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Resources for Teachers

Sites for Teachers

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Hundreds of web sites rated by popularity.

MiddleWeb

http://www.middleweb.com/
Exploring Middle School Reform MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades.

Blue Web'n

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1942 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects).

Education World

http://www.education-world.com/help/guide.shtml
Supported by advertising and corporate contributions, the Education World site just gets better and better -- both broad and deep, offering original material on important education topics, lesson plans and teaching ideas, a massive index to internet sites, and -- most important -- an energetic and innovative staff that continues to search for ways to best serve educators.

PBS Teacher Source

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Includes more than 1,000 free lesson plans (matched to standards), teacher guides and online activities--and you can explore these resources by subject or grade level or with keywords.

School Discovery

http://school.discovery.com/
Lesson plans, teaching tools, chat listservs, classroom customizers, a clip art gallery, a puzzle generator, and access to Kathy Shrock's famous collection of education weblinks. Then there's the brainbuster feature (great for daily startups), the Science Fair Central, etc. etc. Impressive!

Teachernet

http://www.teachnet.com/
"Smart Tools for Busy Teachers," this is certainly one of the best all-around teacher sites on the Web.

The Gateway to Educational Materials

http://www.thegateway.org/
With its Gateway to Educational Materials, the US Department of Education aims to make the Web "a more friendly place for teachers." GEM evaluates resources from federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial sites and compiles a database of lesson plans accessible through a simple search. There are currently over 140 organizations supplying over 7,000 documents to the database. This site can serve as a source of good ideas for supplementary activities in a well-designed and implemented curriculum. Searchable by subjects, keywords, grade levels, etc.

Filamentality

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides teachers through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners. The site developers have created a friendly, funny, easy-to-use system that's teacher-savvy and requires little or no web experience to use.


America’s Story from America’s Library

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi


Curriculum Resources For Teachers by Teachers

http://www.middleschool.net/

Middle School Science

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/
Great ideas, lesson plans and websites.

National Science Digital Library

http://nsdl.enc.org/
Created for middle school teachers: A direct path to selective online resources for instruction and professional development from the National Science Digital Library. Enter each subject pathway below to browse a list of topics; search for resources by state standards; and take an in-depth look at a teachable concept in science, math, or technology.

LibriVox

http://librivox.org/

Provides free audiobooks from the public domain for downloading.  Includes poetry, classics and a search menu to find a particular audiobook. 

Links to free streaming videos

http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/media/streaming.cfm

This website offers numerous other websites that offer free video streaming videos of lectures and programs.

 

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