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Essentials of Music - gives basic information about classical music.
K-12 Resources for Music Teachers - resources for music teachers of all ages.
Music for Young Persons - list of works to perform for a younger audience or music for young performers.
Curriculum-Specific Clip Art - a categorized link of clip-art sites by subject area
DK Clip Art - site that contains many of DK (Eyewitness bks. people) famous photographs that can be included in school projects
Microsoft Clip Art & Media - lots of great stuff, including some animated clip art
BookPals Storyline - streaming video of actors reading popular children's titles, illustrations are shown
CyberGuides - web based literature guides for many quality tiles
Favorite Poem Project - Looking for an American poet or particular poem. Find it here. Teacher resources available.
Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4Kids - Funny children's poems and poetry books, games, contests, lessons, discussion forums, and journals, plus a rhyming dictionary, streaming audio, school visit information and more.
KOL Jr. - read aloud stories, there's even Arthur ones
Merlyn's Pen - online and print ,magazine that publishes teen's writing. Lots of teacher resources available.
Reading Rainbow - lesson plans, classroom resources, curriculum index, show schedules and more.
Starfall.com - series of online stories includes catchy songs dealing with reading concepts, cute animations, and characters, and a user-controlled reading speed and pronunciation of the words in the books.
Web English Teacher - all you'll ever need and more to teach language arts
A to Z Teacher Stuff - lesson plans, thematic activities and tips
Awesome Library - lesson plans by subject
Curriculum Resources Catholic School Office - Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Doucette Index - K-12 Literature based teaching ideas
Education World Daily Lesson Plans - lesson plans K-12 archived by grade and subject and topic
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) Database - sponsored by the Dept. of Education (great for researching education topics for master's class and such)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - awesome site for all kinds of help, don't miss this site!
Library in the Sky - database of useful and interesting websites for those involved in education
Marco Polo - Internet content for the classroom
PBS TeacherSource - free lesson plans and activities
Read*Write*Think - International Reading Association
Rubric Builder - "enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics and to make them available over the World Wide Web"
Rubistar - create rubrics for your project-based learning activities
Scholastic - lesson plans, reproducibles, and more
Smithsonian Lesson Plans - classroom ready lesson plans and activities from the Smithsonian Institute
TeachersFirst - "a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level, making it easy to locate lesson plans and associated web resources quickly."
Create a Graph - if you are working on graphs this is the place to visit.
Illuminations - over 726 online math resources compiled by the NCTM. Organized by 5 categories: Numbers & Operation, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Date & Probability
Measurements - helps teach measurement operations covered in K-8 math courses.
P.E.
and Health
American School Health Association
PE Central - lesson plans, assessment ideas, intructional resources and much, much more.
Small Steps Kids - site by the US Dept of Health and Human Services
Professional
Organizations & Professional Development
American Library Association (ALA)
Catholic Library Association (CLA)
International Reading Association (IRA)
Kentucky Education Association (KEA)
National Association for Music Educators
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Teacher to Teacher Digital Workshops - sponsored by the US Dept. Of Education
American Catholic - saint of the day, daily Catholic question, Sunday supplements are all part of this website.
Catholic Educator's Resource Center
Catholic Mom - everything from Catholic coloring sheets to daily prayer reflections
CyberFaith - Catholic resources, everything from an interactive liturgical calendar to spirituality resources
BugGuide.net - an extensive identification guide to insects and spiders of the United States and Canada
FEMA for kids - hurricane, tsunami, tornado info
Interactive Periodic Table - this is done by Fact Monster
KidsPlanet.org - great website for elementary animal research
Lab Lesson Plans - Each summer, Columbia University's Summer Research Program participants develop Action and Lesson Plans. Most Lesson Plans are research-inspired and reference science standards. Currently, there are more than 250 Lesson Plans in the database.
NASA: Thursday's Classroom - Links to current NASA research and classroom activities. Updated Thursdays
Plugged In! - super science stuff aimed at girls
Science Fair Project Resource Guide - information on the scientific method, choosing a topic, tips and tricks, and related links.
This week in Chemistry History - find out what happened when
Ultimate Science Resource - sponsored by the US Dept. of Ed
Weather Database - find out all kinds of weather data from the National Climatic Data Center.
More Science Education Web links - a list done for NYC teachers
Smart Technologies - this is their educator resource page. Has lesson activities, professional development, software resources and more.
SmartBoard Lessons - compiled by a Fayette County LMS.
more SmartBoard lessons - organized by subject area, it also lists target area. Lots to see here.
SmartBoard Templates - developed by the Central School District. Grouped by levels, K-2, 3-5, Middle School & High School
Smartboard training & templates - done by Kenton Co. schools. Has lots of information regarding how to use the software as well as templates.
Ancient Greece - a BBC site, there is also an Ancient Romans site as well.
Archiving Early America - a selection of primary source material for 18th century America
Ben Franklin - information and lesson plans
Digital History - site developed to support the teaching of American History - lots, lots, lots of great stuff
Geography Zone - sponsors the largest online geography challenge
Google Earth - a 3D interface for the planet - (so... cool)
History...It's Happening! - a free interactive website with all kinds of sources
Map Machine - National Geographic's online atlas
Classroom Connect - helps teachers use technology to improve learning
CyberSmart - lesson plans for grades K-8
From Now On - Educational technology journal for schools
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers
NETS*S Online Technology Assessment - helps teachers measure student skills in software applications and measure progress towards meeting the NETS*S.
PowerPoint in the Classroom - getting teachers started using PowerPoint for classroom instruction and student projects
Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership - technology related resources for school administrators which include templates and planning guides.
The Journey Inside - "Engaging technology to explain technology."
Webquests:
Kathy Schrock's webquest - info page
Webquests - overview and training materials to get you started
more Webquest info - Spartanburg County school district developed this site to help get teachers started
http://www.uky.edu/Education/coetools.html - This is so awesome! Very organized.
http://www.mms.mboro.k12.ky.us/library/teacherresources.html
