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A plan for helping students learn a particular set of skills, knowledge, or habits of mind. Often includes student activities as well as teaching ideas, instructional materials, and other resources. Is shorter (in duration) than, and often part of, a unit of instruction. Goals and outcomes are focused.

Topographic Map Symbols
This online guide has three brief descriptive sections: What is A Topographic Map, Reading Topographic Maps, and Topographic Map Information, which includes a list of related sites. In addition, there are six sections of specific topographical map symbols: Elevation; Boundaries; Land Surface Features; Water Features; Buildings and Related Features; and Roads, Railroads, and Other.
Canela Indians ( of Brazil)
The Canela Indians of Northeastern Central Brazil. Visit the Canela Indians with a field-trained ethnologist, and read about the challenges of conducting ethnographic research in a beautiful savannah setting.
Chickscope
Chickscope is a project to study chicken embryo development using a remotely-controlled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument. It is being developed by educators and researchers from several departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with Illinois teachers.
Consumer Jungle
Consumer Jungle features consumer education curriculum including printable classroom materials and interactive student activities (Credit Cave Activities include Find the Fees and the Credit Card Safari). Units include the Credit Cave, Surviving Solo (tips for living on your own), Esmarts (safe surfing on the web), Car-fari, and Jingle in the Jungle (the mysteries of phone, cell phones, and internet service).
DNA Interactive
- This terrific site commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA. You'll find an interactive timeline, learn how the code was cracked, find out how the discovery of the structure of DNA changed the field of biology, and see a chilling section on eugenics.
Geometry in the Middle Grades
Geometry Geometry in the Middle Grades In this lesson from Illuminations, students develop informal geometry and spatial thinking. They are given opportunities to create plans, build models, draw, sort, classify, and engage in geometric and mathematical creativity through problem solving.Informal geometry and spatial thinking are vital aspects of the mathematics curriculum for the middle grades.
National Geographic Society Resources for Teachers On line
On line adventures, maps and geography, lesson plans, teacher community. special features : Xpeditions http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Xpedition Hall, activities, standards and lesson plans National Geographic Kids Magazine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html.
Seeing Space in a Whole New Light
This is an interactive site which is a tool for understanding space exploration and the various ways in which people train for being in space. You get to meet astronauts, expore the galaxy, This site can be used for independent study or as a beginning learning project on space science education.
University of Minnesota: Monarch Lab-Monarchs in the Classroom
The Monarch Lab website was developed by educators and scientists at the University of Minnesota to present information about monarch butterfly biology and research and to provide students, scientists, and teachers with an interactive forum for discussing monarchs. The site includes informative sections that introduce a variety of monarch research topics such as Growth & Development, Monarch Migration, Natural Enemies, Reproductive Biology, and more.
Financial Literacy Month
Learn the basics about getting the most out of your money -- saving, investing, banking, and buying a home. Try an online retirement calculator.
American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources the Study of Women
en's History and Culture in the United States This site "contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication 'American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States' .. with added illustrations and links to existing digitized material located throughout the Library of Congress Web site." Includes books, maps, manuscripts, music, images, and other research materials.
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) DLESE is a "geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system." It is "being built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels and in both formal and informal settings." Resources include links to "lesson plans, scientific data, visualizations, interactive computer models, and virtual field trips," plus materials for educators. Searchable.
Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal
Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal This searchable directory of microbiology resources includes links to sites about specific microbiology disciplines (environmental, food, industrial, medical, veterinary), education, employment, organizations, companies, publications, news, events, articles, and FAQs. The directory, compiled by a microbiologist, includes information of interest to both scientists and the general public.
The Artist's Toolkit: Visual elements and principles
The Artist's Toolkit: Visual elements and principlesMinneapolis Institute of Arts & Walker Art CenterArtists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Learn about these concepts with animated movies, create-a-composition activites, videos of professional artists in action, and an in-depth encyclopedia.
"Teach the Earth"
"Teach the Earth" offers hundreds of teaching activities, visualizations, and resources for teaching earth science. Categories include biosphere, climate change, energy/material cycles, geology and human health, geochemistry, hydrosphere and cryosphere, mineralogy, ocean systems, petrology, solar system, and earth history.
4-H Virtual Farm
Target Audience Grades three to 12 clustered in these groupings. Grades - 3-5 6-8 9-12 Review The 4-H Virtual Farm website gives an excellent insight into potential vocational directions in agriculture.
A Lifetime of Color
This is an extraordinary art education site that includes hands-on activities and techniques; galleries of student and professional work; information about art elements, principles, concepts, media, styles, and artists; an interactive art timeline and glossary; online games; teacher resources; and lesson plans for grades K-8.This is a good place to learn some basic techniques. Site is sponsored by Sanford, a manufacturer of art supplies.Subjects: Art -- Study and teaching, Lesson planning, Teaching Aids and devices.
Africans in America
Presentation of Americans journey through slavery in 4 parts. For each section, you will find a historical narrative, a resource bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, commentaries, and a teacher's guide.
Amazing Space
has an excellent series of inquiry-based activities on their web site entitled Amazing Space; http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/amazing-space.html.
An African American One Room School
Pierre Samuel du Pont and Delaware's African-American Schools The early 20th century in America, a period characterized by nationwide social reform, is often referred to as the Progressive Era. During this period, more and more people recognized that education was the best guarantee of economic success for young people.
Anatomy of a URL
A great diagram for understanding a URLProtocolA protocol is a means of communication between computers. The most common protocol on the web is the hypertext transfer protocol (http).
Ancient Egypt -- The British Museum
Let's hear it for the British Museum. Their staff has created a website dealing with many areas of study of Ancient Egypt.
AOL@School
http://www.aolatschool.com/ Foe teachers this web site furnishes professional development, lesson plans, special needs and counseling, subjects and standards, education news, research and references, and classroom tips. For the school this web site furnishes http://www.aolatschool.com/order/index.adp Free AOL E-Mail Free e-mail, instant messaging and chat Exclusive Content from Your State Easy access to state curriculum standards, news and education initiatives Free Built-In Internet Filters Students connect only to age-appropriate content -- CIPA compliant .
Art Interactive
Making art is about creating something that represents an idea or vision that is all your own. It involves making choices about materials, shapes, composition, color, texture, and even scale.
ArtsConnectEd
Extensive resources for teaching fine arts, including interactives There is an art gallery, an art database,playground, professional development package for teachers downloadable, pdf. and library of lesson plans and archives.
Artsedge
ArtsEdge is an online resource center funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Department of Education and administered by the Kennedy Center Education Department. Its mission is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject in the K-12 curriculum.
Astophysics Science Project, Integrating Research and Education
The ASPIRE Lab is now one of the most innovative and interactive science education websites available on the Internet. You will find not only fun interactive labs, but well designed and produced curriculum content, created by teachers for teachers.
Astro-venture
Synopsis: No, this is not a new minivan--but it is a super galactic learning adventure in which young visitors learn about what makes the planet Earth habitable for humans. Students explore careers of NASA scientists as they create their own life-supporting planets.
Astronomy and Space Classroom Resources
provides lessons and web resources from the National Science Digital Library. Learn about amateur telescope making, black holes, UFOs, astronomy research, myths and misconceptions about astronomy, space weather, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the structure and evolution of the universe.
Astronomycenter.org
Features reviewed resources for teaching about asteroids, astrobiology, the big bang theory, black holes, cosmology, dark matter, galaxies, the Milky Way, telescopes & satellites, planet formation, planetary atmospheres, space exploration, stars, the sun, & more. (NSF) Welcome to the alpha test version of astronomycenter.org, a collection of Astronomy 101 digital resources for teachers and students.
Astronomycenter.org
features reviewed resources for teaching about asteroids, astrobiology, the big bang theory, black holes, cosmology, dark matter, galaxies, the Milky Way, telescopes & satellites, planet formation, planetary atmospheres, space exploration, stars, the sun, & more. (NSF) Welcome to the alpha test version of astronomycenter.org, a collection of Astronomy 101 digital resources for teachers and students.
Astrophysics Explorations:
Stimulating understanding of computational science through collaboration, experiment, exploration, and discovery. Precollege workshop with curricula and case studies.
Be a Geography Detective
Be a Geography DetectiveOverview:At first glance, a landscape can be beautiful, boring, colorful, disturbing. Using the skills of a geography detective, however, students can learn more about the land and the relationships humans have with it.
Benjamin Franklin , in his Own Words
"Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words" shows the breadth of Franklin's accomplishments through key letters, broadsides, and other documents. This exhibit, marking the tercentenary of Franklin's birth (1706), focuses on his achievements as a politician and statesman, as well as a printer and writer, an inventor and scientist.
Best of History Web Sites
This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included.
Biology Workbench
The Biology Workbench is widely recognized as a significant bioinformatics resource that provides a suite of interactive tools which draw on a host of biology databases and allows people to compare molecular sequences using high performance computing facilities, visualize and manipulate molecular structures, and generate phylogenetic hypotheses. The Biology Student Workbench brings the advanced computational infrastructure used by today\'s scientists to any student desktop machine with a web browser to provide a rich environment for student inquiry.
Biomedical Explorations
Stimulationg understanding of computational science through collaboration, experiment, exploration and discovery.
Blogs in Education
This page is designed to provide you some resources if you want to get started using blogs for yourself or with your students. The use of blogs in instructional settings is limited only by your imagination.
California Digital Library
Harnessing technology and innovation, and leveraging the intellectual and cultural resources of the University of California, the California Digital Library supports the assembly and creative use of the world\'s scholarship and knowledge for the UC libraries and the communities they serve. Established in 1997 as a UC library, the CDL has become one of the largest digital libraries in the world.
Center for Media Literacy
All about teaching media literacy The components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML's Five Key Questions of Media Literacy. I.
Chemistry Coach
Chemistry coach Grade(s): 10 - 12 Synopsis: You'll find an immense variety of online tutorials, which cover--among other things--how to write up data findings and how students will be evaluated in labs. Other tutorials cover chemistry concepts such as the Bohr theory, the Periodic table, and balancing equations.
Chemistry of How Things Work
Chemistry of How Things Work and Decisions - Good and Bad - that Bring Chemistry into Our Life Twelve case studies of chemistry in the products we use and the situations we meet. ChemCases.com helps you evaluate the decisions behind these products and situations.
Computational Chemistry
Stimulating understanding of computational chemistry through collaboration, experiment, exploration and discovery.
Connected Teacher
Connected TeacherConnected Teacher is a free community resource for educators for sharing insights, finding new lesson plans, or visiting the links to educational materials for educators. As a member, you can get expert advice, meet teachers from your area, or report on what's going on in your classroom.
Cool Science for Curious Kids
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology on screen, off screen and in between. http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.htmlhttp://.
Cybersoace Explorer :Getting to Know Christopher Columbus( 3-5)
ReadWriteThink, International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English Students complete a cyber scavenger hunt and then use their notes to prepare a timeline and summary report about the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Through activities that promote critical literacy, students are exposed to alternate points of view regarding Columbus and his legacy.
Developing WWW Research Lessons
This site helps teachers to develop and post a WWW integrated lesson, that creates opportunities for students to solve problems and create new answers, and gives teachers ways to use the WWW as a tool in their classrooms.
Dinosaurs
Helps students answer questions about dinosaurs dinosaur "a dinosaur"? Where did they live? What caused their mass extinction? Students can participate in a virtual dinosaur discovery, follow milestones in dinosaur evolution, & see behind-the-scenes slideshows of the lab environment where vertebrate specimens are prepared for exhibits & research. (NMNH,SI) .
Dinosphere: Now You're in THEIR World
Using actual specimens from the Dinosphere: Now You're in Their World exhibit, The Children's Museum staff along with local educators and university professionals collaborated to create engaging, K-8 standards-based online activities and WebQuests. There are eight activities for K - 2, divided into nonreader, early reader, and reader categories.
Discovery School.com
DiscoverySchool.com is part of the Discovery Communication, Inc. The website provides teaching materials for teachers, resources for students, and advice for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school.
Drought Science for Educators -
One of NOAA's partners in dealing with the causes and the effects of drought is the National Drought Mitigation Center. This site helps teachers of grades 5-12 incorporate drought into their lectures.
Earth Observatory
If you love earth science, or just thinking about the systems of the earth, this is the ultimate web site. This website uses maps, views from satellites and a lot of information that is databased or aggregated to explain, explore, and show data about the earth in scientific ways.
Education in Geography
If you access the general web site there are many resources on line including the magazine, world, but also there is an educational portion that has many teaching resources. There are all kinds of resources, events, and lesson plans here.
Education World
Education World is designed to help educators integrate the Internet into the classroom. It contains a wide range of resources for teachers including lesson plans created by teachers and articles written by professionals in the field.
Educational Resources on Asia
Educational Resources on AsiaThis site provides resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. These include reference works, online periodicals, educational films and suppliers, K-12 curriculum materials and vendors, full-text of significant historical documents (primarily constitutional), as well as demographic, economic, educational, and political statistics.
Educator's Reference Desk
Educator's Reference Desk is a Internet-based service providing education information to teachers and others interested in education.
Encarta Schoolhouse
Encarta SchoolhouseThis MSN Encarta site offers resources for teachers, including lesson plans, educational sites, and educational technologies.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning is targeted at K-3 learners and produces children's educational websites and games which are designed to capture thier imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. Their mission is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning.
Exploratorium Web Science Workshop
By clicking the links below, you will find a variety of on-line "Web Lessons.""Web Lessons" are activities intended to help science teachers integrate the Web into their science curriculum. Since a "Web Lessons" may use dynamic content or require communication via the Internet, "Web Lessons" are best done during an active Internet session.
Exploratorium: Origins
Explore the extraordinary places, people, tools and ideas behind the search for the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself. We�ve all stood outside at night and admired the stars, wondering how they were created and whether there might be life somewhere among them Looking at the sky, you might wonder how life arose and evolved, and how the smallest pieces of matter come together to make up all that we see in the vast universe.
Exploring Other Number Patterns ( 3-5)
Illuminations, The National Council of Teachers of MathematicsStudents analyze numeric patterns, including the Fibonacci series of numbers, so named for the Italian mathematician (1175-1240) who discovered their sequence. They also describe numeric patterns and then record them in table form.
Exploring the Environment
Exploring the Environment (ETE) online series, which features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Future; at Wheeling Jesuit University. Through a cooperative agreement with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the ETE online series is supported by NASA's Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) Program, which facilitates public use of Earth and Space Science remote sensing databases over the Internet.
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground
Welcome to a collection of children's online astronomy activities. In the following six chapters are hundreds of fun explorations into astronomy as a classroom tool for learning how to theorize, experiment, and analyze data.
Geography Action
Geography Action! is an annual conservation and awareness program designed to educate and excite people about natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Each year, they will present a different topic related to conservation and the environment.
Google Scholar
Currently in beta testing, Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
Graphics for the calculus classroom
Grade(s): 11 - Post-Sec. Synopsis: Just follow the bouncing ball to an increased and animated understanding of the applications and graphs of functions.
Handheld
HandheldComputer ActivitySuggestionsOrganizing and PlanningReferenceInformationData GatheringData Manipulation and DisplayIndividual LearningCommunicating and Collaboration.
Hubble Heritage Project
The Hubble Heritage Project This site makes the most of what Hubble has to offer, with a gallery of gorgeous images, plus other art inspired by them. It also links to astronomy background resources, the news desk of Hubblesite.org.
IMovies
http://www.apple.com/imovie/ Information about Apple's iMovie is available at this Website. This software can be used with digital camcorders to do easy video editing and production of CD, Web, DVD, or videotape movies.
Interactive Physics Curriculum
Sample Exercises Click on images below to see examples of the workbook exercises. You will see demo lessons and examples of various physics lessons.
International Reading Association (IRA)
This professional organization's site highlights the latest educational legislation. The organization seeks to promote "high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit." Find publications, program descriptions, professional standards, links, meeting notices, news, and membership information.
Internet 101
This site is dedicated to teaching students of all ages about using the Internet.
Jazz in the Schools
"Jazz in the Schools" is a new web-based, multimedia curriculum from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that explores jazz as an indigenous American art form and as a means to understand American history. The five-unit, web-based curriculum and DVD toolkit are available free of charge to high school teachers of social studies, U.S.
K-12 GEOMETRY
K-12 Geometry The Math Forum has created a section on its Web site devoted to geometry resources. It includes lists of classroom materials, software, interactive resources, and Internet projects.
Knowitall.org
Created by South Carolina ETV for K–12 students and teachers, Knowitall.org is a free, online collection of resources designed for classroom use. This educational portal contains image collections, videos, virtual tours, narratives, documents, and interactive games and stories to support and provide quality learning experiences for students using the Internet as an information tool.
Leonard Berstein, An American Life
is a guide to an 11-part documentary illuminating the life and work of one of America's greatest classical musicians, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). An audio overview -- and websites for learning about Bernstein and classical music -- are provided.
Lesson Plans Page.Com
The Lesson Plans Page is a collection of over 1,000 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students and faculty at The University of Missouri. More recent lesson plans were submitted by the users of this website.
Marco Polo's Lesson Search
This search engine searches lessons created or reviewed by the Marco Polo partners including the Kennedy Arts Center and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom
MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom is a consortium of premier national education organizations, state education agencies and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States. First launched in 1997 as a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational Web sites for K-12 teachers.
Master Tools
Modeling and Simulation Tools for Education Reform MasterTools, developd by the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. are the resulrts of on-going collaborations with the Education, Oreach and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure ( EOT-Paci) National Center for SuperComputing Applications ( NCSA) George Mason University and other education organizations.
Math-lets
Math_lets are math applets you can use to explore math and create interactive lessons. See our i-Math Investigations for examples of lessons that use Math_lets.
Mathematics at the Mall
Overview: In the following lesson, students participate in an activity in which they develop number sense in and around the shopping mall. There are two activities in this lesson.
Mathematics Teacher Education Resource Place
The Mathematics Teacher Education Resource Place is a website dedicated to supporting and improving the preparation of mathematics teachers (preK-16) by providing on-line resources, hot links, and a professional forum for those engaged in the teaching of mathematics content and methods courses, or in the field supervision of beginning teachers.
Mathtools
This site offers hundreds of math lesson plans, learning activities, and stories for kindergarten through grade 7, and covers algebra, geometry, calculus, and probability and statistics. Specific topics include estimation, fractions, fractals, tessellations, platonic solids, and much more.
Money Math, Lessons for Life
is a teacher's guide for helping middle school math students learn how to manage their money, stay out of debt, and save for retirement. Lesson plans, reproducible activity pages, and teaching tips are included in the 86-page guide, which draws on real-life examples from personal finance.
Mongabay.com
Mongabay.com, a leading environmental science Web site, recently expanded and updated its rainforest site, which has been a major resource for teachers, students, and researchers. The revised site includes environmental profiles and deforestation statistics for more than 60 countries.
Museum of the African Diaspora
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Information about this museum in San Francisco, which opened in 2005 and which "celebrates how we all, as one world, have changed and influenced the history and cultures of the African Diaspora." The site features online exhibits such as "thousands of images contributed from visitors all over the world" relating to the African Diaspora and "narratives about people of African descent." Also includes images and information about museum exhibits on art, culture, and history.
NASA's new Kids Club Web site
NASA's new Kids' Club Web site features animated, colorful, entertaining, and educational activities for K-4 students. Interactive games on the site teach children about exploring space, building and launching rockets, keeping airplanes on schedule, and how a comet travels through the solar system.
National Geographic Teacher Community
National Severe Storm Laboratory's Weather Room
This page provides general information for kids, parents, and teachers. Elementary school coloring books are available for printing and use for weather education.
National Teacher Training Institute: Lesson Plan Database
National Teacher Training Institute: Lesson Plan Database. Visit this Web site from the National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) for a set of engaging lesson plans for middle and high school students.
NEA- Jazz in the Schools
traces the history of jazz from its birth in New Orleans to the swing era, bebop, and new frontiers. Five lessons include essays, videos, photos, and nearly 100 music clips of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Louie Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and others.
NGA CLASSROOM for Teachers and Students
The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels. Welcome to a place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum.
NOAA - Especially for Teachers
WeatherYou can find information about tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, tsunamis and all kinds of hazardous weather.Climate Change and Our PlanetYou can find information about climate change, earth science and sciences as it relates to our planet.Oceans and CoastsThis category includes information about fish, marine mammals, our coasts, navigation and the many facets of the waters that surround our nation.Satellites and SpaceThis category includes information about satellites and space.Training, Other Opportunities&External LinksThis category includes information about Operation Pathfinder, the GLOBE Program, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program, as well as external links to other websites.
NOAA Education Resources
A page with many links, including experiments and science fair projects.www.nws.noaa.gov/er/box/education.html.
NOVA
At this site you will find science resources for the classroom. You can search by curriculum keyword for lesson plans, interactive applets, downloadable teacher guides, streaming video.
Ocean Explorer
ScientificAmerican.com has selected the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration�s (NOAA) Ocean Explorer Web site as a winner of its 2003 Sci/Tech Web Awards, one of only five sites in the Earth and Environment category, The NOAA Ocean Exploration program strives to engage broad audiences to enhance America�s environmental literacy through the excitement of ocean discovery. Increasing this literacy requires high-quality, effective collaborations between ocean explorers and America�s teachers.
Operation DeepScope
Bring the excitement of current ocean science discoveries to your students using this new Ocean Exploration curriculum Learning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration: A Curriculum for Grades 6-12 From bioluminescent corals to deep-vent worms, from tropical underwater volcanoes to the Arctic Ocean floor, we know less about the landscape of our ocean than we do about the moon's. Bring the excitement of current ocean science discoveries to your students using this Ocean Exploration curriculum and a CD-ROM of the Ocean Explorer Web site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Origins, Arecibo, Astrobiology
What are the limits of life? Explore surprising environments on Earth and elsewhere where life is or may be found.
Powerful Patterns ( K-2)
Illuminations, The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Students use logical thinking to create, identify, extend and translate patterns. They make patterns with objects, numbers and shapes, and also explore a variety of patterns in mathematics, physical education, science and social studies.
Project Interactivate
Project Interactivate is mathmatics courseware developed by the Shodor Education Foundation in collaboration with classroom teachers, content experts, curriculum designers and educational technologists. The project contains more than ninety classroom tested interactive activities.
Questacon, Australia's National Science and Technology Center
Welcome to Questacon, Australia's National Science & Technology Centre! Questacon runs exciting educational programmes and exhibitions both in our headquarters in Canberra, and all around Australia! Here in Canberra your class can spend an evening or even sleepover at Questacon, see a science show or have the Questacon Balloon visit your school! Find more on our teacher's calendar. If you're in Sydney we have the Science Squad, and maybe the Shell Questcon Science Circus or Questacon Smart Moves team will be coming your way if you live further away.
Race and Place , an African American Community in the Jim Crow South
Race and Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South is a collaborative work with the Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies at UVA. The project examines the era of segregation in one community and explores African American politics, families, schools, businesses, churches, and other institutions to gain perspective on African American history and the culture of the segregated South.http://.
Resource Listing for Weather and Climate
*Instruction - This document is intended to assist those who teach weather and climate at any level from pre-school through introductory college level courses, by listing some of the available instructional resources. Teachers will find information about resources from the American Meteorological Society and Project Atmosphere including the formation of the Atmospheric Education Resource Agent (AERA) network, DataStreme, AAAS, the American Geological Institute, and others, with information about audiovisual materials, computer software, and data sources.
Satellite Oceanography
Exploring Satellite Oceanography - a set of lesson plans for high school science students from the University of Rhode Island.
Scholastic Online Activities
K-12 lessons and activities designed around web resources by educational publisher Scholastic.
Science Learning Network
Science Learning Network Target Audiences Grades - with lessons in groupings of K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12 Review The Science Learning Network (SLN) is a gateway to some of the most exciting inquiry-based science resources on the Internet. The site is the product of a partnership among six science museums and is funded by Unisys and the National Science Foundation.
Science with NOAA Research
- This web page provides middle school science students and teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line resources. Teachers will find information that will help them prepare students for investigating the various sites in this program.
Seeing Math
features a math curriculum, professional development for teachers, & software "interactives." The interactives, available on the web, clarify key algebra concepts. They help students see connections between symbolic & graphic representations of quadratic functions, linear functions, piecewise linear functions, & more.
T4 - A Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Program
T4 is a 1999 program of the Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. Our website provides a resource for teachers, providing a searchable database of webquests developed by classroom teachers.
Teacher Resource Page
A compendium of teacher activities for the classroom. Make a barometer or explain the Doppler effect with a classroom activity.
Technology Resources for Teachers
Resources to help teachers make the best use of technology in teaching their day-to-day curriculum.Please note that this section is based on abstracts found in ENC's database of K-12 materials. All ENC abstracts are descriptions rather than evaluative reviews.Source www.enc.org.
The Braille Bug
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB--a national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life--addresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education provides inquiry-based activities and collaborative projects in science and math. Topics include real-time weather and climate data, air pollution, remote sensing data, the Gulf Stream, water use and testing around the world, boiling water, plants and animals in your schoolyard, measuring the circumference of earth, population growth, and tracking a real airplane in flight to see how vectors and trigonometry are used for navigation.
The Dirksen Congressional Center's Web Suite
The Dirksen Congressional Center conducts programming in four areas: historical collections, research, education, and community service. Select from the list on the left to learn more about specific programs.
The Dynamic Earth
An interactive treasure trove for earth science scholars and students. Information is available in text form and in interactive multimedia.
The Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Collection
The Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States. Formerly Ask Eric.
The Encyclopedia of World History
The good people at Bartleby.com have long prided themselves on providing a host of important works online for the benefit of those seeking online edification. One of the more recent volumes they have placed on their site is The Encyclopedia of World History, edited by Peter N.
The Galapagos Islands
Explore Galápagos Guide to see, hear, and learn about the island wildlife, landscape, and even about the undersea submersible used by scientists in the film to explore the Galápagos waters. Classroom Investigations contains downloadable and online activities to use at home or in class.
The Gateway
http://www.thegateway.org/This is a great searching site for K-12 lessons and other teacher's materials.
The K-12 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
The principles of aeronautics for elementary and middle school children, presented in three levels in English and Spanish for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. Curriculum Bridges provides activities that show the relationships between aeronautics and math, language arts, social studies, visual/performing arts, and literature.
The Math Forum
For mathematicians, math teachers, math students, and parents. Resources are broken down by grade level and type of math.
The Museum of Afro American History Boston
The Museum of Afro-American History is dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans in New England from the colonial period through the 19th century. This institution is "dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans during the colonial period in New England." The site features information about museum exhibits, the African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School, and the Black Heritage Trail (a "walking tour encompassing the largest collection of historic sites in the country relating to the life of a free African American community prior to the Civil War").
The New Americans
The New Americans - "Follow a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century." Watch video clips, listen to music and take a quiz that will challenge your idea of what it means to be "American." Companion site to the independent film shown on PBS. The New Americans Web site offers an online educational adventure for 7th-12th grade students.
The Particle Adventure
- Find answers to the eternal, fundamental questions of physics: "What is the world made of?" and "What holds it together?" The information on this site is clearly presented and well organized, with fabulous resources for teachers, including student activity sheets and links to particle physics education sites. (This site uses Flash and Shockwave.) This website requires cookies, Javascript, and Macromedia Flash.
The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global Black Experience for the 21st Century
This exhibition from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture "presents a comprehensive survey of the development of the Center's collections since the death of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1938) and explores the Center's role as the premier public research library in the world devoted to documenting and preserving the histories and cultures of people of African descent worldwide." Subjects: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture -- History | Blacks | African Americans | African diaspora | Special libraries -- New York (State) -- New York | Black History Month | New this week.
The WebQuest Page
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
Traces: Historic Archaeology
Traces: Historic Archaeology (3-5)In this unit, students will "recover" and analyze artifacts from sites in use from the settlement period to the second half of the 19th century. They will look for similarities and differences among the artifacts and the lives they reveal.
USGS Learning Web
K-12 students, can come get what they need to do homework. Put creativity into your project.
Virtual Earthquake
How can you determine the epicenter and magnitude of an earthquake? This interactive site teaches you how to determine the magnitude and epicenter of a virtual earthquake.
Virtual Jamestown
Virtual Jamestown is a research-teaching-learning project to explore the legacies of the Jamestown settlement and "the Virginia experiment." .
Visible Proofs-Forensic Views of the Body
Companion to a 2006-2008 exhibition that teaches about the history of forensic medicine, items in a forensic laboratory, and recent developments in forensic science. Features galleries of significant cases (such as the autopsy of President Lincoln), technologies, biographies of prominent scientists, and artifacts.
Visual Quantum Mechanics
Designed to "introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have a background in modern physics or higher level math." Utilizing the Shockwave plug-in, these "interactive computer visualizations and animations provide graphical descriptions of quantum effects." Site explores "properties of light emitting diodes, tunneling diodes, solar cells and even glow-in-the-dark toothbrushes are explored." From the Physics Education Research Group, Kansas State University.
VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets - A Storybook This project, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment
VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets - A Storybook This project, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, helps teachers and students understand facts about tornadoes and shows how the scientific method of making observations, collecting data, and developing and testing hypotheses to reach an informed conclusion is used.
Was the United States Ready for Pearl Harbor?
(9-12)This lesson asks students to consider the United States___ level of preparedness for Pearl Harbor and to think about what the U.S. could have done to be better prepared.
WestEd Technology Planning Toolkit
The toolkit provides rubrics, checklists, and other guides for planning technology implementation. Where appropriate, links are provided to other sites that offer models of best practice, example plans, and additional tools and resources to support a more informed technology planning program.
WWW.4teachers
This World Wide Web (WWW) site is a free, Web based monthly publication that provides a place where educators and others with interests in K to 12 education can encounter new ideas about technology's role in education. At this site they can express their opinions, share experiences, and be inspired and educated by other teachers' narratives about using technology in educational settings.
Xpeditions Greeting Friends from Other Places (K-2)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/friends.htmlStudents will be introduced to map reading by examining the___Afghanistan, Land in Crisis___ map (available in print or online). Students will practice different types of greetings and learn how children in Afghanistan might greet one another.