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AAA - WEBHOUND'S HOME - http://www.maricopa.edu/webhound/index.html
THIS IS THE SITE YOU NEED IF YOU ARE DOING TRAINING, OR ARE JUST NEW ON THE WEB!  Have no fear, the webhound is here to show you how to use different types of web search tools. You will be able to identify key elements of a topic search, decide the most appropriate approach, and then... do it!

ABC TEACH  - http://www.abcteach.com/
Fortunately, there are 5,000 free printable samples of mazes, puzzles, research cards, coloring pages--This is a great site for teachers of young children with many ideas for classroom use. For creating books, there are shapes that can be printed, copied, and cut out for shape books where students can write a story. Printable research cards are available for students to use when they are Learning basic research skills. Memberships are $25 a year

BIO CLASSROOM - http://www.biography.com/classroom/
Great resources for educators, lesson plans and study guides from the Arts and Entertainment Channel. Check it out -- the calendar http://www.aetv.com/class/classcal/root.cgi for viewing has links to lessons.

ALL EXPERTS - http://www.allexperts.com/
From About.com, Ask the Experts allows people to list themselves with a description of their expertise and then gives you the option of submitting a question to a specific expert. There are experts on everything from classroom management and education law to technology integration and physical education. This is worth a try if you're looking for practical, real-world expertise.

AOL@SCHOOL  - http://kids.aol.com/KOL/1/HomeworkHelp
AOLSchool is now found in several sections. The above link is homework help. Check out the junior version at http://kids.aol.com/homework-help/junior.

ARE YOU SURE THAT ALL YOUR IS HOMEWORK COMPLETE? - http://www.geocities.com/mrsscienceteacher/Homework_is_done/links.html
A page of links to games and comics that kids could use interactively when “Their homework is finished.”

ASK A LINGUIST - http://linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/
Sponsored by the Linguist List, these dedicated experts offer this servic to answer questions about linguistics and language to anyone who asks. There are links on languages, etymologies and grammar and there is also a link to past questions and answers. The question submission form makes it easy to use.
 

ASK AN EXPERT - http://www.askanexpert.com
Ask an expert about a topic at Pitsco's website.  Just pick a category.

ASK AN EXPERT PAGE - http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html
A great site to find an expert in any field, including: science, medicine, technology and computers, history, economics and others.  Most interesting is "Just Out of Curiosity".  Be sure to bookmark this site!! There are also links to other Ask An Expert pages.

ASK ERIC- EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE DESK - http://www.eduref.org/
This new site includes the 2000 lesson plans, 3000 value-added pointers to education information & organizations, and 200 question archives you have been accessing at askeric.org for over 10 years. Access the ERIC database at the Educator's Reference Desk. 

ASK FOR KIDS - http://www.askkids.com/
Kids write a question and Jeeves will find an answer that will link to student appropriate websites.

BEGINNING TEACHERS' TOOL BOX - http://www.inspiringteachers.com/
Time saving tips, survival kit for new teachers, message boards, ask a mentor and archives for prior pages, this site is updated weekly.

BIBLIOCAT WEBPAGE NEWSLETTER - http://www. bibliocat.org
Sign up for this wonderful newsletter.  You get a weekly newsletter from Sheryl, (or the link to it) with great new sites.  You will love it.
BLUE WEB'N  - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Web-based tutorials, activities and projects, Lesson plans, Hotlists, Resources and Reference tools for the Arts, English, Health and P.E., history and Social Science, Math, Science, Technology and others.  Find the content table   JOIN THE LISTSERV!
<>COOLTEXT.COM - http://cooltext.com
Cooltext.com is an online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work.  Simply choose what kind of image you would like to create.  Then fill out a form and you'll have your own image created on the fly.  ABSOLUTELY FREE! 

DISCOVERY CHANNEL - http://school.discovery.com
Lessons and matching Discovery Channel programming.  Links to The Learning Channel as well.

DITTO.COM - http://ditto.com
The premier way to search for pictures.  If there is a picture on the web, Ditto will find it. Just enter a term and search for pictures of it like Pokemon, James Bond, etc.  Or by topic like Holidays, Animals, Sports, etc.

EARTH AND MOON VIEWER - http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. Images can be generated based on a full-colour image of the Earth by day and night, a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth, or a color composite which shows clouds, land and sea temperatures, and ice.

EARTHKAM - http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/
ISS EarthKam is a NASA education program which enables students, teachers, and the public to learn about Earth from the perspective of space. There is a spectacular collection of digital images of Earth with learning guides and activities to support classes in Earth science, space science, geography, social studies, mathematics, communications, and art.

EDUSCAPES:  A SITE FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNERS - http://eduscapes.com
Collaborative learning/distance learning?  Each week they explore a different topic in 42eXplore.  There is an index for past topics and activities for the first timers. Internet sources are included.  Check this out and explore!

5/6 CONNECTION WEBSITES - http://kiwiyert.tripod.com/connection/
A great website collection submitted by the members of the 5/6 Connection which is one of the best teachers' mailing lists on the WWW, with approx. 400 members worldwide. It's specifically for teachers of Grades 5 and 6. Interested in joining? There’s a place to click on to join.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR TRAVELERS - http://www.travlang.com/languages/
Not only does this site allow students to select a language and translate phrases, they also hear the language being spoken, join a chat room using that language, and they can even examine exchange rates with U.S. currency. LOTS OF POP UP WINDOWS.

GOOGLE IMAGES SEARCH - http://images.google.com/
Just type in what you want to find image-wise and up will come great sites.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL - http://www.historychannel.com

THE IDEA BOX - http://www.theideabox.com
Early childhood education and activity resources are found in the Idea Box which gives parents and teachers a free database of thousands of crafts, activities, games, songs, kids recipes and holiday ideas. With the "Idea of the Day", Seasonal Ideas and Craft Recipes, you and your children will never be bored again!

INTERNET COACH PUZZLEMAKER - http://puzzles.apte.com/
This is an activity site for teachers and kids and includes puzzlemaking.  The Internet Coach is a tutorial which walks you through downloads, emails, plug-ins and more.

THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE - http://imdb.com/
A free, easy to search database of just about everything you will ever want to know about plots, actors, you name it on every TV series or movie ever made.

KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy Schrock is now on Discovery Channel.  Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the Internet which are useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites.

KIDSCLICK - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
A web search for Kids by librarians, includes topics like Weird & Mysterious, the Arts, Math and Science and Literature.

KID'S HUB - http://kidshub.org
2,000 free games at Kids Hub for elementary and middle school students. It features free online interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.

KIDSNET - http://www.kidsnet.org.
A national resource for children's television and radio.  You can search the Kidsnet Media Guide by grade level, title, special needs, rating, curriculum area or program description to find programs and support materials from preschool to high school.  Only program that reflect the Kidsnet philosophy and meet educational criteria are included.  They even have off-air taping rights for each network

KINDERCORNER - http://www.kinderkorner.com/
A resource site for the K-2 teacher!!
LAURA CANDLER'S FILE CABINET - http://www.lcandler.web.aplus.net/
In the file drawers, you will find all sorts of activity sheets and blackline masters created for the classroom. All of them are in PDF format, so you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to view and print the files.  You can sign up for a free membership to her newsletter. Also a blog.

THE LEARNING CHANNEL - http://tlc.discovery.com/
On line lessons, broadcast information and fun things to do. Also Discovery Channel.

LESSON BANK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Elementary
From magnets to paper plate fun and 100s of sites in between, there is a lot of stuff for you here!   From TeachersNet.

LESSON PLANS 4 TEACHERS. COM - http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/lessonfeature.htm
The place where teachers find their lessons.  YOU CAN SEARCH FOR MICROSOFT TUTORIALS HERE TOO.

LINKS TO LEARN - http://www.mikids.com/
An interesting listing of K-5 links and links by subject.  Also calendars, games. blogs.

MARC'S LESSON PLAN PAGE - http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/lessons.html
Regularly updated page of original lessons and links to other lesson archives online; add this to your growing arsenal of lesson plan resources.  Original plans are for K-4

MIDDLESCHOOLTEACHER.NET - http://www.middleschoolteacher.net/
The site is set up like a place for surfing and contains links to professional development beaches, teacher timesaver beaches, school improvement beaches and integrating technology beaches. The "Free Tutorials Beaches" is, I believe, the best portal to free tutorials for teachers anywhere on the net. Get your board and surf--

MIDDLEWEB - http://middleweb.com/
World Wide Web site exploring the challenges of middle school reform, and  brimming with resources for educators and parents!

MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD - http://www.pbs.org/rogers/
Won't you be his neighbor?  You can still visit Mr. Rogers' House, his Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and take a tour or check out the Song List.

NICKELODEON ONLINE - http://www.nick.com/
For a cool site with fun games and great animation, look to Nickelodeon Online. Whap the digital piñata, help CatDog grab the tacos, and browse the Nicktionary, filled with words made up by kids. THEY ASK FOR A SIGN IN - IGNORE IT.

PBS TEACHER SOURCE - http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
A growing inventory of more than 1,300 free lesson plans, teacher guides and online student activities. This expanded PBS Teacher Source offers a profusion of new content and features, including easier access to curriculum, and professional development and community resources provided by PBS stations across the country. The first Web site to correlate each of its classroom activities to national and state curriculum standards.

PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL PRESS - http://www.educationalpress.org/
Forms, study sheets, puzzles, flashcards, game boards at no cost.  No plug-ins to install, no software to buy.  Check it out.

PUZZLE CENTER - http://puzzles.apte.com/
Designed specifically for educators, the Puzzle Center allows teachers to create interactive puzzles, include hyperlinks for researching answers, build their own customized puzzle libraries, and print out puzzles too. You need Shockwave and Flash plug-ins to run this.

RESOURCES FOR 5th GRADE TEACHERS - http://www.lcandler.web.aplus.net/
This is Laura Candler's site.  Included are worksheets and activities in several areas.  Check the file cabinet, the reference section, the Book Shelf, etc.  Lots of ideas.  You can even sign up for a monthly update (listserv).

ROGER EBERT'S MOVIE REVIEWS - http://suntimes.com/ebert
Search the Ebert archives.  Fifteen years of Roger's reviews.  So, if you want to show a movie, find out more about it here.

RONA'S TEACHER TOOLS - http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/toolfeature.htm
This simple tools will help you create printable awards for your students: choose a border, subject and enter specific details. MAKE A GRAPH is a good tool.

ROOM 108 PUZZLES - http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Puzzle/puzzles108.html
Page full of fun games like Rush Hour, tic tac toe.

RUBRICS4TEACHERS.COM - http://www.rubrics4teachers.com
Everything you ever wanted to know about Rubrics in one location. Choose from hundreds of ready-made rubrics for dozens of subject areas, or create your own using a rubric template or software.

SAVINGTEACHERSMONEY.COM - http://www.savings4teachers.com/
Saving teachers both time and money, this redesigned site will have many more savings opportunities specifically designed for teachers. Check it out.  You need to sign up for free of course.
SCHOOL NOTES - http://schoolnotes.com/
Set up your own classroom page where you can post announcements or homework assignments without having to know HTML; you register for a free account and then you're ready to begin posting for your colleagues/parents/students /community - check out the new 'flashcards' link.  You need to register. Know the address of your school!  Check mine at http://schoolnotes.com/90604/mrsotto.html

SITES FOR TEACHERS - http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
THE Net’s best resources for teachers, this site has many links to lessons, worksheets, what have you.  SMALL PRINT BUT check it out.
SMITHSONIAN LESSON PLANS - http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
This is the Smithsonian site for teachers.  Great classroom ready lessons and activities for arts, language arts, science and social studies. Great searches.

THE SPORTING NEWS - http://www.sportingnews.com/
The Sporting News is different because, in addition to all of the scores, schedules and statistics you could want, they feature more than thirty columnists providing in-depth analysis and commentary. A great weekly sports magazine which also has a cool TV screen flashing up-to-the-minute scores. Since TCN covers nearly 700 pro and college teams, you can even customize the site to feature your favorite teams.

SUPERTHINKERS  - http://www.superpages.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/
FUN! Original interactive mysteries designed to foster literacy and problem-solving. A featured game, The Peetnik Mysteries, is a challenging mystery game where students use common tools, like maps, phones, and phone directories to follow up on hunches and solve the mystery. The mysteries are not something that can be done quickly and might be easier in pairs or very small groups. The mysteries are totally Flash-driven.

TAMMY'S TIDBITS - http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/educ.html
This page was designed for teachers, students, and parents as a shortcut to finding some of the best educational sites on the internet.  Please allow the page to fully load before checking out all of the fantastic links!

THE TEACHERS' CORNER - http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/backtoschool/index.htm
This site contains a wide range of lesson plans and activities, organized by subject area, for primary and middle school students. 

TEACHER CREATED MATERIALS - http://www.teachercreated.com/
Free lessons and activities, products, activity cards from Teacher Created Materials. Free stuff - http://www.teachercreated.com/free/

TEACHER FILES - AN EDUCATOR'S RESOURCE - http://www.teacherfiles.com/
The pages are full of resources, ideas, activities, lesson plans and educational clip art for teachers.   Educators are encouraged to use this site and contribute to it as well.   By sharing our ideas and activities with colleagues, we can work together to develop and expand on effective curriculum.

TEACHER FREEBIES - http://freebies.about.com/od/teacherfreebies/Teacher_Freebies.htm
This is a website with lists of places for teachers to get free resources like an Arbor Day Booklet or Arithmetic worksheets, or Health brochures.  Listed in alphabetical order, this is an easy way to check for free stuff on the web.

TEACHER LESSON PLANS - http://teachervision.com
Another great source for lessons, including links to on-line student quizzes, a lesson planning center, places to sign up for free stuff and newsletters. Check it out.

TEACHERS FIRST - http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.htm
A collection of Internet resources and lesson plans on topics which relate to classroom instruction and teaching issues, selected by staff reviewers; has a content matrix and a color coded grade level indicator system for ease of use

TEACHERS NET -  http://www.teachers.net/lessons/search.html
This is a very interesting site with lesson plans for everyone written by teachers who use them ( a lesson plan exchange).  Search the site for lessons or click on the topic or pre-school, elementary, middle, high or advanced.  Then choose your subject and check them out.  some are wonderful!!
TEACHER SANITY SAVERS - http://www.teachersfirst.com/sanity.shtml
A list of great ideas to save your sanity like how to handle tattlers, or hall passes or conferences.   Great ideas!

TEACHING ONLINE LESSONS LIBRARY  - http://www.teachingonline.org/lessons.html
Some really interesting lessons on this "website for educators", including arts, web projects, technoloby, social studies, language arts. math, science, health and p.e.,  and study skills.

TEACHNET - http://www.teachnet.com/
How -tos, micro activities, resources and links, lesson plans and a daily brainstorm.  Join the Listserv http://www.teachnet.com/t2t/ - A daily listing of new topics or new posts which you access on the web page.

THUNK.COM - http://www.thunk.com/
Thunk.com presents kids with a fun and educational web based activity where they make their own secret messages. Kids also learn about secret codes cryptography and how secret codes are used in real life. Grade Level: Elementary.

TIME FOR KIDS - http://www.timeforkids.com/
TIME MAGAZINE - Entertainment, news, games -- a great site.  Even a research site for homework. Close the subscribe to the magazine pop-up that comes up when you first get to the site.

UNITS4TEACHERS.COM - http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/unitindex.htm
IGNORE THE SIGN IN. CLICK GO TO MENU ON THE UPPER LEFT. Each week units4teachers features a new site or unit that can be used as is, or adapted to fit your specific needs.

VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK - http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
Everything you wanted to know about everything, with a search function.

WHODOYOULOVE - LOVE TRANSLATIONS - http://www.whodoyoulove.com/lovetranslations/
How to translate I love you into most spoken languages.  Just click on map, or continent, or country and you will find it!

WORKSHEETS4TEACHERS.COM - http://www.worksheets4teachers.com
Do you need printable worksheets for your students? Get ready-made worksheets or Create-Your-Own using a variety of easy to use tools and generators. They will soon be adding puzzles and tests. Can you believe, a Barack Obama crossword puzzle.

THE YUCKIEST SITE ON THE INTERNET - http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
The kids often wonder why we burp, hiccup, poop, and vomit? Find out  why the body needs to do this stuff (even if it does gross you  out) and get your science questions answered, learn bug and worm secrets, and explore revolting games, recipes, and crafts so you can help your kids (and you).

* Stuff that has so many links that it only fits here with all the other great stuff!!

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Last Updated April, 2009

GINA OTTO can be reached at ginak12lessons@aol.com

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