Teacher Resources

Links for Teachers
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Career Sites 
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  1. Occupational Outlook Handbook : http://www.bls.gov/oco/  

Lesson Plans and General Education Links
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  1. 1000's of Lesson Plans, by content area  http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ 
    Curriculum and Instruction Links http://www.lcu.edu/academics/kmahan/tif.htm
  2. Tons O' Lesson Plans http://www2.drury.edu//dswadley/lessonplans.html
  3. Plagiarism Checking Sites
  4. Harcourt Activities for all grade levels, by subject area
  5. 500 Lesson Plans for all subject areas http://www.sitesforteachers.com/ 
  6. Tenet http://www.tenet.edu
  7. Texas Education Agency http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
  8. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/
  9. Los Angeles County Department of Education http://teams.lacoe.edu/
  10. Guide for Educators http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/
  11. Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net
  12. Sharing Technology Applications Resources with Teachers http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/
  13. Homework Central http://www.homeworkcentral.com/
  14. Busy Teachers' Page http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/BusyT/
  15. Columbia Education Center http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
  16. Encarta Lesson Collection http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/lessons/default.asp
  17. South Central Regional Technology in Education http://scrtec.org/
  18. Scholastic http://scholastic.com/
  19. Weekly Reader http://www.weeklyreader.com/
  20. Education Index http://www.educationindex.com/
  21. Teachnet http://www.teachnet.com/index.html
  22. Collaborative Lesson Archive http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
  23. Connection + http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/
  24. American History Curriculum http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/
  25. Lesson Plans http://www3.sympatico.ca/ray.saitz/
  26. Lesson Plans http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~kyle/edu.htm
  27. Teacher Talk Forum http://education.indiana.edu:80education.indiana.edu/cas/ttforum/lesson.html
  28. Cartoonist Index and Lesson Plans http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
  29. Web Sites and Resources for Teachers http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/
  30. BCK2SKOL Lesson plans http://www.sc.edu/bck2skol/fall/fall.html
  31. Core Knowledge http://www.coreknowledge.org/
  32. Study Web http://www.studyweb.com/
  33. Teachers Helping Teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//
  34. Favorite Education Places http://www.clp.berkeley.edu/CLP/education.html
  35. Education World http://education-world.com/
  36. NASA K-12 Internet Initiative http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
  37. 4 Teachers
  38. Internet Lessons--How to use the Internet
  39. NASSP
  40. Lesson Plans for all Content Areas
  41. Plagiarism Finding ways to catch students who copy from the Internet    

Search Engine Directories
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  1. Infoseek http://www.infoseek.com/
  2. Lycos http://www.lycos.com/
  3. Dogpile http://dogpile.com/
  4. Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/
  5. Tenet http://search.tenet.edu/
  6. Alta Vista http://www.altavista.digital.com./

Libraries
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  1. Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
  2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries http://www.sil.si.edu/
  3. Dallas Public Library http://www.lib.ci.dallas.tx.us/home.htm
  4. Librarian's Guide to the Best on the Internet http://www.sau.edu/cwis/internet/wild/index.htm
  5. Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/
  6. Groliers/Encyclopedia Americana http://go.grolier.com/

Literature/Language Arts
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  1. The Shurley Method http://www.shurley.com/
  2. Accelerated Reader http://www.acceleratedreader.com/default.htm
  3. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts http://www.tenet.edu/teks/language_arts/
  4. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
  5. Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/
  6. Shakespeare http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
  7. Cowboy Poets http://www.westfolk.org/
  8. Electronic Poetry Center http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/
  9. Internet Classics http://classics.mit.edu/
  10. Poet's Corner http://www.hypersven.com/poets.corner/contents.frame.html
  11. Children's Literature http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/oz/
  12. Children's Literature http://www.thekids.com/
  13. Reading Rainbow http://www.llano.net/~idalou/www.pbs.org/readingrainbow
  14. Louis L'Amour http://louis-lamour-fan.com/
  15. Danielle Steel http://www.daniellesteel.com/
  16. New York Times Book Review http://www.nytimes.com/books
  17. Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com
  18. Word Detective http://www.word-detective.com/
  19. Grammar and Style http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Grammar
  20. Citations http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/citing.htm
  21. Internet Lingo Dictionary http://www.netlingo.com/index.html

Math
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  1. Make math an exceptional adventure!  K-8   http://coolmath4kids.com 
  2. Mathematics Center for Educational Development http://www.coe.uh.edu/math/
  3. Algebra http://www2.hawaii.edu/suremath/intro_algebra.html
  4. Geometry Center http://www.geom.umn.edu/
  5. Math Magic http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/
  6. Prime Page http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/
  7. Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science http://www.cs.ubc.ca/nest/egems/home.html
  8. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://enc.org/
  9. Ask Dr. Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
  10. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.llano.net/~idalou/www.nctm.org
  11. Virtual Library of Mathematics http://www.llano.net/~idalou/www.math.fsu.edu/Science/math.html
  12. Virtual Abacus http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/
  13. The Math Forum http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/
  14. Mega Math http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
  15. Frequently Asked Questions http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/node1.html

History/Government/Museums
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  1. The Social Studies Center for Educational Development http://www.tea.state.tx.us/resources/ssced/
  2. Street Law http://www.streetlaw.com 
  3. History Channel  http://www.historychannel.com/
  4. Academy of Achievement http://www.achievement.org/
  5. U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/
  6. U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/
  7. White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
  8. U.S. Postal Service http://www.usps.gov/
  9. Most Wanted http://www.MostWanted.org/
  10. Fine Arts of San Francisco http://www.famsf.org/
  11. Social Studies Source  http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/
  12. Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/htmlfile/opening/enter.html
  13. Inaugural Speeches http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/inaugural
  14. Leaders of the World http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1058/rulers.html
  15. British Monarchy http://www.royal.gov.uk
  16. Maps of the World http://pathfinder.com/Travel/maps/index.html
  17. Today in History http://www.thehistorynet.com/today/today.htm
  18. Steamboat Arabia http://www.1856.com/

Internet
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  1. Agent Glitch--super sleuth teaches Internet safety http://www.agentglitch.com 

Science
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  1. Science Center for Educators Development http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/
  2. Harcourt Science activities http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_science/activities.html 
  3. Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
  4. Exploratorium  http://www.exploratorium.edu/
  5. Franklin Institute Science Museum  http://sln.fi.edu/  
  6. Boston Museum of Science http://www.mos.org/
  7. Archeology Site http://www.lib.uconn.edu/ArchNet/
  8. Night of the Comet http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/comet/
  9. Ask Dr. Science http://www.ducksbreath.com/
  10. Discovery Channel http://www.discovery.com/
  11. Eisenhower Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching http://www.edb.utexas.edu/regcol/
  12. Earthquake information from the USGS http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
  13. Volcano Watch from Hawaii http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/
  14. National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.html
  15. Univ. of Michigan Weather Underground http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/index.html
  16. USA Weather http://www.intellicast.com/
  17. Technology Exchange http://www.sunsite.unc.edu/
  18. Jerrell Tornado http://www.Austin360.com/news/tornado/index.htm
  19. Bill Nye, the Science Guy http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
  20. Space Educators' Handbook http://tommy.jsc.nasa.gov/~woodfill/SPACEED/SEHHTML/seh.html
  21. Project Monarch Butterfly http://ngp.ngpc.state.ne.us/monarch/monarch.html
  22. The world through the eyes of a bee http://cvs.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html
  23. The Whole Frog Project http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Whole.Frog/
  24. Preview the Heart http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html
  25. Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/
  26. Sierra Club http://www.sierraclub.org/
  27. Marine Mammal Center http://www.tmmc.org/
  28. U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
  29. Biosphere 2 http://www.bio2.edu/index.html
  30. Texas Parks and Wildlife http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/tpwd.htm
  31. Phases of the Moon http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/phases.html
  32. The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/homepage.html
  33. Owl Cam http://members.aol.com/owlbox/owlhome.htm
  34. Roller Coaster Database http://roller.coaster.net/
  35. Science Class http://www.scienceclass.com/
  36. Newton's Apple http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/index.html
  37. Carlsbad Caverns http://www.caverns.org/
  38. Stanford Solar Center http://solar-center.stanford.edu/index.html
  39. Project Galileo http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/index.html
  40. Nasa http://www.nasa.gov/
  41. National Parks Service http://www.nps.gov/
  42. Hurricane Hot Spots http://nickworld.thesitefights.com/hurri/
  43. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  http://www.cdc.gov/

Physical Education
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  1. Physical Education lesson plans organized by grade level
  2. Lesson Plans, from PE teachers
  3. PE Central lessons
  4. Harcourt Health fun activities

Newspapers
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  1. USA Today http://www.usatoday.com
  2. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/search/daily
  3. Washington Post http://washingtonpost.com/
  4. Los Angeles Times http://www.LATimes.com/
  5. Austin American-Statesman http://www.Austin360.com/
  6. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal http://www.lubbockonline.com/

Colleges and Universities
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  1. Texas Tech University http://www.texastech.edu/
  2. West Texas A&M University http://www.wtamu.edu/
  3. South Plains College http://www.spc.cc.tx.us/website/home.html
  4. Lubbock Christian University http://www.lcu.edu/
  5. Angelo State University http://www.angelo.edu/
  6. Wayland Baptist University http://www.wbu.edu/
  7. Southern Methodist University http://www.smu.edu/
  8. Rice University http://www.rice.edu/
  9. Texas Christian University http://www.tcu.edu/
  10. University of Texas at El Paso http://www.utep.edu/
  11. University of North Texas http://www.unt.edu/
  12. University of Texas at Arlington http://www.uta.edu/
  13. University of Houston http://www.uh.edu/
  14. Sul Ross State University http://www.sulross.edu/
  15. University of Texas http://www.utexas.edu/
  16. Texas A&M University http://www.tamu.edu/

Miscellaneous
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  1. Southwest Airlines http://www.southwest.com/
  2. Disney http://www.disney.com/
  3. Dr. Seuss http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
  4. Chicken Soup for the Soul http://soupserver.com/
  5. Computer Wallpaper http://mikebonnell.com/
  6. Computer Auction  www.ebay.com
  7. Womens National Basketball Association http://www.wnba.com/

Free Clip Art
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  1. Collection of Pictures http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~eanders/pictures/
  2. Webplaces- http://www.webplaces.com/
  3. Iconbazaar- http://www.iconbazaar.com/
  4. Barry's Clip Art Server- http://www.barrysclipart.com/
  5. Education Clip Art- http://www.bev.net/education/schools/admin/pics.html
  6. Karen Shaders Free Clip Art- http://members.xoom.com/Artshop/index.htm
  7. Clip Art Universe- http://www.nzwwa.com/mirror/clipart/
  8. Free Web Art- http://www.nmia.com/~jfdemps/addemps/fwa/
  9. Free Clip Art- http://ausmall.com.au/freegraf/index.htm
  10. Bellsnwhistles- http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/
  11. Clip Art Connection- http://www.clipartconnection.com/index.html
  12. Free Science Clip Art- http://www.softshell.com/Resource/FreeArt/Freegifs.html

Web Page Authoring
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  1. http://www.islandnet.com/~pb/fivesteps.html
  2. http://memex.lib.indiana.edu/adillon/adillon-myths.html
  3. http://www.rdc.com.au/WhatisWWW1.html
  4. http://www.rdc.com.au/Glossary.html
  5. http://www.rdc.com.au/Netiquette.html
  6. http://memex.lib.indiana.edu/adillon/adillon-myths.html
  7. http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~jfec/training/workshop/advice.html
  8. http://www.bizcoach.org/region/not.htm
  9. http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
  10. http://www.rit.edu/~easi/access.html
  11. http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/webhints.html
  12. http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/web.htm
  13. http://www.nfb.org/tech/webacc.htm
  14. http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/HTML/
  15. http://gottcha2.tripod.com/ 
  16. http://www.virtuallyignorant.com/gettingstarted.htm (helpful tips to design a great page).
  17. http://wobsoft.com/web/index.htm (provides a mini
    tutorial program)
  18. http://www.glassdog.com/design-o-rama/
  19. http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html
  20. http://www.voyager.co.nz/~bsimpson/html.htm
  21. http://www.killersites.com/core.html

Electronic Cards
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  1. Blue Mountain -  www4.bluemountain.com
  2. Travel Texas - http://www.traveltex.com/high/home.asp
  3. Kodak - http://www.kodak.com/
  4. Energizer-  http://www.energizer.com/bunnystuff/
  5. The Cardmaster - http://www.cardmaster.com/
  6. Blackdog - http://www.blackdog.net/
  7. Virtual Vacation - http://www.virtual-vacation.com/
  8. Virtual Dessert - http://www.icecreamusa.com/
  9. Virtual Florist - http://www.virtualflorist.com/
  10. Virtual Flowers - http://www.800florals.com/virtual/
  11. Virtual Flowers - http://www.iflowers.com/
  12. Greeting Cards - http://insider.msn.com/greetings/
  13. Greeting Cards - http://marlo.com/
  14. Sports and Holiday Cards - http://www.virtcards.com/
  15. Greeting Cards - http://www.webmaniadesigns.com/
  16. E-Kiss - http://www.thekiss.com/
  17. Hallmark - http://www.hallmark.com/