ORNL
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Puzzles created by the ORNL DAAC, especially suited for grades 1-7
Whether in the area of aerospace design or training for space walks, NASA Quest is a rich resource for educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program. NASA Quest allows the public to share the excitement of NASA's authentic scientific and engineering pursuits like flying in the Shuttle and the International Space Station, exploring distant planets with amazing spacecraft, and building the aircraft of the future.
The Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, which is one of eight Distributed Active Archive Centers that manage and distribute data for NASA, has provided educational resources that will allow classroom teachers and students (elementary/secondary) to obtain materials and projects for educational enhancement.
STEP is a NASA funded program of the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Office. The purpose of the project is to increase the numbers of students achieving at higher levels of math and science. The STEP Curriculum is a series of comprehensive, dynamic, web-based math and science curriculum units that are based on both national and California state standards. These unique and engaging curriculum units are problem-based and designed around highly motivating space and/or aeronautics scenarios.
NASA'a Earth Observing System (EOS) Project Science Office public information and education page. Contains a description of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) and EOS, links to a comprehensive listing of educational sites that relate to EOS, and education-specific publications including the EOS poster series, ESE educational CD-ROM, and NASA fact sheets.
Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO) of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center offers information and discoveries about the Sun, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe to scientists, educators, students and the general public.
Posters, Interactive CD-ROM's, and Lithographs free (for educational purposes) by mail from NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). [Some of the information is downloadable!]
Here you can monitor regional and global changes on our planet almost as they happen. Here you can explore with NASA scientists the causes and effects of climatic and environmental change through the use of real satellite data.
The NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) serves as the worldwide distribution center for NASA-produced multimedia materials. Through CORE's distribution network, the public has access to more than 200 videocassette, slide, and CD-ROM programs, chronicling NASA's state-of-the-art research and technology. NASA's educational materials on aeronautics and space provide a springboard for classroom discussion of life science, physical science, space science, energy, Earth science, mathematics, technology and career education.
The NASA Glenn Research Center's LTP is managed at the NASA Ames Research Center. The goals of the NASA Glenn LTP are to: Increase students' interest in and proficiency of math and science through the use of computing and communications technology and by using NASA's mission in aeronautics as a theme. Assist in creating low cost, efficient network solutions that will enable schools to gain access to the Internet for educational resources.
The Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, which is one of eight Distributed Active Archive Centers that manage and distribute data for NASA, has provided educational resources that will allow classroom teachers and students (elementary/secondary) to obtain materials and projects for educational enhancement.
The Office of University and Science Education supports programs that utilize hands-on engaged learning activities for both students and teachers. The curricula used in the programs are consistent with national standards and are designed to transfer the resources, capabilities, and expertise of ORNL into the classroom. By enhancing critical-thinking, questioning, and decision-making skills, ORNL's K-12 programs are designed to develop scientific habits and help prepare students and teachers to be proactive in science, math, and technology education.
NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is striving to discover patterns in climate which will allow us to predict environmental events well in advance of their occurrence. Nations, regions, and individuals can then use this knowledge to prepare for these events. [Includes 2000 education catalog online!]
The Science House is a learning outreach program of North Carolina State University. The mission of The Science House is to work with k-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands on learning activities in science and mathematics.
A free science and technology education portal for students, parents and teachers. They provide a network of K-12 resources, news and information, links, features, columns, learning galleries, and commerce. The site is easy to use and easy to navigate, with clear and concise information in all the major areas of science, including technology and learning.
WISE is a free resource for creating and using on-line science curricula using only a web browser. The Teacher Area lets you explore new projects and grade your students' work on the Web.
Rain Bird, one of the leading irrigation manufacturers in the world, offers teaching modules for K-12 teachers and educators. Their K-12 Rain Forest Curriculum includes fun activities, lesson plans, and demonstrations that teach the scientific aspects of the Earth's endangered rain forests.
A non-profit organization established in 1996 to help teachers find high-quality teaching materials in the environmental sciences. The Council believes that by bringing scientists, educators, and other experts together we can raise expectations about what American students know and understand about the environment.
This site is a home page menu, directing you to various programs, projects, and down-load materials created by James Ekstrom or his biology classes. James Ekstrom is a retired teacher who taught General Science, Earth Science, Geology, Biology, and Human Physiology for 30 years at Phillips Exeter Academy.
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) is funded through a contract with the U. S. Department of Education to provide K-12 teachers with a central source of information on mathematics and science curriculum materials.
The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and through the establishment of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs.
Project WILD is one of the most widely used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school.
PLT is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12.
Great links to great science resources for students, parents, teachers, scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
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Puzzles created by the ORNL DAAC, especially suited for grades 1-6
The U.S. Department of Education site has resources for parents, students, and teachers. Many resources
are publications that are available on-line in full text.
The U.S. Department of Education also hosts
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE), a working group of more than
30 Federal agencies that make hundreds of federally supported education resources available at the FREE web site.
Educational resource site containing daily features and sections on Adult/Continuing Education, Primary/Secondary Education, College/University, Sites for Kids, and an excellent section titled Teacher's Lounge, which includes free stuff for teachers.
Connected Teacher and Classroom Today Educator Resources. Classroom Today provides up-to-date content that naturally links the Internet to the curriculum topics. Connected Teacher offers free memberships to teachers. Members can use the Teacher Search database to locate and contact educators around the world.
A personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the World.
Education Planet helps teachers, students and parents find quality educational resources, including top Web sites and 16,000 lesson plans.
A worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students and teachers from over 8500 schools in more than 85 countries are working with research scientists to learn more about our planet. [Includes learning activities]
Homeworkhelp.com's online resource for teachers. With articles, news, reviews, and lesson plans written by educators, Teaching Currents is a useful tool for teachers to enhance their teaching by integrating the use of technology. Teaching Currents provides easy directions for teachers to start using the Internet as a vehicle to improve their technical skills and as an additional classroom resource.
The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators. Site contains a Software Reviews and Announcement Database, articles from Technology & Learning Magazine, articles from Educators in Educators' Outlook, Events and Contests listings, Reader suggested Web sites, and weekly news updates on education technology leaders.
TeAch-nology, Inc. provides free on-line professional development for K-12 and Higher Education teachers. 17,000+ lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, and teacher resources for creating just about anything a teacher could need. This is the teachers' resource wonderland!
An innovative education program that seeks to engage learners in an inquiry about the world, themselves, and others in order to broaden perspectives, promote cultural awareness, appreciate global connections, and encourage service. Initially set up as a correspondence "match" program between Volunteers and U.S. classes, World Wise Schools has expanded its scope over the past ten years by providing a broad range of resources for educators -- including award-winning videos, teacher guides, classroom speakers, a newsletter, and online resources.
SchoolGrants was created to help fill the needs of the K-12 education community in locating and applying for grants so that some of the dream projects of our Nation's teachers can be realized. Everything you need to apply for a K-12 educational grant, including federal, state, and foundation grant opportunities, tips for writing grant proposals, links/resources, a monthly newsletter, and a whole lot more!
PELINKS4U is a weekly on-line newsletter promoting active, health-enhancing lifestyles and quality, success-oriented programs in health, physical education, recreation, dance and sport.
This site is designed to help students learn to speak and write well, and it encourages them to develop a lifelong love of the English language. The site provides lesson plans and other teacher-support material to help teachers use computers and Internet technology effectively within a Language Arts curriculum.
The comprehensive resource for math education on the Internet. Some features include a K-12 math expert service, an extensive database of math sites, online resources for teaching and learning math, plus much more.
Virtual field trips on nature topics take students to some of the best web sites on each subject. Our format makes learning fun, and makes using the Internet simple, efficient and focused. Also includes TourMaker info and teacher's resources.
An outreach project of the Latin America Data Base (LADB), a part of the Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico. RetaNet works with secondary teachers, educational specialists, and scholars to make accessible resources and curriculum materials about Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean, and the U.S. Southwest.
The Encarta Schoolhouse includes two main areas - the Encarta Lesson Collection, where you can find lessons developed by professional educators or submit your own lesson for inclusion in the collection, and the Teacher's Desk where you can find links to Microsoft education resources and other online education resources for teachers and students.
Multimedia world history for students, teachers and lovers of history. Multimedia exhibits on world history topics. This site was featured in Macworld as one of the 5 best history sites on the web and won a 2000-2001 Golden Web Award.
Help a child master handwriting skills! A wealth of information, advice and worksheets for parents, teachers and occupational therapists.
This site helps teachers and parents use a select group of beneficial feature length films to supplement curriculum. Learning Guides to more than 180 films describe the benefits of the movie, possible problems, helpful background, discussion questions, bridges to reading, classroom projects and links to the Internet. A Cultural Heritage Index contains categories such as U.S. History, World History, Drama, Science, Sports, Dance, & Music. The site also provides a Character Development Index which organizes the films by topics relating to emotional and moral growth, e.g., romantic relationships, Male/Female role models, grieving, honesty, stealing, talent, perseverance etc.
Kelly Bear Press, Inc. is dedicated to providing quality, easy-to-use teaching/parenting/counseling resources that enhance children's emotional, social, and physical development and foster resiliency and wellness in children.
Excellent Resources for Teachers, Students, and Parents
Directories and databases of EE curricula and resources sorted by type and topic
Links to Free Resources for teachers, educational standards for all 50 U.S. states, and educational products available from the Evergreen Project.
K-8 Internet Curriculum Collection (Web Sites of the Week)
A collection of all sorts of educational resources available on the Internet.
The NASA DAACs provide educational materials for elementary school through college levels. CD-ROMs can be ordered through the User Services Office of the issuing DAAC.
Links tailored to the needs of primary and secondary educators and administrators in developing critical thinking skills. [Includes lesson plans!]
PAEC is a consortium of 12 member school districts across the Panhandle of north Florida. In addition, 9 other counties participate in PAEC projects and initiatives. This curriculum resource center is a repository of materials designed to assist teachers as they build and deliver instruction.
A repository for as much information about educational standards and curriculum frameworks from all sources (national, state, local, and other) as can be found on the Internet indexed by state or subject area.
ATEEC's mission is the advancement of environmental technology education through curriculum development, professional development, and program improvement in the nation's community colleges and high schools.
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PBS teacher lesson plans, online activities, classroom resources, and professional development projects are available at this public PBS education Web site.
A free service for students in grades 6-12, their teachers and parents. Students can read the day's top stories using Knowledge Tools, take a news quiz, write a letter to the editor, or ask a reporter a question. Teachers can access a daily lesson plan written in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use. Previous lessons are available in the archive. Educators can also read the latest education news from the newspaper. Parents can join an online discussion, read a recent product review or participate with their children in the activities in the student section.
The National Constitution Center created the Teacher Resources section to help teachers locate materials for teaching the Constitution and other civics-related topics to students of all ages. Teachers of elementary, middle, and high school will find lesson plans and ideas for a variety of classroom activities.
This site offers lesson plans for general music grades K-5. Music Notes, Inc. publishes "Music You Can Read,"® a music curriculum developed by elementary music teachers for teaching all children how to read music.
The Encarta Schoolhouse includes two main areas - the Encarta Lesson Collection, where you can find lessons developed by professional educators or submit your own lesson for inclusion in the collection, and the Teacher's Desk where you can find links to Microsoft education resources and other online education resources for teachers and students.
Learningpage.com provides professionally produced, learning materials for the elementary classroom. Printable worksheets, activities and lesson plans for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade can be downloaded from the site.
FREE daily original content - lesson planning activities, curriculum ideas, education site reviews, worldwide education employment listings, forums and education news to assist the education community online. Subject centers for each of the learning disciplines and communities dedicated to specific areas such as Administrators and Special Education professionals are also found on educationworld.com.
The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.
Free math lessons, math help and lesson plans from basic math to algebra, geometry and beyond. Students, teachers, parents, and everyone can find solutions to their math problems instantly.
This site offers educators a chance to search for outstanding lesson plans aligned to Florida's Sunshine State Standards and Goal 3 Standards. These lesson plans are teacher-created and student-tested.
TeAch-nology, Inc. provides free on-line professional development for K-12 and Higher Education teachers. 17,000+ lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, and teacher resources for creating just about anything a teacher could need. This is the teachers' resource wonderland!
The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.
Homeworkhelp.com's online resource for teachers. With articles, news, reviews, and lesson plans written by educators, Teaching Currents is a useful tool for teachers to enhance their teaching by integrating the use of technology. Teaching Currents provides easy directions for teachers to start using the Internet as a vehicle to improve their technical skills and as an additional classroom resource.
Discoveryschool.com is the World Wide Web site from the education department of Discovery Communications, Inc. Thier goal is to provide innovative online materials for teachers, parents and students, using the resources of Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and the Travel Channel.
Curriculum Connections are lessons and units that have been developed by teachers in Richland School District One for teaching core curriculum objectives. [Categorized by grade level]
Contains lesson plans written by teachers for teachers, indexed by Elementary, Middle School, and Senior High School.
Lesson plans which utilize crayons, pencils, markers, paint, and modeling compounds will help students to recognize that creative communication involves not only language and visual arts but also social studies, science and math. Crayola.com Lesson Plans are rich hands-on learning experiences, linked with core curriculum standards.
1,000+ Free Lesson Plans in Math, Social Studies, Art, Language Arts, Music, PE, Reading, Writing, Geography, Science projects, and Science lesson plans. Great educational resource for teachers and parents!
Workshops by Thiagi, Inc. is an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably.
Science curriculum and resources for K-12 Teachers indexed by Grade
Tailored to the needs of primary and secondary educators and administrators in developing critical thinking skills. Lesson plans indexed by grade levels K-3, 4-6, 6-9, and 9-12