All Subjects
http://www.edhelper.com/
free spelling, language, & math worksheets; and a free newsletter
Homeschool Help for Grades Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
http://www.homeschoolingadventures.com/k3.html
Wonderful site. Full of free worksheets and ideas.
http://www.homeschoolteenscollege.net/
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/ Discovery Channel / School
http://www.school.discovery.com/ The Well-Trained Mind
http://www.welltrainedmind.com
Great ideas for an elementary structures unit! -
http://www.yesmag.ca/focus/structures/structures.html
This is an open resource center and community for early
resource teachers sent to me by Deb Roundy. Free-Reading is an “open source”
instructional program that helps teachers teach early reading. Because it's open
source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and
researchers. It's designed to contain a scope and sequence of activities that
can support and supplement a typical “core” or “basal” program. http://free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
I've been a fan of NGS' Xpeditions site for a long time. In
addition to the atlas pages (which provide some of the best line-art maps I know
of for use in the classroom), this collection of lesson plans may be of use to
you.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/
A
great resource: NetSmartz site. This particular video deals with social
networking and teens.
http://www.nsteens.org/videos/social-networking/
This resource site has "how to" directions for everything
one could possibly imagine, from the ridiculous to sublime- including an
education category with a wealth of practical topics to explore.
http://www.ehow.com/
Ron Blond is
an EPSB teacher, seconded to Alberta Education. He is working on a Math Glossary
for Albertta Math. It is organized by divisions. Divisions 1 and 2 are
complete. Division 3 is being developed. Most weeks this division is updated …
it is a Math Bonanza.
http://ronblond.com/MathGlossary/
Blogger/educator, Larry Ferlazzo, has created a great list of some of the best
educational sites of 2007. You may find it worth your while to search out some
new ideas and resources with this comprehensive list. You can easily access
them all by clicking on the “best of the year” link under “Categories” on my
blog’s sidebar. You can also click on the direct links on this page. In
addition, direct links to each list near the bottom of this blog’s sidebar.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/websites-of-the-year/
Annesdiary.com is a social networking site for girls between the ages of 6 and
14, which is secured by the use of a biometric fingerprint sensor. This means
that once a child has enrolled on our site, only they can access their secure
bedroom and online diary. Be sure to view the entire introduction video to get
the whole story. There is good information on the process for parents too.
http://annesdiary.com
This interesting collection from the American Dept of
Education: Doing What Works is a new U.S. Department of Education site, aims to
help educators adapt research-based educational techniques to their own schools.
"This online library of resources will build a bridge from research to action,"
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said. "It translates research-based
practices into examples of tools that support and improve classroom
instruction." http://dww.ed.gov/disclaimer.cfm?[/index.cfm?
This
collection of no-charge resources are provided by MIT. Show science
demonstrations by MIT faculty in your classroom. The site is intended to
provide alternate explanations to reinforce key concepts. Some examples might
include: showing science demonstrations by MIT faculty in your classroom,
providing alternate explanations to reinforce key concepts, and guiding students
to additional homework problems and exam examples. MIT suggests that you can
use this site to help your students understand concepts by watching video
demonstrations, study for AP exams, and sample the kind of work they'll be doing
in college. They encourage the use and citing of their resources in your work.
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/teachers/index.htm
This site
provides links to a series of articles that deal with various aspects of digital
photography. Some was initially written for the specific use of digital
photography in genealogy - but the information has application to all aspects of
digital photography:
http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/index.html
Maplandia.com provides the searchable world gazetteer based
on Google Maps, the most comprehensive online satellite imagery ever available.
More than 2 000 000 places all over the world are divided into many geographical
categories according to continents, countries and administrative regions.
Coloured region contours, direct Google Earth links and other no elsewhere to
find features make exploring the world easy as never before. Maplandia.com is
here for you. Don't wait, explore the world today!
http://www.maplandia.com/
TV411 is aimed at literacy for adults. The activities also
fit some often hard-to-teach areas with real-world applications. Students
progress through self-guided activities in many areas for review or
clarification. Betsy is using the Reading section on Finding Faulty Logic to
practice the Ohio content standards for understanding advertising and persuasion
tactics. There are many more activities in reading, writing, vocabulary, math,
and learning skills. It also works as a short e-lesson to practice these
skills.
http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml
180
Technology Tips will provide to you 180 no-cost and simple 5 minute computer
lessons that are emailed to you one day at a time from September to June.
http://www.180techtips.com/index.htm
The Edmonton Power Historical Society (the original name
for Edmonton's power utility, Epcor) along with other retirees. While they have
a physical museum in nearby Leduc, they also have a great website that was put
together by some of the other retirees that is especially good for Grade 5
students or any others who study electricity as part of their science units. Be
sure to check out the Virtual Tours, the Photo Galleries and especially the
Student Centre that contains games, quizzes and study links.
http://www.ephf.ca/
Worthwhile
Web Sites for Learning, newly-launched on its own domain, has been created as a
resource for Alberta parents who are actively involved in their children's
education and interested in locating interactive web sites that support and
enhance their child's learning. Feel free to browse the archives and check in
for the weekly updates...
http://www.wwlearning.ca/
Mindomo is a
versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop
mind mapping software in a Web browser — with no complex software to install or
maintain. Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your students, colleagues
or friends.
http://www.mindomo.com/
Experiments
great for elementary science classes.
http://www.biglittlesciencecentre.org/Science%20Adventure.htm
"During the Summer of 1995 a group of Tennessee teachers
participated in an intensive two-week program presented by CESME in which they
were trained in the use is the Learning Cycle and the PSAM. The Physical Science
Activity Manual contains 34 hands-on activities to bring excitement to your
classroom. You can download the Mac (MS Word) version of the entire manual or
the entire Windows (Wordperfect) version, or even a PDF version. Individual
chapters may be downloaded by clicking the appropriate version beside the
title.
http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/cesme/PSAM/PSAM.shtml
TeachersFirst.com is a website with a rich collection of
lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering
just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, an dad-free format. They
offer their professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of
reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use. Busy
teachers, parents, and students can find resources using their subject/grade
level search, keyword search, or extensive menus.
http://teachersfirst.com
An innovative new way to search, download and convert
videos from the internet to your PC, portable media player (archos, iPod, iPod
touch, nano, PSP, Zen, and Zune) , cell phone (Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia,
Motorola and Samsung) or Pocket PC. myMovo performs a targeted search of top
videos sites including YouTube, CBS, Comedy Central, CNN, Discovery, ESPN, Fox,
mySpaceTV, MTV, Yahoo! and more. myMovo is completely no-charge and works on PC
and Mac.
http://www.mymovo.com/index.htm
A site chock-full of inspiring lesson plans. Their push is
research into effective leadership and practices that work for kids that focus
on, "Rigor, Relevance, and Results." At the bottom of the home page, click on
the "lesson plans" link for activities that are directly related to a subject
area and cross-curricular ideas. Also from the home page, a click on "products
and services" gives a sidebar with subject and grade specific topics.
http://www.mcrel.org/
This excellent example of a datamash, called Earth Album.
This album combines Flickr and Google Earth to allow you to see photographs from
all over the world.
http://www.earthalbum.com/
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