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Indiana Dept. of Education: http://www.doe.state.in.us/
Standards, ISTEP, etc.

Pathways to School Improvement: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/
Research, policies and best practices

Falling Through the Net: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/index.html
a Report on the Digital Divide

General Ed, Lesson Plans, Tools and Aids

A and E Classroom: http://www.aande.com/class/
Tips, ideas and resources for using A and E programs for instruction

PBS for Teachers: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
All subjects and grades, recommended books, activities and more

Site for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Links to resources for all ages and subjects

The Great Auk: http://www.greatauk.com/
Questions in all subjects and great levels, question of the day and other resources

Museum Stuff: http://www.museumstuff.com
Virtual Museum, games and links

FunBrain.com: http://www.funbrain.com/
Educational Games and Quizzes

Blue Web'n: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Library of Top Rated Learning Sites

Adult Ed.

Center for Adult Learning: http://www.acenet.edu/calec/ged/2002_resources_A.html
GED 2002 resource center

GED Practice Test: http://www.gedpractice.com/
Free GED practice test from the test publisher

Learnativity: http://www.learnativity.com/
Geared toward adult training, info on learning styles etc.

America's Literacy Directory: http://www.literacydirectory.org
Directory of Literacy/GED programns

Vocational Education

Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) Homepage: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
Government Programs, research and grants for Vocational Education

Vocational Education http://reach.ucf.edu/~voced/mainresources.htm
A list of resources on vocational education

Journal of Vocational and Technical Education Archives: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JVTE/
Archive of articles

Discovery School.com's Voc and Tech Ed Resources: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/vocation.html
Resources for Voc Ed

Math

Math.com: http://www.math.com
Math Lessons on the Web

Math Activities for K-12 Teachers: http://daniel.calpoly.edu/~dfrc/Robin/
Award winning site from California Polytechnical and NASA

Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies: http://www.mathgoodies.com/
Over 400 pages of math activities

Reading and Language Arts

Phonics Online: http://eric.indiana.edu/phonics/
An online course in teaching phonics

Children's Literature Resources: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rteacher.html
Links and Resources

Reader's Theatre: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm
Improve reading and speaking skills through theatre activities

Teaching Ideas: http://www.ncte.org/teach/
Teaching ideas for language arts and ESL

Science

Down to Earth Astronomy: http://oposite.stsci.edu/
Online K-12 Activities and lots of Hubble Pics

Discovery Channel for Teachers: http://school.discovery.com/teachers/index.html
Ideas from K-12 Teachers for a variety of science subjects, quiz and puzzle maker, clip art and more!

The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Interactive resource for learning biology primarily high school and up

Chem4Kids: http://www.chem4kids.com/
A site that makes the periodic table of elements fun

Lawrence Hall of Science: http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/
Interactive educational games that teach scientific principles

Art and Music

National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/education/teachres.htm
Teacher resources for art instruction

Art Teacher on the Net: http://www.artmuseums.com/
Art projects for all ages

Art Teachers Resources: http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/artteacherresources.html
Clip Art links

ArtsEdNet: http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/
Art Ed lesson plans and ideas

Art Teacher: http://worldartistdirectory.com/ArtTeacher/
Downloadable classes, resources, quizzes, forums

Music Education: http://home.earthlink.net/~debrajet/teacher.html
Lesson Plans, song index, ethnic lessons

Music Teachers' Resource Site: http://www.mtrs.co.uk/
Resources, songs, midi files, world music

Internet-based Instruction

Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/
(Scroll down to resources and projects). A great teacher resource for instructional ideas, web resources and one of the best tutorials in creating web pages for instruction that I have ever found. Here are a few sample pages:

Problem Based Learning: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/pbl/index.html

UBUYACAR: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/pbl/ubuystudent/index.html

Writing HTML: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/index.html
A complete tutorial on creating web pages the right way

jClicker:http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/jclicker/index.html
When you've mastered that, try this javascript for creating a slide show

Web Monkey for Kids: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids
Web page design lessons for kids

Web Monkey for Parents and Teachers:: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/planning/index.html
Planning guide for Web Monkey for Kids including internet safety

Web Monkey for Grown-Ups: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
Tutorials from Beginner to Advance

History, Government and Social Studies

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
Reports, images and more
see also: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Fun pages for younger grades

The History Channel Classroom: http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/index.html
Teacher Resources, discussion, "This Day in History"

Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/
Wide variety of facts and stats for individuals, business and agencies

FedWorld: http://www.fedworld.gov/
Directory of Federal Government Links

FedStats: http://www.fedstats.gov/
Directory of Federal Government Statistics of all kinds

Social Statistics Briefing Room: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
Crime, Demographic, Education and Health Statistic
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