Awesome Websites for Teachers:

Lessons, Resources and Activities For all Subjects

Essential Question:

What are the coolest places on the net to find great lesson plans and activities so our students can enjoy learning at Cannon Junior High School?

Your Task:

  1. Browse through the list of cool sites and pick several to view.
  2. Search through those sites to find at least one awesome lesson plan, activity, or teaching strategy that you can incorporate in your classroom over the next few months.
  3. As you find materials you think may be useful, do one of the following:
  4. Print it.
  5. Save a file to your server folder.
  6. Or check it off on your list to view again later.
  7. Remember the list is broken into categories to make your search a bit easier, but you will find a variety of cross-curricular ideas in all of the lists.
  8. Have fun!

Multiple Subjects

NY Times-

PBS Teacher Source-

Educator’s Reference Desk-

Teach-nology-

Lesson Plans Page-

The Academy Curriculum Exchange-

ED Helper-

Brain Pop- (Username: cannonjhs, Password: cardinals)

Awesome Library-

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence-

A to Z Teacher Stuff-

Blue Web ’N-

Enchanted Learning-

Lesson Planet-

Language Arts

Bibliomania-

Book Hive-

We Read-

The Write Site-

Word Central-

Dr. Grammar-

NCTE-

Biography Maker-

Graphic Organizers-

Math

Teacher Tech-

Score Math Lessons-

NCTM Illuminations-

Math Lesson Plans-

Project Interactive-

Math Words-

Visual Fractions-

Purple Math-

MCA Online-

Texas Instruments-

Science

Smithsonian-

American Museum of Natural History-

Try Science-

Kinetic City-

PBS Nature-

First Science-

Sci-ber Text-

Mad Scientist Network-

NASA-

Science NetLinks-

Middle School Science-

Science Lessons-

ELL

Activities for ELL Students-

Online Writing Lab-

Interesting Things-

Internet Picture Dictionary-

Listening Lab-

Everything ESL-

Boggle’s World-

Social Studies

Maps and Globes-

National Geographic for Kids-

National Geographic-

The Greatest Places-

The History Channel-

NCSS-

Social Studies for Kids-

Physical Education/Health

Kidnetic-

FDA for Kids-

Kids Health-

PE Central-

PE Plans-

PE Digest-

NASPE-

Technology

Webquests-

Webquests-

Kids Domain-

Computer Lab-

Software Plans-

Microsoft Lesson Plans-

Integrated technology Lesson Plans-

Technology Plans-

NETS-

Arts

Fine Arts Online-

Art Masterpiece-

Smithsonian American Art Museum-

Anchorage Museum of History and Art-

Guggemheim-

The Metropolitan Museum of Art-

The Louvre-

Classical Music Archives-

NY Philharmonic Kidzone-

Essentials of Music-

The Music Room-

Instrument Encyclopedia-

Fraction Pie Rhythms-

Don’t forget… Karen has been posting a “Lesson Plan Ideas” publication with additional websites in the Cannon Conference on Interact. To find these easily, click on the “Subject” tab at the top on the message list to sort them alphabetically, and then scroll to the middle of the list for “Lesson Plan Ideas.”

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