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The updated Digital Citizenship definition – Digital citizenship is the continuously developing norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use -To lead and assist others in building positive digital … learn more

Physical Education examines how students are taught to improve their physical health through movement, exercise, and athletics. The lesson plan “A Game for Life” explores how soccer has … learn more

Find thousands of lesson plans that support and extend instruction in every content area, grades K-12. Each lesson plan is educator-developed and includes classroom-ready directions, a list of … learn more

KinderArt® and The KinderArt Club are for classroom teachers, art educators, homeschoolers, after-school program directors, future teachers, college students, artists and parents who want to enrich their children’s artistic lives at home. The goal of KinderArt® has been and … learn more

You know art is super important for kids, but you don’t know how to start. Maybe you are wondering how to get 25 Kinders to paint on the … learn more

K-5th grade. Teaching art from a distance is no easy task.. but I think I might be able to help! For those of you amazing teachers using Google … learn more

Many math games for Kindergarten thru High School. This website features Teaching Tools and a worksheet generator.

Search over 550,000 teacher-curated reviews to free and open educational resources (OER). Founded by educators for educators, Lesson Planet is passionate about creating and delivering innovative digital tools … learn more

In elementary school, students take social studies every year, beginning with the most basic elements of geography and history, and gradually progressing to more specific and detailed subjects … learn more

Allow students to see that history as we know it is interpretation and perspective. Evaluated key elements of effective teaching. Explore new teaching methods and approaches. Teachers demonstrate … learn more

When students are able to connect what you teach with the world around them, learning becomes fun, easy, and inspirational. Our resources cover a wide variety of themes that … learn more

Whether you are teaching in a hybrid classroom or delivering your entire curriculum through remote or distance learning, this collection of resources will help you effectively manage the … learn more

Develop characters and a setting for a realistic fiction story, create puppets and design a poster to represent them, complete a story map and write a draft using … learn more

Welcome to The Teacher’s Corner Thematic Units collection. For each of our units we have organized multiple resources from several different providers, including websites, lesson plans, books and … learn more

Discover online educational resources to help students reach their learning goals. Our resource library includes teacher-created games, practical hands-on activities, and engaging guided lessons to help kids learn … learn more

The Museum is renowned for its exhibition and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world’s culture. … learn more

A website for Pre-school thru 8th grade. You will find lesson plans, a worksheet generator, guided lessons, a progress tracker, and many more activities in all subject areas.

The Virtual High School provides a way for schools and school districts to augment their local offerings with additional classes for students and professional development for teachers.

ABC Education brings you high-quality educational content to use at home and in the classroom. All our resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum.  These videos … learn more

Figure This, a combo from the Department of Education and NSF, offers 80 real-life math challenges for grades 6-8 and emphasizes parent-student collaboration. Figure This! demonstrates challenging middle school … learn more

Wonderville is a multi-award winning blended-learning platform recognized for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) excellence and aligned with curricula across North America. Serving educators for almost thirty … learn more

PBS has a wide variety of games from simple to very challenging.

Summer is a brilliant time to explore science outdoors with children. You don’t have to set up fancy experiments, even just looking at properties of plants and leaves or testing … learn more

Whether you are hiking, camping, visiting a lake or ocean, playing in your neighborhood park, touring a national park, or exploring your own backyard, there are tons of … learn more

The Franklin Institute site is a creative pacesetter for student exhibits. If you want to help students design their own exhibits, check out this museum. Dive deeper into … learn more

This guide takes your child through all the steps of creating a successful science fair project, from choosing a project and conducting research, to writing up a report … learn more

Free Resources and Free Access Want to create the best possible science project? You’re in exactly the right place! While you’re here browsing for the perfect project, don’t … learn more

Every year, Google has a competition open to students grades K-12 to submit artwork for the Google home page. Winners (broken out by grade level) will have their … learn more

Global Children’s Art Gallery showcases art from kids up to 12 years old from around the world, and welcomes new submissions.

The Job Corps is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive residential education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24. An excellent resource for kids … learn more

The Department of Education has compiled a comprehensive list of sources for Student Financial Aid. Definitely refer your juniors and seniors to this listing.

Discover Engineering offers younger visitors motivating topics like a water slide to interest them in this field. Authentic and practical problems! DiscoverE works to provide every student with … learn more

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, … learn more

Grass-roots efforts to solidify connections between children and nature are growing. The Children and Nature Network illustrates the benefits to children of direct experience with nature on a … learn more

Hundreds of fun activities (puzzles, sentence puzzles) are available.

A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners. Colorín Colorado is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of bilingual, research-based information, activities, and … learn more

For ambitious librarians who want to create their own web site to help students with their homework, the Multnomah County Library Kids page would be a good model.

Mike Rowe, host of the TV series Dirty Jobs, started this site in 2008 as part of a national PR campaign for skilled labor. The message is that … learn more

Mike Rowe rants on the term “Alternative Education”. He posits that learning a trade or skill is as good as or maybe better than a college degree, and … learn more

Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles. “For soccer you could go to a soccer team … … learn more

These are videos filmed at independently organized TEDx events and uploaded by the organizers. Enjoy the collection: 11,000+ videos from organizers in 120+ countries! Hint: Rather than scrolling … learn more

The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences. You can combine local live presenters and/or TED … learn more

This page shows the wide variety of topics covered by TED talks. Using this page, you can find an introductory video for an upcoming class topic.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out, in 1984, as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Talks are … learn more

With more colleges shifting courses to the online classroom and high school teachers and students alike expressing a strong desire to move away from rigid, mandated lesson arcs, … learn more

Sir Ken Robinson, in an entertaining talk, outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — students are diverse, curious and inherently creative — and how … learn more

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they … learn more

The main page for the evening of talks, including the list of speakers, all their talks, and a link to the PBS special.

SoulPancake and Edutopia asked teachers to write a letter to themselves on their first day teaching. This is their thoughts. Hang in there.

Teaching is a lot harder than it looks. How many times can you see yourself in this video?

Seriously…the English language is insane. Enjoy this fun look at this confusing language called English.  

ProCon’s goal is to promote “critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format.” They have an extensive set … learn more

The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley is holding an interdisciplinary workshop on the interaction between human life and the environment. A small selection of STEM activities with … learn more

The United Nations maintains a list of conventions, workshops, seminars and training programmes on environmental education. For each event, an overview and links for more information are provided. … learn more

Lisa George and Lori Pretty explored an integrated approach to teaching mathematics to their 1st and 2nd grade students. The result? “The students are excited about math and … learn more

YouTube can be a great resource for math training and example videos. There are videos on everything from teacher training to math visualizations to math and _____. The … learn more

Welcome to the science topics section Here you will learn many science topics to Increase your Science knowledge. All the topics are entertaining and informative with a lot … learn more

Ask a Biologist looks at all things biological, from Parts of the Cell and The Nervous System to How Animals See Color and Viral Attack.

Ask Dr. Universe will answer questions like “Why don’t spiders stick to their own webs?” and “Do frogs sleep?”

RefDesk lists experts in science from A-Z–birds, bugs, chemistry what-have-you. At times it appears that an expert site was identified and a question devised rather than vice verse. … learn more

The Mad Scientist Network at Washington University in St.Louis is maintained by graduate and medical students. Questions from more than 20 different fields can be submitted to 200 … learn more

US Courts provides an overview of our complex judiciary system. An advantage of this site is that it is up-to-date; it is often hard to find very recent … learn more

In December of 2012, Nebraska adopted state social studies standards requiring districts to incorporate economics instructions for K-12. Resources for Teaching Economics & Personal Finance in Nebraska. The … learn more

NCSS is the umbrella professional organization for social studies teachers, including all the academic disciplines associated with history and social science. The site has been re-designed to include … learn more

Growing voters is a hotlist of vetted websites for knowledge about the electoral process. The activities are activity-centered, such as creating a candidate’s vote-for-me pamphlet and interviewing candidates.

NESTA’s purpose is the advancement, stimulation, extension, improvement, and coordination of Earth Science education at all educational levels. NESTA is an organization made up of and governed by … learn more

Physical & Health Education America is the New York Times of the physical education field. Few aspects of health and physical education have been overlooked.

Additional resources from the CDC can be found here. Everything from Adolescent Health and Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance to Multimedia Tools and Success Stories. Special needs factsheets can … learn more

The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) has a range of publications available on their web site, most available for free. AMTE is devoted to the improvement of … learn more

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is the premiere professional organization for math teachers. Their web site includes sections on classroom resources, standards, research and professional development.

With thousands of direct subscribers and participants, EDTECH plays an influential role in determining the future directions of the uses of technology in education for many universities and … learn more

AFT has a wide range of resources and support for educators. Areas they tackle include bullying, Common Core, healthy & hunger-free students, workplace harassment, and student loan issues. … learn more

ASCD empowers educators to achieve excellence in learning, teaching, and leading so that every child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Read, Watch & Listen to Top … learn more

ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies. They provide a wide variety of resources, … learn more

Research tools for molecular biology are available at the CMS Molecular Biology Resource. Use iCell for understanding a larger unit that molecule.

Explain Everything is a unique interactive screencasting whiteboard app for the Applie iPad. Allows you to record, share and view presentations around the world.

Microsoft’s introductory page on their free Office for Education offering. Requires a school email address to get started. Scroll down past the Get Started form to learn more … learn more

An introduction and links to the software, solutions, training, support, and other resources offered by Google.

Google Docs may not have all the features of other office suits, but does allow easy collaboration & sharing. This easy-to-follow video explains how that works and why … learn more

The Library Journal claims that 100,000 librarians read the online version of their management journal for librarians. It includes both national and regional headlines.

The ALA’s international counterpart, the International Association of School Libraries, in contrast, contains information primarily of importance to its professional members, though a few links for online resources … learn more

The American Library Association (ALA) has opened its Web site. It serves an integrative function for some of these other sites and provides a calendar of events.

The Library of Congress has piblished a number of classic books of interest, broken out by age range. Titles include… Cinderella Jungle Tales of Tarzan The Arabian Nights … learn more

Over the years, thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions. This site, hosted by Drexel University, organizes that … learn more

The Library of Virginia provides a glimpse of the vast library resources, accumulated at universities, upon which older students will rely as they progress towards and in college.

The Smithsonian Magazine is now online for your perusal. Check it out.

Check out over 100 on-line exhibits, covering a wide variety of subjects from Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780-1910 to Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and … learn more

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. We are a community of learning and an opener of doors. Join us on a voyage of discovery. Explore our vast … learn more

In addition to the Learning Lab, the Smithsonian has a very wide range of on-line resources, with everything from the National Postal Museum and the National Portrait Gallery … learn more

This archive was originally founded as the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library in 1928. Today the Archive includes over three million photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, … learn more

Panoramic Photographs at the LOC will yield 4000 photographs of significant events and ordinary life from 1851-1991. We found the primary source photographs detailing California history fascinating.

Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction. Free primary-source-based professional development from the Library of … learn more

The Library of Congress maintains “miles” of references and showcases special exhibit of all types. You can start at their home page or explore some of the other … learn more

Nothing gets a student’s attention like money. Use the on-line resources here to take a virtual (or in person) tour of your nearest U.S. Mint. You can bring … learn more

GovTrack follows the status of all bills in Congress from introduction to enactment. Read the text of bills and see how bills change through their life cycle. You … learn more

Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and … learn more

This page has links to national libraries for most countries, including a link to an English version, if available.

Kevin Thorn defines Sketchnoting as a “a form of Visual Writing by expressing ideas, concepts, and important thoughts in a meaningful flow by listening, processing, and transferring what … learn more