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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

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.enc.org/
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

Exploring Volume
This interactive web-based tool will help students to understand the concept of volume. Using virtual manipulatives, students are encouraged to add or subtract cubes, rows, or layers from a 3-dimensional rendition of an object that they themselves fold into being. Students can adjust the end volume by varying the depth, width, or height of the cubes.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/cubes/index.html
Math

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