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Comprehensive
Sites
Education World http://www.education-world.com
This site has a search engine that indexes 115,000 educational Web sites. It also has sections for K-12 schools, parents, special education, mathematics, et. Also has features on lesson planning, curriculums, teacher lessons, employment listings, books in education, financial planning, and more.
Galaxy: Education http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Social-Sciences/Education.html
This site has sections on curriculum and instruction, distance learning, early childhood education, educational psychology, K-12 education, measurements and evaluation, organizations, and more.
MEL: Education (The Michigan Electronic Library) http://mel.lib.mi.us/education/education-index.html
This site organizes resources by audience and by topic. It includes links to resources on specific topics such as school safety, multicultural education, Montessori education, gifted education, and more.
Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/
The VRD is sponsored by the National Library of Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology. This is a question and answer service that connects users with subject specialists in the field of education.
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse of Math and Science Resources http://www.enc.org
This is a nationally recognized source of K-12 math and science sources. Highlighted at this site are lists of other useful math and science Web sites, full text online documents, and useful lesson plans and activities.
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection http://lib-www.ucr.edu
Good collection of K-12 resources.
Interesting Things for ESL Students http://www.manythings.org/
This site was developed to offer a fun study site for students of English as a Second Language and provide users with lots of word games, puzzles, and additional vocabulary resources and quizzes to assist them in learning English (C. Pracht, Southeast Missouri State University).
Blue Web’n Learning Sites Library http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Pacific Bell and San Diego State University have developed and maintained one of the most useful directories of Web sties for K-12 schools and college/university departments of education. This is a fine collection of links to sites containing lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, tools in 12 curriculum areas.
SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources
http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html
SciEd is a multidisciplinary guide targeted primarily toward K-12 educators. Created at the University of Washington, the site offers a broad overview of science education tools from the traditional to the more modern and eclectic.
InfoWeb: Curriculum Matrix http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/Curriculum/Mathematics/grade1.htm
A series of math strategies at this Web site covers the competency goals students are expected to reach at each grade level. Included are concepts such as counting, making sets, identifying ordinal position, and comparing numbers.
Awesome Library: K-12 Education Directory http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/
Contains 14,000 reviewed resources; includes lesson plans and standards as well.
Teachers at Work: Internet Tools for Teachers http://www.treadwell.co.nz/
Frank Potter's Science Gems http://www.sciencegems.com/
Besides lesson plans, this site contains interesting scientific experiments and exercises aimed at K-12. These include experiments and exercises in physical science, eath science, life science, mathematics, and engineering.
Curriculum Resources/Lesson Plans/Standards
The Solution Site http://www.thesolutionsite.com Developed through a foundation by a U.S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant, The Solution Site provide K-12 teacher-generated lesson plans emphasizing active learning.
The Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org
This "Gateway" provides links to educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Links will lead to lesson plans, activities, and projects. Some materials linked to this site are fee-based.
HomeworkCentral.com http://www.homeworkcentral.comThis site contains “9,000 study subjects linked to 75,000 scholar-selected Internet resources.” It allows users to browse study/research collections divided by 22 subject areas and 3 age groups.
The Lesson Plans Page http://www.lessonplanspage.com
This page is “home to over 900 free lesson plans.” It contains free lesson plans for various subjects (math, science, social studies, music, language arts, art, physical education, computer & Internet, multidisciplinary, and other). These lesson plans are also categorized by age groups.
NWREL’s Library in the Sky http://www.nwrel.org/sky
The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory site has 15,000 links to educational resources. It also has a “Pick of the Week” section.
www4teachers http://www.4teachers.org
This site has 4 main sections: Professional Development, Integrating Technology, Stars (section on talented teachers and students), and Tools (section on creating projects).
Content Knowledge: The McREL Standards Database http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/
National compilation of Standard with search capabilities.
Flash Cards for Kids! http://edu4kids.com/math/
Internet flash cards for students.
Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) http://nces.ed.gov/
This site contains statistics about education in the United States.
World Data on Education http://www.ibe.unesco.org/Inf_Doc/Nat_reps/wdepfome.htm
This site contains statistics about education from 110 different countries around the world.
Journals
AskERIC http://ericir.syr.edu/
The ERIC Web Site. Hosted by the ERIC Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. The Virtual Library contains an abundance of information including lesson plans in Arithmetic and Science by grade level.
The CIC Electronic Journals Collection http://ejournals.cic.net/
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Electronic Journals Collection (EJC) is an electronic journal management system. There are 21 ejournals listed for education. The site has options to search, browse by topic, or browse by title.
MEL: Education Journals and News (Michigan Electronic Library)
http://mel.lib.mi.us/education/edu-journals.html
This site contains links to journals, e-zines, and online news sources for education.
Directories
American School Directory http://www.asd.com
This site contains information on 108,000 K-12 schools in the United States. Users can search for information by state and school name.
Schoolmatch http://schoolmatch.com/
This provides access to school information, rankings, and school reports.
Tennessee Resources
Tennessee Department of Education http://www.state.tn.us/education/
Tennessee Curriculum Frameworks http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cicurframwkmain.htm
Frameworks for the State of Tennessee. These are divided by Subject (Math, Science English/Language Arts, etc) and Grade (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-12).
Maintained by: Roger Myers
Assistant Professor and Reference/Instruction Librarian
Last Update: May 25, 2005
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