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Teaching Resources
- Ahead of the Curve
- information
& tools from the NCREL for No Child Left Behind Act
- Interactive website with thematic units, great teaching links & more
- Apple
Learning Interactive
- Online site which teachers may exchange ideas. Also
has online exhibits for elementary, middle & high school actitivies
- Beyond
Books.com
- Great resource for Grades 6-12 subject teachers. Includes English
& American literature European & American history, American government, world
cultures, language arts & earth science. The program itself must be purchased,
but the teacher's door is free.
- CDC's
School Health Education Resources
- Search by topic, language, grade
level and resource types
- Character
Education Organization
- Homepage of Character Education Organization. Includes
eleven principles of character and teaching ideas.
- Colts
Geography
- register your class to learn geography while following the Indy
Colts around the U.S. and get really cool stuff.
- Eduplace.com
- teaching resources for Houghton-Mifflin textbooks
- Ednow.com
- One stop for all your education information devoted exclusively to teachers,
librarians, administrators, and all other education professionals.
- Electronic
School Magazine
- Free online technology magazine for K-12 school leaders.
Supplement to American School Board Journal
- Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse
- K-12 Math and Science curriculum resources and
professional development materials
- Free
Resources,USDOE
- More than 40 federal organizations provide free resources
for teaching & learning in arts, foreign languages , language arts, math, social
studies, & science.
- Freshwater
Fred's Lending Library
- Free resource database for Indiana's teachers.
Includes videos, software & curriculum materials. Covers science topics ranging
from anatomy to zoology, math geography, and history. Materials available grades
K-college. Must fill-out profile.
- Glencoe
Online
- The online textbook resource for all subjects grades 6-12. Includes
downloadables, teacher resources and online tools.
- Global
Schoolnet
- Online listing of projects & activities from around the world
that your class can participate in or observe via email, internet, and data gathering
& sharing.
- Homework Hero.com
- Online site for teachers to post assignments & deadlines
- LHS
Homework Hero Site
- LES
Homework Hero Site
- I Can Technologies
- Free download demo of standards based assessment.
- InSAI
- homepage of American Student Achievement Institute
- Indiana
Youth Institute
- Includes to IYI programs & data on Indiana youth
- NIDA
Back to School
- Free teaching materials and resources from National
Institute on Drug Abuse
- NIE online
- Lessons
and activities on using Newspapers in Education
- Junie
B Jones in the Classroom
- Free lessons plans, bulletin board ideas
and activities which encourage community building blocks like problem solving,
character education, conflict resolution, tolerance, acceptance, and classic themes.
- K-12 Connection
- Technology
resources for K-12 educators including free listserv for communication ideas &
collaboration projects on the web you can joint or develop.
- Mailbox-Intermediate
(lanesville intermed/eagles)
- Log-in page for The Mailbox companion at the
intermediate level.
- Mailbox-Primary
(lanesville primary/eagles)
- Log-in page for The Mailbox companion at the primary
level.
- My Target
- online
self-assessment tools which allows Indiana educators to learn how much they know
about technology and how to use it effectively in the classroom.
- Natural Heritage of Indiana
- Access to lessons plans, illustrated scripts, information on the natural classification of Indiana's geology and more. Supplements the DVD
- Navigating
Resources for Rural Schools, USDOE
- website provided by the US Dept. of
Education for and about rural schools.
- NCRTEC's
Teaching and Learning
- Free teaching tools to assess technology use in
classroom projects, online lesson planning which can be saved to your computer,
rubrics, student scoring guides and the Amazing Picture Machine
- NWEA
- Standards based assessment tool used by LCS each fall & spring
- NWEA
Learning Continuum see Martha or Robin for LCS user id
- NWEA
State Research Reports: aligning NWEA to State Standards
- Quia
Top Fifty Activities
- Online interactive activities for every topic
- RubiStar
- Create your own Rubrics for project-based learning activities
- Service-Learning
Project of Indiana
- Information & projects for Service-Learning in Indiana
- Shared Information Services
- Curriculum based resources that are available free to Indiana teachers.
- Smart Board Technologies, Scholastic.com
- A multiple list of lessons by subject to be used on smartboard
- Smart
Desktop Resource Connection
- Indiana Humanities Council's resource connection
for teachers linking standards based websites to Indiana standards. includes resources,
assessment, and planning tools
- Space
Link-Instructional Materials
- Links to materials & information related
to NASA space research
- Spelling Bee
- Official Spelling Bee site
- TeAch-nology.com
- Word searchs, weekly teaching tips, rubrics, "today in history", lesson plans,
ideas, fact sheets and more!!
- Wilson
Education Service Center
- On line catalog and resources
- FOSS
strand Matrices for grades K-6 & Indiana Correlations
- Vocabulary.com
- All types of puzzles to increase vocabulary including puzzles on Shakespeare,
Harry Potter, elections, baseball and more.
Lesson
Plans
- American
Society of Plant Biologists
- Educational materials for K-12 educators.
Includes: Principles of Plant Biology, bookmarks, How many plants does it take
to make a fast-food burger, house plants (list objects made from plants that are
normally found in a house) and much more.
- ArtsEdge
- teaching resources & lessons plans which incorporate the fine & performing
arts
- Classroom Connect
- Links &
lesson plans intergrating Internet & technology
- CNN
Student News
- Guide to CNN STudent News includes discussion questions and
schedule of stories. Program recorded daily by libray staff
- Collaborative
Lesson Plans
- searchable archive of teacher-generated lesson plans. You
may also submit your own lesson plans to the database
- Connecting
Students
- includes links to lesson plans & web lesson plans, thematic units,
worksheets & more
- C-Span in the
Classroom
- Includes video clips, questions and PDF printable resources
on principles of government, U.S. Constitution, all 3 branches of government and
political participation
- Discovery
School
- Lesson plans & subject links from the Discovery Channel including
Kathy Schrock's homepage.
- EconEdLink
- teaching resources and lesson plans for economics
- Edhelper.com
- Lessons plans, activity/worksheets and webquest by subject.
- Edsitement
- site includes lesson plans, monthly Calendars and web resources for the Humanties.
Includes resources for literature and language arts, history and social studies,
foreign language, and art and culture.
- Education
World
- links to daily lesson plans, school issues & reference center &
subject links
- Educator's Reference Desk
- links to free lesson plans on a variety of subjects & grade levels
- 5
a day.com
- lesson plans, activities and research on eating 9 servings of
fruits & vegetables per day. Also includes a kids corner.
- Franklin
Institute
- Lessons plans & units with links & resources for all types of
science projects. Also includes puzzles & online museum
- Free
Worksheets.Com
- Free worksheets ready for printing in a variety of subjects
and grades
- Futures Channel
- links to lesson plans in math, science, technology and the arts with real
world applications
- Global Schoolhouse
- class room programs, pen pals, & information
- Illuminations
- Teaching resources & lesson plans for mathematics
- Impressionism.org
- eight downloadable lesson plans on Impressionism
- Intel
Teaching to the Future
- lessons plans & teaching opportunites using technology
- K-12 Teaching & Learning
Center's Teacher's Guide
- TLC subject guides & lesson plans (Need LCS User
ID)
- Teacher's Daily
Planner Tips
- Teacher's
Daily Planner & Almanac
- Learning
Company
- Teacher resources & lesson plans from the The Learning Company
software company
- Learning
Web
- Links from the USGS on geography lessons, projects & resources
- Lesson
Planz
- Lesson plans for K-12, has grade & subject index.
- National
Geographic Expeditions
- Resources & lesson plans for geography classes
K-12
- National Library of
Virtual Manipulatives
- links to interactive lessons for grades K-12
in number & operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis
& probability
- New York
Times Learning Network
- Lesson plans available free. Grades 3-12 in Social
Studies, American History, Science, Global History, Math, Technology, Journalism,
Language Arts & Fine Arts. Teachers may
subscribe to receive daily lesson plans by email. You may sign up for the
entire week for just
the days that interest you. - Monday: Social Studies,
American History
- Tuesday: Science
- Wednesday: Social Studies, Global History
- Thursday: Math, Techology, Journalism
- Friday: Language Arts, Fine Arts
- PBS Teacher Source
- includes
lesson plans & resources for Math, Science, Social Studies, Arts, Literature,
& Health & Fitness
- Interactive lessons for grades 6-8 in Science & Math. Search by keyword
or by standard. Click on "Digital Teaching Materials" link on left
- Pro
Teacher
- Lesson plans for grades k-12, includes subject listing
- Quiz
Star
- site contains quizzes about science & math for students grade 6 and
up.
- Read, Write and Think
- Resources
from the International Reading Association
- RHL
School
- Free teaching resources including downloadable worksheets in math,
reading & research skills
- Science Educator's
Resource Page
- One stop shopping for professional development and resources
for Indiana Science teachers. Includes lesson plans, workshops and online resources.
- Science NetLinks
- Teaching
resources & lesson plans for science
- Smithsonian
in Your Classroom
- lesson plans for Social Studies, Art, Science, & Language
Arts. Also link to download current print issue
- Teaching
Tolerance
- Find lesson plans & resources for teaching tolerance through
diversity
- U.S. Mint
- H.I.P.
pocket change page has games, lesson plans and information on the new state quarters,
including information on each state.
- Understanding
Taxes
- Lesson plans & activites from the IRS to help teachers teach about
taxes.
- World Book.com
Lesson Plans
- links to lesson plans in science, social studies, math &
language arts. Also includes links to project-based research units
Professional Organizations
- Hoosier
Association of Science Teacher, Inc.
- home page for HASTI
- Indiana
School Counselor Association
- Home page of ISCA
- Indiana
State Teachers Organization
- Home page of ISTA
- International
Reading Association
- home page for IRA
- National
Association of Elementary School Principals
- home page for NAESP
- National
Association of Secondary School Principals
- home page of NASSP
- National
Council For the Social Studies
- The largest association in the country
devoted solely to social studies education, history, geography, economics, political
science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education.
- National
Council of Teachers of English
- home page for NCTE
- National
Education Association
- Home page of NEA
- National
Institute for Character Education
- Includes character encyclopedia and
reasons why character education is needed.
- National
Middle School Association
- home page for NMSA
- National
School Boards Association
- Home page of National School Board Association
- National Science Teachers Association
- home
page for NSTA
Government Agencies
- Indiana
Department of Education
- Information on Indiana schools and teachers
- Indiana Academic Standards
Needs Adobe Acrobat Reader or MS Word
- Textbook
Adoption
- Indiana State Teacher's Retirement
Fund
- ISTEP+ InfoCenter
- PBA
- Information
site from IDOE on PBA
- U.S. Dept. of Education
- Homepage of U.S. Department of Education
Grants
- Cinergy
Community Foundation Grants
- Information from Cinergy on education & community
programs
- Fund Finders
- Online
search engine for grants & fellowships
- Grant
Tips from the IYI
- information on writing grants from the Indiana Youth
Institute
- Harrison County Community
Foundation
- online application for foundation funds
- Indiana
Arts Council
- Information on applying for grants & programs
Teacher Survival Kit
- AITLC's
Puzzles & Brain Teasers
- Links to puzzles & brain teasers, wide variety
in topics
- About.com
Puzzle Links
- Includes links to brain teasers,crosswords, hangman,world
search, puzzles in French + more
- About.com's Coloring Page Index
- links to coloring pages by topic are easy to print out.
- Fun
School
- Design for preschool to grade 6, contains games, puzzle board games,
a joke page and more.
- Jan Brett's homepage
- downloaded activity and color pages from Jan Brett's archive of lovable creatures
- Puzzle Maker.com
- Create your
own puzzles from Discovery School. Create crossword, cryptogram, word search and
anagram puzzles.
- Teacher
Freebies
- about.com links to five pages of free stuff from CD-Roms & computer
applications to ready to use downloadable lesson plans. All FREE!
- Teacher2Teacher
- Teacher created games, bookmarks, Calendars, activity pages and more ready
for downloading
Graphic Organizers
- Teach-nology
Graphic Organizers
- Download Free graphic organizers may also join for
small fee
- Kathy
Schrock's Discovery School's Graphic Organizers
- Listing of free graphic
organizers
- Edu
Helper's Graphic Organizers
- Printable organizers by style and theme.
Includes sorting, graphs, storytelling, and KWL
- Education
Place by Houghton Mifflin Graphic Organizers
- Wheels, Word Webs, Flow
Charts, Spider Maps, Inverted Triangles and more
- Enchanted
Learning Graphic Organizers
- A wide variety of graphic organizers including
clocks, semantic features, stars, fact/opinion, decision making and more
- Graphic
Organizers.org
- Has link to several other graphic organizer sites,
but great chart to decide which graphic organizer to use when
- K12TLC.org
Graphic Organizers (LCS user id needed)
- Links to various graphic organizers
- K12TLC.org
Venn Diagrams (LCS user id needed)
- Links to various types of Venn
Diagrams
- NCREL
Graphic Organizers
- Examples of graphic organizers and how to use them
Tickit WebQuest
- Mrs. Scarber
- WebVision
- Mrs. Scarber's
English Classes
- Anne
Frank Webquest
- Career Quest
-
- Mrs. Hobbs
- Math,
Mobiles & Me
- Weather C.A.M.P.
- Mrs. Thieneman
- Beyond
the Limits
- Investigating Careers
- Creatures in the Dark
- Desert Studies
- Native Flip-Flap-Slip
- Ms.
Beckort
- LCS Sitemap
- My
Home, Harrison County
- WebAdvisor
- Mr. Carl
- Special Education Web
- Bacteria
- BudgetQuest
- Math
- Protists
- Virus
Distance
Learning Links
- Albany
Institute of History & Art
- Ancient
Egypt
- CILC
- homepage for the Center
for Interactive Learning and Collaboration includes links to Vision Athena & Videoconferencing
programming
- Central Indiana Education
Center
- Distance Ed links on left
- Colonial
Williamsburg
- Video conferencing from Colonial Williamsburg with teacher
packets
- Distance InterActive
Learning
- consortium for distance learning, includes resource page of
possible program links.
- eFieldTrips.org
- A variety of free or low cost virtual fieldtrips from National Parks Service
& U.S. Fish and Wildlife
- IHETS
- homepage for Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications Service includes
links to cooridnators & programs
- NASA's
Virtural Visits
- Webcasts from Glenn Learning Technologies Project. Calendar
of events and teacher info.
- Nassau
BOCES
- Board of Cooperative Educational Services list videoconferences
providers and opportunities from around the world
- Polycom
Content Search
- search by topic, subject area, grade level and standard
- Seatrek
- Science videoconferences for grades 4-8
- Von
Steuben College Videoconferencing List
- Lists colleges & universities that
are willing to video conference with high school students
- Wilson
Center's Videoconferencing Inititive for IP
- Links to IP content providers
plus information on how use IP equipment.
Exceptional
Learners
- IDEA
Amendments 1997
- Copies of the law and regulations for the Individual
with Disabilities Education Act
- Article
7
- Indiana's special education law, modeled from IDEA. Copy of Indiana
law under laws/rules/interpretations
- South Harrison Special
Education Cooperative
- Links to staff and informational resouces
Video Selection
- Screen
It
- Reviews of movies & videos, both old & new
- Teaching
with Movies
- Provides reviews of movies that include elements of lesson
plans and background materials. Films rated by age appropriateness.
- Film
Ratings.com
- Select by title, or ratings. Includes reviews, comments,
listing of cast and more
Last
updated September 4, 2009
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