Websites You Shouldn’t be Without

Infohio

Non-fiction Resources

Sirs Discoverer

Encyclopedia Britannica

EBSCO Host

Ohio (Viking) Treasure Chest

Easybib

Studybuddy -- Good writing
assessment tool

Google--

Google Earth, Picasa, SketchUp, Docs and Spreadsheets

Best sites to download free lessons—

Curriki--empowering teachers, students and parents with
user-created, open source curricula, and it's all free!

Marco Polo

Education World

PBS Teachers

Scholastic

            Scholastic Summer Reading

Pre-K-K

http://www.first-school.ws/-- free fun preschool lesson plans, educational early childhood activities,

printable crafts, worksheets, etc.

 

Best virtual field trip—

Colonial Williamsburg

National Geographic

Louvre

Smithsonian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Teaching Sites

 

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.

 

http://www.oplin.org/ohkids/

 

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.

 

 

Science

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

 

 

 

 

Social Science

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

 

 

Math

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.mathsisfun.com/

 

 

 

Language Arts

http://www.topenglishteaching.com/

http://www.verbs-online.com/

http://www.learningpage.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

 

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