A Creative Encounter of the Numerical Kind

From the website: "Although middle school students may have learned to identify basic place value in earlier grades, most are developmentally ready to delve into the deeper concepts of counting in oth...

A Maths Dictionary for Kids

This site is an animated, interactive dictionary which explains over 500 mathematics terms in simple language with animated graphics. Find definitions, examples, activities, practice and an online cal...

Amazing Space

Be drawn into the world of astronomy. Find adventures, information, resources, images and more. From the website: "Amazing Space uses the Hubble Space Telescope's discoveries to inspire and educate...

America on the Move

America on the Move shares transportation history through themes, a travel exhibit and collections of artifacts and images. Find learning resources, lesson plans and online activities for students. ...

American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric is an expansive collection of thousands of speeches. There is an "index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, ...

Annenberg/CPB Learner.org

From the website: 'Annenberg/CPB's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended fo...

Arts Connect Ed

ArtsConnectEd is a website with "access to the combined collections, libraries and archives of the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Using the power of the Internet to stimulate...

Ask Dr. Math

From the website: "Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers. Students submit questions to Dr. Math by filling out our Web form. Answers are sent back by e-mai...

Ask Jeeves for Kids

From the website: "Ask Jeeves for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their questions online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and `edutain...

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

From the website: "Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents 175,000 educators from more than 135 cou...

Babel Fish

Babel Fish offers translations of websites and text (up to 150 words) into many languages. It offers translations from languages other than English into English or other languages. Text can be typed u...

Becoming Human: Paleoanthropology, Evolution and Human Origins

A web documentary takes the user on a journey through human evolution, followed by interactive games and resources for further exploration of evolutionary science. The documentary is organized into 5 ...

Bluekids.org

From the website: "Children's Health Education Center offers resources and programs for children, parents, teachers and caregivers to help keep kids and teens healthy and safe. High-energy programs co...

Book Pop: Virtualiterature

Book Pop contains web enhanced reading adventures. Find web enhanced stories you can read or listen as the site´s creator reads to you. From the site´s author, Steven Cosgrove: "I set out to cr...

BugScope

Get a close-up look at insects under high magnification that can be controlled from the classroom! From the website: "The Bugscope project is an educational outreach program for K-12 classrooms. The ...

CERES Project

This project, funded by NASA, shares online educational activities, classroom resources and Internet courses related to astronomy and space exploration. From the site: "Through funding from NASA, ...

Challenger Learning Center

The Challenger Learning Center site offers unique experiences for students in math, science and technology. Students work in teams to solve real-life math, science and technology problems during a sim...

CIESE

CIESE provides professional development for teachers, training, and well-developed curriculum materials. The curricular materials utilize the technology of the Internet. From the site: "CIESE's e...

Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella

In cooperative learning groups students study several variations of the Cinderella story. They compare the stories, determine structural features and study character development. Then they create po...

Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World

From the website: "Cleopatra is an interactive journey through the collection of ancient art at The Art Institute of Chicago. This Web site takes you on an expedition to the ancient cultures of Egypt,...

Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg is the world´s largest living history museum. The website shares many of the exhibits, along with videos, images, activities, research materials and images from Colonial Willia...

Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg is the world´s largest living history museum. The website shares many of the exhibits, along with videos, images, activities, research materials and images from Colonial Willia...

Congratulation$! Now Win!

Through this WebQuest, students embark on the task of creating a successful sport franchise. From the website: "Congratulations! Your group has been awarded the new sports franchise for your city. Pr...

Congress for Kids

From the website: "Learning about the federal government doesn't have to be boring. Congress for Kids gives you access to interactive, fun-filled experiences designed to help you learn about the found...

Count On

This British site is a general resource for games and fun activities to challenge students in math. Find games for all levels and topics. Interesting math articles can be found in 'News' and interesti...

Creating Music

Creating Music provides tools for students to explore and play with composing music. Students can 'draw' music and hear their creations. Puzzles provide play with melodic phrasing, cartoons allow stud...

CyberMuse

CyberMuse is an art education site from the National Gallery of Art in Canada. It offers over 10,000 images from the Gallery´s permanent collection, video and audio recordings of artists, interpreti...

Dave's ESL Cafe

Dave's ESL Cafe is the "Internet's meeting place for ESL and EFL teachers and students from around the world!" This site includes resources for teachers and students related to teaching and learning E...

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

View historical maps in a variety of formats, including three dimensions! From the website: "The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 11,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18...

Digital History

From the website: "This Web site was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges and is supported by the Department of History and the College of Ed...

Discovery Education

Discovery Education offers a video-on-demand service, multimedia products for purchase, health curriculum subscription and free teacher tools. Students can find homework help links, learning adventure...

DoHistory

DoHistory is a multimedia unit that focuses on Martha Ballard and the story A Midwife´s Tale. The site explores the historical discovery process of piecing together the history. From the website:...

eFolio Minnesota

From the website: "Achieve your education and career objectives with a personal electronic portfolio from eFolio Minnesota. Digitally document and share your education, employment history, activi...

Environmental Kids Club

Environmental Kids Club is a collection of experiments, online games, stories, pictures and information about environmental issues for children. The general topics covered include Science, water, air,...

eSchool News

From the website: "eSchool News covers education technology in all its aspects--from legislation and litigation to case studies, to purchasing practices and new products." ESN provides up-to-date i...

Eternal Egypt

From the website: "This site brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religio...

ExplorePAhistory

ExplorePAhistory provides multimedia experiences to learn about American history through the stories of Pennsylvania. From the website: "ExplorePAhistory.com provides users with three principal ...

FFFBI International Missions from National Geographic

The FFFBI, the Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation, presents mysteries for students to solve while they hone their reading, research, geography and critical thinking skills. Mystery missions ...

Francais Interactif

This website combines grammar, pronunciation, interviews, cultural learning, online activities and video of real events in France to teach a beginning level of the French language. From the site:...

Froguts

From the website: "Froguts is a resource for educators, students and those interested in learning more about the animals that populate our planet. We offer simulative experiences on the inner workings...

Gizmos

Find intelligent interactive simulations to demonstrate and practice math and science concepts. From the website: "ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and sci...

Global Schoolhouse

From the website: "In a connected world, students need a global perspective. Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge g...

Global Virtual Classroom

The Global Virtual Classroom is a project of the Give Something Back International Foundation. The site contains two main components (1) The GVC contest in which schools from around the globe collabor...

Handheld Augmented Reality Project (HARP)

This is a Harvard research project using GPS and handheld computers to engage students in a variety of social studies and language activities around their school. This is still in the research phase b...

HHMI Biointeractive

BioInteractive is a collection of biology-focused teaching materials created by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The site provides animations, video clips, virtual labs, a virtual museum, lectures...

Horizon Wimba: Reach Beyond the Classroom

From the website: "Horizon Wimba develops web-based collaboration software designed for online education, language learning and live interactive communications. "Our collaborative applications enabl...

Imagers

Learn about remote sensing and electromagnetic waves through two stories and related activities. From the website: "´Echo the Bat´ and `Amelia the Pigeon´ encompass two major components: (1) an...

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience

From the website: "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience presents a new interpretation of African-American history, one that focuses on the self-motivated activities of peoples of Afric...

Interactive Mathematics

Created by a Utah State University team for the National Science Foundation, this site provides interactive activities across all grade levels and five math content areas: Number & Operations, Geometr...

International Children's Digital Library

From ESN review: "In January 2003, eSchool News first reported on an initiative from the University of Maryland to create a massive collection of children's books from around the world that is freely ...