Teacher Resources

Brain Research Resources

WEB SITE	DESCRIPTION
Neuroscience for Kids	Created for students and teachers that want to learn more about the brain.
Brainy Activities	Online science resources for students, teachers, and parents.
Mindful Awareness	Mindful Awareness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being.
Brain – Targeted Teaching Model	Sample lessons that target the brain.

Free Multimedia Resources

WEB SITE	DESCRIPTION
AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT	With its sound recordings, still and moving images, manuscripts, maps and sheet music, the project contains a digital record of American history and creativity culled from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.

BBC INTERVIEWS	This includes links to audio clips of interviews with prominent people in a variety of professions, from writers and cartoonists to scientists and architects.
EDUTOPIA	This has an extensive professional development section that focuses on strategies for integrating technology into classroom instruction.
GOOGLE EARTH	View satellite images, maps, terrain and 3d buildings of virtually any location around the world on this site.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’S NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL	View Webcasts of authors speaking at the annual event at this site.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO	This site offers links to audio clips and podcasts of author interviews and other segments of NPR’s programming.
POETS	This site includes biographical information about poets as well as audio clips of poets reading their work, complete with the full text.
PROMETHEAN PLANET	The Curriculum Corner includes more than 1,500 educator-created Activstudio and Activprimary lessons, and the flipcharts can be searched by state standards.
SAN FRANSICO SYMPHONY KIDS	This site allows kids to check our musical instruments online, listen to classical music or explore musical concepts such as tempo and pitch in the music lab.
SCHOLASTIC AUTHORS & BOOKS SCRIBBLING WOMEN	This publishing company hosts free moderated online chats with authors throughout the year on its site and provides links to transcripts of previous virtual visits. A project of the Public Media Foundation, this site provides links to the radio plays of American women writers as well as lesson plans.


TONI BUZZEO	This author and media specialist offers resources for learning more about arranging and hosting virtual author visits on her own web page.
TRACKSTAR	Here educators can view “tracks” – virtual lesson plans that link to audio or video clips and other Web sites and include annotations.
WIRED FOR BOOKS	This site includes the uncut, behind the scene author interviews that were the foundation of Don Swaim’s long-running CBS Radio show Book Beat and links to the two-minute clips that ran during the program.

Free Clip Art:

Web-Site	Description
Teacher Files	Free Clip Art
Discovery	Free Clip Art
Awesome Clip Art for Educators	Free Clip Art
Free Clip Art	Free Clip Art
Pics for Learning	Free Pictures
Free Play Music	Free Music

General Resources

WEB SITE		DESCRIPTION
Differentiated Instruction Links		From the California State University, this web site has links to topics from literature circles to word walls.
Intervention Central		Building Student Motivation and Academic Skills: Research Supported Interventions from Jim Wright.
A Research Guide for Students		The goal of this site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings.
4 Teachers		Includes RubiStar, QuizStar, Teacher Tacklebox and Web Worksheet Wizard. All great timesavers!
AOL at School		Quickly find K-12 educator reviewed lesson plans, activities, tutorials, learning games, research and multimedia resources for students and teachers
A to Z Teacher Stuff		Find teacher stuff: online lesson plans, thematic units, theme resources, teacher tips, articles, educational resources, and more.
Backflip		Tool for online storage of bookmarks
Behavior Management Advice Site		This site offers thousands of tips on managing student behavior, and provides step-by-step directions for implementing a great number of standard interventions. It also contains a bulletin board on which you can post your disciplinary concerns and receive suggestions from teachers around the world.
Songs for Teaching		Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum -- to students of all ages. A host of educational experts brings you tested ideas for using the magic of music in your lesson plans.
Brainy Betty PowerPoint Templates		Download free Powerpoint backgrounds and templates for school, business and home use.
Library of Congress		The spot for primary source documents.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives		Interactive online units that target objectives identified as important in state and national standards, include lesson plans, contain interactive online activities, and provide online assessments.
WebQuest Page at SDSU		Ideas for using the web for research in the classroom, including the one computer classroom
FREE		Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies available for all subject areas.
Gamequarium		Game link for Pre-K-6 students arranged in more than 30 categories.

Language Arts Literacy Resources

WEB SITE	DESCRIPTION
Carl's Corner	This website has been created to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts.
Web English Teacher	The best of online K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities.
Free- Reading.net	An open resource center and community where teachers can access and share curricula on reseach-based instruction.
Make Beliefs Comix	A place for students to create their own comic strips. Great for working on writing skills and vocabulary development.

Science Resources

WEB SITE	DESCRIPTION
FT Exploring Science and Technology	Follow the Energy Flows to discover how the same basic principles work in nature, living organisms, and human technology
Diracdelta	A Science and Engineering Encyclopedia. Calculations and Conversions available.
Biology Corner	The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers. The Lesson Plans section contains classroom activities, labs and worksheets.
Newton's Castle	A fun filled educational adventure into the life and legend of Sir Isaac Newton. A stimulating journey into the revelations of Sir Isaac Newton. Learn about his discovery of Gravity and Optical Theories. Learn why cars roll uphill, why dogs chase cars and Newton's secret library.
Science Toys	Science toys you can make with your students.
PhysicsLessons.com	A variety of online physics lessons and quizzes.

World Language Resources

WEB SITE	DESCRIPTION
Hot Potato World Language Tools	Puzzles and Quizzes for World Languages.
Internet Activities for World Language Classes	These sites were designed to be used as worksheets for the students to complete while accessing the corresponding reference web sites online.
Language Teaching Clipart Library	This library consists of about 3000 images which can be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages.

Math Resources

WEB SITE	DESCRIPTION
Cut-The-Knot (Mathematics)	More than 850 Java illustrations for K12 math topics. Games and Puzzles to enliven arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability, logic. Interactive word problems and practice worksheets. Free resources for parents, teachers and students. The site is the winner of the 2004 MERLOT Classics award
Jefferson Math Project	The Jefferson Math Project is a nonprofit initiative offering New York math teachers resources that simplify the integration of Regents exam questions into their curriculum.
Math-Drills	Math-Drills.Com includes over 6000 free math worksheets with answer keys. Using math worksheets in the classroom or at home has many benefits. Classroom teachers use the free math worksheets on this website to assess students' mastery of basic math facts, to give students extra practice, to teach new math strategies, and to save precious planning time.
Math is Fun	Math website with free resources, puzzles, games, worksheets and simple explanations
Math Lab	More Math!

Teacher Resources

Brain Research Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

Created for students and teachers that want to learn more about the brain.

Online science resources for students, teachers, and parents.

Mindful Awareness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being.

Sample lessons that target the brain.

Free Multimedia Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

With its sound recordings, still and moving images, manuscripts, maps and sheet music, the project contains a digital record of American history and creativity culled from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.

This includes links to audio clips of interviews with prominent people in a variety of professions, from writers and cartoonists to scientists and architects.

This has an extensive professional development section that focuses on strategies for integrating technology into classroom instruction.

View satellite images, maps, terrain and 3d buildings of virtually any location around the world on this site.

View Webcasts of authors speaking at the annual event at this site.

This site offers links to audio clips and podcasts of author interviews and other segments of NPR’s programming.

This site includes biographical information about poets as well as audio clips of poets reading their work, complete with the full text.

The Curriculum Corner includes more than 1,500 educator-created Activstudio and Activprimary lessons, and the flipcharts can be searched by state standards.

This site allows kids to check our musical instruments online, listen to classical music or explore musical concepts such as tempo and pitch in the music lab.

This publishing company hosts free moderated online chats with authors throughout the year on its site and provides links to transcripts of previous virtual visits.

A project of the Public Media Foundation, this site provides links to the radio plays of American women writers as well as lesson plans.

This author and media specialist offers resources for learning more about arranging and hosting virtual author visits on her own web page.

Here educators can view “tracks” – virtual lesson plans that link to audio or video clips and other Web sites and include annotations.

This site includes the uncut, behind the scene author interviews that were the foundation of Don Swaim’s long-running CBS Radio show Book Beat and links to the two-minute clips that ran during the program.

Free Clip Art:

Web-Site

Description

Free Clip Art

Free Clip Art

Free Clip Art

Free Clip Art

Free Pictures

Free Music

General Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

From the California State University, this web site has links to topics from literature circles to word walls.

Building Student Motivation and Academic Skills: Research Supported Interventions from Jim Wright.

The goal of this site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings.

Includes RubiStar, QuizStar, Teacher Tacklebox and Web Worksheet Wizard. All great timesavers!

Quickly find K-12 educator reviewed lesson plans, activities, tutorials, learning games, research and multimedia resources for students and teachers

Find teacher stuff: online lesson plans, thematic units, theme resources, teacher tips, articles, educational resources, and more.

Tool for online storage of bookmarks

This site offers thousands of tips on managing student behavior, and provides step-by-step directions for implementing a great number of standard interventions. It also contains a bulletin board on which you can post your disciplinary concerns and receive suggestions from teachers around the world.

Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum -- to students of all ages. A host of educational experts brings you tested ideas for using the magic of music in your lesson plans.

Download free Powerpoint backgrounds and templates for school, business and home use.

The spot for primary source documents.

Interactive online units that target objectives identified as important in state and national standards, include lesson plans, contain interactive online activities, and provide online assessments.

Ideas for using the web for research in the classroom, including the one computer classroom

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies available for all subject areas.

Game link for Pre-K-6 students arranged in more than 30 categories.

Language Arts Literacy Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

This website has been created to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts.

The best of online K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities.

An open resource center and community where teachers can access and share curricula on reseach-based instruction.

A place for students to create their own comic strips. Great for working on writing skills and vocabulary development.

Science Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

Follow the Energy Flows to discover how the same basic principles work in nature, living organisms, and human technology

A Science and Engineering Encyclopedia. Calculations and Conversions available.

The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers. The Lesson Plans section contains classroom activities, labs and worksheets.

A fun filled educational adventure into the life and legend of Sir Isaac Newton. A stimulating journey into the revelations of Sir Isaac Newton. Learn about his discovery of Gravity and Optical Theories. Learn why cars roll uphill, why dogs chase cars and Newton's secret library.

Science toys you can make with your students.

A variety of online physics lessons and quizzes.

World Language Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

Puzzles and Quizzes for World Languages.

These sites were designed to be used as worksheets for the students to complete while accessing the corresponding reference web sites online.

This library consists of about 3000 images which can be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages.

Math Resources

WEB SITE

DESCRIPTION

Find teacher stuff: online lesson plans, thematic units, theme resources, teacher
tips, articles, educational resources, and more.

This site offers thousands of tips on managing student behavior,
and provides step-by-step directions for implementing a great number of
standard interventions. It also contains a bulletin board on which you can post
your disciplinary concerns and receive suggestions from teachers around the world.