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The links available on this page have been selected as resources for lesson planning and professional development. They will take you out of the Carl Cozier site. For child-friendly sites in the curricular areas, see Student Tools.

Assessment Resources

Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction - Washington state resources for teachers, parents & students.

Sample Math WASL questions - sample questions for all grade levels from the Port Angeles School District

Technology

Primary Allowed Sites - Some internet sites are available to students using the generic primary log ons. This link allow you to view a list of those sites. If you'd like a site moved to our primary link, or to your own classroom page, see Mariann

All About Digital Photos - lots of information on working with digital photos. Well organized with clear messages and directions.

Judi Harris - curriculum-based educational telecomputing projects and resource

 

Lesson Plan Websites

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Exploring Nature - Information, activities, and handouts about more than 1,000 animals, plants, biomes, adaptations, and other life science topics.

Reactive Colours - go ahead and react! Spontaneous, creative play and learning at this site.
Read Write Think - This website it hosted by the International Reading Association and the National Council for Teachers of English. Excellent lesson plans, along with some online tools that let kids create books, venn diagrams, play word games, and other literacy activities online.
AskERIC - world's largest database of articles and abstracts on education, plus lesson plans. Email your questions.
Columbia Education Center
- lesson plans categorized by subject and grade level, including Internet-based lessons.
Digital Classroom
- part of the National Archives. Lesson plans and methods for teaching with primary sources.
The Educator's Toolkit - teacher resources, library, technology, parent, kid, holiday, project, themes, lesso
n plans
DiscoverySchool.com - lesson plans, discussion guides, previews of upcoming programs
Learning Network Teacher Channel - lesson plans, reading lists, discussion boards and lots of links.
The Learning Space - resources for teachers, by teachers, about teachers. On-line projects and connections.
Lightspan.com - over 1500 lesson plans, teacher discussion boards, thematic units.
Teachnet.com - teachers share lesson plan ideas, lots of 'how-tos" (from decoration to discipline!) and quick activities.
Electric Teacher - a multitude of links to many curricular areas, tutorials for Word and PowerPoint, discussion groups, photo archive, integration ideas and projects.
Improving Student Learning in Washington State (OSPI) - links and information about education reform in the state of Washington

Puzzlemaker.com - Create word searches, crosswords, and other puzzles to go along with whatever your students are learning.

Online Research Projects

Bellingham School District Online Research Projects - These research projects have been specifically designed to accompany the Social Studies curriculum in grades 3-5.

WebQuest Page - a Web Quest is an internet-based problem solving activity for your students. It poses an educational question, provides a framework for researching the topic and developing a response to the question, and points students in the direction of high quality internet resources. This site will help you write your own or access one that has already been created.

Links to Educational Sites

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - categorized list of useful Internet sites for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. Updated daily.
EduHound - find educational web sites, resources, lesson plans, libraries, webquests, reference materials, and much more
Education World - education content, clas activities, review of professional books, "search" only searches ed sites.

Educational Associations and Journals Online

From Now On - "Educational Technology for Engaged Learning" - articles to provoke thought and maybe change your course....
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - coverage of curriculum issues; links to Educational Leadership and Education Bulletin

Literacy

Teachers - Are you reading a book aloud to your class, or using a book with literature circles? Would you like to see what curriculum materials are available online? Let me know if you would like to add your book to the list below. ~Mariann

The Library Spot - libraries, reference tools, virtual field trips and much, much more. (This link will exit the Bellingham School District Web Site.)

6-Trait Writing Model: Main page Scoring rubric

Social Studies

Xpeditions Atlas - from National Geographic - an excellent resource of printable maps. Also click on "Lesson Plans" to see access lessons using this resource.

Education Place Outline Maps - a resource for basic outline maps that can be printed or downloaded for use in your classroom.

The Snaith Primary School website - The teachers at this school in the United Kingdom have created their own websites on social studies (and science!) topics such as the Vikings, Ancient Egypt, Farms, Gardens. There are pages with great images and text readable by primary kids. There are also some projects that introduce kids to the idea of research. For instance, they can look at pictures of various beach resorts and decide which one they'd most like to visit, then explain why. There are also some fun activities, like magnet poetry.

Math

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NCTM Curriculum Focal Points - most imortant mathematical topics for each grade level. Three focal points are described for each grade, pre-k through grade 8. Search by grade level.

Investigations in Data, Number and Space - Teacher Support

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) - support for math and science, hundreds of links
SAMI - science and math help and resources for teachers

Science

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Bellingham Science Curriculum Links - The links on this page will take you to websites that connect with the science curriculum for your grade level.

Athena Earth & Space Science - Created by scientists and educators, this site will help you teach science using real data accessible via the WWW. Data sets and instructional pieces are related to oceans, the atmosphere, Earth resources, and space/astronomy

 


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