Curricular Websites
Art
This website, developed by MoMA, explores modern art and some of the workings of a museum.
English
This site provides a fun tutorial on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
This site is a free catalog that helps you find resources in libraries around the world.
This is a site has information on research and strategies to improve adolescent literacy.
Although this site will reprint copies of books in the public domain, it can also be used to search and find books in the public domain on the Internet. You can read the books online or ask this nonprofit to make a reprint and mail it to you.
This site provides information on the American Art resources that we will have housed in the media center starting in the Fall of 2008.
Food and Nutrition
Foreign Language
This site has video and audio to help teach French.
[Link]Health Information in Different Language
This site has health information in a variety of different languages.
Math
Music
Science
Plug in symptoms and find out some possible diagnoses.
Canadian site of online science projects
This site provides a list of topics that when clicked will provides ideas for science projects.
Has some info on science fair activities, but it also has some great resources for educators in the teacher tab!
Provides step by step guidance through completing a science fair project.
You may have heard about how MIT is releasing lectures to the public via the Internet. This link within MIT’s OpenCourseWare is focused on the instruction appropriate for high school students (albeit the aim is more AP student).
Instructional materials and activities are available through this website. A search may be conducted by grade level.
This is a site sponsored by Cambridge University and provides electronic access to the complete works of Charles Darwin.
Social Studies
This has a collection stories about wartime service.
Maps and movies provide a view of the Valley of the Kings.
This site provides an overview of the situation and links to other resources.
This site has an interactive game that helps students learn about Lincoln (aimed at middle to high school students).
This site has many primary documents and lesson plans dealing with American history.
This site has resources for teaching about the electoral process.
This site provides access to full-text publications on U.S. federal government budget and economic legislation.
General
This site provides access to images and sounds you can use without breaking copyright laws (you will still need to document them).
This provides access to a variety of online teaching resources for most content areas.
This site has information on learning disabilities.
You may have heard about how MIT is releasing lectures to the public via the Internet. Here is the main link—perhaps a bit high level for the students, but it may be rejuvenating for you. It is like auditing a class at MIT via the Internet—what fun. Some other colleges have started doing this as well if you want to look around.
This site is about integrating technology into the classroom. It is a good site to explore how technology can enhance instruction, rather than just using technology to use technology.
Categorizes various search engines according to appropriate uses and qualities.
Reviews various search engines.
Provides information on how to use Google, Yahoo! Search, and Ask.com search engines.
BLogs
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