LibGuides: Curriculum Resources Center: Useful Web Links

General Teaching Resources, Lesson Plans, Activities etc.

Carol Hurst's Children Literature
is a wonderful website chock full of suggestions in children’s literature that includes activities for grades K-12.
Educator’s Reference Desk
Sponsored by the Information Institute of Syracuse, this site contains lesson plans that are arranged by subject area and grade level, and includes such subjects as education management, assessment, home schooling, special education, learning theories and much more. This site retains the archive of questions from the ASKERIC.org site.
KidsClick! Web Search
Great twebsite that contains resources arranged by subjects such as religion & mythology, health & family, computers and the Internet, sports & recreation and muchm much more.
PBS Teachers | Resources For The Classroom
PBS Teachers is PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources. Here you'll find classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels. They provide thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations.
Teachers First
provides links to lessons and resources for all school levels and subjects. It is a professional classroom and site resource for all school levels and subjects. This site’s stated objective is to meet the needs of teachers and provide links to lessons and resources.
The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson Plans
Sponsored by the Information Institute of Syracuse, this site contains lesson plans that are arranged by subject area and grade level, and includes such subjects as education management, assessment, home schooling, special education, learning theories and much more. This site retains the archive of questions from the ASKERIC.org site.
The International Children’s Digital Library
has an ambitious goal of obtaining 10,000 electronic children’s books targeting ages 3 – 13 in over 100 languages.
The International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English
has provided a great teacher resource site that has organized lesson plans by grade level, literacy strand and literacy engagement.

Doing research in education

ERIC
The web address for the ERIC database sponsored by the Institute of Educational Services of the U.S. Department of Education, contains 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. For the first time the public has access to 107,000 non-journal documents available in full text for free. These full text articles cover the years 1993 – 2004.

Internet for Education | Welcome |
Internet for Education is a free online tutorial to help university students develop their Internet research skills.

Resources fo Teaching K-12 Mathematics

IXL Math
Arranged by grade level, this site provides over 1,000 topics and an unlimited amount of math questions.
Figure This! Math Challenges for Families - Challenge Index
Sponsored by the NCTM, this site provides math challlenges that can be used by teachers in the classroom or parents at home.

Useful Websites for Teaching Science

EPA Environmental Kids Club: Home Page
The EPA website provides information for environmental issues such as garbage and recyclying, water and air pollution.
For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise
This NASA site provides information about space, people, natural hazards, water and other environmental studies.
Kinetic City:
Games that will help kids learn parts of the body, science, the environment and astronomy.
Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More -- National Geographic Kids
This website sponsored by National Geographic contains videos, games about animals and sports and many other activities.
Kids - National Wildlife Federation
Sponsored by the National Widlife Organization, this website provides topical information about our wildlife and environment.

Education Websites

ACEI
Association of Childhood Education International (ACEI) is a global community of educators and advocates who unite knowledge, experience, and perspectives in order to exchange information, explore innovation and advocate for children
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This is the home page for the Association for Childhood Education International. This organization was founded over 100 years ago and is considered one of the oldest of its kind. It is concerned with the child as well as professional development. The home page provides a great deal of information about the association including conferences, history of the organization, free materials, etc. In addition, under the heading Later Childhood Links, it provides a number of links to other educational resources.
ASCD, The Association for Support & Curriculum Development
is a great teacher resource site that contains links for curriculum resources, licensure, certification, software, hardware, lesson plans, home schooling, state standards, and includes a daily newspaper.
International Reading Association home page
The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide
National Endowment for the Humanities Organization
This site is maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities Organization. As this site states, it “brings humanities online resources from some of the world’s great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.”
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project
A Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial but uncatalogued collections of education materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites.
The National Center for Education Statistics
is a primary source for statistics on the condition of education which includes the subjects of crime, safety and future projections.