Websites from Classroom Connect

URL Subject Level Summary
www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/ Science Grades K-3 Paso Partners: Science Lessons - The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory provides lesson plans originally designed to increase the achievement of English Language Learners. Spanish versions are available.
www.firesafetycouncil.com/teachers/lessonplans.htm Science Grades K-8 Age appropriate lessons covering electrical safety, kitchen safety, smoke alarms, and escape plans. For each grade, download worksheets, checklists, and parent letters.
geology.com/teacher/ Science Grades K-12 Published by Professor of Geology at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. Includes current events, maps, satellite images, lesson plans, etc.
www.uptoten.com All Grades PreK-4 Site offers over 800 free games - no registration required. School part is blocked by district but free area is available. It does have advertisements.
www.funology.com All Grades 2-8 Games, activities, brainteasers, etc. Science based information but the site does have advertisements.
www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm Teacher K-12 Links are available to authors, reading resources, etc.

 
www.nsa.gov/kids/ Problem Solving Grades 2-6 This site is sponsored by the National Security Agency and focuses on the cryptography: the art of writing or deciphering messages in code. Explains about Morse Code.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz.comic.htm LA,Math Grades 2-6 Students can design their own cartoons featuring Garfield. Their cartoons can be printed out and used to illustrate a story, word problems, etc.
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/kids/lessonplans/ Science/LA Grades K-5 Sponsored by the Texas Department of State Health Svcs. Offers lesson plans covering nutrition, illness and prevention including lessons incorporating children's literature by Marc Brown, Janet Stevens, Eric Carle, and Lois Ehlert. Materials are also available in Spanish.
http://www.readwritethink.org/ LA K-5 Great site with many resources for teachers and students. Under 'Student Materials' there are interactive templates to make flipbooks, acrostic poems, etc. Very user friendly!
http://teachart.msu.edu/pila/images/flower.jpg Science K-4 Diagram of the parts of a flower
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html Math K-5 National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - great resource for manipulatives to use with Promethean Board.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Math K-5 Offers 100 activities with interactive applets for every grade level. Also has standard correlations.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/allgames.html Math K-5 Many games for investigating concepts and practicing skills.
http://www.arcytech.org/java/ Math K-5 Good instructional materials including money, fractions, etc. User friendly. Good for Promethean Boards.