Teacher Training Home
The following sites contain links, curriculum, ideas and tips for teachers.
General | Museum
Sites | Subject-Area Resources | Classroom
Resources
4teachers
http://4teachers.org
NYLearns
http://nylearns.org
Eduscapes
http://eduscapes.com
Marco Polo
http://mped.org
PBS Teacher Source
http://pbs.org/teachersource
New York Times Learning
Network
http://nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Kathy Schrock’s
guide
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide
Educational Cyberplayground
http://edu-cyberpg.com
Multicultural
Paths—links to multicultural resources
http://edchange.org/multicultural/sites1.html
Sheila
Gersh's resources for teachers
http://schoollink.org/twin
Brain Pop
http://brainpop.com
Enchanted Learning
http://enchantedlearning.com
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com
Cyber Guides: links to lesson
plans with student activities
http://sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Filamentality: create free web-based activities for classroom use
http://kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html
Internet
Projects Registry—a clearinghouse of online projects in all subject/grade levels
http://gsh.lightspan.com/GSH/pr
Examples and hotlists of ways to integrate the Internet into the classroom
http://cln.org/integrating.html
Apple Learning Exchange
http://ali.apple.com/ali
Teacher-submitted lesson plans
http://educationworld.com/a_tsl
A clearinghouse for lesson plans on the web
http://seirtec.org/k12/lessons.html
Microsoft in Education Resources
http://microsoft.com/education/default.aspx
SEIR*TEC (SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium) Lesson Plans
http://seirtec.org/k12/lessons.html
MUSEUM EDUCATION SITES
Smithsonian Institution
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
http://metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp
Ask Asia, sponsored by the Asia Society
http://askasia.org
Museum of Natural History
http://amnh.org/education/resources/index.php
Museum of Modern Art
http://moma.org
Art Institute of Chicago
http://artic.edu
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (online database)
http://mfa.org/
Liberty Science
Center, New Jersey
http://lsc.org/teachers
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
http://getty.edu/education/for_teachers/index.html
National Gallery, Washington,
D.C.
http://nga.gov/education/education.htm
National
Gallery, London
http://nationalgallery.org.uk/education/visits/resources.htm
SUBJECT-AREA RESOURCES
ELA | Math | Perf.
Arts | Science | Health | Social
Studies | Fine Art | Business
Literature/Language Arts
Reading Group Guides
http://readinggroupguides.com
Short Stories Online
http://short-stories.co.uk
Purdue University’s
Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Shakespeare for Kids
http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=588
Teaching Shakespeare
http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=618
National Council of Teachers of English
http://ncte.org
Cyber English
http://tnellen.com/cybereng
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
http://dawcl.com
Big Dog’s Grammar
http://aliscot.com/bigdog
Aesop's Fables Online Collection
http://pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop
Wacky Web Tales
http://eduplace.com/tales
The Children's Literature Web
Guide
http://acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
Word Central
http://wordcentral.com
LSU Libraries Author Guides
http://lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html
Book Talks - Quick and Simple
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks
Academy of American Poets
http://poets.org
Online Poetry Database
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/
Scribbling Women—teaching
women’s
literature
http://scribblingwomen.org
A&E Biography Search
http://biography.com
Mathematics
Math Forum
http://mathforum.org
Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org
Cool
Math
http://coolmath.com
Mathematics Lessons that are Fun
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons
Math in Daily Life
http://learner.org/exhibits/dailymath
AAA Math
http://aaamath.com
Manipulating Math with Java—examples
of Math concepts
http://ies.co.jp/math/java
SOS Math—free high school
math review resource
http://sosmath.com
Performing Arts
and Music
Mojo's Musical Mouseum
http://kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
The Classical Music Navigator
http://wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm
History of Ballet
http://ccs.neu.edu/home/yiannis/dance/history.html
New York City Ballet
http://nycballet.com
New York Philharmonic Kid Zone
http://nyphilkids.org/main.phtml
Science
National Geographic
http://nationalgeographic.com
Science NetLinks
http://sciencenetlinks.com
CDC's Body & Mind site
http://bam.gov
Bill Nye
http://billnye.com
E Nature (National Wildlife Federation)
http://enature.com
Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Frogland
http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml
Franklin Institute Online
http://sln.fi.edu
Fear of Physics
http://fearofphysics.com
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Insects on the Web
http://insects.org
Kids Gardening
http://kidsgardening.org
Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
http://minerals.net
How Stuff Works
http://howstuffworks.com
Multidisciplinary class activities for students on deserts
http://horizon.nmsu.edu/ddl/ddllessongrid.html
Exploratorium Hands-On Activities
http://exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html
Solar System Simulator
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov
Genscope
http://genscope.concord.org
Science Online
http://teachersnetwork.org/book/chemresources.htm
Health, PE, and Fitness
PE Central
http://pecentral.org
Sports Illustrated for Kids
http://sikids.com
Food and Drug Administration
http://fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
http://niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org
History
and Social Studies
American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov
U.S. National Archives
http://archives.gov
National Council for Social Studies
http://socialstudies.org/resources
Castles on the Web
http://castlesontheweb.com
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
http://tenement.org
The Immigrant Experience in NY
http://tenement.org/immigrantexperience/lalutta.htm
Xpeditions
http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
Eyewitness
http://eyewitnesstohistory.com
Black History
http://kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov
I*EARN
http://iearn.org
4Directions—Native American Lesson Plans & Resources
http://4directions.org
African-American Web Connection
http://aawc.com/aaa.html
EDSITEment—Humanities Content
online
http://edsitement.neh.gov
American History & Culture
links
http://education-world.com/a_sites/sites028.shtml
Map Collection via the University of Texas
http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/states_sites.html#M
Country Reports
http://emulateme.com
America’s Freedom Documents
http://education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson190.shtml
BBC Online History
http://bbc.co.uk/history
History Channel’s “This Day in History”
http://historychannel.com/thisday
Exploring African-American
Issues on the Web
http://kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu
Facing History
http://facinghistory.org
Art and Architecture
Smithsonian American Art Museum
http://si.edu
Architecture for Kids
http://loggia.com/designarts/architecture/kids.html
Artcyclopedia
http://artcyclopedia.com
Arts Edge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco
http://thinker.org
Art Institute of
Chicago
http://artic.edu
ArcKIDecture
http://archkidecture.org
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
http://metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp
Business
Consumer Search
http://consumersearch.com/www/
Econ EdLink
http://econedlink.org
All Business
http://allbusiness.com/
The Washington Post Business Glossary
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html
JobStar Central Career Guides
http://jobstar.org/tools/career/index.cfm
RESOURCES FOR THE CLASSROOM
Assessment | WebQuests | Evaluation | Research | Web
Searches | Email | Worksheets | Create
Your Own | Tutorials | Miscellaneous
Assessment
Evaluating Student Presentations
http://ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html
Sample Rubric for an Oral Presentation
http://middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html#anchor352906
WebQuests
The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu
Big Wide World webquest: investigations
into our world for younger elementary students
http://kn.pacbell.com/wired/bww/index.html
How to adapt a WebQuest
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/adapting/index.html
WebQuest templates
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
WebQuest design formats
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm
Article w/links on creating a WebQuest
http://educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml
Thirteen's WebQuest Workshop
http://thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html
More WebQuest training materials
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
Evaluating Web Sites
A Multicultural Model for Evaluating Educational Web Sites
http://edchange.org/multicultural/net/comps/model.html
Kathy
Schrocks’s the ABC’s of web evaluation
http://kathyschrock.net/abceval
Critically analyzing information
sources (online & print)
http://library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm
Online Research
Internet Public Library
http://ipl.org
Yahoo Research--hotlinks to resources
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference
The New Plagiarism
http://fno.org/may98/cov98may.html
Online course about Internet research
http://eduscapes.com/info/index.html
How to cite resources,
both print and online materials
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#Works-Cited
Citation Machine
http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
Google’s
Scholar article search
http://scholar.google.com/
Find Articles
http://findarticles.com
Awesome Library
http://awesomelibrary.org/
Web Searching
Four Tips for Better Internet Searching
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
Kids’ Search
Engines
http://rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Kids’ Image Search Tools
http://kidsclick.org/psearch.html
Kids Click
http://kidsclick.org
Yahooligans
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com
Google Search Basics
http://google.com/help/basics.html
Email Projects
Gaggle–Get free monitored email for your students
http://gaggle.net
E-Pals
http://epals.com
Yahoo People/Email Search
http://people.yahoo.com
Worksheets & Class Activities
Index of Graphic Organizers
http://graphic.org/goindex.html
Venn Diagrams—about them & how
to create them
http://venndiagram.com
KWHL Charts
http://graphic.org/kwhl.html
Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html
Quiz
Star
http://quizstar.4teachers.org
Create
Your Own!
Trackstar for Teachers: create your own Internet hotlist of resources for your class to use online
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp
Web
Workshop Wizard—create your own class web page and post it to the web. No html knowledge needed:
http://wizard.hprtec.org
Class Page Builder
http://teachers.net/sampler
Scholastic's home page builder
http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/index.htm
School
Notes:
http://schoolnotes.com
Filamentality
http://kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.htm
Tech Tutorials for Teachers
Online tutorial database
http://actden.com/index.htm
Tutorials for Teachers
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic76.htm
Microsoft Excel for Math Teachers
http://teachnet.ie/pkavanagh
Power Point in the Classroom
http://actden.com/pp
Miscellaneous
Tapped In—an online community of educators. Online forums & discussions
http://tappedin.org/tappedin
Net
Day Compass—a site that has links to a wide range of online resources surrounding technology in schools from creating a technology plan to grants to best practices
http://netdaycompass.org |