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Below are links to resource topics elswhere on the page:
U.S. and State Departments of Education

Lesson Planning

Classroom Activity Resources

Curriculum Committee Work

Professional Development

Schools of Education

Resource Locators -- Search Engines, etc.

Internet Information Resource Collection
For K-12 Educators

The following is a selection of links to resources on the Internet grouped in topics according to the sort of activities that K-12 educators must accomplish.

 


U.S. and State Departments of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Department of Education Resources
Ohio State Department of Education
Kentucky Department of Education
West Virginia Departement of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Indiana Department of Education
Michigan Department of Education
Tennessee Department of Education
Illinois Department of Education
New York Department of Education
California Department of Education
Tasmanian Department of Education
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Lesson Planning
Classroom Connect
The resources available here augment Classroom Connect's rapidly expanding line of product offerings which include newsletters, videos, books, training systems, and conferences.

Education World
A guide to the education world including site reviews, lesson-planning resources, etc. supported by the NEA, Cisco Systems and other corporate sponsors.

ERIC Lesson Plan Collection
A searchable archive of lesson plans for all subject matter disciplines at all grade levels.

NSTA Scope and Sequence Project
Teachers can download high school level unit and lesson plans keyed to the National Science Education Standards.

Voice of the Shuttle
This site has links to an almost unimaginable richness of source material relating to the humanities.
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Classroom Activities

These links are mostly self-explanatory. They offer access to Web resources assembled by the various organizations listed as well as contacts for subscribing to traditonal publications and arranging field trips.
Scholastic Network
Scientific American Online
Science News Online
National Public Radio
Columbus Zoo
COSI
The Ohio Historical Society
The Smithsonian Institution
The National Geographic Society
National Geographic -- Kids
Internet Scout KIDS Report
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Curriculum Committee Work
Access to Information about the National Educational Standards
Sites about the National Standards
Documents about the Standards
The National Science Education Standards
Ohio's Academic Content Standards
The National Assessment of Educational Progress
Ohio EMIS Reports
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Although listed among the resources for curriculum development, the ENC offers an amazing range of items that support all of a teacher's work. These include both on-line and tangible items such as videos, printed materials, slide sets, etc. Many are fre e of charge; others may be used on loan from the ENC Regional Office located in Columbus.
The Ohio Resource Center
This center fulfills a function similar to that of the ENC with special focus on Ohio and the Ohio Academic Content Standards. Retrieve best practice activities and resources for all subject matter areas.
NCREL
Ohio's Model Curriculum for Math and Language Arts, and soon for Science and Social Studies in PDF format for downloading and printing
Textbook Publishers On-line
W.H. Freeman
Glencoe -- McGraw Hill
Harcourt Brace
Holt Rinehart and Winston
Houghton Mifflin
Kendall/Hunt Publishing
McGraw Hill -- Glencoe
Prentice Hall
Scholastic Publishing
Scott Foresman
Silver Burdett Ginn Math
South-Western Educational Publishing
Thomson Publishing
Delta Education - publishers of the FOSS kit curriculum among others
The Center for Science Education a function of the Education Development Center here lists an extensive set of NSF funded curricular products in science and math.
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Professional Development
National Council of Teachers of English
Modern Language Association of America
National Council for the Social Studies
Ohio Council for the Social Studies
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Science Teachers Association
Science Education Council of Ohio
Phi Delta Kappa
National Education Association
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Schools of Education
Ohio University College of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Ohio State University College of Education
University of Michigan School of Education
Indiana University College of Education
Penn State University College of Education
George Mason University
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Tools for Locating On-line Resources
The Internet Scout Project
By far the most comprehensive access to reviewed sites and Web tools available. Weekly lists of interesting sites for adults and kids, on-line newsletters, and discussions of tools for better navigating the net are just a few of their offerings.
The Yahoo Internet Gateway
The Infoseek Gateway
The Alta Vista Gateway
Gary Price's Direct Search page
This page is the remarkable product of Library and Information Scientist, Gary Price. Here he's assembled a collection of otherwise scattered archives, bibliographies and other lists and databases of every sort. Well worth exploring!
The Argus Information Clearinghouse
This site offers access to reviewed and selective topic guides to on-line resources of every sort.
WWW Virtual Library
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Last updated Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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