Lesson plans, some webcams, images, and information
http://www.exploratorium.edu/digit/index.html
Science and Art; two webcams
http://myhero.com/home.asp
A good news, positive site where viewers identify their heros
K-12 links
Busy Teachers Website K-12
Gifted
and Talented (TAG) Resources Home Page
Lots of info, links, and resources for TAG (and everyone)
Brain and Behavior: Index of Topics
LOTS of links to articles about the brain - LOTS
Incorporating
the World Wide Web in the Science Classroom
Explanation and links for the Science teacher
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/highschool1.htp?sectionid=5185
Links to school projects inviting participation
http://www.thinkquest.org/
An annual international kid contest with $1,000,000
in prizes. A teacher contest, too.
http://www.pbs.org/
The parent PBS site; check out the TeacherSource link.
High quality.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
PBS:NOVA site. LOTS of links to previous programs/sites
as well as current projects.
http://www.gt.kth.se/publishing/news.html
Newspapers around the world. Links to newspapers in 90 countries. Think of this as an indicator of either level of technology or freedom of speech.
http://www.ed.gov/free/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: good stuff from the government
http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/bodzin.html
Site with links to interactive science projects over the web.
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
A master site with LOTS of education links.
http://discoveryschool.com/schoolhome.html
The Discovery Channel site. Variety of good info and links
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Amazing site where you can type in a message and have it translated into another lanugage. Give this a try!
http://www.yucky.com/
A fun, kid oriented site, especially middle school kids.
http://nsn.bbn.com/
National School Network site: school and community networking
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Award winning site: The Annenberg/CPB Math and Science
project on Migration of animals. Students can get involved and gather/report
data. Can be a slow load.
http://mathforum.org/
The Math Forum site. An Award winning educational
site. Includes the Dr. Math link (see below).
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html
The Ask Dr. Math site: good for K-12 and beyond, including
assistance for teachers.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/
The Smithsonian Magazine site. High quality.
http://www.teelfamily.com/education/A homeschool page from that other big state - Alaska. Filtered for kids.
Kids Domain
Sample of a kid site - more fun than educational
ChannelOne.com : One Step Ahead
Channel One on-line
Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
Artwork, artists, museums
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Latter Day Saints site - confirm usefulness for non-Anglo students first
Teacher Talk Home Page
It helps to talk - lots of topics
Teacher Talk Forum: References for Kids
Sample topic from Teacher Talk link
Teacher Talk Forum: Teacher References and Support
More resources from Teacher Talk
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Their home page and links
The Schwab Foundation for Learning
Information, support and hope for parents and educators helping kids with learning differences
OPEN Clearinghouse
Oregon Public Education Network
Oregon Schools on the Web
Not all the connected schools in Oregon, but most of them
Great Sites!
American Library Association list of 700+ sites
Checkpoints for Progress in Reading & Writing for Families - Table of Contents
Good documents for parent conferences on reading and writing
The Council for Exceptional Children
Issues relating to exceptional children - site is kept current
Education
Week on the Web
Check the headlines concerning current education issues
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
LOTS of FREE resources
Study Skills Program
A commercial source of study skills ideas, materials, workshops
Yamada
ESL Web Guide
Good list of resources and links for ESL teachers
and students
Oregon Facts for School Reports
Where kids can go for information about Oregon - elementary level
Confederation
of Oregon School Administrators
The place to get the official administration stand
on issues.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
The OMSI site. Well done.
Oregon
State Library Home Page
Good links to an under used resource
The Eugene, Oregon Scale Model Solar System
Good solar links and graphics
PBS Online
Great site. Check the drop-down menu about 2/3 the way down the page. A LONG list of other PBS sites and topics.
In Search of the Oregon Trail | Teachers Guide | Activities
Good information, including performance tasks
www.ospa.k12.or.us/Schools.htm
Another list of Oregon schools with webpages
Teach Oregon Home Page
This is the on-line application for the school districts listed in the above link. The application program only works on a Windows machine.
Salem-Keizer School District
The local home page
Panoramic Maps Collection
Great old panoramic maps. Interesting perspective.
The Graphic Organizer page
Info and links about visual notetaking, mind maps, etc
Teachers' Guide for the Professional Cartoonists' Index
Large set of links to political cartoons and ideas for using them. Copy and paste.
Daryl
Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index!
Same as above but organized by topic
More Teaching and Technology
Lots of links to teaching and technology resources
Mark
Kistler's Imagination Station
Resources for teaching kids (and fun loving adults)
simple drawing techniques
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Fry's Readability Graph
Cool tool for having students guage their WRITING level.
National School Network
Site for building/joining the national network of educators and school.
Blue Web'n Education Links
A TOP site for highest quality links. This alone will keep you busy
Learning Resources
Past CNN news stories set up for classroom use
Puzzlemaker
This is a fun site. Make puzzles. Better yet, have the kids make the puzzles using the math, vocabulary, spelling lists, whatever. This is a substitute's must-have page.
Purdue
Online Writing Lab
A place for writing help - and links to other's like
it as well as writing help resources. HIgh quality
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Just so you don't think Oregon is the only one, check this system out.
Reading Online - Web Watch: Focus on Young Adult Literature
Where to find recommended young adult literature titles and information.
Reading Online - Electronic Books
The coming text - this is worth looking at carefully.
The Global Schoolhouse
"Linking Kids, Teachers, and Parents Around the World"
ThinkQuest, ThinkQuest Junior, Tomorrow's Teachers - design education Web sites
International contest for kids. Looks like fun.
NOVA
Online | Ice Mummies
A sample of the high quality NOVA resources