Educator Resources
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 37,000 carefully
reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
California School Directory – The California School
Directory contains information about all California public schools, private
schools, nonpublic nonsectarian schools, school districts, and county offices
of education. The search feature below allows users to search for educational
agencies in California by county, district, name, county-district-school (CDS)
code, city, zip code, type, or status.
California School Employees Association – The California
School Employees Association is the largest classified school employees union
in the United States, representing 220,000 school support staff throughout
California.
California
State Employees Association – The largest classified school employees
union in the United States. CSEA represents more than 190000 public employees
in California.
Cal/OSHA
Program – The Cal/OSHA Program is responsible for enforcing California
laws and regulations pertaining to workplace safety and health and for
providing assistance to employers and workers about workplace safety and health
issues.
CDC
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] – Workplace Safety &
Prevention resources.
CDC Local Wellness Policy Tools & Resources –
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's resources
for schools to assist with developing local wellness policies.
Curriculum
Links for Science Teachers – Articles and lessons on General Science,
Biology, Chemistry, Weather, Astronomy, Wildlife and Environmental.
Dietary
Guidance – The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is a
leader in on-line global nutrition information. Located at the National
Agricultural Library (NAL) of USDA, the FNIC Web site contains over 2500 links
to current and reliable nutrition information.
Discovery Education – Free lesson plans written by
teachers for teachers. Like you. Classroom Resources has hundreds of original
lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school students. Borrow them
as-is or use them to spark your own lesson plans.
Exploratorium isn’t just a museum, it’s an ongoing
exploration of science, art, and human perception—a vast collection of
online interactives, web features, activities, programs and events that feed
your curiosity.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of
sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated
often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is a dynamic center for
teacher education, research, and curriculum development in preK–12 science
and math education.
Library
of Congress – Bringing the power of primary sources into the
classroom. The Teaching with Primary Sources Program builds partnerships with
educational organizations to support effective instruction using primary
sources.
Medieval Art
and Architecture This site was created by Dr. M. Alison Stone who teaches
medieval art and architecture, iconography and paleography at the University of
California, Los Angeles. She has complied a nice mixture of art and
architecture of the medieval period.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics – Providing
online materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, Curriculum Focal Points for
Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics, and Focus in High School
Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making.
NANA Resources for Local School Wellness Policies on Nutrition
and Physical Activity – The National Alliance for Nutrition and
Activity (NANA) advocates national policies and programs to promote healthy
eating and physical activity to help reduce the illnesses, disabilities,
premature deaths, and costs caused by diet- and inactivity-related diseases
such as heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity.
National Education Association – NEA serves a variety of
distinct groups of education professionals. More than a half million Education
Support Professional (ESP) members take care of our children every day and make
sure they have the tools they need to succeed in our schools and
classrooms.
Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry – Educator resources and Classroom
Activities.
PBS Activity Packs for Teachers – Explore educational
resources and activities from PBS with our library of Activity Packs. Each one
focuses on a curricular theme and includes links to great PBS resources and
supplemental activities.
P.E. Central –
A site for health & physical education teachers, parents and students. Our
goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate
physical education programs for children. To motivate, we offer fun kids
fitness programs such as Log It and the PEC Challenge. We have over 1800
published lesson ideas.
Science Lessons – Schools of California On-line
Resources for Education Connecting On-line Resources to California's
Standards.
SCORE
H/SS Over 5000 websites aligned to California's History/Social Science
Curriculum.
Scholastic
– Online teaching tools, tips, and resources from Scholastic.
Smithsonian Education – Use the search fields to access
more than 1,800 rich Smithsonian educational resources aligned to your state
standards.
Sports Media
– A site created to unite and inspire people who are interested in Sports
and Physical Education. We provide a quality platform where athletes, coaches,
teachers, students and instructors are able to exchange their bright ideas
about PE and Sports. But we do not exclude non-professionals!
Surf
Aquarium – Extensive list of links to educator products and
services.
Teachers.Net – Features over 4000 lesson plans and
classroom ideas submitted by teachers just like you. Browse lesson plans by
category, grade level, or search by keyword, and discover how the Teachers.Net
community can make your planning easier and more rewarding.
THE
Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district
and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within
districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process
through the use of technology. Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first
magazine to cover education technology.
Virtual Middle School Library – Resources for Teachers
and Parents. Art Education, Economics, Educational Technology, ESOL and Spanish
Language Sites, Home Economics, Language Arts, Mathematics, Multicultural
Subjects, Music, Physical Education, and Health Science/Social Studies.
Virtual Odyssey to Egypt – Egyptian fashion, religious
beliefs, recreational activities, and more online.
Weather World 2010 – Developed by the Department of
Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(UIUC), WW2010 (the weather world 2010 project) is a framework for integrating
current and archived weather data with multimedia instructional resources using
new and innovative technologies. To ensure the greatest possible accuracy of
our instructional resources, all materials have been reviewed and edited by
professors and scientists from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at
the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Illinois State Water
Survey.
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