Lesson Plans

Teachers Check Out These Web Sites For New Lesson Plan Ideas

• The NY Times, Learning
  Great lesson plans and resources - one of the best sites for teachers!
• Lesson Plans Page
  Large collection of 200 lesson plans in math, science, social studies, music, art, language arts, and PE. Includes a lesson plan submission form.
• Brochure Lesson Plans For The K-12 Classroom
  Desktop publishing using brochure design to enhance learning in the K-12 classroom.
• Business Card Lesson Plans For The K-12 Classroom
  Desktop publishing, business card design as a student learning tool.
• Field Trips?
  This Website includes a teachers guide for planning field trips to museums.
• Smithsonian Lesson Plans
  Classroom ready lessons and activities in arts, language arts, science, and social studies
• Geometry Through Art
  What children can learn about art and geometry
• PBS Online
  This site is full or information that students and teachers will find useful!
• Foreign Languages
  Online foreign languages
• National Council Of English Teachers
  This web site has a section on "Practical Teaching Ideas"
• Vocabulary University
  Participate in vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery.
• Internet Public Library
  A product of the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, is is an important site for educators. It includes extensive directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, and reference materials; plus an exhibit hall and other special sections.
• The Franklin Institute Of Science
  This museum has a list of Educational Hot Sites. There are approximately 30 topics in the list of Hot Sites that include Interactive Things to Do, Mathematics, and Physical Science. The Interactive Things to Do list includes interactive WWW games, Where's Waldo game, World of Escher and a Live FallsCam at Niagara Falls.
• The Webquest Page
  A practical site for educators on using the Internet in the classroom. This site has an excellent list of WebQuests sorted by subject and grade level. It also provides advice about creating WebQuests. Teachers new to the Internet will learn from the WebQuest about WebQuest, which takes them on a tour of different WebQuests.
• Civics At Work
  This web site includes links to all branches of the US government as well as other political sites. The Government Information Sharing Project which has census and school data is interesting.
• Environmental Education Network
  A clearinghouse for all environmental education information, materials, and ideas on the Internet. The K-12 teacher resource links are extensive and there are quite a few higher ed. links. K-12 links range from Acid Rain Lesson Plans to Whales: A Thematic Web Unit.
• Sierra Clubs Environmental Education
  Links galore as well as news articles and lesson plans
• The Awesome Library
  Has over 14,000 resources available for teachers; lesson plans, projects, and papers are included.