TEACHER RESOURCES
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GENERAL/
REFERENCE RESOURCES
Novel Studyguides & Integration Ideas Online
SCORE'S Cyberguides provide enhancement activities directly linked to the Web.
Each "cyberguide" contains a student and teacher edition, links to
California standards, a task and a process, teacher-selected Web sites and an
assessment rubric..
Kathy's Schrock's Guide for Educators
This site provides an extremely organized list of education Web sites.
A timesaver.
The New Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Department of Education
This comprehensive guide can help you to find you way around the U.S.
Department of Education. It contains a wealth of FREE information, if know how to find it!
Smithsonian Institution
This site makes it easy to find what you are looking for in the 14-museum complex
in Washington D.C. It provides an A-to-Z list of subjects. Also, visit the Kids
Castle, a fun interactive place for kids.
RingWorld
Ringworld is the Webring directory to clusters of subject-oriented sites. Select a
subject and then move around a ring of between five and 60 sites. An unusual and creative way
to perform a search.
ICONNECT
Designed by American Association of School Librarians, this site is designed to
get students, library media specialists and teacher connected to learning using the Internet.
ICONnet resources include online courses for both beginners and advanced internet
users , curriculum links, a mini-grant program and KidsConnect, an internet question and answer
service for k-12 students.
Hotlist of Museums
This List has something for everyone-- from a Museum of Papermaking to
Monterey Bay Aquarium's live Penquin cam, Computer Museum, Botanical Gardens.
An extremely comprehensive site.
Adventure Online
Intended Audience: Middle School+
This site describes a variety of Online adventures. Visit this site
if you are considering an online project with your students. It has an
easy-to-use graphical interface.
50 States of the United States
Description: This site would be a great find for both teachers and students. Click and point on
interactive maps and you will find anything you need to know about the fifty states and their
capitals. Includes Homework help for kids and lesson plans for teachers.
K-12 World
Description: This cyber-library contains ideas on how to use web resources effectively in
education. A searcher can perform a secure search for educational content by Subject/topic,
keyword or Resource Level. It has its own customized version of Microsoft Internet Explorer
designed specifically for Education.
PBS Teacher Source
Intended Audience: K-12 Educators
Description: Over 1,400 lessons and activities in various curriculum areas.
Name of Site: Library Spot
Description: This site contains tools for students, teachers, parents and administrators. It is a
collection of the best library and reference URLs at one site.
Name of Site: Historical Text Archive
Intended Audience: Teachers; Middle School +
Description: The many links are divided by regional or national history, topical history, and
resources and provide the searcher with excellent information and visual access to documents
and artifacts.
Name of Site: MCREL'S Lesson Plans and Activities
Description: Links to the arts, language arts, inter/multidisciplinary, math, science, social
studies, and technology curriculum areas are alphabetically listed with topics.
Name of Site: The Internet Movie Database
Intended Audience: General Public; Teachers
This huge database would be helpful when making book and movie matches and
related tie-ins to enhance the curriculum. Search by title, genre, country of the setting,
production company, location, etc. Also , you can connect to links for reviews, awards, and much
, much more.
Ed's Oasis
This site would be a great place for teachers to get lesson plans, ideas for
projects and information on on other educational resources.
My Virtual Reference Desk
Great site for locating current information and "thoughts for the
day".