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Arts
The Incredible Art Department
- A whimsical collection of K-12 art resources that lives up to its name. Online art projects, weekly links to different art classes around the U.S., and art news are but a few of the gems to be found here.
- This site is designed to aid teachers in the art education of elementary aged children. Many lessons have been written and gathered on various topics, historical time periods, and cultures throughout the world. Each section will display lessons and links devoted to a particular concept. The lesson plan will include the concept, objectives, vocabulary, materials, procedures and evaluation.
Bilingual Education
- An archive of computer-assisted language learning activity plans, and a list of other resources.
- Multicultural Pavilion's newest addition, the Teacher's Corner. They provide resources specific to K-12 teachers of all subjects.
Foreign Languages
- Learn Spanish from 50+ modules covering pronunciation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and other themes.
- This site is especially designed for people who have only a ridimantary knowledge of Hebrew, or even no knowledge at all. Included material are the Hebrew Tutorial pages, where you can learn the Hebrew alphabet, basic grammar and much more. They also have the Useful Words section of the site, where people can learn the meaning of many useful words and phrases, and hear how they are pronounced.
Geography
- Geography game based on the national geography standards.
Interdisciplinary
- AskERIC is the Internet-based education information service of the ERIC system, headquartered at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology at Syracuse University.
Mathematics
- FAMILY MATH is a program developed by EQUALS, at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, California. The goal of FAMILY MATH is to encourage underrepresented groups (especially girls and minority students) to enter careers that use mathematics. FAMILY MATH is, of course, family-based.
- Provides access to most public domain and Shareware Software (including K-12) as well as materials which can be used in the teaching of math at the college level. Also provides an extensive list of links to other math and science resources.
- Math Forum resources include math resources organized for teachers, students, and researchers, by topic and by level, public forums for discussing math and math education, and sections devoted to current topics in math education.
- MathMagic is a K-12 telecommunications project developed in El Paso, Texas. It provides strong motivation for students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies and communications skills. MathMagic posts challenges in each of four categories (k-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each registered team to pair up with another team and engage in a problem-solving dialog.
Reading & Literature
- Internet resources on books for children and young adults.
- KidLit WebSite, designed for kids (mostly) and for adults interested in quality children's literature. They have a good selection of literature and art by kids of various ages, and a full length time travel novel.
Sciences
- This site provides K-12 physical science education materials that are specifically designed for teachers, parents and students. Its chemistry section includes the electronic editions of the NCW Wonderscience, and downloadable movies of common chemistry demonstrations.
- Videos, experiments, and online textbook.
- Project Dragonfly is a joint venture of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), funded by a grant by the National Science Foundation, with the assistance of the Center for Human Development, Learning, and Teaching. Our primary mission is to provide a national voice for young investigators and the opportunity for them to interact with experienced researchers.
- A Teacher's Guide to Student-Built Experiments and the Exploratorium Science Snackbook.
- Site of Quest: NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative
- The Science Activities Manual: K-8 addresses content with a hands-on approach while incorporating the skills necessary to raise the activity to a higher cognition level. This emphasis on both the physical and mental aspects of teaching and learning science is best described as "touch science" or "hands-on science." The major motivation is to employ instructional strategies that bring the students physically and mentally into touch with the science they are studying.
- Chemistry, biology, & physics experiments for all ages.
Social Studies
- Jointly developed by The Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Institution, The National Archives, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The goal of the Web site is to encourage teachers, students, and lifelong learners to connect current events with American history by tapping into the vast resources now available online from Washington's national cultural institutions.
- Information, search guides, and activities relating to the historical collections from the Library of Congress. Related web-sites are also linked.
Special Topics
- Cyberspace Middle School is designed for students in the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades who are using the World Wide Web to help get an education. However, students and teachers in all grades have found it useful.
- was created and is operated non-profit by Dr. Scott Mandel, a classroom teacher at Pacoima Middle School, in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In less than two years, the site now welcomes 600-100 teachers who visit every day--over 300,000 since its creation. Lessons and questions have been coming in from all over the country, and places as diverse as Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia.
Guides To Educational Resources
- This directory of K-12 WWW Educational Resources has been developed for teachers and students of the K-12 community. It is to intended to be a list where teachers can quickly access resource materials for direct use in their lesson plans or as additional resources for students to explore.
- The Cornell Theory Center is committed to providing a wide range of educational services to the national community. This Gateway provides links to resources in social sciences and the arts for K-12 educators and students.
- Connects students with all of the great learning resources on the Internet. Using SchoolPage, students can learn more, do better, and have access to all of the best resources on the Internet to help with their school work and homework.
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