Recommended websites to support
teaching and learning
Links to select K-12 Sites:
EdWeb: Indices and Hotlists for Educators
42Explore Thematic Pathfinders for all Ages
http://www.42explore.com/index.htm
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com
Websites for Teachers (multiple links)
http://its.gcsnc.com/resource/teacher/ws_teach.htm
RESEARCH SKILLS site- THE BIG SIX
http://www.big6.com/showcategory.php?cid=19
WORD WEB VOCABULARY - A NEW METHOD FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY TO STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12
http://www.wordwebvocabulary.com
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL Laboratory’s Indicators of Engaged Learning
http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profeng.htm
Microsoft for Educators Features Curriculum Mapping
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=ViewPointMap
Columbia University site for TEACHERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
http://caho.columbia.edu/
ITN- Innovative Teacher Newsletter. Editor, Walter Mackenzie features curriculum mapping resources and references
http://www.surfaquarium.com/newsletter/curriculum_mapping.htm
Empowering Students with Technology
http://www.anovember.com
ERIC: the gateway to the federally-funded information system and its resources
http://ericir.syr.edu
The Children's Literature Web Guide, includes terrific links to children's authors, reviews, "best" book lists, and more
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Foreign Languages for Travelers -- excellent links to world-wide weather, currency rates, and conversion tables, hotel information, car rentals, cultural information and languages
http://www.travlang.com/index.html
U.S. Congress -- Includes: full text of all House and Senate Bills, searchable by keyword and bill number; how laws are made; House and Senate gophers; and more!
http://thomas.loc.gov
American Memory Collection (Library of Congress) -- Includes primary source material. Browse through a collection of your choice
http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
The Franklin Institute -- this science museum offers visitors a sampling of the actual, physical museum as well as the experience of visiting virtual exhibits
http://sln.fi.edu
The Complete Works of Shakespeare -- Leave it to the newspaper staff at MIT to provide a truly marvelous site!
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
Math Archives: K12 -- Includes an excellent list of sites for K-12 instruction (including lesson plans and software.)
http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html
Math Forum and More! -- Follow the links to Math Forum, Math Resources, and Key Issues. Includes challenges for K-12 students, and offers teacher discussions
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
Classroom Connect: Designed for K-12 teachers, this site connects Internet resources to specific curriculum areas
http://www.classroom.net/
Sports Illustrated for Kids Online -- in addition to current sports information, includes articles by children, a library of earlier issues, and interviews
http://www.sikids.com
The Census Bureau -- Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau provides the statistics from the 1990 census. You may search by zip code or keyword
http://www.census.gov
Volcano World -- current eruptions, volcanoes of the world, educational materials, Ask a Volcanologist archives
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
The Web Museum Network - Visit the Louvre electronically
http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/louvre/
USA Today: Includes news, sports, money, life, weather information, and more!
http://www.usatoday.com/
The Washington Post -- One of the best-organized, most comprehensive news sites on the Internet. An added feature is College Post with college news
http://www.WashingtonPost.com/
Daily Planet (University of Illinois) - Includes an in-depth online guide to meteorology and multimedia instructional modules that introduce and explain fundamental concepts in meteorology
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/
The Internet Public Library -- This is a cyberspace reference center developed by students in the School of Information and Library Sciences at the University of Michigan
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ref/index.text.html
Paris Project -- Includes the metro, monuments, museums, maps, scenes, and shopping!
http://www.paris.org/
The Smithsonian Institution -- "America's Treasure House of Learning" is worth a visit!
http://www.si.edu/
College Board Online -- Includes College Board tests, programs, and online registration; a "Test Question of the Day;" a searchable database of colleges; financial aid information (including a financial aid calculator)
http://www.collegeboard.org/
College and University Home Pages -- courtesy of MIT, this site includes links to the home pages of more than 2,500 colleges and universities worldwide
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
Selected sites for teachers and library media specialists
From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal -- This online journal is published by Dr. Jamieson A. McKenzie, Director of Libraries Media and Technology for the Bellingham Public Schools, WA. See http://fromnowon.org
ICONnect -- ICONnect is the Internet/technology initiative of the American Association of School Librarians, designed to help classroom teachers and school library media specialists use the Internet as an information resource. Begin at http://www.ala.org/ICONN/index.html and follow the links to Curriculum Connections, Online Courses, and KidsConnect.
Multimedia Schools Magazine -- this practical journal helps educators use technology effectively in their clasrooms and libraries. To subscribe to the print magazine, contact Information Today, Inc. at 609-645-6266 or custserv@infotoday.com
The online edition is available at http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/index.html
Asia Society's AskAsia, an exciting, informative on-line source for K-12 Asian and Asian American studies
www.askasia.org
