World Wide Web Sites for Educators

TEACHER RESOURCES

4Teachers -- Integrate technology into your teaching by creating custom quizes or on-line lessons. Features 'QuizStar',  'Trackstar',  'Project Based Learning', and Web Worksheet Wizards. 
http://4teachers.org/tools

Baylink -- An educational site containing lesson plans submitted by teachers.  Subjects include arts, science, social science, math and language arts. 
www.baylink.org/main.html

Bloom's Taxonomy Links

By Librarians, For Everyone! -- Librarian's index to the Internet. This is a subject directory of more than 7,000 Internet resources, especially useful to librarians. 
www.lii.org

Classroom Connect Jump Station -- Many educational resources and ideas for integrating the Web into the classroom
www.classroom.net

Connected Teacher -- Classroom Connects' handpicked selection of the Internet's best education related websites. 
http://connectedteacher.classroom.com/library/bestofweb.asp

Encyclopedia Britannica Online -- Visitors may try the site, but users who wish to make regular searches must pay a fee.
www.eb.com

Exploratorium-- This is a collage of hundreds of interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception.  The exhibits fall into 13 broad subject areas, including light, color, music, motion, animal behavior, electricity, heat and temperature, language, patterns hearing, touch, vision, waves and resonance.
www.exploratorium.edu

Exploring Middle School Reform -- An educational search engine for middle grades. It contains information for assessment evaluation, curriculum, instruction, principal and teacher professional development. 
www.middleweb.com

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -- Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal Government are now easier to find.  Subjects included: Arts, Technology, Foreign Languages, Health & Safety, Language Arts, Math, 
P. E., Science, Social Studies, Vocational Education. 
www.ed.gov/free/

Learning Link Educational Internet Resources -- Educational Internet resource links provided by PBS station WHRO in Norfolk, VA. 
http://www.whro.org/education/curriculum.shtml

MATHLINE PBS Link to Math and the Movies -- Each month some of our new teacher content –Math Concepts, Teacher Tips, career Connections or Math Challenges –will make connections between the monthly theme and practical math resources.
www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/overview.shtm

NASA Connect Website -- Downloading lesson guides: Tools of the Aeronautics Trade, Atmosphere Detectives, Water Below the Surface of Mars, Eves Over Mars, The X-Plane Generation, Modeling the Future, Mirror, Mirror on the Universe.
http://connect.larc.nasa.gov

NASA Education Home Page -- A comprehensive overview of NASA's educational programs and services, along with a searchable program inventory of cataloged NASA's educational programs. 
http://education.nasa.gov/

NASA SpaceLink -- The official home to electronic versions of NASA's Educational Products. 
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/products

National Teaching Training Institute (NTTI) --
Math, Science & Technology. Find NTTI sites and dates and search the database of more than 200 lesson plans created by NTTI Master Teachers nationwide.
www.wnet.org/wnetschool/ntti/

 

PBSKids!-- Contains plenty of exciting online adventures for kid Web surfers.  Although not formal teachers' guides or lesson plans, these resources offer valuable content for both kids and adults. 
www.pbs.org/teachersource/

 

Personal Educational Press

Word lists, Dolch lists, make your own flashcards for phonics or number practice with a choice of English or Spanish. Tracing sheets, bingo cards, word scrambles are also available to print.

http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/Index.asp

Ready to Learn -- Works with local stations and community partners to provide workshops for caregivers and parents as well as free books to disadvantaged children through its First Book program.
http://pbskids.org/grownups/readytolearn.html

RefDesk -- A SuperSite! Great resource for fast facts on the Internet: dictionaries, encyclopedias, news, weather, and more. 
www.refdesk.com

Rocky Mountain Mapping Center -- Educational resources, activities & lesson plans, outreach activities, and digital data resources. 
rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/index.html

Teachnet.com- Smart tools for busy teachers including lesson plans, how to tools and a bulletin board for sharing with other teachers.
http://www.teachnet.com/

Teacher Courses and Workshops -- Workshops, courses, materials, and technology for teacher training and improving teaching practices.
www.wgbh.org/wgbh/learn/index.html#teacher

Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. -- College enrollment, college costs, financial aid.
www.tgslc.org

The Busy Teacher K-12 -- The site provides teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans, classroom activities with minimum site-to-site linkage, and provides a rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/ceismc/programs/edtech/busyt.htm

The Franklin Institute Museum -- Students can visit the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia via the Web and find research information on many topics.
www.fi.edu

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) -- Sponsors the Human Evolution Education Network (HEEN) to bring together K-12 science teachers and scientists whose expertise is human evolution.  The HEEN web page lists publications  and resources for evolution and biology education, online and in "the real world."
http://www.ncseweb.org/ncse_activities.asp

World Population -- An educational resource for global population. Bilingual activities available. 
http://www.populationconnection.org/education

Updated:  April 01, 2008