I hope these few links provide some teachers with useful sites they can use in their classrooms.
Classroom Page for Kids: Let your kids explore this site freely without fear.
Evaluation
Rubrics for Websites: Do you need to teach your students how to evaluate
Websites and their content? Here are three Rubrics that were developed by
Tammy Payton to help you do just that. This site also has links to help you
design websites for your own use.
The NCES Classroom: Education Information and Activites for Students Everywhere.
CyberSleuth Kids: An Internet Search Guide for K to 12.
Thursday's Classroom: The aim of Thursday's Classroom is to provide a connection between NASA research and the classroom.
Current Events: Current Events American Style but for students studying the U.S. it could be helpful.
National Geographic Homework Help: Biology, History, Culture, Science, Art.
PBS America Responds Classroom Resources: Lesson Plans.
Join an On line Project: Wondering what to do with all that new technology in the classroom? Check out this page. This page has dozens and dozens of on line projects that you and your students can get involved in.Education Place: This site is produced by Houghton Mifflin Company and is geared towards teachers, students and parents. On this site one can find: Interactive games, professional development articles, on line projects, and other educational materials for grades K-8. There are also bibliographies organized by themes and links to other Internet sites. Houghton Mifflin Education Place also has gathered resources that may be of particular interest to parents. This site also gives you the option to order education materials such as picture books or CD ROM packages.
There are links from the home page into the following centers: Math, Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Technology. These links provide useful articles and activities to help and support the instruction of these specific subjects. The Technology Center provides resources to help take advantage of this teaching tool to enhance various subjects.
Kids Did This!!: This is a list of outstanding student-produced projects that covers everything from art to school newspapers. There are resources for teachers. Every site is a story or project created by grade school students.
Kids on the Web: This is an extensive list of children's resources including fun stuff, educational sites, children's books, and information for parents and teachers. You can also find information about K-12 schools and other educational issues.
Cool Safe Links for Kids, Parents and Teachers: An excellent source of resources for kids, parents, and teachers.
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