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Teacher Resources
Printables, Lesson Plans, Online Activities, Professional Development, and Tools for Teachers
Site Name Web Address Description Scholastic Teacher http://teacher.scholastic.com Free tools and resources for K-12 classrooms. The content changes, which in turn changes some available resources, but an excellent place for printables and professional development, as well as enrichment activities for students. Teachers.Net http://teachers.net A wide variety ranging from printables, to lesson plans, to online chat rooms and articles. Much more focused on the teacher end providing vast resources for professional development. Houghton-Mifflin Education Place http://www.eduplace.com The book collection is not required for this website. There are off-shoots for kids and parents, but this is primarily focused on an idea haven for teachers. Searchable activities and lesson plans are only a few of the numerous ideas held on this website. Web for Teachers http://www.4teachers.org 4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students. Discovery Learning http://school.discovery.com This is the site of the famous Kathy Schrock's Internet guide, but it also has so many more excellent features. From content activities and resources, to tools such as puzzlemaker, this site is a huge wealth of knowledge and help to teachers. ABC Teach http://abcteach.com Focused on earlier education, this is the place for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers. It consists of primarily free printables: 5000+ free printable pages and worksheets. Teach-nology http://www.teach-nology.com Although containing a few too many advertisements for my purposes, TeAch-nology.com offers teachers FREE access to 27,300 lesson plans, 6,000+ printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction. A to Z Teacher Stuff http://atozteacherstuff.com A to Z Teacher Stuff is teacher-created, and designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. We offer lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, teacher discussion forums, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more. Microsoft Education http://www.microsoft.com/education As well as all the information on their programs, Microsoft provides a website for teachers, students and parents regarding technology tools, skills and integration. Some items include the entire Encarta Reference Library 2005, Tutorials specially made for teachers, a wide range of technology enhanced lesson plans, templates, clip art and examples of innovative teachers incorporating technology.
All Content Information
Site Name Web Address Description ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org ThinkQuest is an international website-building competition, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation. Teams of students and teachers are challenged to build websites on educational topics. These websites are published in the popular ThinkQuest Library and top-scoring teams win valuable prizes. Brain POP http://www.brainpop.com BrainPOP is a fantastic producer of educational animated movies for K-12. The company creates original animated movies to explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational and entertaining for both children and adults.
BrainPOP movies cover concepts in Math, English, Science, Health, Technology and Social Studies topics.
Teachers First http://teachersfirst.org TeachersFirst is 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. PBS Teacher http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ Explore K-12 classroom content and professional development from PBS. Includes searchable lesson plans, activities and a ton of resources such as movies in a wide range of content areas. FREE http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html Gateway to Educational Materials, which offers more than 40,000 lessons and instructional resources from more than 400 organizations.
PBL Websites
Site Name Web Address Description Exploring the Environment PBL Teacher Page
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html
A brief 6 step guide to creating and managing a PBL Unit.Illinois Problem-Based Learning Network Summer Sleuths Program Main URL:
http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/ipbln/
sleuths/problems/problems.htmlThis site is good for teachers to see how to generate problems and organize PBL activities during 3~4 days workshop. Environmental Education Outreach Program - PBL
http://www4.nau.edu/eeop/aqcp/pbl.asp Contains a description of PBL Classroom Environment, Process, Guidelines, Resources, Questions Sheet Pattern Template and Problem Log Sheets. It even includes links to videos so teachers can view what PBL should look like in the classroom. University of Delaware
http://www.udel.edu/pbl This site contains an entire clearinghouse full of sample problems, articles and resources. You need to register, but it is free.
PBL For ESL
http://www.pblforesl.com Demonstrates the effective use of PBL in the English as a Second Language classroom via a group PBL project as well as a database of PBL units created for ESL students.
Model Problems
Main URL
http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/whatis/model.html Don’t let the smoke get in your eyes
Health (smoking)http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/ipbln/sleuths/problems/tobacco/index.html Water, Water everywhere
Sciencehttp://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/ipbln/sleuths/problems/floods/index.html Leaping for solution
Environment (frogs and environment issues.)http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/ipbln/sleuths/problems/frogs/index.html Teens in Space
Science (Space)http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/ipbln/sleuths/problems/space/index.html Buffalo Commons Problem
Environment (Bison problem)http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/whatis/Bisonproj/pblacknowl.html Transforming Garbage to Gold
Environmenthttp://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/whatis/garb/index.html Smart Land
Environment (theme park project)http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/SADVI/intro.html Cosmic Collision
Sciencehttp://www2.imsa.edu/programs/SADVI/
Search Engines
Site Name Web Address Description Blue Web'N
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm Blue Web'n is an online library of 1937 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). Kids Search Tools http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm Provides numerous search engines on one page for students to use the dictionary, encarta, KidsClick searches, etc... Inspire http://www.inspire.net Indiana Virtual Library. Offers electronic magazines, encyclopedias, and other resources to all Indiana residents
http://www.google.com ; http://www.scholar.google.com Google is the world's most popular search engine Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com A kid-friendly way of researching; sometimes the information is less scholastic and more entertainment. Teoma http://www.teoma.com a. Brings up different results from other searching sites
b. Suggestions to narrow your search
c. Resources (Link collections from experts and enthusiasts)Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/ Another popular search engine for students helping them refine their search; even helpful for teachers!
Specific Content Sites
Marco-Polo http://www.marcopolo-education.org/ Access lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites and other MarcoPolo resources. For example, new resources are being presented on the Tsunami. CONTENT:
NARA – US National Archives & Records Administrationhttp://www.archives.gov This website, sponsored by the NARA, provides ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience, such as the Declaration of Independence and The Bills of Rights. Social Studies in Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/socstu.htm Small units covering different aspects of social studies. Activities and ideas are included for each topic. Web Resources for Social Studies http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/geography/owt2003/ Textbook activities, additional resources and a teacher's corner accompanies this book, but can easily be adapted to classrooms without the book. English
Noodle Tools http://www.noodletools.com NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. From selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources in MLA or APA style, NoodleTools makes online research easier! Parts of Speech http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/parts_of_speech_sites.htm Fun activities surrounding the types of speech and other grammatical functions Fun Brain Words http://www.funbrain.com/words.html Word Games BBC Education Listen and Write Poetry http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm Meet rapper Beattie B and write some rhythmic, rhyming raps.
Join The Saurus and write wonderful Wonderwords that make your poems come alive.
Write sizzling simile poems with the terrible twins, Like and As As.
Join Wordz R Wilde and write in Freestyle and print your own poem out here.Or visit the teacher section with Curriculum Relevance, Lesson Plans, Printable, Worksheets, How to Use Online Activities, Other K-12 Teacher Resources and Useful Websites
Science
Guide to Science Fair Projects http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/ Are you looking for some help with a science fair project? If so, then you have come to the right place. The IPL will guide you to a variety of web site resources, leading you through the necessary steps to successfully complete a science experiment. If you have never done a science fair project before, it has been a while, or you just want to be sure you do a really great job be sure and look at the following websites for tips on what makes a good project before doing anything else. National Science Teachers Association Website Recommendations http://www2.nsta.org/sciencesites/ The NSTA Science website offers the best materials for science teaching. Browse for books, videos, posters, and other resources. Science News for Kids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/teacherzone/websites.asp Science materials and resources for teachers and parents on all aspects of science. PRISM http://www.rose-prism.org/ PRISM is a free website that provides collections of online resources for Indiana educators in the fields of science, mathematics, and technology. The primary collection of digital teaching materials is indexed according to the Indiana Academic Standards for grades 6, 7, and 8. You can browse the site resources and search for materials. Members are allowed additional privileges, and membership is FREE. Math
Math.com http://www.math.com/ The site provides interactive tutorials and games on mathematical concepts such as fractions, decimals, integers, exponents, etc...The site provides opportunities for practice, tutoring, games, tools and calculations