• Brain Research Resources

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    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

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    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:

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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!