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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

ArtsAlive
ArtsConnectEd

ArtsEdge

ArtsEdNet

Art Soup: Links to dance, drama, and more arts experiences
Art Studio Chalkboard

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

Eyes on Art

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

A Lifetime of Color
Los Angeles Philharmonic
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
Museums

Music Education Resources
Sing-Along Songs
Sumopaint: Online Paint Program

Texas School Music Project
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Curriculum Issues

Education Week Online

Social Skills Curriculums
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English

ALAN: The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE

Amazon.com

American Verse prior to 1920

Barnes and Noble

Berkeley Digital Library (electronic texts)

Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature

California Language Arts Home Page

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature

Children's Literature Criticism

Children's Literature Web Guide
Literature Circles
MLA Update 2009

Multicultural Book Review

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

The Online Books Page

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

Trinity College Writing Center
Web English Teacher

For more links see Dewey Browse 800's
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Foreign Language

Casa De Joanna
Foreign Language Educator's Site
Foreign Language Fonts
Foreign Languages for Travelers
Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers
iLoveLanguages!
Languages: From the BBC
Ñandutí: Early Foreign Language Learning
TennesseeBob's Famous French Links
Websites for  Foreign Language Students and Teachers
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General

Awesome Library: K-12 Education Directory

Best Information on the Net

Cable in the Classroom

Classroom Connect on the Net: Educational sites
Certification Map: Where Do You Teach?
Curriculum Links

Cyberguide
DLTK's Printables: Custom Awards & Certificates
Doing What Works
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 Title
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
Intute is a Free Online Service Providing You With Access to the Very Best Web Resources for Education and Research
K-3 Learning Pages:Resources for Kindergarten to Grade 3 Teachers
K-6 Web Activites: From Bellevue Public Schools

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
National Staff Development Homepage
Online Tools for Classroom Use by Kathy Schrock
OzWeb: Teacher Links from Austrailia
Project Interactivate Assessment Toolkit

Quia: Create Your Own Learning Materials
Scholastic
Second Grade Resources
Sites For Teachers
Smithsonian Education
Teacher Certification Map
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

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
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

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
States Web Games

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

David C. Baird's Gifted Children Website
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 Importance Of Physical Education
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center
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 Education Links
Physical Education Lesson Plan Page
The President's Challenge
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Shape Up America
Sports Media - Physical Education for everyone
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

Armadillo's K-12 WWW Server
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Answers.com Teacher Toolkit

Columbia Education Center's Mini Lessons

EdHelper: Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Word problems
Education Place Classroom Resources
The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson Plans

EE-Link, Environmental Education
Jeopardy Power Point Games by Grade and Subject
Lesson Plans from Smithsonian Education on the Web

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

U.S. History -- Women's Rights/History: Lesson Plans
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Librarian Links

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AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
AccessMy Library: Free Access to Millions of Articles
ALA JobLIST
ALA Wikis
Alice in InfoLand

American Library Association
Ask A Librarian
BLOGS AND WIKIS
BookFinder.com
Book Repair
Book Seer: What Should I Read Next?
Boolify: Visual Boolean Searching
Burlington Public Library for Kids
Cataloging at the Library of Congress
The Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) at Syracuse University
Classify: An Experimental Classification Web Service from OCLC
The Copyright Alliance Education Foundation
Copyright Information & Education: Fair Use

Copyright Website
Dewey Browser: OCLC Site for Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers

Digital Librarian
Garys Social Media Count: Internet Statistics
Google Librarian Center: Newsletter Archive
Graphic Novels
Information Skills Resources on the Internet
Information Update
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Juvenile Series and Sequels
Keeping Up Web Page
Librarian and Information Science News

Librarian's Index to the Internet
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 Instruction Tutorials

Library Journals on the Net
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
Links to Comics and Graphic Novel Sites
LM_NET Wiki
MARC Records Websites

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
Order in the Library
Resources for On the Job in Libraries: Geared Toward Para's, but Useful to All.
Resources for School Librarians
School Libraries in Canada
School Libraries Make a Difference To Student Achievement
School Library Blogs
Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
Web 2.0 Tools
Web Junction NH : To provide the Broadest Public Access to Information Technology
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Math

10 Best Practices in Mathematics Instruction
AAA Math (All About Math)
About Mathematics

Ask Dr. Math
Canteach Math Lesson Plans

Baseball Math
Connected Mathematics Project
CuriousMath.com
Educational Interactive Math Games
Figure This!

Fun Math Lessons

Geometry Problem of the Week
Hands-On Math Activities For Grades 4 - 6
Helpwithmath.com
Illuminations
Interactivate Assessments Toolkit

Math Brain Teasers
Math Cats

The Math Forum
Math in Daily Life
Math Lessons
Mathematics Enrichment
Mathematics Resource Site
Mathletics

MegaMath

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

Book Adventure 
Book Talks Quick and Simple
Bookhive
Book PALS Storyline Online
Chateau Meddybemps
The Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
Early Literacy Development
Helping Children Learn to Read
Improving Reading Skills
International Children’s Digital Library Foundation
International Reading Association
Just One More Book: With Podcasts
Kidsreads
Leveled Book Lists

Leveled Reading Frequently Used Terms

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 Instructional Strategies
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Rainbow
Teachers@Random
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Science

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

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

The EnviroLink Network
Eric Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography
Exploring Planets in the Classroom Hands-on Activities
Greentimes: Newsletter & Teacher Guides
The History of Invention
Integrated Science Units

Instructional Materials in Science Education
K-8 Science Education Sites
Kids Do Ecology
LearningScience.org
Microbes in Action

NASA
National Science Education Standards
Neuroscience for Kids
Newton’s Apple
Physical Science Activity Manual
Physical Sciences Resource Center
Physics 2000
Physics for Beginners
Physics Education
Sandlot Science
Sci4Kids
Science and Health: From Instructor Web
Science and Technology Education from FT Exploring: Great site!
Science Spot
Scientific American.com—Ask the Experts
Shodor Curriculum Materials
Simple Science
Teach the Earth
Thinking Fountain
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
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
The National Constitution Center: Lesson Plans
School History Websites
Secrets of Great History Teachers
Social Studies for Kids
Social Studies Sources
All+Results+>+Grade+3+-+5">Take the 7 Hat Challenge: U.S. President
Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History
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
Circle of Inclusion
DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
The International Dyslexia Association
Education World: Special Education
everythingESL: The K-12 ESL Resource from Judie Haynes
Inclusion

An Inclusive (SPECIAL) Education Resource: From McGill University --excellent site
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

AppleWorks 6 - Quick Start
Appleworks Support
Computer Training Quick Reference Custom Guides

EDTECH

Education By Design

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

From Now On: Educational Technology Journal
Inspiration Trainer Resources
Inspiration Tutorials
Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Kidspiration Activities & Lesson Plans
Kidspiration Tutorials
Marilyn Western's Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers
NetSmartz
On-Line Technology Practice Modules - PowerPoint
Powerpoint in the Classroom
Presentation and Workshop Documents
Promoting Technology Use in Schools
Teacher Templates
Teacher Training Videos

TeAch-nology
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Technology Leadership: Enhancing Positive Educational Change
Technology Tutorials for Teachers
Technology Tutorials found on the Web
T.H.E. Journal

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
dimdim Online Web Conferencing
GO2WEB20
Hubpages Education 2.0
LM_NET Wiki
Photoshop Express: It's Free
Podcasting 101 for K-12 Librarians
Rolly: Create Your Own Search Engine
schlib Tools
School 2.0 Wiki
School Library Learning 2.0
Teachade: The Online Community for Teachers
Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners: From T.H.E. Journal
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: Created by Charles Russell Teachers and Students
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

Migrating Monarchs Webquest
New Hampshire History Web Quest

A Revolutionary ThinkQuest WebQuest: American Revolution
Revolutionary War Internet Scavenger Hunt
St. Patrick's Day Trivia Hunt
Web-Based Projects: University of Richmond
A WebQuest About School Library Web Sites
WebQuest from Guilford County Schools
WebQuest on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
WebQuest Search Page: Find Webquests by Topic
WebQuests K-3
WebQuests for K-12
WebQuests for Kids
The White House: Home of the President
White House Scavenger Hunt: From National Geographic

Young Author's WebQuest
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