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Selected Internet Resources on Education

General Sites  |  Classroom Resources  |  Federal/State Resources  | Higher Education |  Lesson Plans  |  Statistical Sources

General Sites

Curriculum Materials Library (http://library.nevada.edu/cml/index.html)
ERIC-Educational Resources Information Center (http://www.eric.ed.gov/)
This site offers an overview of ERIC and the resources it provides; the ERIC home page includes Internet links to ERIC clearinghouses, links and searching tips to the ERIC database, an overview of ERIC and its history and links to sponsoring organizations such as the US Department of Education.
TOPScience (http://www.topscience.org/)
TOPS Learning Systems is a nonprofit education publisher, dedicated to making inexpensive, creative, hands-on science and math available everywhere. Book links offer a sample lesson that you can try for free, 41 in all!

Classroom Resources

After Sept. 11: perspectives from the social sciences (http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/)
The Social Science's Research Council's website offers a variety of academic materials to help students understand world peace, modern warfare, globalization, and fundamentalism. It features lesson plans and a diverse array of mostly newspaper-based websites.
Educational Web Adventures (http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php)
This company develops interactive websites, learning modules, and Web adventures that bring content to life on the WWW; several of their developed adventures are available free at this site.
The Gateway to educational materials (http://www.thegateway.org/)
This resource for educators sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education links to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites.
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition (http://www.yale.edu/glc/)
This website from the Yale Center for International and Area Studies provides teachers, students, and researchers with information on the history of Atlantic slavery and its aftermath. It includes over 200 primary documents from 1692 through the 20th century.
How Things Work (http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/)
Think of this site as a radio call-in program that's being held on the WWW instead of the radio. If you ask how something works, Lou Bloomfield, author of How Things Work : the Physics of Everyday Life, will try to explain.
The Interactive Frog Dissection (http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/frog/menu.html)
Designed for use in high school biology classrooms as a valuable preparation tool or even a useful substitute for laboratory dissection.
The Jewish History Resource Center( http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/dinur/) JHRC is a comprehensive resource offering more than 6,000 links in 30 categories (and many languages) to organizations and Internet resources dealing with Jewish history, from ancient times to the present. It is updated regularly and is deep with information and resources such as search engines, bibliographies, discussion groups, journals, conferences, documents, maps and more.
Lesson Plans Library( http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/) Part of the larger DiscoverySchool.com site, the main page offers many ways to access the lesson plans and support materials. This page features four thematic lesson plans and several ways to select lesson plan pages, which are grouped by grades and subject matter.
NASA's Quest Project( http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/) Provides support and services for schools, teachers, and students to fully utilize the Internet and its underlying information technologies as basic tools for learning about space and NASA projects.
Sports and nutrition (http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/)
The contents of this database are presented in four sections with several introductory paragraphs, followed by descriptive links to subtopics on sport nutrition.
Teachers at work: Internet tools for teachers (http://www.treadwell.co.nz/)
This site contains reviewed sites with subject designations ratings and suggested grade level usage. These reviews are an excellent starting place for locating sites suitable for a wide range of assignments and curriculum enhancement not only for K-12 teachers but also for use in teacher education.
The Why Files (http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/)
A popular and critically acclaimed website that explores the science behind the news.

Federal/State Resources

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (http://www.ed.gov/free/)
A subject list of online government resources for Education; searchable.
Nevada School Network (http://www.nsn.k12.nv.us/)
Information on teaching in Nevada, and a selection of education-related links.

Higher Education

Higher Education Research Institute (http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/)
This is UCLA's interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation and policy studies in postsecondary education.
History of Education and Childhood (http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index.html)
This educational archive of links and source materials is about the history of education and the history of childhood. This resource contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who use the Web to deliver classroom materials.

Lesson Plans

Lesson plans library (http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/)
This site offers four thematic lesson plans and several ways to select lesson plan pages, which are grouped by grades and subject matter. The Learning Adventures menu links to online lessons.
Lesson Plans Page (http://www.lessonplanspage.com/)
Home of the largest collection of lesson plans on the Internet (500+). Well organized.
Teachers Helping Teachers (http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html)
Science Lesson Plans; goals of the site include providing new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers, and providing a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise with colleagues.
The solutionsite.com (http://www.thesolutionsite.com)
The Solution Site offers K-12 teacher generated lesson plans emphasizing active learning. The section Find a Unit offers unit and lesson plans organized generally by various subject categories, both academic and non-academic.
Units of Study (http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/units.html)
From the Franklin Institute Science Museum. Includes science activities, hands-on science with inquiry-based facilitation designed to stimulate critical thinking about specific topics.
Yahooligans (http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/)
Excellent place for kids and teachers to find appropriate Internet materials to supplement their lesson plans.

Statistical Sources
Condition of Education (http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/)
This site describes the status and progress of education in the USA, summarizing major education statistics.
Grapevine (http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/grapevine/)
A national database of support for higher education. It reports operating expenses for higher education state by state.
World Data on Education (http://www.ibe.unesco.org/)
This site features a databank of educational profiles of 110 countries.