University of Central Florida

Lesson Databases

A. SITES WITH LESSON PLANS 

Ask Eric Digest star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes)  
Contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans; listed by subject area; lessons names are listed with grade levels. Good resource; requires searching.  
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/  

Microsoft's Encarta Schoolhouse  star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) K-12 
Classroom lesson ideas for all subjects student resource links. "Knowledge Game"-> Fun.  
Homework Help. Teacher Resouce. Online safety tips. Teacher Resource Links. Education sites. A very good database 
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp 

Classroom Connect 4 stars.star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades 3-12. 
Links to ongoing online projects such as "Galapage Quest" Calendar/Date relate activities sites such as Dec 1 "World Aids Day". Lesson plans. Many subjects. 
Interesting site 
http://www.classroom.net/ 

Blue Web'N star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) Grades K-12 

All subjects. Comprehensive site with rating of lessons; Projects, activities and tutorials for classroom or web-based. Searchable.  
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/#table  

Blue Web'N star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) star.gif (86 bytes) Grades K-12 

All subjects. Arranged by subject matter. Links to projects, activities and tutorials, web-based and classroom plan.  
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.html  

Integrating the Internet star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades K-12 
Small database. Links to good resource pages; some interactive sites, lessons plans, virtual field trips
http://integratingtheinternet.com

Encarta: Teacher’s Desk star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) 
Lots of lessons and plans. All grade levels, all subjects. Teachers Resources. Student Resources such as help with home work site.  
Medium database, schoolhouse , lessons  
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp

Girls & Technology star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades 6-12 
Physics, ecology, biology, Technology. Basicallly lesson plans for activities and projects. Use of lessons require permission. Lesson plans 
http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/Lessons/ 

Math Forum Internet Resource Collection. star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades K-12 
Math Lessons & Courses. Offers list of annotated sites for educators. Requires some searching but good stuff.   
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/mathlessons.html 

Cyber Guides star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) 
Sorted by grade levels. Quite well laid out. Teacher guides and student activities. K-12 language arts; lesson plans good lessons, additional links with most lessons.  
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html 

Gateway to Educational Materials, GEM 
US Depart of Education project. For lesson plan, curriculum units and other education resources; good lessons, but requires searching.  
http://thegateway.org/ 

Lessons Plans Grades K-12 
Math, history, science, arts, language arts, multi-subject. Easy to use. Have little quizzes with the answers and solutions.   
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/lessons.html  

Education Place Grades K-8 
When you are in the page you have to select Activity Search and then press GO. Math, art, science, history, etc. http://www.eduplace.com/   
http://www.eduplace.com/  

Awesome Library  
Large number of links to a variety of lesson plans representing all areas of the K-12. Different subjects, and different grades. Astronomy, social studies, history, math, etc.   
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Lesson_Plans.html  

CEC Lesson Plans Grades K-12 
Language arts, math, science, social studies, and miscellaneous. Easy to use and have many lesson plans.   
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/  

Lesson Plan Page Grades K-12 
Elementary education math, science, social studies, art, language arts, PE, and music lesson plans.   
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/javaframe.htm  

Lesson Plan Exchange Grades K- 7 
Searchable collection of science activities for K-7 teachers. Few subjects: Earth and Space science, Physical science, and Life science.   
http://www.engagingscience.org/lpe/lpe.htm  

Crayola Art Education Lesson Plans  
Lesson plans which utilize crayons, pencils, markers, paint, and modeling compounds will help students to recognize that creative communication involves not only language and visual arts but also social studies, science and math.   
http://education.crayola.com/lessons/  

The New York Times on the Web Learning Network Grades 6-12 
Lesson plans for students in grades 6-12 related to American History, Current Events, Fine Arts, Global History, Language Arts, Mathematics, Media Studies, Science, Social Studies, Technology, and Using The Times.   
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html  

Oceanography Lesson Plans  
The goal of this site is to integrate the study of science, math, social studies, physical education, creative art, and language arts through the application of oceanography topics in your classroom. These lesson plans have been developed to help you teach your students how scientists and laymen interact with the ocean environment in an interactive, hands-on method.   
http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/lesson/lesson.htm  

Lesson Plans  
Here you can access over 65 lesson plans dealing with Latin America, the Caribbean and culture studies. The lesson plans incorporate the study of Latin America into various subjects, including Spanish, Social Studies, Science, Math, Art and Language Arts. Many lessons are cross-disciplinary and some integrate the Internet into the activities.   
http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/plans/  

B. GOOD EDUCATION SITES. Have to search further to get the Lesson Plans  

Access Excellence Biology (not just Genetics) star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)  
Links are to some excellent sites. Online science News articles. Site facility review project. Educator discussions. Forum for use of Technology in classroom Science Education reform issues. 
A very good database 
http://www.gene.com/ae/  Forefront Curriculum star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) 
Internet Training and Development for Teachers; K-12. Some lessons. Some projects, mostly links to educator’s Resources. Lesson/Project. Data Bases. Eight categories of lessons 
http://www.4forefront.com/ 

Earth & Space Projects star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades 3-12. 
Lots of Cool stuff on volcanoes. 
Volcano projects. Good vocano pictures that have text info. Video clips. Game. Extentive lest volcano related words with links to textual and info.  
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/ 

Exploratorium's Top Ten Science Sites star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)Grades K-12. 
Most for older students. Links sites are excellent. Links to architecture sites, top ten science sites  
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/sciencesites.html 

SAMI (Science & Math) star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades 6-12  (May be slightly younger).  
Science and Math Initiatives and The Teacher Help Service. Info about available grants. Info are software and using web sites in education. Classroom lesson ideas. Links to online project. Some web based and interactive.  
http://sami.lanl.gov

Yahoo Education star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes)star.gif (86 bytes) Grades K-12 
Good site. Annotated links; many links lead to good resource sites. Will require searching. 
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/ 

 
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