Lesson Plans
- AASL Best Websites for Teaching & Learning"Best Websites for Teaching & Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st-Century Learner."
- Classroom Resources (National Science Foundation)
"Welcome to Classroom Resources--a diverse collection of lessons and web resources for classroom teachers, their students, and students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area to help you quickly find resources in your interest area, and then use them to create lesson plans or at-home activities."
- Arctic & Antarctic
- Astronomy & Space
- Biology
- Chemistry & Materials
- Computing
- Earth & Environment
- Education
- Engineering
- Mathematics
- Nanoscience
- People & Society
- Physics - Discovery Educationprovides free resources for teachers, parents & students, including lesson plans for K-5, 6-8, 9-12 for science, technology, social studies, math, and language arts.
Virtual Field Trips: Science & Engineering -- Social Studies -- Literacy -- Math - Educational Technology Clearinghouse (ETC) (University of South Florida)"FCIT (the Florida Center for Instructional Technology) and ETC (the Educational Technology Clearinghouse) provide digital content, professional development, and technical services supporting the appropriate integration of technology into K-12 and preservice education."
- Education WorldThe Lesson Plans archive is arranged by subject: The Arts, Health & Safety, History, Interdisciplinary, Language Arts, Lesson of the Day, Math, PE & Sports, Science, Social Science, Special Ed & Guidance, Special Themes.
- Florida PBS Learning Media"PBS LearningMedia provides PreK-12 educators with access to free digital content and professional development opportunities designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement."
- learningscience.org"A free and open learning community for sharing newer and emerging tools to teach science"
- Lesson Plan Central [site no longer available, March 2017?]"An educators guide to lessons, worksheets, web links and more..."
- Lesson Plans (Library of Congress)
Lesson Plans: Teacher-created, classroom-tested lesson plans using primary sources from the Library of Congress. - National Geographic Teaching Resources"Our classroom materials are designed in a modular system, with activities as the base unit. An activity will fill one class period, while a lesson (a collection of activities) can fill up to a week of class time. Units (collections of lessons) are designed for longer periods of time."
- Smithsonian Institute - For Educators"A wealth of digital tools support inquiry-based learning and active engagement to spark creativity and curiosity. The Smithsonian Learning Lab allows you to create personal collections and individualized educational experiences. The digital Game Center of the Smithsonian Science Education Center offers fun experiences for the young STEM learner. Smithsonian's History Explorer offers hundreds of free, innovative resources for learning about American history."
- WatchKnowLearn.org"WatchKnowLearn has indexed approximately 50,000 educational videos, placing them into a directory of over 5,000 categories. The videos are available without any registration or fees to teachers in the classroom, as well as parents and students at home 24/7."
