Stacy Ukishima – Lesson Plan Elective

 

Summary and Purpose:  The following bibliography contains links to sites that offer lesson plans, curriculum ideas and support for teachers.  One role of a media specialist is to connect students and educators to technology, and the following list should enable teachers to access sites quickly and easily without weeding through the thousands of resources available online.  This list was compiled utilizing a variety of sources, including sites recommended during public library workshops and trainings and those recommended on several school media web sites. 

 

Using primarily Google and Dogpile, the following is a list of what I thought were the 11 most useful sites for elementary teachers.

 

 

                                                        

 

 

Lesson Plan Central

 

This site offers lesson plans, worksheets, WebQuests and clipart divided into topics.  Lesson plans are gathered from other sites, such as AskERIC and compiled on this site.

 

http://lessonplancentral.com             Date visited:  June 17, 2003

 

The Library in the Sky             

 

This Oregon-based site offers lesson plans broken down by grade level as well as by subject.  It provides annotations and 1,527 links to other sites in a variety of subjects from Art & Music to Foreign Languages and ESL.  This site also has links to grant and professional development information and educational games in addition to articles about learning disabilities and other topics of interest.  The site contains a “pick of the day,” which is a particular site chosen to be highlighted (today’s site is a math dictionary for kids).

 

http://nwrel.org/sky/index.asp           Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

AskERIC               school icon1

 

This site claims that it offers, “educational information with the Personal Touch.”  It has separate sections for beginning teachers, instructional materials, teaching methods and professional development among other topics.  The links lead you to lesson plans, bulletin board ideas and daily classroom specials.  There is also an “AskERIC” section for people to ask questions and receive answers to these questions.

 

http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/res.cgi/           Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange                       school39

 

This is another site that offers free lesson plans sorted by grade level and subject.  The lesson plans are submitted by teachers, and include science, music, art, language, social studies, math, reading/writing and health.  Some cute ideas include “Caps for Sale” (math), “Name Bingo” (reading/writing), and “Are you a Frog” (science).  The homepage is not entirely clear – click on “lessons” in the tool bar running across the top of the page.

 

http://www.teachers.net/          Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

 

 

Teachnet.com                             school33

 

More lesson plans broken down into topics, including seasonal topics as well as “Real-World” lesson plans.  There is information on teaching computers and Internet to students, and they have information on teaching with the Internet.  They also have a Teacher-2-Teacher message board for exchanging ideas.

 

http://www.teachnet.com/index.html              Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

Collaborative Lesson Archive                        

 

This site is sponsored by the University of Illinois, and offers lessons ranging from drama to field trips.  You can search by grade level, subject, or even conduct a database search using keywords.  

 

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/        Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

Education Central           

 

This site is geared toward professional educations, and it claims to be, “a vehicle by which all educators can exchange views and experiences, questions and answers, broaden their collegial associations, discuss educational issues and policy, and easily find resources related to professional education.”  Toward that end, it offers discussion groups, lesson plans, classroom assessment and psychology and counseling information.

 

http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/       Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

The Explorer                  

 

The Explorer “is a collection of educational resources – instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans and student-created materials – for K-12 mathematics and science education.”  It has a search feature, and offers some great lesson plans geared toward particular grades.  I found an interesting lesson plan for integrating math lessons by using poems!

 

http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/  Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

BLUE WEB’N                   school57

 

This site is an online library of 1700+ outstanding Internet sites.  You can search by grade level or subject area.  There are 12 content areas, ranging from Arts to Vocational Education.  These content areas are divided into “reference & tools,” “unit & lesson plans,” “Hotlists,” “other resources,” “web based tutorials,” “web based activities,” and “web based projects.” 

 

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/#search       

Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

Busy Teachers’ Website K-12                        school64

 

The title says it all – lesson plans and ideas on a variety of topics.  Some of these topics are a bit more diverse than other sites, including one for archaeology and paleontology.  There are links to other sites where you can learn how to create your own newspaper or learn origami.

 

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/            Date visited:  June 9, 2003

 

 

Education World                       school icon13

 

Music, spelling, teaching time and fantastic field days are among the topics highlighted on this lesson-planning site.  Some unique teaching methods and lessons such as “Teaching Tolerance,” “Map Lessons: The Route to Improved Geography Skills,” and “Five Technology Lessons Every Teacher Can Teach!” are offered.

 

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/index.shtml      

Date visited:  June 9, 2003