Non-fiction Resources
Sirs Discoverer
Encyclopedia Britannica
EBSCO Host
Studybuddy -- Good writing
assessment tool
Google--
Google Earth, Picasa, SketchUp, Docs and Spreadsheets
Curriki--empowering
teachers, students and parents with
user-created, open source curricula, and it's all free!
http://www.first-school.ws/-- free fun preschool lesson plans, educational early childhood activities,
printable crafts, worksheets, etc.



http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/--
Units, Literacy Centers, Mini-Offices, Classroom Management.
Site organized by months, lots of printouts for centers.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/--
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created
site designed to help teachers
find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic
units, teacher tips, discussion forums
for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets
and blacklines,
emergent reader books, themes, and more.
http://www.edupuppy.com/-- Prescreened database for Pre K-3
http://www.123child.com/ -- over 2400 activity ideas for Early Childhood Education professionals
http://funschool.kaboose.com/--
offering hundreds of games and activities,
as well as
puzzles and printables ranging from matching numbers and shapes for pre-schoolers,
to geography, math and history for third through sixth graders
http://www.electricteacher.com/newteacher/-- This site is part of a course designed for new teachers.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/-- BrainPOP Jr. provides educational movies for K-3 learners—free until May.
http://www.gamequarium.com/ -- tons of educational games
http://www.education-world.com/--
search engine for educational
Web sites only,
a place where educators can find information without searching the entire
Internet;
original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators,
information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles
written by education experts
http://school.discovery.com/-- Great
resource for teachers, contains lesson plans, puzzlemaker,
clip art and homework help.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
--Kathy Schrock, librarian and web site authority
lists top-rated educational sites and updates continually.
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm--
Provides age appropriateness info.
NEW Flickr Toys--site that allows you to import your own digital pictures into magazine or movie covers, make cd covers, calendars, slide shows etc.
http://www.smm.org/heart/-- Actual photos of heart surgery
http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects.html-- In-depth science fair information
http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/planetarium.html-- demonstrations of planetary motion
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cool/kids.html -- ten cool science sites
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html--Map machine--also lesson plans,
photo of the day, etc.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/ -- Find links to articles, glossaries, fun facts, search engines,
and much more!
http://www.kids.gov/-- provides links to Federal kids' sites along with
some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/--interactive mathematics grades k-6
http://www.mathplayground.com/ --action-packed educational site for elementary and middle school students
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm
http://www.topenglishteaching.com/
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW.htm
http://www.icdlbooks.org/-- International Children’s
Digital Library Foundation
is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global
community