TEACHER /PARENT RESOURCE SITES

from the Midvale-Lincoln Accelerated School Web Site, Madison, Wisconsin

Among the Best: for Teachers, Parents, & Students


Hispanic Pages
Latin American Network Information Center

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Another Martin Luther King, Jr. site Includes his "I Have A Dream" speech
Multicultural Calendar
Atlas of the World
Helping Children with Geography: with activities for children from 5 to 10 years of age
Color Landform Atlas
How Far Is It?
Introduction to Geography
National Geographic Online
PostcardsFrom.com: Postcard from a trip across the United States. Awarded one of the "TOP 100 EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES FOR 1999," and one of the four best Geography sites, by EduSource.com and Looksmart in their review of over 750,000 educational sites.
Social Studies Resources: Dr. Marty Levine, Professor Emeritus of Secondary Education, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), has gathered lesson plans and resources from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful.
The Map Guide
Scholastic Web Site: Some of the topics: Breaking the Color Barrier; Celebrate Hispanic Heritage; Challenging the Space Frontier; Dolphins; Amelia Earhart; Hurricanes; Immigration; Kidzines; Saving the Sea Turtles. Also: Authors on-line, ie Beverly Cleary- kids can write to her; Global Kid Connections; History Mystery Game; Math Hunt; Math Maven's Mysteries (ages 3-5); Writing with Writers; much more. Very esthetically pleasing, easy to use, and full of wonderful pages.
Berit's Best Sites for Children: Safe, recommended, award winning web sites for children to age 12, carefully reviewed and rated 1-5. An ALA Notable Children's Web Site. One great site: Author/Illustrator Jan Brett's web site, beautiful! Send electronic Jan Brett postcards, download beautiful alphabet and numbers pages, lots more.
Homework Central: HomeworkCentral.com is an award-winning research site suited to the needs of any user from kindergarten through adult. The kid-safe site was conceived with an eye toward creating a "one-stop" study site where the editors continuously provide students of all ages with a definitive and comprehensive guide to the wealth of knowledge available online.
New Horizons Resource Center: Includes Gardner and Multiple Intelligences
Yahoo! Directory: Yahoo!'s Directory of Science Sites for the non-scientist...lots of terrific links for teachers and kids
Directory: Energy, Land Conservation, Weather, Agriculture, Social Science, Wildlife - just some of the multiple site links found here.
Foundation Builders: Interactive educational resources for K-5 students organized by subject from math to world languages. Terrific!
Teachers:Classroom Connect
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: Resources, Resources, Resources. The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) is located at The Ohio State University, and is funded through a contract with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
EE Link: Environmental Education and Training Partnership

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