Subject-Specific Resources

Art

• Kinderart, art projects

• National Gallery of Art

• Crayola

• ARTSEDGE - K-12 Web-centered curriculum units, lessons, activities and resources grouped by grade level for integrating the arts into every content area
  ~ by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

• National Gallery of Art - The National Gallery of Art creates this Ancient Arcade to brush up on your knowledge of the Greco-Roman myths. See if you can match the Greek gods and heroes with their symbols.

English/
Language Arts

• Literature Place

• Clerk Center - Clerk Center develops, collects, disseminates and conducts research into the most effective literacy strategies for deaf and hard of hearing students.

• International Reading Association Read Write Think - This online resource for teachers and students offers standards-based lesson plans, peer-reviewed Web resources and classroom-tested activities for teaching reading and language arts in K-8. The site provides links to instructional and student Web sites, as well as Web-based student tools such as Venn diagrams, which are used to compare and contract ideas. The site's lessons align with national standards.

Math

• Mathematics and Science Education Center - Provides K-12 educators with resources and services to support challenging and effective math and science curriculum, instruction and assessment for all students.

• The Math Forum - The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. The Math Forum's mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world. Our online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education.

• Illuminations - The NCTM Illuminations Website is designed to illuminate the new vision for school mathematics presented in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

Phys. Ed.

• PE Central - online lessons, interactive instructional materials, best practices, assessment ideas and professional resources ~ FlagHouse, Inc.

Science

• Science Learning Network

• Earth & Space

• Galapagos Education Web Site

• ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) Center - Meet Professor Polar Bar; developed for middle school kids and teachers.

• Virtual Marine Education Center - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of Windham & Mary. Teachers and K-12 students can find information and on-line resources for learning about the marine environment.

• EPA Environmental Education Center - Provides a collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages that you can use to explain environmental issues. These resources offer basic and clear information to assist you in teaching your students about the environment.

• World Resources Institute - climate change, energy, ecosystems, forest and grasslands, coastal and marine ecosystems, global trends.

• Stephen Hawking's Universe - Web site topics include: Strange Stuff Explained, Universes, Cosmological Stars, Unsolved Mysteries, Things to Do in the Dark, Ask the Experts and Teacher's Guide.

Social Studies

• Lewis and Clark, PBS series

• National Council for the Social Studies

• Learning about Government

• Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeological Project

• Connecticut History Online - Photographs, drawings and prints about Connecticut history ~ a collaboration between the Connecticut Historical Society, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, and Mystic Seaport

• American  Memory - maintained by the Library of Congress this is an online gateway to unique primary source materials that relate to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers seven million digital items including manuscripts, sheet music, photographs, films and sound recordings, that are organized in more than 100 collections. The searchable content areas include economics, geography, social sciences and technology. The site also provides activities and lesson plans for using the collections in classrooms.