Apple
Learning Interchange (ALI)
….. http://www.ali.apple.com/
AOL@School …… http://www.school.aol.com/
An online
educational resource for schools; includes free email, reference tools and
filtered Internet search. Divided
into primary, elementary, middle school, high school areas. Many subject areas covered. Areas for teachers and administrators
too.
Arctic
Animals of Alaska (Grades
1-2) …… http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/alaska/index.html
Conduct
research, write a poem about an arctic animal and create a visitor’s
brochure for Denali National Park.
BBC
Online-Little Kids
…….. http://www.bbc.co.uk/littlekids/
Especially for
little learners.
Cool
Kids’ Sites ….. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listgreatkimr.html
A variety of
kids’ sites, kindergarten to grade 8, on a variety of topics.
Creativity
and Butterflies (Grades 2-5)
… http://www.col-ed.org/cur/misc/misc45.txt
What does a
butterfly dream about when inside a chrysalis? The
imaginative
activities shared at this web site will get your students’ creative
juices flowing.
Curriculum
Crossword Connections
……..
http://www.tisdaleschooldiv.sk.ca/kanuski/teachers/web_assign/scavenger/index.htm
Many crossword
puzzle opportunities for grades 4-high school. Topics include Canada studies, holiday crosswords, career
study, physics, French tourist attractions, more.
ED’s
Oasis …… http://www.edsoasis.org/
The purpose of
this site is to help teachers learn to use the Internet as an integral part of
teaching and learning. Site
contains MANY links of interest to teachers, including a great interactive
science site, history, language arts, math, art and many teacher
resources. Join the EdsOasis
listserv to keep up on the latest in technology.
Free
Worksheets! ……..
http://www.freeworksheets.com/
6000+ free
worksheets in language Arts, Reading, Science, Geography, social Studies,
Sentences and Writing, Phonics, History, thinking skills, etc.
.
FunBrain ……. http://www.funbrain.com/
A
neat site where you can locate math games and quizzes you wish your students to
complete. After they do so, the
site will email you their results!Quizzes on many other subjects also.
Illustrating
Endangered Species(Grades
5-6) …. http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/projects/art
In this
project, groups of students form their own ad agencies, research endangered
animals, and consider various art styles that would be appropriate to
illustrate these animals.
Integrating
Literature into the Curriculum ……. http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/lessonplan.htm
Lots of good
ideas here for integrating kids’ books and lesson plans for integrating
literature grades 1-12.
Internet
Resources for K-8 Students
…. http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/
A recent
update of a popular ERIC digest; more than 100 lesson plans written by teachers
from all over the United States
ISTE
Home Page …… http://www.iste.org/Resources/index.shtml
Lesson plans,
links, distance learning information and lots more resources for educators.
Journey
North (adaptable to any
grade level) … http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Join thousands
of other schools collecting migration data for a dozen species and send
questions to the organization’s scientists. Satellite telemetry provides live coverage of animals on the
move.
Kathy
Schrock’s Guide for Educators
… http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/index.html
In my opinion,
one of the BEST sites for teachers . . .not only lesson plans, but many other
useful resources are found here.
See for yourself!
Lesson
Plan Site…… http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/links/lesson_plans.html
Many excellent
links to other collections of educational links.....lesson plans, projects,
technology-enhanced lessonplans, lots of plans for primary grades, thematic
units and more! Many vendor sites
with lesson plans too!
Lesson
Planz
……….. http://www.lessonplanz.com/
Indexed by
subject area: includes health/nutrition, fine arts, computers and technology,
etc.
Lesson
Plans on the Web …. http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Share.htm
Tons of
ideas! A compilation of lesson
plans on the Web.
MathStories …………. http://www.mathstories.com/
Pages are
sorted by topic and level of difficulty.
Contains worksheets ready to print and use.
Pencilnews.com …… http://www.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews
Internet news
and education for kids.
Planet
Earth Conflict: Yellowstone Wolves
(Grades 5-12) …. http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/mtr/ConflictYellowstoneWolf.htm
Should wolves
in Yellowstone National Park be removed?
Students research wolves and public policy debates (starting with the
links provided at this Web site), then form and defend their opinions.
PowerPoint
Backgrounds …… http://www.pptbackgrounds.fsnet.co.uk/pptips.htm
Great variety
of PowerPoint backgrounds, lots pof hints, tips and tutorials. A good list of other PowerPoint
resources and sites.
Puzzlecenter
……. http://www.puzzlecenter.com/
Create and
send your own e-puzzle greeting cards. Create crosswords, word scrambles, word
searches, anagrams, word shape matches, secret codes and word paint.
Sample
Lesson Plans …….
http://www.nettech.org/tc/curint/lessons.html
Sample lesson
plans from the Educational Technology coordinator’s website. Also contains WebQuests, online field
trips, current research in the field
Shareski’s
Teacher Resources
………. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listteacherde1.html
A huge list of
resources for teachers and students.
StoryPlace:
The Children’s Digital Library
…… http://www.storyplace.org/
Created by
public librarians. Children are
able to view online stories, participate in fun games and activities, print out
Take Home activities and find great books to read. Currently there are 5 different themes; activities available
in both English and Spanish.
Teaching
with the Web ….. http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/teaching.htm
Includes a K-2
section as well as resources for other grades.
Technology
Enhanced Lesson Plans
….. http://www.ed.sc.edu/caw/lessons/lessons.html
Looking for
integration ideas? check out this site
The
Color Site … http://www.thecolorsite.com/
Animated
coloring pages and games.
The
Lesson Plan Links Website: http://rrnet.com/~gleason/lesson.html
A total of 141
sites! Included are lesson plans correlated with the 7
intelligences,
CHEM4KIDS (astronomy, biology, chemistry, geography, physics for grades
7-12), KinderKorner, ePALS
classroom exchange, more!
The
Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network….
http://www.microsoft.com/education/mctn/
Innovative
classroom projects, community forum, discussion of educational topics, New
Teachers’ Corner, theme-based lesson plans and activities.
The
San Francisco Zoo
……. http://www.sfzoo.org/
Take a virtual
tour of this great zoo!
Theodore
Tugboat’s Games, Puzzles and Stories for Early Readers ……. http://www.cochran.com/theodore/activities/
Good
kindergarten site
The
Toledo Zoo
……… http://www.toledozoo.org/
TrackStar
…….. http://scrtec.org/track/index.html
Select your
curriculum area and grade level to get specific lesson plans.
Tech
Conference 2001- CYSS - Diocese of Toledo - June 19-20, 2001
Prepared with
contributions from Linda Aubry
< strose_aubry@strosepb.org>
Technology Coordinator,
Saint Rose School, Perrysburg