Internet Resources for Educators:

Lesson Plan and Classroom Activity Sites

September 2004

AOL @ School – Teachers

(Online).  Available:  http://www.aolatschool.com/teachers/index.adp (September 24, 2004).  Links for standards, lesson plans, professional development, news, classroom tips, and more.

Apple Learning Interchange

(Online).  Available:  http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/index.html  (September 24, 2004).  Links for lesson plans, virtual field trips, professional development, and more.

ArtsEdge

(Online).  Available:  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ (September 24, 2004).  Lessons, standards, web links, articles, and more.

ArtsEdNet – The Getty’s Art Education Web Site

(Online). Available:  http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/  (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans and curriculum ideas, image gallery and more.

Awesome Library K – 12 Lesson Plans

(Online).  Available:  http://www.awesomelibrary.org/lesson.html (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans arranged by topic.

Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans

(Online).  Available:  http://www.col-ed.org/cur/ (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans created by teachers for use in their own classroom, organized by subject and grade level.

Crayola Creativity Central – Educators Site

(Online).  Available:  http://www.crayola.com/educators/  (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans and activities

Discovery Channel School Lesson Plan Library

(Online).  Available:  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/  (September 24, 2004).  This page has lesson plans available by grade and subject.

EDSITEment

(Online).  Available:  http://edsitement.neh.gov/  (September 24, 2004).  Brings together online humanities resources from some of the world’s great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities.  Includes lesson plans searchable by subject and grade level.

Education World

(Online).  Available:  http://www.education-world.com/  (September 24, 2004).  Includes lesson plans, professional development, technology integration, and links for administrators.

Educator’s Reference Desk

(Online).  Available:  http://www.eduref.org/  (September 24, 2004).  This site provides access to ERIC information, including lesson plans. 

Eduhound

(Online).  Available:  http://www.eduhound.com/  (September 24, 2004).  Dedicated to providing the best of the best online resources for K – 12 educators, this site has links for lesson plans, Internet tutorials, seasonal resources, and much, much more.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

(Online).  Available:  http://www.enc.org  (September 24, 2004).  This site is a K – 12 math and science center.  It has lessons and activities, web links, professional development and more.

Gateway to Educational Materials
(Online).  Available:  http://thegateway.org/  (September 24, 2004).  A U.S. Department of Education sponsored site, allows users to search for lesson plans, curriculum units, and other educational resources by grade level and subject.

Instructional Materials in Science Education

(Online).  Available:  http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/  (September 22, 2004).  Links to information useful to science educators, not necessarily lesson plans.

KinderArt

(Online).  Available:  http://www.kinderart.com/  (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans, art library, and fee based resources.

Lesson Planet

(Online).  Available:  http://www.lessonplanet.com/  (September 24, 2004).  You must sign up and become a member to access information, but it IS free….

Lesson Plans Page

(Online).  Available:  http://www.lessonplanspage.com/  (September 24, 2004).  This site allows users to search for lesson plans by subject, or date (for example, look for a lesson plan for February 14 – Valentine’s Day).

Marco Polo

(Online).  Available:  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx  (September 24, 2004).  Provides standards – based Internet content and professional development for educators K – 12.

Math Forum

(Online).  Available:  http://mathforum.org/  (September 24, 2004).  Links for teachers include lesson plans and classroom activities.  Also includes links for students.

McREL – Lesson Plans

(Online).  Available:  http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/  (September 24, 2004).  Links to lesson plans and activities organized by subject area and topic.

MERLOT

(Online).  Available:  http://www.merlot.org/Home.po  (September 24, 2004).  A free and open resource designed for higher education, this site has links to activities appropriate for older students.

Michigan Electronic Library Lesson Plans

(Online).  Available:  http://mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1673&pathid=2243  (September 24, 2004).  Links to lesson plans & activities.

Michigan Teacher Network

(Online).  Available:  http://mtn.merit.edu/index.html  (September 24, 2004).  Curriculum links lesson plans and activities to Michigan Content Standards.

Microsoft Education

(Online).  Available:  http://www.microsoft.com/education/  (September 24, 2004).  This site features links for educators (tutorials, lesson plans, clip art, and more), students and parents, and administrators.

NASA / MSU Bozeman CERES Project Educational Activities

(Online).  Available:  http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html (September 24, 2004).  Classroom ready astronomy and astrobiology activities for K-12 students.

National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers and Students

(Online).  Available:  http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/ (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans and resources searchable by curriculum, topic and artist.

New York Times Learning Network
(Online).  Available:  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html  (September 24, 2004).  A great resource, has lesson plans, web quests, and more.

Northwest Regional Educational Lab – Library in the Sky

(Online).  Available:  http://www.nwrel.org/sky/index.asp  (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans & materials arranged topically.

PBS Teacher Source

(Online).  Available:  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/  (September 24, 2004).  This site has more than 4,000 lesson plans and activities, searchable by grade level and subject.

R*Tec Teacher

(Online).  Available:  http://www.4teachers.org/intech/lessons/  (September 24, 2004).  This site provides lesson plans and projects, searchable by grade and subject that deal with integrating technology into the classroom. 

Scholastic Teacher

(Online).  Available:  http://teacher.scholastic.com/  (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans & more.

SCoPE

(Online).  Available:  http://www.michigan.gov/scope  (September 24, 2004).  Prepared as a sample core curriculum for Michigan schools, this site has links for units and lesson plans linked to Michigan standards.

Smithsonian Education

(Online).  Available:  http://smithsonianeducation.org/index.html  (September 24, 2004).  Includes links for educators, families and students.  Educators’ links has lesson plans, field trips, web sites, publications and products, and professional development.

Teachers Network

(Online).  Available:  http://www.teachersnetwork.org/index.htm  (September 24, 2004).  This site allows the user to search for lesson plans by subject and grade level.

Teacher Vision

(Online).  Available:  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/  (September 24, 2004).  Links for lesson plans, newsletters, classroom management, and more.

Teach-Nology

(Online).  Available:  http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/  (September 24, 2004).  Lesson plans and more.

Thirteen Ed Online

(Online).  Available:  http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/  (September 24, 2004).  Created by New York PBS station WNET, this site offers services such as standards-based lesson plans, classroom activities, reviews of Web sites and more. 

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