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Calcasieu Parish Public Schools

Corporation for Public Broadcasting History and Civics Initiative
The objective of CPB's American History and Civics Initiative is to catalyze new partnerships among public television, filmmakers and other content developers, the education community, the high technology sector, and others to design new, groundbreaking media projects that measurably improve the learning of American history and enhance civic participation among middle and high school students.
http://www.cpb.org/grants/historyandcivics/
Constitution Day

Democracy: A Big Challenge
Lesson that introduces students to the drafting and signing of the Constitution as they develop interviewing and persuasive writing skills
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/unit-democracy.htm
Constitution Day

Our Constitution: The Document that Gave Birth to a Nation
24 minute Video & Lesson for Grades 6-8 Fully utilizing the spectacular backdrop of the events which surrounded the "We the People 200" celebration in Philadelphia 1987, this video simply, clearly and with dramatic flair examines and explains the historical significance of the Constitution, its structure and function and its present day meaning and importance. The "Founding Fathers" and other prominent people who led in its creation are introduced. Leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, such as Senators Robert Dole, Robert Byrd and Arlen Specter, and many others elucidate the basic historical concepts of freedom, liberty and governmental organization. There is exciting footage of actor James Earl Jones and Chief Justice of the United States (1966-1986) Warren Burger explaining the basic principles behind "We the People". Historical paintings, Paint box graphics and colorful "symbols of democracy" make this highly informative stimulating video compelling and interesting to watch.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

The American Revolution: From Colonies to Constitution—Shaping the New Nation
15 minute Video & Lesson for Grades 6-8 This program examines inspirations for America's democracy and shows how they came to be embodied in the laws and government of the United States. Included are Judeo-Christian morality, the French Enlightenment, the English Parliamentary system, the Magna Carta, and the Mayflower Compact. The program explores the problems faced by the America's founders and some of the issues debated as the Constitution, the structure of the new government, and the Bill of Rights were hammered out.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

“Mr. Bones”
Have your students do the Human Skeleton Assembly Activity for teaching the skeletal system. It’s hands-on and fun for kids.
http://lhs.berkeley.edu/shockwave/bones.html
Physical Science

27 Tips for Parent Conferences
If your parent-teacher conferences are looming just on the horizon, no need to panic--help is on the way. Find twenty-seven tips here to steer you in the right direction and help you to be prepared.
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/packet/parent.html
Teacher Resources

300 Things to do on the 100th Day of School
The hundredth day of school is coming up, and if you're running out of fresh ideas on how to celebrate, find numerous creative suggestions here. Teacher submitted ideas reflect different grade levels, while you can find activities to celebrate as either individual classes or as an entire school.
http://users.aol.com/a100thday/ideas.html
Holiday Ideas

4Kids
This resource is a weekly publication that focuses on Web sites for students. It provides a starting place for teachers, librarians, and parents to launch kids safely on to the Internet.
http://www.4kids.org/
Teacher Resources

4Teachers
This site is a Web publication that will provide ready-to-go lessons, ideas for technology integration, and interviews with well-known leaders in k-12 technology. Other resources may be connected from this page such as Profiler, TrackStar, RubiStar, and more.
http://www.4teachers.org/
Teacher Resources

A Glossary of Theater Terms
Terminology for the theater from A-Z can be found at this site.
http://www.schoolshows.demon.co.uk/resources/technical/gloss1.htm
Theater

A Multicultural Thanksgiving
How do different cultures within your own community celebrate Thanksgiving? What kinds of different foods do they eat? Students will write up menus for Thanksgiving as celebrated by their own families, and locate on a map the regions where those foods are grown, or even where their family traditions come from.
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/passport/lessonplan/lessons/thanksgiving.html
Holiday Ideas

A Roadmap to the United States Constitution
This site is dedicated to providing students of all kinds with knowledge of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Find everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the U. S. Constitution.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/
Constitution Day

A to Z Teacher Stuff
More than 200 original lesson plans, 50+ teaching themes, resources for building thematic units & finding seasonal activities, teacher tips, discussion boards, articles, educational sites, reproducibles, and more. This site is appropriate for all grade levels.
http://atozteacherstuff.com
Teacher Resources

A. Pintura: Art Detective
This is an online game about art history and art composition. In the game, you play a 1940's noir detective with a degree in art history. A distraught woman asks you to identify the artist who made a painting she found in her grandfather's attic. To do so, you must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh. Each example highlights an art concept such as composition, style or subject. The story concludes with an appropriate noirish twist, as the woman's true identity and motives become apparent.
http://eduweb.com/pintura/
Visual Arts

A+ Math
Use this site to create interactive flashcards. It also has games, a homework helper, and help on advanced math problems.
http://www.aplusmath.com
Math

ABC Babysit.com
This site offers free printable activity pages for pre-school and early elementary kids, babysitters, teachers, parents, and grandparents. Included are color pages, mazes, word puzzles, forms, holiday activities and many craft projects. It’s great for home, daycare, and school use.
http://abcbabysit.com
Teacher Resources

ABC Teach
This site is a place to get ideas and it provides educationally sound suggestions that help with learning and teaching. It also has easy, online materials for immediate use to be printed directly from the screen; no downloads necessary.
http://abcteach.com/
Lesson Plan

About.Geography
With news and links to everything geography, topic areas include cartography, climate, time zones, and more. It’s a great resource site for teachers and students of all grade levels.
http://geography.miningco.com
Geography

Access Excellence: Resource Center
This resource allows educators to share ideas and information in an open forum. It contains lots of graphics and links to some great animations of life processes. Detailed lab and classroom exercises are also available, including links to other resources.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/
Physical Science

Activities for Kids
At this site, you will find several activities for kids of all ages. The activities are categorized by holiday, subject, age groups, etc.
http://www.activitiesforkids.com/
Teacher Resources

All About Bats
Print out bat anatomy pages, learn about vampire bats, download a connect-the-dot for bats, and learn about bat habitats and feeding habits.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/bat
Physical Science

Almost Painless Guide to the U.S.Constitution
21 minute video for Grades 3-5 Amusing co-hosts Harlan and Marie lead us step by step through the document that forms the basis of our governments. Students will earn about the ideals of American Constitutional government, the theory of the "We the People," and the concepts laid out by the Preamble. Discuss how the Constitution empowers the government to fulfill its responsibilities, while at the same time limiting those powers. The Bill of Rights and the amendments are also covered in detail.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

Amazing Space
Learn about various space topics at this site which contains web-based activities for the classroom.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Physical Science

Amending the Constitution: Why Change?
The U.S. Constitution, though it serves as the firm foundation for our system of government, incorporates a process for change and flexibility. This lesson allows students to investigate, analyze and simulate the amendment process that allows the Constitution to remain an evolving document as envisioned by the Framers. This is a secondary lesson and is part of the Youth Leadership Initiative. You must register at the site to be able to view the lesson plans. Registration is free.
http://www.youthleadership.net
Constitution Day

America At Its Best: The American Government
15 minute Video & Lesson for Grades 3-5 “This program begins with an introduction of how America began - Columbus's voyage to the New World, the establishment of the 13 colonies, and the colonies' struggle for independence - and then focuses on the make up of the American government. Why are rules important for a community? Why is organization important? Our government has guides and rules such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that protect Americans’ freedoms and rights. There are structures, such as the Supreme Court, Congress, and the executive branch of the government, that are set up to help keep America running successfully and smoothly. The structures and documents of the American government are made clear in ways children can understand.”
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

America’s Library
This Web site, brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is designed especially with young people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages. Students can also play games and solve mysteries.
http://www.americaslibrary.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Teacher Resources

American Folklore
This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States. You can read about all sorts of famous characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Jesse James, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and many more.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Literature and Language

American Library Association
This site provides excellent info for librarians, teachers, and students.
http://www.ala.org/
Teacher Resources

An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
Is the universe expanding? Could Mars possibly have supported life? Student planetary investigators can discover what we already know about space, and then explore the realm of science fiction in this Franklin Institute exhibit. They can also try their hand at writing science fiction pieces themselves in the writing labs, and then submit their work for online portfolios.
http://sln.fi.edu/planets/planets.html
Physical Science

Ancient Egypt
The London Museum hosts this feature on Ancient Egypt...you can find information on Egyptian life, gods and goddesses, mummification, pyramids and much more. Grade 5-12
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk
Geography

Animals of the World (especially for Elementary)
Elementary age students will enjoy this fun site devoted to birds, bugs, fish, furry critters and reptiles. Among other activities students can select questions to receive answers about mystery animals. They can play individually, with a group or as a whole class.
http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html
Physical Science

Artcyclopedia
Need information or pictures of art or artists. Use this searchable site that lists artists by name, artworks by title, and art museums by name/place. It also contains monthly features, art headline, and links to other art sites.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Visual Arts

Arts Edge: The Life Cycle -- Responsibilities And Privileges
High school students will use the Ages of Man soliloquy from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" to model their own monologue on the ages of humans, focusing on one stage of the life cycle. Several online resources are available to assist students. Final monologues will be presented to the class via the form of a chosen character, representative of their selected age.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curriculum.cfm?curriculum_id=440&mode=full
Social Studies

ArtsEdge
WebLinks is a directory of instructional resources available through other websites.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/weblinks/artsedge.html
Lesson Plan

ArtsEdNet
This site includes lesson plans, curriculum ideas, image galleries, highlighted topics, and more for art education.
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
Visual Arts

Ask Dr. Universe
This is a great resource for student research! Dr. Universe tackles all questions, not just science. She has a whole campus of experts to call on, experts in just about everything.
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html
Physical Science

AskEric Lesson Plans
This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world.
http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/
Lesson Plan

Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12
Topics such as space, weather, earth, and oceans are highlighted at this site. Each section provides instructional and resource materials, along with related links.
http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001
Physical Science

Awesome Library
The Awesome Library provides lots of categorized links to a variety of different resources, along with lesson plans and more. It also has different indexed doors for teachers, kids, teens, parents, librarians, or college students.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org
Lesson Plan

Bagheera: In the Wild
This site spotlights topics for the classroom concerning endangered species. It’s a good source to learn about species that are close to extinction and ones that are already vanished.
http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/
Physical Science

Barometer in a Jar
Students will start paying attention to the weather once they build and monitor their own weather measurement instruments. In this project, students will build a basic barometer, judging by the water levels whether to expect warmer or cooler weather.
http://www.madscience.org/Kids/Experiments/Experiment01/index.htm
Physical Science

Basket Math
Score a basket with your astounding math prowess in this interactive learning game. Math skills are covered from early elementary up to middle school.
http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI
Math

BBC Skillwise
BBC Skillswise enables adults to improve reading, writing and number skills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
Math

Ben and Jerry's Fall Fun
Planning some pumpkin activities in you classroom the Fall season? Here is a fun activity for the students to practice carving that jack-o-lantern before they dig in to the real thing! The site has virtual pumpkin carving!
http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/online/virtual_pumpkin
Holiday Ideas

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Ben’s Guide is a great website for students to learn about government. It’s interactive and fun for students of all ages.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
History

Better English
Do you want to have a Better English lesson sent to you by e-mail every week for a year? Are you looking for a great site for students to brush up on their English. Here you can sign up for 52 free mini English lessons. That's once a week for an entire year! Use more than 250 free exercises as a one computer classroom station. http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
http://www.better-english.com
Literature and Language

Bingo Cards
Not just for seasonal fun in the classroom--although you will definitely find a selection of these holiday cards as well--but also for learning to follow directions and recognizing numbers or letters, consider using Bingo as a learning tool. Here are several examples of progressively more complex cards to use with your class.
http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp
Teacher Resources

Bingo Cards for Every Occasion
Visit this site to retrieve Bingo cards for your class. Different holidays (Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc.) and different themes (Strawberry Shortcake, Nutrition, Animals, etc.) are provided to the viewer. These cards can be used to build and practice numerical recognition, concept recognition, or use the blank cards to build a set that correlated with your curriculum.
http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo2.asp
Teacher Resources

Biography.com
This web site offers interesting information and facts on historical figures and events that can be used for any subject area.
http://www.biography.com/
Teacher Resources

Biotech
This is an extensive resource site that includes a useful dictionary, chemical acronym databases, directories, educational guides, science resources, and articles.
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu
Physical Science

Black History from A to Z Teacher Stuff
Find various cross-curricular lessons for all ages ranging from Rosa Parks to the Civil Rights Movement, African American Inventors, and the Freedom Quilt.
http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Black_History/index.shtml
History

Black History: African American World
Welcome to the African American World for kids. Here you can meet kids, send mail, and play games such as matching the African American heroes with the event that made him famous.
http://pbskids.org/aaworld
History

Black History: Exploring Black Issues
This web site includes six links that models ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning. African-American History was chosen as a topic because of its importance, popularity and the wealth of Internet resources available on the topic. The site hopes to add to this richness are some specific strategies for integrating the Web into learning. So rather than merely send learners to a Web site, this site has arranged separate formats designed to support different kinds of learning.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
History

Blue Web’n
This is a library of learning sites. Each week they send out a weekly mailer which has new reviewed sites. The summary is clear and identifies lessons by content, subject and grade.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Lesson Plan

Book Making Unit for Second Grade
Ten activities support book making explorations in the elementary classroom. Students will participate in creative writing exercises based upon a Halloween theme, or create a riddle poem, a book of name and word portraits, an animal-themed ABC book, a class chapter book, or write entries for a log on "Life Aboard the Mayflower," for example. These lessons can be easily integrated using technology.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/97-98/97-98_units/97-98mini-unit/LCaravia_BookMaking/BookMaking.html
Literature and Language

Box of Crayons
Early elementary students will make the connection of how a box of crayons is more exciting with more colors, and how a wonderful variety of colors are part of our own human rainbow. It's a great little art project to help you celebrate Black History Month. A crayon template for this art exercise is included.
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/mlkjr_crayons.shtml
Visual Arts

Brain Pop
Brain Pop is a website that offers “short movies” for students to watch. There is large variety of subject area and grade level available. The “movies” are very informative and offer an online quiz at the end. You can view two a day in your classroom without subscribing to the service.
http://www.brainpop.com
Teacher Resources

Brentwood Union School District - Teacher Resources
The Brentwood Union School District site has a wonderful page full of teaching ideas and thematic Units for every month. It can be search by month or grade level. Prek-5
http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/busd/teacher/tsites.html
Teacher Resources

Brick By Brick Web Sites For Teachers
Eduscapes provides free online workshops for teachers who want to build Web pages to introduce visitors to classroom activities, link to online resources, publish student work, or share curriculum and other classroom information. The workshops feature many links to model school Web pages, free Web hosting services, and more.
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/brick/index.htm
Teacher Resources

Calcasieu Parish Grant Resources
Find information about grant availability for Calcasieu Parish schools and teachers. The district policy for grant submission can also be found here, along with grants already awarded in this parish.
http://www.cpsb.org/system/c&i/grants/index.htm
Teacher Resources

Calculus @ Internet
Find all math topics at this web site, complete with web links to more topics.
http://www.calculus.net/
Math

CanTeach
Find links to elementary resources and more at this site, with links to many more.
http://www.canteach.ca/index.html
Teacher Resources

CanTeach: A List Of Ways To Encourage Good Behaviors
Color cards in student name pockets will provide immediate feedback to students on how they are doing in the classroom, while hole punch cards can be kept and punched for rewards. Marble jars again give immediate visual stimuli for cooperatively working toward a whole class reward. Find these and other systems explained for encouraging better behavior in the elementary classroom.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/classman1.html
Teacher Resources

CBT (Classroom Based Technology) Project
Find lesson plans, resources, and rubrics created by teachers in Calcasieu Parish through this project. Elementary, middle, and high school lessons are available in a variety of subject areas.
http://www.cpsb.org/resources/cbt/index.htm
Lesson Plan

Celebrate Dr. Suess
With the celebration of Dr. Seuss’ Birthday on March 2, this is a site of resources and interactive games. Another site as a resource for Dr. Seuss lesson plans can be found at: http://www.auburn.wednet.edu/homepages/ilalko/Seuss.htm
http://www.seussville.com/university/reading
Literature and Language

Change Maker
Are you trying to teach the value of a dollar? Students will try to get as much money in their piggy banks as they can--but first they have to give the answers for the correct change. Choose both your level of difficulty and your monetary system.
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
Math

Chem4Kids
At this children’s chemistry site, students will find interactive discussions on general topics of matter, elements, atoms, math, and reactions, with a short quiz after each. There are also links to Biology4Kids, Geography4Kids, and Physics4Kids.
http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Physical Science

Chem4Kids – Matter Lesson
This is a great site for science of all kinds, but this particular lesson focuses on matter. Matter, matter, everywhere, and many solutions to drink...Stop by for more than a drop at this fascinating resource on Chemistry for Kids. Learn both the physical and the chemical properties of matter on this tour through the atoms, compounds, elements, and the periodic table. Quizzes and card sets are available under Activities on page bottom.
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
Physical Science

Chemistry: Web Elements
This periodic table highlights all the elements in detail and outlines both technical and educational concepts.
http://www.webelements.com/
Physical Science

CHEMystery
This is a virtual chemistry book, and it provides an interactive guide for high school students. It also contains additional links to other resources.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/
Physical Science

ChildFun
This website has a variety of fingerplays, songs, game ideas and art activities that can be used in the Preschool classroom daily. It’s a great website for tips on teaching the younger children!
http://childfun.com/
Teacher Resources

Children’s creative Theater Guide
This page opens curtains to historical aspects, fun games, and acting techniques.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5291/
Theater

Children’s Music Web
Educators, parents, and children can access a free newsletter, Web Guides, a concert calendar, and music education information, and even hear songs at this site.
http://www.childrensmusic.org
Music

Christmas Around the World
This site is full of information on how Christmas is celebrated world-wide. Click on a Continent on the interactive map or the linked list. There are recipes, music, and more. There are also links to the various Christmas symbols. Visit a different country everyday to find out how different cultures celebrate.
http://www.christmas.com/worldview
Holiday Ideas

Christmas Lesson Plans
There are lots of great lessons plans that incorporate a holiday theme at this web site.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Christmas.htm
Holiday Ideas

Christmas Playdough Ornaments
With a recipe for holiday playdough--color your batches red and green accordingly--you will only need cookie cutters to make some very special little ornaments, a great craft activity for younger students.
http://www.merry-christmas.com/activity_5.htm
Holiday Ideas

Christmas Virtual Field Trip
Targeted mainly for 3rd through 6th grade, this field trip visits sites that show how the holiday is celebrated around the world, provides some tongue twisters, a Christmas quiz, Christmas carols and their lyrics, and more.
http://www.tramline.com/cross/xmas/index.htm
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: A Worldwide Christmas Calendar
Students love this online Christmas calendar, which each year reveals a story on how children around the world celebrate Christmas.
http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/calendar.html
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: Create an Early Reader Winter Book
Print out the nine pages for this gingerbread man book, where your students will be learning the various clothing articles to dress their gingerbread man for the winter. Sentences accompany each page if you wish to have your advanced students practice their writing skills.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/body/gingerbreadclothes
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" CyberGuide
Try Charles Dickens' classic novel, "A Christmas Carol", as a wonderful reading project for your December plans. Find teaching resources here, with excellent student activities to further explore the fine craftsmanship of this novel, and to compare Christmas traditions now to those in Victorian times.
http://www.nashville-schools.davidson.k12.tn.us/CyberGuides/CC/ChristmasCarol.html
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: Gingerbread Boys and Girls
These gingerbread people can easily be made out of construction paper, instead of the usual stiff dough. A template is included, and early elementary students can individualize their own gingerbread person to add to the line in your classroom.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/gingerbreadstring
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: Holidays Around the World
Introduce the many, many festivals of December and winter around the world. This site includes excellent activities --and related recipes, songs, games, and crafts--for exploring Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas in Germany and England, Diwali, and Santa Lucia.
http://www.hummingbirded.com/holidays_around_world.html
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: No Bake Gingerbread Houses
These colorful and frosty gingerbread houses are put together with graham crackers. The usual assortment of decorations go on too, of course. Find instructions and tips here.
http://www.usacitylink.com/citylink/xmas/ginger
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: Reindeer Ornaments
These clothespin ornaments are adorable--and easy to make. Get some googly eyes for a special touch; add a ribbon to hang as an ornament.
http://kinderart.com/seasons/reindeer.shtml
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: Stained Glass Ornaments
Not really stained glass, but the results certainly produce those effects. Students will trace a design on plastic wrap and color it in with permanent markers. See further instructions here for these dramatic ornaments.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/sglass.html
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: The Story and Music of The Nutcracker
How many of your students have an annual tradition of attending the Nutcracker ballet? How many have seen the Nutcracker on television, if they haven't attended a live performance? And finally, if you still have negative replies to the first two questions, then how many students left know of the Nutcracker ballet and/or story? Chances are quite high that your students are familiar with this holiday tale. This site offers photos of the ballet performance, with midi files of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Miniature Overview. Share this classic with your students, using the files and movies, as well as the background text offered here.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/music1/nutcracker.html
Holiday Ideas

Christmas: The Twelve Days of Christmas Lesson Plan
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS LESSON PLAN: Just exactly how much did all those birds, pipers, dancers, drummers, and lords-a-leaping cost the sender? Students will use a graphing worksheet and a data cost sheet to compute the cost of all the items received during the Twelve Days of Christmas. A student worksheet is included.
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~judyann/LP/lessons/12.days.html
Holiday Ideas

Cinema
This interactive site sets in motion the creative process of filmmaking. It includes activities such as writing a segment of a scene and managing production of a film.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/
Visual Arts

Class Reader
This link has over 1300 full text titles including works by Mark Twain, D.H. Lawrence, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Longfellow, Rudyard Kipling, and many more. The titles are divided into 7 categories, including Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children, Poetry and others. There are even plays by Chekhov and Moliere with full dialogue and stage direction.
http://www.classicreader.com/
Literature and Language

ClassBrain.com
Find information for teachers, students, and parents at this site. It is full of teacher tools, links to other teacher sites, monthly ideas for special events, and fundraising ideas. It also contains articles on family life, safety tips, and more. The site also contains pages especially for PreK, elementary, and teens. Homework Help is also available.
http://www.classbrain.com
Teacher Resources

CNN – Technology:Space
CNN’s Sci-Tech space page showcases numerous features, including extensive information, links to official NASA sites, interactive quizzes, and coverage of space science and exploration.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/
Physical Science

CNN Student News
CNN Student News has revamped its Web site, CNNStudentNews.com. The new design provides streamlined navigation and more in-depth teaching tools, making the site easier to use in the classroom. CNN Student News is a no-cost, commercial-free educational program for middle and high schools that airs on "CNN Headline News" and the Web.
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/index.html
Student Resources

CNN’s All Politics
This site will help students and educators keep abreast of politics, government, and current events.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
Social Studies

Conserving Water Puts Money in Your Pocket
In Conserving Water Puts Money in Your Pocket, sixth grade students find ways to cut water usage in their homes as part of a global effort to reduce water consumption. To add to the real world meaning of the project, the students are told they will receive 50 percent of the money they save on their family's water bill in the first month of implementation. Project creators Dennis Day and Kathy Johnson identified science and economics standards for the students to work on, but math or writing goals can also be emphasized. In addition, this project is designed to help students master one of the ISTE technology standards.
http://ttt.pugetsoundcenter.org/projects/2003/t2ci03030/weblesson.htm
Physical Science

Cool Science for Curious Kids
This site features five activities adapted from science and childrens’ museums. They highlight interesting topics for kids.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Physical Science

Courageous Colonists
Three components to this lesson plan introduce students to famous colonists. They will research one of them, dress in costume, and present an oral report. They will also give clues about their colonists to e-pals, filling in an American Flag template with a star or a stripe each time they correctly identify a clue.
http://etc.sccoe.org/I99/CorcolH.htm
History

Crayola Creativity
Crayola Creativity features art information, art techniques, and lesson plans to make coloring in the classroom fun.
http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
Visual Arts

Create a Menorah
Cardboard rolls and colored tissue paper will suffice to create this wonderful holiday craft. Using the multicultural holidays link, above, you can explore the traditions and stories of Chanukah, and then make your own classroom menorah.
http://kinderart.com/seasons/dec5.shtml
Holiday Ideas

Creative Drama
Find resources on creative drama and theater education. There is also a section of ideas for the classroom.
http://www.creativedrama.com
Theater

Cyberguides
Literary cyberguides that provide a great array of leveled books, all partnered with various learning and extension activities catered for grades K-3, 4-6, 6-8, and 9-12.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Literature and Language

D&W 's Teacher Spot
Teaching ideas for language arts, science, math, and history can be found here, along with information on educational software, role playing, computers in the classroom, and more. Clip art, educational links, and other teacher resources.
http://www.theteacherspot.com
Teacher Resources

Developing Homework Policies
This article examines research findings concerning the effectiveness of assigning student homework, how to best implement a policy structure, what kind of time should be allotted for homework, and how to develop appropriate assignments.
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed256473.html
Teacher Resources

Dictionary.com
This site offers the same service as Word-A-Day, but the special word will be highlighted in literature, newspapers, magazines, and other published sources. A daily crossword and word search puzzles are also offered.
http://dictionary.reference.com
Literature and Language

Dinosaurs
Is there a kid alive that doesn't love Dinosaurs? Looking for a good research project? Dinosaur World offers all the info you would want to know about dinosaurs in one place. Students can search for information and then create on the projects listed on the site to display all the great info they collected! K-5
http://www.gigglepotz.com/dino1.htm
History

Discovery
This site has numerous links and information to various topics.
http://www.discovery.com/
Teacher Resources

Discovery School: The Teacher Channel
Teachers can use lesson plans from this site, as well as brain boosters, puzzlemaker, quiz center, and a worksheet generator.
http://school.discovery.com/teachers/
Lesson Plan

Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker
Create puzzles easily online with a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Teacher Resources

Early Childhood Today
Early Childhood Today is one of the leading magazines for early childhood educators... unmatched research, teaching tips, activities, management strategies, and technology updates... a must for all early childhood professionals. You can choose to subscribe to the magazine or utilize the free articles listed each month.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/ect/index.htm
Teacher Resources

Easter: EGG ART
Learn how to create an eggshell mosaic, paint your own eggshell animals, make egg tempera paints, and and blow out uncooked eggs for your art projects.
http://www.canadaegg.ca/english/child/decorate.html
Holiday Ideas

Easter: EGG CARTON CATERPILLAR
Supplement your class reading of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" with this art activity, and use the science suggestion to include a lesson plan on metamorphosis.
http://www.kinderart.com/across/eggcaterpillar.shtml
Holiday Ideas

Easter: EGG CARTON CRITTERS
Once you've eaten all those green eggs, what to do with those egg cartons? Why, create egg carton critters of course, and here are the instructions to show you how.
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/titles/greeneggs/critters.html
Holiday Ideas

Echo and the Bat
Make the holiday theme relevant to Louisiana curriculum standards and benchmarks. Join Echo the Bat and his online adventures, encouraging comprehension, communication, and further research about this unique animal. The phenomenon known as echolocation is well covered in this story.
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html
Holiday Ideas

Ecological Footprint Quiz
This website will help answer this question. The Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.
http://www.myfootprint.org
Physical Science

Ed Heads
A great site for kids learning about simple machines. It includes a Teacher Guide and online activities.
http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/start_year/
Math

Ed Helper
This site has lesson plans for all age levels and subjects for school age children. It boasts 11016 Lesson Plans, 1223 WebQuests, 5000 Free Worksheet Generators, 1600 Word and Critical Thinking Problems, and Exams and Puzzles for Standardized Tests.
http://edhelper.com/
Lesson Plan

EDSITEment – The Best of the Humanities on the Web
This comprehensive humanities resource site features lesson plans for literature and lets you link on to the best resource sites on the web. There are also lessons for Art & Culture, Foreign Language, and History & Social Studies.
http://edsitement.neh.gov
Literature and Language

Edsitement: The Constititon of the United States
September 17th is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 when the Founding Fathers signed one of America’s most important documents. The United States Constitution is the oldest written national constitution still in operation, and many of the nations that have established themselves in the decades since that day in 1787 have turned to this document as a model for their own constitutions. As a document which defines the structure of our Federal government and delineates the rights of the states within the union, and individual citizens within the nation, the Constitution has become a symbol to Americans and to the world of the American government and way of life. What better way to celebrate this important document, its place within our society, and within our history, than to investigate the words of this document up close. Teachers, parents, caregivers, and students, jump on board for a tour of the United States Constitution! Lessons are organized by grade level.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=96
Constitution Day

Education First: Black History Activities
Visit this site to find many activities for Black History Month. Find lots of additional links through a Hotlist, an interactive treasure hunt and quiz, web quests, videoconferencing events and more.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
History

Education Journals
Education Journals is an annotated database for K-12 and teacher educators designed to provide K-12 professional staff and teacher education faculty with a searchable database of English language print and electronic journals focused on K-12 education and professional staff preparation. The annotations and Internet links provided for each title are designed to assist the target audience in identifying professional titles of interest. The database may also be used as a collection development tool and instructional resource by library staff providing professional development services to K-12 and teacher educators.
http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3102/
Teacher Resources

Education Place
Find resources for elementary-school teachers, students, and parents at this site which includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers. Teachers can also find a searchable activity database and educational games.
http://www.eduplace.com/
Lesson Plan

Education World
Not only will lesson plans be found at this site, but there are also tons of resources a teacher or an administrator can use. It has sub plans, book report ideas, webquests, classroom timelines, and many more teacher and classroom ideas. Educational headlines and additional links are another special feature.
http://www.education-world.com
Lesson Plan

Education World: A Black History Scavenger Internet Hunt
Any teacher can use this Internet Scavenger Hunt, which has four different hunts for students of all ages. Answers to the "Treasure Hunts" are available at the site, along with printable worksheets and live links to biographies.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson052.shtml
History

Education World: Black History
Numerous grade-appropriate lessons may be found here. Create poems, study the history, take an Underground Railroad tour, or engage in a scavenger hunt. Additional sites to research several of the topics are also available.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/black_history.shtml
History

EdWeb
With EdWeb, you can hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom, and much, much more.
http://www.edwebproject.org/
Teacher Resources

EdWeek
This is an online newspaper published for educators. Keep abreast on the latest news and trends in education. It also has an option to search archived documents and articles as a great resource for professional readings. This is a great resource for Professional Development.
http://www.edweek.org/
Teacher Resources

Elementary Brain Teasers
This AWESOME site offers a wide selection of problems to solve, covering all mathematical topics. The only drawback is that there are no solutions given, but students can submit their answers via email for evaluation.
http://www.olemiss.edu/mathed/brain/brainold.htm
Math

Elementary Test Preparation
This site was put together by teaching professionals to help students and teachers gain more information and preparation for standardized testing. Each testing area provides lessons, practice activities, teacher resources, and sometimes literature tie-ins. Click on the subject area that you are interested in to find the tutorials and practices pages for that content. If you are looking for a specific topic you can use the search feature for the particular skill that you need help with.
http://www.oswego.org/testprep
Teacher Resources

ENC Online
ENC Online is a K-12 math and science teacher center. Visit Classroom Calendar, Digital Dozen, ENC Focus, or Lessons & Activities. Or just Ask ENC anything you want to know.
http://www.goenc.com
Math

Enchanted Learning
This site produces children's educational web sites and games which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Teacher Resources

Encyclopedia Mythica
This online encyclopedia finds information on mythology, folklore, and legends.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Literature and Language

ePALS
ePALS welcomes students of all ages and all countries to participate in a new project that begins in September of 2002! The Way We Are - A Global Exchange Project
http://www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/?cida_280x60_en.gif
Teacher Resources

EServer.org: Accessible Writing
Over 20,000 articles and files ranging from poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and more can be found here. It also has links to worldwide library catalogues, academic journals, and popular magazines, and much more.
http://www.eserver.org
Literature and Language

Explore The Fantastic Forest
Students can explore the plants and animals that call this habitat their home. The website offers a panoramic view of the forest, and the students just click on the trees, or following the one sentence prompt to navigate and collect information and images.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forest/index.html
Physical Science

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Take a look at a number of great civilizations of old, including Egypt, Rome, and the Islamic world. It also has timelines, texts, and historical information.
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
World Cultures

Exploring Rhyme
With internet resources, explore the world of nursery rhymes, rhyming games, and poetry through a wide variety of samples. Find a Rhyme Machine, A Pocketful of Rhymes, Silly Stories, Barking Spiders, and more.
http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Poetry_Rhyme/PR_1.asp
Literature and Language

Exploring the Bill of Rights for the 21st Century
Essential to the study of American democracy is a careful examination of the enumerated freedoms and liberties found in the Bill of Rights. Using music, art, and a simulation role play as conduits for understanding, this lesson requires students to analyze the language of the Bill of Rights and apply it?s principals to everyday life. This may be used as a stand alone lesson in a Foundations of American Democracy unit, in conjunction with a second YLI Lesson, Amending the Constitution, or as a gateway lesson to a unit on civil liberties. This is a secondary lesson and is part of the Youth Leadership Initiative. You must register at the site to be able to view the lesson plans. Registration is free.
http://www.youthleadership.net
Constitution Day

Eyes on Art
This site not only promotes awareness and appreciation for art, but it also contains a detailed teacher’s guide and a visual glossary where you view painting while learning about art elements.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html
Visual Arts

Eyewitness History
This site takes a look at major events in history through the eyes of eyewitnesses, using personal letters and essays, from the Ancient World to the present.
http://www.ibiscom.com
History

Famous Trials
Looking for a great site for a research project? Famous Trials gives information about some of the most famous trials in history, including the Lincoln Conspiracy, the trials of Oscar Wilde and the Lenny Bruce trial. Appropriate for grades 9-12.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
History

Favorite Character Trading Cards
A character card template is available with this lesson activity, whereby children are introduced to evaluating characters through a familiar trading card game--a very savvy idea to help motivate young readers.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/motivate/charactercards.htm
Literature and Language

Favorite Thanksgiving Foods
Poll your students on their favorite Thanksgiving foods, and then introduce your class to various ways of graphing the results--line, bar, and pictographs, for instance.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathMDGraphFavThanksgivingFoodsK1.htm
Holiday Ideas

February Clip Art
You can use this FREE February clipart at home or at school! Use it to spruce up newsletters, bulletin boards, hand-outs, or Web sites.
http://www.apte.com/clipart/months/february.cfm
Teacher Resources

Fifty Fun Ways to Improve Reading Skills
Under "Artistic Endeavors", try making a letter collage to match the book you are reading, or to encourage development of phonics and word skills for emergent readers. For students in third grade, make your collages a study in character or setting. Dictionary games, comic strip puzzles, treasure hunts, time capsules, card catalogs, friendship recipes... Find numerous other ways to help improve reading skills with these creative activities.
http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,23-16986,00.html#homework
Literature and Language

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus Resource Page
Everything for Finite Math and Calculus can be found here including online tutorials, review exercises, and quizzes.
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/index.html
Math

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus Resource Page
Everything for Finite Math and Calculus can be found here including online tutorials, review exercises, and quizzes.
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/index.html
Math

Five Little Caterpillars
Practice counting to five with this cute poem for pre-schoolers to learn and recite. You can make finger puppets with this exercise, or create your own caterpillars by stuffing old socks and wrapping a few rubber bands around the caterpillar body at regular intervals. Add a couple of googly eyes and you have a caterpillar to act our your poem.
http://www.underfives.co.uk/catpoem.html#five/little/caterpillars
Math

Fizzics Fizzle
This is an online physics tool that covers topics for the beginner as well as advanced. It also contains games and fun stuff on cool topics.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16600/
Physical Science

Flashcard Exchange
Flashcard Exchange lets users review online, download, or print over 20,000 flashcards. Flashcard categories include: Early Childhood (Pre-K), Early Elementary K-2, Upper Elementary 3-5, Middle School 6-8, High School 9-12, Higher Education, Information Technology, Languages, Sciences, Miscellaneous, Trivia and Trade Schools. Create or choose from existing flashcards.
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/index.php
Teacher Resources

Forum Romanum
Take a look at the complete Roman history. It has a virtual tour of the city, a historical index, biographies, mythology, and more.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/rome.html
History

Foundations of American Government
This is an elementary lesson. This lesson provides students with a working definition of government and to recognize its purpose. This lesson will help students not only conceptualize government, but also envision what society would be like in the absence of an organized system of governance. This lesson is part of the Youth Leadership Initiative. You must register at the site to be able to view the lesson plans. Registration is free.
http://www.youthleadership.net
Constitution Day

Founding of Our Federal Government
20 minute Video & Lesson for Grades 2-5 “While George Washington was leading the Continental Army against the British, Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence, the document that would be used to declare America's separation from England. Meet these two men and others who played a critical role in the planning and establishment of the United States government and its three branches. Explore the country's Constitution and the relatively few changes made to it in the ensuing centuries.”
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

Four Nets for Better Searching
We've all struggled to find the right web site! This site walks you through the sometimes tricky process of queries and searches.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
Teacher Resources

Fresh Baked Fractions
Funbrain.com has a great interactive activity for students to practice fraction equivalents. The word on the street is that Fraction Jackson is a dog who loves pie (pi?). If you answer 24 problems correctly, you can put your name on Jackson's list of Master Pie Bakers. There are also several differnt difficulty levels. Grades 3-8
http://www.funbrain.com/fract/index.html
Math

Frogland!!!
This site is extremely beneficial to study about various types of common frogs and toads. It gives information in such a manner that younger, as well as older, children can relate to the subject. It also has super links to other sites on frogs as well as toads.
http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml
Physical Science

Froguts
If you are studying frogs (amphibians), visit this website. Students can watch you virtually dissect a frog.
http://www.froguts.com
Physical Science

Funbrain.com
Batter up, play a little math baseball and test your math smarts at all levels with this mind-exercising site.
http://www.funbrain.com/math/
Math

Gadget Anatomy
Let your students test their knowledge of machines by identifying the various mechanisms at play in this interactive quiz. If they get stuck, they can link to The Inventor's Toolbox to complete an illustrated reading selection on all simple machines.
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html
Physical Science

Gale Group
Gale Group Resources houses a library of age-appropriate comprehensive, cross-curricular reference sources for school and public libraries. It provides an expansive collection specifically designed to meet the needs of all students, featuring thousands of overview essays, critical analysis, biographies, timelines, and multimedia elements.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itk12/lap10cps
Student Resources

Garden Crafts
There are some really cute garden-themed crafts and projects here to consider doing with your preschool class for spring. Try making your own seed packets--either using magazine photo collages or drawing and designing your own, or create some popsicle stick plant markers with colored fun foam and markers.
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/garden_crafts.html#
Visual Arts

General Chemistry Online
This online resource contains hyperlinked notes and guides, articles, tutorials, and a crosslinked collection of over 6oo chemical terms.
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Physical Science

Genetic Science Learning Center
This site has some great info on DNA replication, transcription, translation and good animations. Stem Cells are also well explained. Grades 9-12
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu
Physical Science

Geo Teacher’s Geography Classroom
This site serves as a good link page with different sections designed for geography teachers, students, and their parents. Great links include a section of “Country Studies” listing cultural geography sites for just about every country you can think of.
http://home.att.net/~geographyclassroom/home.html
Geography

GeoBee Challenge Online
Five new quiz questions are posted everyday from the National Geography Bee so students can take the challenge.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/
Geography

Geography World
Geography World features a large collection of resources and links for geography teachers and students at all levels. It covers things like erosion, ecosystems, populations, and conservation.
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Geography

Globe Teacher Newsletter
Weekly Educator's Newsletter Serving 146,000 Teachers in over 150 countries. Find the Latest Theme Units, Lesson Plans, Teacher Tools, Worksheets and much more. They will deliver the newsletter directly to you via e-mail weekly.
http://www.globeteacher.com
Lesson Plan

Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
This site includes detailed graphics and explanations, as well as formal breakdowns of terms and applications.
http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/graphics.html
Math

Guide to Grammar and Writing
This site breaks down lessons into grammar, sentence, and essay sections. It also contains over 170 interactive quizzes. There are several introductory PowerPoint presentations as well.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Literature and Language

Halloween Poetry
Find a word bank here and a cat and cauldron to whip up some Halloween poetry brews. Print out the page for final copies of your students' poems.
http://abcteach.com/Hallowee/poemform.htm
Holiday Ideas

Halloween Story Planner
Who will your main characters be for your Halloween story? What will their conflict involve? What main events will center around them? And what will your setting be like? Use this printable planner to get your students all set up for a boo-tiful Halloween story.
http://www.abcteach.com/Halloween/storyplanner.htm
Holiday Ideas

Halloween Writing Prompts
Need some good story starters for Halloween? See if you can find the magic brew here, with several good themed sentence or story prompts.
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/hhouse.htm
Holiday Ideas

Happy Halloween Bookmarks
Use these bookmarks for a reading and writing theme for the month of October, or offer them as special treats on cardstock for trick-or-treaters in your classroom.
http://www.abcteach.com/bookmarks/halloween.htm
Holiday Ideas

Heroes Webquest
Students are challenged to define, "What makes a hero?" and using online resources, to select someone that they would choose as Hero of the Past Century. Completed projects will include a Hero Want Ad, an essay, and a PowerPoint presentation.
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/lcooper/wpheroesmenu.htm
History

Houghton Mifflin
Pre-K-8 elementary educational resources for teachers, students, and parents.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/hmm/g_3.html
Math

Houghton Mifflin’s Social Studies Center
Students, teachers, and parents are provided with K-8 resources. Special features include a current events section, outline maps, an interactive geography game and more.
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/index.html
Social Studies

How Cars Work
Here is an interactive learning tool for students to explore car anatomy, learning how it all comes together to make a car work.
http://www.jiffylube.com/howcarswork/HowCarsWork.aspx
Physical Science

Hubble Space Station
Are you gearing up for a unit of Space Study? This site offers a fantastic movie of the best pictures taken from the Hubble Telescope. You’ll need your Flash players for it. Appropriate for all grade levels.
http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm
Physical Science

I Hear America Singing
Learn about song and music through the epochs in American History. There are bibliographic profiles on composers and other artists relevant to American music. A Songbook link contains the words of well-known songs and recorded performances by world class musicians.
http://www.thirteen.org/ihas/essay.html
Music

I Love That Teaching Idea!
Join thousands of teachers who enjoy reviewing new ideas, worksheets and reproducibles.
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com
Teacher Resources

Ice Breakers
These sites offer a variety of strategies that will help your students to get to know each other. http://atozteacherstuff.com/tips/Back_to_School/Icebreakers-Getting_Acquainted
http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/ice_breakers/
Teacher Resources

Imagining D-Day: The History Behind Private Ryan
Britannica Online’s companion piece to the film Saving Private Ryan, this site contains info and resources about the invasion, from the buildup to the inland fighting.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/rome.html
History

Index of Native American Resources
Find out about the culture, history, art, and more of Native American Indians.
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
World Cultures

Instructional Strategies for Writing
Find several resources to build instructional units for writing assignments for your middle and high school classes. The writing process is explained, along with assessments for the different developmental stages of writing, pre-writing activities, and strategies for considering format, audience, and genre. Also find tips for peer and teacher conferences, and checklists for writing-in-progress.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/write.html
Literature and Language

Interactive Calendar
With this online tool for teachers, you can enter in your appointments and have them printed on the calendar grid for the month you choose. Beautiful illustrations for each month are provided by author/illustrator Jan Brett. Use the 2nd URL above for entering in your own data to the calendar grid. http://www.janbrett.com/calendar/calendar1.php4
http://www.janbrett.com/interactive_calendar/interactive_calendar_main.htm
Teacher Resources

Interactive Websites
Interactive Websites provide standards-based cross curricular web resources designed to enhance online learning opportunities.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm
Math

Internet Search Tips Article
Do your students conduct research on the Internet? Do they ever have trouble differentiating between valid information from a respected source and personal opinion, disguised as 'official' research? Do you? This article from the Tom Snyder Productions eNews has several tips to help you with this dilemma.
http://www.tomsnyder.com/enews/articles/2002-09-A.asp
Teacher Resources

Invention at Play
This is a great place for students to explore higher order thinking skills. Test your problem-solving abilities with fun puzzles. Use your powers of make-believe to conjure up a cloud of your own design. Build a track for a ball by tinkering with everyday objects. Add your own creativity by adding to others creative stories. Appropriate for Grades 1-5.
http://inventionatplay.org/index.html
Teacher Resources

Investigating the First Thanksgiving
What really happened during the first Thanksgiving between the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims? How long did their celebration last, and what foods were really served? Meet two youths whose ancestors attended this historic feast, and learn to distinguish between fact and myth, and how to fairly interpret historic events. A teacher's guide is included with this interactive online learning exhibit (complete with teacher instructional video).
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html
Holiday Ideas

Investigating the First Thanksgiving
What really happened during the first Thanksgiving between the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims? How long did their celebration last, and what foods were really served? Meet two youths whose ancestors attended this historic feast, and learn to distinguish between fact and myth, and how to fairly interpret historic events. A teacher's guide is included with this interactive online learning exhibit (complete with teacher instructional video).
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html
History

Kartoo
Check out this website search engine, it uses a graphical display to help users search for more information.
http://www.kartoo.com
Teacher Resources

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock’s site is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Teacher Resources

Kid’s Domain
This is a great website for early childhood teachers. I t has lots of ideas and activities that are arranged in thematic units. Excellent source!
http://www.kidsdomain.com/
Teacher Resources

Kids Do Ecology
Use this site for kids to study marine ecology and basic science with activities, projects, data, and graphing lessons.
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
Physical Science

Kids Online Resource
Need great resources from K- College? Kids Online Resources is a great site filled with tons a information for all ages. This resource is a safe place to search for a variety of topics and subject areas. It even has Internet search tips. Check it out!
http://www.kidsolr.com/
Research

Kids Web Japan
Introduce kids to Japanese history, culture, religion, geography, government, and more. For older students to study Japan, use the following URL: http://www.jinjapan.org/
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/
World Cultures

KidsKonnect
A fantastic website for kids, parents and teachers, this source of information is readily available because of its alphabetized lists and subject index. It is created and maintained by educators, and it is totally kid safe.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/
Teacher Resources

Kidspiration Templates
Kidspiration Math Templates
http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/mctm/kidspiration.html
Math

Kidspiration Templates
The site has a large section of pre-made Kidspiration templates and graphic organizers to download and use in your classroom. Pre-K to 5th grade.
http://www.globalclassroom.org/together/kidspiration.html
Teacher Resources

Kidspired Tales
This site has templates and projects ready to use in your classroom with Kidspiration. There are links to other sites and classrooms. Also, you have the opportunity to participate in projects with other schools. Pre-K-3
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/kidspired2002/samples.html
Teacher Resources

Kidzone Fun Facts for Kids
A great resource for kids that explains why leaves change color in the fall.
http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/autumn1.htm
Physical Science

KinderArt
For a vast collection of art lessons, activities, resources for teachers, a newsletter and educational information, link onto this site.
http://www.kinderart.com
Visual Arts

Know Play?
This website contains several reference materials on one page which makes the research very fast!
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
Teacher Resources

Kwanzaa Mini Unit
What is Kwanzaa and how did this celebration originate? Students in second and third grade will be introduced to this holiday, along with its important celebrations and activities. They will be drawing a picture and telling a story about their own favorite holiday, creating holiday charts, identifying Kwanzaa symbols, looking at foods, and reflecting upon their goals for the new year.
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-S2002/stoddard/stoddard.html.htm
Holiday Ideas

Kwanzaa: A Kwanzaa Workbook
Kwanzaa is a fairly recent addition to the American holidays celebrated in December, but it is one that has fast gained popularity and customs in recent years. Students can follow the directions at this site for creating their own Kwanzaa workbook; symbols or stickers are included.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/kwanzaa/book.htm
Holiday Ideas

LACoast
Find information on the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands and the serious plight of the “fragile fringe.”
http://www.lacoast.gov/
Social Studies

Learn Spanish
This site is useful in all aspects of Spanish Language instruction. It contains practice exercises, quizzes, explanations and instructions, helpful for both teachers and students.
http://www.studyspanish.com/
Foreign Language

Learning Page
Learning Page is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional material for you to download and print. Lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more can be found on the site. Appropriate for Prek-5.
http://www.learningpage.com
Lesson Plan

Learning Planet
A free math facts practice game to play online.
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/sm/index.asp
Math

Lesson Plans Page
Find a collection of over 1,500 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, along with educational activities to use.
http://lessonplanspage.com/
Lesson Plan

LessonPlanz
Use this searchable directory of free online lesson plans and lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects.
http://lessonplanz.com/
Lesson Plan

Let’s Go! Around the World
This is a fun and very informative global exploration site. Take online adventures to the Amazon rain forest, Africa and the Canadian Arctic. Visit the Teacher Resources to find more activities.
http://www.ccph.com
World Cultures

Library Spot
This wonderful site is great for research. It contains online libraries of all kinds, a reference desk, a reading room, and countless other resources for all.
http://libraryspot.com/
Teacher Resources

Life In The Middle Ages
Students are invited to get hands-on with these project suggestions for the Middle Ages. Use the 3rd URL to build a catapult; other links needed for student research are included with the webquest. The lesson provides multiple project choices. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb http://www.glenn.cockwell.com/scouting/scouting_catapult1.html
http://www.ssec.org/hingham/hhs/library/Medieval_Home2
History

Listening and Comprehension Skills Online
Use RealPlayer for this huge collection of online listening and reading exercises, with quizzes included. The collection, originally targeted to ESL classes, can be an excellent tool for reinforcing student reading and listening comprehension skills for standardized test prep and practice. Entries are organized along easy, medium, difficult, and very difficult categories in this cyber-lab.
http://www.esl-lab.com
Test Prep

Lonely Planet
A great resource for world geography teachers, this site gives information about every country in the world including food, festivals, culture, and history. It tells you how much the dollar is worth and how much it costs to go to a country. It has great pictures and a collection of experiences written by people who have traveled to particular countries. It will also list travel warnings issued by the State Department, environmental issues and health concerns. It takes some time in learning your way around the website, but it is worth it.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Geography

Lonely Planet: Country Tours
Geared towards upper elementary students through high school, this section of Lonely Planet is filled with geographic maps, information, and PowerPoint to enliven the place of your choice.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
Geography

Louisiana 101
This site was created by our Greg English at Oak Park Middle. It is full of lesson ideas for 7th grade Louisiana History teachers. Plus, it contains great links to sites, topics, and chapter-related materials.
http://www.louisiana101.com
History

Louisiana Schools
This site has a wealth of information from test data to school report cards. For those of you involved in the school improvement plan and/or SACS for your school, this site is very beneficial.
http://www.louisianaschools.net
Teacher Resources

Luminarium
Serving as a steppingstone into English literature, this site has extensive information on writers during the medieval, renaissance, and 17th century periods.
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
Literature and Language

MacKay's Color Wheel
Teaching the color wheel? Check out this color wheel that a group of tenth-graders in an Hypermedia class created. Great for all grade levels.
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/mackay/wheel/
Visual Arts

Making Connections Website
Making Connections is an electronic resource center that serves as “a one stop shop” for instructional materials that enhance teaching, learning, and technology opportunities in Louisiana’s K-12 schools. The four components of the Making Connections website are: Louisiana Content Standards - This is the heart of the project and provides the context in which all resources will be selected, presented, and implemented. Lesson Plans - Technology-rich lesson plans aligned to the Louisiana Content Standards and K-12 Technology Standards. Website Resources - A collection of websites that may be integrated into a standards-based lesson activity. Statewide Assessment - Sample assessment items that have been aligned to the Louisiana Content Standards. The site also supports a lesson developer that allows users to both create and store lesson plans and web site previews that are linked to the Louisiana Content Standards and Benchmarks.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/conn
Lesson Plan

MarcoPolo Gram: We the People: Celebrating Constitution Day
The Marcopolo organization has rounded up some of our newest and most compelling lessons on the U.S. Constitution, its architects, its meaning and its magnitude in this month’s MarcoGram. Use the activities to get your students thinking about how the Constitution affects all American citizens. Then scroll down for more links and resources on this topic.
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Sep2005.html
Constitution Day

Marcopolo Grams
Marcopolo Grams are a neat way to integrate technology into your classroom at varying levels from no-tech, low-tech, or high-tech. Building a house from scratch can seem like a daunting task, but proper planning and cooperation can keep the project right on track. This month, MarcoPolo features lessons and resources to help you and your students examine different structures and buildings, and discover the rewards of working on a project from start to finish. Use the warm-up activities below to explore concepts of design, construction and teamwork, then scroll down for links to more lessons and resources.
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Aug2003.html
Lesson Plan

Mars Expedition Rover Mission
What could be more exciting for mankind than a successful landing of a spacecraft complete with mobility and cameras on Mars? See some of the first color pictures from Mar's Land Rover, Spirit. Check out the latest on this amazing expedition at NASA's page. Pre k-12
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Physical Science

Math Advantage
Several games and quizzes for K-8 students.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html
Math

Math for Morons Like Us
The subjects covered at this site range from Pre-Algebra to Calculus. Also, find tutorials, sample problems, and quizzes.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/intro.html
Math

Math Goodies
This is a free math help site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, forums and more!
http://mathgoodies.com/
Math

Math Magician Games
Has math games for training addition, multiplication, division, and subtraction at different levels.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html
Math

Math Word Problems for Children
Help elementary and middle school children improve their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. This site has over 6700 interactive and non-interactive math word problems for children to enjoy!
http://www.mathstories.com/
Math

Math.com
This web site provides a wealth of math-related materials and resources. Kids can access a range of mathematical tools; take advantage of the excellent test prep, study tips, or homework help; or hone their math skills with challenging puzzles, games, and one minute interactive drills.
http://www.math.com/
Math

Math-abundance
Math tutorials and topics on solved and unsolved problems for upper secondary levels are available.
http://www.ping.be/math/
Math

Mathbuilder
Find free worksheets and puzzles from Algebra to Statistics.
http://www.mathbuilder.com/
Math

Mathematics Archives
This source covers a wide range of different topics in mathematics, software, and teaching materials.
http://archives.math.utk.edu
Math

Mega-Mathematics
Get hands-on exploration of all things math with this interactive site.
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
Math

Merriam-Webster Online
Merriam-Webster Online offers The Language Center and Vocabulary Builder. Several vocabulary building tools along with the popular language-related reference works may be found at http://www.m-w.com/info/vocab/vocab.htm
http://m-w.com/home.htm
Literature and Language

Microsoft Templates for School
Microsoft Office has a variety of templates that can help both students and teachers get organized and prepared for the upcoming school year. While Office templates and features can't grade papers or stop Fido from eating your homework, they can make going back to school a lot easier.
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2002/articles/spBacktoSchool.aspx
Teacher Resources

Microsoft Virtual Classroom Tours
Virtual Classroom Tours (VCTs) allow you to experience and replicate the classroom successes of other teachers through proven sets of learning tools, plans, and practices. These virtual tours and lesson plans call on students to develop higher-order thinking skills to establish competency in all subject areas and all grade levels.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=InTeachersVCT
Lesson Plan

Microsoft’s Terra Server
From famous landmarks to your own hometown, Microsoft’s Terra Server provides satellite images of just about anywhere on earth.
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp
Geography

MicroWorlds
Take an interactive tour of current research at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source and explore structures.
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/
Physical Science

Museum of Paleontology
Find information on dinosaurs, as well as online exhibits, education and public outreach, and paleontology resources.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Physical Science

Music Education @ DataDragon.com
Come and explore some parts of music with the DataDragon online tutorials and guides.
http://datadragon.com/education/
Music

Music Maker
iKnowthat.com - Music Maker is great for music students as well as instructors! With 18 sample songs, it's easy to get started. Just choose a song and begin experimenting! Click on "Play" to hear the song at any time. Listen to the song played with different instruments or sound effects. Adjust the tempo and hear how it changes the song. You can even change the notes in the song.
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Music
Music

Music Notes
This is an interactive online experience that gives musical information from the medieval period to the 20th century. Students can test their skills with interactive games while learning about instruments and musical styles.
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/
Music

My Future.com
Find vocational help that introduces students to post secondary options and a brief description of careers. It features a free vocational survey, a career toolbox, and other services.
http://www.myfuture.com
Vocational Education

MythWeb - Grade 3-5
This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology with an Encyclopedia index to Greek mythology. It also has lesson plans and activities are designed to build such skills as creative writing, observing, vocabulary development and art appreciation. They can be used independently of each other and are not intended for use in any particular sequence. You can choose the activities that are most appropriate for your curriculum. Illustrated cartoon versions are also available to show students.
http://www.mythweb.com/index.html
Literature and Language

Name That President
Who was the first President to live in the White House? Which American President has his image on both the one dollar bill, and on the twenty-five cent coin? Whose picture appears on the twenty dollar bill? How well do you know your American Presidents? Find out here, along with a bit of interesting trivia for each one.
http://www.primarygames.com/presidents/start.htm
History

NASA Quest
NASA Quest is a rich resource for educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/index.html
Physical Science

National Geographic’s “Xpeditions”
An awesome resource for the geography classroom, this site boasts interactive maps, tours and activities, as well as U.S. Geography teaching standards.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Geography

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
A digital library containing Java applets and activities for K-12 mathematics.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html
Math

National Rainforest Week: Prek-4 Lesson
The rainforests are one of the world's largest natural resources. Home to millions of different plants and animals, rainforests cover about 7 percent of the world's surface and generate much of the oxygen needed for organisms to live. Sadly, these forests and the plants and animals within them are currently being destroyed at a rapid rate. Traditionally, the third week in October has been designated National Rainforest Week. The goal of this week is to educate people of every age about this global concern. Providing students with a chance to explore and appreciate the many wonders of the rainforest is key to ensuring the future of these forests. The additional following links are for Grades 5-8 and 9-12. Grades 5-8: http://www.enc.org/features/calendar/unit/0,1819,111,00.shtm Grades 9-12: http://www.enc.org/features/calendar/unit/0,1819,110,00.shtm
http://www.enc.org/features/calendar/unit/0,1819,117,00.shtm
Physical Science

Neuroscience for Kids
To unlock the mysteries of the human mind, this site contains experiments, activities, and a section on exploring the brain and spinal cord.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Physical Science

New Perspectives of the West
Find out about our nation’s frontier history, including documents, information on historical places and events. There is also an interactive biographical dictionary. Teachers can find lesson plans on the West.
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
History

No Child Left Behind
The official NCLB Web site is a good place to begin your search for information about this far-reaching federal education reform legislation. In addition to providing HTML and PDF links to the full text of the NCLB Act, it offers links to legislation basics, details, and policy; an overview of the proposed reform; and a PowerPoint presentation of legislative highlights. You'll also find answers to frequently asked questions, plus options to read or subscribe to an electronic newsletter offering up-to-date information, events, and announcements about the law.
http://www.nclb.gov
Teacher Resources

No Child Left Behind: What Will It Take?
At this site you'll find a collection of nine papers (in PDF or Word format) exploring key questions left unresolved by NCLB legislation. Accountability and testing are of primary interest. How do states, districts, and schools measure student progress toward proficiency? The papers offer a variety of creative (and often conflicting) solutions to meet NCLB legislative demands.
www.edexcellence.net/NCLBconference/NCLBconferenceindex.html
Teacher Resources

No Educator Left Behind
At this site you'll find answers to questions about the NCLB Act and its effect on educators. You'll also find information about teacher certification requirements, local school district costs to implement NCLB, paraprofessional certification requirements, impact of the law (if any) on students attending private schools, the definition of a "research-based instructional program," and more.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NELB.shtml
Teacher Resources

No Ordinary Pumpkin
Charlie Brown would surely appreciate these giant pumpkins, though he might have to consider how he could move a one thousand pound pumpkin in order to enter it into the great pumpkin fair. Pumpkins are a very serious business at these fall festivals, and your students can get involved by measuring the world's largest pumpkins, estimating weights and circumferences of your own class pumpkins, and linking to spectacular designs for jack-o-lanterns. Find interesting and fun pumpkin facts, too.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/10/102201t_pumpkins.jhtml
Holiday Ideas

Noodle Tools
Access a suite of interactive online research tools. Students can select a search engine, find relevant sources, and create a source citing in either MLA or APA style. Great for teachers, too!
http://www.noodletools.com
Literature and Language

NorthPole.com
It's a good time for planning those Christmas activities for your primary classroom. There are Santa-related activities related to writing, reading stories, and other fun games and activities.
http://www.northpole.com/Overview/Teacher.html
Holiday Ideas

Observing the Wind
Who has seen the wind? You will have a chance to observe the effects of moving air, to hear wind, and to measure wind speed and direction with the various wind monitoring instruments you will build here, including a wind sock, a wind scale, a wind chime, and a wind spiral.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/wind.html
Physical Science

Outta Ray’s Head Writing Lessons
This site contains numerous English lessons for middle and high school students, many of which use hands-on approaches.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/writing.htm
Literature and Language

Owl & Mouse Software
The site Owl and Mouse website includes interactive U.S. and World Geography maps to download and well as printable materials to use with your lesson. Free Resources for Parents and Teachers. Prek-5
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm
Geography

Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary is available in 20-volume print or in CD-Rom format, highlighting the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words.
http://www.oed.com/cgi/display/wotd
Literature and Language

Patterns in Math: How Many Valentines?
Challenge your students with this Valentine math problem. This is part of a lab on patterns.
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/valentines/handshakes1_act.phtml
Holiday Ideas

PBS Teacher Source
This site offers a wealth of lesson plans geared for the Prek-12 students. It also has standards match where you can search for a lesson plan to meet state and national standards.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Lesson Plan

PBS: American Field Guide
Tour the American countryside and explore ecosystems, art, history, public policy, and more with just a few clicks of the mouse, thanks to PBS. Go snowboarding in the backcountry near Mt. Bachelor, Oregon. Look for seashells on Sanibel Island in Florida. Take a twig furniture making class in southeast Alaska. Public television stations from across the U.S. provide over 1,200 video clips along with transcripts, which makes searching easy. After seeing these amazing places on video, you'll want to pack your bags and take a hike!
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide
History

PE Central
This site provides the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. It also has lesson plans for physical education teachers.
http://www.pecentral.org/
Health and PE

People of Louisiana Lesson Plan
An awesome technology lesson to go along with Louisiana culture.
http://www.lcet.doe.state.la.us/laintech/lesson2.htm
History

Pepper Sheet Music
JW Pepper is a music service website. It offers a full catalog of current and past music. A brief description is given for each piece allowing the buyer to know a little about the piece before choosing to purchase it. It also has links to other music resources.
http://www.jwpepper.com/
Music

Perpetual Preschool
This site gives teachers ideas for themes in the pre-k room along with ideas for each of the learning center in the classroom to fit each theme. This site has a teaching tips area and an area where teachers can gives tips and advice to each other.
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/
Teacher Resources

Physical Education Lesson Plans
This site has a treasure-trove of Phys Ed lessons! Pick from a dozen or so categories, each of which have several lesson ideas. You can also submit your own if you wish. Prek- 12
http://schools.eastnet.ecu.edu/pitt/ayden/physed8.htm
Health and PE

Physics 2000
Here you will find an interactive tour through modern physics. Topics covered include X-rays, CAT scans, electromagnetism, a quantum description of the atom, the photoelectric effect and more.
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000
Physical Science

Pilgrim Unit
Fully seven lesson plans explore all facets of life in early America for the Pilgrims. From planning for the rough voyage, to life aboard the Mayflower, to the very first winter in a new land, to cultures meeting, and the first Thanksgiving, students will examine this important part of American history through a variety of learning activities. Pilgrim fact cards are included.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-793.html
History

Planet Pals
This resource teaches about the planet earth, natural resources, ecology and its care. Also, free recycling kits are offered.
http://www.planetpals.com/index.html
Physical Science

Plants and Our Environment
Grow a little further in the world of botany. Information on plant life and student activities are rooted in this site created by elementary students.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/
Physical Science

Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources
This Library of Congress site provides one-stop shopping for your international information needs. Curious about Croatia? Portals to the World links to everything from embassies to travel tips. Want some background on world events? The site offers directories for Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as other countries in the news today. There's even a handy listing of Spanish-language sites about the United States. The world is literally at your fingertips.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Student Resources

Potent Potions Writing
Here's a great little creative writing topic for Halloween. Students will be writing a label on everything their magic potions claim to cure or do--be sure to introduce persuasive writing techniques with this one.
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/potion.htm
Holiday Ideas

Premiers Pas Sur Internet
Premiers Pas Sur L'Internet has a wealth of games, stories, poems, art pages and opportunities for expression for anyone who is interested in French.
http://www.momes.net/
Foreign Language

Presidents' Day Sites
Games, puzzles, and other activities for the younger set on the Lincoln and Washington are at the Primary Games Web site. Learn how to make Lincoln's stovepipe hat out of black construction and a toilet paper tube at Enchanted Learning's Web site, or try building a miniature log cabin from construction paper and craft sticks. More presidential learning activities can be found at the ABC Teach Web site.
www.primarygames.com/holidays/presidents/presidents.htm
History

President's Day: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Online.org has links to all things Lincoln, including an online discussion about Lincoln, his life and times. The White House page on Lincoln: www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html The Internet Public Library's section on Lincoln: www.ipl.org/div/potus/alincoln.html Students may e-mail questions to Lincoln at the Web site of presidential impersonator and historian Dean Dorrell: www.honest-abe.com
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html
History

President's Day: George Washington
The Web site for Washington's Virginia plantation Mount Vernon includes biographical information about the first President, as well as other historical information. The White House page on Washington: www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html Historic Williamsburg's page on Washington: www.history.org/Almanack/people/washhdr.cfm The Internet Public Library's section on Washington: www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwashington.html
www.mountvernon.org/education
History

Printable Thanksgiving Bookmarks
Select from a turkey, a cornucopia, squash and pumpkins, Pilgrims, and others with these printable Thanksgiving bookmarks.
http://www.teacherview.com/ClassExtras/bookmarks/thanksgiving.htm
Holiday Ideas

Project Based Learning Checklists
This site helps create project checklists for your students. You can choose from writing, presentation, multimedia, or science projects. Next, choose from a list of project guidelines, and make a checklist with the touch of a button! You can even add your own criteria to personalize your checklist.
http://4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml
Teacher Resources

Pumkin Seed Experiment
Consider how to move a one thousand pound pumpkin in order to enter it into the great pumpkin fair. Since pumpkins are a very serious business, students can get involved by measuring the world's largest pumpkins, estimating weights and circumferences of their class pumpkins, and linking to spectacular designs for jack-o-lanterns. And while the season offers a multitude of pumpkins, utilize the different sizes and weights of pumpkins to conduct a scientific experiment. Use this website, http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/form.htm to access a form template for recording the scientific method prior to the onset of the experiment. Have students estimate, predict, weigh, and compare/contrast different pumpkins, recording the data collected on a worksheet found at http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/weight.htm Many Louisiana benchmarks are met through this real-world-application, interdisciplinary unit, and students will see the relevance of what they are learning.
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/pumpkinseed
Holiday Ideas

Pumpkin Songs and Poetry
Three pumpkin songs are sung to familiar tunes. Also find two pumpkin poems to teach your preschoolers for the harvest season, as well as pumpkin poem coloring pages to download and color.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/fall/poetry.htm
Holiday Ideas

Puzzles of the Earth
This is an interactive site that has lots of information including lessons on plate tectonics, geographic features, the Earth’s structure, and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html
Geography

Quia.com
Find online exercises, learning games, and assessments as a resource to supplement traditional classroom-based education. Educators can administer online exams, automatically track student scores, and choose between computer grading, instructor grading, or a combination of both. Sophisticated reporting tools allow educators to delve below the surface, identifying problems with student performance.
http://www.quia.com/
Teacher Resources

Reading Clinic
To help address the needs of every student in your primary reading classroom, this clinic offers strategies in book selection, prediction, visualization, and more. Teacher record sheets are included, along with read-aloud resources.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/readclin1.htm
Literature and Language

Region V Science Fair
If you visit the site, you will see a wealth of resources available to teachers, students, and parents.
http://www.lasciencefair.org
Physical Science

Region V TLTC
Find out what is available through the Region V Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center. Teachers are offered various courses for professional development including online courses.
http://www.cpsb.org/resources/regionv/
Teacher Resources

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus is found in the online version of Houghton Mifflin's searchable database of 35,000 synonyms and more than 250,000 cross references.
http://www.bartleby.com/62
Literature and Language

Room 108
Room 108 is an educational activity center for kids, all with an educational focus. The children's stories have animation and sound. All the games are fun but educationally based. Find songs, art, math, kid's games, children's stories, sing alongs, and much more. Students can also take a spelling test to test their ability. Several learning games are available to make learning fun!
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html
Student Resources

RubiStar
This online tool helps teachers build rubrics from existing rubrics or ideas for rubrics. It also contains a link to find checklists fro projects.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Teacher Resources

S.C.O.R.E.
The School of California Online Resources for Educators site houses links, teacher resources, and lessons for Mathematics, Science, History and Social Studies, and Language Arts.
http://www.score.k12.ca.us/
Lesson Plan

Savings for Teachers
This site has an abundance of free offers for teachers including: software offers, posters, free worksheet makers and other teaching materials. There is also a large list of educational websites for teachers. You can receive a free newsletter alerting you to new offers.
http://www.savings4teachers.com
Teacher Resources

Scary Starters
It will be more than just a cold and stormy night when you offer these writing prompts--perfect for creative writing exercises with a Halloween theme.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/starters.htm
Holiday Ideas

Scholastic Teachers
Lesson plans, professional resources, and online activities for PreK-8 may be found at this site.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Lesson Plan

School Grants
Looking for grant opportunities to fund your classroom activities? Want some hints on how to write a successful grant proposal? Check out this site's resources and subscribe to their online newsletter for free!
http://www.schoolgrants.org/grant_opps.htm
Teacher Resources

Science Learning Network
This site has inks to other resources, articles, and exhibits.
http://www.sln.org/
Physical Science

Science Made Simple
This web site has everything for the K-6 teacher. Kids learn science the easy way, with hands-on activities making science simple. Get fun projects and great experiments using household materials. Answer questions using a web site that supplies clear, detailed answers to science questions. One may also find science news and more.
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/index.html
Physical Science

Shakespeare’s Globe Research Database
This site provides background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions. Centered around the construction of a replica of the Globe playhouse in London, it includes pages devoted to the original Globe and other playhouses in Early Modern London, reports and photographic documentaries on reconstruction and performances at the New Globe, and also some practical information.
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/
Theater

Shapebooks.com
Shapebooks.com is a place for teachers, parents, student and children to create, learn and have fun writing! A shape book is a book shaped like some image. The words of the book are inside of the shape. An outline of an apple is a good example. Cut out the outline and the book is the shape of an apple! At Shapebooks.com you can create fun books on-line.
http://www.shapebooks.com
Literature and Language

Shh….we are writing the Constitution
31 minute video for Grades 3-5 Based on Jean Fritz’s book this video introduces elementary and middle school students to the delegates at the 1787 summer convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and many others traveled there to draft a plan that would unify their states while preserving their sovereignty.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

Site Seeing!
Site-Seeing! Travel through cyberspace to see PSB's five newest additions to their website for educators, students and parents.
http://www.cpb.org/kids
Teacher Resources

Sites for Teachers
This site has links to other sites containing lesson plans and activities for every subject imaginable.
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Teacher Resources

Snow Similes
How would your students describe winter? Snow is most like... what exactly? Or January is as cold as... ? Print out this student worksheet to either introduce your students to, or reinforce skills in similes.
http://abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/December/similes.htm
Literature and Language

Sojourn
The major forms of musical composition are made simple at this site. Topics concerning the canon and fugue are covered here. Students can also create their own composition and find a full analysis of J.S Bach.
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/bachindex.html
Music

Spaceday.com
Do you want to learn about flight? Do you want to work with others in your class and around the world? Do you want to find out what experts in the field are doing? Do you want to use your knowledge to solve a real-life problem?
http://www.spaceday.com/en/designchallenge/starthere.php
Physical Science

SparkNotes
This is a literary website that gives excellent insight into thousands of pieces of literature. It offers information similar to Cliff's Notes, but also includes many more teacher helps such as quizzes and essays.
http://www.sparknotes.com/
Literature and Language

Spelling Ticklers
Looking for something to spice up that Spelling Lesson? Spelling Ticklers is part of a larger collection of resources maintained by USF's College of Education professor, Barry Morris. Spelling Ticklers offers almost four dozen different activities to improve the use of language. Teachers of all grade levels will find something useful here.
http://www.schoolmission.net/SCHOOLHOUSE/speltic.html
Literature and Language

Spidery Finger Paints
Very simple to make, and adorable... Your students will use their fingers or thumbs to dip in washable black poster paint to make a print. Attach googly eyes for best effects along with eight spidery legs, and presto--a perfect little craft for Halloween.
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/spidery_finger_prints.htm
Holiday Ideas

Sponge Activities for Vocabulary Development
Many of these short activities involve naming and listing--in creative ways--to get students to push the normal boundaries of their vocabulary use.
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/vocabularydev.htm
Literature and Language

Spotty's White House Tour
Take a tour of the White House with Spotty and his friends. The site is geared towards elementary students and is extremely kid-friendly.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/
Social Studies

Spring Science
It's the universal time of renewal--the vernal equinox, or spring. Learn how cultures the world over have celebrated important spring rites, how history has marked spring, how we continue meaningful traditions today, and how science and the revolution of our Earth can explain the change of seasons.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/03/032502_spring.jhtml
Physical Science

St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages
Who can resist the elves, rainbows, shamrocks, and pots of gold that decorate these printable pages, perfect for coloring projects to help celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
http://www.coloring.ws/patrick.htm
Holiday Ideas

Standardized Test Prep
Find strategies to attack reading and math, to ease tension for testing, and to understand testing fundamentals. Teaching tips are included.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/nopain.htm
Test Prep

Start of the Year Ideas
This site offers several ideas for organizing your classroom, surveying your students and parents, and generally preparing for a fantastic year.
http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/start_year/
Teacher Resources

Stellar Speller
Geared to first grade spelling lists, this online game presents a picture for which your students must spell a matching spelling word. Guess correctly and move on to the next challenge.
http://www.candlelightstories.com/D001/StellarSPMemb02.asp
Literature and Language

Stories of the Dreaming: Indigenous Australia
Find information on Indigenous Australia including Cultural Heritage, Spirituality, Family, Land and Social Justice. It also has a Glossary and an Indigenous Australia Timeline. Find “Stories of the Dreaming” collected from all over Australia. Included is a kid’s section, a virtual tour, and a place for teachers.
http://dreamtime.net.au/main.cfm
World Cultures

Story Planner
Follow the arrows with this printable template, to set the scene, introduce your characters, create a conflict, and continue developing your story with this useful planner for students.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/files/storyplanner.pdf
Literature and Language

SuperKids
Move beyond flashcards, stop copying copyrighted workbooks, and make your own printable math facts worksheets. Have your child do one a day, and see their skills improve. Vocabulary builders, logic games, and much more is also available.
http://www.superkids.com/
Teacher Resources

SuperKids Educational Software Review
SuperKids Educational Software Review provides several entertaining tools and games to improve spelling and vocabulary skills, offering grade level and SAT vocabulary review.
http://www.superkids.com
Literature and Language

Teacher Files
Teacher Files is an educator’s resource filled with clip art, lessons, units, and more links.
http://www.teacherfiles.com
Lesson Plan

Teacher Tools (Forms & Letters)
Find templates for the busy teacher. This site contains many forms and letters that you can modify for use in your classroom.
http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp
Teacher Resources

Teacher Vision
Teacher Vision offers lesson plans, web sites, free teacher stuff and lots more!
http://www.teachervision.com/
Lesson Plan

TeacherFirst Web Content Matrix
TeachersFirst lists links to sites and lessons for Elementary, Middle School, and High School teachers. Teachers can find lessons for almost any topic needed and use them easily. Many include Web Resources and Lesson Plans.
http://news.techlearning.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ecRY0FKk8W0E2U0B6Hb0Ak
Lesson Plan

TeacherServe
This interactive site was especially made to help high school English and history teachers plan courses.
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/tserve.htm
Literature and Language

TeachersFirst
Find a 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.
http://www.teachersfirst.com
Lesson Plan

Teaching With Documents: Observing Constitution Day
Activities: Find out about the 39 delegates who signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787. Explore in this simulation how the members of the Constitutional Convention might have felt as they gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall and began the arduous and memorable task of writing the United States Constitution. Uncover the issues involved in the creation and ratification of the United States Constitution and the new government it established in this Teaching with Documents lesson on Delaware's ratification. Following ratification, the next task was implementation. Analyze historic documents and determine the extent to which the Constitution provided for the reestablishment of the Navy. Discover additional information about the Constitutional Convention and the ratification process and dozens of fascinating facts about the Constitution. A teaching unit containing a set of 34 document reproductions related to the Constitution and a detailed Teacher's Guide, available for purchase from the National Archives and Records Administration.
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/constitution_day/constitution_day.html
Constitution Day

Teaching with Historic Places
Geared towards high school students, Teaching with Historic Places uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
History

TeachNet
Find lesson plans, templates, clip art, teacher freebies, and much more.
http://www.teachnet.com/
Lesson Plan

TeachNet: One-computer Classroom Ideas
Need help in coming up with creative ways to teach a class of 25 with one computer? The site features information on lesson plans and how-to's, as well as lets teachers share their ideas with each other.
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/organization/onecompclass040799.html
Lesson Plan

Teach-Nology
The goal of this site is to offer a range of services that are designed to assist and support educational agencies in their attempt to develop the knowledge, competencies, or skills that teachers need to effectively incorporate technology in teaching. You will find a wide variety of lesson plans, rubrics, games, and other teaching tools.
http://www.teach-nology.com/
Lesson Plan

TeachSpanish
This website provides a forum for discussion on topics related to the foreign language classroom on various levels ranging from elementary to college. In addition, there are lesson plans that are theme based that are helpful on any level.
http://www.teachspanish.com/
Foreign Language

techLEARNING
Needing up-to-date information about what is going on in the field of technology and learning? The Technology & Learning Network encompasses Technology & Learning magazine, techlearning.com, and Technology & Learning Events. It provides online, conference and print information for administrators, technology professionals and teachers about technology trends, new products, news, and funding sources for technology programs.
http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_current.html
Teacher Resources

Technology and Learning
Select the latest from Technology & Learning magazine. There are reader-written articles, TechLearning tips, databases, and other resources. Visit http://www.techlearning.com/ to locate information for teachers, tech coordinators, and administrators. Choose the latest from Technology & Learning magazine, reader-written articles, TechLearning tips, databases, and special features just for you.
http://www.techlearning.com/
Professional Journals

Technology Briefs for No Child Left Behind Planners
Recognizing the importance placed by NCLB on the role of technology in improving student academic achievement, NEIRTEC (Northeast and Islands Regional Technology Consortium) created a series of 14 technology briefs to assist NCLB planners. Topics include steps to increase accessibility, professional development, integration of technology curricula and instruction, and accountability measures. Download each technology brief individually or all of them together in a single Adobe PDF file. All NEIRTEC briefs address key issues to consider when developing new technology applications for teaching and learning. They also list effective integration strategies to help students (and teachers) become technologically literate.
www.neirtec.org/products/techbriefs/index_html.asp
Teacher Resources

Teensy Weensy Scary Spiders
Make lots of these teensy weensy spiders to hang from "webs" in your classroom, with foam balls, pipe cleaners, and tissue papers.
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/hallo3.shtml
Holiday Ideas

Ten Tips for Test Taking
Many students experience test anxiety to some degree, and with standardized testing rolling around, you may want to consider addressing some solid strategies and tips for successful test taking.
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tsttak1.htm
Test Prep

Thanksgiving Coloring Books
Anyone can be an artist using this online paint site. Choose from a variety of Thanksgiving themed pictures--a Pilgrim's hat, a cornucopia, or a pumpkin, for instance, and then select a color to paint online. An erase feature is also available. If you lie, you can download the pictures and color them offline.
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/thanks/color
Holiday Ideas

Thanksgiving Printables
Download these printable Thanksgiving pages to create a mini book for your students. They will color pictures of the Pilgrims or a Thanksgiving turkey, solve a maze, or complete a word search of themed words.
http://familyeducation.com/printables/package/0,2358,1-10681,00.html
Holiday Ideas

Thanksgiving Stationery and Backgrounds
A wide variety of Thanksgiving themes are offered at this site, to use either as stationery or as a background for your own class web pages.
http://kaross650.tripod.com/stationary/id10.html
Holiday Ideas

The Activity Idea Place
The site has free theme based lesson plan ideas for preschool and kindergarten teachers. Featured fall themes include apples, meeting new friends, leaves and Halloween. Each theme page includes a variety of arts and crafts, games, songs, science, math and dramatic play activities.
http://www.123child.com
Lesson Plan

The American Memory: Historical Collections from the National Digital Library
Images, articles, and more are archived at this site. It includes a search function, “This Day in History,” and a learning page designed for teachers with lesson plans.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
History

The Art of Teaching: No Child Left Behind Act
Teachers and parents interested in learning more about the four areas of NCLB educational reform should visit this helpful, jargon-free Web site courtesy of Teachervision.com. Specific topics explored in detail include accountability for results, reducing bureaucracy and increasing flexibility, focusing resources on proven educational methods, and expanding choice for parents. There are also links to NCLB educational resources and opinion articles.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-10287.html?wtlAC=tablinks,FENhome
Teacher Resources

The Best on the Web for Teachers
This site contains a ton of links for teachers voted on by teachers who use them.
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/index.html
Lesson Plan

The Biology Project
The Biology Project is a biology Web site presented by the University of Arizona that is in both English and Spanish. Main headings include: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemicals and Human Health, Developmental Biology, Human Biology, Immunology, Mendelian Genetics, and Molecular Biology.
http://news.techlearning.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ecRY0FKk8W0E2U0B6HY0Ab
Physical Science

The Biology Project - Interactive
The Biology Project offers this online interactive resource. An excellent tool for the high school and introductory college classroom, this site provides detailed problem sets and tutorials, as well as guided tours for each lesson.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu
Physical Science

The Case for Digital Projectors in the Classroom
Are you looking for rationale to include in a grant proposal to support the purchase of digital projectors for classroom use? Take a look at the article entitled, The Case for Digital Projectors in Schools.
http://www.thejournal.com/thefocus/31.cfm
Teacher Resources

The Children’s Literature Web Guide
This web guide compiles Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. It includes a page of additional resources for teachers, parents, and storytellers.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Literature and Language

The Community Learning Network
This is a site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Here you’ll find over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search.
http://www.cln.org
Teacher Resources

The Connected Curriculum Project
Access materials on modules, projects, and texts for calculus, linear algebra, engineering mathematics, and more.
http://www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/index.html
Math

The Drama Teacher’s Resource Room
This site contains lesson plans, tips on setting the perfect stage, and other resources.
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/
Theater

The Educator’s Network
Finding Just the Right Educational Resource has never been easier. If you are looking for Worksheets, Lesson Plans, Theme Units, Rubrics, and Interactive Tools for the Classroom, then come and take a look at this PreK- 12 site.
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main
Lesson Plan

The Federalist Papers
A series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison in 1787-88 published to urge New Yorkers to ratify the proposed United States Constitution.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
Constitution Day

The Food Timeline
Most of us will be eating too much and too often over the holidays. Here’s a great resource for social studies. See what and when foods were available on this timeline. It begins with prehistoric food. Links to information on the foods are provided on the timeline.
http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html
History

The Gateway to Education
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, this site gives access to lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.
http://thegateway.org/
Lesson Plan

The Geometry Center
This is a Gallery of Interactive Geometry University of Minnesota Science and Technology Center
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/apps/gallery.html
Math

The Great Buildings Collection
This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Visual Arts

The Great Plant Escape
Led by the sleuthing of Detective LePlant, students can go on a fun interdisciplinary adventure in botany. Designed for grades 4 and 5.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
Physical Science

The Heart: An Online Exploration
This informative site illustrates the heart’s intricate operation as well as ways to nurture a healthy heart. Teachers can also fine enrichment activities in the classroom.
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Physical Science

The History Net
Find archived articles relating to World History, American History, Wars, Western and Military History, and more areas relating to history.
http://history.about.com/
History

The History/Social Studies Web site for K-12 Teachers
A good resource for social studies on the web, this site has links to numerous sites and archives, as well as lesson plans, projects, and more.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Social Studies

The Icing on the Cake - Online Tools for Classroom Use
The Icing on the Cake - Online Tools for Classroom Use is created by Kathy Schrock. This compiled list includes tools for teachers, tools for students, and training materials.
http://kathyschrock.net/cooking
Teacher Resources

The Idea Box: Halloween
Great ideas for October! Looking for that extra special student product to go with your October lesson? Take a look at the crafts, games, activities and lesson ideas for Prek-5.
http://www.theideabox.com/special.nsf/halloween.html
Holiday Ideas

The Kaboose Network
Need a website that's great for kids of all ages? How about one that's great to use as a one computer classroom station filled with activities from all content areas. You are sure to find something that will be of use.
http://www.kaboose.com/
Teacher Resources

The Kid's Research Center
The Kid's Research Center site is a jumping off point from 3-8 graders for research materials and project ideas. You can also subscribe to the site and they will notify you when they have added additional materials.
http://www.gigglepotz.com/krc.htm
Student Resources

The Learning Studio
Interactive exhibits, science news, interviews, and at-home science activities make this site worthwhile.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/index.html
Physical Science

The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress provides a wealth of information especially for young students. The site connects to documents, images, audio, and film clips. Several interesting sections include: Explore the States, Amazing Americans, and Join America at Play.
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Student Resources

The Math and Science of Electric Vehicles
Several car manufacturers are developing electric and/or hybrid vehicles for a growing clientele; Toyota and Honda, for instance, are among those leading the way. What are the reasons behind electric transportation, as opposed to gasoline propelled vehicles? Learn the philosophy, the science, and the math here, with student exercises in miles per gallon versus cost. Use the 2nd URL below for the correct link to the National Junior Solar Sprint competition. http://www.nrel.gov/education/student/natjss.html
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/01/front.050100.elec_cars1.jhtml
Physical Science

The Math and Science of Electric Vehicles
Several car manufacturers are developing electric and/or hybrid vehicles for a growing clientele; Toyota and Honda, for instance, are among those leading the way. What are the reasons behind electric transportation, as opposed to gasoline propelled vehicles? Learn the philosophy, the science, and the math here, with student exercises in miles per gallon versus cost. Use the 2nd URL below for the correct link to the National Junior Solar Sprint competition. http://www.nrel.gov/education/student/natjss.html
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/01/front.050100.elec_cars1.jhtml
Math

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore an Learn
Plenty of online activities, exhibits, and resource information are available at this site.
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp
Visual Arts

The Mint
This site uses games, budget plans, real-life examples and quizzes to help teens learn money management skills. It also offers facts on teen spending, and advice on how parents and teachers can be effective fiscal models for today's youth.
http://www.themint.org
Math

The New York Times Learning Network
The New York Times Learning Network is Your Classroom's Ultimate Hot Link to the World. Teachers can access a daily lesson plan for grades 6-12, written in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use. Previous lessons are available in the archive and in thematic lesson plan units. Teachers can also use News Snapshot, aimed for grades 3-5, to explore current events through New York Times photos and related questions. The site additionally provides teachers with the latest education news from the newspaper.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/
Teacher Resources

The New York Times Learning Network
Students can read the day's top stories, take a news quiz, and play special crossword puzzles. Students can also submit a science question and search through the Science Q&A archive. They can also expand their vocabularies and practice their verbal test-taking skills, and even take a Web Exploration on a variety of topics. Teachers can access a daily lesson plan for grades 6-12.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
Teacher Resources

The Piano Education Page
This site includes tips on learning how to play the piano, along with helpful articles for teachers. It also has links to hundreds of musical, cultural, and educational places to visit.
http://www.piano.avijon.com/index.html
Music

The Season Of Color
Need a cross-curricular Science/Language Arts Lesson? Welcome to autumn, when leaves changing colors are one of the first visible signs that long summer days have definitely left us. What are some of the other signs of fall? Why does the autumnal equinox occur, and what does it mean to various animals, plants, and humans? Let students begin their investigations of fall here, and read and discuss the poetry included in the article. Locate further examples of autumn poems and then have students create their own versions, perhaps using acrostic formats for leaf, autumn, apple, or other symbols of fall.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/09/092302_fall.jhtml
Literature and Language

The Teacher’s Corner
This website covers subject areas across the curriculum, technology usage in the classroom, diversity, self-esteem, bulletin boards, and many other areas necessary to good classroom management. It is an easy one-stop site for all of a teacher's classroom needs.
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/
Lesson Plan

The Teacher’s Desk
The Teacher's Desk is a resource designed for teachers of grades five and six. This site contains a collection of lesson plan ideas and classroom activities.
http://www.teachersdesk.org
Teacher Resources

The Teachers.Net
The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank is your opportunity to share your most precious asset - your teaching ideas and lesson plans! Now your genius and creativity can be used to touch lives around the world, and to help teachers reach students in ways they had never imagined before! You not only can share your lessons but access others. This website site is appropriate for all grade levels.
http://teachers.net/
Lesson Plan

The United States Constitution
Constitution Curriculum & Teacher Lesson Guide
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/3/82.03.03.x.html
Constitution Day

The Virtual Study Tour
By clicking on the images of various ancient and modern structures, students can zoom in and out as if they were really there.
http://archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz/virtualtour/front.html
Visual Arts

The Why Files
Check out science behind the news by using current science occurrences. The Why Files in Education breaks it down into grades and science standards.
http://whyfiles.org/index.html
Physical Science

TIME for Kids
This site is designed for grades 2-6. It features views of current events from kids’ perspectives with printable weekly quizzes. There is also a link for teachers and lesson plans.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK
Literature and Language

Tornado in a Jar
Understand the weather principles at work by creating and viewing your own tornado in a jar. This is not the soda bottle variety, though you will find the experiment equally effective. It requires only simple household materials.
http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/toddler//games/Newgame.cfm?GameID=134
Physical Science

TrackStar
Find a track to go with your lesson as an interactive online lesson or create your own as a directed surfing tool. Teachers can also build on existing tracks from teachers across America to create a quick and easy lesson plan.
http://trackstar.hprtec.org/
Teacher Resources

Trees are Terrific
Early elementary students will learn all about the parts, functions, and requirements of trees in this online, interactive learning adventure. A Teacher's Guide is also included, along with further activities to extend the learning opportunity and to apply the new knowledge to Arbor Day or Earth Day practices.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees1/index.html
Physical Science

Trick or Treat Pattern Bags
Elementary students will enjoy creating these trick or treat bags, decorated with friendly pumpkins and candy corn. Templates are available on site.
http://www.freecraftz.com/pumpkinpatchbag.html
Holiday Ideas

Tricks and Treats for Effective Behavior Management
Try positive reinforcements and attitudes--even when dealing with very negative behaviors--to resolve any issues in your classroom. Find guidelines and suggestions here.
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/behav_manag/index.html
Teacher Resources

Tudor Exploration
This site has great information about Tudor times and conditions at sea, navigation instruments, and lots of other information that will be helpful in setting the kids up to understand and learn about the times.Grades 6-12.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/TudorExploration/NMMFLASH/index.htm
History

Turkey Color By Number
Kindergarten and first grade students will read the colors that correspond with each number, and learn to color by number on this printable Thanksgiving worksheet.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/colorbynumber/turkey.shtml
Holiday Ideas

Turkey Talk Printable Stationery
Bordered by gobbling turkeys, this primary lined, printable stationery is perfect for a Thanksgiving writing project.
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/thanksgiving.htm
Holiday Ideas

U.S. Constitution: Resources from TeacherVision
This site contains lesson plans, printables, resources, biographies, quizzes, and reading quides for all grade levels.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/33630.html?wtlAC=GS_2005-09-12,email-h
Constitution Day

U.S. Geological Survey site
Find lesson plans and activities for teachers to use in the classroom. Student projects are also available, along with homework help and a glossary of terms.
http://www.usgs.gov/education/index.html
Physical Science

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom
Historical documents are hosted online at this site. Several virtual tours are available in the exhibit hall. The digital classroom gives teachers and students access to online historical documents and materials.
http://www.archives.gov/
History

United Nations Cyber School Bus
Information on current global issues may be found here. It also offers lesson plans, teaching modules, classroom activities and more. Students can also play Flag Tag and take a virtual tour of the UN, plus more.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
Geography

United States Constitution WebQuest
Webquest that helps students discover the United States Constitution.
http://www.lesd.k12.az.us/PV/specials/media/conindex.html
Constitution Day

United States Government for Kids
United States Government for Kids webpage. Students learn how our government works and more!!!
http://library.thinkquest.org/5873/
Constitution Day

United States Treasure Hunt
Learn some interesting facts about each of the fifty states as you go hunting for pictures on the list. Student teams could also create their own treasure hunt after completing the initial learning game, coming up with a list of treasures to hunt for in each state they visit and exchanging their lists with competing teams.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/hunt.cgi/es
History

Using Art to Teach Math
Have you ever considered teaching fundamental math skills, such as addition, subtraction, measurement, division, estimation, and geometrical symmetry using works of art? Working with art from the Baltimore Museum of Art, students are challenged to utilize their math skills in innovative, real-world problems.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/04/042501_baltimore.jhtml
Math

Valentine's Day: Be Mine, Valentine
Discover the history of Valentine's Day, explore myths and legends surrounding love, learn all kinds of Valentine trivia, and determine just why the heart is a symbol of love.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/02/021102_valentines.jhtml
Holiday Ideas

Valentine's Day: Paper Valentines
Make folding Valentine cards, stickers, address labels, Valentine paper chains, Valentine playing cards, Valentine clipart, a Valentine calendar... It's a Valentine's world at this site.
http://www.papervalentines.com/toc.htm
Holiday Ideas

Valentine's Day: Valentine Pop-Up Card and History
Share the origins of Valentine's Day and its romantic traditions with your students. Find poetry, recipes, and other links associated with Valentine's day. Also, find instructions here to make an adorable pop-up card, perfect for students to take home to their parents. http://www.lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/lhj/story/data/12145.xml
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/val/history.html
Holiday Ideas

Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court Building
The virtual tour of the Supreme Court Building is geared towards middle school students. It has zoom capabilities and hot spots for a closer look.
http://oyez.org/tour/tour
Social Studies

Vivisimo
A new search engine is here to try. This engine "clusters" your search solutions into categories, making it easier for the end user to decide which avenue he/she wishes to investigate. There are 3 options to view: (1) new window, (2) full window, and (3) preview.
http://www.vivisimo.com
Teacher Resources

Vocabulary University
Vocabulary University offers word puzzles and enrichment tools to build word skills.
http://www.vocabulary.com
Literature and Language

Voice of America
Need help pronouncing the name of the Sultan of Brunei, Muda Hassanal Bolkiah, or the city of Zamboanga in the Philippines? This site from the Voice of America provides guidance in pronouncing names of both people and countries. Included are the names of many newsworthy people from all over the world, as well as place names. Each has a phonetic pronunciation and an accompanying audio file so you can hear the name pronounced. The site can be slow to load but this is well worth it when you face a class knowing you can say the name properly! For all grade levels
http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations
History

Voices From the days of Slavery: Former slaves Tell Their Stories
This site provides the opportunity to listen to former slaves describe their lives. These interviews, conducted between 1932 and 1975, capture the recollections of twenty-three identifiable people born between 1823 and the early 1860s and known to have been former slaves. Several of the people interviewed were centenarians, the oldest being 130 at the time of the interview. The almost seven hours of recordings were made in nine Southern states and provide an important glimpse of what life was like for slaves and freedmen. The former slaves discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, how slaves were coerced, their families, and, of course, freedom. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all of those interviewed spoke sixty or more years after the end of their enslavement, and it is their full lives, rather than their lives during slavery, that are reflected in their words. They have much to say about living as African Americans from the 1870s to the 1930s, and beyond. As part of their testimony, several of the ex-slaves sing songs, many of which were learned during the time of their enslavement
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml
History

Voyage on the Mayflower
Welcome aboard. Your voyage should take approximately two months. Pack well--there is no going back. You will need to consider an unknown climate and land... and did we mention that you will be sharing a small space for the duration with 101 other passengers? Hope you're feeling friendly... Explore the Mayflower ship here, and learn the various functions and parts of this historic vessel.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/mayflower/index.htm
History

Weather Underground
This is a great website if you would like to plan a lesson dealing with the weather. You can access weather conditions for anywhere in the United States or Around the World. There is an archive of tropical storms that goes back to the year 1886.
http://www.wunderground.com
History

Where is That?
Do your students need practice in locating countries on a map? “Where is That”? is a geography game where players are shown a continent with a nation or state highlighted. The easiest level is multiple choice and the hardest level requires that you type in the capital (spelled correctly). This game is challenging for everyone from late elementary students to United Nations.
http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
Geography

Windows to the Universe
Designed for beginner, intermediate, and Advanced, this site provides a trip through earth and space science by means of multimedia exhibits.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Physical Science

Winter: Snowflake Prints
Using simple vegetable or fruit baskets, you can help your preschoolers cut out a snowflake on the bottom--even a simple circular design will yield desired results. Then students will dip their snowflakes in white glue following the directions here, add glitter, and dry their creations for sparkling winter snowflakes.
http://kinderart.com/printmaking/snowflake.shtml
Holiday Ideas

Word Processing and Halloween Tales
Third grade students will practice their word processing skills with a Halloween story--story prompts are included. Students will work in teams to create a Halloween character, enter their sentences, revise, edit, and print.
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/computer.skills/lssnplns/wordproc/wpg3-1.htm
Holiday Ideas

Word-A-Day
Users sign up for a daily email message that contains a special word, its definition, voiced pronunciation, usage in context example, and other interesting tidbits.
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad
Literature and Language

World Domination
This ThinkQuest site offers a different slant on history which examines empires, ideals and conquerors who shaped the world. It includes bios, imperial info, and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/17120/index_fr.html
History

Yes, We Have No Bananas?
The mass destruction of prime rainforest lands, the overuse of pesticides, poor housing conditions and low wages--what might we be talking about it? The answer is banana production in Central American countries. Learn the problems involved in getting the bananas from the tree to our table, and discover the measures being taken to help promote better environmental sustainability. A "Pricing Bananas" student activity is available, as well as pertinent discussion questions for further research and analysis.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/01/010801t_banana.jhtml
Physical Science

You the Jury…….
This video involves the students first as jurors, then as legislative drafters, and finally as trial lawyers, judges and witnesses. the video begins with the trial of a teenager who bought a "hot" stereo and has been accused of receiving stolen property. After the trial, the students will decide guilty or not guilty. In the second segment of the video, a law professor walks the class through the Constitutional issues that were presented in the trial: the Confrontation clause, the Right to Trial by Jury, and Search and Seizure. these issues come alive as the video flashes between the words of the Constitution and their actual manifestation during the trial. the students will see an actual state criminal statute outlawing the receipt of stolen property. As most burglaries are supported by people who buy stolen goods, should the law be changes to make it easier to convict these people? If so, how might the statute be changes? Rewriting a statute forces students to write with precision. Students can then conduct their own trial. Some will be lawyers, other judges, witnesses, and jurors.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Constitution Day

Zona Land: Education in Physics and Mathematics
Fun and interactive, this resource on physics houses a collection of tutorials and concepts. It also includes information on mechanics, waves, light, graphing, functions, geometry, fractals, and trigonometry.
http://id.mind.net/~zona/index.html
Physical Science

Zoom Dinosaurs
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs, designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html
Physical Science