Lesson Plans, Search
Engines, Information,
Curriculum Centers
K-12 Projects, Libraries/Museums, For
Kids, Schools
While you can find lesson plans at a variety of Web sites, including some listed in other categories, the following locations have a particularly strong lesson plan collection.
Search engines scour the Web based on content words or phases that you specify. Each of the choices below has unique search area strengths, so it is good to try several.
Information indexes use topic menus and submenus to narrow searches until you find resources of potential interest. Yahoo is by far the most comprehensive and well known information index, but there are other options such as Kids Web, which is tailored for students.
General, The
Arts, Language Arts and Literature,
Mathematics, Science,
Social Studies, K-12
Collections, Commercial
Collections.
There are many curriculum centers maintained online by various organizations including professional associates, foundations, governments agencies, colleges, and universities (see the next two sections for centers maintained by K-12 schools and commercials companies). Some of the collections of general educational resources, but others are specialized by content area or teaching level.
The curriculum centers listed below are grouped by general content area
emphases - note that several sites combine math and science resources - or may contain
links to Web site of value to a broad range of K-12 teachers. Those listed under
"general curriculum" include resources
in several content area, and are usually divided by subjects
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Growing number of K-12 educators are sharing their collections of links to Web resources, many of which are maintained as "labor of love" for the common professional good. The following are noteworthy examples.
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Many companies that provide goods and services to schools now offer links to curriculum resources-their own and others-at their Web locations.
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The Web allows teachers and students to visit libraries, museums, and exhibits throughout the world and do research electronically.
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The following site was developed specifically for children, and offer a variety of educational resources, as well as recreational materials including interactive stories, games, and puzzles.
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A valuable way to see how K-12 teachers are using online resources for assignments, projects, teaching units, and even courses, is to visit school Web sites. The following indexes will link directly to schools on the Web throughout the United States and abroad.
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