Each text has multiple-choice questions (just choose your answer and click to find out if you're right). Each text is also follo

All you need to know about current book lists, books to movies, awards, etc.

Literature listed according to curriculum subjects and themes.

Log In Site for classroom online textbooks

Step by step from Thesis Statement to Conclusion

5 Paragraph Essays Made Easy

k-12 Resources

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Children's Literature and Language Arts index page. This page focuses on children's

Language Arts Resources

Learn the parts of a letter and write your own.

Online Dictionary and Thesaurus

Analyzing, Understanding, and Writing Poetry

Reading lists by genre, grade levels, and themes.

Definitions for Greek and Latin Roots

Facts about the pencil.

Poetry Collections, Poetic Forms & Styles, and Poets

Free Powerpoint and Lesson Plans for all CORE areas

Resources to support the curriculum in English and Language Arts for K-12 educators.

Self-help tutorials based on chapter-chapter concepts from the Glencoe textbook.

Contains tools to help visualize math concepts. Covers everything from elementary math to calculus.

Interactive site for upper level math strands. Games, puzzles, and test at various levels of severity.

Online interactive games and puzzle activities for Math 6-8

action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!

Free math Power points...Mostly Algebraic and geometric concepts

Includes resources for Pre-Algebra, A;gebra,and Geometry

Resources for Math Teachers includes pre-made Powerpoint Presentations

Algebra and Geometry Worksheet Generators

How many celebrations are there in your math class? Each year on March 14th many classrooms break from their usual routines to o

Create your own math worksheets

Free Powerpoints for Math, Science, Social Studies, and English along with :esson Plans

An interactive skeleton that assist the learner in identifying specific bones.

Fun site that helps students appreciate science. Covered: Observation skills, plants, animal classifications and metamorphosis.

Endangered Animals.

Students can view images and movies of beetles, ticks, lice, and lots of other creepy crawling insects!

The Exploratorium is a collage of 650 interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception. Students can explore any of t

Get Smarter is an interactive site where students can compare their math and science achievement against others worldwide. Grad

Science lessons for middle schoolers in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, physical science, and technology

Online lesson plan books on life and physical sciences

A webpage of Computer, Science, and Math Camps for Tweens and Teens

Over 500 Project Ideas!

Planning and organizing your projects

Marine Biology focused camp located in Tappahannock, VA.

Technology Camps in Charlottesville, Virginia

Students can help Detective Leplant and his partners investigate plant mysteries including cases about soil, plant growth, seeds

Virtual Kitchen from PBS Zooms

Explore the science and engineering behind water fountains at home or in the classroom with Water Works. The website has loads o

The virtual kitchen to perform online experiments, solve a puzzle, and get a reward. Grades 4-6

Teacher portaportal link

Click on Biographies for list. Hosted by Mariners' Museum

This site contains movies based on the 'Famous Moments' series which highlight a true story of historical significance, providin

Steps for creating a Biography

This site provides interactive timelines, essays, visual histories, and a reference room with speeches, music, images, maps, and

Life and situations that occured at sea.

Research Activity on Early Explorers

Test your knowledge of world geography by playing Geosense, alone or with a partner.

Explore the animated timeline that traces the growth of the United States at the animated atlas. Grades 3+

Investigations using primary sources—very cool.

An interactive center created to help kids learn about the United States House of Representatives and its role in lawmaking. Gr

A gateway to the local newspapers across the United States.

Current Events

Basic map, historical fact, and patriotic ymbol Skills

Power Points for K-12 Grade Social Studies

Current events in the Hampton Roads Area and the World

This company produces and markets assistive technology such as switches and other adaptive devices.

sponsored by a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping find information about attention deficit disorders.

comprehensive resource for information on autism education,special education

Identification and Placement Procedures for Special Education Services - This site is part of an outstanding resource directory

This web site is designed for general education teachers, special education ... other web sites and resource lists for learning

A categorized, annotated list of over 2000 sites to help educators, teachers, and parents enhance ... Special Education

Browse or search by keyword a database of more than 120000 educational sites.

Programs & Services for Special Education - U. S. Department of Education: ...

It contains over 800 free children's books to read online in 31 languages from 42 countries around the world!!

Lonely Planet have built a nice little universe dedicated entirely to travel and travellers. Our ever-expanding digital team loo

This is a Spanish learning site for children and parents. If you are interested in learning the beautiful Spanish language, this

Learn Spanish grammar. Explanations, written practice, oral practice, tests. ... Please report errors to webmaster! Click Here ©

an interactive workbook of introductory Spanish language exercises, based on the pictorial contextualization of basic vocabulary

http://www.spanish-teaching.com/blog/SpanishTeachers

The Vocabulary Builder will help you to increase your Spanish Vocabulary. Select one of the categories. Click on each picture to

Middle School lesson plan archive for teachers of Spanish

information on standards, curriculum, lesson plans and assessment for arts education, as well as lists of arts resources, arts o

Curriculum resources & lesson plans KinderArt: Art and craft lessons, activities and plans for K-12 Teachers Helping Teachers

Online Resources for Art Teachers

K-12 art lesson plans and resources

Greek, Roman, Egypt, Middle East, Meso-America Pre-Columbian Art - Online resources for Meso-america, Maya, Inca

An interactive site sponsored by Museum of Metropolitan Art

A resource area for children to share their works of art, short stories, and music with others. Click a logo to go to Kids' Spac

Students in both art classes and computer or web-design classes will love this gallery devoted to the finest artistic elements o

smART Kids helps students, particularly 7 to 12 year olds, look at art, learn art vocabulary, explore materials, and find out ab

Cartoonster's free online tutorials provide step by step instructions for drawing and animating. Techniques are simple and can b

Family Roles

depending on birth order

Convert fluid U.S. units to metric; Metric to U.S. Fluid; U.S. Dry to Metric; and Metric to U.S. Dry.

This index includes home economics lessons and activities, fun food thematic snacks, and the "Incorporating Cooking" series that

Consumer Food Safety Practices and News

Helping to build a world without hunger

links that offer free items.

Recipe and Cooking Activities for Children

Find out what to recycle and where

A general listing of resources and information related to sewing on the web.

Sewing projects for Children

Lesson Plans

a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms

devoted to helping youngsters learn to think, choose, and function in a changing global economy.

Convert weight between pounds and metric

Food blog filled with family oriented recipes

created to answer kids' questions on health issues and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, tronger, and saf

The National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids has a wonderful web site geared to protect children from tobacco addiction. There are

Turn your students on to a healthy lifestyle with Get Active Stay Active! Students keep electronic fitness journals & participat

Kids will have fun exploring the site's

a site built for kids, their parents, and the dedicated people who facilitate, coordinate and sponsor programs for junior golf a

At this site you can learn all about nutrition with the help of neat games and activities they provide. In the Professors Lab st

kids are provided with a daily quiz question about nutrition, health, physical activity, sports, and a host of other topics and

The Kid's Running site for kids is an excellent page for kids (and parents/teachers) who are interested in running. Not only can

This site helps parents, children, and professionals find answers to commonly asked health questions. Topics include the benefit

The NCAA has launched a new basketball site geared toward middle school students and teachers.

Appropriate Practices for Middle School Physical Education

Learn how different sports really work from the scientific point of view. Included are baseball, surfing, skateboarding, etc. Lo

Sports Illustrated has designed this site for intermediate/middle school age children interested in the latest information on th

AECT provides leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the

Botball® is a hands-on learning experience in robotics designed to engage students in learning the practical applications of sci

Guides, Tutorials, Applications and Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans for Every Classroom- 60 computer lesson plans.

Free Sample Web Template

The mission of MidLink Magazine is to highlight exemplary work from the most creative classrooms around the globe.

technology resources for middle school students. ... The Role Model Project Brief bios and advice from female computer scientist

NASA Website for Grades 6, 7, and 8

Technology and Sports Camp in McLean, VA

Includes Interactive Learning Modules

Promoting education in the performing arts

Resources for Teachers -- Go to

Choral Rehearsal Techniques

Over 400 Free Lessons

An excellent tool to learn and test your ears!

Interval Exercises in construction, identification, and ear-training

Listen to music and match them with the correct instrument. A correct answer brings background information on that instrument.

resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels. Regularly updated.

Searchable collection of lyrics for children's songs. You can also listen to the music.

Multimedia Online dictionary

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/amm9850/

Welcome to the Music pages. Look at the 'Instruments and Listening' ideas and resources listed below. You can also browse around

It contains video interviews with world-renouned musicians, quizzes, and an expansive range of content.

Linked to Riverside Middle School Band Website...includes fundamentals of music, reference material and rubrics, practice tools,

Assessment Sheets for Woodwinds, Brass, and Persussion Instruments. This is a link to the Centennial Middle School Band Website

interactive site showing families of instruments in the orchestra and allowing exploration of the sounds and background of each

An intro to classical music

Also Includes Lesson Plans

Here's an incredible site to learn everything about the voice.

The Etymology and history of first names

An online etymology magazine

Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Idioms

This site is dedicated to recently coined words and existing words revived into modern usage.

An online etymology newsletter

Guides students on how to generate their own personal bios, using self-examination of their personal traits. Uses poetry as wri

A Webquest that shows students how to create webpages.

Topic: What Can You Do to Stop Pollution in Our Ecosystem?

whether or not it is important for us to save the grey wolf from extinction

In all grade levels and subject areas of your choice.

Final Project is creation of a slide show

Your school's foreign language department has been offered a grant to send you and your classmates to the Spanish speaking count

Create an audiotape that introduces a museum visitor to an Impresionistic painting

Math Webquest

Children's writings on stopping the violence in the United States

Offers information about conflict resolution within the context of violence prevention.

Dedicated to creating safe, caring and just communities where conflicts are resolved productively and differences are valued.

Teaching and Learning for Life

Creating schools where young people want to be and teachers want to teach

designed to help children set goals for themselves, resist pressures, learn how to resolve conflicts without violence, and under

Helps schools to develope safe and positive learning environments

Read about the student pledge against gun violence!

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College and university resources

College and Graguate Level

Graduate Level

College and Graduate Level

Directory of lesson plans

Humanities

Directory of lesson plans

Humanities

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