Enrich the Curriculum with On-Line Resources

Integration Ideas for Core & ESL Courses

 

One-Stop Teacher/Student Resource Page

 

Download MS Word Handout: http://wmms.net/irby_worddoc_for_stti.doc

 

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Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net/

 

Click here to prepare for EOG testing in Language Arts and Math

Choose 'Online Assessment' and click on North Carolina

http://www.brainchild.com/

 

NC Wise Owl

http://www.ncwiseowl.org

Encyclopedias (New Book of Knowledge & Grolier) - Magazine Database - magazines and newspapers

 

Learn PowerPoint

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tutorials/ew_ppt.htm

 

Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/teleport/siteLogin01.asp

 

Resource Links & Research Tools - (References)

http://www.wmms.net/webquest/research.htm

 

ESL

http://wmms.net/students/esl.htm

 

Language Arts

http://wmms.net/students/language_arts.htm

 

Social Studies

http://wmms.net/students/social_studies.htm

 

MAPS

http://wmms.net/students/social_studies.htm

 

Math

http://wmms.net/students/math.htm

 

Science

http://wmms.net/students/science.htm

 

Health

http://wmms.net/students/health.htm

 

News

http://wmms.net/students/news.htm

 

 

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Teachers Information Center

http://wmms.net/staff/teacher_links.htm

 

Computer Skills Practice Testing Info Vocabulary Quizzes:

http://www.waynecountyschools.org/quiz.htm

 

Computer Skills Practice Testing Info - Other Great Resources

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/techknowpark/Kiosk/index.html#

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/resource/techinstruct/index.htm

http://www.learnnc.org/DPI/instserv.nsf?OpenDatabase

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/act/technology_lessons.htm

http://gcsiapps.gaston.k12.nc.us/PeopleNet.nsf/PeopleNet?OpenFrameset

 

"Fair Use" - Help students understand the "whys" of copyright

http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13100799

 

Learning with Technology

Annette Lamb's Homepage:  http://eduscapes.com/

Open a Can of Worms:  http://www.wmms.net/worms2.html

Roosting in a Cactus:  http://www.wmms.net/cactus.html

 

6th Grade Social Studies Resource Links

http://www.wmms.net/clarklinks.html

 

"Living in Our World" social studies textbook series for grades 4-7

 http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/livinginourworld/lessons.htm

 

David Warlick - Landmarks for Schools

http://www.landmark-project.com/

 

Guilford County Schools - Lesson Plan Links

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/act/curr_lessons.htm

 

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Website/Resources

http://lvillage.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/lv/district.nsf/HomePage/Default?OpenDocument

 

Charlotte Mecklenburg Teacher & Student Resources

http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/resources/teachers/teacherResources.asp

 

Find Biography

http://www.biography.com/

 

Midlink Magazine

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/trindex.htm

 

This excellent site provides teachers with links to other resources on the Net (organized by topic or subject)

http://www.suelebeau.com

 

 

Educators' Hot List for Resources

http://www.ncsu.edu/ligon/teacher_resource.html#HOTS

 

AOL School Resources

http://school.aol.com/

 

Start Squad, which is done by the NC State Library

http://www.startsquad.org/index.asp?site_id=135

 

Tammy Worcester's Technology Tips for Teachers

(Great site for on-line resources)

http://www.essdack.org/tips/index.html

 

4Teachers Website - Integrating Technology, Site-of-the-Week, excellent resources

http://4teachers.org/

 

Education Helper

10,960 Lesson Plans, 5,000 Free Worksheet Generators, Exams for Standardized Tests, Create Puzzles

http://www.edhelper.com/

 

Teacher Lesson Bank

http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/posts.html

 

Teacher's Planet

http://www.teacherplanet.com/

 

A to Z Teachers' "Stuff" Network

http://www.lessonplanz.com/

 

Awesome Library of Lesson Plans

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

 

Teach Net - Smart Tools for the Busy Teacher

http://www.teachnet.com/

 

Teachers - Resources have been evaluated here:

http://www.evalutech.sreb.org

 

Multi teacher resources from Discovery

http://school.discovery.com/teachers/index.html

Lesson Plans Library (Discovery Schools) – Click on Lesson Plans

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/

 

Subject-based access to top humanities sites, EDSITEment lesson plans and at-home activities, and additional learning activities.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/

 

PJ Pinchbeck's Website - 8th grader's Website that is packed with great "middle school" links & resources

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html

 

Where Educators Go To Learn

http://www.education-world.com/

 

Homepage by teachers for teachers

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/#anchor58119

 

Busy Teachers Web Site K-12 - (This is a great site for teacher suggested ideas)

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

(A classified list of sites on the Internet for enhancing curriculum - great resource site!)

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

 

The Awesome Library for Teachers

http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/teacher.html

 

Math Teachers, here are suggested projects for you!

http://www.wake.tec.nc.us/math/Projects/index.html

 

Math Teachers, this site will be very effective in capturing the attention of your middle school students.

The graphic artist encompasses geometry of space and logic of space.  The artist uses tessellations and polyhedra.  Pick a few art books and show the students how math is used in art.

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/escher/

 

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers

http://home.comcast.net/~dboals1/boals.html

 

Web Resources For North Carolina Educators

http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/

 

36 weeks of Technology Lesson Plans available from NCWiseOwl - Appropriated for middle school

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/techknowpark/index2.html

 

ENC (Eisenhower) - (Sponsored by the US Department of Education)

http://www.enc.org/

 

Internet Content for the Classroom from Marcopolo

http://www.wcom.com/marcopolo/

 

Exploratorium 10 Cool Sites

http://www.exploratorium.edu

 

The Health Teacher - Presently blocked by Wake County

http://www.healthteacher.com/

 

Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html

On-Line Activities - (Many links to great lesson plan sites)

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/onlineactivities.html

 

Language Arts Resources

Excellent listing of lesson plans, publishing, literature resources available from California State College

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

 

The Education Place

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/

The Houghton Mifflin Reading Center at Education Place provides Reading, Spelling, and Language Arts resources for K-8 teachers, students, and parents.

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/index.html

 

New York Times Daily Lesson Plans

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html

 

PBS Teacher Resources

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm

 

Free Teacher Website:

http://www.teacherweb.com/ ($25 per year)

http://wizard.hprtec.org/index.php3 (Free)

Instructions for Web Wizard (Word Document)

http://schoolnotes.com/ (Free)

 

Free Animated Banner Maker

(Works in Blackboard or any Webpage)

http://www.animationonline.com

 

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Teacher/Student Research Tools

http://wmms.net/students/research.htm

 

Talking Dictionary - Merriam-Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/

 

Merriam Webster for Kids

Student dictionary, bulletin board, daily buzzwords, new words, trivia, coding games – fun with words.

http://www.wordcentral.com

 

Search Engine for/by Librarians - (Web search for kids by librarians)

http://kidsclick.org

 

Search 100,000+ top educational sites.

http://www.educationplanet.com/

 

Repeated under teacher links - The ultimate research site for students, teachers, and parents

Encyclopedias (New Book of Knowledge & Grolier ) - Magazine Database - magazines and newspapers

http://www.ncwiseowl.org

 

Start Squad - Created by the NC State Library

http://www.startsquad.org/index.asp?site_id=135

 

Repeated Link - David Warlick - Landmarks for Schools

Citation & Permission Template

http://www.landmark-project.com/

 

Electronic Reference Desk

http://scholes.alfred.edu/ref_desk/ref.html

 

Great Educational Links for all subjects

http://www.norwoodschools.org/links/high/highlinks.htm

 

Dictionaries Unlimited!

http://www.encyberpedia.com/glossary.htm

Encyberpedia - (The living encyclopedia form cyberspace!)

http://www.encyberpedia.com

 

The Virtual Reference Desk - (Links to 52 Encyclopedias!)

http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html

Reference Desk - Single best source for facts on the net.

http://www.refdesk.com/

 

Internet Public Library - (An excellent starting place for research)

http://www.ipl.org

 

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ESL Resources

http://wmms.net/students/esl.htm

 

Spanish Dictionary

http://www.spanishdict.com/

 

ESL Links - Have fun learning to read

http://www.starfall.com

 

Translation Sites - (Translates up to 150 words per phrase)

Translates Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, French

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

http://www.freetranslation.com

 

Featuring more than 50 lesson plans, 30 teaching tips, 450 discussion topics, and 60 resource picks

http://everythingesl.net/

 

The Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html

 

Online ESL Quizzes - Study English grammar online!

http://www.1-language.com/eslquizzes/index.htm

 

Offers a Listen and Learn area, an academic writing course, help with pronunciation, a web concordancer and dictionary with text-to-speech support, software downloads and a teacher's toolbox. 

In Win95 or Win98 operating system, the Microsoft Agent will have to be downloaded.

(Works in Internet Explorer ONLY).

http://www.edict.com.hk/

 

Text Reader

http://www.edict.com.hk/TextTospeech/agent/textreader.htm

Downloading Text-To-Speech files:

http://www.edict.com.hk/TextTospeech/

 

English Pronunciation

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/index.htm

 

American English – says the sentences - Consonant sounds, vowel sounds, and teaching pronunciation

http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/

 

There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other study materials.

http://www.manythings.org/

Reading Signs in English

http://www.manythings.org/signs/

 

Games that teach the alphabet

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

 

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EOG Reviews:

http://wmms.net/walters/teacher.htm#eog

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Webquest Resources:

http://wmms.net/walters/webquests/index.htm

 

http://ozline.com/templates/webquest.html

http://wmms.net/walters/webquests/computer_crime1.htm

http://www.emtech.net/webquests.html

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/webquest/

http://www.iwebquest.com/

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Secondary/WebQuests.htm

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/6-8matrix.html

http://webquest.org/

http://www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/public/webquests.html

http://wmms.net/walters/webquests/president2000.htm

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/