TEACHER RESOURCES
Mount Vernon Conference
October 30-31, 2008
K-12 LESSON PLAN SITES
Finding lesson plans on the Internet is extremely easy to do. The key is sorting
through the thousands available and finding the ones that are suitable to your
classroom, curriculum and students. There are three types of lesson plans that are
available on the net.
Basic Lesson Plans
These are lesson plans that are written for teachers. They are intended for
teachers to use with their students. They do not depend on a live Internet
connection to do the lesson. They are a great way to generate ideas for your next
lesson.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathIntegerOperations-Equations68.htm
Interactive Lesson Plans
These are lesson plans that are written for teachers to use with their students.
Each lesson includes the information to do a lesson and the links to further the
lesson using additional Internet sites.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html
SAMPLE LESSON PLAN SITES
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L659
Index of Math Lesson Plans (K-12)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Great Resource for maps, diagrams, craft projects, etc.
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
Index of lesson plans (K-12) in most subject areas
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites063.shtml
Index of sites for teaching Grammar
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
7-12 Great resource for health, biology and life science teachers
http://www.sciencegems.com/math.html
Great Index of 16000 math and science sites (K-12) with
emphasis on the secondary classroom)
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
Index of lesson plans (K-12) in most subject areas
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Index of lesson plans (K-12) in most subject areas
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson.htm
Index of lesson plans (K-12) in most subject areas
http://www.mrdonn.org/
Best Collection of History Lesson Plans
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/
Index of lesson plans (K-12) Go to Lesson Plans by Subject (Lower Left)
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: Lesson plans / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level
plus and minus 1
EXAMPLE:
lesson plans pearl harbor grades 10-12
(This search will give you 12,700 sites)
lesson plans lady bugs grades 1-3
(This search will give you 16,800 sites)
K-12 WEBQUESTS
These are lesson plans that are written for teachers to use with their students.
Each is an activity-oriented lesson in which some or all of the information that the
students use comes from links to sites on the Internet.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC596/Units/Pole/Intro.html
SAMPLE WEBQUEST SITES
http://lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/DATABASE.html
Collection of webquests
http://bestwebquests.com/
Collection of webquests
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm
Collection of webquests
http://www.accesswave.ca/~hgunn/Webquests/k12.html
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html
http://webquest.org/search/
http://www.waukeganschools.org/teachers/stories/storyReader$4
Literature webquests K-5 and list of webquest collections
http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webquests.htm
Collection of webquests
http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/schools/webquests/summer.htm
Collection of webquests
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
http://www.genevaschools.org/links/webquests.htm
WEBQUEST GENERATOR
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: Webquests / A Specific Unit You Teach / Your grade level
plus and minus 1
EXAMPLE:
Webquests solar system grades 10-12
(This search will give you 20, 900 sites)
RUBRIC IDEAS SITES
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=CustomizeTemplate&bank_rubric_id=17&se
ction_id=1&
Helpful tool for building rubrics
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Variety of sample rubrics
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP SITES
Virtual field trips offer many of the same opportunities for inquiry as
Webquests.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html
Trips to farms
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/gallery/pict.htm
Lincoln’s home Springfield, IL (Circa 1850)
http://www.mountvernon.org/virtual/index.cfm/ss/29//cfid/5079553/cftoken/94453204
Washington’s home Mt. Vernon, VA (Circa 1750)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/house/index.html
Victorian Home Tour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/warhome/warhome_intro.shtml
London home during the Blitz (Circa 1939)
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
Jamestown, Virginia
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
Attack on Pearl Harbor
http://www.zerobio.com/
Outstanding Science Grades 9-12
Virtual Dissections - Go to “Dissection Labs”
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips2.htm
Collection of Virtual Field Trips
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: virtual field trips/ A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus
and minus 1
(Example Virtual field trips Civil War k-12)
SCAVENGER HUNT SITES
There are two types of Scavenger Hunts
Treasure Hunt
This type of scavenger hunt is designed for students with computer & Internet
skills. The creator develops a series of questions or requests using key words and
students use a search engine to locate sites that have the answers.
(I find these to be the least useful for elementary students).
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8565/Film/hitch.html
Alfred Hitchcock Scavenger Hunt
Guided Tours
This type of scavenger hunt uses several Internet sites that have been researched
by the creator. The creator finds web sites related to the chosen topic and creates
a list of questions and the URLs where students can find the answers.
http://www.ecps.k12.nc.us/dfw/ebaker/LincolnWebQuest.htm
Abraham Lincoln Scavenger Hunt
SAMPLE SCAVENGER HUNT SITES
http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/schools/scavenger/summer.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledScavenger.html
http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/InternetHunt/Default.htm
http://www.kathimitchell.com/scavenge.html
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavenger.html
Scavenger Hunt info and templates
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: scavenger hunts / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level
plus and minus 1
POWERPOINT SITES
http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm
A game on PowerPoint
http://www.pppst.com/index.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
Grammar Powerpoints
http://www.pptpalooza.net/
History Powerpoints (Grades 8-12 and AP)
http://www.glenrosearkansasffa.org/lesson%20plans.htm
Agriculture and Industrial Arts Powerpoints
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm
Powerpoint Templates, tutorial, etc.
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html
Powerpoint Templates, tutorial, etc.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/
Jeopardy/Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Templates
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm
A great tutorial for creating/editing a powerpoint
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: ppt/ A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus and minus 1
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER SITES
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
http://www.sw-georgia.resa.k12.ga.us/Math.html
Math graphic organizers (K-12)
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/specificgos.html
Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/character%20study.pdf
Graphic Organizers for Character Analysis for ‘Storytelling’
http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/Storytelling_graphic_organizers.htm
Graphic Organizers
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: graphic organizer / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level
plus and minus 1
In the “Search Box” type: venn diagram / A Specific Unit You Teach /Your grade level plus
and minus 1
PUZZLE MAKER/ GAME MAKER SITES
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
http://www.dltk-cards.com/
Great variety of printables
http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Printables/printables.htm
Certificates, bookmarks and other printable stuff
http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/
Bingo card maker
LEARNING CENTERS
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_learning_centers.htm
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/learningcenter/main.htm
http://home.att.net/~teaching/centers.htm
http://www.teachingheart.net/LC.htm
MAP SOURCES
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/label/geography.shtml
(Maps and geography graphics to be labeled with answer keys)
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
(Maps and geography graphics)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
(Over 600 printable maps)
http://www.history.com/maps.do
Historical maps
COLORING BOOKS SITES
Coloring books offer many opportunities for younger students.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/color.htm#later
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/coloringbook.html
http://coloringbookfun.com/
CERTIFICATE MAKER SITES
http://www.certificatecreator.com/default3.htm
Great site for custom certificates
http://www.senteacher.org/wk/certificates.php
Better site for custom certificates
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/newfree.html
Printable Certificates, Coupons, etc.
SMART BOARD LINKS
http://www.bobsedulinks.com/Smart_Board_Links.htm
Collection of Smart Board Lesson Ideas
http://www.ecarter.k12.mo.us/dept/elementary/fourthgrade/ccrites/etipslesson1.html
Collection of Smart Board Lessons
http://www.bristolvaschools.org/mwarren/SBActivities.htm
Collection of Smart Board Lessons
VIDEO SOURCES
NEW!! TO DOWNLOAD VIDEOS GO TO keepvid.com
http://www.teachertube.com/video.php?category=mv&viewtype=
Collection of teacher created videos
http://www.schooltube.com/
Collection of student created videos
http://www.youtube.com/
Collection of videos (Some are appropriate for classroom use)
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/hands-on_math/hands-on_math_movies.php
Videos of hands-on math
http://www.history.com/media.do
Click on “Video Gallery”
WHERE TO START YOUR OWN SEARCH
Go to www.google.com
In the “Search Box” type: Subject Videos
Example:
PE Videos (This search will give you 933,000 sites)
BULLETIN BOARD SITES
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm - board
Bulletin board ideas
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/bulletinboards.html#feature
http://www.teachingheart.net/bboard.html
http://faculty.kutztown.edu/schaeffe/BulletinBoards/bbs.html
Secondary Bulletin Boards (with interactive worksheets)
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/bulletin/
Index of Bulletin Board Collections