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Need ideas for engaging students following TCAP test?  Don't miss Connie Campbell's  classroom activities designed to motivate students as the school year wraps up at Teaching After TCAP.

Science Daily - Your source for the latest in news for all field of science and what is in the headlines!

Understand Test Scores:  A Primer for Parents is a wonderful tool for those confused by the jargon of standardized testing.

PC Show and Tell offers over 40,000 animated, voiced tutorials, on more than 100 of your favorite software applications, awesome!  Try the trial subscription.

Make your own PowerPoint games by downloading one of the many templates at Parade of Games in PowerPoint.

KinderKare Resource Website for teachers and others interested in early childhood education, Pre-K through 2nd Grade.

In planning for the upcoming school year and looking for a source for educational supplies, toys, etc.  visit Connie's Educational for a variety classroom needs.

Math and science have never been more important to the future of our children and our nation. ENC provides the resources and support for math and science educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital subjects.  Visit ENC for great teacher resources 

Rona's Ultimate Teacher Tools provides preparations, reference, search, and interactive tools for educators.

Best WebQuests evaluates webquests and only selects approximatley 15% of sites to be included in the collection which may be searched by title, subject, grade, or date.

Urban Impact Project focuses on improving the preparation of preservice teachers for culturally diverse urban contexts and ensuring beginning teachers' success and long-term employment in high need schools across Tennessee.

If you are a K-2 teacher and haven't visited Primary Games you are in for a treat!  Check out the Curriculum Guide to find the right game or activity to meet your classroom or child's needs.  The guide is broken up into four areas:  Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies.

Abiator's Active Classroom is an educational resource for teachers and students.  Designed by a teacher in New Zealand, it is chocked full of interactive activities for reading, math, and social studies.

A wealth of resources for educators awaits at Ed Helper.  There teachers can access thousands of lesson plans, worksheets, and view the latest educational headline.

ReviseWise contains English, math and science activities, test and worksheets for ages 4-11.

 KidSites  The site is a collection of  great sites for K – 3, including educational activities, coloring pages, comics, crafts, sports, story books, and more

Primary teachers will love Jazzle.  Choose a letter and hear a song about it, plus download a coloring sheet and students can color while they sing along.

Daily Lesson Plan is a wonderful resource of lesson plans for Grades 6 - 12 in just about every subject, from American History through Technology.

1001 Uses for a Digital Camera offers ideas and lesson plans incorporating digital camera.  Lesson are categorized by subject area.

ALPS - Harvard's Teacher Lab includes model lesson plans and activities; curriculum design tools; online educational publications; interactive forums, workshops and conferences; and teacher journals reflecting on practice.

Activities for celebrating Cinco de Mayo may be found at:
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Math

Excite and motivate students at Math, It All Adds Up, by demonstrating the relevance of mathematics in the world today.

Tennessee Sports Math Project  The project was designed to provide sports-related activities for mathematics teachers in the sixth through ninth grade classrooms. The  goal is to stimulate "at-risk" students who might be willing to do activities related to their interests.

Number Time, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), uses interactive animation to help children in grades pre through 2 practice number basics. The site contains online games for children, printable work sheets, and songs as well as information for parents and teachers.

A Creative Encounter of the Numerical Kind can help middle grades math students better understand the base ten number system by creating an imaginary civilization develop a base four number system.

Mrs. M’s Math Mania  is an great site that involves the use of the Internet and math skills.

Are your students still struggling with fractions?  Visit AAA math for a progression of instruction and practice using fractions

At Math Fact Card Cafe' you can challenge your students with online interactive flash cards on several math functions or create your own!

Count Us In is an interactive site for primary children which includes math games and activities designed to help them understand basic number concepts.

Highly interactive math activities for students and teachers are found at Explore Math.

Math Competition for students Are you looking for ways to challenge and motivate your students?  Visit the is Education World site for ideas on different competitions. 

Looking for good math activities for student practice visit this bbc site for children ages 7 - 11.  For students 11- 16 visit maths for skill explanation, practice and assessment activities.
Find a variety of Graphing Paper in PDF format online.
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Science

Science Daily - Your source for the latest in news for all field of science and what is in the headlines!

Teaching plate tectonics?  Visit Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker, by PBS.

Science Kingdom Clip Art has free biology clip for all grade levels.

Science Graphic Galley from Access Excellence provides a wide variety of graphics that will be usefull to teachers of  multiple grades

Lawrence Hall of Science offers both online and offline activities for students in the areas of math and science and showcases student work.

The Bones - A Virtual lab is a terrific siteproduced by a collaboration with the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and the University of Texas. Students compare bones and skull for a very interesting experience!

The eSkeleton Project  is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy. eSkeletons enables you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates ranging from the gorilla to the tiny mouse lemur. All of the large apes are represented as well as other species from different parts of the world. Many of these primates are rare or endangered species.

Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble was designed to allow students to participate in an international inquiry to discover which factor (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on boiling point.

NASA – Kennedy Space Center allows you to keep up with activities in the space program.

Creative Chemistry is a delightful, bright site that makes chemistry fun.

A Look Inside the Human Body allows students to learn more about bones, muscles, heart and the digestive system. 

Create a customized color image of any planet in our Solar System at NASA's Solar System Simulator.

ELL and Special Education

Inclusive Science and Special Education Needs share a variety of Powerpoint science resources that can be used to encourage student participation and visually illustrate scientific ideas.

Casa Notes is designed to allow teachers to quickly make, and customize, typical notes that are sent home to parents in English or Spanish.

Health Education

Nutrition for Kids publishes materials that take a fun, positive approach to a subject that affects children, poor eating habits, obesity, and inactivity. 
The Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT) is a web based program that allows anyone to analyze the foods they eat for various different nutrients. 

Maintained by the Exploratorium, Sport Science contains information related to the scientific and technological components of sports.

BAM! - (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) Learn about yummy foods that are good for you. Play in the game room and take the BAM challenge quiz. Find out ways to make your body and mind healthier, stronger, and safer

Take 10 - Get kids active 10 minutes at a time.  This site has classroom based physical activities for grades K-5.

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Technology

Web Monkey provides tools and resources to make you net savvy.

2000Shareware.com provides a collection of Shareware software with ratings for Windows 2000.  A variety of categories are available:  Kids, Math, Language,  Science, and Miscellaneous offerings.

Get Tech Teacher  The role of technology has become more important in a teacher's world.  Check out the many resources as they need to help our students become well trained in math and science, including the  GetTech Teacher Lesson Guide that has six teaching modules you can fit into your curriculum.

Real-life educator Wanda Wigglebits designed Building a School Web Site to help even the most hesitant techno-phobe to build a quality school web site with little sweat and tears.

Classrooms that EXCEL Resources   provides guides,  tutorials, applications and lesson plans for using Excel in the classroom.

Computer Strategies is a professional development company that provides customized, focused, and relevant coaching on-site and online for teachers.

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Language Arts

Crayon – Create your own newspaper  

Barking Spiders includes poems written from a child's perspective, stories, tongue twisters, printable mazes, tips for budding authors
 
Basic Steps in the Research Process
provides help for students in the process of creating a research project.
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun is an interactive and educational site was designed to give younger students an opportunity to learn vocabulary in a fun way.
Book Browse provides excerpts from selected current books, reviews, interviews, and more.
Reading Online is an online journal from the International Reading Association that primarily focuses on literary practice and research in K-12 Classrooms.

Learning in Motion – top 10 language arts picks.  Visit this site for new ideas for your lessons.

Romeo and Juliet aids, such as online quizzes, a Jeopardy Game, and an online guide are collected at Romeo and Juliet Resources.
For free printable patterns and coloring pages visit Shape Books. Try the FREE ready-made skill books, poem forms, or make your own worksheets, word wall words, report covers, and more.
Grade Level Reading Lists  was created by elementary school teachers to help parents and educators select appropriate grade level books for children.
Looking for new ways to motivate children to read?  Check out the resources at the Reading Corner.
SRA/McGraw-Hill has more than 60 years of experience in working to help every child learn.  Check out the free student resources.
Reading Level Estimator is a useful tool for parents and teachers alike who need to help children choose appropriate texts. Simply have a child read a sample passage and this web site teaches you how to estimate the student's reading level!
American Literature provides web resources,  and downloadable images.
IPL Author Page from the Internet Public Library has lots of author sites with bios, pictures, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
 Don't just let your students languish over the summer! Give them something worthwhile to do by suggesting appropriate books from Summer Reading Lists Abound on the Web.
The Children’s Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books.
A-Book-A-Week Instruction is a guide to appropriate story books for each week of the school year with coordinating lesson plans and activities. Lessons are in PDF format.

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Social Studies
The Social Studies Online teachers have developed a wealth of resources aligned with the Blueprint for Learning.  Check out the PowerPoint lessons, games, and Word Game Board class activities for grades 2-8.
At Turn of the Century Child browse old photos, dating from around the turn of the century, of children from diverse backgrounds, an excellent resource to use when teaching to the standards involving historical research and inquiry.
Google Maps is a new service that offers a map and a satellite image, unfortunately some rural areas are not accessible through this service.
Social Studies Online teachers have prepared a collection of PowerPoint games aligned with the Blueprint for Learning for elementary students.  These whole class activities are a great way to practice skills.  There is also a collection of game boards and question cards available for small group activities.
History Happens provides music videos about U.S. history and promises to keep even the most skeptic student spellbound!
Hyper-History is an interactive timeline that covers 3,000 years of history.
It's no surprise they won a Webby and a People's Choice Award for Education, National Geographic has a extremely comprehensive site.
A Biography of America uses uses media and telecommunications to advance teaching of the history of America.
Need a little variety in class, try these sites?

Geography games  

History games

Memorial Day  at History. com provides the history of Memorial Day, activities, lesson plans and more.

Best of History Websites Best of History Web Sites features categorized and annotated lists of links to hundreds K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more throughout its pages.

Selected Civil War Photographs provides a historic time line of the American Civil War illustrated by an outstanding collection of 1,118 photographs taken between 1861 and 1865.
Social Studies teachers looking for Civil War information need look no farther than the Index of Civil War Information.

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Specialty Areas
Peak English offers interactive games, dictionaries, reference materials, and other materials to help teachers and students learning English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language. 
A one-stop collection of language translators can be found at Rona's Teacher Tools.
Foreign language teachers will love the Really Useful German Teaching Site where students can participate in interactive lessons and listening exercises.
The Online Guide for Student Drivers is designed for those studying for their drivers license test or researching traffic law and rules of the road. It was created to augment your state's official driving manual, this online guide for new (and licensed) drivers features illustrative animation, sample test questions and  rules of the road every driver needs to know. 
Sports Media is full of lesson plans, tips on coaching each sport, pen pals, ask the expert, practical links and more!
Band Directors will want to check out the collection of resources at the Band Teachers Toolbox.
Classical Music Archives offers 3,000 midi files of classical music.
Internet Art Resources is the site to use for art education.

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