Teacher Resources

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Looking for new ideas for your classroom? This page will  keep you up-to-date on the latest ideas and tips. Be sure to check back regularly. Additions are added to the top of the list.
 
    Intel Innovation in Education
   
    TeachSpace Website -- Check for updates and helpful resources from Billy Hix and Terry Sue Fanning
   
  Testing Information for all Subjects and Grades
   
  Check the directions for using the IGPro grading program on the Harris Middle School webpage. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
   
    Puzzle Center = Designed especially for educators, this site allows teachers to create interactive puzzles.
   
    Find a list of Bloom's Taxonomy Verbs at http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2172.html?wtlAC=nt0103,email-h to help insure students are thinking at higher levels.
   
    Online Achieve Resource Center (ARC) --Searchable collection of tens of thousands of pre-screened education resources, such as lesson plans, learning activities, and assessments, that have been correlated to the Tennessee curriculum standards. http://www.projectachieve.com
   
    Tips for Management and Organization
   
    Links to Lesson Plans
   
    Integrating Technology into the Classroom
   
    Activities and Help for the First Day of School
   
    Advice on Planning for a Substitute
   
    Bulletin Boards
   
    Professional Organizations
   
    Virtual Field Trips
   
    MarcoPolo Search
   
    Tennessee Department of Education Homepage
   
    End of Year Activities!
   
    Bright Ideas!
   
    Education Oasis
   
    The Open Video Project -- A Shared Digital Video Collection
   
    The Educator's Reference Desk:  2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
   
    Flashcard Exchange--More than 3 million flashcards on a wide range of subjects
   
    TeachSpace Website -- Check for updates and helpful resources from Billy Hix and Terry Sue Fanning.
   
    EclipseCrossword.com is a fast, free way to create crossword puzzles.
   
    The Teacher's Guide includes lesson plans, thematic units, songs, and book activities.
   
    Grades 7-12: Weekly Online Activities and Lessons are available from Learners Online in social studies, language arts, technology, health and sports, government, math, science, art, business, and for multidisciplinary subjects.
   
    Try the online Certificate Maker at http://www.certificatemaker.com
   
    Teaching is a Work of Heart is a compilation of resources from an elementary and special ed teacher. There are thematic units, literature-based activities, end of the year activities, songs, and much more.
   
    The UN Cyberschoolbus is a free site that offers lesson plans and ideas for projects that deal with global issues.
   
    Learningpage.com has downloadable worksheets, clip art, and other freebies for teachers.
   
    Solve Word Plays and Play Interactive Word Games at Wordplays.com
   
    Check out the CNN Student News and USA Today web sites for integration and discussions of current events.
   
    100 Milestone Documents of American History are available at Ourdocuments.com. Includes a downloadable teacher sourcebook.
   
    Use the link at http://www.m-w.com to add a dictionary button to your browser's toolbar for instant lookups!
   
    Lesson Plans and games available from the U. S. Mint at http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?flash=yes  
   
    Need a lift? Go to www.dailyapples.com for inspirational stories, educational humor, and morale boosters.  
   
    Go to the visual thesaurus at http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/index.html. It’s a great interactive way to study the English language and its myriad of meanings! 
   
    Check out the Summer ideas at http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/ !  
   
    Check http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/unitfeature.htm for a list of unit and lesson plans.
   
    Check http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ for the Blue Web'N online database of Internet sites.
   
    Try http://teachingtreasures.com.au/ Teaching Treasures' resources for grades K - 10.
   
    Subscribe to the Surfnetkids Newsletter for regular information on informative links on the Internet for classroom and home use. To subscribe, send an email to: mailto:join@surfnetkids.com.
   
    Join Project Prosauropod and track the discovery of a 200 million year old dinosaur skeleton! http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fgm/lab/lab.html 
   
    Jigzone offers free, online jigsaw puzzles. http://www.jigzone.com/
   
    Word Central is a site devoted to showing kids just how much fun words can be. The site includes short essays for older students and interactive components that let students suggest new words and definitions! It also includes a poetry composer. Go to http://www.wordcentral.com/.
   
    Education Atlas--Resources grouped into subjects and topics.

 

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