Links for Teachers

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Directories and Search Engines

Yahoo. The all-purpose directory. A good place to start.

Yahooligans. This is a good place to look for sites to use with children. It is a directory specifically for kids.

Google: The best search engine on the Internet.

Eisenhower National Clearing House. For Math and Science information.

Ask Jeeves for Kids Answers to all kinds of questions. Check before letting kids use.

The Mining Co. There are many areas to search in the Mining Co. Sites you will may not find elsewhere.

Ohio State Proficiency Test Information, Practice Tests, Previous Tests, and other Manuals. Everything may be downloaded and printed. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader which all teachers have at school.

 

Encyclopedias

Brittanica Online. This is now free for all Ohio Teachers. It can be used by both teachers and students. There is a link at the very top of the main page for College, School and Library Users. Click on this link to begin. Can be used from home with the username and password. See me.

 

Lesson Plans

Ohio Resource Center for Reading, Math, and Science. There are Instructional, Content and Professional Resources here that are aligned with our Ohio State Standards. This is well worth exploring!

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators  This is a must starting place for teachers

Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources  Everything for the Social Studies Teacher

SCORE History/Social Science  Lots of links and lesson plans.

American Heritage Web Site Many resources for teachers

KinderArt - Art Education - free art lessons for k-12  These activites can be done online or saved for later.

The Amazing Picture Machine A treasury ofonline pictures for classroom use and other useful hints from NCREL's Regional Educational Laboratory.(10/2003)

Discovery Channel School  Has lesson plans and activities of all kinds.

Connections+  All kinds of lesson plans

Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory  More great lesson plans, and other good stuff.

Teach Net  "Smart tools for busy teachers".

Sites for Teachers - A gold mine of useful links. Try it!

Education World - the Educators Best Friend Lesson plans, news, school issues, professional development, technology integration. You name it. It can be found here.

Kids Click A Search engine for kids that is useful also for teachers planning internet activities for students.

Learning Connection Online A web-based subscription service contracted by CPS. It requires a username and password. See me to find out what you should use. The site has Instructional Lessons/Assessments, tutoring materials, links to the Ohio Department of Education, templates, and a search engine. The lessons and assessments are aligned to Ohio State standards.

InfOhio Ohio's state-funded resources free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers
Username and password required for home access; see me for UserName and Password for home use. At school, there is no need for either.

netTrekker This site can be used freely from school. To use from home you must register. Nettrekker "is a trusted search engine for schools, saves K-12 educators and students time. netTrekker provides educators with access to online resources that link directly to their state’s standards and benchmarks, enabling them to easily integrate this material into their everyday curricula. netTrekker also provides a safe way for students to search the Internet for school projects with high quality, contextual result"s.(quote from http://www.apple.com/education/k12/curriculumsolutions/). The Ohio Standards are there and aligned. It's a rich source for teachers and students.

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Other Useful Sites

 

History Channel. Events of the past and other information .

The World Factbook Master Home Page  Look up facts about all the countries in the world.

Graphics Resources gathers many links to try for clip art and photos. This is a very useful page!

50 States and Capitals Information about all the 50 States in a brief format with state seals, flowers, and other symbols.

Ohio Government Info and Services  This is the place to start for information about the State of Ohio

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library  This site has all the latest information about the best education sites on the Web.

I*EARN. Look particurlarly in the Library/Resources Section. There are also online projects you can do with your kids.

Education with New Technologies: Networked Learning Community This networked community is designed to help educators develop powerful learning experiences for students through the effective integration of new technologies.

CyberBee has many useful ideas and plans for integrating the Internet into your classroom.

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Online Magazines and Journals

 

eSchoolNews.com - The #1 News Source For K-12 Technology &. All the latest news about issues that affect education. There's an article (June 2005) on using Google Maps in the Classroom that all teachers should read.

T.H.E. JOURNAL ONLINE  Technological Horizons in Education is a Journal of current articles, and the Institute also runs classes for teachers for which you can get college credit. Check them out.

International Affairs sources from the WWW. Virtual Library. Current News from just about all possible sources.

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To Share with Parents

 

FamilyEducation Network: a Parenting and Education Resource This site is more for parents, but you might want to look at it and share it with them.

A Warning for Parents and Kids - The Police Notebook  This site details basic internet safety for kids. You should look at it and share it with parents and students.

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Projects You Can do Online with Kids

 

I*EARN.has online projects you and your kids can join.

Kidlink has been running educational internet projects since 1990. There are all sorts of projects you can join, and most can be participated in on the web. Kids and teachers must join and follow Kidlink rules before participating. Most, if not all the activities are web-based now.

 

And Don't forget ...

Our Own Links Page for Students. Here, you can find other kinds of links for kids and grownups.


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All links checked and page updated 8.24.2007.