http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/
Some people call this subject "School Safety." But if schools were always safe places to be, we wouldn't be thinking about safety. The fact is that some schools, sometimes, for some people are not safe places. So aren't we really talking about "school violence?" We can all agree that there have been too many shootings at too many schools, but there are also other forms of violence: School yard fights. One-time or on-going bullying. Verbal taunts in the lunch room. Sexual harassment. Sabotaging projects, networks or equipment. Vandalizing personal property. Initiation rites or hazing. Gang turf battles. These are some of the ways people on a school campus might be made to feel unsafe or threatened.
http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
This site provides you with a lot of interactive problem solving activities. Take one of the challenges, and let Polygon, Tessellation, Exponent, Tangent, and Axis help you solve them.
KIDS.NET.AU: (http://www.kids.net.au)
a search engine just for kids. Choose among categories such as Arts, People and Society, School Time, Games, and many more.
EDSITEment: (http://edsitement.neh.gov)
struggling to find new ideas to teach art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign languages, history and social studies? Choose among the different subject categories, grade levels and lesson plans.
Eyes on Art: (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html)
offers activities designed to help students learn and apply visual arts vocabulary and understand how artistic elements and design techniques function in paintings. The six sections have activities designed to lead in a progression. Beginning students start with “You Choose,” which allows them to make a connection with different paintings before they discuss what elements make something a good work of art. More advanced students can begin with “Double Visions,” where they embark more in depth on the adventure of “seeing” a work of art.
Biodiversity and Conservation: The Web of Life: (http://www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/)
shows you that people, plants, and animals are all interconnected in a fragile web of life called biodiversity and that every element is essential to maintain a balance. In this site, you can explore the most fragile ecosystems on Earth, find out what you can do to help, travel around the globe in an interactive experience on this planet’s web of life, and much more. Teachers can download guides and lesson plans about biodiversity and other conservation issues to use in their classrooms.
Access Excellence: (http://www.accessexcellence.org/)
offers innovative, successful activities to help students learn scientific concepts and processes. Students can solve interactive mysteries, learn about new developments in science, and ask experts if they have questions with their homework. Teachers can participate in the teaching and learning forum to reflect on new curriculum, assessment tools, and new teaching and learning research affecting the students’ understanding of science.
MathWorld: (http://mathworld.wolfram.com)
is an excellent site for mathematics. It is a comprehensive and interactive encyclopedia for students, educators, researchers, and math enthusiasts.
Geography World: (http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html)
is superb for the amount of useful resources it provides as well as for the links to maps and games that will make your learning experience exciting and interesting. Students can learn about cities, plate tectonics, farming, the rain forest, volcanoes, and much more. Teachers can easily incorporate many of these resources into interactive lessons that meet geography standards.
Count Us In: (http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm)
find fifteen online games designed with the purpose of teaching children basic number concepts. Click on "other activities" to go to the teachers resources to find a bank of lesson plans on topics like comparing, counting, patterning, time, and many more. You can also download the Mac or PC version of the games.
musictheory.net: (http://www.musictheory.net/index.html)
offers interactive tutorials on topics such as staff, clef, and ledger lines, note duration, dots and ties, and more. You can also select different trainers to improve your skills and take advantage of the tools in the utilities section. Stand-alone versions of these two sections can be downloaded, too.
CNN Interactive Learning Resources: (http://literacynet.org/cnnsf)
gives you the opportunity to improve your reading skills. Each of the offered modules includes the full text of the stories, which you can read, listen or view, and interactive activities to test your comprehension.
Reconstructors: (http://reconstructors.rice.edu)
an interactive problem-based learning adventure. Solve each of the consecutive episodes and learn to make better and more informed health choices.
Global Connections: Putting World Events in Context: (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections)
produced by WGBH, is a new web site designed to provide the background information needed to understand events occurring in the Middle East. This site also includes materials and resources from public broadcasting.
MATHLETICS: (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects)
offers interesting activities to learn mathematics through sports.
NASA Qwhiz: (http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/Qwhiz/libs.html)
by the NASA Johnson Space Center. Great K-12 activities ranging from integers to problem solving. There are also many science activities. Check the Kid Made (http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Qwhiz/all/list_by_grades.cgi?lib=Kid) and Teacher Made (http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Qwhiz/all/list_by_grades.cgi?lib=Standards) sections and test your knowledge.
Am. Alliance for Health, Phys Ed, Recreation, & Dance: (http://www.aahperd.org)
organization of professionals supporting and assisting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and education and all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle.
Spanish Flashcards: (http://members.tripod.com/spanishflashcards/)
if you want to practice or learn more Spanish, this site offers you a great variety of flashcards on many different grammar structures and vocabulary. The vocabulary flashcards are both in Spanish and English and contain pictures to help you remember the words. There are also multiple choice exercises, spelling quizzes, and listening comprension exercises to help you with the new words. You can learn 10 words a day and test your memory afterwards. The grammar flashcards allow you to review and grade your knowledge of different structures.
Gramtica y ortografa: (http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/lengua.html)
is your site for interactive exercises, activities, links, and materials to practice Spanish. The Cultura hispana section offers a list of useful online resources to explore different Spanish speaking countries and their cultures.
Spanish Unlimited: (http://www.spanishunlimited.com)
offers online lessons, quizzes, games, and even recipes.
Glosario bsico ingls-espaol para usuarios de Internet: (http://www.ati.es/novatica/glosario/glosario_internet.html#glosa)
helps your Spanish-speaking students learn English Internet and technology terms.
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools: (http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html)
provides great links and resources.
Evaluating the Quality of World Wide Web Resources: (http://www.valpo.edu/library/evaluation.html#whyis)
provides useful information on how to assess the accuracy of the information offered in a site from Valparaiso University.
http://memory.loc.gov/
Library of Congress – American Memory historical collections for the National Digital Library -- American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
http://www.teachernet.com/
This site has tons of material to use in the classroom – the focus is at all grade levels.
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
Welcome to my vision of what's wonderful on the Web. Welcome parents, kids, teens, grandparents, teachers, librarians and the incurably curious. I am Barbara J. Feldman, a syndicated newspaper columnist, mother, wife and Net surfer supreme (not listed in order of importance, of course). While you are here, I encourage you to view the inspirational Light an Educational Fire movie, subscribe to my free newsletter, and take advantage of a free trial membership in the Surfnetkids Printables Club. Or, if you are interested in a behind-the-scenes look at my online publishing efforts, visit me in my office.
http://www.ozline.com/learning/
Here is an entire web site about designing, making and using web quests in the classroom. Very good stuff, try it out!