Web Resources for K- 2 Teachers
Featured Sites
Bubbl.us – http://www.bubbl.us
Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. You can create colorful mind maps online; share and work with friends; embed your mind map in your blog or website; email and print your mind map; and save your mind map as an image.
SOS for Information Literacy – www.informationliteracy.org
This site is a dynamic web-based multimedia resource that includes lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy.
Wordle – www.wordle.net
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
Teachers’ Domain – www.teachersdomain.org
Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.
NC WiseOwl – www.ncwiseowl.org
Provides online subscription resources for NC schools
AASL’s Best Websites for Teaching and Learning – www.ala.org/aasl/bestlist
See both the Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning and the Landmark Websites for Teaching and Learning.
Ideas to Inspire – http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/
'Ideas to Inspire' is a collection of collaborative presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities. They are the result of the collaboration of teachers from all around the world.
The Gateway to 21st Century Skills Project (formerly known as GEM) - http://www.thegateway.org
The Gateway Project is an educational portal with lessons and resources related to all content areas. Resources are arranged by subject and can then be filtered by age group.
EconEdLink - http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?keyword=All+Concepts&lessonType=All+Lesson+Types&standards=All+Standards&gradeLevel=K-2&author_select=All+Authors&advTitle=&advBody=
A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
BBC Schools – Primary Websites - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/
Primary websites divided by subject area - Also visit the BBC Schools Teachers page at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ for tons of educational links, videos, lesson plans, resources, and activities.
StoryPlace - Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg’s digital children’s library
http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
A library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis)
Gareth Pitchford’s Primary Resources Site - http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary teachers
Pete’s PowerPoint Station - http://www.pppst.com/themes.html
Thousands of PowerPoint presentations and interactive activities arranged by theme.
Online-Stopwatch - http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Site with free large online stopwatch, countdown timer, alarm clock, etc.
Super Teacher Tools - http://superteachertools.com/
Provides a variety of review games, classroom management software, and other miscellaneous tools for educators – free
Fodey’s Newspaper Clipping Generator - http://www.fodey.com
Create...a newspaper, ninja text, a clapper board, wizard text, etc.
Flickr’s Creative Commons Site - http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Site with shared pictures for projects, webpages, etc. Each license type explains what you can do with the
Free Reproducible Little Books - http://members.shaw.ca/primarysuccessideas/
iKnowthat.com - http://www.iknowthat.com/com
Offers web-based educational activities for kids ages 2-12. Activities include stickerbooks, simulation games, painting, math and phonics.
Brain Games - http://www.ltta.ca/braingames/
These games are based on Learning Through the Arts lesson plans from itta.ca. They deepen curriculum learning in a fun, creative way.
Math Magician Games - http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
Places to Find Other Great Sites
Catawba County Schools’ Teacher Resource Page – Web Resource section http://www.catawbaschools.net/Teacher_Resources/Lists/Web%20Resources1/AllItems.aspx
Patrick’s Paradise – Mrs. Patrick’s website provides LOTS of great curriculum related links http://www.catawbaschools.net/schools/Murray/staff/Anne_Patrick/default.aspx
Mrs. Eckard’s Computer Lab page - with student links by grade level http://www.catawbaschools.net/schools/Murray/SiteCollectionDocuments/Computer%20Lab.aspx
Discovery School’s Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – S.O.S Sites of the School Day
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/sos.html
