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SELECTED SITES TO HELP YOU WITH LESSON PLANS:

 

A to Z Teacher Stuff: 200+ original lesson plans, 50+ teaching themes, resources for building thematic units, teacher tips, etc.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com

abcteach: 5,000+ free printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms, lessons and more-for teachers who like creative ways to teach.
http://www.abcteach.com

Access Excellence: features resources for health and bioscience teachers.
http://accessexcellence.org/

Adventures of CyberBee: contains curriculum ideas, research tools, web links, etc.
http://www.cyberbee.com/index.html

AIMS Education Foundation: provides samples of material and curricula-monthly puzzles, kids' interactive zone, an activity archive, and a math history archive.
http://www.aimsedu.org/

Alphabet Soup: gives teachers educational resources with thematic and holiday units, arts and crafts, alphabet activities and literature connections.
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/resource.html

AOL@School Teachers: collects links to lesson plans on topics such as Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and a section called Vocational. Search by state standards, browse by subject, or make selections based on calendar themes.
http://school.aol.com/teachers/lesson_plans/index.adp

Art Teacher Connection: provides links to online instruction, art reference sites for students, lesson plans that integrate art and technology, and teacher tools.
http://www.artteacherconnection.com/

Biography Maker: provides in-depth directions for guiding students through the process of writing a biography.
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm

Bone Biology for Kids: promotes good health. Created for middle school students.
http://depts.washington.edu/bonebio/

Columbia Education Center Teacher Resources: produces some of the best classroom activities around for language arts, math, science, and social studies. These 600+ lesson plans are sorted by subject matter and age group.
http://www.col-ed.org/lessons_page.html

Crayola Lesson Plans: offers lessons, ideas, and craft activities that have connections to all aspects of the curriculum.
http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/index.cfm

Curriculum Archive: postings of teachers' best lesson plans for others to use.
http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/home.html

Disney Educational Productions: provides cyber lesson plans complete with activity links, plus teacher-tested ideas and sites covering all subject areas.
http://disney.go.com/educational/

edHelper.com: 10,000+ searchable lesson plans, webquest educational programs, spelling and vocabulary tools, and more.
http://www.edHelper.com

Education Place: includes resources for teachers, students and parents in reading/language arts, math, science and social studies.
http://www.eduplace.com

Education World: offers websites, lesson plans and activities, and columns on every subject for teachers.
www.educationworld.com

Educational Resources and Lesson Plans: links this Web site with thousands of lesson plans and teaching resources.
http://www.cloudnet.com/%7Eedrbsass/edres.htm

Educators Network: lists examples of worksheets, lesson plans, theme units, rubrics, and interactive tools for the classroom.
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com.

Educator's Reference Desk: hosts a myriad of educational services including a lesson plan clearinghouse of over 2000 lesson plans submitted by teachers from all across the United States and around the world.
http://www.eduref.org/

Elmer's Idea Center for Teachers: gives directions and lesson descriptions for a variety of fun projects.
http://www.elmers.com/idea/categoryfocus.asp?pc=3

ESLFlow: contains lesson plans and ideas for teaching English as a Second Language.
http://www.eslflow.com/

Event Inventor: compiles programs, lessons, and activities for all levels of science.
http://kyes-world.com/

First-School: contains a collection of lesson plans, crafts, and coloring pages for young learners. Much of the content is available in Spanish.
http://www.first-school.ws/

Flat Stanley: helps you write and send Flat Stanleys to other schools.
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/

Food Timeline: offers a chronology of the history of foods and recipes.
http://www.foodtimeline.org

Fun Lesson Plans: offers innovative teaching ideas for early childhood teachers. Thematic booklets are available on your favorite topics-camping, the beach, the garden, the United States, and more.
http://www.funlessonplans.com/index.htm

Hands on the Land: provides teacher and student materials about everything from the Everglades ecosystem, bat habitats, rock classification, invasive species, forest carnivores, water quality in the wilderness and the use of Geographic Information Systems to map vegetation.
http://handsontheland.org/

Illinois Department of Public Health: gives an A-Z topic list of health issues.
www.idph.state.il.us/a-zlist.htm

In2Edu: resources include software freebies, certificates, clip-art and 5,000 education links.
www.in2edu.com/

Judy Blume's Home Base: offers tips on how to use a notebook to jot down ideas and how to get your ideas published.
www.judyblume.com/menu-main.html

KidPub: contains over 43,000 stories written by children. It's a great place to post students' stories.
http://kidpub.org/kidpub/

KidZone: gives free printable worksheets for PreK to Grade 6 in math, geography, language arts, and science.
http://kidZone.ws

Learners Online: publishes a new online lesson each week. The lessons draw heavily on current events and the Internet.
http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/index.htm

LessonPlans.com: provides lesson plans, lesson plan writing assistance and education news.
http://lessonplans.com

LessonPlansPage.com: 1,500+ free lesson plans for PreK-12.
http://www.lessonplanspage.coml

LETSNet: provides teachers with a model for integrating the Internet into the classroom through several dozen web-based units.
commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/index.html

Middle School Science: lessons, labs, worksheets, and interactive Web-based activities.
www.middleschoolscience.com/

Money Math: uses real-life examples to teach how to organize personal finances.
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/mar/marmoneymath.htm

Music, Theater & Dance: features films, photographs, recordings and histories of dozens of patriotic songs, along with a collection of sheet music published from 1800-1922 that consists of 9,000 pieces.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/ihashome.html

NASAexplores: creates some of the best educational content on the WEB. Lesson plans and print-ready activities accompany articles published each week about a current NASA project.
http://www.nasaexplores.com/

National Council for the Social Studies: offers a variety of teaching materials to help students learn about current events.
http://www.socialstudies.org/lessons/

No Child Left Behind/Teacher Quality: keeps educators informed of the latest strategies and research on educational practices that work in the classroom.
www.teacherquality.us

NYPLDigitalGallery: images available for free download-over 275,000 maps, photos, manuscripts all from the New York Public Library.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

Open Wide and Trek Inside: examines the mouth-its various purposes, types of teeth, bacteria, decay and diseases-and includes a teacher's guide for grades 1-2.
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih2/oral-health/default.htm

Orkin: offers a collection of lesson plans correlated to National Science Education Standards.
www.orkin.com/learningcenter/kidsandteachers_lessonplans.asp

Personal Educational Press: creates flash cards, game boards (like Bingo), and quizzes.
http://www.educationalpress.org

ProTeacher: includes lesson plans, materials, education news and a reference desk for K-6 teachers.
www.proteacher.com/

Puzzlemaker: creates a wide variety of puzzles, from word searches to mazes.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html

Reading Rainbow: provides a Theme Week for every month with topics for discussion and activities to get started.
http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/theme_index.asp

RHL School: provides free worksheets that are truly unique; including "ready to use" materials for reading comprehension, math, English, and research skills.
http://www.rhlschool.com

Roald Dahl: teachers can download activities and lessons related to Dahl's wonderful stories.
http://www.roalddahl.com/

RubiStar: helps educators create their own rubrics.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org

Scholastic.com: free tools and resources for the classroom.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/index.asp

SchoolAsthmaAllergy.com: provides accurate, current, and useful tools and information to empower all those caring for school-aged children with asthma and allergies.
www.SchoolAsthmaAllergy.com

Schoolexpress.com: links to thousands of free worksheets, software programs, online kids' activities, ePhonics, and links to hundreds of educational websites.
www.schoolexpress.com/

Shakespeare is Elementary: helps with resources on Shakespeare-including a timeline of his life.
www.cps.ednet.ns.ca/pageone.htm

Sites for Teachers: ranks over 550 educational web sites by popularity. It offers top-quality, teacher-tested, and viewer-selected materials.
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

TagTeacherNet: offers the opportunity to create online communities, develop skills, find lesson plans, and share resources-it is based in the United Kingdom.
www.tagteacher.net/index.shtml

The Teacher's Desk: contains 150 tried-and-true lesson ideas that make this site worth visiting again and again.
http://www.teachersdesk.org

TeachersFirst.com: supplements discussions of headline news with this collection of links to current events.
http://teachersfirst.com/hot.cfm

The Teacher's Guide: offers lesson plans, thematic units, songs, and book activities. There is also an excellent collection of freebies, articles, and links.
http://www.theteachersguide.com/

Teachers.Net: provides the ultimate teacher resource with lesson plans, themes, resources, and a job center.
http://teachers.net/

Teachervision.com: helps teachers with lesson plans, literature tie-ins, newsletters and quizzes.
http://www.teachervision.com

Teaching Heart: creates a collection of teaching resources for the elementary teacher. This site also offers advice for new teachers and tips about classroom management and motivating students.
http://www.teachingheart.net/

Teachnet.com: lists the top 100 websites for educators, bulletin board ideas, lesson plans by subject, how to organize, decorate, and manage your classroom, and more.
www.teachnet.com/

TEAMS Educational Resources: links to over 100 sites with teaching materials in the subjects of math, science, history, language arts, arts, multi-subject, and current and seasonal events. This site also has resources for new teachers, distance learning, Internet support, and technology.
http://teams.lacoe.edu/

TENET: offers resources for administrators, teachers, parents, and students.
http://www.tenet.edu/

Thematic Units for Primary Grades: hosts 30 units based on recommended children's literature. All lessons are interdisciplinary.
www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Unitlink.htm

U.S. Department of Education: promotes educational excellence for all Americans.
www.ed.gov

WeatherEye: has weather-related lesson plans that contain background information, quizzes, experiments, and extension activities.
http://weathereye.kgan.com/index.html

 

 

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