Curriculum Hotspots

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Curriculum Hotspots

• The latest guide to the best education
• sites on the Web
• Presented by Peggy Ericson

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Standards And Data Resources

• Developing Educational Standardswww.edstandards.o
  rg/Standards.html
• International Society for Technology in Education
  (ISTE)ISTE National Educational Technology
  StandardsNETS.cnets.iste.orgISTE Technology
  Standards for School Administrators
  cnets.iste.org/tssa ISTE NETS for Students
  cnets.iste.org/studentsISTE NETS for Teachers
  cnets.iste.org/teachers

• Inspire Data Software
• www.inspiration.com
• Data Driven Classroom
• www.datadrivenclassroom.com

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Lesson Plan Sources

• A to Z Teacher Stuff atozteacherstuff.com
• Columbia Education Center www.col-ed.org
• EdHelper.com www.edhelper.com
• Lesson Planet www.lessonplanet.com
• LessonPlansPage.com www.lessonplanspage.com
• McREL Lesson Plans www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans
• Microsoft Education Lesson Planswww.microsoft.com
  /education

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Online Projects

• ePALS www.epals.com
• Generation YESwww.genyes.org
• Global SchoolNet Foundation www.globalschoolnet.o
  rg
• iEARNInternational Education and Resource Network
  www.iearn.org
• The JASON Project www.jason.org

• NASA Questquest.arc.nasa.gov
• SitesALIVE! www.sitesalive.com
• Teaching.comwww.teaching.com
• ThinkQuestwww.thinkquest.org
• The WebQuest Pagewebquest.sdsu.edu
• KIDLINK/KIDPROJwww.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ

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Teaching Tools

• ABCTeach www.abcteach.com
• APTE Puzzle Center puzzles.apte.com
• Discovery Schools PuzzleMakerwww.puzzlemaker.com
  
• Filamentalitywww.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil
• Quia quia.com

• SchoolExpress www.schoolexpress.com
• The Science Spot sciencespot.net
• Thematic Units www.edhelper.com/cat301.htm
• Trackstar trackstar.4teachers.org
• WWW4Teachers www.4teachers.org

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Teaching Tools

• California Learning Resource Network tied to CA
  standardshttp//www.clrn.org/weblinks/search.cfm
• Teacher developed video tutorials for
  students.www.teachertube.com

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Libraries and Museums

• American Memory Historical Collectionsmemory.loc.
  gov
• American Museum of Natural Historywww.amnh.org
• The Archaeology Channelwww.archaeologychannel.org
  
• Exploratoriumwww.exploratorium.edu
• The Franklin Institute Onlinewww.fi.edu
• Hands-on Science Centers Worldwidewww.cs.cmu.edu/
  mwm/sci.html

• The Internet Public Librarywww.ipl.org
• Librarians Internet Indexwww.lii.org
• The Library of Congresslcweb.loc.gov
• Library Spotwww.libraryspot.com
• The Museum of Broadcast Communicationswww.museum.
  tv
• Museum Spotwww.museumspot.com
• MuseumStuff.comwww.museumstuff.com

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Libraries and Museums

• The Museum of Television Radiowww.mtr.org
• National Air and Space Museumwww.nasm.si.edu
• National Archiveswww.archives.gov
• National Gallery of Artwww.nga.gov
• Smithsonianwww.si.edu
• Smithsonian Kidswww.smithsonian.kids.us
• United States Holocaust Memorial
  Museumwww.ushmm.org

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Schools on the Web

• American School Directorywww.asd.com
• EduHound Schools on the Webwww.eduhoundschoolsont
  heweb.com
• GreatSchools.netwww.greatschools.net
• School Directorywww.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools
• Public Schools in the United Stateswww.uspublicsc
  hools.com

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Student Research Resources

• Ask for Kidswww.askforkids.com
• CyberSleuth Kidscybersleuth-kids.com
• Fact Monsterwww.factmonster.com
• HomeworkSpotwww.homeworkspot.com
• InfoPleasewww.infoplease.com
• Gaggle.netwww.gaggle.net

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Student Research Resources

• iToolswww.itools.com
• KidsClick!www.kidsclick.org
• Library Spotwww.libraryspot.com
• MSN Encartaencarta.msn.com
• The National Student Research Centeryouth.net/nsr
  c

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Student Research Resources

• NetTrekkerwww.nettrekker.com
• Refdesk.comwww.refdesk.com
• Yahoo Kidskids.yahoo.com
• Noodle citation resources and more
• http//www.noodletools.com/
• Images
• www.flickr.com

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Company/ Organization Curriculum Collections

• AOL_at_Schoolschool.aol.com
• Apple Educationwww.apple.com/education
• Classroom Connectwww.classroom.com
• Disney Online Edu-StationDisney.go.com/educationa
  l
• FableVisionwww.fablevision.com
• Family Education Networkfen.com

• Apple Educationwww.apple.com/education
• Classroom Connectwww.classroom.com
• Disney Online Edu-StationDisney.go.com/educationa
  l
• FableVisionwww.fablevision.com
• Family Education Networkfen.com

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Company/ Organization Curriculum Collections

• Pitscowww.pitsco.com
• Plato Learningwww.plato.com
• ProQuest K-12www.proquestk12.com
• Riverdeepwww.riverdeep.com
• Scholastic.comwww.scholastic.com
• Tom Snyder Productionswww.tomsnyder.com

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News Sources

• ABC News abcnews.go.com
• CNET News.com news.com
• CNN.com www.cnn.com
• Google News http//www.news.google.com
• MSNBC News www.msnbc.msn.com
• NBCi www.nbci.com

• Newseum, The Interactive Museum of News
  www.newseum.org
• NewsVoyager www.newsvoyager.com
• Newsweek Education Program school.newsweek.com
• The New York Times Learning Network
  www.nytimes.com/learning
• Time for Kids.com www.timeforkids.com
• USA Today Education Online www.usatoday.com/educa
  te

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News Sources

• USNewsclassroom.com usnewsclassroom.com
• The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
  wsjclassroom.com
• WeeklyReader Online www.weeklyreader.com
• Yahoo News news.yahoo.com

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Television/ Radio Media

• AE Classroom www.aetv.com/class
• Annenberg Media Learner.org www.learner.org/exhib
  its
• Biography.com www.biography.com
• Book TV www.booktv.org
• Cable in the Classroom www.ciconline.org
• Cablevision Power to Learn www.powertolearn.com
• Discovery.com www.discovery.com
• DiscoverySchool.com school.discovery.com

• ESPN.com espn.go.com
• HBO Family www.hbofamily.com
• History.com www.history.com
• Nationalgeographic.com Education
  www.nationalgeographic.com/ education
• National Public Radio Online www.npr.org
• Nickelodeon Nick Jr. www.nickjr.com
• Nickelodeon Teachers.Nick.Com teachers.nick.com

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Television/ Radio Media

• PBS www.pbs.org
• PBS Kids pbskids.org
• PBS TeacherSource www.pbs.org/teachersource
• Sesame Workshop/SesameStreet.com
  sesameworkshop.org
• The Weather Channel weather.com

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Especially for Kids

• 4kids.org www.4kids.org
• Berits Best Sites for Children www.beritsbest.com
  
• Bonus.com bonus.com
• Cyberkids www.cyberkids.com
• Fun-Attic www.funattic.com

• FunBrain www.funbrain.com
• Funschool funschool.kaboose.com
• KidsCom KidsCom Jr. www.kidscom.com
• MaMaMedia.com www.mamamedia.com
• MSN Kids kids.msn.com

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Information Indexes

• About.com www.about.com
• Education Planet www.educationplanet.com
• Education World www.educationworld.com
• EduHound.com www.eduhound.com
• Linkopedia www.linkopedia.com
• StartSpot Network www.startspot.com
• Yahoo! www.yahoo.com

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Search Tools

• A9 Search www.a9.com
• Alltheweb www.alltheweb.com
• AltaVista www.altavista.com
• Answers.com www.answers.com
• Ask.com www.ask.com
• Dogpile www.dogpile.com
• Excite www.excite.com

• Go.com go.com
• Google www.google.com
• Hotbot www.hotbot.com
• InfoSpace www.infospace.com
• LookSmart www.looksmart.com
• Lycos www.lycos.com
• MetaCrawler www.metacrawler.com

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Search Tools

• Scirus www.scirus.com
• Search.com www.search.com
• SearchEdu www.searchedu.com
• Search Engine Watch www.searchenginewatch.com
• WebCrawler www.webcrawler.com

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Curriculum Resource CentersGeneral Curriculum

• ABC-CLIO.com abc-clio.com
• Awesome Library www.awesomelibrary.org
• Beyond Books.com www.beyondbooks.com
• B. J. Pinchbecks Homework Helper
  school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/ bjpinchbeck
• Bonus.com www.bonus.com
• Academic Enrichment tied to California Standards
• www.learning.com

• BrainPOP www.brainpop.com
• Funschool.com www.funschool.com
• Grade Level Gold www.gradelevelgold.com
• HowStuffWorks www.howstuffworks.com
• iKnowthat.com www.iknowthat.com
• Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators
  discoveryschool.com/schrockguide

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The Arts

• ArtsAwards.org www.artsawards.org
• ArtsConnectED www.artsconnected.org
• ArtsEdge artsedge.kennedy-center.org
• ArtSiteNet artsitenet.com
• Artsonia www.artsonia.com
• Art Teacher on the Net www.artmuseums.com
• SPARK connection to California Artists
• http//www.kqed.org/arts/spark/sparked.jsp

• Crayola.com www.crayola.com
• Music Education Online www.childrensmusicworkshop
  .com
• Music Education Resource Links www.chapman.edu/so
  e/faculty/piper/cpiper/MERLmenu.htm
• Puppetry Home Page www.sagecraft.com/puppetry
• Sapphire Swan Dance Directory www.SapphireSwan.co
  m/dance
• SFMOMA Art think curriculum
• http//www.sfmoma.org/artthink/default.asp

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Language Arts and Literature

• AskOxford.com www.askoxford.com
• Bartleby.com www.bartleby.com
• Bookadventure www.bookadventure.com
• The Childrens Book Council www.cbcbooks.org
• The Childrens Literature Web Guide
  www.ucalgary.ca/dkbrown
• Kidsreads.com www.kidsreads.com
• Visual Thesaurus
• www.visualthesaurus.com

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Language Arts and Literature

• The Online Books Pageonlinebooks.library.upenn.ed
  u
• The Purple Crayon www.underdown.org
• Spaghetti Book Club www.spaghettibookclub.org
• TeachingBooks.net www.teachingbooks.net
• Teenreads.com www.teenreads.com
• California Adoption Supplemental Resources
• http//www.curriculumcompanion.org/
• Information Literacy Training Strategies and
  Materials
• http//www.ctap4.org/infolit/index.htm

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Mathematics

• Math for Hispanics
• http//tblr.ed.asu.edu/hmp/hmp_beta.html
• Interactive Math Manipulative sites
• http//matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/
• http//www.shodor.org/interactivate/
• Differentiated strategies and much more, go to
• Math Resources for Middle School tied to CA
  Standards
• http//www.ctap4.org/math/index.htm

• Calculators On-Line Center www.martindalecenter.c
  om/ Calculators.html
• ExploreLearning.com www.explorelearning.com
• GoENC.com goenc.com
• Hotmath www.hotmath.com
• Math.com www.math.com
• MathDL convergence.mathdl.org

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Science

• eNature.com www.enature.com
• GoENC.comgoenc.com
• Math and Science Gateway www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/
  MathSciGateway
• NASA Education Program education.nasa.gov
• Science NetLinks www.sciencenetlinks.com
• Space.com www.space.com
• Space Educators Handbook vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er
  /seh
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
  yucky.kids.discovery.com

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Social Studies

• CNN.com Education www.cnn.com/education
• CountryWatch www.countrywatch.com
• EconEdLink www.econedlink.org
• EyeWitness to History www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
  
• Digital Storytelling Resources
• http//www.gilliipsie.org
• http//www.lighthouseschools.com
• PPT for History Teachershttp//pptpalooza.net/

• Practical Money Skills for Life
  www.practicalmoneyskills.com
• Social Studies School Service www.socialstudies.c
  om
• Social Studies Sourceseducation.indiana.edu/soci
  alst
• Teaching with Documents www.edteck.com/dbq
• American Memory
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

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Health/Nutrition/Physical Education

• Healthopedia.com www.healthopedia.com
• Healthtouch Online www.healthtouch.com
• KidsHealth www.KidsHealth.org
• KidsRunning.com www.KidsRunning.com
• MedlinePlus www.medlineplus.gov
• PE Central www.pecentral.org
• Sports Media www.sports-media.org

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Professional Development Associations

• Administrators.Net www.administrators.net
• Blackboard www.blackboard.com
• Center for Applied Research in Educational
  Technology www.caret.iste.org
• Educational CyberPlayground www.edu-cyberpg.com
• Educational Research Network www.ernweb.com
• Educator?s Reference Desk www.eduref.org
• Administrators.Net www.administrators.net

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Professional Development Associations

• ERIC- Education Resources Information Center
  www.eric.ed.gov
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  www.free.ed.gov
• Library in the Sky www.nwrel.org/sky
• MIT OpenCourseWare http//ocw.mit.edu
• National Center for Education Statistics
  www.nces.ed.gov
• National Center for Technology Planning
  www.nctp.com

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Professional Development Associations

• National Education Technology Plan
  www.nationaledtechplan.org
• Network of Regional Technology in Education
  Consortia www.rtec.org
• OnlineLearning.net www.onlinelearning.net
• SchoolGrants www.schoolgrants.org
• Sites for Teachers www.sitesforteachers.com
• SRA International Grants Web www.srainternational
  .org/newweb/grantsweb

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Professional Development Associations

• TeachersFirst.com www.teachersfirst.com
• Teachers.Net www.teachers.net
• TeacherVision www.teachervision.com
• Teachnet.com www.teachnet.com
• Theory into Practice http//tip.psychology.org
• U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov
• W3 Schools www.w3schools.com

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Professional Organizations

• AASA, American Association of School
  Administrators www.aasa.org
• AASL, American Association of School Librarians
  www.ala.org/aasl
• ACEI, Association for Childhood Education
  International www.acei.org
• ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of
  Foreign Languages www.actfl .org
• AECT, Association for Educational Communications
  and Technology aect.org
• AERA, American Educational Research Association
  www.aera.net
• AESA, Association of Educational Service Agencies
  www.aesa.us

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Professional Organizations

• AFT, American Federation of Teachers www.aft.org
  
• ALA, American Library Association www.ala.org
• ASCA, American School Counselor Association
  www.schoolcounselor.org
• ASCD, Association for Supervision and Curriculum
  Development www.ascd.org
• CTA California Teachers Associationwww.cta.org
• CEC, Council for Exceptional Children
  www.cec.sped.org
• CoSN, Consortium for School Networking
  www.cosn.org
• CUE, Computer-Using Educators www.cue.org

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Professional Organizations

• IRA, International Reading Association
  www.reading.org
• ISTE, International Society for Technology in
  Education www.iste.org
• ITEA, International Technology Education
  Association www.iteaconnect.org
• MENC, The National Association for Music
  Education www.menc.org
• NAEA, National Art Education Association
  www.naea-reston.org
• NAESP, National Association of Elementary School
  Principals www.naesp.org

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Professional Organizations

• NAEYC, National Association for the Education of
  Young Children www.naeyc.org
• NAGC, National Association for Gifted Children
  www.nagc.org
• NASPE, National Association for Sport and
  Physical Education www.aahperd.org/naspe
• NASSP, National Association of Secondary School
  Principals www.nassp.org
• NBEA, National Business Education Association
  www.nbea.org
• NCSS, National Council for the Social Studies
  www.ncss.org

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Professional Organizations

• NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English
  www.ncte.org
• NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  www.nctm.org
• NEA, National Education Association www.nea.org
• NMSA, National Middle School Association
  www.nmsa.org
• NSBA, National School Boards Association
  www.nsba.org
• NSTA, National Science Teachers Association
  www.nsta.org
• PTA, National Parent Teacher Association
  www.pta.org
• USDLA, United States Distance Learning
  Association www.usdla.org