This page contains useful information, documents, web links, and resources
for all teachers. This page is non-grade or subject specific. For subject
specific pages, click on the content resources button at the right and choose a subject. Each subject area page will be
divided into grade appropriate links and resources.
General Instructional Resources Web Sites (Student
activities, various content area resources, etc.)
Brainpop
has several short movies that students can view from math, social studies, science, health, and technology. Each child can watch up to 2 movies
per day for free.
Brain
Connection Brain Connection is a comprehensive Web site that
provides useful information about the brain and learning. The site is well
organized and provides numerous sections such as "Education Connection,"
"Brain Teasers," "Library," and "Professional Development." The site also
provides a set of useful animations, an outstanding graphics gallery, many
learning resources, and an interesting set of brain facts.
Dositey.com Free content on Dositey.com covers a broad array of short,
interactive lessons, games, worksheets, puzzles, open-ended problems and other
activities for grades K-12 plus sections for teachers and parents. Some
fee-based content also available but the majority is free.
Teacher's Hub Resources for all grade
levels divided by elementary, middle and high school. Includes a special
section for teachers, quizzes, spelling and words.
General Teacher Resources Web Sites (Lesson Plans, Rubrics,
Webquests, Graphic Organizers, Open Response Etc.)
Best WebQuests.com With so many pages claiming to be "webquests,"
it's time for the experts to step in and separate the real webquests from
other web-based activities. Look to this site as finding aid and matrix of the
best WebQuests arranged by content area and learners' age. You'll be able to
read tips on what makes a great WebQuest, submit yours for consideration, and
get tips on WebQuest design.
Education World Everything
from content area resources to lesson plans can be found here.
Ed Helper.Com Lesson plans,
webquests, worksheets, teacher tools etc.
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence FREE is an acronym for the
U.S. Department of Education's Federal Resources for Educational Excellence.
The site is comprised of 50 federal agencies that supply free materials for
educators. Resources at the site include lesson plans, activities, data,
primary sources information, photos, and maps on a variety of subject areas.
Graphic Organizers
Great place to find Graphic Organizers for all subjects and grade levels
Graphic Organizers-Everything
you need to know about Graphic Organizers along with printable worksheets
for Enchanted Learning Members. This site explains all types of graphic
organizers in enough detail that even the novice could understand.
Globe Teacher Newsletter
Newsletter full of resources for all teachers, includes information and web
sites for all teachers. Updated frequently, check it often for newly added
resources or sign up for their e-mail newsletter.
Hot Potatoes Software for
Windows. The Hot Potatoes suite includes six
applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice,
short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill
exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free
of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational
institutions, who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay
for a license. You can use this software to make various formats of online
tests.
Keep
Schools SafeKeep Schools Safe is a resource for helping
schools increase their safety. It covers general safety of schools; provides
answers to common questions about gangs, violence and aggression in youth;
shows students how to deal with common problems such as fighting and bullying;
and has hundreds of links to sites dealing with school violence and safety.
Partnership for Kentucky Schools Contains newsletters covering all
academic areas. Provides online resources, software reviews, and
content-specific websites for all school teachers.
PBS-Teacher Source
Having problems developing a lesson plan? At PBS-Teacher Source one only has
to select a topic and grade level to find lesson plans for Social Studies. In
fact, lesson plans for other subject areas can also be accessed that this
site. Furthermore, lessons can be matched to suggested standards by clicking
on the section called Standard Match.
Project Approach: In Early Childhood & Elementary Education The purpose of
this web site is to provide readers with resources to enable them to carry out
projects wherever they may work with children. The site is intended to make
available some accounts of successful projects undertaken by teachers working
with children of different ages and cultures in different parts of the world.
The site also offers more formal means of study of the Project Approach
through accompanying online courses for teachers.
Puzzle Makers-Great for spelling and
vocabulary. Create custom puzzles in various formats using your own words.
Rubric Builder Build your own rubrics or search for one that someone else
has done. You can even clone someone else's rubric and change it for your
needs.
RubistarRubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use
rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.
While many teachers want to use rubrics or are experimenting with writing
rubrics, they can be quite time-consuming to develop. RubiStar is a tool to
help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to
develop them from scratch. RubiStar provides generic rubrics that can simply
be printed and used for many typical projects and research assignments. The
unique thing about RubiStar, however, is that it provides these generic
rubrics in a format that can be customized. The teacher can change almost all
suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their own project.
Rubric Makers
Organized by subject. These rubric generators will allow you to make grading
rubrics by filling out a simple form. The materials are made instantly and can
be printed directly from your computer. Your creations are exclusive to you.
If you would like to keep your creations, save them when you make them.
Sites For Teachers Over
1000 sites listed for teachers at all grade levels and subject areas
Smithsonian Education Resource LibraryThe
Smithsonian Education Resource Library is a finding aid to the many education
resources provided by the Smithsonian. It allows searching for lesson plans,
labs, field trips, and more by grade level, subject, keyword , media, and
institution. The Smithsonian Education site is subdivided into sections for
teachers, students, and family. This finding aid is a great way to search all
sections.
TeachersFirst.com Teachers First lists links to sites and
lessons for Elementary, Middle School, and High School teachers and provides
these lessons in subject areas that include Art, Astronomy and Space, Biology,
Chemistry, Current Events, Drama and Theatre, Earth Science, Economics,
Foreign Languages, Health, Interdisciplinary, Library Resources, Literature
and Reading, Mathematics, Mind Stretchers, Music, Physical Education, Physics,
General Science, Special Education, U. S. History, U. S. Government, World
Cultures and Geography, and Writing.
Teacher Vision (all kinds of resources-lesson plans, classroom management
etc. plus sign up for a free newsletter with plenty of great ideas in your
e-mail)
Testing
Our SchoolsTesting Our Schools is a timely Web site
dedicated to the examination of high stakes testing in American schools. The
site contains numerous interviews with educational testing experts, as well as
others, such as teachers and administrators who deal with assessment on a real
and practical daily basis. The site also contains information about No Child
Left Behind, the challenge of standards, and a truly interesting section on
testing, teaching and learning.
The Learning Page
The Learning Page is a portal for the collections of the
American Memory project from The Library of Congress. The collection
represents over 7 million resources, which have been used to create lessons
and activities. Also present at the site are sections about "Collection
Connections," a "Community Center" and professional development. The site also
offers "The Source" which is a newsletter about practical techniques for using
American Memory resources. Finish your trip to the site by exploring the
transcripts of the chats about interesting topics relating to social studies
or participating in one.
WebQuests: Explanation A free workshop presented online by
"Concept to Classroom," a collaboration between Thirteen Ed Online and Disney
Learning Partnership. If you want to start using WebQuests, this is an
excellent place to begin. This workshop is broken down into sections called
Explanation, Demonstration, Exploration, and Implementation. Each section
answers critical questions, provides short video clips from experts/users, and
provides links to other critical information or terms when appropriate.
Word List
Makers-Create word lists from the pre-defined word lists that are already
available (subjects include: reading, writing, math, geography, science,
government, Spanish, French, and German.) You can create flash cards, bingo
games, word searches etc.
Worksheet Generator From Discovery School. Now you
can create customized worksheets in less than 5 minutes! Choose from several
vocabulary and math worksheet templates in the "Create a Worksheet" area. Or
just use a teacher-created worksheet in our library of "Worksheets to Go"!
4YEO: Back to School
Back to school 3D icons in all the basic colors: a paint brush, a pencil, a
book, a school bag, a thumbtack, and more.
Ace Clipart: School
School and school related clip art: blackboards, classroom, colored chalk, a
graduate, a girl and a globe, school children, copy books, and more.
Alien Explorer Clipart
Clip art that may be used by teachers and students as part of web sites,
school projects, assignments, posters, news letters, etc. Read the terms of
usage before using. Aliens, people, teens, fitness, wildlife, birds, pond
life, fish, trees, bushes, and more.
Awesome Clipart for Kids: School
School backgrounds, lines, and color, plus black and white clip art and icons:
globes, colors, pencils, school supplies, students, teachers, a school bag,
glue bottle, and more. Click on Next in each section to view all the pages.
Clip Art for Foreign Language Instruction
Simple culturally and linguistically neutral line drawings to be used by
foreign language instructors: images representing verbs, adjectives, nouns,
and medical.
Clips Ahoy: School
School buses, assignments, teachers, desks, lockers, kindergarten children,
students, supplies, rewards, tests, and more.
Clips Ahoy: Math
A boy doing math, pencil and calculator, addition, and more.
Country Graphics by Grandma George
A small selection of nice school related clip art: blackboards, a teddy bear
with a book, a small schoolhouse, books with apple bookends, etc.
Creations by Glory
People, children of various races, a pencil and Crayon lines, books, and birds
and flower characters.
Dan's House Collection
A nice collection of icon size school houses, plus larger images of school
houses.
Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery: School
A large site of school related clip art and animation: art, awards, food, fun
and games, health and safety, letters, numbers, logos, music, math, social
studies, sports, students, teachers, and much more.
Eastgate Elementary
A nice selection of apples, books, computers and accessories, writing tools,
miscellaneous school related graphics, and notebook backgrounds.
Jen's Sunny Corner Clipart
Country clip art: a school bell, a ruler, scissors, a schoolhouse, a patchwork
apple, an owl on a stack of books, note paper, and School Days sign.
Kiwi Graphics: School Days
A selection of school clip art: an apple with a worm, a pencil, and decorated
school related signs for preschool, first grade, etc.
Manual of Traffic Signs: School
School traffic signs: school zone, school crossing, school bus stop ahead,
Arizona school speed limit, etc.
Original Country Clip Art by Lisa
Teachers sitting at desks, a blackboard Welcome sign, dividers, menu buttons,
paint, glue, a ruler linebar, calculators, and a calculator line, etc.
Phyllis's Backgrounds
A nice selection of full backgrounds and borders: computer, school crossing,
apples, globe, books, and more.
Sunset Angel's School Graphics
Little red school houses, books, and pencils, plus a little red schoolhouse
background and buttons.
Teachnet: School Mascots
School mascot clip art: an Indian chief, coyote, buffalo, a bulldog, bull,
cardinal, ram, etc.
PowerPoint Slide Shows This
site has hundreds of ready made PowerPoint slide shows divided by grade
level and subject. These are complete documents ready to use, or you can
save them and modify them for your lesson.
PowerPoint Slide Shows from
Jefferson County Schools. Hundreds of PowerPoints for all subjects divided
by subject and grade level. Downloaded files require
winzip to unpack them for use.
