Curriculum Resources
on the Web
There are so many great resources for students online, that a list would be almost endless. We've compiled some of our favorites below. First, we've included some great general sites for teachers where you can get all kinds of help and resources, including curriculum. Then, we've broken the list down to include some great subject-area resources as well!
The following sites contain links, curriculum, ideas and tips for teachers.
General | Subject-Area Resources | Classroom
Resources
GENERAL TEACHER SITES & LESSON PLANS
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
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
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://blackhistory.com/
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://kids.gov/6_8/6_8_art_architecture.shtml
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
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
Class Page Builder
http://teachers.net/sampler
Scholastic's home page builder
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/classhome.htm
School
Notes:
http://schoolnotes.com
Filamentality
http://kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
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://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/excelets/Excel_Resources.pdf
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
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