Must-See Sites

• Alphabet Superhighway  (sponsored by US Dept. of Education's Read*Write*Now Initiative; assists upper elementary through secondary students to create, locate, & communicate information through active learning, guided discovery, mentoring, competitions, and other online activities; components include The Cyberzine & Exhibit Center for student's to display their work, the Library & the Smart Searcher for finding information, the Traveling Tutor  & the Challenge Chaser for learning & reinforcing skills & topics)
  
• Apple Learning Interchange (FREE - not just for Apple users, one of the greatest collections of lessons, units of practice, news, articles, and teacher resources)
• AtoZ Teacher Stuff  (over 1000 pages to browse; teacher-created; designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly & easily; lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, teacher discussion forums, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets & blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, more; free weekly newsletter specific to your grade level & content area)
  
• American Memory Learning Page  (teacher created, classroom tested lesson plans on topics from US history to civics to literature; your "front door" to more than 100 American Memory collections; teachers eye view of over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films, & audio recordings; lessons, features, activities, tips & tricks for using in the classroom)
  
• American Teachers (free, but register; great education portal to sites categorized by content area; grant info; extensive portal to student homework, study, & reference sites)
• Awesome Library (good resource links & lessons for every grade level & content area)
• Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
• Bonus.com (kid-appropriate on-line activities designed to supplement standard classroom curriculum)
• Community Learning Network
• Columbia Education Center (K-12 lesson plans created by teachers)
• Connected Classroom Connected Teacher (FREE trial sign-up for teachers; linked historical calendar)
• Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
• CyberBee (classroom resources; how-to's for PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Netscape, Webpage Construction; research tools, web links, treasure hunts)
• Dennis Boals' K-12 Sources - Curriculum - Lesson Plans (unbelievable collection of links)
• Donn's Pages (K-12; ancient history; 7 wonders of ancient world; archaeology; freebies; children's literature; maps & geography; mythology; lesson plans; online games; EXTENSIVE links)
• Dr. Labush's Teachers' Links (AWESOME resources for parents, teachers, students, NEW TEACHER LINK COLLECTION, and more, K-12)
• Education.com - TeachSpace (lesson plans, contests, encyclopedia articles, clip art, writing guides)
• Education Index (check out all of the links.....VERY comprehensive)
• Education World - Technology in the Classroom (teacher tools, teacher templates, much more)
• Educator's Reference Desk   (from the Information Institute of Syrucuse; 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, 200+ question archive responses)
  
• EduWeb Adventures (students journey through adventures in Art, Art History, Science, History, Geography, Nature, & Economics)
• Enchanted Learning (free educational content to children and schools worldwide, with topics ranging from inventors, rainforests, flags, Spanish, plants, animals, and crafts to geography)
• First Gov for Kids
• Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Gander Academy's Teacher Page (great resources; scavenger hunts, webquests, more)
• Gander Academy's Theme Page (students and teachers)
• HIGHLIGHTS' TeacherNet - The Premier Online Community for K-8 Educators
• Innovative Curriculum Online Network (central source for information dealing with technology and innovation; electronic roadmap to connect teachers, students, and parents with information about the world)
  
• Inspiring New Teachers
• Integrated Technology Projects (all content areas & grade levels; make selection or choose "Browse")
  
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Kid Info (GREAT links for students, parents, & teachers)
• LearningPage.com (a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials for you to download and print; seasonal materials; lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more)
• Lesson Plans from Gigglepotz.com (all subjects including phonics, classroom management, math, organization, behavior management, and more)
• LessonPlansPage.com
• Lesson Planz.com (all subjects, all grade levels)
• Lycos Zone Teacher Resources
• Memphis City Schools Teaching and Learning Academy ( a WEALTH of teacher resources, software tutorials, technical helps, integration ideas, instructional technology)
• McRel (lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources)
• MidTech (tech integration ideas & lessons for middle school in language arts and social studies)
• Minot Public Schools (great curriculum links in all subject areas; select Internet Resources)
• Mr. Flack's Student Teacher Resource Heaven (great links for teachers or student teachers)
• Mr. Flack's Educational Resources (USA Today award winner)
• Mrs. Doolittle's Web Resources (K-12; an excellent collection of links in 50+ categories, from Medieval life to Japan to butterflies; many Massachusetts links; teacher resource link at end of page)
• Nashville Public Schools CyberGuides (units of instruction based on great pieces of literature developed by teams of Nashville library media specialists and teachers - interdisciplinary, multimedia, web-based resources)
• North Carolina State University - Technology Integration Made Easy (grades 4-8; lessons created to provide teachers with methods of integrating tech skills into their subject areas)
• Quia! (30-day free trial; choose Instructor Zone - look at Top 50 Activities; ready-to-use teaching materials, templates and tools for creating quizzes, games, home pages, activity archive, all areas including foreign languages)
• r*tec Teacher Lesson Plans (all grade levels & content areas)
  
• Scholastic (lesson plans, reproducibles, research tools, much more)
• School Express.com (FREE stuff plus good links)
• Sites for Teachers (EXCELLENT; over 600 of the best teacher resources)
• Skewl Sites (always current, great lesson plans, primary to secondary, all subjects)
• STEM-Net (comprehensive links and resources for ALL content areas including math, home ec,  industrial arts, family studies, tech education, career exploration, drama, special education, and more)
  
• Tammy's Tidbits (very comprehensive links to student and teacher sites by category)
• Taylor Road Middle School Lesson Plans
• TeachNet.com
• TeacherLINK - Utah State University (excellent searches for lessons on all topics)
• Teachers Helping Teachers (lessons and resources for the arts, language arts, history, classroom management, all subjects)
• TeachersFirst.com (mentoring of students & teachers; new teacher resources; instructional units; professional development)
• TeacherVision.com (lessons, teacher tools, great links; subscription)
• Teaching Tips (select "current articles" or "archive"; materials, ideas, articles, & more for new or experienced teachers)
• The Education Place - Houghton-Mifflin (excellent; maps; lessons; graphic organizers; themes, activities)
• The Freebie Directory
• The Gateway for Educational Materials
• The New York Times Daily Lesson Plan (daily lesson plan plus lesson plan archive and teacher resources)
• The Virtual Schoolhouse
• Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute (grades 7-12; all content areas; curriculum units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)