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Teachers
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 SuperKids
has
created a collection
of easy-to-use, free educational resources, for home
and school. |
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 Academic Vocabulary provides educators
with with a common list of vocabulary for each grade in each subject
area in the state of Tennessee. This site also provides
innovative methods for teaching and helping students learn the
vocabulary. |
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Gamequarium
has activities for science, reading, and math for
grades PK - 6. Don't miss this site! |
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Teacher Tools categorizes Internet resources to
help educators quickly find clipart, sounds for PowerPoint
presentations, certificates, subject areas, reference, downloads, and
more. |
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Animated Clip Art from Discover Education's Clip Art
Gallery
is a great resource for
teachers and students. |
Denver Zoo
- great site for kids with
information on plants, animals and conservation.
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Convert anything
at
Online Conversions
or download the free
Measurement Converter. |
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Women of Our
Times
is a collection of portraits of women of the twentieth
century from the Smithsonian. |
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Whole Brain Teaching |
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Reading and the Brain Hosted by
Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading,
Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working
to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others
don't. Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a
child's brain is wired from birth. |
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Color Theory is
a fascinating site that will aid in the creation or design of
visual documents by giving an understanding of color. |
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Worksheets4teachers has an awesome
collection of worksheets for use on a large variety of topics.
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Graphic organizers
offers a wide variety of printable graphic organizers. |
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Technology |
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Voki
is a free service that allows you to
create
personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile,
and in email messages. |
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Collection of Flash Games |
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A wealth of
School
Clipart can be found online. For a listing of
more clipart resources check out
Clipart for Teachers. |
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Word
Board Games is a neat site
with directions on how to download and print dozens of original board games. |
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Teaching
Resources |
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SMILE ( Science and Mathematics
Initiative for Learning Enhancement) Index provides
single concept lesson plans in biology, chemistry, physics, and
mathematics for elementary to high school teachers. |
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K-12 math and science
teacher resources
ENC provides the resources and support for math and science
educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital
subjects. |
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eThemes Resources Listed by Titles
is collection of teacher-created resources offering one a
wide varieties of web-oriented lessons. You can search by title or
by grade level. |
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4Teachers.org works to help you
integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online
tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create
ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars.
There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional
development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL,
technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students. |
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These terrific teacher tools are
available at
Teach Net.
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Polar
Bear Tests are designed for
learners to practice spelling, language arts, math, social studies,
and science skills online. |
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Great collection of
Virtual Field Trips. |
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Collection of free
graphics for teachers, includes
backgrounds, animations, and clipart. |
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Holidays |
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The History of Veteran's Day |
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Veterans Day Printables and Activities |
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The First Thanksgiving
from Scholastic offers
information about the Voyage of the Mayflower, The Daily Life, and
the Thanksgiving Feast as well as lesson plans and activities.
Teaching
about Thanksgiving includes study and discussion questions as well
as a moving essay by Chuck Larsen. Online
fun can be found at
Thanksgiving
Games.
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Thanksgiving Printable and Activities |
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There is something for every age at
ABCteach
Thanksgiving
Theme Unit. Explore the story starters, crossword
puzzles, poetry, bookhttp://fun.familyeducation.com/veterans-day/holidays-and-celebrations/32951.html?relinks patterns, and bulletin board ideas.
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A collection of
Thanksgiving sites and activities. |
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Teach-nology
provides
worksheet
generators which allow you to make worksheets by filling out a
simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be printed
directly from your computer. The site also provides a wealth of
Thanksgiving
links for teachers.
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Archaeology and History of the Native People of Tennessee
is a fascinating site based on research by University of Tennessee
archaeologist and the McClung Museum. |
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Native American Resources for Kids and Teachers
is a large collection of sites for all ages including
information on native Americans, teacher resources, graphics, and
webquests. |
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A brief video on the
History of Thanksgiving by the History Channel. |
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A Thanksgiving Webquest |
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Native American PowerPoint Presentations
(Note:
Save presentations if this is an option.) |
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Glossary of Indian Names, the
Teacher's Guide to Native Americans, and
Native
American Clipart are just a few of the
resources provided at
Native Americans. |
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Content
Areas |
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 HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Xpeditions
from National Geographic provides social studies teachers lesson
plans, activities, and maps for K-12. Other resources include
links, homework helper, educator newsletter, and kids news.
Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources
The American Presidency! Learn about
the men who have led our country, |
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SCIENCE
 Prehistoric
Timeline
from National Geography has an
illustrated interactive timeline. This is a wonderful site and
it is great for ELL students. Want to test your knowledge of
dinosaurs? Take the quiz at
Brainteasers.
 Dr.
Arbor Talks About Trees
is
great site for students of all ages. The site includes
information on how trees works, all the state trees, online
laboratory, and suggested activities.
 Why Do
Leaves Change Color in the Fall?
ScienceNetLinks is
a library of
reviewed websites and lessons for K-12 science educators. Topics
include: technology, our environment, human organisms, and
society to mention just a few. Another gateway to
experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology
through on and offline interactivity is
Try
Science.
Neuroscience for Kids was created for all
students and teachers who want to explore the nervous system. Find
dozens of classroom experiments and word search puzzles.
Science News is provided by the
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and features Natural History
news in the media. Explore a collection of articles and sites
on the
Diversity of Life.
Create a DNA Fingerprint.
But what
exactly is a DNA fingerprint? Well, it certainly
isn't an inky impression of a DNA strand. Compared to unimaginably
small DNA, a fingerprint is HUGE. So what is it that we're looking
at, and how is one of these fingerprints made?
DNA Workshop
is another
great site from PBS that has activities, explains DNA replication
and protein synthesis, and provides background information on many
of the scientists in the field.
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Environment Education. These are two great
sites for recycling! The
Lorax's Save the
Trees Games and
Dump Town Game. |
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Recycle City
from the EPA allows students play
games, read interactive books, and learn about recycling. |
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Additional games and activities can be found at
Trash to Treasure. |
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MATH |
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Math Playground
has activities, games,
word problems, worksheets, puzzles, and math videos for elementary
and middle school students. There are Build Your Own
Worksheets and Ready Made Worksheets.
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Writing and Spelling
Numbers
from 0 to 10,000 in game format from Fun Brain. |
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We All Use Math Everyday
is a
partnership between Texas Instruments, CBS, and the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics provides classroom activities based on
the mathematics used in the hit TV school
"NUMB3RS."
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Illuminations
is NCTM's vision
for school mathematics featuring activities, lesson plans and web
links for math educators K-12
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Cool Math 4
Kids is an exciting place with many types of math
activities from addition to algebra. |
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Calculator Lessons from Texas
Instruments. Also visit the
Activity Exchange
from TI that has many activities for use in the classroom. |
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SuperKids Maths
Worksheet Creartor Have you
ever wondered where to find math drill worksheets? Make your own
here at SuperKids for free! Simply select the type of problem, the
maximum and minimum numbers to be used in the problems, then click
on the button! A worksheet will be created to your specifications,
ready to be printed for use. |
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Extra Practice
Do your
students need practice with multiplying and dividing using decimals
and fractions? For extra practice visit
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ART
Eyes on Art
offers activities designed to help
students learn and apply visual arts vocabulary and understand how
artistic elements and design techniques function in paintings.
The
Art Teacher Connection supplies art tutorials and
resources
for teachers and children. Explore technology integrated art lessons.
Art
Wow! is
the place for artists, art, drawing, painting, web graphics,
crafts, painters, art lessons, drawing lessons, painting lessons,
glossary, dictionary, watercolors, pencils, graphite, chalk, charcoal,
free, illustration, Photoshop, still life and landscapes.
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NGA Kid Visit the National Gallery of ART interactive page |
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LANGUAGE ARTS |
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Every Day Edits
Click
on the month below for Every-Day Edit activities most appropriate
for that month. If you run out of daily activities during any month,
click the Xtra Edits link. |
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The
English Tutor presents resources
for high school students and teachers of English.
Additional language and literature resources for high school can be
found at
Secondary
English Resources. |
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Ideas and activities from
The Smartie Zone for
elementary classes |
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KinderKorner |
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Kinder by Kim |
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ReadWriteThink offers a
collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning
in the K-12 classroom. |
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A wonderful way to increase vocabulary is
through
A Word Game A Day by Merriam-Webster. |
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Succeed to Read offers
tips and techniques that parents and teachers can use to teach
children how to read.
For a different way to learn phonics, using a familiar game, try
Musical Chair Phonics! Phonics
worksheets are available for download at
School Express.
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HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
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Lesson Plans and activities for Physical Education
What are trans
fats? Read
more at Trans fats,
FAQ, and
Hidden Trans Fats Revealed.
Physically fit children appear to do better in the
classroom. |
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ESL |
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Lanternfish
contains
printable teaching resources for language arts, TESOL, TEFL and ESL.
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ESL games |
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Prehistoric
Timeline
from National Geography has an
illustrated interactive timeline. This is a wonderful site and
it is great for ELL students. Want to test your knowledge of
dinosaurs? Take the quiz at
Brainteasers. |
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ESL BEARS
This
site was designed to meet the particular needs of first-year recent
immigrant students. The majority of links and activities are
appropriate for students whose English ability ranges from
entry-level to intermediate. This is a multimedia learning site. |
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Primary Teachers |
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KinderKorner |
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Kinder by Kim |
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BookHive is a guide to children's literature where you can find
a book, hear a story, or "bee" an author. |
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Are you a lover of Dr. Seuss? A visit to
Seussville
is must! Visit the Playground for games, print and play
activities, story starters, and more. |
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Counting Money is a
great site to practice counting money. |
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Interactive games, puzzles and songs to
help you eat right can be found at
Nutrition. |
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Activities |
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Games Just for Kindergartners
by Wacona Elementary School is a great collection of activities! |
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Interactive websites list a collection of resources which
address the areas of language arts, reading, math, science, and social
studies. |
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Online Animal Alphabet
Book from Yellowstone
National Part |
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