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Art

ArtsEdge

  • Teacher’s networking page
  • Art education news headlines
  • Model programs in the arts

Coloring.com

  • Drawings to color on-line

Crafts for Little Hands - Idea Box

  • Crafts for children
  • Seasonal activities

Crayola Art Education

  • Crayola science lab
  • Language and visual arts lesson plans
  • Art techniques with crayons, markers, colored pencils, modeling compounds and paints

Drawing in One-Point Perspective

  • Over one hundred pages of animations and illustrations that introduce the principles of one-point perspective
  • provides step-by-step instructions for drawing objects in one-point perspective

Getty Center for Education in the Arts

  • Lesson plans and curriculum ideas
  • Image galleries
  • Telling stories in art

National Gallery of Art

  • Tour the collection online
  • Free loan educational materials
  • In-depth studies on artists and works of art 

Drama

Kennedy Center

  • development of dance, music, and theatre talent
  • professional development for educators

Health/P.E.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

  • Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart Programs
  • The Physical Best Educational Kit Phases I & II – for the educator beginning to teach health-related fitness concepts
  • Health related sites

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

  • information on Federal initiatives and education about tobacco addiction

Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (HPERD)

  • Essential elements, core curriculum update and the Surgeon General’s Report

Language Arts

The Children's Book Council Inc.

  • information on childhood reading
  • children's book publishing

Children's Literature Web Guide

  • Internet resources related to books for children and young adults

English Club

  • EFL/ESL net guide
  • handouts and workshops for educators
  • student and teacher discussion forums

Etymologic

  • built around puzzling and usually surprising word origin questions
  • it's a great and fun way to learn the true definitions of many words and phrases.

International Reading Association

  • Campaign for world literacy
  • Special reports on advocacy issues
  • Reading research awards and grants

National Council of Teachers of English

  • Teacher grants and student achievement awards
  • Teaching ideas in reading, whole language, critical thinking and writing
  • Public policy information center

Math

A+ Math

  • interactive site for math students
  • flash cards, games and “homework helper”
  • printable practice worksheets

Dositey

  • math and science resources for K-8
  • interactive lessons and exercises
  • printable worksheets and activities

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education

  • highlights outstanding Web resources for math and science teachers

The Math Forum

  • Internet Math Hunt: questions about math and mathematicians
  • Student Showcase: exciting student projects
  • Ask Dr. Math

Math Magic

  • K-12 telecommunications project
  • Increase problem-solving strategies and communication skills for students

Math Mountain

  • 60 online math lessons and activities

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

  • Mathematics education trust awards
  • Principles and standards for school mathematics
  • Sample math challenge problems

Units of Measurement

  • includes all the units of the International System of Units as well as many other units of the metric system used in everyday life or in science
  • also included are various non-metric scientific units such as the astronomical unit, the electron volt, and the parsec, as well as selected traditional units from cultures other than English

Music

K-12 Resources for Music Educators

  • Music Educator's National Conference
  • Links for band, orchestra, vocal/choral teachers
  • Bibliographies & works of great composers

Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom

  • Bulletin boards that teach
  • Boarders and backgrounds for your bulletin boards

Musicals.net

  • an index to many Broadway musicals with song lists, synopses, lyrics, discussion forums, and much more information. 
  • sign up for a free mailing list that will notify you when the site has been updated

The National Association for Music Education (MENC)

  • Job center
  • Online publications and guides
  • Music educator related links

Texas School Music Project

  • Problem-solving advice for common situations
  • Tips & strategies by instrument
  • Vocal techniques & strategies

Science

Access Excellence

  • puts high school biology teachers in touch with their colleagues, scientists and sources of new information

Dositey

  • math and science resources for K-8
  • interactive lessons and exercises
  • printable worksheets and activities

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education

  • Highlights outstanding Web resources for math and science teachers

The Exploratorium

  • interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception 

Extreme Science

  • Gallery of scientists, Mother earth and the Creature world
  • maps, weather, space

The Globe Program

  • opportunities for science projects with other schools world-wide
  • maps, graphs and data for geography and science
  • news updates about student and school experiments

The Jason Project

  • interactive exploration projects
  • student research programs

NASA Space Link

  • Educational services designed to support students and teachers in science, mathematics and technology
  • Educational Materials and information related to NASA Aeronautics and Space Research
  • NASA's current projects and news

National Science Teachers Association

  • Awards and competitions, programs and projects
  • Online science resources

Odyssey in Egypt

  • an interactive archaeological dig
  • creates, manages, transmits, and serves up pictures and text from Egypt on a weekly basis 

SciSeek.com

  • A guide to the best the Internet has to offer in the fields of science and nature
  • Lists Web sites covering subjects from agriculture and forestry to engineering, chemistry, physics and the environment.

Stephen Hawking's Universe

  • detailed explanations of some of the most important ideas and developments in human understanding of the universe
  • includes original essays by some of today's leading figures in cosmology, along with original illustrations, detailed program descriptions, explanations of cosmological terms and theories, and brief biographies
  • Ask the Experts section encourages the audience to submit questions, some of which will be answered by experts in the field.

Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching

  • TEKS-related science projects
  • resources for TAKS
  • links to local Regional Collaboratives

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

  • the NEIC determines the location and size of all destructive earthquakes that occur worldwide 
  • the national data center and archive for earthquake information

Walking with Dinosaurs

  • BBC Online brings you in-depth descriptions of over 60 dinosaurs and the eras in which they lived
  • a wealth of content including sound, video, photographs and interactive games 

Whole Frog Project

  • project intended to introduce the concepts of computer based 3D imaging

Social Studies

Atlapedia

  • political and physical world maps
  • statistics, facts and overviews on countries from A to Z

The Border

  • a new PBS series examining contemporary life along the U.S.-Mexico border
  • interactive timeline, morphing map, writing contest

Geographia

  • explore exotic destinations from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, to Europe, and Latin America
  • from local culture to current events, Geographia provides you with fascinating insights into the customs, geography, and peoples of numerous locales

The Library of Congress

  • online gallery of exhibitions
  • American history through pictures, sights and sounds
  • information on hot topics and current events

National Council for Social Studies

  • Social studies book store for lesson plans
  • Teacher recognition programs
  • Standards and curriculum for social studies

National Geographic Society Geography Education

  • Classroom lessons for K-12 that match the geography standards
  • Surf any country for information regarding population, capital city, languages, industry and history

States & Capitals

  • general & in-depth knowledge about each state
  • newspaper, sports, university & politics directories
  • fun facts & trivia

Texas Beyond History

  • This “virtual museum” showcases information and images about Texas cultural heritage
  • In-depth articles, human-interest stories, photographs, and artwork, using a variety of creative resources including map tools, kids activities, an illustrated glossary, and teachers’ lesson plans based on TEKS, TAAS, and TAKS objectives

The U.S. Constitution

United States History

  • Features information about U.S. history and U.S. presidents, trivia, and statistics

U.S. Map Geography Exercise

  • Interactive map allows students to place and locate states

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