This is a grass roots program, and we are asking teachers for their contributions.  Feel free to take from our list, but please help make the list grow as well.  You are encouraged to email Tami Phelps at tphelps@heliconassociates.com .  Please include a little description of your link, and why you find it useful.

Here are some teaching resources that others have contributed.  Thanks!

 

A+ Math:  www.aplusmath.com    

Helps students improve their math skills interactively with flashcards and games. Also provides worksheets and homework help.

Adventures Cyberbee:   http://www.cyberbee.com

Curriculum ideas, research tools, treasure hunts, web projects, how to, web links, and Election lessons are just some of the things Cyberbee has to offer to helping children use the internet.

A Math Dictionary for Kids 2007:  http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html  

This site offers over 600 mathematical terms and vocabulary.  It is easily understood and has great examples.  This dictionary can be used as a reference resource for students.

B.J. Pinchbeck's:  http://www.bjpinchbeck.com

"B.J. Pinchbeck's site is hard to resist" -- New York Times

"B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper has grown into one of the most comprehensive research sites maintained by a kid..." -- Family PC Magazine

This site has a lot to offer for all grades including what to expect in College. 

Book Crossing:  www.bookcrossing.com    

Members (register free!) read books, tag them and then "release" them into the wild to be picked up and enjoyed by someone else!  The website tracks the whereabouts of books that have been released.  Students could post journal entries and rate the books they find or release.

BrainPop:  www.brainpop.com    

BrainPOP is an award-winning educational program that can be used in school or at home, providing content that spans seven main subject areas:  Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology.  BrainPOP currently features more than 550 animated movies.  Each movie is supported by activities such as a quiz, comic strip, experiment, and other printable worksheets, all of which speak to kids in a language and voice that they can understand.  Your students can email their quiz results to you!

Dr. Mac's Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site:  www.behavioradvisor.com      

This site offers THOUSANDS of tips on managing student behavior, and provides step-by-step directions for implementing a great number of standard interventions.  It also contains a bulletin board on which you can post your disciplinary concerns and receive suggestions from other teachers around the world.

Federal government offers a treasure trove of teaching and learning resources.

Where can you find them? http://www.free.ed.gov

FREE organizes more than 1,500 lesson plans, primary documents, science animations, math challenges, and works of art, literature, and music from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, National Archives, National Science Foundation, NASA, National Institutes of Health, National Gallery of Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other federal agencies. See resources by subject http://www.free.ed.gov/sitemap.cfm or topic http://www.free.ed.gov/sitemap.cfm?page=alpha

Funbrain:  www.funbrain.com    

Math and reading. Tons of games, web books, comics, blog, factoids and sudoku, you choose the level! There's also a flash card arcade.  All totally educational! Teacher area with printable flashcards, curriculum connections, and a link to standards.  It also has a Parent area that has homework help and educational games guide.  Check it out and play "Lemonade Stand" while your there!

KidsClick!    http://www.kidsclick.org

Kids Click was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.

Your student can find material for any project from science projects to How to tell a verb from an adverb!  Great Teacher helper!

AND ITS FREE!

Scholastic:   http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home

This site offers a lot of options for Teachers, Parents and   students.  Free registration!  They even have a store to purchase scholastic products! 

Starfall:  www.starfall.com    

The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service.  They also provide writing journals and books at a very low cost that can be used with the website or separately.  Teachers around the country are using Starfall materials as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun and to inspire a love of reading and writing.  Primarily designed for first grade. Starfall is also useful for preschoolers through second grade.