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WWW SITES
- Awesome Library Searchable by keyword or browse by subject or position (ex: counselor or teacher)
- BBC Online From the UK; includes several categories with lesson plans and sites for ages 11-18
- Busy Teachers' Web Site K-12 Provides rapid access to quality source materials with annotations
- e-Portfolio (Stout Website)
- edhelper.com Includes WebQuests
- Education World A search engine for education sites only, with news from USA Today, monthly site reviews, employment listings, and lesson plans
- Educator's Reference Desk
- EdWebProject Explores technology and school reform
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) From the U.S. Department of Education; provides access to electronic educational resources from 49 Federal agencies
- Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
- Global Schoolhouse Online opportunities for teachers to collaborate, communicate, and share learning experiences
- Great Websites for Kids American Library Association
- IDEA BOX Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
- ide@s Provides Wisconsin educators with teacher-reviewed, standard-aligned lessons, interactive tools, video and other resources for use in curriculum development and classroom instruction
- K12 Academics Highly organized source of education information
- K-12@University of Wisconsin has links to outreach and partnership programs, events, activities, content resources for specific topics, lesson plans, courses, professional development, and much more
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- New England College Edlinks Gateway to resources for teachers and other educators, including lesson plans and curriculum materials
- PBS TeacherSource provides thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations
- Sites for Teachers LA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, PE
- Teach-nology
- U.S. Department of Education
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
- Yahoo!: Education
CURRICULUM GUIDES
Some indexes provide access to curriculum guides:
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- EbscoHost Including full-text articles on education
from general periodicals Flash Demo!
- ERIC Flash Demo!
- Academic Search Elite
- Masterfile - General interest
- Ebsco Animals
- MAS Ultra School Edition
- Middle Search Plus
- Primary Search
- Professional Development Collection
- Searchasaurus - Index and full text articles for K-8
- Educator's Reference Desk (Formerly AskERIC)
- ERIC via U.S. Department of Education
- Free Library Includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications
- WilsonWeb
- Education Full Text Flash Demo!
- OmniFile Full Text Mega
- Google Scholar Set preferences to Stout to search for full text available through the UW-Stout Library
LESSON PLANS
- Academy Curriculum Exchange
- Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
- e-Themes: Creating Internet Resources for Teaching and Sharing Database of age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes
- EdHelper.com Lesson plans by subject and types of materials, e.g. worksheets
- Learning Web Index of Lessons and Activities US Geological Survey
- Lesson Planet Directory of educational web sites. Subscribe to search over 30,000 links to lesson plans.
- Lesson Plans Page 7-12
- LessonPlanZ
- Marco Polo A consortium education organizations, state education agencies, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation which features seven quality content Web sites with lesson plans, student interactive content, downloadable worksheets, panel-reviewed Web sites, and additional resources created by the nation's leading education organizations
- New York Times Learning Network
- Teachnet Lessons by broad subjects
- WebQuests
- Year Long Project Exemplary Mini-Units University of Illinois-UC
CLIP ART
- About.com Web Clip Art
- Awesome Clipart for Kids
- Clip Art Connection
- Clip Art Gallery DiscoverySchool
- Kid's Domain Clip Art
- WebPlaces Clip Art Searcher
TEACHER TOOLS
- A+ Math Flash card Creator Custom print flash card sets for numbers 1-12
- Calendar Server Create a school calendar; receive a personal URL to post it
- Personal Educational Press Printables: bingo cards, tracing sheets, word lists, flash cards, etc.
- Printable Personalized Award Certificates
- PuzzleMaker
- RubiStar Rubric templates
SEARCH ENGINES FOR KIDS
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS
- LiteracyCenter.net Early Childhood Education Network; Includes a million standards-based literacy activities
- Get Ready to Read
- Reading Rainbow Online Investigate lessons to accompany the shows
- Reading is Fundamental
- ReadWriteThink Project with International Reading Association, National Council on Teachers of English and MarcoPolo provides standards-based lessons
- Sequenced Lesson Plans Georgia Dept. of Education
- Teachers.net: Reading Reading lesson plans
- Compare Lessons
Assessment
- Assessment in Literacy University of Connecticut
- Checkpoints in Reading
- Child Phonological Awareness Quizzes
- LEARN'S Literacy Assessment Profile LLAP
- Assessment Tools: Patti's Electronic Classroom Los Angeles County Office of Education
- Assessment Tools Los Angeles County Office of Education
Associations and Organizations
- International Reading Association
- National Reading Conference
- Reading is Fundamental Nonprofit literacy organization emphasizing reading motivation, family and community involvement, and the excitement of choosing free books to keep
- Wisconsin State Reading Association
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
- Douchette Index of K-12 Literature Activities Retrieve listings of possible book titles to review
- Interactive Dialog with Educators Across the State (IDEAS) Selected, high-quality, teacher-tested resources
Encyclopedias and Picture Dictionaries
- Encyclopedia.com
- Little Explorers Picture dictionary
- Searchasaurus
An EbscoHost product which includes: General Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia
of Animals, and Dictionary
Reading Activities For Kids
- Houghton Mifflin Education Place : Reading / Language Arts Center
- Never Ending Tale Interactive story collection in which reader decides the story ending
- SuperKids Vocabulary Builders Games like hangman, Word of the Day, WhatWord
- Webtime Stories Stories, Games and Activities, Read Better, Resources
- Wacky Web Tales Fill in the blanks with parts of speech (nouns, etc.) to create your own wacky tale
- Yahooligans!: Language Arts
Children's Literature Sites
- 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know New York Public Library
- Book Adventure: Help Me Find a Book Search by grade level, general topic, and fiction/nonfiction
- Building Rainbows Book Review Forum Reviews by children
- Children's and Young Adult Literature UW-Stout University Library Subject Guide; professional resources
- StoryPlace Stories for preschool and elementary, including sounds, text, and extended activities
- Writing by Children
MATHEMATICS
- Math Forum/Teachers' Place
- A+ Math Interactive math games
- Brain Teasers
- Funbrain.com Math Baseball, Fun Match with numbers, Double Fun Match with clocks & time
- Helping Your Child Learn Math US Dept. of Education
- Schools of California Online Resource for Education SCORE
- Sequenced Lesson Plans Georgia Dept. of Education
MUSIC
- Children's Music Web
- KIDiddles Musical Mouseum Kids' song lyrics
- SFS Kids: Fun With Music Information about musical instruments, a tutorial about the basics of music, and hear music from the San Francisco Symphony
NUTRITION AND HEALTH
- Nutrition for Children University Library Subject Guide
- Food Science and Nutrition University Library Subject Guide
- Idea Box Kid's Recipes
SCIENCE
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
- Internet Public Library - Science Fair Project Resource Guide
- Let's Do Science
- Science Learning Network
- Science Made Simple
- Science NetLinks Lessons, tools, resources and benchmarks
- SCORE Science Schools of California Online Science
- Yahooligans!: Science
Animals, Reptiles, Birds, Fish, etc.
Environment
- Bat Conservation International, Inc.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Classroom FeederWatch, bird field guide, and songs
- EEK! Environmental Education for Kids Wisconsin DNR
- Give Water A Hand A youth program for local environmental action. A program of the University of Wisconsin - Environmental Resources Center
- Journey North Global study project of wildlife migration
- Leopold Education Project
- Minnesota's Pollution Control Agency, Kids
- Online Exhibits from Chicago's Field Museum
- Schoolyard Habitats National Wildlife Federation
- WatchList 4 Kids National Audubon Society
- Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
Experiments and Activities
- Energy and Science Projects Energy Quest; CA
- Newton's Apple
- Bill Nye Choose Home Demos
- Science Made Simple
- Science Snacks
- Thinking Fountain
Space
SOCIAL STUDIES
Standards
- Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies National Council for the Social Studies (1994)
- National Geography Standards Lists the five themes of geography study
- National Standards for Social Studies Teachers National Council for the Social Studies (1997)
- Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies
Social Studies Sites
- 50 States States and capitals
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- Earth View Menomonie, WI Lat:44.875N Long:91.919W
- Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
- Kids and Community: Scavenger Hunt Scrapbook
- National Geographic Kids activities
- Social Studies Links Keystone Area Educational Area lists by Culture, Geography, Castles, Government sites for kids, etc.
- Social Studies Sources
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin Badger history, lesson plans; also try WisHis for Kids
- U.S. Census Bureau Use to locate statistics on cities/towns (population, poverty, ages, housing, labor, etc.)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury's Kids Page Students will learn about the history of the Treasury Department and its role in federal government
- Virtual Field Trips: Yahoo
- White House for Kids
- World Flag Database
Lesson Plans in Social Studies
- Educator's Reference Desk Many social studies topics and lesson plans
- e-Themes
- Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) U.S. Dept. of Education consortium
- History Course Models California Course Models for K-12
- Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
- lessonplanspage.com Social studies lesson plans for many age groups
- MarcoPolo: Internet Content for Your Classroom Standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by content experts
- Sequenced Lesson Plans Georgia Dept. of Education
- Social Studies Sources
- WebQuests
Museum Study Guide Examples
- SS3001 River Guide Primary
- Life Over Time Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History
- Force & Motion: Simple Machines (MAPS)
Oral Histories, Interviewing, and Genealogy
- Genealogy for Kids
- Genealogy Resources on the Internet: Wisconsin
- Genealogy.com Online family tree maker
- Oral Histories - Interviewing Relatives and Collecting Oral History
- Oral History Techniques
TEEN LINKS
- Adolescence Directory Online (ADOL) Indiana University
- Cyberteens
- Internet Public Library - Teen Space
PUBLISHERS' PAGES
- Gryphon House
- Harcourt School Publishers Learning Site
- HarperCollins Children's Books: The Big Busy House
- Houghton Mifflin's Education Place
- Kids @ Random Random House
- McGraw-Hill School Division Resource Village
- Planet Troll
- Scholastic
- Scott Foresman
SOFTWARE
- Children's Software & New Media Revue Selected reviews from current issue
- Kids' Domain Downloads Downloadable shareware, freeware and demos
TELEVISION
EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Education University Library Subject Guide
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify resources owned by the University Library related to family and consumer education. Start with a guided keyword search. Enter your topic(s), then when you have identified a useful title, click on "Long View". Note the subject headings. You can click on any subject heading to find other resources on that topic.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CENTER (EMC)
The Stout Library Catalog includes materials located in the entire University Library. To search only those PK-12 materials located in the Educational Materials Center of the University Library, you can set limits on the catalog to search only that location.
The EMC contains several collections. Materials identified by "Educational Materials Center" listed in the Stout catalog will be in EMC Juvenile, EMC Young Adult, EMC Curriculum, EMC Text Collection, or EMC Software Collection. Use the same terms as listed above for your searches.
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 03/12/2008 and Last Revised: 08/27/2007
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