The Library of Links
.
LETSNet:
Learning Exchange for Teachers and Students Through Internet
- This site, maintained by Michigan State University College of Education,
is dedicated to helping K - 12 teachers experience the value of the World
Wide Web in the classroom by providing examples of how real teachers are
using the web in everyday activities. Organized around teachers' stories
of their successes and struggles with incorporating the Internet, this
site includes lesson plans curriculum standards, pointers to email discussion
lists, and links to other Internet materials. In the Big Ten Ideas section,
there are virtual field trips, visualizations of architecture and molecular
behavior, and a kid's corner with a virtual bug colleciton. Another section
contains lessons organized under seven subject headings. A sample science
lesson, Worm Bin, lets students in grades 3 or 4 use the Internet to collaborate
with another school to learn about the decomposition of waste and the life
cycles of worms. A math lesson that could be adapted for any grade incorporates
statistical research and a plan for action with collecting trash on Earth
Day.
MCI
Worldcom Marcopolo: Internet Content for the Classroom, Teacher Training
Kit - MarcoPolo is an Internet-based learning initiative
sponsored by MCI and partnered with the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS), the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Council on Economic Education and the National Geographic Society. The
professional development training program introduced at this site is designed
to help teachers integrate the Internet into their curriculum. The workshop
materials are designed for educators who already know how to use a computer.
All materials can be downloaded and include a leader's guide with directions
for implementing the program, presentation notes, a PowerPoint presentation,
and reproducible handouts. Additional resources include five Internet sites
for science, mathematics, geography, humanities, and economics. One of
them, Science Netlinks, provides science teachers with resources such as
links to national standards organizations and standards based lesson plans.
The Illuminations site for mathematics is under construction, but will
provide extended examples to help teachers apply the updated NCTM standards.
Other sites include Xpeditions for K-12 geography; Edsitement for teachers
of literature, history, social studies, foreign language, and art history;
and Econedlink for adding economic insight to the social studies, mathematics,
geography, business, language arts, and science curricula.
Science
NetLinks - Presented by the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Science NetLinks provides a wealth of standards-based
on-line science resources and activities for teachers, parents and librarians.
This site is adding resources for all grade bands on a weekly basis.
Xpeditions
- Developed by the National Geographic Society, Xpeditions brings rich
geography content to teachers and students. Through Xpeditions, students
can experience geographical, cultural and historical material that stimulates
their thinking about the borders and inhabitants of the world in which
they live. This site includes materials for K-12 teachers, students and
families. Xpeditions includes: Atlas site, featuring nearly 1,800 colorful,
accurate maps of regions all over the world; Xpedition Hall, a virtual
hands-on museum; Standards-based teacher and family activities; Educator's
feedback survey.
Illuminations
- The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the first organization
to establish standards for a content area, has launched an updated set
of standards for 2000 and beyond. The Illuminations site is designed to
illuminate those standards with online guidance and resources while using
high quality internet content for the classroom.
MiddleWeb
- Maintained by the Focused Reporting Project, this award-winning
web site provides resources for schools, districts, educators, parents,
and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all middle
grade students. In addition to a wealth of reform-oriented materials,
the site offers hundreds of articles and links about curriculum, teaching
strategies, teacher professional development, parent involvement, and classroom
assessment. Other features include daily teaching diaries from two
middle school teachers and the online editions of the Changing Schools
newspapers, which report on the efforts of the Long Beach, California and
the Louisville, Kentucky school systems to implement standards-based reform.
Teacher2Teacher
- K-12 teachers can visit this site to find answers to questions
about teaching mathematics, and parents can find ways their children are
learning mathematics. This site is divided into two sections: help finding
ideas and a forum for asking questions. A panel of teaching professionals,
the Presidential Awardees for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching, is available
to answer questions. Topics range form classroom teaching techniques to
finding good Internet resources for professional development. Visitors
to the site can conduct searches by grade levels or by topic. There are
topic references for learning multiplication tables, teaching elapsed time,
and questions on Advanced Placement Calculus. Some replies to questions
include suggestions for using technology with advanced middle schoolers,
information about mathematics in the workplace, and factoring trinomials.
In addition, the site contains links to many other sites related to the
teaching and learning of mathematics.
Mid-Continent
Public Library - The Home Page for Mid-Continent Public Library.
Library
of Congress - search or browse
American
Memory: Historical Collections - Browse digitized collections
consisting of primary source and archival materials relating to American
culture and history.
Country
Studies/Area Handbook Program - Search the full text of handbooks
on ninety-one countries.
THOMAS:
Legislative Information - The full text of bills and resolutions
under consideration in the current and past Congresses.
Science
Tracer Bullets (SCTB) Online - A series of bibliographic
guides designed to help persons locate published materials on a particular
subject in the field of science and technology about which they have only
a general knowledge.
Presidential
Libraries - Links to every presidential library since
Herbert Hoover's presidency.
Teacher Supplies and
Resources
ARTSEDGE
The Louvre
American
Studies, Black History, and Literature
National Council
of Teachers of English
Project Gutenberg
ResearchPaper.com
The Virtual Reference
Desk
Columbia Education
Center
Global Schoolhouse
Pitsco's
Ask an Expert!
Reference Desk
Schoolhouse
Search
Argos
Small Planet
Communications
Study Web
Super Snooper
U.S. Dept. of Education
Vose
School Educational Resources
ENC Online
Internet
Resources for Math Educators
Math
Central
Math
Links
Mathematical
Resources
Fitness
World
Physical
Education Standards
NASA
Teaching from Space
Science Learning
Network
Science
Links
Scientific
American Ask the Experts
The
Science Club
The
Science Page
A
Teacher's Guide to Folklife
ERIC
- Social Studies
Making of
America
The
History Ring
CyberTeens
Headbone Zone
Kidscom
Parent's
Guide to the Internet
TeenSites.com
Back to Index page