I've been looking at some web sites recently that can help us to teach and help our students to learn in our classrooms. Here's a list of sites appropriate for a variety of grade levels and of topics.
Enjoy! :)
CURRENT EVENTS, JOURNALISM, FOREIGN LANGUAGE __________________________
http://www.newseum.org/
Read the headlines from the front pages of 561 newspapers from 52 countries. Play a news trivia game that includes questions about today’s news and some of the historical information in the background of today’s news. View editorial cartoons. Read in-depth stories. Run your mouse over a small image of a newspaper’s front page and a larger image will be displayed.
ARTS ______________________________________________________________________
View the works of American artists—Heade, Lane, Peto, Decker, Homer, Eakins, Church, Bingham, and Kensett—at http://www.nga.gov/feature/wilmerding/jwsplash.htm
View the works of artists Dali, Moses, O'Keefe, Cassatt, Escher, Warhol, Rodin, Picasso, and Wood. A webquest and other resources are also available at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000989.shtml
Read the biography of Leonardo da Vinci. View his sketchbooks. Take a virtual tour of his studio. You can do all this and more at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001896.shtml
HISTORY ___________________________________________________________________
Read stories from war veterans about their roles in obtaining military intelligence at http://www.loc.gov/vets//stories/
Learn about the art, inventions, science, and people of the Renaissance in Europe. Additional resources are also available at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001530.shtml
Read about Woodrow Wilson and his presidency. Check out related resources at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001880.shtml
Read about Theodore Roosevelt and his presidency. Check out related resources at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001740.shtml
Biographies of the US presidents and their wives plus related resources can be accessed at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000030.shtml
Go to http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001899.shtml to study the 1900-1909 decade in America’s history.
Dates That Matter (http://www.teachersfirst.com/dtm/) is a teacher resource ready to display on a screen for the class to read. The students are given a clue about the date. Hints are provided to help them. When the actual historical event shows, more information is added. Teachers can see an annotated view of the event.
SCIENCE __________________________________________________________________
Read about research being conducted in the Arctic and the Antarctic at http://nsf.gov/news/overviews/arcticantarctic/index.jsp
Read about hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanoes and what the research is discovering about minimizing their effects at http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/disasters/index.jsp
Learn what scientists have discovered about climate at http://eo.ucar.edu/educators/ClimateDiscovery/
Watch animations and listen to experts to learn more about cancer. Learn about causes, diagnoses, and treatment at http://www.insidecancer.org/
Read a fifth-grade teacher’s journal of her 56-day cruise into the Antarctic and what the crew members learned about ocean circulation and its role in determining the world’s climate at http://www.esr.org/maudness_cruise/cruise_main.html
Learn about monarch butterflies at http://www.monarchlab.umn.edu/default.aspx
This web site (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html) for kids explores the brain and nervous system.
ScienCentralNews shares recent developments in life sciences, physical sciences, and technology at http://www.sciencentral.com/
View weather-related simulations at http://www.vets.ucar.edu/vg/categories/all.shtml
Resources for food chains and food webs are available at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000328.shtml
An overview of our planet’s ecosystems can be found at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000050.shtml
Learn about forests at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000683.shtml
Learn about wetlands (swamps, marshes, and bogs) at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000687.shtml
Resources about producers, consumers, and decomposers with respect to food chains and food webs can be found at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001674.shtml
Read about tropical and temperate rainforests in the US, Tasmania, and South America at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000684.shtml
Learn about stars and watch a video at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001325.shtml
Read about eclipses at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000402.shtml
Considering the recent discussions about whether or not Pluto is a planet, the web site about Kuiper belt objects (http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001887.shtml) should give some timely insights.
LITERATURE _______________________________________________________________
Lesson plans and activities for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson are available at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000534.shtml
Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven has become interactive at http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/raven/
GEOGRAPHY and FOREIGN LANGUAGES _______________________________________
Learn about Costa Rica at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001901.shtml
MUSIC _____________________________________________________________________
Read—and watch and listen—about some of the modern types of music (e.g., jazz, country, rock and roll) at http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001576.shtml
ESL _______________________________________________________________________
Learn how to adapt lesson plan activity types to meet your ESL student’s needs at http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/esl/adaptstrat.cfm
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