ACCESS ERIC http://www.eric.ed.gov
ACCESS ERIC, the promotional and outreach arm of the US Department of Education's
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system, keeps you informed of
the wealth of information offered by the ERIC components and other education-related
organizations. This site is a beginning point for access on all aspects of education,
including sources of information on appropriate instructional objectives for various
subjects at various grade levels.
ACCESS ERIC: "Grading Students" http://www.ericae.net/digests/tm9505.htm
The digest at this site discusses several aspects of assigning grades. It is a
thorough and well-written discussion of the whole process of assigning grades
that are fair and equitable.
The Council of Chief State School Officers http://www.ccsso.org
This site includes the INTASC standards, as well as information on council projects,
federal legislative positions policy statements, and news releases of interest
to educators.
Yahoo!'s Directory of K-12 Lesson Plans http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans/
This web site consists of a variety of lesson plans and resources that are already
developed for a variety of subjects. It also talks about different types of media
and learning activities that are helpful in teaching the subject material. Under
this site, click on the appropriate icon or highlighted word to bring you into
the different subject areas. In addition, the "AskERIC Lesson Plans search (
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/)
will provide a listing of new lesson plans submitted to this web site for different
months during the year. Each month contains many different specific lesson plans,
with the subject and appropriate grade levels listed.
Teacher's Net, Lesson Bank http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/posts.html
This web site contains around 200 prepared lesson plans that have been submitted
by teachers around the world. The specific topic is listed, along with the grade
level and subject area (e.g.
Mini Page Term Paper, Elementary, Reading/Writing).
It also provides you with the capability to submit lesson plans you have developed,
search for specific lessons, and request lesson plans from certain topics.
Science Teacher's Resource Center http://chem.lapeer.org/
This web site specifically looks at chemistry resources and lesson plans for demonstrations,
laboratory investigations, teaching tips, and other topic areas. Life science
and math resources are included as well.
McREL Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/index.asp
This web site has an accumulation of the different subject areas in categories
and lists topical areas under each subject. These sites provide national standards
for benchmarking in these areas.
AskEric's Lesson Plans http://www.ericir.syr.edu/VirtualLessons/
"Contains more than 1,100 unique lesson plans that have been written and submitted
to AskERIC teachers from all over the United States."
New York Times Education Resources http://www.nytimes.com/learning
"Free news and education resources for teachers, their students and parents. Includes
lesson plans, vocabulary and geography builders and more."
Funbrain.com http://www.funbrain.com
This site enables teachers to integrate games and thousands of assessment quizzes
into their daily lesson plans.
JDL Technologies: Resources for Students and Educators http://www.k-12world.com
Lots of great resources for students and teachers. This site provides numerous
links to educational sites and resources.
