Educational Subjects from Art to Science



	What About Socialization? An article written by Mary Gardner

Art

Artroom:A virtual learning environment for exploring the world of art!

KinderArt: Art education for kids of ALL ages! Over 650 lessons!

Homeschool Arts: Learn Pen & Ink, Pencil/Graphite, Color Pencil,
      Pastel, Watercolor and more!

Crayola Creativity Central: Search lesson plans for K-12.

ARTSEDGE: Access to information, resources, and ideas that
      support the arts as a core subject area. K-12 curriculum.

How...Pen & Ink Drawings: Step-by-step tutorial to produce pen
      and ink drawings by hand.

ArtsConnectedEd: Classroom: A huge database of educational
      materials. Search by grade, learning area, or format. Find
      thematic units, activities, tours, and much more.

Discipline Based Art Education: Ideas on how to increase your
      creativity and broaden your awareness of the arts, as well as
      ideas on how to teach children, and others, that art is valuable.

Artserve at the Australian National University: This is a really cool
      site where you can view various art and architecture. Browse
      through images of clocks and watches in England or France,
      see absolutely beautiful pictures of churches in Germany,
      France, Portugal, Spain, and more. You can check out anything
      from arms and armour to textiles and tombs!

Computers & Keyboarding

Learn2Type.com:  If you would like an online site that will help you
      learn how to type, try this one. The better your typing skills, the
      more challenging the exercises. It's free to sign up!

Geography

Maps and Map Skills: This site from Gander Academy is a list of sites
      with physical and political maps and map skill lesson plans.

Postcard Geography: Exchange postcards with classrooms all over the world!
      Registration is limited, so keep an eye out!

G.O.A.L.S.: Global Online Adventure Learning Site: Educational adventures
      with an emphasis on science, technology, and nature Although this
      site does explore geographically, there is also little bits and pieces
      of math, health, science, etc. Check out the classroom area.

Tramline Virtual Field Trips: You gotta check this out! Take a virtual trip
      to Antarctica, a volcano, a desert, a rainforest, to name a few areas.
      You can also learn about the American Presidents, Lewis and Clark,
      Shakespeare, Flight, and more!

50states: All types of information on each state and its capital.

Free Blank Outline Maps: Printable outline maps of the countries and
      continents of the world.

Map Outlines: US Maps, World, Countries from abcteach.com.

GeoBee Challenge: From National Geographic. New questions daily from
      the National Geographic Bee.

Health & Safety

Adventures of Yoga: Learn how yoga can benefit children through
      promoting their self-esteem and self-awareness, improving their
      concentration, balance, and coordination. Help them be more relaxed.
      You'll find lesson plans filled with stories, music, and lots of imagination.

Dole 5 A Day: Have fun while learning about good nutrition!

PE Central: The ultimate web site for Health and Physical Education
      teachers! Lessons also include Preschool.

Bandaides & Blackboards: This site is all about growing up with medical
      problems. Divided into areas for Kids, Teens, and Adults, it's easy
      to navigate with lots of information.

Human Anatomy Online: An interactive reference of the human body.

Physical Education Lessons: Despite that annoying pop up that dwells
      on every tripod member's web site, there is a lot of useful ideas
      to help teach physical education. Worth a look.

Sports Media - Physical Education for Everyone: An interactive PE
      Curricular Web site providing lesson plans, tips, drills, activities
      and other teaching aids for the physical education teacher.
      Sports Media is developed and maintained by an international
      association of professors and p.e. teachers. Sports Media is
      a world-wide sharing PE & Sports platform.

FEMA for Kids: This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters
      and how you can prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what
      causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster
      Action Kid.

History/Social Studies

Picture History: An on-line archive of images and film footage illuminating
      more than 200 years of American history.

Teaching with Historic Places: Teaching with Historic Places uses
      properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register
      of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography,
      civics, and other subjects. You'll find a variety of products and
      activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.

Mr Donn's Ancient History Page: Free lessons and activities for kids and teachers.

Native Languages of the Americas Our site has information about 28
      different American Indian tribes and their languages (and growing),
      including eight pages specifically for kids.

History Archive: American history, European history, military history, medieval
      sites, archeology, Titanic and lots more!

History/Social Studies Web Site: For K-12 help in locating and using the
      resources of the Internet in the classroom.

Net's Educational Resource Center: General resources with links to sites
      about famous people, flags and maps, holidays, and more. You'll also
      find links to sites about American History, world history, and ancient
      world history.

History Timelines: Timelines of various events and eras throughout history.
      U.S. history, World history, women's history, maps, museums. Find out
      what happened this day in history!

Language Arts

American Folklore: This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales,
      Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost
      stories from each and every one of the 50 United States. You can read
      about all sorts of famous characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone,
      and many more.

Idiomsite.com: Find out the origin of idioms and common sayings such as
      Baker's Dozen, No Dice, Peeping Tom, Cold Turkey, and more.

Wacky Web Tales: (Grades 3 and above) Input your own words and make
      a story! You have to come up with adjectives, verbs, and so forth. Great
      grammar practice!

Fake Out: The definition guessing game. Choose a word and guess its definition.

Internet Anagram Server: Make some anagrams from your own words!

Funbrain Spell Check: Find words that are spelled wrong and spell them
      right!

Awesome Library: K-12 Language Arts and English lesson plans.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: You could get lost with all there is to look
      at here. I recommend deciding what part of grammar you want to teach
      before you visit!

Library

The Internet Public Library: Reference Center, Reading Room, Kid Space,
      Teen Space, and more!

Library in the Sky: The Library in the Sky is a database of interesting
      and useful educational Web sites for those involved in education.
      Find the information you want through the Search, User Tabs, by
      Department, or Materials.

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia,
      & Almanac Reference

Math

Nick's Mathematical Puzzles: Mathematical puzzles, with hints, full solutions
      and links to related math topics. Fun, with an educational element.

Primary Math: This is a nice, interactive site designed to help eliminate all
      that paper! :)

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: Interactive mathematics including:
      Number and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis
      and Probability. Divided into groups of Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.

Online Math Games: For Elementary and Middle school.

Mad Math Minutes: Practice addition, multiplication, subtraction,
      and division with this online "worksheet"

Fact Monster: Math: Numbers, measurement, tables and formulas, money,
      quizes, games, and more.

Fractint: A freeware fractal generator. Make some cool fractals!

Fractal Images by Noel Griffin: Images made with Fractint.

The Math Forum A comprehensive resource for math on the web.
      Collection of resources for K-12, College, and Advanced. Ask Dr. Math,
      Student Place, Teachers' Place, and more!

Web Math: Get instant solutions to math problems. Fractions, physics
      geometry, algebra, calculus, and much more!

Math Central: An Internet service for mathematics teachers and students
      from K-12. Share resources, find answers to questions, read newsletters
      and periodicals, get ideas, and so much more.

MegaMath: From the "menu", you'll find games on graphs, machines that
      eat your words, or check into the Hotel Infinity.

Cool Math: A lot of fun learning math! Math games and lessons. There is
      an area for kids, 13 and up, parents, and teachers.

Math.com Basic Math, Everyday Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry,
      Trigonometry, Statistics, Calculus, Advanced Topics, Resources.
      Each month, club members will have an exclusive opportunity to get a
      FREE software product or products. All you pay for is the shipping and handling!

Music

Composers of African Descent:  Music in the Western classical tradition by
      Africans, African Americans and African Europeans of the 18th, 19th
      and 20th centuries. Contains biographical information and pictures
      of CD covers.
      This site is dedicated to composers of color. Use this as a music resource
      as well as Black History. (My thanks to Bill for bringing this site to my attention.)

The Music Rack:  Free sheet music downloads, staff paper, and music teacher resources.

Science

Red Orbit: Offers Space, Science, and Technology news and information.

Joey Green's Wacky Science Experiments

Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan: The Cassini-Huygens Mission to
      the Saturnian system is a multinational cooperation between three space
      agencies and 17 nations. Starting in 2004, the spacecraft will explore Saturn,
      its mysterious rings and its many moons. The Cassini spacecraft will orbit the
      ringed planet for four years. The Huygens probe will dive into the atmosphere
      of Titan, Saturn's biggest moon. There is an Educator's section divided up into
      K-4, 5-8, and 9-12, as well as classroom materials.

Cool Science for Curious Kids: Fun and interactive site to help kids appreciate science.
      Five activities adapted from science and children's museums. From the Howard
      Hughes Medical Institute.

Sandlot Science.com: SandlotScience is not just another site with a few illusions.
      SandlotScience takes you beyond 2D with real-time, interactive 3D demonstrations.
      It's an amusement park for the mind. Over 100 original exhibits. SandlotScience
      is rich in ideas for book reports, extra credit and science projects.

Biology in Motion: Original and entertaining biology animations and interactive
      activities, available for free on the Web.

American Science & Surplus  This is not a site with lesson plans or free stuff,
      but I felt it worth recommending. There is a ton of stuff here dealing with
      science. Lab supplies, kits and models, arts and crafts, and so much more!

Space.com:  Learn about space weather, check out the animated encyclopedia
      with a virtual space tour, head over to the "Space Views" for cool wallpaper,
      images, or send a space postcard to someone. The Universal Viewer will
      allow you a bird's eye view of images from all over the world! Space.com
      is a fun place to hang out for a while and learn while having fun!

Little Shop of Physics:  Online experiments and resources for teachers.

Life - A web based simulation: Watch the patterns change as the critters
      are born and die. Set the parameters of the game and pick one of the
      cool graphical themes. Lots of online help, and interact in the simulation
      as it happens!

The Nine Planets: An overview of our planets and moons in our solar system
      as we know them today.

Electronic Zoo: Hundreds of links from here! Pick a species and you're off!

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Science fun with Bill Nye!

MadSciNet: The 24-hour exploding laboratory!

The Exploratorium: The museum of science, art and human perception.

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: Answers questions about your gross
      and cool body! Also includes Worm and Roach World! Fun site!

Earth and Moon Viewer: Zoom in and see the earth and moon as it is
      right at this moment!

ExplorA-Pond: Visit this outdoor classroom and help design and build a pond!

Newton's Apple: Family Science Show on PBS. This site contains a teachers
      guides, interactive educational resources and science experiments you
      can try at home!

Water Science for Schools: Offers information on many aspects of water.
      Pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give
      opinions and test your water knowledge.

Secrets of the Ice: An Antarctic Expedition

National Science Education Standards Outline of what students need to know,
      understand, and be able to do to be scientifically literate at different grade levels.

General

U.S. Department of Education  You'll find lots of help and ideas under
      Educational Resources.

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence  The Federal Resources
      for Educational Excellence -- FREE -- Website offers hundreds of federally
      supported education resources from over 45 Federal agencies.

PBS Online

Magic School Bus Fun Place: Kids art gallery, activity lab, books,
      the Traveling Bus and lots more!

Bill's Games: Brain Teasers, word games, mazes and more!

Discovery Channel School: You will find lessons to go along with
      programs from the Discovery Channel (elementary and upper grades!)
      Lots of good information as well as links!

Kids Korner: A wonderful page of education links and activities.
      Membership is free for all kids between the ages of 6-14

Schoolwork Ugh! Get help with homework

Kid's Click:Web guide and search tool for kids and librarians

Virtual Schoolhouse: Classrooms, teacher's lounge, library, computer
      lab and more!

White House for Kids A tour of the White House, just for kids!

Welcome to the White House For the more mature group!

Howstuffworks.com : Ever wonder how a telephone works or how the
      inside of your refrigerator stays cold? You'll find out here...plus
      a whole lot more!

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