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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/
Unfortunately, except for 5,000 free printable samples, you must be a member at $25.00 per year. 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.  Elementary.

A & E CLASSROOM - http://www.AandE.com/class/
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. Under the education heading 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.

ALL THE WEB ALL THE TIME - http://www.alltheweb.com/advanced
A great search engine!

AOL@SCHOOL  -  http://www.aolatschool.com/message
Targeted for teachers that want to integrate the Internet into their classroom; but don't have the time to find ways to do it or for teachers just starting out on the Internet, this is a good website with resources for students, teachers and administrators. Built-in Internet search filters. Some of the sources for lesson plans, for example, are ERIC and SCORE. Teachers are also invited to create a website, or add to their school website with easy to use templates.  divided by primary, middle, secondary, etc.

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.askforkids.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!

BONUS.COM FOR TEACHERS - http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/n_teachers.html
A SuperSite for Kids! The resources are engaging and useful. The authors believe that kids are technologically savvy, demanding and curious and the site strives to give them content that is highly interactive, well-organized, and rewarding of follow-through and inquiry.

CARTOONS BY JOHN BELL - http://members.aol.com/johnbell77/index.html
Need a laugh? Check this site out!

CERTIFICATE CREATOR -http://www.certificatecreator.com
Certificate Creator is the Internets' first site that allows you to customize the generation of certificates for school, business or personal use to be printed out on your own printer! There are currently 38 prebuilt certificates to choose from and customize in 5 different categories. Creating certificates is easy to do, you will create your first certificate in less than 5 minutes.

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.  It provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them. 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! 

CREATE A WORD FIND - http://www.edhelper.com/wordfind.htm
CREATE A WORD FIND - http://www.edhelper.com/wordfind.htm
EdHelper generates a variety of puzzles, but not all are free, so navigating the choices can be confusing.  To make a custom word search, enter your  words, and click  "Create Word Search Now!"  The next page displays dozens of formatting options, but only the first three are free, the balance are for paid subscribers only.  Your selection includes upper case, lower case, or  no backward and diagonal words  (for an easier puzzle.)  Custom crossword puzzles are also free.  You find the link on the horizontal "Also Try" menu. (Reviewed by Barbara J. Feldman)

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!

FAVORITE FIFTH GRADE INTERNET SITES - http://wwwgen.bham.wednet.edu/gen5favr.htm
Includes links to Mayan Folktales, Age of Exploration, history of quilting, cow's eye dissection, the universe, "Lemonade Stand", the abacus and others. This is fifth grade in Washington.  May be any grade any place else!!  Also links to other grades K-5.

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.

GATEWAY TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (GEM) - http://www.thegateway.org
A new source for teachers--designed for teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other information into a search screen that then retrieves -- from more than 140 federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial organizations web sites -- lessons, instructional units, and other free educational materials on that topic, for that grade level.

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

GRADING THE MOVIES - http://www.gradingthemovies.com/
This web site helps teachers and parents to grade movies for student consumption.

HIGH SCHOOL HUB - http://highschoolhub.org
The High School Hub is a noncommercial learning portal to free online educational resources for high school students. It features subject guides for English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and social studies. Try the games like boggle  too.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL - http://www.historychannel.com
Check milestones of the millennium or search for any topic, any time.

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!
IKEEPBOOKMARKS.COM - http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/home.asp
Do you want to use your bookmarks at work and at home?   Do you use more than one computer?  Wish you could share your favorite pages with friends and associates?  Ever had to start your favorites, or bookmarks, over when you bought a new computer?  Do you use multiple browsers?  Do you want an easy to maintain set of links?  Would you like to give your children an easy way to access their favorite sites? upload and keep your bookmarks on the Web and access them at anytime from any computer, anywhere.  Free sign ups.
THE IMAGE SEARCHER - http://www.ditto.com/
Search the Internet by words or pictures and the results will be thumbnail pictures of the results of your request.  A search for "maps" got more than 6400 hits (all images).  Be sure to type in a narrowed search.  The thumbnails have links to details and URLs.  Clicking on the URL gives you the enlarged picture and takes you to the linked page.  Great!!.

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
Kids Hub is a noncommercial educational portal 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://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm
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.

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

LEARNING STRATEGIES DATABASE - http://www.muskingum.edu/%7Ecal/database/
Information on learning strategies from Muskingum College, Ohio.

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.  Has a new Harry Potter website link.

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. BALDWIN'S SCHOOL LIBRARY TEACHER RESOURCES - http://baldwinets.tripod.com/teach.html
From books and media to Web Resources, this is a neat searchable site with great links.  Tony not only gives the site name but includes information about it.  Check it out.

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.

NEA WORKS4ME TIPS LIBRARY - http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/growing/works4me/library.html
This is an archive for NEA's wildly popular Weekly Classroom Tips E-mail. Each week, Works4Me subscribers receive an E-mail message with two practical classroom tips submitted by the real education experts - your colleagues! Presented by the National Education Association, this library contains more than 400 tips offering ideas and solutions that you can use in your classroom tomorrow. Feel free to print these tips out and share them. New tips are added frequently, so check back often.

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/teachersource/
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://home.att.net/~teaching/
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.

THE SPORTING NEWS - http://www.sportingnews.com/
There are several excellent sports web sites. The Sporting News is one of the best. TSN 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. Here is the best of 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/
SuperThinkers features a set of original interactive mysteries designed to foster literacy and problem-solving. SuperThinkers is a fun and challenging site offering a variety of activities and suggested reading, as well as games. 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!

TEACH WITH MOVIES - http://www.teachwithmovies.org
You've probably heard your children or students say "Can't we just watch a movie?"  At times, movies are appropriate teaching tools...this site gives you some discussion questions (and perhaps essay topics) for more than 200 movies. Search by keyword or browse alphabetically, by culture, or for character development issues. Descriptions include benefits, possible problems or issues raised by the movie, and background. Check out the list of Movies Not Recommended as Teaching Tools.

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. This link will take you to a variety of  Back to School activities organized by grade level.

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.

TEACHERFOCUS.COM - http://www.teacherfocus.com/
TeacherFocus is an online community forum where educators can easily  communicate with each other through threaded online discussions. Get feedback on your ideas or get your questions discussed and answered by other educators. TeacherFocus is not affiliated with any specific educational facility, but has potential to be a great resource for teachers.

TEACHER FREEBIES-STUFF TEACHERS CAN GET FOR FREE - http://freebies.about.com/shopping/freebies/msub12.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.

TEACHER PORTFOLIOS - http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/employment/portfolios/index.html
How to create your own digital portfolio which will grow and change with you through the years.

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, COUNSELOR RESOURCES, TECHNIQUES, SOLUTIONS - http://www.youthchg.com/
An old site with a new name dedicated to new, successful approaches for helping with your problem student; online ideas, virtual  workshops, live classes, newsletters and books - free to educators who provide their school's address.

TEACHER TIPS - http://members.aol.com/sskufca/teachtps.htm
An alphabetical listing of tips for teachers, from Adding Variety and Fun to a Classroom to the You Can Handle Them All Website.  Cute.

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, but has not been updated since 2002.

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/
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.

WHO DO YOU LOVE - 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.

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 August, 2007

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