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Lesson Plan Sites for All Subject Areas

 

Lesson Plan Link

Main Site
(You may want to look for activities here!!)

 
1 Lesson Plans Page   (More info)
2 CEC Lesson Plans   (More info)
3 Lesson Planning Center  @ Education World  
4 Lesson Plan Sites @ Blue Web'n (More info)
5 Lesson Plan Search @ TEA Teacher's Tool Bag (More info)
6 Lesson Plan Sites @ Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)
(Math & Science only)
(More info)
7 Lesson Plans @ Ask Eric (More info)
8 Lesson Plans @ The Innovative Classroom  
9   The Gateway to Educational Resources (More info)
10   Big 6 (More info)
11   PBS Teacher Source (More info)
12   Harcourt's The Learning Site  
13   McRel's Standards Activities (More info)
    Alphabet Soup  

Grade Level Specific Sites

14 Lesson Plans  @ About.com's Education Resources (Secondary)  
15   Scholastic (PreK-8) (More info)
16   Fun Brain (K-8) (More info)
17   New York Times Daily Lesson Plans (6-12) (More info)
18   Core Knowledge Lesson Plans (PreK-8) (More info)

Science Websites

BISD Science Resources and Information
These resources, compiled by the BISD Science facilitator, contain links to K-12 TEKS, support for elementary science kits,  and science project information.
Charles A. Dana Center - Instruction & Assessment
http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/stacks/instruct/instructmain.html
 

Social Studies Websites

Social Studies Center for Educator Development http://www.tea.state.tx.us/resources/ssced/index.htm
Classroom Connect
www.classroom.com
Classroom Connect Community
www.edsoasis.org
 
Copernicus Education Gateway
www.edgate.com
Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/
 
NCSS Journal Social Education Lesson Plans
http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/lessons/home.html
American Memory's Learning Page Lessons
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/index.html
 
History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
 
Best of History Websites
http://www.teachingcompany.com/History/Besthistory.htm
 
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
 

Math Websites

Mathematics Clarifying the TEKS
www.tenet.edu/teks/math/clarifying/index.html
This address will take the teacher to a site that is rich in grade specific, TEKS-based, lessons.  The newer lessons are more classroom ready, but there are many good ideas located here.  This “Mathematics Toolkit” site a service for the Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas.
Flashcards for kids
www.edu4kids.com/math/
Math Forum
www.mathlearning.com
A site for good geometric shapes.
Lesson Planz.com
http://lessonplanz.com/lesson_Plans/Mathematics/Grades3-5/index.shtm
PBS Teacher Source for Math
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
 

Language Arts/Reading

  Bartleby.com - Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/64
Billy Bear 4 Kids
http://www.billybear4kids.com
The Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html 
Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Magic School Bus Fun Place (K-4)
http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/index.htm
Patricia Polacco (K-4)
http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
Jan Brett (K-6)
http://www.janbrett.com
  Into the Wardrobe: The C. S. Lewis Website (5-8)
http://cslewis.DrZeus.net/ 
  Gary Paulsen (5-8)
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen 
  The English Server (7-12)
http://eserver.org 
  English Literature
http://www.academicinfo.net/englit.html 
  Best of History Websites
http://www.teachingcompany.com/History/Besthistory.htm
 

More Info about the Sites

1. The Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

Lesson plans that match your criteria, simply begin by selecting a subject below, or search for specific topics.
2. Columbia Education Center (CEC)
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

Lesson plans were created by teachers for use in their own classrooms.
3. Education World Lesson Planning Center
http://www.education-world.com/

Over 1500 lesson plans.
4. Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only the most useful sites -- especially online activities targeted at learners.
5. TEA Teacher's Tool Bag
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/PAI/TTB/TEKS/select_lesson_plan/1,2456,,00.html?nav_selected=TTBTEKSLP

TEA Teacher's Tool Bag Contains a database of over 2,000 lesson plans that have been correlated to the TEKS. These on-line lesson plans have been gathered from the best Educator websites on the World Wide Web and are meant to supplement teaching materials in the classroom.
6. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org/weblinks/lessonplans/

Teaching materials from hundreds of web sites, categorized by math and science subject area.
7. AskEric's Lesson Plan Collection
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/

Contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans that have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.
9. The Gateway to Education Resources - http://www.thegateway.org/
The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!
10. Big6
http://big6.com/search.htm
 
The Big6 is the most widely known and -used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. Used in thousands of K-12 schools the Big6 information problem-solving process is applicable whenever people need and use information.
15. Scholastic - www.scholastic.com
For a variety of subjects for elementary school.
16. Fun Brain
www.FunBrain.com
A great site for a variety of subjects in the elementary curriculum.

11. PBS Teacher Source
www.pbs.org/teachersource/
This address will take the teacher to a site that is rich in:  

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Lesson plans

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Classroom ready handouts

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Teacher videos

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Mathematics research

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Ideas for discussion

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Extensions

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Connections to technology

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Resources

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More lessons

The U.S. Department of Education makes this material possible in large part. The site will cross-reference our TEKS.

13. McRel's Standards Activities
http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/activities/

These activities were all developed by McREL staff in direct connection with the McREL Standards and Benchmarks Database. Activities are constantly being added.
17. New York Times Daily Lesson Plans
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html

The archive contains hundreds of free lesson plans for grades 6-12. You may perform a keyword search to retrieve a lesson, browse the archive by subject, or scroll down the page to view the most recently published lessons.
18. Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/index.htm

This collection contains units and lesson plans developed by teachers in Core Knowledge schools. The units and lessons were presented at recent national Core Knowledge conferences

Sites with Questions

Sites not found

www.mathlearning.wl.com/Download.html

Beverly Cleary (K-4)
http://www.teleport.com/~krp/cleary.html