.com)
HomeworkSpot (www.homeworkspot.com)
InfoPlease (www.infoplease.com)
ITools (www.itools.com)
KidsClick! (www.kidsclick.org)
Library Spot (www.libraryspot.com)
The National Student Research Center (youth.net/nsrc)
NetTrekker (www.nettrekker.com)
Refdesk.com (www.refdesk.com)
Surf Monkey (www.surfmonkey.com)
Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids (www.yahooligans.com)

Curriculum Resource Centers
Curriculum centers may be maintained by companies, associations, foundations, government agencies and individuals. The following are favorite sites in each content area.

General Curriculum
ABC-CLIO.com (abc-clio.com)
Awesome Library (www.awesomelibrary.org)
Beyond Books.com (www.beyondbooks.com)
Bonus.com (www.bonus.com)
EDSITEment (edsitement.neh.fed.us)
Enchanted Learning (www.enchantedlearning.com)
Funschool.com (www.funschool.com)
Grade Level Gold (www.gradelevelgold.com)
iKnowthat.com (www.iknowthat.com)

The Arts
 ArtsConnectED (www.artsconnected.org)
ARTSEDGE (artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
Artsonia (www.artsonia.com)
Music Education Online (www.childrensmusicworkshop.com)
Music Education Resource Links (www.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/cpiper/MERLmenu.htm)
The Puppetry Home Page (www.sagecraft.com/puppetry)
Sapphire Swan Dance Directory (www.SapphireSwan.com/dance)

Language Arts and Literature
 AskOxford.com (www.askoxford.com)
Bartleby.com (www.bartleby.com)
Bookadventure (www.bookadventure.com)
Children’s Book Council (www.cbcbooks.org)
The Children's Literature Web Guide (www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown)
Kidsreads.com (www.kidsreads.com) and Teenreads.com (www.teenreads.com)
MidLink Magazine (longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink)
The Online Books Page (onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu)

Mathematics
BOXERmath.COM (www.boxermath.com)
Calculators On-Line Center (www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html)
ENC Online (www.enc.org)
ExploreMath.com (www.exploremath.com)
Hotmath (www.hotmath.com)
Illuminations (illuminations.nctm.org)
Math.com (www.math.com)
The Math Forum @ Drexel (mathforum.org)
Math Goodies (www.mathgoodies.com)

Science
eNature.com (www.enature.com)
ENC Online (www.enc.org)
Math and Science Gateway (www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway)
NASA Education Program (education.nasa.gov)
Science NetLinks (www.sciencenetlinks.com)
Space Educators' Handbook (vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/she)
StudyWorks Online (www.studyworksonline.com)
TeachSpace (www.space.com/teachspace)
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet (yucky.kids.discovery.com)

Social Studies
CNN Student News (www.cnnstudentnews.com)
CountryWatch.com@school (www.countrywatch.com/@school)
EconEdLink (www.econedlink.org)
EyeWitness (www.ibiscom.com) sounds
The History Net (history.about.com)
History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers (execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html)
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers (www.csun.edu/~hcedu013)
Practical Money Skills for Life (www.practicalmoneyskills.com)
Social Studies School Service (www.socialstudies.com)
Social Studies (www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies)
Social Studies Sources (education.indiana.edu/~socialst)

Health/Nutrition/Physical Education
Healthtouch Online (www.healthtouch.com)
Kids Food Cyberclub (www.kidfood.org)
KidsHealth (www.kidshealth.org)
KidsRunning.com (www.kidsrunning.com)
MEDLINEplus (www.medlineplus.gov)
Nutrition Navigator (navigator.tufts.edu/index.html)
PE Central (pecentral.org)
Sports Media (www.sports-media.org)
Youthealth.com (www.youthealth.com)

School/Teacher/Student Curriculum Sites
Many schools and individuals have developed exemplary curriculum sites. The following are selected examples.

AP Calculus (www.seresc.k12.nh.us/www/alvirne.html)
Joan Berger’s Windows to the World (users.adelphia.net/~jberger5)
The Falcon’s Nest (www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/upk.home.html)
Keeley Library Assignment and Curriculum Resources (janeconstant.tripod.com)
Les Classes de Monsieur Long (www.laconia.k12.nh.us/plong)
B. J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper (school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (discoveryschool.com/schrockguide)
Mrs. Silverman’s Webfolio (kids-learn.org)
Davidson County Schools Technology Center (techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us)

Teaching Tools
These selected sites present models, tools and resources for teaching with the Web.

ABCTeach (www.abcteach.com)
Creating Web-based Lessons (www.esc20.net/etprojects)
Discovery School’s PuzzleMaker (www.puzzlemaker.com)
Filamentality (www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil)
Internet Coach Puzzle Center (puzzles.apte.com)
Quia (quia.com)
SchoolExpress (www.schoolexpress.com)
The Science Spot (sciencespot.net)
Thematic Units (www.edhelper.com/cat301.htm)
Trackstar (trackstar.hprtec.org)
The WebQuest Page (edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest)
WebQuest Projects (projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects)
WWW4Teachers (www.4teachers.org)
Xcursion Central (www.xcursioncentral.com)

Company/Organization Curriculum Collections
Most education-related companies offer online curriculum resources, such as the following selected examples.

AOL@School (school.aol.com/teachers/)
Apple Education (www.apple.com/education)
Apex Learning (www.apexlearning.com)
Bigchalk.com (www.bigchalk.com)
Classroom Connect (www.classroom.com)
Crayola Creativity Central (www.crayola.com)
Disney Edu-Station (Disney.go.com/educational)
EdGate Copernicus Education Gateway (www.edgate.com)
FableVision (www.fablevision.com)
Family Education Network (fen.com)
Harcourt School Publishers "The Learning Site" (www.hbschool.com)
Houghton Mifflin "Education Place" (www.eduplace.com)
JDL "K-12World" (www.k-12world.com)
Lightspan.com (www.lightspan.com)
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill World (www.mmhschool.com)
Pearson Education (www.pearsoneducation.com)
Pitsco (www.pitsco.com)
Plato Learning (www.plato.com)
Riverdeep Interactive Learning (www.riverdeep.com)
Scholastic.com (www.scholastic.com)
Tom Snyder Productions (www.tomsnyder.com)

Online Project Sources
The sites below are outstanding places to find free and fee-based online education projects, including opportunities to propose new projects.

Educational Web Adventures (eduweb.com)
Generation YES (www.genyes.org)
Global SchoolNet (www.gsn.org )
iEARN—International Education and Resource Network (www.iearn.org)
JASON Project (www.jason.org)
KIDLINK/KIDPROJ (www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ)
NASA Quest (quest.arc.nasa.gov)
NASA SpaceLink (spacelink.nasa.gov)
OnlineClass (www.onlineclass.com) –presently inactive
SitesALIVE! (www.sitesalive.com)
Teaching.com (www.teaching.com)
ThinkQuest (www.thinkquest.org)

Libraries and Museums
The following sites will link you to museums, libraries and interactive exhibits throughout the world.

American Memory Historical Collections (memory.loc.gov)
American Museum of Natural History (www.amnh.org)
The Exploratorium (www.exploratorium.edu)
The Franklin Institute Online (www.fi.edu)
Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide (www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html)
The Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org)
The Library of Congress (lcweb.loc.gov)
Library Spot (www.libraryspot.com)
National Air and Space Museum (www.nasm.edu)
National Archives and Records Administration (www.nara.gov)
Smithsonian Institution (www.si.edu)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (www.ushmm.org)

News Sources
These sites link to news-related curriculum resources for teachers and students.

ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
CNN.com (www.cnn.com)
CNN Student News (www.cnnstudentnews.com)
MSNBC News/Education (www.msnbc.com/news/Learning_Front.asp)
The Nando Times (www2.nando.net)
NBCi (www.nbci.com)
The New York Times/Learning Network (www.nytimes.com/learning)
NewspaperLinks (www.nytimes.com/learning)
Time for Kids.com (www.timeforkids.com/TFK)
USNewsClassroom.com (usnewsclassroom.com)
USA Today/K12 Education Online (www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm)
The Wall Street Journal/Classroom Edition (www.wsjclassroom.com)
Weekly Reader.com (www.weeklyreader.com)

Television Media
The sites that follow offer teaching and learning materials to support and extend television programming.

A&E Classroom (www.aande.com/class)
Annenberg/CPB Exhibits (www.learner.org/exhibits)
Biography.com (www.biography.com)
Book TV.org (www.booktv.org)
Discovery.com (www.discovery.com)
DiscoverySchool.com (school.discovery.com)
ESPN.com (espn.go.com)
HBO Family (www.hbofamily.com)
History Channel.com (www.thehistorychannel.com)
Nationalgeographic.com (www.nationalgeographic.com/education)
National Public Radio Online (www.npr.org)
Nickelodeon Teachers.Nick.Com (teachers.nick.com); Nick Jr. (www.nickjr.com)
PBS Online (www.pbs.org); PBS Kids (pbskids.org)
PBS TeacherSource (www.pbs.org/teachersource)
Sesame Workshop (sesameworkshop.org)
The Weather Channel weather.com (weather.com)

Especially for Kids
The following sites offer creative child-appealing materials including games, puzzles, stories and interactive activities.

Bonus.com (bonus.com)
Cyberkids (www.cyberkids.com)
Fun-Attic (www.funattic.com)
FunBrain (www.funbrain.com)
Headbone.com (www.headbone.com)
Infogrames Kids (www.funkidsgames.com)
Kaboose (www.kaboose.com)
KidsCom (www.kidscom.com)
Lycos Zone (www.lycoszone.com)
MaMaMedia.com (www.mamamedia.com)
MSN Kids (kids.msn.com)
4kids.org (www.4kids.org)

Schools on the Web
Visit school sites throughout the United States and abroad to see examples of online assignments, activities, projects, units and courses.

American School Directory (www.asd.com)
EduHound Schools on the Web (www.eduhoundschoolsontheweb.com)
Hotlist of K-12 School Sites (www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools)
Web66/International Registry of Schools on the Web (web66.coled.umn.edu)

Professional Resources
These sites offer valuable resources for technology planning, finding grants, writing proposals, preparing staff development programs and communicating with colleagues.

Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook (www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE/Technology/AUP/home.shtml)
Administrators.Net (administrators.net)
Blackboard.com (www.blackboard.com)
Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (caret.iste.org)
Educational CyberPlayground (www.edu-cyberpg.com)
Educational Research Network (www.ernweb.com)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (www.ericae.net)
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (www.ed.gov/free)
GrantsWeb (www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb)
Institute for the Advancement of Emerging Technologies in Education (www.iaete.org)
Library in the Sky (www.nwrel.org/sky)
National Center for Technology Planning (www.nctp.com)
National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov)
Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia (www.rtec.org)
ProfessionalTeacher.com (www.professionalteacher.com)
Sites for Teachers (www.sitesforteachers.com)
TeachersFirst.com (www.teachersfirst.com)
Teachers.Net (www.teachers.net)
TeacherVision (www.teachervision.com)
Teachnet.com (www.teachnet.com)
The U. S. Department of Education (www.ed.gov)
Theory into Practice (tip.psychology.org)
HireEd.net (www.hireed.net), Chronicle of Higher Ed (chronicle.com/jobs)

Standards Resources
The following sites offer curriculum and technology standards for teachers, students and administrators, from state and national organizations.

Developing Educational Standards (edstandards.org/Standards.html)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE):
ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (cnets.iste.org)
ISTE Technology Standards for School Administrators (cnets.iste.org/tssa)
ISTE NETS for Students (cnets.iste.org/students)
ISTE NETS for Teachers (cnets.iste.org/teachers)
StateStandards.com (www.statestandards.com)

Connecting With Professional Organizations Online
Association sites offer valuable professional and curriculum resources for teachers, administrators and parents.

AASA, American Association of School Administrators (www.aasa.org)
AASL, American Association of School Librarians (www.ala.org/aasl)
ACEI, Association for Childhood Education International (www.acei.org)
ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (www.actfl.org)
AECT, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (aect.org)
AERA, American Educational Research Association (www.aera.net)
AESA, Association of Educational Service Agencies (www.aaesa.org)
AFT, American Federation of Teachers (www.aft.org)
ALA, American Library Association (www.ala.org)
ASCA, American School Counselor Association (www.schoolcounselor.org)
ASCD, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (www.ascd.org)
CEC, Council for Exceptional Children (www.cec.sped.org)
CUE, Computer-Using Educators (www.cue.org)
CoSN, Consortium for School Networking (www.cosn.org)
IRA, International Reading Association (www.reading.org)
ISTE, International Society for Technology in Education (www.iste.org)
ITEA, International Technology Education Association (www.iteawww.org)
MENC, The National Association for Music Education (www.menc.org)
NAESP, National Association of Elementary School Principals (www.naesp.org)
NAEA, National Art Education Association (www.naea-reston.org)
NAEYC, National Association for the Education of Young Children (www.naeyc.org)
NAGC, National Association for Gifted Children (www.nagc.org)
NASPE, National Association for Sport and Physical Education (www.aahperd.org/naspe)
NASSP, National Association of Secondary School Principals (www.nassp.org)
NBEA, National Business Education Association (www.nbea.org)
NCSS, National Council for the Social Studies (www.ncss.org)
NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English (www.ncte.org)
NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (www.nctm.org)
NEA, National Education Association (www.nea.org)
NMSA, National Middle School Association (www.nmsa.org)
NSBA, National School Boards Association (www.nsba.org)
NSTA, National Science Teachers Association (www.nsta.org)
PTA, National Parent Teacher Association (www.pta.org)
USDLA, United States Distance Learning Association (www.usdla.org)


Top Sites for Educators Suggested by Mrs. Bassi

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General Research Sources

Engaged Learning Sites

Internet Help Site

Hoax and Egg Sites:

More New Sites:

Sources for Teachers

Try Some of these Subject Area Sites for Projects, Lesson Plans, and Fun!

History, Geography, Current Events


Language Arts

Mathematics

Science

Health


Fine Arts

Foreign Language

Consumer Education and Business

Statistics

 

Guidance

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