Additional Resources - Curriculum
THE GRACE ACADEMY
Click Here for Site
“The Grace Academy is dedicated to being a complete homeschool resource center developing discerning leaders by integrating a Biblical world and life view throughout its curriculum.”
DISCOVERY CHANNEL SCHOOLS CURRICULUM CENTER
http://school.discovery.com/curriculumcenter/
“Here you will find classroom activities supporting core curriculum topics. The correlated Discovery School videos and CD-ROMs provide a wealth of knowledge.”
MIDDLEWEB
http://www.middleweb.com/ContntCurr.html
This site offers curriculum resources for geography, social studies, language arts, math, science, along with providing resources for other content areas, and teaching strategies.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/
“The purpose of the Division of Curriculum & School Reform is to develop, maintain, and revise curriculum for early childhood through grade twelve.”
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS
http://www.brighthorizons.com/site/pages/school_curriculum.aspx
“The Bright Horizons School curriculum empowers children to become confident, successful, lifelong learners by creating developmentally appropriate environments in which each child learns what the world is like, how it works and what he or she is capable of achieving. Schools offer either The World at Their Fingertips Approach or the Montessori method.”
THE DEATH PENALTY
http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/
“This Web site and its accompanying materials are designed to assist both teachers and students in an exploration of capital punishment, presenting arguments for and against its use, as well as issues of ethics and justice that surround it.”
FREEDOM SCHOOL CURRICULUM
http://www.educationanddemocracy.org/ED_FSC.html
“We believe this curriculum is of value to anyone interested in alternative education, especially in the context of small school and summer school programs with a focus on citizenship education and social activism. This website offers teachers and students, as well as scholars and interested citizens, a chance to peruse and use any of the original documents created for the Freedom Schools.”
EDUCATION WORLD
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/dailylp.shtml
This website offers a new lesson plan idea every day, plus a chance to view the lesson plan archive.
THE NEW CURRICULUM
http://www.newcurriculum.com/
This website is dedicated to helping teachers integrate new technologies into their teachings.
EDUCATIONAL CYBER PLAYGROUND
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/MediaSeek.html
“Lesson Plans and School Curriculum: More Than 1,200 Lesson Plans Can Be Matched to State and National Curriculum Standards.”
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
There are “more than ten million primary sources online for teachers.”
TEACHER VISION
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/
“TeacherVision.com is dedicated to saving teachers time by providing quality classroom resources online. Explore over 12,000 lesson plans, printables, quizzes, graphic organizers, worksheets, and more, across all subjects. Be sure to sign up for the two newsletters that provide timely resources and information for classroom teachers.”
PBS TEACHERS
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
“PBS Teachers provides access to offerings from the company, including TeacherLine, an online professional development center, thousands of free lesson plans, classroom activities, local and national educator resources, videos, and other resources.”
NORTEL LEARN IT
http://www.nortellearnit.org/lessons/?gclid=CNbirIXt7YwCFRI9YAodU04k0Q
“Our lessons are project based, in MS word format, and editable in your word processor.”
BRAIN POP JR.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/
This site proved educational movies, lesson plans, homework help, and home schooling resources.
EDHELPER.COM
http://www.edhelper.com/?gclid=CJDytYvu7YwCFQGPWAodr0t-6g
“Get printable daily lesson plans, worksheets, puzzles, and more.”
TEACHER.NET
http://teachers.net/lessons/
“The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank is your opportunity to share your most precious asset - your teaching ideas and lesson plans! Now your genius and creativity can be used to touch lives around the world, and to help teachers reach students in ways they had never imagined before!”
AGRICULTURE SERVICE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
“Colorful and interesting collection of articles on many different aspects of food production. Includes quizzes. Doesn't shy away from making declarations like: "Plants Clean Waste Water and Grow Better by Eating Fish Poop." The link below takes you to the table of contents page. Designed by the Agriculture Research Service with the USDA.”
www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/contents.htm
COLLABORATIVE LESSON ARCHIVE
“Preschool through high school, contributed by teachers. Subjects vary widely, so you will need to hunt around this site by grade level. Sponsored by the University of Illinois - NCSA.”
faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
COOL SCIENCE FOR CURIOUS KIDS
“Excellent science site explores animal classification, air quality, metamorphosis, and other science topics in a graphical and easy to read format. Includes experiments. Designed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.”
www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
CYBER KIDS
“Designed for kids to have fun while they learn. CyberKids contains a reading room, theater, games and puzzles, a free on-line magazine and launchpad.”
www.cyberkids.com/
DIRECTORATE OF TIME
“Older elementary students can calculate current time in various world time zones. "The Department of the Navy serves as the country's official timekeeper, with the Master Clock facility at the Washington Naval Observatory."
tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BOOK REVIEWS
“This collection of reviews covers a variety of children's books written by elementary school students. Many of the titles seem to be targeted for upper elementary school kids.”
hillside.coled.umn.edu/class1/bookreview1/Teacher.html
KID’S CLUBHOUSE
“Contains lots of activities, divided by grade levels. Includes weekly logic problems/brain teasers and discussions of kids' books. By the Houghton Mifflin Company.”
www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html
THE LESSON PLANS PAGE
“This site contains lesson plans for math, science, social studies, music, art, language, and physical education. Designed for elementary education by Kyle Yamnitz and other members of the University of Missouri.”
www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS
“Contains science experiments, and an excellent archive of colorful features. Some sections require Shockwave, which is downloadable from the site. From the National Geographic Society.”
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
SCIENCE ACTIVITES
From Perdue U. Calumet - monthly science activities. Be sure you check out the SCIS 3 Literature Correlation for the activities.
essc.calumet.purdue.edu/
SEA WORLDS CLASSROOM ACTIVITES AND LESSON PLANS
“Teacher's guide to activities and lesson plans by the folks at Sea World. Continues to expand.”
www.seaworld.org/teacherguides/
THE STARCHILD PROJECT: CONNECTING NASA AND THE K-12 CLASSROOM
“Covers Astronomy, Earth, Galaxies, Moon, Planets, Space, Stars, Sun and the Universe. Some short basic material with some parts written simply, others less so. Rich links to other projects.”
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/
TEACHING IDEAS AND TIPS
“Teachers Helping Teachers Site - you will find a list of subject areas on this page which lead directly assorted lessons and activities. While not all activities are for the elementary student, quite a few fit the bill. Feel free to contribute yours to the growing pool which is updated weekly.”
www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/index.html
THINKQUEST JUNIOR
“Each year, ThinkQuest requests submissions by grade school students of all ages for their educational Web design competition. ThinkQuest Junior is the grades 4-6 version of this competition, and the entries--submitted by teams of students--are here for your browsing pleasure, organized by topic area. There are many fabulous sites here.”
www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/
TIGER INFORMATION CENTER
“The Tiger Information Center is dedicated to educating people about and preserving the 5 remaining subspecies of tigers. Learn about tiger ecology, behavior and distribution. This site has a "Cubs 'n Kids" area that teaches children about tiger ecology and conservation.”
www.5tigers.org/
Projects and activities for Grades 1-8
www.5tigers.org/Directory/resources.htm
PROTEACHER!
http://www.proteacher.com/070034.shtml
This site includes poetry lesson plans for elementary school teachers in grades K-6.
LESSON PLANS
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html
This website offers a substantial listing of lesson plans and teaching strategies.
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION: DISCOVER THE FUN IN LEARNING
http://www.preschooleducation.com/
This site offers a free lesson plan resource for parents, teachers, and educators.
TEACHABLE MOMENT
http://www.teachablemoment.org/
This website “provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment. It is a project of Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility (formerly Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area).”
LESSON PLANET
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“Attention Teachers. Search our huge directory of 80,000+ lesson plans!”
SCHOLASTIC
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
This site provides resources ranging from lesson plans and professional links to authors and online activities.
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