Math

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - This website has a wealth of mathematics lesson plans, research and information, but there is a subscription price.

  www.nctm.org 

 

Dositey com - Math, English software, games, worksheets for grades K-8 - Dositey ...
Free educational programs, games, and printable worksheets in Math and English
for grades K-8.

http://dositey.com

Cool math - An amusement park of math and more!  Coolmath has a ton of cool math games and puzzles, lots of really clear math lessons (Algebra and fractions), fractals, Calculus, Geometry, and more.

http://coolmath.com

A+ Math - Helps students improve their math skills interactively with flashcards and games.
Also provides worksheets and homework help.

http://www.aplusmath.com/

AAA Math - Math topics with interactive practice, explanations and challenge games for each.

http://www.aaamath.com/

Gamequarium: A portal to hundreds of free, online learning games.  Game links for K-6 students arranged in more than 30 categories.

http://www.gamequarium.com/

Kids Bank - Use your mouse and move it over any of our KidsBank.com™ characters! ... C'mon in and learn all about banking at KidsBank.com™!

http://www.kidsbank.com/index_3.asp

Math.com - World of Math Online - Offers free math lessons and homework help, with an emphasis on geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus. Also provides calculators and games.

http://www.math.com/

Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies is a free math help site featuring interactive lessons, puzzles and worksheets. We have provided free homework help since 1999! There are more than 400 pages of activities for students, educators and parents.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives is a digital library containing Java applets and activities for K-12 mathematics.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Illuminations - Illuminations is a partnership between the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and MarcoPolo.  There are many lessons and resources for teachers.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Shodor -To advance science and math education through the use of computational science, modeling and technology.

http://www.shodor.org/

Math dictionary for kids - Every explaination kids want to know in math.

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Game Goo

Educational games to help develop early reading skills.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/config.html

 

 

Brain Pop

Variety of free and paid activities.

http://brainpop.com/

Science

The Center for Chemistry Education - Looking for inexpensive and free tools as well as other great resources or teaching Physical Science & Chemistry? Here's a great resource! Hosted by Miami University in Middletown, this site is also Ohio's state proficiency outcomes(secondary proficiency outcomes are under construction as of 2/02) as well as national science standards

http://www.terrificscience.org/

 

K-12 Outreach Page – This is a good source of lesson plans for Earth Science; it includes proficiency outcomes for various grade levels. It has been developed by Wright State's Department of Geology and is designed to help teachers prepare their lessons as well as helping Ohio students prepare for proficiency exams. It also lists activities that relater to State 7 National Standards.

http://www.wright.edu/geology/k12/K-12.html

 

The Learning Web – This is a great resource for learning about plants and animals, land, water, and maps. You'll find out how biology, geology and hydrology can help understand ways our world is changing. There are some great teacher resources that you will be able to download. Provided by the USGS

http://www.usgs.gov/education

 

The Thinking Fountain –Do you need ideas for science experiments for your middle schoolers? Check out this site for step-by-step experiments and other resources.

http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/thinkingfountain.html

Ask an Expert! - A great list of sites to ask Science experts questions organized by subject area.

http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm

 

SAMI (Science and Math Initiatives) -- SAMI is a clearing house of resources, funding, and curriculum materials for math and science teachers. There are links to ideas for the math and science curriculum as well as lesson plans, projects and video resources. (SAMI is no longer a distinct page, the science resources are directly listed on the main learner.org page.)

http://www.learner.org/

 

Science Learning Network – List of links to web sites by scientific research topics. Most lined sites include interactive pages and/or experiments www.sln.org/resources/index.html

 

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse – The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) is funded through a contract with the U. S. Department of Education to provide K-12 teachers with a central source of information on mathematics and science curriculum materials. There are full-text articles on the topics of math and science reform, as well as links to online projects for science.

http://www.enc.org/

 

NASA Quest –This resource offers web sites of schools that are studying about Space topics. Resources include a listserv to subscribe to, a photo gallery, a chat room, and a teacher's lounge with curriculum materials and ways for teachers to connect with one another. [http://questdb.arc.nasa.gov/content_search_space.htm]

National Science Foundation.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

 

Amusement Park Physics -- Gr. 7-12 – How do the laws of physics influence the designs of amusement park rides? Find out in this interactive exhibit. You can design your own roller coaster and see if it passes the safety inspection. You'll also see how Newton's laws affect bumper car collisions.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics

 

Chem4Kids -- Gr. 6-Up – This interactive and engaging website introduces chemistry to students. The site covers matter, elements, atoms, math and reactions using graphs animations and even pop quizzes.

http://www.chem4kids.com

Cincinnati Zoo -- Gr. K-6 – Explore the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens from your computer. At this site you can learn about plants, animals and conservation. There are even special areas just for kids and educators.

http://www.cincyzoo.org/

 

NOVA -- Gr. 7-12 – PBS presents this online version of their award winning television series. Topics span a wide variety of content areas in science and social studies. Many areas are interactive and include multimedia components.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

 

PhysLINK: The Ultimate Physics Resource -- Gr. 9-12 –

This site has several reference, societies, and publications sections, as well as links to history, news, and fun sites about physics. You can subscribe to PhysLINK's Quotations mailing list for a weekly quote by e-mail. http://www.physlink.com/

 

Fear of Physics -- Gr. 9-12 – Afraid of physics? The subject can be daunting for even the most accomplished students! The authors of this site have worked to make physics more understandable and even (gasp) fun. A variety of popular physics topics are addressed with interactive activities and video clips.

http://www.fearofphysics.com

Teacher's domain - Multimedia resourses for the classroom and professional development.  This website provides video clips in the areas of engineering, life science, physical science and civil rights for grades K- 12.

http://www.teachersdomain.org/tdhome.html

How Stuff Works -explains hundreds of subjects, from car engines to lock-picking to ESP, using clear language and tons of illustrations.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Biology in Motion - Original and entertaining biology animations and
interactive activities, available for free on the Web.

http://www.biologyinmotion.com/

Exploratorium "Snacks" Science Netlinks - These pages are full of Snacks...but they're not the kind you eat. They're the kind you can learn from and have fun with. Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature versions of some of the most popular exhibits at the Exploratorium.

http://exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html

Science Netlinks - Has internet-based learning activities for the classroom, tools that engage activities and suggestions for using in the classroom and reviewed websites to support teaching.

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

The Physics Classroom is an online interactive tutorial of basic physics concepts. The lessons use an easy-to-understand language to present common physics concepts.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope
The Molecular Expressions website features hundreds of photomicrographs (photographs through the microscope) that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy. We are going where no microscope has gone before by offering one of the Web's largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope (commonly referred to as "photo-micro-graphs").

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/

Game Goo

Educational games to help develop early reading skills.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/config.html

Reading/Language Arts

International Reading Association - The International Reading Association is the world's leading organization of literacy professionals. There are professional development resources to teach the world to read.

http://www.reading.org/

 

The Lexile Framework for Reading – this website will allow you to type in any book for it's Lexile reading level.

http://www.lexile.com/EntrancePageFlash.html

 

Ohio Reading Road Trip –This website was developed by Dayton's public television.   This site has lessons, activities and information on most of Ohio's writers.

 http://www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org/

 

OWL at Purdue - Online writing Lab - Practice Exercises Index - writing exercised that can be done online and a place to check answers.  More exercises will be added as we develop them.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/index.html

Easybib.com   - When helping my son with his junior year research project (with the required 20 resources) he was having a problem with the bibliography.   I found this cool FREE website that will automatically format the bibliography in MLA format, but you can choose to put it in APA style.   It is a must for any research project.   (I used it this summer for papers I wrote for UD too.)   After everything is formatted, you can print it out, copy it or send it to an e-mail address.  

http://www.easybib.com

 

Writing Fix - Interactive Writing Prompts - Lessons for better writing skills found on our interactive pages. WritingFix was designed by writers, teachers, and students...to spark the imaginations of writers, teachers and students...of all ages.

http://www.writingfix.com/

The Children's Literature Web Guide   - This is a great web site for students to use to find their favorite authors on the web.   It also has great information about new children's literature and resources for teachers in order to use that literature.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/ ~ dkbrown/index.html

 

TeacherSource -PBS - provides nearly 3000 free lesson plans and activities for
educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Blue Web'n Content Categories – This website, provided by Pacific Bell Education First, links to exceptional educational websites they have rated. The websites are categorized by subject area and type.

www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

ATN - Book Lists (Suggested Reading)

There are over 1000 lists of books from specific genre, age, themes, and read alikes.

http://nancykeane.com/rl/#Genres

BookSpot.com

Reading Lists, by grade level, genre, by theme, If you liked... you will like

http://bookspot.com/readinglists/

 

Starfall

Provides activites fro primary reading.

http://www.starfall.com/

 

Game Goo

Educational games to help develop early reading skills.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/config.html

 

Funbrain

Various games for different subject matter.

http://www.funbrain.com/

 

Brain Pop

Variety of free and paid activities.

http://brainpop.com/

 

 

 

Social Studies

National Portrait Gallery: Hall of Presidents - This is a great student tool on the presidents.   It has a picture of each president and a short description of all of the presidents.

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/

 

The Library of Congress - The Library of Congress presents information about and materials from its collections over the Internet.   Its online informational services include the following: schedules of exhibits and events, a menu or services provided, a substantial digital library of various text and media, an online catalog system, information on Congress and the government, as well as related links to WWW sites.

http://www.loc.gov/

 

The White house – This site offers the latest white house news, information about the president, vice-president and first lady.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

 
High School Social Studies
General, History, Geography, Interactive, PowerPoint Presentations .

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/socst-hs.html

Quiz-Tree.com, the place where you will find free quizzes on many subjects, including Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable.

http://www.quiz-tree.com/

Teacher's domain - Multimedia resourses for the classroom and professional development.  This website provides video clips in the areas of engineering, life science, physical science and civil rights for grades K- 12.

http://www.teachersdomain.org/tdhome.html

Game Goo

Educational games to help develop early reading skills.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/config.html

 

Brain Pop

Variety of free and paid activities.

http://brainpop.com/

  

Underground Railroad

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

 

Virtual Plimoth Plantation

http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html

 

Martin Luther King Birth Home Virtual Tour

 http://www.nps.gov/malu/BirthHomeTour/

 

Mount Vernon Virtual Mansion Tour

http://www.mountvernon.org/virtual/index.cfm/ss/29/

 

Holiday Customs Webquest

http://jjones.fenixgate.com/Holiday%20Webquest/index.htm

 

 

Teacher Tools

Ohio Resource Center – Resources include lesson plans and units rated as best or promising practices. Other recourses include support for classroom instruction, including data sets, tutorials, and applets.   Professional resources include support for teacher learning, including research, policy, and standards. Assessment recourses give specific assessment items or tasks correlated to Ohio and national standards.

http://www.ohiorc.org/

Learning Express (INFOhio)

http://www.infohio.org/

The Viking Treasure Chest of Technology Resources - This website has a multitude of activities to address most of the indicators with Ohio's Academic Content Standards. http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~techresources/

 

T.H.E. Journal Educator's Road Map to the Internet   - is an awesome website.   As you click on to this website, you can choose any educational discipline.   The categories are broken into subject areas.

http://www.thejournal.com/highlights/roadmap/

 

Grade Level Skills Help Pages

These links are grade specific to help students practice on specific concept areas.  The site includes grades Kindergarten to grade 8 in all four content areas.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm

Google Earth

For the download go to:
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
The home page for Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/

Ask and Expert

This site has a plethora of links to useful information.   Some examples include: AskERIC, Grmmer Lady, Ask DrMath, Scientific American, AskOxford, WebHelp, Ask an Expert, and more!

http://www.libraryspot.com/askanexpert.htm

Martindale's * The Reference Desk - This website has postal, world maps, free translations to other languages, science tables, calculators on line (over 15,755 of them), astronomy/space center, bioscience/ biotech center, computers and communications, grants, and TONS more.

http://www.martindalecenter.com/

 

 

Portaportal http://www.potaportal.com/

Other Resources

State Library of Ohio: Offers homework assistance from library informational experts.  Online professional tutors available from 2:00 p.m. to Midnight.   www.homework.org