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Curriculum Resources

Standards

Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards/
 

Lesson Plans

Why reinvent the wheel? Check out this treasure trove of lessons available on the web.
SCORE Schools of California Online Resources for Education
http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

Lesson plans and resources for the Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies prepared by teachers.
The Learning Page - Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

This page leads you to over 100 American Memory Collections, which represents over 7 million pictures and artifacts. Take a look at the lessons, activities, tips and tricks for using the site in the classroom, and other features.
Explore Math Experience
http://www.exploremath.com/

Highly interactive math activities for students and teachers. Also offers many lessons and resources for teachers. Grades 6 and up.
Multimedia Math Activities - Explore Math
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/index.cfm

Exploratorium - Education Site
http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/index.html

Lots of science activities (Science Snacks), webcasts, links to cool sites, publications.

The Discovery School Lesson Plan Library
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html
SBC/PacBell's Blue Webbin' Education Web Site
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.html

Web Tools for Teachers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/

Offers a wide variety of resources and tools such as lesson plans, graphic organizers, puzzles, and worksheets.

World Wide School Library - Literature Online
http://worldwideschool.org/library
Find unabridged versions of hundreds of children's books online.

Web Quests

"A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March."

Web Quest Page at San Diego State University
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Reference Sites

Here are some online reference sites (dictionaries, almanacs, thesauruses, etc.)

Information Please - online encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary, atlas
http://www.infoplease.com/

While you're there, check out the InformationPlease4teachers site. Contains links to lesson planning, teacher tools, and interactive pages.


 

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