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Music Education at DataDragon.com - Provides tutorials, guides, information on musical genres, history of music, instruments and links to other related sites.
MusicLink: Music Library Guides - Library Guides provide research assistance on the topics listed. These Library Guides are also available in print in the Music Library.
K-12 Resources for Music Educators - Valuable resources for music educators and for students of all areas and educational levels.
Kenneth Taylor's Drama in Education Site - Includes lesson plans, links, books and resources.
Artsedge - Helps teachers and students share and gain access to information resources and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum.
Creative Drama and Teatre education Resource Site - Find resources on creative drama and theater education.
Shakespeare Plays Online - First Web Folio edition is currently composed of Shakespeare's plays.
The Drama Teacher's Resource Room - Includes lesson plans, tips on setting the perfect stage, textbook recommendations, and resources.
Getty ArtsEdNet Home Page - This site includes lesson plans, curriculum ideas, image galleries, a publication catalog, highlighted topics and much more.
Art Projects for K-12 - A collection of art projects including stained glass, drwing, etc.
How to Read a Painting - Using these techniquies will enable students to approach art with a critical eye, understanding both the principles of design and the elements of art at work.
Artcyclopedia - A comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives and other online resources.
Art Education and ArtEdventures - With this site students can create art through hands-on activities and technique demos. Visitors can also study art, play art games and get pointers on teaching art.
Visible Knowledge Program - This site pairs art instructors with high school educators and their students to explore new ways of integrating contemporary art with core high school curricula.
Inkspot for Young Writers - Part of Inkspot, a larger resource for writers. With information specifically for young authors, the site includes a discussion forum, resource links, market information, advice from pros, and articles.
EDSITEment - This comprehensive humanities resource site features lesson plans for literature and links to the best resource sites on the Web.
CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide - Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
The English Server - This site contains over 20,000 articles, as well as poetry, fiction, nonfiction and much more.
The Internet Classics Archive - Students can read many classics form the Odyssey to Plato's Apology, and they can find history on Tacitus and others.
S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts - Here you can access the California state standards and frameworks in language arts, with extensive resources, lesson plans and links.
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online - Bartleby.com publishes thousands of free online classics of literature, nonfiction and reference.
National Council of Teachers of English Teaching Ideas - Links to teaching ideas selected from NCTE publications, or submitted directly by teachers.
Internet Public Library Reading Room - This"room" contains bookshelves for browsing and searrching for entertaining reading, along with links to sites providing other full texts.
Acronym Finder - The Acronym finder is a large searchable database, containing about 155,000 acronyms, abbreviations and definitions.
Mathematics Archives - This comprehensive source covers a wide range of different topics in mathematics, software, and teaching materials.
Gomath.com - Students can e-mail their math questions and be helped by tutors with extensive teacdhing experience.
DoYourMath - On this site you can find interactive practice and learning math tests.
Geometry.net - A comprehensive math search engine for middle school math and above.
Math.com - This site offers different sections for students, teachers andparents. The teacher area has lesson plans, classroom resources, career information, standards and free stuff.
S.C.O.R.E. Math - Comprehensive site offering California state standards, California frameworks, lesson plans, resources and links.
Teach ALL Students the Multiplication Facts - Activities, games, and wroksheets to help teach the multiplication facts.
Flashcards for Kids! - Designed to allow people to practice math at various levels of difficulty.
Health Teacher.com - Provides a comprehensive, sequential k-12 health education curriculm that consists of almost 300 lesson guides that meet National Health Education Standards.
PE Central - Provides the latest information about instructionally appropriate pysical educationpractices and programs.
SCORE Science - Comprehensive site offering California state standards, California frameworks, lesson plans, resources and links.
Amazing Space Web-Based Activities - This site covers everything from space topics to the Hubble Telescope.
eNature.com - The complete nature and wildlife resource featuring the Audubon Guides to plants and animals.
Planet Pals Earthzone - Alive with colorful cartoon characters, this interactive resource teaches about ecology, natural resurces, the plantet Earth and its care.
California Space & Science Center - Lesson plans and other resources for teachers with an emphasis on space exploration.
Introduction to Windows to the Universe - Designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, this site ia a first rate trip through earth and space science by means of multimedia exhibits.
Thursday's Classroom from NASA - NASA news and research related to the Hubble Constant and cosmology. The site provides a lasting connection between NASA's latest research and the classroom environment.
National Geographic Education - National Geographic's Web site for teachers, with lesson plans and online activities.
Weather Channel - For the weather-savvy educator, this site offesr lesson plans, teacher's guides and more, including additional online teaching resources.
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs! Dino Don Lessem - Dinsosaur expert Dino Don Lessem presents dinosaur news, art, contests, and the Lost World Jurassic Park Traveling Exhibit.
Welcome to BioTech - Extensive site that includes a useful dictionary, chemical acronym databases, directories, educatioal guides, science resources and articles.
A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions - This site provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today, with the appropriate conversion factors.
Learning About Photosythesis - Follow their links to resources that discuss photosynthesis at varying degrees of complexity.
Biology 4 Kids - Includes the chemistry of biology and how the world of biology is studied, as well as cell structure and function.
High School Physics Resources - Resources for the students: tutorials, animations, project ideas, sample quizzes, etc.
The Catalyst - Developed specifically for the high school chemistry teacher, to provide a place for finding relevant information for use in and out of the classroom.
Medieval Studies - This page will link you to sites specially selected for the study of Medieval life. Learn what foods were eaten, find recepies, the latest in weaponry, what towns were like, what kinds of clothes people wore and much, much more.
SCORE History/Social Sciences - Comprehensive site offering California state standards, California frameworks, lesson plans, resources and links.
The Virtual Study Tour - With this architectural virtual tour, you can visit the Knossos Labyrinth or the Palace of Ramses III.
CNN Newsroom - A free instructional program for teachers to bring the wsorld into their classrooms with in-depth news stories, as well as world and regional events designed exclusively for students.
Newsweek Education Program - A site designed to help teachers build bridges to real-world issues.
50states.com - State information resource links to state homepages, symbols, flags, maps, constitiutions, representatives, songs, birds, flowers, trees, etc.
Florida Geographic Alliance Lesson Plan Collections - These geographic lesson plans are made available by year of creation and are free of cost.
Map Collections - Map collections from 1544 to 1996 organized according to seven major categories.
GeoNet - Free geography resources including revision help, case studies, lesson plans and worksheets.
United Nations Cyber School Bus - Provides information on current global issues, and also offers lesson plans, teaching modules, classroom activities and more.
Geographia Homepage - In-depth destination guides to over 75 countries, online tourist offices, travel stories and more.
People's Country - PBS's People's Century discusses the "History of the People," for the people, as told by the people who lived it.
EyeWitness - Using personal letters and essays, Eyewitness History takes a look at major events in history from the perspectives of eyewitnesses.
National Archives: The Digital Classroom - This site gives teachers and students access to online historical documents.
HyperHistory - Navigatges through 3,000 years of world history.
The History Channel - Daily historical facts and events, famous birthdays, world history and music history.
The History of Today - Daily historical facts and events, famous birthdays, world history and music history.
History Place - Great online history exhibits includes World Wars, Lincoln, Kennedy and more.
USHistory.org - American History with a focus on Colonial and Revolutionary Philadelphia.
History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers - The History/Social studies Web Site for K-12 teachers ia a good resource for social studies on the Web.
Let's Go Around the World - A fun and very informative global exploration site.
Multicultural Teacher's Corner - Multicultural Pavilion - Conceptualizations, goals, assumptions, activities, lessons and tools of multicultural education.
Multicultural Home Page - Country pages cover a wide range of information: geographical, historical, arts, weather, recipes, tourist information and so on.
National Association of Gifted Children - NAGC is an organization of parents, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth.
Office of Special Education Programs - The Office of Special Education Programs is a component of the Office of Special Education and Rehabitlitative Services.
SERI Special Education Resources on the Internet - A collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to special education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilitiesand Gifted Education - Provides information on the education of individuals with disabilities, as well as those who are gifted.
Technology Integration Projects - These detailed projects for grades 6-12 cover science, math, social studies and language arts.
4teachers.org - This site addresses the issue of technology in schools as used by teachers, administration, staff and students.
EDUCAUSE - A great resource for information technology issues in higher education.
International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE provides teacher based help to K-12 teachers and administrators.
EslGames.com - A site dedicated to ESL and EFL English teachers. It includes lessons, games and songs.
ESL Partyland - ESL students and teachers can find quizzes, online exercises, lesson plans, a job center, ESL links and more.
Dave's ESL Cafe - An excellent site for ESL/EFL students and teachers from around the world.
Parlez-Vous? - A resource for French students and teachers.
Eduhound.com Espanol - Features links to the best K-12 Spanish language reslurces on the Web.
Reference
Refdesk.com - This portal
site contains almanacs, books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, news, maps and more.
America's Library
- From the Library of Congress, this site was designed especially with young
people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages.
Information Please Kids' Almanac
- Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports,
entertainment, geiography, history, biography, education and health
Library Spot - An online library
and reference information. Find dictionaries encyclopedias, newspapers, maps
genealogy tools and links to libraries all over the world.
Thesaurus.com - Free online Roget's
Thesaurus of English words and phrases
Britannica.com - Includes the complete
Britannica encylopedia, a searchable guide to the Web's best sites, articles
form the top magazines, editorials, news and special features.
National Archives: The Digital Classroom
- Primary sources, activities and training for educators and students.
The Biography Classroom
- Derived from the Biography television show. Contains over 15,000 biographies.
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Too Cool for Grownups - A great online quarterly publication that features Internet based curriculum, projects and teacher resources.
CRESST - Conducts research on important tipics related to K-12 educational testing.
T.H.E. Institute - Offers educators a complete range of professional development services.
New York Times Learning Network - Free news and education resource for teachers, their students and parents. Includes lesson plans, vocabulary and geography builders.
Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher - Lesson Plans - Collection of lesson plans, indexed by subject, that integrate the Internet into your curriculum.
Educator Resources from Computer Curriculum Corporation - Offers free resources and lots of links for educators.
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