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- Art Education 2.0
"Art Education 2.0 is for art educators at all levels who are interested in using digital technologies to enhance and transform teaching and learning in their classrooms."
- ArtsEdConnect
"Explore the combined collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center through hundreds of new features in ArtsConnectEd. Search over 100,000 resources in the Art Finder, including works of art, texts, audio, video, and interactive resources."
- ARTSEDGE
From The Kennedy Center, "ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment."
- The Art Teacher's Guide to the Internet
A blog covering &nbap;ideas, tools, and resources for teaching art and design in a post-digital age."
- National Gallery of Art: NGA Classroom
Exhibits and lessons teachers can use with their students. Other pages teachers might find handy include NGA: Kid Zone and NGA Videos and Podcasts.
- Science, Art and Technology
"Wide-ranging topics, from the physics of light and color to careers in science, art, and technology. ... This Web site is designed for all teachers, who are invited to make use of its contents as points of departure for their own explorations with their students of science, art, or technology."
- The Teaching Palette
A group blog by art teachers, for art teachers.
- Access, Analyze, Act: From Economic Theory to Financial Reality
"Understanding the economy and its many facets can be challenging -- particularly in light of the ongoing economic crisis filled with complicated concepts (e.g., securitization, frozen credit) and economic tools (e.g., derivatives, government bailouts)." Materials and lesson plans from PBS.
- BizEd
"A Web site for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism."
- The Citi Collection for Financial Capability
From Teachers' Domain, "the 25 resources that comprise the collection conceptually illustrate and practically apply lessons regarding savings, investment, creditworthiness, entrepreneurship, and commerce."
- EconEdLink
"A premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic education lesson plans for K-12 teachers and their students."
- Federal Reserve Education
"Here you can find links to instructional materials and tools that can increase your understanding of the Federal Reserve, economics and financial education." Includes links to other economics education sites.
- Financial Education for Teachers
Materials for educators from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
- Welker's Wikinomics
AP Economics site with teacher resources, podcasts, links to news and blogs, and more.
- 21st Century Literacy.org
"21st Century Literacy can mean many things, but basically it is the skills students need to succeed in school and the workplace in today’s world. Our focus is on the reading and writing skills teenagers need and can be taught using journalistic methods and new digital tools."
- Center for Social Media
"The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes strategies to use media as creative tools for public knowledge and action." Includes information on copyright and fair use in education, teaching materials, and free video and audio downloads of clips relating social media literacy.
- The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
"This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use." Page also includes the Code of Best Practices video, teaching tools, and links to other resources.
- Common Core Curriculum Maps
"Common Core’s Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts translate the new Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten through 12th grade into unit maps that teachers can use to plan their year, craft their own more detailed curriculum, and create lesson plans."
- Developing Writers: A Workshop for High School Teachers
"A video workshop for grade 9-12 writing and language arts teachers, consisting of eight video programs, a print guide, and this Web site."
- Digital Writing
"This wiki is designed to support the book, Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and other Digital Tools" with a variety of links to online resources.
- How to Teach A Novel
Very nice blog by a New Jersey educator discussing methods and resources for teaching novels.
- Lesson Writer
Free tool for creating English language lessons around a pasted selection of text.
- Linda's Links to Literature
"Subscribe to Linda's Links to Literature to access 17,000+ resources including literature units, lesson plans, activities, booktalks, book quizzes, puzzles, games and more."
- The Literacy Project
A joint project "by Google, the Frankfurt Book Fair literacy campaign (Litcam), and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. ...The project enables people to find everything -- from videos, books and scholarly articles about literacy to reading groups and literacy-related blogs.
- Media Issues
"One of the world's most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources."
- Project Looksharp - Media Literacy at Ithaca College
"Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College to provide materials, training and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels."
- Read Write Think
"Our mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials." Includes lesson plans, printables, activities.
- Shakespeare in American Life / Teach and Learn
Resources for teachers from the Folger Shakespeare library.
- Shmoop Literature / Shmoop Poetry
Summary, plot analysis, discussion questions, literary devices and other aspects of various pieces of literature are covered. Similar to CliffsNotes or SparkNotes but more designed for the web.
- Skype An Author Network
"The mission of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians with a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits." Includes details such as speaking fees, available times, length of visit, etc.
- Teaching Media Literacy
"A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities." consisting of categorized links to websites and articles, and bibliographies of books.
- Web English Teacher
Tons of resources for teachers of K-12 English and literature, from Book Reports to Mythology to Study Guides to Writing and more.
- Countdown
"This professional development web site is devoted to the demonstration and support of effective mathematics instruction. Through the use of indexed video clips and related support materials, viewers can explore specific math concepts at their own pace."
- dy/dan
Blog from a high school math teacher.
- Explore Learning
"Our award winning library of Gizmos make difficult math and science topics easier to teach and to learn."
- Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide
Tools for science and math teachers to assess how well their students are learning the subject materials.
- Geogebra
"GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for learning and teaching. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA." Includes a wiki and user forums for support and collaboration.
- Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
"These are excerpts from a collection of graphical demonstrations I developed for first year calculus."
- iLumina Digital Library
"A digital library of sharable undergraduate teaching materials for chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science. ... from highly granular objects such as individual images and video clips to entire courses."
- Illuminations
From the NCTM. "Illuminations is designed to: Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. ... Illuminations is part of the prestigious MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom program."
- Intermath
"InterMath is a professional development effort designed to support teachers in becoming better mathematics educators."
- Khan Academy
Over 2000 "free videos on algebra. geometry, trigonometry, calculus, finance, statistics, probability, economics, physics, SAT prep, GMAT prep and more..."
- Math Blogs
Links and brief descriptions of blogs by and for math teachers.
- Math By Design
"Math by Design invites students to become junior architects, working at TRC to create two different environments: Flossville Town Park and Windjammer Environmental Center. As they work with each environment, students are given a series of tasks -with related subtasks- that they complete by applying their knowledge of geometry and measurement concepts. Tasks are aligned to geometry and measurement objectives."
- The Math Forum
"We are teachers, mathematicians, researchers, students, and parents using the power of the Web to learn math and improve math education. We offer a wealth of problems and puzzles; online mentoring; research; team problem solving; collaborations; and professional development."
- MathNspired
"Lessons and tools to help you guide your students to understanding key math concepts with the power of TI-Nspire™ technology." From Texas Instruments.
- Math Teacher Link
"Short courses for teachers on using technology in teaching algebra, geometry, statistics and calculus."
- Mathematics Archives
"Teaching materials, software, WWW links organized by Mathematical Topics. Searchable database."
- Mathematics in Movies
"This is a collection of movie clips in which Mathematics appears. ... See also the page 'First lectures in college teaching'. "
- MIT OpenCourseWare - Teachers
"Our goal is to make it easy for you to find resources you can use to inspire your students." Topics included are AP Bio, AP Physics, and AP Calculus.
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
"A library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis)."
- PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
"Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado."
- PUMAS: Practical Uses of Math and Science
"A collection of one-page examples of how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes can be used in interesting settings, including everyday life."
- SMART Board lessons and links
- TenMarks Teacher Zone
"TenMarks provides teachers free access to all TenMarks videos covering lessons and specialized programs across all grades." (Grades 3-10.)
- Teaching Math: A Video Library, 9-12
"A video library for high school math teachers; 20 video programs (from 10 to 30 minutes in length) and guide."
- Wolfram Education Portal
"In the portal you'll find a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram education experts. You can take a look at the types of materials we offer below, but to get full access to all materials, you need to sign up for a free account."
- Yenka
"Provides content, training videos and support information for use with the Yenka Plugin - an educational software tool covering Maths and Technology."
- PE Central
"The premier Web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. Our goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth."
- Teachphysed.com
Lesson plans and links for P.E. teachers.
- General Science
- AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education)
"AMSER is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use."
- Explore Learning
"Our award winning library of Gizmos make difficult math and science topics easier to teach and to learn."
- Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide
Tools for science and math teachers to assess how well their students are learning the subject materials.
- Free Science Videos and Lectures
Free materials which can be downloaded or shown via online streaming.
- iLumina Digital Library
"A digital library of sharable undergraduate teaching materials for chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science. ... from highly granular objects such as individual images and video clips to entire courses."
- Khan Academy
"800+ of our free videos on algebra. geometry, trigonometry, calculus, finance, statistics, probability, economics, physics, SAT prep, GMAT prep and more..." including 10 videos on biology and over 80 about chemisty.
- Learning Science
"An online learning community for science education which features free, high quality, web interactives for K-12 schools."
- MIT OpenCourseWare - Teachers
"Our goal is to make it easy for you to find resources you can use to inspire your students." Topics included are AP Bio, AP Physics, and AP Calculus.
- National Geographic Education
"Our redesigned beta website, NatGeoEd.org, offers an expanded and updated library of National Geographic’s popular education content ... This beta site is just the first phase of a next-generation website with a wide range of free educational resources that bring geography, science, and social studies to life for educators, learners, and their families."
- NOVA Online - Teachers
NOVA Online - Teachers - Videos
Resources for science teachers.
- PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
"Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado."
- PUMAS: Practical Uses of Math and Science
"A collection of one-page examples of how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes can be used in interesting settings, including everyday life."
- Science, Art and Technology
"Wide-ranging topics, from the physics of light and color to careers in science, art, and technology. ... This Web site is designed for all teachers, who are invited to make use of its contents as points of departure for their own explorations with their students of science, art, or technology."
- Science Friday
Site of the weekly science talk show on NPR. With archives, streaming audio, teaching materials, and a discussion forum.
- Science Hack
"ScienceHack is a unique video search engine for science videos. ... Every video is screened and approved based on accuracy and quality by our scientists."
- Science NetLinks
"Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students."
- Teach Engineering
"TeachEngineering.org is a searchable, web-based digital library collection populated with standards-based engineering curricula for use by K-12 teachers and engineering faculty to make applied science and math (engineering) come alive in K-12 settings. The TeachEngineering collection provides educators with *free* access to a growing curricular resource of multi-week units, lessons, activities and living labs."
- Upd8
"Science UPD8 is a new concept – translating the latest breakthroughs and science behind the news, into inspiring activities – and publishing them lightning fast. Quality and ease of use mean that teachers simply 'download and go'." This U.K. site has lesson plans for teachers of 11-16 years.
- VisionLearning
Excellent resource for science teachers and their students. Includes "Research Modules" for science teachers, with information, news, experiments, images, quizzes, links, and more.
- Biology
- Access Excellence
"The site for health and bioscience teachers and learners."
- Access Excellence Graphic Gallery
"A series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing the important processes of biotechnology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated."
- BioEd Online
"Online educational resource for educators, students, and parents.... to give you instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology and related subjects." Includes lesson plans and streaming video.
- Biology Corner
"The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers. The Lesson Plans section contains classroom activities, labs and worksheets, feel free to change any of these to suit your own classroom needs."
- BioWorksU
"BioWorksU is a virtual environment where you can learn about exciting careers in biotechnology and health care." Includes lesson plans.
- NIH Office of Science Education
Material for teachers from the National Institutes of Health. Includes lesson plans, exhibits, multimedia, newspapers, photos, and more.
- Teach.Genetics
"A wealth of resources and information aimed at helping educators bring genetics, bioscience and health alive in the classroom."
- The Wild Classroom
Videos and lesson plans in biology and biodiversity topics.
- Chemistry
- ChemEd DL
"The destination for digital content intended for chemical science education. We aim to be the place where you can contribute, share, and organize chemistry education materials."
- The Chemistry Collective
"A collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams."
- Resources for Chemistry Educators
"Annotated Web links to instructional materials and other resources of interest to Chemistry teachers and course designers."
- Earth and Space Science
- DLESE: Digital Library for Earth System Education
"A geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. ... built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels."
- Earth Science Literacy Principles
"A community-based document that clearly and succinctly states the underlying principles and ideas of Earth science across a wide variety of research fields..."
- Earth Science Teaching
"Here is a list of teacher resources that can easily be modified and incorporated into the earth science classroom."
- NASA eClips
"NASA eClips™ are short, relevant educational video segments. These videos inspire and engage students, helping them see real world connections."
- NASA Office of Education
Links to various education and curriculum related materials.
- Nine Neat NASA Resources for Teachers and Students
"Almost every time I visit NASA's website I find something new and interesting to me. ... Here are nine of those better NASA resources for teachers and students."
- STEM Education Resource Center: Professional Development: Global Climate Change Lessons
"Explore best practices for teaching global climate change (GCC) to middle- and high-school students with these free, self-paced lessons for teachers. Each lesson includes STEM resources that will increase your knowledge of climate change concepts and can be used directly with students."
- Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations
Collections, links, datasets, teaching activities, and more.
- Teaching the Oceam System: Resources for Educators
A collection of online resources, organized by subject.
- Visualisation Resources in Geography
Blog post linking to good sites for 'visualisation resources' (maps, charts, diagrams) for Earth Science educators.
- Physics
- Knotebooks
"Knotebooks is a unique approach to the open educational resource (OER) movement, providing users with the tools to create, collaborate on and share customized, self-guided physics lessons. Whether you are a student, teacher, professional or self-learner, we think you'll really enjoy being a part of this burgeoning educational community."
- Mr. Andrade's Class Website
Files (including powerpoints) and links from a high school physics teacher.
- Physics Exhibits from Molecular Workbench
About three dozen physics animations.
- The Physics Front
"A collection of resources for pre-college physics teachers."
- Practical Physics
"This website is for teachers of physics, enabling them to share their skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom."
- Calisphere: a world of primary sources and more
"Explore thousands of primary source images and documents." From the University of California Libraries. Includes materials for teachers.
- C-Span Classroom
Free resources on civics and U.S. government and politics for teachers. Some resources require free registration.
- CongressLink
"CongressLink provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. CongressLink is directed to teachers of American Government and civics. It is multi-featured, offering original content (including lesson plans and historical materials) and up-to-the-minute information about Congress."
- DocsTeach
"Find & use activities crafted by educators using documents from the National Archives."
- FactCheckEd.org
"FactCheckEd.org is an educational resource for high school teachers and students. It’s designed to help students learn to cut through the fog of misinformation and deception that surrounds the many messages they’re bombarded with every day."
- National History Education Clearinghouse (TeachingHistory.org)
"Designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom."
- Project Look Sharp
Teaching kits for social studies media issues such as "Media Construction of the Middle East", "Media Construction of War", and "Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns".
- Shmoop: U.S. History
Covers various events in American history from 1400 through the present, broken down into small chunks for easy consumption.
- Speak Truth to Power
"A multi-faceted global initiative that uses the experiences of courageous defenders from around the world to educate students and others about human rights, and urge them to take action. Issues range from slavery and environmental activism to religious self-determination and political participation." Free curriculum materials.
- Students and Leaders
"Leaders from a variety of fields ... 'return to the classroom' to discuss leadership and their commitment to public service. C-SPAN cameras record all events so these lessons in leadership can be shared ...". Includes lesson plans and video.
- Teaching American History
"Learn more about American history by going back to the original source documents, from the founding through the 20th century and beyond." Also includes section of lesson plans and audio lectures.
- Teaching With Documents - Lesson Plans
"This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections." From the National Archives.
- TeacherServe
"TeacherServe®, is an interactive curriculum enrichment service offering teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students.".
- United Nations CyberSchoolBus
Countries, statistics, maps, curricular materials, news, the U.N. itself, Model U.N., and more. Curricular materials include lesson plans on a range of materials, from landmines to human rights to urbanization.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: Teacher's Guide Series
"A series of teacher's guides that explore the art and science of motion pictures. The activities are designed to ... teach valuable lessons in critical thinking and creative writing, and to develop visual literacy skills."
- The Story of Movies
"An interdisciplinary curriculum introducing students to classic cinema and the classic, historical and artistic significance of film."
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