NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers
Classroom Resources from PBS’ NOVA
"Welcome to NOVA's new Teachers site. To help serve you better, we have created a searchable database of all our educational materials, an ever-growing collection of more than 500 separate resources."
PBS Teacher Resources
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource
"We now invite you to explore PBS TeacherSource's vast array of resources, including:
- education's best resources by curricular subject, topic and grade level and standard;
- in-depth professional development services like PBS Mathline and Scienceline;
- details on PBS station outreach activities in your community;
- tips on how to effectively teach with technology;
- PBS television programs with extended taping rights for educators;
- access to convenient online shopping for your favorite PBS videos;
- best practices information from other teachers "in the trenches;"
- convenient tools for teaching, such as recommended books and Web sites;
- interdisciplinary teaching suggestions;
- free weekly electronic newsletter highlighting new TV and online programming from PBS;
- and much more! "
Plagiarism.org
"Welcome to Plagiarism.org, the online resource for educators concerned with the growing problem of Internet plagiarism. This site is designed to provide the latest information on online plagiarism and explain how our user portal, Turnitin.com, is now being used by educators all over the world to fight plagiarism and help bring academic integrity back into our schools."
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide
"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
Smithsonian Center for Education
Lesson plans, resources, kids’ collections, gallery of presidents, etc.
"The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies interprets the collective knowledge of the Smithsonian and serves as a gateway to its educational resources. Through research, publishing, and staff development programs for the education and museum communities, the Center promotes the understanding and use of museums."
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/Ed/Teachers
"A new educational unit, "Solar Matters", for upper elementary/intermediate/middle school grades is now available online. It has been developed by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), a research institute of the University of Central Florida, to provide teachers with information needed to extend their students’ understanding of science by experiencing solar energy first-hand."
StarChild
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
"learning center for young astronomers"
TeachNet.com
"Smart tools for busy teachers"
Teaching and Learning on the Web
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl
"YOU WILL FIND over 887 examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning. We do try to keep our links fresh and this site was last checked for dead links on January 7, 2002.
JUST HOW CAN THE WEB be used for something more than surfing, chatting, making money, or idly wasting time? Can it provide an environment for learning? We found that people learn well from examples, so we created for our faculty this collection of the ways the web was being used in different disciplines.
This searchable collection includes sites that range from courses delivered entirely via the web to courses that offer specific activities related to a class assignment or perhaps courses that offer class support materials via the web.
This site does not include resource collections, lists of links, commercial products, or online schools.... just examples that are connected to specific courses or learning activities."
Wonderful World of Insects
http://www.earthlife.net/insects
"This site is only one chapter in an online encyclopedia of life I am writing. If you enjoyed this site you might be interested in visiting some of the other chapters."
Insects:- http://www.earthlife.net/insects/
Birds:- http://www.earthlife.net/birds/
Mammals:-
http://www.earthlife.net/mammals/ Partially available
Lichens:-
http://www.earthlife.net/lichens/
Prokayotes http://www.earthlife.net/prokaryotes/
(Archaea and Bacteria)
Invertebrates
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/intro.html (Worms and Things)
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
Look up words, word games, word of the day, etc.
How Stuff Works and Express How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com and http://express.howstuffworks.com
"HowStuffWorks is a media company that is internationally recognized as the leading provider of information on how things work. Founded by Marshall Brain, HowStuffWorks offers in-depth articles that explain the world from the inside out to millions of readers every month."
"HowStuffWorksExpress is a division of HowStuffWorks, a media and e-learning company. We make science and technology entertaining and understandable, resulting in greater student interest and enhanced performance.
The staff of HowStuffWorksExpress includes writers, editors, graphic artists, Web designers and nationally certified teachers in science, math and language arts who have years of classroom teaching experience at the elementary, middle school and high school levels."
The Art Room
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html
"The artist Mark Rothko once said, "Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risks." It is in this spirit that the @rt room was created.
Like art rooms in schools everywhere, this virtual art room is meant to be a "special" place. Within its "walls," kids are offered opportunities to create, to discover, to imagine, to invent, to learn, and to make their thoughts become things. In short, the @rt room is a place for kids to explore their inner and outer worlds.
The @rt room is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and things on their own.
The primary author of the site is Dr. Craig Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education, at the University of Florida.
All text materials and images available through this site are intended for personal and/or educational use only. Any commercial use of this information is prohibited."
NASA Kids
"Designed for students from Kindergarten to 8th grade, this site has sections on Space and Beyond; Rockets and Airplanes; Projects and Games; and Pioneers and Astronauts. Loads of child-friendly information on a myriad of scientific and technical subjects, such as space, space suits, living in space, sundials, weather, the water cycle, careers, and astronomy."
4 Kids.org (Patti Flanary, Media Specialist WME, found this great site)
"www.4Kids.org's team of educators, writers, artists,
technology specialists, and students produces a weekly newspaper article and maintains the
4Kids Web site. Our vision is to pursue more effective ways of creating learning
environments for all children regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or disability,
particularly through advancing technologies such as the Internet. Make www.4Kids.org
"your link to the latest tecKNOWLEDGEy on the Web."
World Almanac for Kids
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com
"Millions of kids read The World Almanac For Kids every year. Now the bestselling book has a companion Web Site -- The World Almanac For Kids Online. So dive in and explore. You might even get smarter."
U.S. Department of State’s Geographic Learning Site
http://geography.state.gov/htmls/statehome.html
Has areas for K-12
"We hope you'll find this site fun and educational. You'll learn all about the U.S. Department of State: the interesting countries where U.S. Diplomats work; places where the Secretary of State travels; geographic Hot Spots and Cool Sites; international affairs and important international issues; and more!"
United States Geological Service Learning Web
"Welcome! The Learning Web, a portion of the USGS web site, is dedicated to K-12 education and life-long learning. Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as land, water, plants and animals, and maps."
