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The Arts
Curriculum
English
Foreign Language
General
Geography
Gifted and Talented
Health & Physical Education
Internet Projects
Lesson Plan Sources
Librarian Links
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
SPED, School Psych, Speech, ESL

Standards

Technology

Web 2.0

Web Quests & Scavenger Hunts

The Arts

51 Web Sites For Music Teachers
ArtsAlive
ArtsConnectEd

ArtsEdge

ArtsEdNet
ArtSnacks

Art Teacher on the Net
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Education
A. Pintura: Art Detective
Canvastic dot Net: Paint Program
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids
Drawing With Light
Essentials of Music Theory

Inside Art: An Art History Game
K-12 Resources for Music Teachers

A Lifetime of Color
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Museums
Sing-Along Songs
Sumopaint: Online Paint Program

Texas School Music Project
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Curriculum Issues

Education Week Online
Social Skills Curriculums

TeacherTube: Professional Development Videos
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English

Amazon.com

American Verse prior to 1920

Barnes and Noble

Berkeley Digital Library (electronic texts)

Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature

Children's Literature Criticism

Children's Literature Web Guide
MLA Formatting and Style Guide

The Online Books Page

The Online Writery: Writing Resources
OSLIS Middle and High School MLA Citation Maker
Poetry Lesson Plans
Read Write Think

Trinity College Writing Center
Web English Teacher
Writing Across the Curriculum: George Mason University

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Foreign Language

Best French Websites 
Best-of the-Web Spanish Language Websites: General
Casa De Joanna
Foreign Language Educator's Site
Foreign Language Fonts
Foreign Languages for Travelers
Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers
French Grammar Central
iLoveLanguages!
K-12 Spanish Language Instruction Resources
Languages: From the BBC
Nanduti: Early Foreign Language Learning
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General

Awesome Library: K-12 Education Directory

Best Information on the Net

Cable in the Classroom
The Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Certification Map: Where Do You Teach?
Curriculum Links
DLTK's Printables: Custom Awards & Certificates
Doing What Works
Education News
Education Oasis

Education World
Educational Web Adventures
Eduscapes: Great site for teachers and students
Enchanted Learning: Great site for teachers and students
End of Year Planning
eThemes Resources Listed Alphabetically by Grade and Title
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs

50 States' Certification Requirements
Finding Information on the Internet
G.E.M Gateway to Educational Materials
Graphic Organizers
I Love That Teaching Idea!
Icebreakers, Games, and Activities
Interactives: From Learner.org
The Khan Academy: 1600+ educational videos
NOVA Teachers Guides
K-3 Learning Pages:Resources for Kindergarten to Grade 3 Teachers

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Outstanding Site
Kidskonnect
Kidspace: From the Internet Public Library
Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk
The Learning Page: 100 Collections for Teachers from the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress Teacher Pages

Michigan Teacher Network: Excellent Comprehensive Site
Mrs. Mitchell's Virtual School 

National Geographic.com
Online Countdown Timers
Online Tools for Classroom Use by Kathy Schrock
Project Interactivate Assessment Toolkit

Quia: Create Your Own Learning Materials
Quizinator: Create, Store, and Print Worksheets, Studysheets, Exams and Quizzes Online
Scholastic
Sites For Teachers
Smithsonian Education
Teacher Certification Map
Teacher Resources: Especially for New Teachers
Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights
TeacherFiles - A Free Educational Resource
Teacher/Pathfinder: An Internet Village
TeachersFirst Content Matrix

Teacher's Lab: From the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project

Teachers.Net

Teacher's Resource Guide: From Bantam, Doubleday, Dell

Teachnet.Com

Teachers Helping Teachers
TeacherServe from the National Humanities Center
Thinkfinity
Tikatok: Children Under 13 Can Publish Their Books On This Site

The United Nations CyberSchoolBus

US Department of Education
U.S. Education Standards
Virtual Learning Resources Center
WGBH Teachers' Domain

Warning Signs of Teen Violence

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Millions of online sites from aardvarks to zoology
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Geography

The Atlas of North America
Best Online Tools for Creating and Building Maps
Check for Plagiarism On the Web for Free

The Geographer's Craft

Geography

Geography World: Great Site, extensive links
geology.com

Geo-World The Geography Educator's World

The Great Globe Gallery: Maps, planiglobes, thematic and historical maps, satellite images...

Information Please Almanac: The Ultimate Fact Finder
Instructor Web

Map Machine Resources: From National Geographic

MapQuest

Maps on Us: Powerful routing guide for door to door directions, you must register at this site
My Wonderful World: From National Geographic
Online Projects

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Pics4Learning: Copyright Friendly Images for Education

National Geographic
National Geographic Geo Bee

New Hampshire Geographic Alliance

Resources for Geographer's
Road Trip Geography For Kids
States Web Games
Teaching with Maps

U.S. Gazetteer
US State Map Collections  
Where Is That? Map Games
World Country Maps Country Satellite Images

The World Factbook
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Gifted and Talented

Gifted and Talented
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
National Association for Gifted Children
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT)
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Health & Physical Education

Adapted Physical Education
Human - Anatomy
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Let’s Move!
Mental Health
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
Nutrition
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
PE Central
PE4life
PELINKS4U - Promoting Active & Healthy Lifestyles
PE Update.com
Physical Activity and Health, Adolescents
Physical Education Links
Physical Education Lesson Plan Page
The President's Challenge
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Shape Up America
Tobacco and Informationand Prevention Source from the CDC

Internet Project Archives

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education K-12

Class2Class: Math and Science Internet Projects

Global SchoolNet Foundation: Project Registry

Keypal Project Links
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Lesson Plan Sources

Answers.com Teacher Toolkit
Curriki

EdHelper: Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Word problems
Education Place Classroom Resources

EE-Link, Environmental Education
Genetic/Genome Lesson Plans
Language Arts Presentations
Lesson Plans from Smithsonian Education on the Web

Lesson Plan Search Engine at Homework Central: Over 10,000 lesson plans
MPBN Lesson Plans
Oceans Gallery Lesson Plans: Grades K-3
Scholastic.com | Teachers
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans
Teacher Domain
TeacherLINK
The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank
Teachers Online Edition
TeacherVision
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Librarian Links

AASL Lesson Plan Database
AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
AccessMy Library: Free Access to Millions of Articles
ALA JobLIST
ALA Wikis

American Library Association
Ask A Librarian
BLOGS AND WIKIS
BookFinder.com
Book Repair
Book Seer: What Should I Read Next?
Boolify: Visual Boolean Searching
Bookwinks: Book Talks
The Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) at Syracuse University
Chat Reference Libraries
Classify: An Experimental Classification Web Service from OCLC
COMMON CORE STANDARDS
The Copyright Alliance Education Foundation
Copyright Information & Education: Fair Use

Copyright Website
Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Dewey Browser: OCLC Site for Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers

Digital Librarian
DigitalLiteracy.gov
EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection
Flashcards: Praxis II - Library Media Specialist (0311)
Graphic Novels
How To Take Care of Library Books: TeacherTube Video
Information Skills Instruction
Information Skills Resources on the Internet
Information Update
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Juvenile Series and Sequels
Learning4Life: AASL's learning standards and program
Librarian and Information Science News
Libraries and Librarians
LibraryCom: Easy way to start automating your library based on a yearly fee.
Library Design + Furniture
Library Games and Worksheets
Library Garden
The Library History Buff Home Page

Library Instruction Round Table
Library Link of the Day
Library Media Curriculum Resources Grades 3-12: From Utah Education Network
Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Web Site
Library Skills From Shambles Net: Great sites!

LibrarySpot - The best of libraries, newspapers, encyclopedias, maps and more in one spot.
Library Success: a Best Practices Wiki
LibraryThing
Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
Links to Comics and Graphic Novel Sites
LM_NET Wiki

Marylaine Block: Writer, Internet Trainer, "Librarian without Walls
Media Literacy: 90+ Videos for Technology and Media Literacy
Media Services: Glossary
Nancy Keane's Children's Literature Webpage
Neat New Stuff I Found on the Net This Week
New England Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Online Library Journals
Resources for School Librarians
School Libraries in Canada
School Libraries Make a Difference To Student Achievement
School Library Blogs
School Library Impact Studies Project
SOS for Information Literacy
Speed Geeking: Teaching With Technology Made Easy
TBR Mobilization & Emerging Technology
Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging
Video Resources
Web 2.0 Tools
WHY WE NEED SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
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BLOGS AND WIKIS

Math

AAA Math (All About Math)
About Mathematics
Ask Dr. Math
Baseball Math
Dewey Browse Math Links
Canteach Math Lesson Plans
Connected Mathematics Project
CuriousMath.com
Figure This!

Fun Math Lessons

Geometry Problem of the Week
Hands-On Math Activities For Grades 4 - 6
Helpwithmath.com
Illuminations
Interactivate Assessments Toolkit
MAA Online: Classroom Capsules and Notes

Math Brain Teasers
Math Cats

The Math Forum
Math in Daily Life
Mathlanding
Math Lessons
Math Worksheets: From Teach-nology.com
Mathematics Enrichment
Mathematics Resource Site

MegaMath

Middle School Problem of the Week
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
PBS Math
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Super Kid Worksheets
Visual Fractions
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Reading

Book Adventure 
Book Talks Quick and Simple
Book PALS Storyline Online
Chateau Meddybemps
Improving Reading Skills
International Children’s Digital Library Foundation
International Reading Association
Just One More Book: With Podcasts
Kidsreads
Leveled Book Lists
Lexile: Find a Book
Lexile Framework for Reading
LITERACY ACTIVITIES
NEA's Read Across America
Read, Write, Think
Reading Aloud: Is It Worth It?
Reading Comprehension
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Rainbow
Teachers@Random
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Science

Amazing Space
American Society of Plant Biologists—K-12 Resources
The Atoms Family
BioEd Online: Biology Teacher Resources From Baylor College of Medicine
Biology Lesson Plans for Elementary School Teachers
Bugscope
A Century of Physics
Chesterfield Enviromental Project
Chickscope
Collaborative Projects
Dana.org
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Earth and Moon Viewer
Earth Science Teaching Plans and Classroom Activities
Environmental Education

The EnviroLink Network
EPA: Science Notebook
Eric Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography
Exploring Planets in the Classroom Hands-on Activities

Instructional Materials in Science Education
K-8 Science Education Sites
Kids Do Ecology
LearningScience.org
Microbes in Action
Museum of Science, Boston: Podcasts

NASA
National Science Education Standards
Neuroscience for Kids
Physical Science Activity Manual
Physical Sciences Resource Center
Physics 2000
Physics Education
Sandlot Science
Sci4Kids
Science and Health: From Instructor Web
Science and Technology Education from FT Exploring: Great site!
Science Buddies: Science Fair Project Ideas, Answers, & Tools
Science Friday
Science Spot
Science: Video Portal
Scientific American
The Scientist - Multimedia
Secrets of the Sequence
Shodor Curriculum Materials
Simple Science
STEM: Understanding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Teach the Earth
Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM
Thinking Fountain
Timeline of Inventions
TryScience

The Why files: Excellent Science Site
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Social Studies

American History
American History Links

American Studies Crossroads Project
Asia for Educators Online: At Columbia University
Carter Center Teacher Resource Center
Constitution Day
Best of History Web Sites
EyeWitness to History
Future State: U.S. Department of State for Youth
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: For Teachers & Students
History4everyone

History Matters

Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
National Archives: Teachers' Resources
National History Education Clearinghouse
School History Websites
Secrets of Great History Teachers
Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History
Teaching History With Technology
World History for Us All

Tools for Teaching: Links to the Past
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Special Education, School Psychology, Speech Therapy, ESL

Activities for ESL Students
Awesome Library Special Education
Boggle's World
DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
The International Dyslexia Association
Education World: Special Education
LD OnLine
The National Center for Learning Disabilities
School Psychology Resources
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI
Teachers Helping Teachers

WWW School Psychology Homepage.
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Standards

Education World: National and State Standards
New Hampshire ICT Literacy Standards for K-12 Students
No Child Left Behind
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Technology

10 Internet Safety Tips for Students
4Teachers.org
39 Sites For Using iPads in the Classroom
47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom
Computer Training Quick Reference Custom Guides
Creating an Interactive Portfolio with Google Sites

EDTECH

Education By Design

Educational Web Adventures
Education World: Technology in the Classroom Center
eduTecher
electronicportfolios.org
Fake Websites - Social, Political, Religious, Tourism and More
Family Computing

From Now On: Educational Technology Journal
Inspiration Trainer Resources
Inspiration Tutorials
iPads in the Classroom
K-5 Technology Integration Resources
KATE, the Kentucky Academy of Technology Education
Kidspiration Activities & Lesson Plans
Kidspiration Tutorials
Library of Online Technology Articles
Marilyn Western's Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers
Mobile Learning Technology: From St. Marys City Schools
NetSmartz
On-Line Technology Practice Modules - PowerPoint
Powerpoint in the Classroom
Presentation and Workshop Documents
Quizinator: Make Quizzes, and Much More
RubiStar! Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities
Teacher Templates
Teacher Training Videos

TeAch-nology
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Technology Tutorials for Teachers
Technology Tutorials found on the Web
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
T.H.E. Journal
Timeline Generator: Create a Simple Timeline
The 21st Century Learning Initiative
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Web 2.0

AASL Blog
Animoto for Education: Digital Storytelling
Atlas: Free Online Mapping
Bib 2.0
Class Blogmeister
ClassTools.net: Create free educational games, activities and diagrams
Delicious Social Bookmarking Site
Discovery Education: Web 20.11
GO2WEB20
Hubpages Education 2.0
LM_NET Wiki
Photoshop Express: It's Free
Podcasting 101 for K-12 Librarians
schlib Tools
School 2.0 Wiki
School Library Learning 2.0
Teachade: The Online Community for Teachers
Voicethread for Education
Web 2.0 in Education
Web Tools 4U2 Use: A Wiki for School Library Media Specialists
Weebly: Create a Free Website
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Web Quests, Cyber and Scavenger Hunts

What is a Web Quest: A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. An Overview by Web Quest creators Bernie Dodge and Tom March.

The Web Quest Page: by Bernie Dodge, one of two developers of the web quest concept.

Web Quest Template
Other Web Quest Pages and Web Hunts 
Australia WebQuest
Australian Animals
Chinese New Year Cyber Hunt
Colonial Kids
Cyber Hunts: From Scholastic
Cyber Hunts: From the UK
CyberHunt: Calling All Astronauts
Gateway to Dreams: An Ellis Island/Immigration WebQuest
Hunts: Scavenger Hunts from Shambles.net
Internet Scavenger Hunts by Month
Kathy Schrock's WebQuest Archives

Monarch Butterfly Webquest
New Hampshire History Web Quest

A Revolutionary ThinkQuest WebQuest: American Revolution
Revolutionary War Internet Scavenger Hunt
A WebQuest About School Library Web Sites
WebQuest from Guilford County Schools
WebQuest Search Page: Find Webquests by Topic
WebQuests K-3
WebQuests for Kids
White House Scavenger Hunt: From National Geographic
Zamzar: Transform Songs, Videos, etc., into Different Formats.
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