More Resources
This is yet another page of resources for educators.  These are great sites in various subjects that teachers can use in developing lesson plans.  These are not lesson plans, but sites for students to go to find information on specific topics. 

MarcoPolo
The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines. 

NC Wise Owl
This site was developed for teachers and parents in North Carolina. It has many resources.  This is another must see web site for educators!

Edsitement
This web site is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and is part of the MarcoPolo project.  It has many great resources by grade level, similar to the MarcoPolo site.

Merlot
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.  This site has a huge collection of educational materials that can be used by teachers.  These products are divided into subject areas and a search engine is available.  Excellent site for materials to use directly in the classroom.

The Big 6 Skills
This site helps educators to develop problem-based learning activities that integrate both technology skills and information skills.  An excellent site.

Impact
Guidelines for media and technology.  This site is from the NC WiseOwl web site created by NC Dept. of Public Instruction.  These are the guidelines for integrating information skills and technology skills into the regular classroom activities.

NCREL's edGauge
A site that has information on the 21st century skills needed for digital literacies for a digital age.  Information about these skills and how problem-based, inquiry-based, and project-based learning are valuable strategies to use with a technology enriched learning environment.  Also information on the need for new assessment approaches for these strategies and more. 

The WebQuest Page
This is the official WebQuest site with links to information about a WebQuest and many examples of WebQuests in various subject and grade levels.

Learning to Learn
This site has many resources, modules, and tools for classroom teachers who are interested in designing learning for diverse learners with different learning styles and learning characteristics.

CyberGuides
A cyberguide is a supplementary, web-delivered unit of instruction centered on core works of literature.  This site provides several examples of using cyberguides in various grade levels. 

NC Live
This is a great site to find NC libraries online and many NC online resources, such as full-text articles and newspapers.

Learn NC
LEARN North Carolina is a statewide network of educators dedicated to improving K-12 education in North Carolina, using the Internet to promote collaboration within the education community.  An excellent site for resources, standard course of study, lesson plans, collaborative efforts, and more. 

Teacher Vision
Great stuff!  Lesson planning, online tools such as Math worksheets and online gradesheets, many great web sites, links to national standards, and much more.

Info Please
Great web site with information behind the news.  It has links for students to use to find a great deal of information on current and historical topics.  This site has links to an almanac, atlas, dictionary, and encyclopedia.  

Education Index
Great web site with links to educational resources by subject or lifestage.  You will find a tremendous number of sites for the age level you teach.  Check this one out!

AskERIC Lesson Plans
Over 1100 lesson plans submitted to AskERIC.  You can browse or enter search words to find lesson plans.

Online Maps and Atlases
Site with several links that would be very useful in Social Studies/History teaching.  Students can find information on geography, statistics, and many facts about states and countries.

Online Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Encyclopedias
Site with several links to these valuable online resources.

Education Resource Organizations Directory
This is a site of the US Department of Education with links to many federal sources for educators.  If you click on the site map, you will get a good idea of all the links available.  More than 400 education libraries & curriculum materials centers have been added to the Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD).  EROD is an online database you can use to identify libraries, assistance centers, & other organizations in your state that offer help on education challenges.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
A great site with many, many links to every subject area.  These are links educators and students can use.  Try it out!

Blue Web'N:  A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites
This looks like a great site to find really good web sites for teaching and learning.  You get web-based projects, tutorials, references, lesson plans, and more on specific subject areas.

NC DPI
This is the home page for the NC Department of Public Instruction.

Teachers Connect
This site is maintained by the NC Dept. of Public Instruction.  It has links to professional resources, web resources, connected classrooms, sprecial programs, and much more.  Great place to start. 

Web Resources for NC Educators
This site is maintained by the Educational Technology Programs Division of NC Department of Public Instruction.

SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
Great site with links to info on grants, professional development, classroom resources, evaluation, hardware/software, and more.

The Gateway to Educational Materials
More than 14,000 lesson ideas & learning resources from over 200 organizations can now be found through the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM).  Teachers & others can type a topic, grade level, & other information into the GEM search, which then pinpoints -- among thousands of learning resources across these organizations' websites -- those that meet those criteria. 

PBS Teacher Source
Site maintained by PBS and it has many sources of educational sites, lesson plans, and connections with other educational opportunities. 

Education Resources (K-12)
Site maintained at Ramsey Library, UNC-Asheville.  Links to several reference and education resources.

Great Teaching With the Internet
Site maintained by Wendy Marshall at UNC-Wilmington.  A great site with a variety of education-related links, including lesson plans on various subject areas.

National Center for Education Statistics
Federal web site with lots of statistical information about schools, students, achievement, etc.

Educating.Net
This site calls itself the portal to the world of knowledge.  It has a search engine for finding educational resources and many good links in several categories.

Learner Online
The Annenberg/CPB Projects.  This site includes information about several educational videos.  You can preview clips of the videos for several subject areas.

The Math Forum
This site has dozens links for the math teacher. 

HomeWork Central
You will be able to find almost anything you need from this site.  Students can find information on almost any topic.  Sites have been screened.  Even college students can find information for doing assignments.  Teachers can find many valuable resources, including lesson plans, curriculum and classroom design ideas, and many other resources. 

Ask An Expert Page
You can find email links to experts in many different fields.  You or your students can email experts and get information back to use in reports.  You also get links to articles on these subjects so you and your students can do research on your own.  There are also links to other internet sites with experts available. 

US Department of Education
Find out what our federal government is up to.  This site also has links to research and statistics, news, programs and services, publications, government initiatives and more. 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
This is a very comprehensive site with many links for resources and lesson plans for teachers. 

Awesome Library
You can get links to many types of sites on education, including lesson plans for specific subject areas, integrating technology, and more. 

Teachers@Work
You will find over 1000 of some of the best educational sites in the country, at least that's what they say at this site.  There are many great sites here.  You can search for educational sites by categories and find most of what you need.  Try this one! 

The ACCESS INDIANA Teaching & Learning Center
This site is maintained by the Indiana Department of Education and it has many great links to lesson plans and other resources by subject area.  You can find tons of stuff here. 

Lakehead Elementary Teachers of Ontario
This site is an extensive site of educational resources and lesson plans in various subject areas.

Bernie Poole's EdIndex of Educators' Resources
This site was created by Bernie Poole, Professor specializing in Instructional Technology, at the University of Pittsburgh
at Johnstown.  This is a site with extensive educational resources.  A must see!

Online Dictionary
Free online dictionary.

Language Automation
You will get translation dictionaries in nearly any language.  Also, links to many, many online dictionaries, glossaries, and encyclopedias.  Great site for people of all ages!

Dynamic Photorealistic Graphing
This site allows you to make very nice graphs of all types.
 

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