General Resource Sites for Teachers 
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General:
Busy Teacher's Website
Teaching materials, lessons, classroom activities, and ways in which to get in
touch with classrooms around the country and the world.
Classroom Connect Great site for
educators. Lesson plans, chat rooms, resources, and materials that are for sale
designed for educators by educators. Check this out! They also have updates on
their excellent education conferences and you can subscribe to their Newsletter
which is a wonderful resource.
Eric and Ask Eric The federally funded
Educational Research Information Center which is a clearinghouse for the
National Library of Education. You can get articles here.
EDSITEment Humanities site
which provides online learning guides and links. There are monthly feature
topics, lesson plans, games, quizzes and a parent component.
Global SchoolNet Foundation This is an
original site to the net which has joined with Lightspan. It provides teachers with online projects, information
and more. This is definitely the place to look for classroom projects. Click on
the project icon to find the material.
Internet
Connections Education site maintained by McRel, (The Mid-Continental
Regional Education Laboratories). Links to special connections, education
resources, subject area resources, resources by site, and Internet resources.
This is a great site for professional growth as well as lesson plans, etc.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for
Educators This is a well known resources for teachers. The site
includes great links, lesson ideas, tutorials and downloadable presentations.
Take the time to browse this site and use the materials.
Learning Space This is a site
built and maintained by teachers for teachers. Many Seattle teachers are
involved in this project. There is good material for you here.
Mustang Ahh, the purr of a well
operating engine, the feel of the breeze through your hair! You're off on the
Internet highway with Mustang, a site which gives you tips and tricks to
navigate the Web.
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratories
This site provides assistance to educators in the north western states of
America. it is dedicated to improving education for teachers, youth and adults.
There are many resources to be found here.
National Urban Alliance
web site.
Primary (K-2) Sites:
K-1 This website is designed for
Kindergarten and First grade teachers. It includes recent research, teacher
tips, lesson plans.
Web Sites for the
Smaller Ones: pre-K-2
The Big 6 for K-2.
Grades K-2 Literacy Web
Homepage
The Math Forum for
teachers K-2 is a site which offers lesson plans, activities and more.
K-2 Projects
is a site which has links to projects appropriate for primary grades. It is
sponsored by Region 20 Education District in Texas.
K-2 Resources
is a sight that offers many links to Internet activities for primary grade
students.
The Virtual Creatures Website is
sponsored by the National Science Foundation which offers a new way of
interacting with creatures online.
Science Lesson Plans. This site is a
source of lesson plans that are developed to teach literacy through
science.
K-2 WebQuests
developed for your use by teachers.
WebQuests for science
K-2.
K-2 Internet Field Trips
from Scholastic.
Weather
Watchers is an online activity developed for K-2 which has all of the links
you need to watch the weather around the world.
The
K-2 Handbook is a site which was developed by the Chicago Public Schools
that contains assessment tools for teacher use.
The Magic School Bus
This is a wonderful site for teachers to learn integration ideas for CD ROM and
Internet resources relating to the Magic School Bus books and videos. Students
can do online activities and publish their own artwork as well.
Tutoring:
Tutor Match A public service site
that helps match tutors and students in any subject. It is a global site and
offers teachers and tutors the opportunity to post their resume for free on the
Internet. Then, students or teachers may browse the available tutors and read
their educational and work backgrounds. If the tutor on the data base looks like
he or she would be good for your needs you email or phone the tutor to talk
about potential tutoring arrangements.
Grants:
Department of Education Grant
Guide All of the information you need to apply for a grant from the
U.S. Department of Education.
Professional Organizations:
National Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
Association for the Advancement of Arts
Education This is a network for arts in education.
MENC The National
Association for Music Education
International Association of
School Librarianship (IASL)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Science Teachers Association
International Society for Technology in
Education