For Teachers

General:
AskERIC Home Page - National Information Center providing educational related literature
Department of Education - Official U.S. Department of Education site, includes information on programs and services, research, news, and funding opportunities
National Association of Secondary School Principals - Articles on educational issues, resource guides, and employment opportunities
National Center for Educational Statistics - Primary sources of statistics relating to educationNational Middle Partnership for Family Involvement in Education - Information on resources, ideas, funding and conferences relevant to family involvement in education
Pathways to School Improvement
- Articles and resources dealing with critical education issues
Teacher Magazine - Full-text articles from current and previous month's magazine

Curriculum Resources:
Amazing Picture Machine - Links to graphical resources
Armadillo's K-12 WWW Resources - Directory of K-12 educational resources
Busy Teacher's Website - K-12 - Educational source material, lesson plans and classroom activities arranged by subject area
Collaborative Lesson Archive - Teacher submitted lesson plans for all grade levels and subject areas
Discovery Channel School - K-12 lesson plans, Science Fair Central, Puzzlemaker, Clip Art Gallery and many educational links
Education Place - Teacher's Center -
Elementary resources for teachers, students, and parents: centers, activity database, educational games, and textbook support
Educator Resources - Lessons plans and activities for K-12 curriculum
Encarta Lesson Collection - Classroom lessons searchable by subject, keyword or grade level
FunBrain - educational games and quizzes
Gateway to Educational Materials - A search engine for lesson plans, curriculum units, and other education resources on the Internet
MarcoPolo - Panel-reviewed links to top sites for K-12 classroom activities, professionally developed lesson plans and materials to help with classroom planning
New York Times Learning Network - Lesson plans and student activities on the daily news events for grades 6 to 12
Scholastic Place -
Educational links for teachers, kids, and parents
Teachnet -Daily classroom specials, teacher grant opportunities, and teacher developed classroom projects
TEAMS Distance Learning - Links to   television educational programs with web-based instruction
ThinkQuest - Educational web sites designed by participants in the ThinkQuest contests
TrackStar  - Online interface that helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites into lessons

Arts / Humanities:
Art Teacher on the Net - Art projects, lessons, history, ideas for parents and teacher exchange
Arts Education Curriculum Guide - Art curriculum guides for elementary, middle and secondary levels
Classics Project - Basic historical and cultural information to orient teachers on topics of the classics
Learning to Read - Resources for language arts and reading research
Phonics Link - Resources in phoneme awareness and phonics; includes classroom lessons
SchoolNet Art Links - Links to visual art sites including online art courses and exhibits
Wacky World of Words - A site for anyone who loves to play around with words

Science / Math:
Access Excellence: A Place in Cyberspace for Biology Teaching & Learning - Access to colleagues, scientists and sources of new scientific information in biology and the life sciences
BioChemNet - Biology and chemistry educational resources
Cells Alive - Visual tour of cells: their life, death and interactions
Dr. Internet - Science and math fun, facts and projects
Exploratorium: ExploraNet - Investigate science, art and human perception of ordinary subjects and experiences
Franklin Institute Science Museum - Links to educational collections and inquiry investigations included in the Learning Resources section.
Hands-On Technology Project - Science experiments and hands-on activities for K-8 students
Math Forum - Math resources, innovations, concerns and key issues
Math and Science Gateway (Gr. 9-12) - Links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12
MEGA Mathematics - Unusual and important mathematical ideas for elementary school classrooms
Project Primary - Hands-on activities for teaching science in the K-3 grades
Quest: NASA K-12 Internet Initiative - Project to bring the people and science of NASA to K-12 classrooms via the Internet
Science Gems - Links to top rated science resources
SEGway: Science Education Gateway - NASA science-based Earth and space science curricula
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Students and Teachers - Environmental factsheets and interactive games 
Whelmers - Teacher science demonstration activities that will catch the eye and mind of even the most indifferent students

Social Sciences:
Learning Page (Library of Congress) - Activities, lesson plans and research tools for U.S. history, social studies and language arts
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers - Social Studies lesson plans and resources gathered from the Internet
National Archives Digital Classroom - Materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching using primary sources
National Council for the Social Studies - Informational service for social studies educators
Odyssey Online - Journey to explore the Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African culture
Retanet - Resources for Teaching about the Americas - Secondary level resources, lesson plans and curriculum about Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean and the U.S. Southwest

Technology in the Classroom:
4 Teachers - Indexed collection of online resources made by teachers for teachers to learn how to use technology and teach more effectively
Classroom Connect - Curriculum products and professional development programs for K-12 educators
Ed's Oasis - Teacher created lessons plans that support classroom Internet use
Educause: Transforming Education through Information Technologies - Information for higher-education on the use and management of technologies in teaching, research, and institutional management
Information Literacy and the Net - An eight hour staff development course on teaching Information Literacy and Information Problem-Solving
Tech Learning - Official site for the Technology & Learning magazine
Untangling the Web -
PowerPoint presentation and lesson plans on how to evaluate Web sites
Web66 - Project to help K-12 educators integrate the Internet into their curriculum including how to set up their own Internet server
Web66: What's New - Announcements of servers, home pages, and other www projects developed by and for kids

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