Resources for Teachers

 

Test Prep and Resources:

 

 

English Language Arts:

 

·         Giggle Poetry - http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

·         Kidzpage - http://www.veeceet.com/

·         Time for Kids Online - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK

·         Scholastic - http://www.scholastic.com/

·         Stories from the Web - http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/index.htm

·         PBS Kids: Between the Lions - http://pbskids.org/lions/

·         Suessville - http://www.seussville.com/

·         Whootie Owl's Stories to Grow By - http://www.storiestogrowby.com/default.html

·         Young Writer's Clubhouse - http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml

·         Grammar Gorillas at Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

·         Learning to Read: Resources for Language Arts & Reading Research - http://www.toread.com/

·         Dictionary.com - http://www.dictionary.com/

 

Mathematics:

·         National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

·         The National Library of VIRTUAL MANIPULATIVES - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

·         INTERACTIVE Math Explorations and Activities - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/index.html

·         Problem Solving –

·         Math Mastery Daily Brains: Problem Solving - http://www.mathmastery.com/dailyBrains/index.cfm?CFID=84467&CFTOKEN=58238383

·         Basket Math - http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/add.htm

·         Cool Math for Kids: (Several links for math practice) - http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

·         Graph Website - http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing

·         MIDDLE SCHOOL:

·         Pythagorean Theorem - http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/pythagoras.html

·         Great Geometry Site - http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/index.html

·         Divisibility Rules - http://www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/kaleidoscope2/Divisible/instruct.html

·         Experimental Probability Site - http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/probability/

·         Open-Ended Math Problems - http://www.fi.edu/school/math2/index.html

·         The Fraction Track Game: - http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.1/index.htm

·         The Game of Nim - http://www.csm.astate.edu/Nim.html

·         ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:

·         HOW BIG IS A MILLION PENNIES - http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/

·         MONEY WORKSHEETS - http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/menu_basics/money.html

·         SHOPPING FOR TOYS - http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/shop4toy.htm

·         MONEY SKILLS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN - http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/teachers/level.php?id=1

·         KIDS BANK - http://www.kidsbank.com/

·         A list of other math websites - http://www.mathpower.com/linkstu.htm

·         EXPLORATIONS IN TIME - http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html

·         WALKING THROUGH TIME - http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html

·         TIME ZONES AND THE WORLD CLOCK - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

·         WORLD POPULATION CLOCK - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw

·         CALENDARS AND THEIR HISTORIES - http://astro.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html

·         TOOLS OF THE ANCIENTS - http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/exploremaps_lesson1_1.htm

·         MATH REFERENCE MATERIALS - http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6222.html

·         The Fraction Track Game: - http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.1/index.htm

Science:

·         American Museum of Natural History - http://www.amnh.org/

·         Discovery.com - http://www.discovery.com/

·         Discovery Channel School - http://school.discovery.com/

·         National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/

·         Smithsonian - http://www.si.edu/

·         The Franklin Institute Science Museum - http://www.fi.edu/

·         Carnegie Museum - http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/

·         Science - http://www.pbs.org/

·         National Science Foundation - http://www.nsf.gov/

·         NASA homepage - http://www.nasa.gov/

·         NASA: Just for Kids - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html

·         Exploring gems, fossils, rocks, minerals - http://www.capecodrocks.com/

·         Butterfly website - http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html

·         Cool Science for Curious Kids - http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

·         The Great Escape- Plant parts - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html

·         Inventions- How Stuff works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/

·         Weather - http://www.weather.com/

·         Thomas Alva Edison's home page - http://www.thomasedison.com/

·         "What Tree Is It?" identify by leaf & fruit - http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree

·         CNN: Layers of the Earth - http://www.cnn.com/interactive/nature/9903/earth.layers/frameset.exclude.html

·         National Geographic Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

 

 

Social Studies:

·         Colonial Williamsburg - http://www.history.org/

·         Pilgrims - http://www.plimoth.org/

·         Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark - http://www.monticello.org/

·         Immigration - http://www.ellisisland.org/

·         United States Census Bureau for population of the United States - http://www.census.gov/

·         United States Mint for history of currency - http://www.usmint.gov/

·         Whitehouse for Kids - http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

·         Welcome to the Whitehouse - http://www.whitehouse.gov/

·         50 States.com- State & Capitals - http://www.50states.com/

·         Color Landform Atlas of the United States - http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

·         Yahooligans News - Current Events - http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news

·         Think Quest - http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=14

 

The Arts:

·         K-12 Resources for Music Educators – http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music

·         National Gallery of Art - http://nga.gov/

·         Arts EdNet - http://www.getty.edu/artsednet

·         Van Gogh Museum - http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/

·         Kinder Art - http://www.kinderart.com/

·         The Anti-Coloring Books - http://www.susanstriker.com/

·         Newark Museum - http://www.newarkmuseum.org/

·         Museum of Modern Art - http://www.moma.org/

·         Metropolitan Museum - http://www.metmuseum.org/

·         Baltimore Museum of Art - http://www.artbma.org/

·         Louvre Museum - http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

·         Rijks Museum Amsterdam - http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

·         Hermitage Museum - http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/

·         Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC - http://www.hirshhorn.org/

·         Art Institute of Chicago - http://www.artic.edu/aic

·         Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - http://www.mfa.org/