Big6 Homepage Resources Simply the best information literacy lesson resource! SOC'01Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques Wonderful information on search engines, subject directories, search logic, & search tips. SOC'01
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AskERIC
"AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world." Very well organized and useful!AT&T Learning Network Resources for Teachers
"The AT&T Learning Network® is an award-winning program that links teachers, parents and schools to the technology tools and support they need to help improve teaching and learning." Make sure to visit the the "Links and Pointers" on the left hand side of the screen.Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
This collection of learning Web sites is searchable. You can also browse the database as well, just scroll down to the table and click on desired category. The Web sites are arranged by subject, grade level, and type (lesson plans, resources, references, and tools). Very well-organized!Busy Teachers' WebSite
This Web site is designed to "provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans / classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and to provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet." A good starting point for Internet newbies!Chico High School Library Helpful Bookmarks
Created and maintained by Peter Milbury, the School Library Media Specialist at Chico High School, this collection of Internet Educational Web sites is very rich and useful for both teachers and students.Classroom Connect
A wealth of information for connecting the classroom with the Internet. Site includes many Web site links and helpful tips. Make sure to visit Classroom Today for curriculum topic related links and activities!Microsoft's Classroom Teacher Network
Discovery Channel School
Loaded with information for teachers, students, and parents. Definitely a must-see!Ednow.com
"An extensive collection of education resources, Ednow.com is designed to assist education professionals in the quest for information. Ednow.com gives educators a place to read about current events, collect ideas for lesson plans and curriculum, search for books and software, uncover comprehensive resources, and keep up-to-date on trends in the industry. It is a one-stop location for education information." Click on the teacher, librarian, or administrator tab for even more specialized information. Another must-see!The Education Place
Created by Houghton Mifflin, the Education Place contains "elementary resources for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, activity database, educational games, and textbook support." Even though the site is maintained by an educational vendor, valuable information is contained within.Education World
A very rich site of Internet resources for educators, including lesson plans, curriculum guides, "best" Web site links, education news, etc.EduHound: Everything for Education K-12!
The Evergreen Project: The Teaching and Learning Division of Ask Jeeves for Kids
Created and maintained by the kid popular search engine, Ask Jeeves for Kids, the Evergreen Project is an online directory ofteacher resources. Click on "May Jeeves Help You?" for general information about the site and "Teacher Tips and Tools" for other Web site connections.Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning." The site is a well organized and invaluable resource for educators. A definite must-see!Lightspan
Very comprehensive collection of educational Internet resources. Click on Teachers for specialized information. Don't forget to also click on the Global Schoolhouse (offers Web collaboration ideas and ongoing projects) and Study Web! (well organized collection of Web sites organized into subject categories).ProTeacher! The Web's Little Secret for Elementary School Teachers
Riverdeep: Interactive Learning
"Riverdeep designs, develops, publishes, markets and supports interactive learning solutions for K through 12 education that integrate the best in curriculum with the power and flexibility of the Internet and other computer-based technologies."School.Net: Educational Online Resources
The Teacher's Corner
Advertises itself as "the place for Primary & Intermediate Teacher Resources." Includes lesson plans, thematic units, and other valuable teacher resources.Teach-nology An absolutely awesome site--includes rubric generators, crossword puzzle generators, curriculum ideas and 150,000 reviewed web sites! SOC'01
ThinkQuest
From the ThinkQuest site: "ThinkQuest is an educational initiative committed to advancing learning through the use of computer and networking technology. ThinkQuest challenges teachers and students of all ages to use the Internet in innovative and exciting ways as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool. Each ThinkQuest program encourages participants to create high quality, content rich, educational Web sites that are made available freely to others around the world via the ThinkQuest Web server. ThinkQuest is the largest and fastest growing Internet-based Educational program in the world."
AskERIC Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
Large collection of lesson plans that are well organized into subject areas.Internet Coach Puzzle Center
(Macromedia Shockwave and Flash player plug-in required)Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Lesson Plans--ARTSEDGE SOC'01
Puzzlemaker: Discovery Channel School
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
Advertises itself as "the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!" Maintained by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology at Syracuse University.The Lesson Plans Page
This Web site on lessons plans is easy to navigate and "home to over 800 lesson plans." The lesson plans are arranged by subject area and then age group.Utah Education Dept's Lesson Plans This is a very rich site--carefully linked to standards. SOC'01
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Curriculum Resources Alperstein, Queens PS 56
Fifth-grade gifted students demonstrate great skill including a project matching their curriculum with NY State Standards. -- MJM '00Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher Calendar
A calendar containing recommended Web sites that coordinate with monthly events. An excellent resource for making daily Internet connections fast!Do History
This site shows a real-life example of the use of primary sources to discover history--mainly through a diary. It connects to a book and film and includes teaching tips . -- MT '00EDSITEment
"EDSITEment brings together the best of the humanities on the web. It is a constantly growing collection of the most valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages." Offers not only Web site links but also lesson plan ideas! Very well organized.E- Themes
Teacher Selected lists of awesome theme-related websites-- AV '04Information Searcher Online
Designed specifically for educatores, this interactive learning enviornment offers a great overview of the Web. The site includes searching tips, a Web evaluation guide, ideas on how to integrate the Web into your curriculum.New York Times Learning Network
This outstanding news-oriented site for grades 6-12 offers valuable information for students, teachers, and the community. Click on "Teacher Connections" on the left hand side to access lesson plans, education news, and other curriculum-realted activities.Noodle Tools
Excellent help in searching academic sources --O'C '00PBS TeacherSource
Offers daily updates of PBS programming and links to local stations. Most importantly the site has over 1,400 lesson plans and activities that can be searched by age level and content area.Study Buddy
As stated at this Web site: "Our mission is to provide students with a safe, informative and fun school survival connection on the Internet. We're also kid powered and kid edited. Our school survival tips, stories and advice are written and edited for students, by students the world over. Our penpal clubs offer easy, free penpals for kids and teens ages 6-17, students, teachers and clubs."Stumble on Sites
This site helps you surf a few directories, points to interesting web pages, introduces searach engines, stops at a few key sites and generates a personal teacher webpages. O'C '00Subject Sampler
Use this site to help students "care" more about topics. O'C '00Treasure Knowledge Hunt
Use this site to direct students to answer "knowledge only" questions. O'C '00Web Sites and Resources for Teachers
This well organized Web site contains links to lesson plans, activities, games, etc. The links are divided into subject categories.Arts & Music
Art Education and ArtEdventures from SanfordArtsEdge
From the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, this Web site is dedicated to "linking the arts and education through technology." The site contains many Web links to support curriculum efforts. The site is currently being updated to include even more lesson plans and professional resources.ArtsEdNet
ArtsEdNet is a well-organized site that contains K-12 lesson plans, art images, Web links, and more!Art Sites for Educators
Regularly updated, this site contains links to many other Art related sites and will email updates to the site to help busy teachers.Crayola's Educator's Web Page
Although this site may seem confusing and cluttered at first, the art education information for pre-K through high school levels is worthwhile. You will find sections on Lesson Plans, art techniques, teaching tips, advocacy, realted Web site links, and more! Students and teachers can also contribute to a gallery of student work.Internet Resources for Music Teachers
Maintained by Cynthia Shirk, a music teacher in Minnesota, this Web site is a very large collection of valuable music-related Web sites.Language Arts
Children's Literature Web Guide
An excellent Web site which concentrates on children's literature and provides Web links to Author pages, book award information, online reviews, etc. A must see for those interested in children's literature.Scholastic
Created by Scholastic Publishers, this Web site's content focuses on activities, reading circles, discussion guides, and author profiles for students, parents, and teachers. Lesson plan ideas are also included.Stories from the Web
Created and maintained in the UK, the Stories from the Web is a Web site where students can submit their own stories, email authors, read stories, and write online book reviews. Click on the "Boring Adult Info" at the bottom of the page for more indepth information. Very well organized and attractive. Students will enjoy!Math
Math.com
Comprehensive site for teachers, students, and parents.Suzanne's Mathematics Lessons
Interesting, ready-to-use math lessons on a variety of mathematics topics.Webmath
"The purpose of Webmath is to give a student immediate help over the internet with the particular math problem they are on. It is not a database of questions and answers, or an online math testing site. Webmath is a math-help Web site that generates answers to specific math questions, as entered by a user of the site, at any particular moment."Physical Education
Sports Media
Originally based in Belguim, Sports Media includes lesson plans, activities, coaching tips, and Web site links for the physical education educator.Science
Access Excellence
"Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides high school biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web." Loaded with informative and fun information for teachers and students.Cells Alive!
This site shows cells in action through animated gifs, "Webcams", and QuickTime movies. Very interesting and informative.Clickable "Chemicool" Periodic Table
ENC: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
Frank Potter's Science Gems
An extensive list of K-12 Science links. Science Resources are sorted by Category, Subcategory, and then Grade Level. The Web links are also searchable.
The Web site claims to have selected about 11,000 out of more than 75,000 science-related resources on the Internet.IMSEnet: Instructional Materials in Science Education
"The IMSEnet web site contains many annotated web links to the best science instructional materials on the World Wide Web for K-12 classroom instruction as well as a variety of K-12 interdisciplinary web resources." Too many science links to count!!Internet Resources for Geography and Geology
K-12 Science Education Resources
MOST: Museum of Science and Technology
NASA Education Programs
This Web site includes information for both students and educators. Updated regularly. Very informative.Oceanography: An ONR Science & Technology Site for Teachers and Students
Physics Lecture Demonstrations
"This physics WWW site is an effort to make available an on-line source of information and pictures used for preparing and performing undergraduate lecture demonstrations." Covers almost all physics topics.Sheppard's Science Resources
A collection of K-12 Science lessons and over 800 Web links. The Web links are placed into categories or the links may be searched by a particular topic.Solar Learning Activities
As stated at the Web site, "The YPOP Solar Classroom is filled with hands-on, solar related activities. There is something for everyone. Many of these activities teach you about the Sun itself. Others teach a physical concept, like rotation, using the Sun as an example." Good lesson plan ideas.Volcano World
This Web site contains information on volcanoes both on Earth and on other planets. Includes current volcano news, techer tips, photos, video clips, links, Ask-a-Volcanologist, and more!Social Studies
GlobaLearn
At this Web site, students (and teachers, too!) can travel around the world through live and interactive expeditions. Students are encouraged to offer comments and suggestions before and during the expeditions.History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
"The major purpose of this home page is to encourage the use of the World Wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help for K-12 classroom teachers in locating and using the resources of the Internet in the classroom."Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collection
The American Memory Historical Collection contains over 60 information rich multimedia collections on various American history topics, such as the Civil War, US Presidents, Great Depression etc. These primary source collections contain digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and/or text. Lesson plan ideas and activities for integrating these primary source materials into the classroom can be located in the "Learning Page" section. A must see!Library of Congress Country Studies
This online series presently contains studies of 100 countries. Information can be found on geography, history, culture, economy, and government for the individual countries.MainXed: Stock Game
This site contains a simulated stock game for students to participate in. Click on the "Teacher's Lounge" for lesson plans and activities to use with the stock game.Map Machine
Created and maintained by National Geographic, this Web site contains country maps, physical maps, flags, and other country facts. Students will enjoy!Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Technology
Center for Children and TechnologyEducational Technology Impact Analysis from Pennsylvania
Bernie Dodge's WebQuest Page
WebQuest Sites
Created by one of the original developers of WebQuests, Mr. Dodge's site contains tips and examples of WebQuests. Very informative and well-organized. Known as "one of the best" Web sites on WebQuests.Fourth-grade Web Quest --HB'00
Kathy Schrock's WebQuests in Our Future: The Teacher's Role in Cyberspace
Contains general information and links about WebQuests.Math Webquests from NCTM 1999 CC'01
New Mexico State University WebQuest Lessons
Another collection of sample WebQuests that have been categorized into grade levels and subject content areas.Salt Lake City Schools (well organized- includes lists of links)CC'01
San Bernadino County CC'01
Short Term and Long Term Webquests from Manteno School District
Spartanburg, South Carolina district WebQuest page
This school Web site contains not only sample WebQuest lessons but also general information about WebQuests."The Student WebQuest" by Maureen Brown Yoder, Learning and Leading with Technology, April 1999.
This article from the April 1999 issue of Learning and Leading with Technology defines WebQuests and describes how they are created and how they can be used in the classroom. The article also includes many helpful links.Tom March's WebQuests and more
Created by one of the leading developers of WebQuests, this well-organized Web site contains a wealth of WebQuest information including articles, tips, planning sheets, examples, and more!WebQuest Index of Lessons from Macomb Intermediate School District in Michigan
Long list of actual WebQuest lessons for grades 3-12. Also includes lesson templates and tips for creating your own WebQuest.WebQuest Table
More WebQuest lesson examples in an easy to read table.WebQuests from Memphis City Schools
Another table of WebQuests organized in a table by subject and grade level.Wisconsin WebQuest Matrix
This collection of WebQuest lessons have been conveniently organized into a table by grade and subject content area.University of California at Irvine WebQuests
A collection of WebQuests developed by K-12 teachers at the 1998 UCI Summer Science Institute.University of Maine Class WebQuests
This collection of WebQuest lessons includes compete annotations for each WebQuest.
NYS Learning Standards
NYS Education Information: Learning Standards, Report Cards, and More
The NYS Learning Standards
The complete text for the NYS Learning standards for each curriculum area. You need Adobe Reader to view the PDF files.Developing Educational Standards
Maintained by the Putnam Valley Central School District in Putnam Valley, New York, this Web site is a collection of K-12 educational standards information from local, state, national, and even international sources. Scroll down to the Standards by State category and click on New York for information on New York only. A very rich resource!
Report Cards
Skaneateles Central School District Report CardsRegents Information
NYS Board of RegentsOther
NYS Dept. of EducationSkaneateles School District Statistical Profile
American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
Professional Education Organizations American Library Association (ALA)
Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Education Association (NEA)
National Middle School Association (NMSA)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
List-servs
Listservs MIDDLE-L
MIDDLE-L provides a place for sharing ideas, information about resources, and problems and their solutions related to middle level education. -- O'C '00Teacher Net Middle School Chat
An on-going conversation that's easy for middle school teachers to browse. -- O'C '00
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