
Advocates
for Youth
This webpage includes numerous facts and figures on the healthy
lifestyles of children and teenagers. They also promote the idea that
children will not take something seriously if they don't believe it
effects
them. There are lesson plans to help promote healthy body images, sex
lives, how to teach about reproduction, and gender roles and
relationships. There
are also press releases about different studies about adolescent sexual
health, staff
speeches, and a calendar of upcoming events. This website is best
utilized for the
older grades, such as 6th-9th grade.
Neuroscience
for Kids
This website can be used as a webquest page or as a page the whole
class can explore
together. There are numerous links to explore the different parts of
the nervous system,
experiments and activites the students can do, and news stories about
neuroscience. It is
kid friendly enough for students to get around on their own but could
also be utlized as
a whole-class lesson.

Social Studies
Douglass: Archives
of American Public Address
This webpage contains every speech made in the United
States. You can search either by
speaker,
when it was given, title of the speech, or what the speech was
about. This is
an excellent tool for teachers who are studying a specific
time period. The students are able
to get a better understanding of what the leaders and other
important people of that time
thought about different issues.
History in Film
Everyone knows
that one of the best parts of class is when you get to
watch
a movie. This website helps teachers pick good, educational movies that
are
about periods in history, such as ancient Rome, the Civil War, and
World
War II. Each movie
selection comes with a list of cast members in the movie,
a synopsis of what the movie is
about, and other recommendations of movies
about that same time period. Some of the movies are older
ones and some are
newer movies. All are great selections!
Language Arts
Read...Write...Think
This is an amazing
website. It includes various lesson plans, the IRA/NCTE (International
Reading Association/National
Council
of Teachers of English) standards for the English
Language Arts, and student resources. This is a very nicely done site
and it is very
easy to
get around. There are also other internet websites that give books for
kids at certain age/grade
levels, lesson plan sites, and even a website to better understand
copyrighting and fair use of materials.
Handwriting
for Kids
This is a great
webpage for classrooms who are studying handwriting,
both manuscript and cursive.
There are activities and practice sheets for both
and there are
animations that visibly show the viewer
how to make the letter. There is also a section for Spanish letters and
writing. This is very easy to
navigate and the webpage is very kid-friendly. There are many wonderful
resources to help teachers
plan lessons.
Science
Frank
Potter's Science Gems
This science page has
a lesson for almost everything, for almost every age group. This
website lessons
for K-college. There are physical science, earth science,
life science, mathematics, and engineering.
Once you select a subject, they are broken down further into age group
and topic. The lessons are
detailed a
nd easy to follow. With each section,
there are additional
links to
other pages that will help
you in teaching about that particuliar subject.
A Science Odyssey
This webpage is put out by PBS so you know it's educational! Once
section leads us to "Now + Then". This compares scientific knowledge
that people knew back in 1900 compared to what we know now. This
section could truly be a lesson in itself. Another part is "People and
Discoveries". This allows you to search through numerous scientific
achievements based on the person responsible for it, what the discovery
was, or what field it was in. The descriptions are well written
and interesting. The discovies date back to 1900. There is also a page
that is set up like a game to figure out, based on 3 different accounts
of the scientist's life, which one is the real person. It's alot of fun
to play with!
Mathematics
Math in Daily Life
This webpage is great
to let the students explore. It can be a good answer to the question,
"When are we ever going to use this?" This page explains about how math
is used in everyday life. Examples that are given are: the stock
market, bank accounts, understanding statistics, and more. This is a
fun page for students to play around with on their own. At the end,
there is a section that includes numerous webpages about math for teachers
and students to benefit from.
SCORE Mathematics
This page is made specifically for teachers in
California. If you teach there, then this is a must-see webpage for
you. It have lessons that meet California's specific standards so you
will know that you are teaching the children what should know. There is
also a list of Standards and Framework so you can follow them while
making your own lessons. Finally, there is a resource page that gives
links to other math sites. Overall, if you teach in California, you
should visit this webpage!
Conlusion: On this
webpage I have created, you will find numerous resources on planning
lessons in the many subjects we teach as teachers. Many of the webpages
here have additional links to lesson plans, online activities, and
other resources that will be very helpful for your classroom. You
should explore the Educator's Reference page to find so much useful
information, you'll think you died and went to teacher heaven!