Equity
Resources
- Midwest
Equity Assistance Center: provides
technical assistance, professional development, and information dissemination
services in race equity, gender equity, and national origin equity
to public school districts and charter schools, in the States of Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
- American
Association of University Women: offers information on programs
that make strides in gender equity and educational excellence.
- Girls
Inc.: is dedicated to develop research-based informal educational
programs that encourage girls to take risks and master physical and
emotional challenges.
- DiversityWeb:
Learn about equity and its relation to learning and teaching.
- EQUITY
online: lots of resources on improving education for girls and
women and supporting equitable outcomes for all students.
- Digital
Divide Network: unequal adoption of technology excludes many from
reaping the fruits of the economy. Gain knowledge here to help everyone
succeed in a digital age.
- ADA
information technology requirements: Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act requires access to electronic and information technology procured
by Federal agencies. The Access Board developed accessibility
standards for the various technologies covered by the law.
- Mentor
Girls: Looking for a guide to technology-related mentoring programs
for girls and women? Find information about being mentored or becoming
a mentor.
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Spanish
Resources
- ¡Españolé!
is an On-line Resource for Students and Teachers of Spanish. Learn
about Hispanic countries, Literature, History, Refranes,
and Art. Teachers can also visit La
página de los profesores to find resources that can be
used for classroom activities.
- Herramientas
de español: includes a grammar book, a variety of exercises,
and correction guidelines. In addition, there is a brief reference
to Spanish accents, gender, plurals, articles, pronouns, and spell
changes in English. ¡Diviértete mientras aprendes!
- Casa
de Joanna: offers thematically organized links for both Spanish
and French, web-based activities, and access to other resources to
enhance your language learning experience. Check it out!
- Ejercicios
de gramática: there are a lot of interactive exercices
to practice verbs, pronouns, prepositions, and the like. The Cultura
section offers different resources if you are interested
in finding more details about the cultures of Spanish speaking countries.
- Comunicativo.net:
¿Buscas actividades para tu clase de español? There
are many different kinds of activities and games divided by level
and content.
- Spanish
Unlimited: offers
online lessons, quizzes, games, and even recipes.
- Lecturas
paso a paso: gives you pre-reading exercises, reading comprehension
and follow-up activities for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced
reader of Spanish. ¡Disfruta!
- México
para Niños: ¿Quieres practicar tu español
o aprender aún más? An awesome site full of interactive
activities.
- FLES:
offers a great variety of language activities. Check the Sites for
Students and the E-Pal exchange project. Also, visit the Teacher resources
and take a look at the Student Scrapbook. ¡Diviértete!
- Spanish
Grammar Exercises: offers a lot of interactive exercises to practice
different structures; by Barbara Kuczun Nelson. ¡Aprende y diviértete!
- Más
arriba :
offers many different interactive exercises on Spanish vocabulary
and grammar. It is pedagogically based on visual association.
- Especially
Español: links to curricular sites in Spanish with suggestions
given as to how they can be incorporated into a learning environment.
- Glosario
básico inglés-español para usuarios de Internet:
helps your Spanish-speaking students learn English Internet and technology
terms.
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Funding, and Resource Acquisition
- Inside
International Education & Graduate Programs Service (IEGPS):
you will find information on domestic international education programs,
overseas programs, and graduate programs. These programs and grants
opportunities are designed to strengthen the capability and performance
of American education in foreign languages and international studies.
- Grants
and Grant Writing: provides you with starting points for exploring
grant possibilities. There is also a section for articles with tips
for grant writing.
- NEH
(The National Endowment for the Humanities): find out what grants
you or your school can apply for.
- Computers
for Learning (CFL): a program that transfers excess Federal computer
equipment to schools and educational nonprofit organizations, giving
special consideration to those with the greatest need.
- EPA:
enhances the process of writing a grant proposal. Learn some of the
forms involved in a grant application. Visit EPA and try their grant
writing tutorial. Check out the mock grant writing activity and their
glossary.
- GrantsNet:
gives you information on how to apply grants; from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
- SchoolGrants
offers you writing suggestions, sample proposals, and many other ideas
that will help you get a grant.
- Polaris
Grants Central: many resources on how to write winning grant proposals.
It also offers on-line help.
- Computers
for Learning: this program places computers in our classrooms
and prepares our children to contribute and compete in the 21st century.
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General
Curriculum
- Smithsonian
Education: features interactive activities and IdeaLabs for students,
teaching tools, lesson plans and a database of websites for teachers.
For the family, this website offers tips on how to make your visit
to the museum a fun and interesting learning experience.
- Crool
Zone?: A WebQuest Series on creating non-violent schools. The
activities in this site not only provide information on safety issues
but also throw you into discussions and problem-solving.
- BJ
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: there are more than 700 links that
can help you with your homework. Check out the Study Tools, Fun &
Games, and Learning Adventures in the For Students section.
- Figure
This!: is the math site for
families. This sites provides you with a lot of interactive problem
solving activities. Take one of the challenges, and let Polygon, Tessellation,
Exponent, Tangent, and Axis help you solve them.
- Pathways
to School improvement: explores ideas on using technology to enhance
literacy instructions, ensuring equity with alternative assessments,
establishing collaboratives and partnerships, evaluating professional
growth and development, and rethinking strategies to help students
succeed.
- KIDS.NET.AU:
a search engine just for kids. Choose among categories such as Arts,
People and Society, School Time, Games, and many more.
- Kids'
Vid: an instructional web site that gives teachers and students
the tools necessary to implement video production in the classroom.
You can have your video class projects displayed on this site, too.
Get your movie ready to premier!
- Quiz
Master: gives you the opportunity to create web-based quiz games
on the topics of your choice. You can either write your own quiz or
use the ones already there.
- Maggie's
Earth Adventures: see materials produced and designed to provide
children with the knowledge and motivation to make informed decisions
to protect the future of our planet. Check out the on-line activities
and the printable lessons. Also in Spanish.
- EduHound:
a great directory of resources for educators, students, and parents.
Browse through all the categories and find really useful resources.
- Homework
Help: need to know how many hours manatees spend eating, what
is the name of a small creature key to life in Antarctica, or what
kind of a monster Tsunami is?; from National Geographic.
- EDSITEment:
struggling to find new ideas to teach art and culture, literature
and language arts, foreign languages, history and social studies?
Choose among the different subject categories, grade levels and lesson
plans.
- BBC
Schools Online: provides a great variety of very interesting,
useful and entertaining resources by grade level or discipline. For
teachers, students and parents.
- Kid
Info: offers
students help with their homework in different subject areas.
- Lesson
bank: you can request your favorite lesson plan and activities;
from teachers.net.
- PT3:
offers a comprehensive list of resources on technology and how to
use it more effectively; by the U.S Department of Education.
- Learning
Page: Teachers, Parents, Homeschoolers ... this is a place for
lesson plans, worksheets, & activities.
- Getting
Students Connected: this site offers elementary students and parents
recommendations for Web browsing.
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Area Resources
- The
Media Awareness Network: is one of the world’s most comprehensive
collections of media education and Internet literacy resources.
The Parents section offers tips for talking to kids about the media,
and advice on managing media use in the home. The Educators section
includes teaching units and supporting materials. The Media Issues
section examines topics such as stereotyping, privacy, and marketing
to children.
- America's
Story: offers you more information about important Americans such
us Harriet Tubman, Thomas Edison, about types of music and unusual
musical instruments, and about the events that happened when you were
born. Jump back in time and enjoy!
- Cyberchase:introduces
you to the Cybersquad characters. You will find Math challenges in
the form of games or puzzles related to specific episodes. Teachers
can use the lessons plans created for selected episodes to get students
interested in Math, and parents can use the Family Activity Guide.
- Environmental
Inquiry (EI): where you will find a number of resources that can
help you develop your environmental science research. If you are a
teacher, EI gives you ideas and other resources to use its curricula
in the classroom.
- A
Brush with Wildlife: talks about balance, contrast, movement,
and proportion in composing a work of art . You can create your own
work of art and submit it to the Critique Gallery for review. Teachers
can find suggestions as to how to use this lesson in conjunction with
Language Arts, Math, and Social Science.
- ScienceWorld:
makes difficult concepts and ideas easier to understand by using illustrative
examples. There are five major content categories: Astronomy, Biography,
Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, under which you will find a great
variety of resources to consult.
- 3d&i:
offers you the opportunity to put your artistic awareness, technical
mastery, and critical skills into practice by discovering how art
and design become part of our daily lives. The three main sections:
Discover, Design, and Discuss provide interesting activities for you
to do. Check out the galleries, too.
- Nellie's
English Projects: explores different ways to learn English through
other subjects. Take a look at the Task List, where you will find
a variety of tasks ranging from Youth in Advertising to Sonny's Blues.
- Best
of History Web Sites: provides access to many history-oriented
resources in a wide range of categories. Check out the special section
called Teaching
With Technology that contains different articles about integrating
computers in the classroom.
- Humanities-Interactive:
offers a great variety of resources to learn about history, literature,
and art. Each exhibit contains an interactive game and many other
useful learning activities.
- Bridge:
is the ocean sciences teacher resource center. Find out the answers
to questions like these: What is an estuarine environment? What do
coastal storms bring? What is an olive ridley?, and learn other interesting
facts about marine life and related topics of ocean exploration.
- American
History: offers information on topics like The Revolution and
Nation Building, The Civil War and The Reconstruction, America Today
and many more. It also provides you with links to different resources
including timelines, maps, and historical documents.
- math.com:
practice fractions, decimals, square roots, and take the timed addition,
subtraction, multiplaction, and division problems for basic math practice.
Check out also Tablas
matemáticas, the Spanish section.
- Reconstructors:
an interactive problem-based learning adventure. Solve each of the
consecutive episodes and learn to make better and more informed health
choices.
- Aunty
Math: presents math challenges to help learners become better
problem solvers. Check the "Estimatating Jar" challenge
where students have opportunities to employ all five process standards.
- PRISM
Polar Explorer: find all things related to polar exploration.
Keep tabs on current experiments in the polar regions. Follow the
adventures of the Bears on Ice.
- www.actionbioscience.org:
offers up-to-date
information on topics and developments related to biodiversity, genomics,
biotechnology, and bioscience research as well as articles, lessons,
and resources for classroom use.
- FFFBI
Headquarters: This site draws students into conducting entertaining
investigations with backdrops of contemporary culture. Take
a look at Rainforest Undercover.
Enjoy the activities!
- Webtime
Stories: a gathering of childrens' stories for you to enjoy. Whether
your interest is picture books, science fiction, fairy tales or just
plain fun, Webtime Stories has something for you.
- Memory:
offers useful information on how our memory works and how remembering
and forgetting are possible.
- Cool
Math Sites:
many useful
activities for algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics and probability,
and many more.
- Global
Connections: Putting World Events in Context, produced by WGBH,
is a new web site designed to provide the background information needed
to understand events occurring in the Middle East. This sites also
includes materials and resources from public broadcasting.
- Color
Theory: teaches you how to mix colors and put them in the right
way to create great art work. Check out Carmine's
Introduction to Color and the Slider
Puzzles.
- NCTM
Illuminations: gives you the opportunity to put the NCTM's Principles
and Standards for School Mathematics into classroom practice. Check
out the i-Math and Math-lets. You'll find lots of activities and resources.
- African
Voices: offers you useful information on how America's own history
is linked to Africa, and how Africa's history and peoples have influenced
global culture and thought.
- King's
List of On-line Math Activities: offers
lots of interactive activities related to factors, multiples, primes,
triangular numbers and more.
- Living
Things: learn about the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals
and about systems for their classification.
- America's
Story from America's Library. There are great stories for you
to enjoy. Check out the different sections and learn lots of facts.
- Leveraging
Learning: gives you great hands-on activities for grades 5-8 science.
It also offers teacher guides and assessments.
- Consumer
Jungle: offers interactive consumer activities and tips for everyone:
teachers, parents and students.
- Favorite
Poem Project: share views with other poetry enthusiasts and even
submit your favorite poem.
- ExploreMath:
offers highly interactive math activities to practice linear equations,
quadratics, exponentials and complex numbers.
- Colonial
America: gives you the opportunity to learn more about colonists.
This site contains lessons, activities, assessment tools, and related
links.
- Inclusion
of Science Education for Students with Disabilities: promotes
the teaching of science, the development of curricula and instructional
materials for students with any manners of disability in the learning
process.
- Saint
Patrick's Day in the Classroom: Celebrate St. Patrick's day with
a great variety of fun activities to do in the classroom. Choose among
creative writing, science, math, and research activities.
- Jefferson
Lab:
provides activities, including games and puzzles, which focus on math
and science.
- Amazing
Space: know
more about the Solar System, other galaxies and stars, and space exploration.
- MATHLETICS:
offers interesting
activities to learn mathematics through sports.
- Ancient
Greek track: offers
interesting facts about the Olympic Games and Ancient Greece.
- Kid
Info: offers
students help with their homework in different subject areas.
- History/Social
Studies for K-12 Teachers: a comprehensive database on many different
topics.
- NASA
Qwhiz by the NASA Johnson Space Center. Great K-12 activities
ranging from integers to problem solving. There are also many science
activities. Check the Kid
Made and Teacher
Made sections and test your knowledge.
- MBGnet:
provides you with information on Biomes of the World, Freshwater
Ecosystems and Marine Ecosystems.
- Cool
Science for Curious Kids: offers you five informative natural
science projects to help kids learn to identify, classify and observe
things. Great for K-3.
- NASA
CONNECT: a series of FREE integrated mathematics, science, and
technology instructional distance learning programs for students in
grades 6-8.
- Thomas Hart Benton's
Arts
of Life in America: a look into the life in America in the
1930s through large wall murals. It also provides you with interesting
activities to practice color and composition.
- MathMol
K-12 Activity Page: gives you many ideas on geometric and molecular
structures to use in your K-12 classes.
- Weather:
lots of information and related resources on what forces affect our
weather conditions.
- A+
Math: helps you improve your math skills interactively and in
a fun way through games, flashcards and puzzles.
- Chem4Kids:
lots of information and activities on matter, atoms, reactions, elements
and the like.
- Elementary
Art Lessons: a bevy of lessons and activities!
- Brooklyn
Bridge Activities: project based learning example involving the
Brooklyn Bridge
- Am.
Alliance for Health, Phys Ed, Recreation, & Dance: organization
of professionals supporting and assisting those involved in physical
education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and education
and all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle.
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Professional
Development for Teachers
- Linda's
Teacher Training: guides you through the steps to develop your
own web page, provides you with sample pages so that you can see some
ideas put into practice, gives you tips on how to develop a storyboard
for your site, and offers a list of resources that can give you more
information on how to use web pages for instruction.
- Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators: offers a categorized list of Web
sites that are useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
Each of the categories under Subject Access includes a list of resources
from which you can get ideas for your classes. The Teacher Helpers
section offers interesting and useful information about Web page evaluation
and rubrics.
- Classroom
Connect: offers K-12 standards-based classroom learning materials
in math, language arts, science, and social studies to help educators
use the Internet effectively in their daily classroom instruction.
- CyberSmart!:
explores ways to successfully integrate technology into the core curricula
by encouraging an effective use of the Internet as a safe learning
resource. The CyberSmart! curriculum is non-sequential and can be
easily integrated and correlated with the National Educational Technology
Standards. The lessons include both online and offline activities.
- Kidspired
Tales:
gives you ideas
to develop new literacies into your content area instruction and helps
to develop positive attitudes toward technology uses.
- Best
Practices of Technology Integration: explores other ways to integrate
visual learning and thinking skills, see resources other teachers
have created, and check out the showcased lessons for educators. If
you like them, you can download the files and use them in your classroom.
- webTeacher:
if you need to know about web basics, multimedia, homepage construction,
and more, this is your site. If you need step-by-step advice and guidance,
visit techs4schools.
- Web
English Teacher: offers new ideas and resources related to critical
thinking, poetry, reading, speech, writing, and the like, to teach
your English class.
- Teaching
Tips: offers
ideas on how to make your teaching more effective. Tips on teaching
techniques, assessment, organization, and many more teaching-learning
related topics.
- Teacher
Focus: gives teachers a place to put their ideas to be discussed
and answered by other educators.
- PT3:
offers a comprehensive list of resources on technology and how to
use it more effectively; by the U.S Department of Education.
- AskERIC:
a 1100 lesson plan collection, written by teachers from all over the
United States (with searchable database).
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Parenting
& Community
- Ethics
in Computing: if you are interested in finding out more about
different aspects of technology and computers related to our daily
lives, this site offers lots of information and resources about topics
such as computer security, reliability and many other similar topics.
- TV411
Online: offers innovative, television-based teaching materials
to make literacy relevant. It also gives you strategies for managing
your family's health and finances. By The Adult Literacy Media Alliance
(ALMA).
- Disney's
Family.com: offers different activities and new ideas to improve
your parenting skills. Don't forget to check out Raising
Kids and Life
With Kids.
- SafeKids:
lots of information on issues related to child safety and the Internet.
- Helping
Children Cope: Teacher Resources for Talking about Tragedy: offers
information and resources to help children cope with the events of
September 11th. It includes a list of related web links.
- Pool
Safety: an Australian campaign to promote child accident
prevention awareness to both parents and children.
- Brief
articles for parents: in plain language these six briefs state
what researchers and practitioners have learned about various ways
parents can help their children do well in school.
- Single
Parenting in the Summer: an article with practical tips to assist
parents during summer.
- Adults
and Children Together Against Violence: because violence is a
learned behavior, violence prevention can also be taught -- parents,
teachers, and other caregivers are in the best position to teach nonviolence
by modeling it in their own behavior.
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