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21st Century Schools (see Tools 2 Change Schools)

• Art
• Foreign Language
• Journalism
• Literature & English
• Math
• Music
• Physical Education
• Reference Materials
• Science
• Social Studies, Politics, Geography
• Theatre
• Multiple Subjects

Teacher Resources

AOL @ School

Apple Learning Exchange

Ask an Expert

Awesome Library

Busy Teachers' Website K-12

Children's Literature Data Base

Children's Technology Revue (evaluates software field-tested by teachers, students, and parents)

Classroom Connect (support for schools creating text-based home pages on the Web)

Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans

Connections+

DiscoverySchool.com (lots of resources plus a link to Kathy Schrock's Resources for Teachers)

Educator's Reference Desk (formerly AskERIC)

Edutopia (no-cost subscription to newsletter helping teachers and students envision new uses of multimedia tools - George Lucas Education Foundation)

Electronic Ellis Island

Fairhaven Turn of the Century Museum, Bellingham, WA

From Now On (FNO) - Jamie McKenzie

Global Grocery

Google for Educators

International Education and Resource Network (IEARN)

Electronic Emissary Project

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (now on Discovery.com)

New Teacher.com

NOAA Research - Climate Program

Oregon Trail

PBS Teachers and Teachers' Domain

Project Bartleby

Scholastic Network (teaching ideas for integrated interdisciplinary studies)

Sites for Teachers (Another list of resources)

THE Journal

Teachers College Record

Teachers First

Teachers.Net

Teacher Leaders

TeacherVision

Technology and Information Educational Services (a consortium with tips for staff development and online project recommendations)

TIES - Connecting Education & Technology

Tools 2 Change Schools - Maine ASCD

Worksheet Library

Writer's Corner (National Endowment of the Arts)

Yahooligans - Teacher Resources

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Web Projects and Blogs

Global Schoolhouse (for schools without servers designing home pages with graphics)

Yahoo (education section)

Weblogs

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Curriculum Enhancement

Art

ArtsEdge (education on the arts and performing arts)

Getty Center (resources and lesson plans)

Louvre Web Museum

Maine Alliance for Arts Education

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smithsonian Institute

Very Special Arts of Maine (VSArts)

World Art Treasures (images from around the world)

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Foreign Language

Language Links - Materials for teachers and learners of language

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Massachusetts Foreign Language Association

Center for Applied Linguistics

Nanduti: Early Foreign Language Learning K-8 Resource

FL Teach Foreign Language Teaching Forum

National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center

Joint National Committee for Languages & the National Council for Languages & International Studies

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Journalism

CNN Education Page
(daily newscasts, lesson plans, quiz items, and though-provoking questions)

CRAYON (helps kids create their own newspapers using links to real information sites)

Web English Teacher

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Literature & English

Children's Poetry

Giggle Poetry

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Poetry for Children

Kristine George's Children's Poetry Corner

Pirates Don't Wear Pink

Poetry for Kids by Kenn Nesbitt

Poetry for the Elementary Classroom

Library of Congress (Books online, special collections, cultural exhibits)

Maine Humanities Council

Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance

Purdue Online Writing Lab

Web English Teacher

Repeat After Us

The Vocabula Review

The Teaching Practice: Lesson Idea Fabulous Fairy Tales

The National Writing Project (NWP)

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Math

NCTM Illuminations

NRICH Online Maths Club

WebMath

FunBrain

Los Alamos National Laboratory interactive site

Math Journal

PBS Teacher Source

A+ Math Interactive flashcards

Maine Math and Science Alliance

Mathgoodies

Ask Dr. Math (Swarthmore College math students answer K-12 math questions)

St. Andrew's

Secondary and Higher Education Math

Calculus

Finite math and applied calculus

Calculus Net

Calculus, linear algebra, engineering mathematics and more

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Music

Maine Music Educators Association

MENC: The National Association for Music Education

Music Teachers National Association Homepage

Music Is . . . (and the Value of Music in Education)

Music Education Online

The Music Education Web Ring

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Physical Education

Fitness Jumpsite

Paleastra - Physical Education, Sports and Recreation for individuals with disabilities

Physical Education Web Ring

Human Kinetics - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Shape Up America

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Reference Material

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Librarian's Internet Index

Education World

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

50 States and Capitals

Knowledge Hound

Library in the Sky

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Science

American Chemical Society

NCSA Chem Viz

Paul's Chemistry Lab

Chem Tutor

Chemistry Pointers

CoVis (project-based science education)

The Apollo Mission to the Moon

Exploratorium (a San Francisco museum)

Hotlist (resource list of science sites for K-8)

Houghton Mifflin Interactive for Nature Lovers

Maine Math and Science Alliance

Maine Science Teachers Association

The Mad Scientist Network (graduate and medical students at Washington University in St. Louis answer questions in many areas of science)

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Biological Information Infrastructure

National Health Science Career Path Model 

Science Teachers' Resource Center

Smithsonian Institution (links to exhibits from natural history museum, gem and mineral collections and the National Arboretum)

Virtual TeleGarden (users plant and tend to plants through telerobotics)

Wildlife Conservation Society (based at the Bronx Zoo)

Wilton (CT) High School chemistry site

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Social Studies, Politics & Geography

Education World: Primaries Voting & Elections

National History Day

MIT's OpenCourseWare

Geographical Association of Great Britain

Geography World

National Geographic

News and other links in Geography

United Nations CyberSchool Bus

Satellite Images from Space by Microsoft

Gateway to Antarctica

The History Net

National Archives and Records Administration

Eyewitness History

The American Memory: Historical Collections from the National Digital Library

History/Social Studies Site for Teachers

The National Council for the Social Studies

CNN's All Politics Site

TeachEarth.com

Maine Resources

The Awesome Library

Thomas (named for Thomas Jefferson; links to government Web sites such as the House, Senate, Congressional Record and Library of Congress)

U.S. Census

The White House

The Choices Project

Project Citizen - KIDS Consortium

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Theatre

Globe Theater

The Drama Teacher's Resource Room

Children's Theatre/Creative Drama

Maine - The Theatre Project

Web English Teacher

Repeat After Us

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Multiple Subjects

Ask-An-Expert (more than 200 Web sites and e-mail addresses that link to information in a variety of content areas)
 

Lesson Plans

• The AskERIC Virtual Library

• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans

• Connections+

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Professional Development

ASCD

WWW 4 Teachers (resources for integrating technology in the classroom)

Center for Children and Technology (examines the role that technology plays in teaching and learning)

Computer Learning Foundation™ (a clearinghouse of information on using technology effectively with children)

National Education Association

Online Classes (Antioch classes that teach teachers to guide students on the Internet)

Tammy's Technology Tips (Technology Tips for Teachers)

TECHNOS (a quarterly publication that provides a forum for the discussion of educational technology issues)

Project Citizen - KIDS Consortium

International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership

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Assessment and Standards-based Learning

Anne Davies - Classroom Connections

ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

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Maine Educational Resources

ACTEM

Maine ASCD (your host)

Maine Alliance for Arts Education

Maine Association for Middle Level Education

Maine Council on Economic Education

Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education

Maine Department of Education

Maine Education Association

Maine Historical Society
Maine Memory Network

Maine Principals' Association

Maine School Management Association

Institute for Global Ethics

Schools on Line

SEED: Spreading Educator to Educator Development 

Southern Maine Partnership

University of Maine - College of Education

University of Southern Maine - College of Education

Western Maine Partnership

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Maine ASCD
Box 926
Brunswick, ME 04011-0926
Phone: (207) 729-6652
Fax: (207) 725-8547

revised: 09-Jun-2008