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K-12 Teaching & Learning Websites

 

 

 

MarcoPolo - Internet Content for the Classroom 

 

 

 

K-12 English Language Arts

 

ReadWriteThink
Offers lesson plans, practices, and resources in reading and language arts instruction.

 

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
Providing educational materials, services, and coursework for reading and writing.

 

Creative Communications
Promotes the language arts in schools, through publications, a children's poetry writing contest, and lesson plans.

 

TeacherServe
Interactive curriculum enrichment service for high school English and history teachers offering teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students. Program of the National Humanities Center.

 

Secondary English
For language arts teachers. Includes young adult novel reviews, articles, and opportunities for publication.

 

Metaphor Project
Project aiming to build a collection of metaphors and analogies that English teachers can use to explain processes and abstract ideas to their students.

 

Reading & Language Arts Resources
Annotated directory of web sites on reading, whole language, phonics, and suggested books.


K-12 Math

 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

 

a collection of free online flash-based "games" for math and logic.

 

AAA Math
Online math exercises in a variety of topics for grades K-8.

 

GoMath
On-line tutor designed to assist K-12 students and their parents in algebra, geometry, and more.

 

NRICH Maths
Promotes U.K. mathematics curriculum enrichment. Includes articles, problems, games, and a bulletin board.

 

MathNerds
Offers help on grade school to college level math questions by live mathematicians. Large archive of answered questions and collection of detailed solutions.

 

This is Mega-Mathematics!
Collection of classroom lessons in mathematics and computer science from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

Ask Dr. Math
A question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers.

 

Newton's Window
Newsletter with articles and stories that make mathematics less frightening for parents, teachers, and students.

 

Everything Math
Information resource with tips and advice on K-12 math. Topics include basic math concepts, math homework help, math activities, and more.

 

SELECT Math
Provides teachers and students access to virtual manipulatives such as curriculum alignments, workshop schedule, project newsletters, and much more.

 

K-12 Science

 

Kids Gardening
Resources for all who garden with kids, whether in the family or classroom. From the National Gardening Association.

 

Science Made Simple
Offering a subscription newsletter with answers to common science questions, projects and experiments, and unit measurement conversions.

 

Stanford SOLAR Center
Pictures, activities, research, myths, and other information about the Sun.

 

Energy Quest
Energy education especially for kids from the California Energy Commission. Includes projects, experiments, and descriptions of many types of energy.

 

ScienceBob.com
Join Science Bob and visit his online lab for experiments and answers to your science questions.

 

 OLogy
The American Museum of Natural History presents an interactive primer of "ologies" including: meterology, paleontology, astronomy, and genetics.

 

SCORE Science
Features science resources for students and teachers from Schools of California On-line Resources for Education program.

 

 PathFinder Science
Collaborative research community for student scientists that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative and humanitarian promise of every learner.

 

CIESE: Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education
Working collaboratively with K-12 schools and school districts local in New Jersey and online internationally.

 

 U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web
Developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and dedicated to K-12 and lifelong learning about the land, water, plants, animals, and maps.

 

Sci4Kids
A series of stories about science and research at the Agricultural Research Service.

K-12 History

 

History For Kids!
Covers Ancient Egypt, Western Asia, Greece, Rome, and Islam, and the Middle Ages, for middle school students and their teachers. 

 

National Geographic: History & Culture
Find a variety of resources including lesson plans, cultural and historical photos, news headlines, peoples and cultures index, history index, and more.

 

Digital History 
Provides a U.S. history textbook, essays, documents, maps, photos, audio files, and more for teachers and students of American history in schools and colleges.

 

United States History Cram Packet
Facts, notes, and comments arranged in a timeline that is divided by presidential administrations. Designed by a student while studying for the AP test.

 

 U.S. History Resources
Resource site for high school American History students which includes outlines, quizzes, charts, and chronologies.  

 

American History A.P. Quizzes
Includes many multiple choice and fast-recall quizzes.

 

AP U.S. History
Provides resources for students and teachers enrolled in Advanced Placement U.S. History courses.

 

U.S. History for AP Students
Historical documents, history note cards, and AP test information.