My Favorite Websites
For Students
Exercise and healthy eating tips for teen girls and boys:
www.sparkteen.com
www.youngwomenshealth.org
www.livestrong.com/article/117170-exercises-teen-girls-weight-loss/
Teaching aids for working with and teaching young children:
http://www.readwritethink.org/
www.mychildwithoutlimits.org
www.familyeducation.com/
www.rif.org
http://www.kidsource.com/
www.howkidsdevelop.com/resWebs.html
Child Development websites that promote healthy pregnancy and birth:
www.babycenter.com
www.marchofdimes.com
www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts.../when_children_have_children
Healthy relationships for teenagers:
www.loveisnotabuse.com/
www.chooserespect.org
www.selfesteemforwomen.com
www.teenshealth.org
The Center for Women and Families Provides information, counseling, and shelter for victims
of abuse.
www.thecenteronline.org
Activities, online games, and food for children and people of all ages:
www.bettycrocker.com
www.kraftrecipes.com
www.familyfun.go.com
WEBSITES FOR FACS TEACHERS
Utah State Education Network
www.uen.org/k12educator/corelessonplans.shtml
Provides multiple lesson plans for all grade levels and subjects.
The official website for the US government
http://www.kids.gov/
General information for kids and learning
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/facs.htm
Purdue University Extension
www.extension.purdue.edu
Research and information for all areas of Family and Consumer Science
WEBSITES FOR ALL TEACHERS
Resources for the Classroom
www.pbs.org/teachers
A PBS national web to locate classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects/grade
levels. PBS provides thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets,
and interactive games/simulations
The Educator’s Reference Desk
www.eduref.org
This site provides over 2,000 lesson plans, 3,000 links to online education information, and 200
question archive responses.
Professional Learning Community
www.allthingsplc.com
Provides information regarding all aspects of a professional learning community.
Lesson Plans
www.lessonplanspage.com
HotChalk TM provides more than 4,00 free lesson plans in multiple subjects for all ages. Lesson
plans are in outline format and provide a step-by-step process.
Library of Teaching Internet Sites
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Blue Web’N is an online library of over 2,000 outstanding internet sites categorized by subject,
grade level, and format (tools, references lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, and
projects). You can also browse by broad subject area or specific categories.
The Educator’s Best Friend
www.educatinalworld.com
Education World’s complete online resource for lesson plans, professional development,
technology integration, school issues and additional research materials.
E-Class for Substitute Teachers
www.usatoday.com/educate/substituteteachers/M2-QS Challenge.htm
USA Today Education demonstrates how to use the top stories on USA TODAY online and
implement them within the classroom. This website provides quick activities and discussions
related to news, money, sports, or life.
Puzzlemaker
www.puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com
Discovery Education ‘Make a Puzzle Now!’ provides videos puzzle creation online. Puzzle types
include: wood search, criss-cross, double puzzles, fallen phrases, math squares, mazes, letter
tiles, cryptogras, number blocks, hidden message, and more.
Create A Word Search Puzzle
www.schoolexpress.com/wordsearch/wordsearch01.php
School Express has a variety of educational materials including the ability to create your own
word search puzzles with the words you choose.
Worksheet Library
www.worksheetlibrary.com
Worksheet Library contains over 15,000 worksheets for grades K-8.
FREE Worksheets and More
www.rhlschool.com
RHL School provides free, ready to use unique, quality worksheets for teaching, reinforcement,
and review.
Many of these free worksheets can serve as the basis for lesson plans.
Discipline by Design
www.honorlevel.com/techniques.xml
The honor Level System outlines 11 techniques to use in the classroom to help achieve effective
group management/control.
Illinois Early Learning Project
http://illinoisearlylearning.org
The IELP provides tips, resources, and articles having to do with developmentally appropriate
play.
General assistance for all teachers—lesson plans, rubrics, games, and puzzlemakers
http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/21/100-helpful-websites-for-new-teachers/
http://4teachers.org/
http://www.websites4teachers.com/
http://www.howtolearn.com/bestwebsites/top-101-educational-websites-winter-2011
www.k12station.com/
www.internet4classrooms.com