Web-Based Resources for Teachers

WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

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Friday, February 18, 2011

K-12 LESSON PLAN SITES

Finding lesson plans on the Internet is extremely easy to do. The key is sorting through the thousands available and finding the ones that are suitable to your classroom, curriculum and students. There are three types of lesson plans that are available on the net.

Basic Lesson Plans

These are lesson plans that are written for teachers. They are intended for teachers to use with their students. They do not depend on a live Internet connection to do the lesson. They are a great way to generate ideas for your next

lesson.

Interactive Lesson Plans

These are lesson plans that are written for teachers to use with their students. Each lesson includes the information to do a lesson and the links to further the

lesson using additional Internet sites.

SAMPLE LESSON PLAN SITES

Index of Math Lesson Plans (K-12)

Great Resource for maps, diagrams, craft projects, etc.

Index of sites for teaching Grammar

Great Index of 16000 math and science sites (K-12) with

emphasis on the secondary classroom)

Writing lessons Across the Curriculum

Collection of Language Arts Lessons

Index of lesson plans (K-12) in most subject areas

Best Collection of History Lesson Plans

Index of lesson plans (K-12) in most subject areas

Index of lesson plans (K-12) Go to Lesson Plans by Subject (Lower Left)

Index of lesson plans (K-12) in Social Studies

Index of lesson plans (K-12)

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: Lesson plans / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level

plus and minus 1

EXAMPLE:lesson plans pearl harbor grades 10-12

(This search will give you 45,600 sites)

lesson plans lady bugs grades 1-3

(This search will give you 56,200 sites)

K-12 WEBQUESTS

These are lesson plans that are written for teachers to use with their students. Each is an activity-oriented lesson in which some or all of the information that the

students use comes from links to sites on the Internet.

Sample Language Arts Webquest (Grades 2-3)

Dealing with Linkrot

A common problem with WebQuests is linkrot. This occurs because many people don't update their WebQuests regularly. Most WebQuests are developed in college courses and professional development workshops, then forgotten. If you find a good WebQuest

with broken links, create your own resources page.

SAMPLE WEBQUEST SITES

Sample Math Webquest (7-12)

Sample Science Webquest (Grade 1)

Sample Science Webquest (Grade 5)

Sample Family and Consumer Science Webquest (Grade 8)

Sample Social Studies Webquest (Grades 8-11)

Sample Social Studies Webquest (Grades k-2)

Collection of webquests

Collection of webquests (Great K-12 Webquests but watch for LINKROT)

WEBQUEST GENERATOR

Simple Webquest Generator

Elaborate Webquest Generator

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: Webquests / A Specific Unit You Teach / Your grade level

plus and minus 1

EXAMPLE:Webquests solar system grades 10-12

(This search will give you 8,310 sites)

RUBRIC IDEAS SITES

Helpful tool for building rubrics

Variety of sample rubrics

Collection of Rubrics (Primary – High School)

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP SITES

Virtual field trips offer many of the same opportunities for inquiry as

Webquests.

Trips to farms

Lincoln’s home Springfield, IL (Circa 1850)

Washington’s home Mt. Vernon, VA (Circa 1750)

Victorian Home Tour

London home during the Blitz (Circa 1939)

Jamestown, Virginia

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Outstanding Science Grades 9-12

Virtual Dissections - Go to “Dissection Labs”

Collection of Virtual Field Trips

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: virtual field trips/ A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus and minus 1

(Example Virtual field trips Civil War k-12)

SCAVENGER HUNT SITES

There are two types of Scavenger Hunts

Treasure Hunt

This type of scavenger hunt is designed for students with computer & Internet skills. The creator develops a series of questions or requests using key words and students use a search engine to locate sites that have the answers.

(I find these to be the least useful for elementary students).

Guided Tours

This type of scavenger hunt uses several Internet sites that have been researched by the creator.The creator finds web sites related to the chosen topic and creates

a list of questions and the URLs where students can find the answers.

Abraham Lincoln Scavenger Hunt

SAMPLE SCAVENGER HUNT SITES

Collection of Scavenger Hunts (Some dead links)

How to create an on-line scavenger hunt

Collection of History Scavenger Hunts

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: scavenger hunts / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus and minus 1

POWERPOINT SITES

A game on PowerPoint

Grammar Powerpoints

History Powerpoints (Grades 8-12 and AP)

Agriculture and Industrial Arts Powerpoints

Powerpoint Templates, tutorial, etc.

Jeopardy/Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Templates

A great tutorial for creating/editing a powerpoint

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: ppt/ A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus and minus 1

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER SITES

Math graphic organizers (K-12)

Graphic Organizers

Overview of Graphic Organizers and Supporting Research

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: graphic organizer / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus and minus 1

PUZZLE MAKER/ GAME MAKER SITES

Math Worksheets (Addition – Geometry)

Great variety of printables

Certificates, bookmarks and other printable stuff

Bingo card maker

Great variety of printables, puzzle & game maker sites

LEARNING CENTERS

MAP SOURCES

(Maps and geography graphics to be labeled with answer keys)

(Over 600 printable maps)

COLORING BOOKS SITES

Coloring books offer many opportunities for younger students.

Collection of Art related sites

CERTIFICATE MAKER SITES

Great site for custom certificates

Better site for custom certificates

E-mail certificates

SMART BOARD LINKS

Collection of Smart Board Lesson Ideas

Collection of Smart Board Lessons

IMAGES

Google Search for Images

Search for photos that other people have taken

(Click on “Images”)

VIDEO SOURCES NEW!! TO DOWNLOAD VIDEOS GO TO keepvid.com

Collection of teacher created videos

Collection of Science Videos

Collection of student created videos

Collection of videos (Some are appropriate for classroom use)

Videos of hands-on math

Collection of videos and TV shows (Some are appropriate for classroom use)

Small Collection of Videos on Early American History

Collection of short (5 minute) videos

Small Collection of Science Videos

WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH

Go to

In the “Search Box” type: Subject Videos

Example:

PE Videos (This search will give you 933,000 sites)

BULLETIN BOARD SITES

- board

Bulletin board ideas

Secondary Bulletin Boards (with interactive worksheets)

Index of Bulletin Board Collections

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

Glossary of Instructional Strategies for Brain-Based Learning

Instructional Strategies for How People Learn

Instructional Strategies for Engaging Learners