Teacher Links




		Math Science Earth Science Science - Earth (Water / Weather) Science - Earth (Ocean) Science - Earth (Sun and Space) Science - Physical Science - Life Science Fair Geography Technology General Teacher “Stuff” Language Arts Lesson Plan Search Engines Kid’s Search Engines Clip Art Sources

Math Links
Great General Strategies - very useful for organizing your thinking	^{http://www.aaamath.com/grade5.html}
Great Games - especially Lemonade Stand. Also check out the cursor!	^{http://www.coolmath4kids.com/index.html}
Geometry for Practical People	^{mathforum.org/~sarah/hamilton/index.html}
More Great General Strategies	^{http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm}
National Council of Math Teachers - Web site - good professional strategies	^{http://www.nctm.org/}
Need Factual True Numbers for Place Value? US Government Statistics	^{http://www.fedstats.gov/}
Rubrics - Need some basic info?	^{http://rubistar.4teachers.org/}
Good logic site - Unusual Day is fun	^{http://wwwc3.lanl.gov/mega-math/}
Math Steps? Do you use it? These are some useful supplemental exercises.	^{http://www.eduplace.com/math/mathsteps/5/}
Math Groups - Good discussion. This site actually has a great deal of Teacher to Teacher stuff.	^{http://www.mathforum.org/t2t/message.taco?thread=7575&messa ge=2}
Statistics - Basic Info for teachers and then kids	^{http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/8/85.08.02.x. html}

Science
Science Standards by the National Science Educators - good descriptions and ideas	^{http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/}
Frank Potter’s Science Gems - general useful stuff	^{http://www.sciencegems.com/}
Science Made Simple - great background materials for teachers	^{http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/}
General online science - also has some science fair stuff	^{http://sln.fi.edu/learning.html}
Science Monster: what it lacks in breadth it makes up for in nice fun stuff	^{http://www.sciencemonster.com/}
Earth Science
Dr. Art for teaching Science - Carbon Cycle, Water Cycle - Environmental Issues - AWESOME - Buy the book!	^{http://www.planetguide.net/index.html}
USGS - Education Service for kids	^{http://www.usgs.gov/education/}
Eddy the Eco-Dog. Some fun stuff	^{http://www.kidswebtv.com/iconbar/index.html}
EPA - actually a remarkable good site. Includes global warming.	^{http://www.epa.gov/kids/}
Science - Earth (Water / Weather)
Science Court Supplement - WaterWorks	^{http://www.teachtsp.com/classroom/scicourt/watercycle.html}
Follow a drip	^{http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/followdrip.html}
Weather Math	^{http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/weathermath.html}
How the Weather Works - all the answers	^{http://www.weatherworks.com/index.html}
Science - Earth (Ocean)
Surfrider Educational Site (Save Oceans)	^{http://surfrider.org/}
Virtual Fish Tank - ADAPTATION - Great site	^{http://www.virtualfishtank.com/main.html}
What is a watershed and why is it important (and why not dump into the drain)	^{http://mcstoppp.org/Whatiswatershe.htm}
Science - Earth (Sun and Space)
Moon Calendar	^{http://www.ameritech.net/users/paulcarlisle/MoonCalendar.html}
Sky Maps	^{http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html}

Science - Physical
Chemistry for kids - good background material	^{http://www.chem4kids.com/}

Science - Life
Anatomy from BBC - cool graphics	^{http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/}
Teachervision.com - this was a monthly newsletter I used to organize my thoughts for human body	^{http://www.teachervision.com/tv/lounge/newsletter/science/esjul01 .html}
Math tie-in - Counting calories	^{http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/calories.html} ^{http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/life.html}

Science Fair
The ultimate in experiments - everything you can do to a Peep (The marshmallow kind). Great for examples	^{http://www.peepresearch.org/}

Geography
I got stuck teaching longitude and latitude. I found this site useful - it shows each location’s latitude and longitude. FYI: Latitude = ladder up the earth - one of my kids came up with that	^http:/^{/www.indo.com/distance/}

Technology
My first good site for teaching internet. Lots of Media Awareness info on this site - good games.	http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
Best Internet introduction for kids. Heck, it has The Simpsons! as part of their examples!	^{http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/index.htm}
ThinkQuest: Examples of Kid Projects - Can also be used in Science and Math	http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html
I had a hard time finding resources for teaching technology. This one had a few ideas on it.	^{http://www.netdaycompass.org/}
Webmonkey - help for kids in building web sites	^{http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/index.html}

General Teacher “Stuff”
I found many ideas on these pages. Surfed a long time!	^{http://www.pacificnet.net/%7Emandel/index.html}

Language Arts
Grimm Brother Fairy Tales	^{http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/}
Grammar Twits Unite - This is probably more for me to check myself	^{http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm}
Children’s Book Council	^{http://www.cbcbooks.org}