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SearchEdu.com has over 15 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity.  The home page also has calculators, fact books, and more.	TEACH-NOLOGY has free lesson plans, worksheets, puzzle makers and more.	Searchable database for thousands of lesson plans.
Has chat rooms, lesson plans, a web page builder, and articles for teachers.	58,185 sets of flashcards. Use them online or download and print them.	Thousands of links to sites for teachers.

HOW TO USE YOUTUBE IN THE CLASSROOM.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS -- The lyrics and videos for the popular TV series.
HIPPOCAMPUS -- Multi-media content for high school subjects.
EDUCATION ATLAS -- Comprehensive guide to education sites on the web.
MI CLIMB -- Clarifications for Michigan's core benchmarks.
TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS -- Buy the lesson plans you need and sell yours for profit.
MUSEUM OF HUMOR -- Lesson plans to help you inject humor into your lessons.
KEEP TOOLKIT -- Free way to organize and display teaching materials on the web.
TEACHABLE MOMENT -- Timely teaching ideas on issues of the day.
PICS 4 LEARNING -- Royalty free images and lesson plans.
LESSON PLAN CENTRAL -- Free lesson plans, webquests, and worksheets.
BEST WEBQUESTS -- Database of WebQuests in a variety of grade levels and subjects.
MIDDLE SCHOOL NET -- Resources, links, lesson plans and more for Middle School teachers.
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT HELP -- Resources from the Michigan Teacher Network.
ABC TEACH -- Free printables for home and classroom, unit lessons, materials, and graphics.
GATEWAY TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- Thousands of resources.
CALENDAR -- Guide to locating events for every day of the year.
RUBISTAR -- Tool to create rubrics and analyze the data.
eTHEMES -- Database of child-friendly web resources organized around 500 themes, sorted by grade level complete with standards. 
MARCO POLO EDUCATION -- Standards-based Internet content for K-12 teachers.
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION -- Ideas for pre-K and Kindergarten teachers.
THE SOLUTION SITE -- Unit plan database searchable by grade level, subject area, standards, or keywords.
TEACHER XPRESS -- The most massive set of resource links anywhere on the Web. 
FBI for KIDS -- K-5 site. Two rescue dogs show kids how the FBI works, take them on virtual field trips, and teach them how to keep themselves safe. 
SCAMBUSTERS and PURPORTAL-- These sites put to rest all of those Internet myths and legends.
BOOK MARK SYNC -- Free, real-time automatic sychronization service that allows you to access your bookmarks/favorites from any computer. (Thanks to Chris Host for finding this.)
FREE WORKSHEETS -- 8000+ worksheets you can use in your classroom.
PUZZLE CHOICE -- Over 20 different types of printable puzzles, crosswords, word searches and number challenges.
QUINTESSENTIAL INSTRUCTIONAL ARCHIVE -- Thousands of games, quizzes and materials on 40 different subjects.
STATE STANDARDS -- Correlate your lesson plans to state benchmarks and standards.
SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW TEACHERS -- Inside advice on how to succeed.
TEACHERS.NICK.COM -- Nickelodeon's site for teacher resources.
TECH4LEARNING PICTURES -- A copyright free image library with photos you can use.
CLASSROOM.COM -- 100 activities for the online classroom.
GO KIDS CENTER -- Hand-picked sites and safe search engine for kids.
PLAGIARISM.ORG --Lets you check students' papers for plagiarism -- online.
TEACH TOLERANCE is a site dedicated to fighting hate and promoting tolerance. many stories and resources for classroom teachers.
TEACHER FREEBIES is a clearinghouse for free items you can use in your classroom.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LINKS has hundreds of Voc. Ed. resources (compiled by Marshall University).
USA TODAY COLLEGIATE PROGRAM has lesson plans supposedly tailored for use by college teachers. However, there's a lot of content here that a senior or junior high teacher could use.
PRINT A POSTER offers free printables to spice up your classroom.
TEACHNET offers lesson plans and articles for K-12 teachers.
CYBERSMART is a first-of-its-kind K-8 curriculum co-published with MacMillan/McGraw-Hill and available free to educators. Original standards-based lesson plans and student activity sheets are included.
THE LEARNING NETWORK from the New York Times has free lesson plans, news of the day activities, and a host of teacher connections.
HOMEROOM TEACHER has field trip and activity planners, educator clip art, and a teacher message board.
CLIFFS NOTES FOR TEACHERS actually has a lot of free resources for use in the classroom.
EDUWEB: ADVENTURES has interactive, multimedia activities for art, art history, science, and nature. Take your students on a trip or quest. 
THE LESSON PLANS PAGE has free lessons, lesson plans, and teacher news. Literally hundreds of lesson plans in a multitude of subjects. 
KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS has categorized listings for curriculum and professional growth.
CNNfyi.com is a news resource for teachers and students. Teachers can access free lessons related to the news of the day.
ENCHANTED LEARNING has activities and resources for every elementary school subject. Thanks to Jen Wilhelm for finding this site.
THE LEARNING PAGE is geared toward kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades. Free thematic units, basic skills units, and downloadable worksheets.
ENC ONLINE -- The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse is the central source of K-12 teaching materials and professional development.
Ever wonder how to do "whatever?" Check out LEARN 2, which explains how to do just about everything.
TOOLS FOR TEACHERS has lesson plans, activities with graphics and procedures, articles. You may never have to make up your own lessons again.
Want to share and share alike. Go to THE LESSON EXCHANGE. You can post your lesson plans and get plans from other teachers.
PBS TEACHER SOURCE. More than 1,000 free lesson plans from PBS.
NET SCHOOL. A comprehensive Web service for K-12 teachers offering lesson plans, online workshops, and training for beginners.
CYBERBEE. In addition to curriculum treasures, Cyberbee has a page creator that you can use to build your own web page.
FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. Hundreds of teaching and learning resources from more than 30 federal agencies.
HOMEWORK ONLINE. The most awesome collection of study guides, student resources, search engines, and information sources on the Web.
HOW STUFF WORKS. Seem much smarter than you really are by using this site. It tells how everything works (engines, cell phones, your toaster...everything).
TECHNOLOGY &LEARNING. Hundreds of projects, tools, lesson plans and success stories from Technology & Learning magazine. Also, "Teachers' Choice" websites and software reviews.
KIDS ALMANAC -- Wow your students with "kid-related" facts, words-of-the-day, and this-day-in-history tidbits.
AWESOME LIBRARY -- Organizes Web exploration with 14,000 reviewed resources, including the top 5% in education.
LANDMARKS FOR SCHOOLS --Gives teachers the raw materials for lesson planning.
TEACHERS FIRST -- Free lesson plans for every subject and teaching style. 
A GUIDE TO GETTING ALONG -- Activities to help students with conflict resolution.
BEHAVIOR ADVISOR -- Step-by-step directions for implementing behavior management strategies.

ARTCYCLOPEDIA -- Comprehensive guide to museum- quality art.
NGA CLASSROOM -- Lesson plans from the National Gallery.
ELEMENTARY ART LESSON PLANS -- Art lessons from a retired teacher, grouped into categories.
SmART Kids -- Art appreciation activities from the University of Chicago.
KIDS-R-CRAFTY -- Printable worksheets with craft activities for young children.
ART SAFARI -- From N.Y. Museum of Modern Art. Create interactive stories based on viewing art. Create your own art.
WORLD WIDE ARTS -- This is the largest gateway to the arts on the Internet.
ARTS EDGE: LINKING THE ARTS AND EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY -- Includes a curriculum showcase demonstrating K-12 based projects, lesson plans, and a subject area Resources database.
GETTY MUSEUM-- Classroom resources including lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school.
THE LOUVRE -- Travel to France and view the masterpieces in the Louvre. Also, collections, magazines, and expositions.
THE SMITHSONIAN -- A good starting point for American art.
THE @RT ROOM – Art resources and ideas for teachers.
ART STUDIO CHALKBOARD – Fundamental instruction on perspective, shading, color, and painting.
NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

BABELFISH -- Turns any text or web page into a foreign language.
CASA DE JOANNA -- Teacher-created site with resources for teachers of Spanish and French.
I LOVE LANGUAGES -- A catalog of language-related Internet resources (2000 links).
EL PAIS DIGITAL NEWSPAPER -- A Spanish newspaper with all the news from current-day Spain.
FIRST YEAR FRENCH GRAMMAR -- Interactive first year French grammar exercises.
THE PARIS HOME PAGE -- Everything about the city, its culture, scenes from Paris, and a basic Paris glossary.
JAPANESE ONLINE. Sixteen lessons suitable for ages 14-older. Includes dialogue, grammar, and sound files.
FREE TRANSLATION. Enter your sentence in English and it comes out in French, Spanish or Italian.
FRENCH REVISION. Exercises to help teach French vocabulary.
SPANISH ONLINE TUTORIAL – Fantastic free tutorial for beginning and intermediate Spanish students.

READING ROCKETS -- Information on helping young children learn to read.
FREE-READING -- Methods and plans for teaching K-1 reading.
STARTING OUT RIGHT -- Guide to promoting children's reading success.
FLASHLIGHT READING CLUB -- Online reading club for grades 3-5.
WEB ENGLISH TEACHER -- Directory of K-12 Language Arts teaching resources.
BOOK DISCUSSION GUIDES -- Book discussion guides for all grade levels.
SPELLING HUB -- 140 spelling units.
READ-WRITE-THINK -- Best practices for reading and language arts.
KIDSCRIBE -- Bilingual site lets kids share their stories.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY'S ONLINE WRITING LAB  -- This is a great website for people who have to write a formal paper in either MLA or APA style.
POETRY 180 -- A poem a day for high school students.
POETRY ARCHIVE -- Hundreds of recordings of poets reading their own works.
POETRY EXPRESS -- Online tool to help students write poetry. 
PARADIGM ONLINE WRITING ASSISTANT -- Guide for all types of writing.
MEDIA LITERACY CLEARINGHOUSE -- Extensive collection of links related to media literacy.
DOSITEY -- Online activities and printable worksheets for K-8.
PENGUIN CLASSICS RESOURCES -- Free reader's and teacher's guides to classic literature.
BARTLEBY.COM -- The largest Web reference site for Verse, Fiction, and Non-fiction.
PIZZAZ! -- From the University of Oregon, a vast array of writing activities, links, and resources. (thanks to Christine Host for finding this site.)
GIGGLE POETRY -- Fun and games with language.
CHILDHOOD READING -- All the classic children's stories, poems and fables online.
BRAINY QUOTE -- 35,000 quotes by 8,000 authors arranged by topic.
EDSITEment -- Resources for K-12 Humanities teachers.
AMERICAN WRITERS -- A year-long series from C-Span. Not only detailed information about writers, but also video guides, portraits, timelines, puzzles, and classroom resources.
CHARLES DICKENS PAGE -- Good content and graphics about this author.
AMERICAN FOLKLORE -- Tales indexed into six categories, plus lore from each of the 50 states.
TEACH WITH MOVIES -- New site that makes it easy for you to use movies in your lessons.
AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, FOURTH EDITION -- 90,000 entries, 10,000 new words, 70,000 audio pronunciations, and 900 color illustrations.
PUZZLE MAKER -- Automatically makes up crosswords and other puzzles for vocabulary words.
WISDOM -- Living Literature Online. Categories include not only literature, but also everything from lyrics to technical books.
THE ENGLISH SERVER -- A resource of over 18,000 documents for English and Humanities, all in searchable categories.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH -- The national organization presents information of value to all grade levels.
DATABASE OF AWARD WINNING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- Fill in menus for such things as the age of the reader, historical period and genre and a search engine does the rest. Compiled by a librarian.
THE GRAMMAR LADY -- Everything you need to know about grammar. Rules galore! There's even a "Grammar Hotline" where you can post questions.
POETRY DAILY -- Features a new poem every day, plus an archive.
ONLINE POETRY CLASSROOM -- Online teaching community for high school poetry teachers.
BOOKS ON-LINE PAGE -- More than 13,000 books that can be read on the Web.
HYPERIZONS -- Devoted exclusively to hypertext fiction (fiction containing multiple possible beginnings, endings, characters, and plotlines). This is a new fiction art form exclusive to the Web.
THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE -- Collection of lesson plans and ideas for enriching the K-6 language Arts curriculum.
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES ON THE WEB -- Index of Web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the U.S. and other countries. Great links to other resources.
RESEARCH PAPER WRITING -- Great help page for high school research paper writing.
MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY ONLINE -- One of the slickest dictionaries on the Web.
BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS -- Quotes for any occasion.
ROGET'S THESAURUS -- Find synonyms for any word.
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
JEFF'S POEMS FOR KIDS. Delightful poems that will make kids laugh.
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DIGITAL LIBRARY – Texts of more than 250 children’s books from around the world.
PROJECT GUTTENBERG – Online text library that provides access to over 10,000 e-books.
STAR FALL -- Site has wonderful stories and animations that teach letters and sounds for emergent readers. Also has free printable materials for teachers.
GRAMMAR GYM -- Cool short course in grammar set up like a gym workout. Very entertaining and easy to use.
LITERACY CENTER - The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children.
BOOK PALS – Online literacy site where members of the Screen Actors guild read popular children’s books.
SHAKESPEARE FOR KIDS -- Lessons and activities for kids and families.

MATH DL -- Published by the Mathematical Association of America, the site provides online resources for math teachers.
VISUAL MATH LEARNING -- Free interactive tutorial for pre-algebra students.
PROJECT INTERACTIVATE -- Real-world interactive math activities.
THE WONDERS OF MATHEMATICS -- Series of inquiry-based math activities.
BALANCED ASSESSMENT -- Math assessment tasks for grades k-12.
HOT MATH -- Free solutions for math homework problems (keyed to many textbooks).
DAN'S MATH -- Resources for teachers, students and parents. All ages and grade levels. (thanks to Brenda Wilson for finding this website.)
MATH FACT CAFE -- Print flash cards, get worksheets, and more for grades 1-4.
MEGA-MATH -- Features a range of fun activities that teach about graphs, algorithms, the concept of infinity, and more.
MATH DICTIONARY FOR KIDS -- Definitions and activities.
CALCULUS HELP -- Developed by a teacher for high school students.
CALC 101 -- More help for calculus and algebra.
GEOMETRY IN ACTION -- Real world applications for geometry.
DOSITEY -- Online activities and printable worksheets for K-8.
FIGURE THIS -- Entertaining math challenges for middle school students and their families.
NEW METHODS OF LEARNING MATH -- Teacher-to-teacher resource for teaching mathematics.
ASK DR. MATH --Middle and high school questions and answers -- very useful archives.
HOW FAR IS IT? --Calculates distances, provides longitude, latitude, and compass directions.
THE MATH FORUM --Curriculum resources, discussion of issues, and an excellent collection of links.
FUN MATHMATICS LESSONS – From Rice University, this site is interactive and very entertaining. Teacher notes for every exercise.
CYBERCHASE MATH GAMES – Interactive math games for students at different academic levels.
REVISE WISE MATHS – Games, activity sheets, tests, and step-by-step instruction in basic arithmetic skills for children 4-11.
MATH WORDS -- This website is designed for math students who need an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand math resource all in one place. It is a comprehensive listing of formulas and definitions from Algebra I to Calculus. The explanations are readable for average math students, and over a thousand illustrations and examples are provided.
WEB MATH -- Click a tab to get help with math problem. This site has over 100 instant-answer, self-help, math solvers. Teachers, you may not want your students to know about this site.
THE MATH PAGE – Complete courses in everything from arithmetic to trig.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF MATH.
ALGEBRA WORKSHEET GENERATOR -- From math.com.
MATH WORKSHEET GENERATOR -- Endless supply of math printables.
TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING MATH -- Resource guide for math understanding in secondary schools.

One of the very best places to start is the MUSIC EDUCATION LAUNCH SITE. Not only does this site have an awesome set of links, but there are lesson plans and teacher sections. Try out Mr. Note, a nifty little guy whose goal is to teach children music.
QUESTIONS, INK -- Music links and a free downloadable music book. (thanks to Mike Filkins for finding this site.)
MUSIC THEORY NET -- Basics of music theory, interactive and kid-friendly.
MUSIPEDIA -- Searchable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes.
JAZZ IN AMERICA -- Online curriculum for the roots of American music.
JAZZ IN THE SCHOOLS -- Online curriculum that ties Jazz and American History together.
K-12 RESOURCES FOR MUSIC EDUCATORS -- Resources for teachers of band, orchestra, choral, and more.
The MIT MUSIC LIBRARY is the place to go if you're looking for anything ABOUT music.
PLAY MUSIC tours the orchestra via games, animation, and audio.
MUSIC EDUCATORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE. Professional organization.
CHILDREN'S MUSIC WEB. Information about children's music education for teachers.
CHORAL NET - With active e-mail lists, categorized links, and practical information, ChoralNet is a useful starting point for choir directors and singers.
ALL MUSIC GUIDE -  Search for songs by artist, album, song, style or label with such features as music maps, music styles and a music glossary. Easy to use.
SONGS FOR TEACHING - Shows how to incorporate music into classroom instruction.
NATIONAL MUSIC FOUNDATION -  Celebrating American music, this initiative wants to provide an easily-accessed collection of lessons about American music that have been developed by teachers, have been reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges, and can be adapted by teachers for their own use.
ARTS ALIVE: MUSIC – Site devoted to learning all about orchestral music.
KID’S SONGS – Music and lyrics to a variety of popular songs for children. Sing along!
EXPLORITORIUM MUSIC -- Study the science of music. Thanks to Mike Filkins for finding this site.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRAL -- "The Ultimate Website for Teachers..." Lesson plans, health ideas, professional information, and activities for the week. There is even an activities database that shows you how to make PE coordinate with other subject areas.
PACKY PLAYFAIR -- Great site that teaches kids and parents about sportsmanship and fair play.
SPORTSMANSHIP BROCHURE -- From the MHSAA.
SPORTS PARENTING -- Guide for parents of school-age athletes. Good, common sense advice.
THE SCIENCE OF SPORTS -- Shows how to do various sports and explains the science behind them.
INTERNET FITNESS RESOURCES -- If you can't find the fitness sport on this site it does not exist (even "odd things" like crew).
GREAT OUTDOORS RECREATION PAGES -- Everything outdoors: camping, hiking, biking, climbing, fishing... Excellent site for students doing reports and for those who want to travel.
L.L. BEAN -- Don't laugh, this may be the best outdoor activities site on the Internet. Sure, there's the catalog, but the site also has a wealth of "how to" sections.
AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION -- The professional organization.
AMERICAN RUNNING ASSOCIATION -- Good site for running and fitness.
GATORADE SPORTS SCIENCE INSTITUTE -- Sure it's a commercially-sponsored site, but there is a ton of great information here.
ADVENTURE NETWORK -- Information about outdoor sports, fitness and nutrition, clothing, adventure travel, and even first aid and safety.
LEARN CPR -- Learn CPR online. Good information, great graphics, and even an online quiz.
SPORTS AND NUTRITION; THE WINNING COMBINATION -- From the University of Illinois. shows relationship between sports and exercise and the food needed to supply the energy. 
PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE -- Activities and an online management system for PE.

BIOLOGY INTERACTIVES -- Flash tutorials present complex biological concepts in an engaging way.
NASA KIDS CLUB -- Animated , entertaining educational activities for kindergarten through fourth grade.
THE EDUCATOR'S BRIDGE -- Science teaching materials for all levels.
SCHOOLYARD GEOLOGY -- Lessons and activities to conduct a geologic field trip in your own schoolyard.
CLASSROOM RESOURCES -- Diverse collection of lessons and web resources in 14 subject areas.
THE SHAPE OF LIFE -- PBS site complements 8 hours of programming exploring the diversity of animal life on earth.
LEARN GENETICS -- Lessona and animations from the University of Utah.
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM -- Live cams for sharks, penguins and otters.
K-4 EARTH SCIENCE MODULES -- K-4 Earth Science curriculum.
WILDFINDER -- Map-driven, searchable database of over 26,000 species worldwide.
NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY
FORENSICS IN THE CLASSROOM -- Court TV site with standards-based curriculum guides for use in middle and high school science classes. Solve cases using science!
BIOLOGY CORNER -- Resource for science and biology teachers with lesson plans and worksheets.
SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE -- Science projects using household materials.
BIOLOGY IN MOTION -- Animations and cartoons that teach biology concepts.
BIO INTERACTIVE -- Activities and virtual labs for biology.
E-SKELETONS -- Interactive way to study human anatomy.
SCIENCE NET LINKS -- K-12 guide to standards-based science teaching and learning.
OCEANOGRAPHY – This site is a rich resource that includes facts, photos, and information about experiments and discoveries. From the Office of Naval Research.
SCI4KIDS – From the USDA, this science site has a Teacher’s Desk, activities, 50 ideas of projects, and a Teacher’s Whiz Kid Activity Packet.
SOLAR SYSTEM IN PICTURES -- Contains over 340 pictures and interactive quizzes that can be graded online.
WHAT TREE IS IT? - Identify trees by leaf, fruit, and name.
FIRST SCIENCE – A huge science clearinghouse with news, video clips, weekly and daily crosswords, science quizzes, and more.
VISIBLE HUMAN -- Interactive site that allows users to view the human anatomical structures in 3-D.
BIOLOGY ONLINE -- Tutorials and a dictionary.
MOLECULAR EXPRESSIONS -- Picture galleries of things viewed through optical microscopy.
OCEAN EXPLORER -- Lesson plans related to the world's oceans.
ANIMAL LAND -- Articles and illustrations about animals for elementary students.
STORMY WEATHER -- Lessons to help students understand the destructive forces of nature.
VIRTUAL CAVE -- Everything about caves for your earth science lessons.
ANSWER WORM -- Skworm the worm teaches students about dirt (and soil conservation).
ASTRONOMY ACTIVITIES -- Good source for science projects.
NASA SPACE LIFE SCIENCES FOR FUN -- Games that show what it's like to live in space.
EXPLORATIONS IN EARTH SCIENCE -- Science projects and lesson plans.
PAPER PLATE EDUCATION: Complicated concepts explained with paper plates.
MEMORY EXPERIMENTS. Experiments and games to test your memory and techniques to improve your memory.
GF AWESOME -- Global forest site with lesson plans, activities, and quizzes. Great ecology site.
FEAR OF PHYSICS -- No fear! Great explanations and illustrations for concepts.
EXZOOBERANCE -- An online virtual zoo with everything imaginable about animals.
CHEM CENTER HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS. Eleven experiments with step-by-step directions for everything from materials to student clean-up.
FORESTRY IMAGES -- Database of images for all aspects of forest study.
VIRTUAL OCEAN -- Shows kids sea life on a microscopic level.
SPACE KIDS -- Lesson plans to help you teach kids about outer space.
VISUAL PHYSICS -- You don't need to be a physicist to do physics. This site has interactive simulations and quizzes, all designed by secondary school students who wanted to demonstrate the educational power of the Web. Ultra-cool site!
PHYSICS EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT -- Interactive simulations of real world physics.
COOL SCIENCE FOR CURIOUS KIDS -- Invites kids to study biology.
PHYSICS 2000. This is a place to have fun while learning about 20th century science. From the University of Colorado.
FUN SCIENCE GALLERY -- Instructions on how to build scientific equipment from cheap materials.
NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. This is a fine place to start because it has a good set of links categorized by specific science areas.
SCIENCE A-GO-GO. "Science with the knobs on" gives kids their daily dose of science. Lots of fun!
THE HUMAN HEART. Illustrations and interactive presentations on the workings of the heart.
THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM. Located in Baltimore, the National Aquarium has some neat exhibits.
THE VIRTUAL FROG DISSECTION KIT. Explore the anatomy of a frog, turn it over, remove the skin, and highlight various organs. Really well done.
3-D INSECTS. Everything about insects, including cool VRML movies. Watch the bugs fly!
MAD SCIENTIST NETWORK. "The laboratory that never sleeps." Answers on everything from Anatomy to Zoology.
THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL ONLINE. Rated the top science/nature site on the Web by USA Today. Also linked into Animal Planet and the Science Network.
BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, this site is loaded with activities and facts. There's a "Demo of the Day," and listings for Nye's TV show, too.
HOW STUFF WORKS. Articles and animated diagrams that explain how everyday things work.
THE YUCKIEST SITE ON THE INTERNET. Focuses on strange science, like "Why do we burp?" A lot of fun.
EXPLORATORIUM. Interactive science exhibits cover subjects ranging from frogs to sheeps brains to sports and the science associated with them.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT GUIDE. From the University of Michigan Internet Library, all sorts of projects students can do.
eNATURE. Graphics and field guides for over 4800 species. Also, Audubon habitat guides.
BUG BIOS. An entomological database of bugs. Awesome graphics!
THE PHYSICS CLASSROOM. Lesson and activities from a high school teacher.
CREATIVE CHEMISTRY. Worksheets, puzzles, quizzes, and activities for your Chem class.
WATER SCIENCE FOR SCHOOLS -- Everything teachers and students ever wanted to know about water.
AVIBASE -- The world bird database. Information about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies.
SCIENCE TEXT CENTRAL -- Helps educators choose science texts for their classrooms.
SCIENCE NOW -- Lesson plans to go with the PBS Nova series.
AIRHEAD -- Find air quality lessons.
I WAS WONDERING -- Showcases accomplishments of women in science.
FIELD TRIP EARTH -- Resources and information on field-based conservation research projects.
ANIMAL BYTES -- Everything about animals from the San Diego Zoo.
 

Social Studies

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION GUIDE
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
HISTORIC MAPS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
C-SPAN CLASSROOM -- Educator resources for Principles of Government and more.
JAZZ IN THE SCHOOLS -- Online curriculum that ties Jazz and American History together.
E PLURIBUS UNUM PROJECT -- Studies the 1770s, 1850s and 1920s.
EASE HISTORY -- U.S. History site from MSU that looks at presidential campaign ads.
AMERICAN DREAMS -- Classroom companion to the NBC television show plus lesson plans.
MAPS OF EVERYWHERE -- Need a map? It's here! (Thanks to KC Mowrey for finding this site.)
NATION MASTER -- Generate graphs comparing nations in over 1,000 statistical categories.
STATE MASTER -- Statistical comparisons for states.
OUR DOCUMENTS -- Full texts of 100 historically significant documents.
MIDDLE EAST RESOURCES -- Good collection from eBrary.
MIKIDS -- Teaches about Michigan in a fun way.
HISTORY LINK 101 -- Helps teachers sift through thousands of sites for good curriculum material.
WEB GENERATION -- Shows the popular trends from the 1940s to the present.
HIDDEN BIAS TESTS -- 11 self tests to reveal your hidden biases.
MI KIDS -- Helps children learn about Michigan history, geography and government. 
EARLY AMERICA -- Great history site with documents, demos of Early American life, a "What happened on this day in Early America" feature, and even crosswords.
BEST HISTORY SITES -- Includes lesson plans, activities, and multimedia ideas. 
HISTORY BUFF -- Read about events in the newspapers of the day.
NEWSEUM -- Read the daily front pages from newspapers all over the world.
HISTORICAL MAPS -- View maps of the world as seen in the 18th and 19th centuries (Michigan, too).
THE HISTORY PLACE -- Extensive study of history topics, plus a homework helper.
AMERICAN MEMORY -- 7 million items about American history and culture from the Library of Congress.
911 DIGITAL ARCHIVE -- The history of the September 11, 2001 attack on New York.
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD -- Interactive site that lets students experience the world of a runaway slave.
USER'S GUIDE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Everything you need to teach about this document.
HISTORY AND POLITICS OUT LOUD -- Audio clips of famous people and speeches.
HISTORY MATTERS. Designed for high school American History teachers as a gateway to materials and web resources.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES -- This is a SUPERIOR starter site, one of the best on the entire Web. Click on "educator" for a wealth of links and lesson plans.
FIRST GOV -- Makes sense of the 27 million Federal websites. Tons of information.
FIRST GOV FOR KIDS -- Same as First Gov but more kid-friendly.
WORLD WISE SCHOOLS -- A living geography lesson from the Peace Corps. Your students can read essays by volunteers from around the world.
THE HISTORY CHANNEL -- More than TV listings! Classroom materials, games, great speeches, This Day in History, and a list of hotlinks by theme are all part of the mix.
HISTORY HOUSE -- This is an online history magazine and free newsletter that treats history as breaking news. A great read.
THOMAS WEB -- Everything about Congress (from its own library). Good site for legislative information.
TERRA SERVER -- Want to see where something is? The Terra server is the largest database on earth -- 4 trillion bytes of aerial and satellite photos of (every place on) Earth.
TIME CAPSULE -- Type in a date and get a digest of news headlines, top song titles, and other factoids about that day in history.
WEB CHRONOLOGY PROJECT -- A series of hyperlinked chronologies in several categories of world history.
DON'T BUY IT -- Shows the tricks advertisers use.
TIME MAGAZINE FOR KIDS -- A complete online magazine with teacher resources, reproducibles, and standards-based lessons. 
GEOGRAPHY OLYMPICS – Take an online quiz to test your geography knowledge. Your scores are averaged with other test takers and compared to results from other countries.

NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES -- Comprehensive information clearinghouse.
ABILITY HUB -- Helps with students who have difficulty using the computer.
DISABILITIES STUDIES FOR TEACHERS -- Lesson plans and teaching materials.
BRAILLE BUG -- Site teaches children about Braille and understanding of people with disabilities.
VISION CONNECTION -- Net portal for those who need larger print.
BRIDGES4KIDS -- Thousands of resources for those who support children with special needs.
AWESOME LIBRARY/SPECIAL EDUCATION. Library of resources for Special Education teachers.
LD ONLINE -- Powerful resource that includes an "Artist of the Week," an "Ask the Expert" section, and a "What's New" area of research findings.
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS CENTERS -- A commercial site with information on special training opportunities in the language arts and math areas.
ADDED REALITY -- ADDed Reality is published as an education and exceptional needs information source for educators, parents and students. Although the focus is disability related there is much that pertains to general education.
HEALTHY CHILDREN PROJECT -- The Healthy Children Project is here to bridge the gap between our knowledge of environmental factors that impact developing fetuses, the newborn or young children and the actions we are taking to minimize or eliminate those factors.

    This project began with the alignment of Content Standards and Benchmarks through Curriculum Mapping and conducting a Gap Analysis.  This process assists student learning by providing the content at the right time and with enough depth to create understanding.  Teams of area teachers (including teachers from CAPS) have developed Science or related lessons that utilize a standards-based lesson.  It includes teaching and learning standards, assessments, integration of technology within the lesson design.
    Under the Lesson Plans Tab on the page you will find the lessons designed by the Elementary, Middle School and High School Teams of WMISD.

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