This is a resource for teachers and students to find useful information in the subject areas of: social studies, geography, science, history, K-12 outreach programs, and the environment. This resource is updated on a weekly basis. If you know of a useful addition please contact the "Earth Awareness" webmaster.

Other Education Resource Sites:

• abcteach - This site offers free printable activities, lessons, homework helpers, and theme units for kids, parents and teachers.
• Big Dog's Schoolhouse Resource Center - Teacher and student lesson plans, activities and units for grades 6-8. Created, designed and organized by three JS Smith Middle School teachers.
• Breaking News Lessons for ESL - Free, 100% copiable, still-breaking news lessons from Earth’s most right-up-to-date news and current affairs materials resource. Over 20 communicative ideas per lesson. Saves planning, energizes classrooms. Ideal for private students, small groups, conversation or university classes. As the news breaks, teach it.
• CD Garden - Designers of developmentally appropriate educational software that encourages creativity, exploration and discovery. Children will begin learning math, reading, writing, signing, creative and problem solving concepts.
• Cemetery Studies - Cool Site! "Why study about the cemetery?" (In my most adult voice, I try to answer.) Going to a local cemetery can have many educational values. One main purpose of this to encourage an appreciation of the unique historical significance of that place. Nearly every community has an old cemetery of historic and educational value. A study of it can reveal much about the lives of people of the past. Once there you can enjoy the wonderful artwork and architecture of the mausoleums. A cemetery is a quiet place; much contemplation can take place there. One can learn about the philosophy prevailing and their decoration and epitaphs. Gaze upon the monuments and come to understand the statuary and iconography common upon them. Of course the students just think, "This is a really cool day!" - Cemetery lesson plans.
• D & W's Elementary Teacher's Resources - A collection of ideas & assistance for student teachers, new teachers and experienced elementary teachers in the areas of behavior/ classroom management, grading & grade books, language & science instruction including science fairs, role playing/simulations, software, clip art, children's books and more. Support, including an email list, for student & first year teachers.
• Edhelper.com - Over 250 worksheets from Algebra to Trigonometry. Also a listing of webquests, lesson plans, and educational programs as well.
• Ed's Oasis - Connect with other educators at this site. Lesson plan library arranged by grade and subject.
• EDSITEment - offers teachers and parents a guide to the top web sites in literature and language arts, foreign language, arts and culture, and history and social studies, as well as classroom-ready lesson plans that draw on Internet resources.
• Educational Launch Pad
• Education Links Page - General education links, math, social studies, science, homework helpers and homeschool links.
• Educational Resources - From the North East Kansas Education Service Center. A wide variety of resource links: Lesson plans, internet, science, universities, mailing lists, and more.
• Educationworld.com - Teachers and administrators can spend hours reading thousands of articles. The site has reviews of web sites and books, and detailed age specific lesson plans with national curriculum standards.
• English Grammar The Easy Way - Everyone can learn English; this site explains English, so that everyone can understand.
• Exworthy Educational Links: More Than 5300 Web Links to Outstanding Educational Sites for Parents, Teachers and Students.
• FirstYears - An email list for student and first year teachers. You can join the list by sending an email message to: "FIRSTYEARS-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@netpals.lsoft.com", or by visiting their site.
• freeworksheets.com - The easy to print worksheets make this a handy site for teachers and parents. Most are geared for ties, links, a newsletter and free software.
• GeoSource - The 3100+ links web directory for human and physical geography, planning and environmental science.
• Grantmaker Web Site - Links to approx 300 sources for grants. Private Foundations (161 links), Corporate Grantmakers (67 links), Public Charities (22 links), and Community Foundations (40 links).
• Homework Central - Explore over 10,000 study subjects and linked to 75,000 scholar selected internet resources.
• Inspice Lost & Found - Lost something? We may have it
• K8's Web Resources for Educators - Educational links organized by category: Special ed,
  Lesson plans, Resources, and more!
• Kidsgames.org - Games for kids from 6 to 10.
• Kidsites.org - The best directory for kids on the web
• The Lesson Plans Page - a collection of over 300 lesson plans in math, science, social studies, music, art, language arts, etc.
• Lesson Plan Search - Thousands of lesson plans! Science, math, music, reading, drama, social studies thematic units, visual arts and more!
• Math Lessons - a resource for teachers, offering unique and innovative lesson plans, games and activities for teaching fractions.
• Mr. K's Links 2 Learning 4 Educators (L2L4ED) - A dynamic gateway for busy K-8 teachers and parents seeking internet resources to use in the classroom and at home. Over 5000 selected and reviewed links, subjectively graded and organized into approximately 70 intuitive categories; designed to be user-friendly and easy to navigate.
• MiddleSchoolScience - A resource portal for K - 12 teachers of standards-based science, math and technology.
• MiddleWeb - provides links, resources, and original  reporting for middle school teachers, parents, and others interested  in raising student achievement and reforming middle grades education.  Special focus on classroom assessment, academic standards, and  performance-based teaching. Weekly diaries reveal the real work of  middle grades teachers.
• Mrs. Foreman's Homeroom - A nice collection of links: lesson plan sites, resources by subject area, ESOL sites, teacher resource sites, resources for learning disabilities, classroom management resources, dealing with attention deficit disorders, and more!
• Not Just For Teachers! - Links to everything educational along with a nice review of each of the sites listed.
• Pratt's Educational Resources - Lesson plans & ideas are aimed at children from infancy through the elementary grades. Also arts & crafts, games, activities (including activities using books), recipes, and some worksheets for children (including some in Spanish). Many links for children through high school in many subject areas.
• The Reflective Teacher - Discussions, teacher store, state by state standards, teacher links, and more!
• Resources for Teachers - A site that includes tips for teachers, some new ideas, and links to other articles and some favorite sites.
• RHL School, Free Worksheets and More: Your place to get an enormous supply of free quality worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review. Looking for lesson plans? Many of these worksheets can serve as the basis for lessons.
• Room 108: An educational activity center for kids. The kids stories make this site unique. The stories have sound and animation. There is lots of fun for children but all with an educational focus. The children's stories have animation and sound. All the games are fun but educationally based. There's songs, art, math, kids games, children's stories and much more. This site is owned and operated by primary teacher John Rickey. All music arrangements ©John Rickey. Need music for your site? Contact Midi Design.
• Schoolexpress.com - Thousands of free worksheets, kids activities and free software.
• SchoolsGoGreen.org - A national environmental resource center whose mission is to integrate Environmental Education into all aspects of the K-12 experience. This mission is accomplished through developing and replicating model community- and school-based environmental education Programs, and providing EE curricula, literature, reference and other materials directly to educators and students through our Resource Center.
• Science NetLinks - offers teachers a comprehensive guide to science, technology and mathematics web sites and a growing library of Internet-based learning activities that draw upon the AAAS Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy. 
• The School Site - An unusual collection of interesting resources for children, parents, and educators. Great Site!
• SchoolZone - Everyone who has something to do with a school, from administrators, service providers, educators, students and parents, will find something useful here.
• Science Hobbyist - Science projects, tesla, weird science, amateur science, weird science and more!
• Susan's A+ Class!! - Links for teachers and parents, geography games, and more.
• Teacher Central - A place for teachers, parents, grandparents, and students of all ages to find the educational resources, activities, and tools they need. This site is updated on a weekly basis (sometimes a day early). We welcome any suggestions in order to help make this website easily accessible to all of our users
• Teach the Children Well - A directory of over 3000 sites for students in grades k-4 as well as their parents and teachers. 
• Teacher Idea Exchange - Great source for teachers. Lesson plans, bulletin board, links, and more!
• Teacher Ideas and Resources - Bulletin board ideas, chat links, education announcements, articles, lesson plans, student sites, teacher sites, message boards, and more!
• Teacher Information Network - Organizations, Resources, Teacher Sites (Reviewed), Schools on the Internet, U.S.D.O.E., State D.O.E.'s
• The Teaching Tank - Visual science activities for Home School or classroom. 150 great hands-on lessons in biology, chemistry, earth science, physics and math with complete instructions, including materials, procedure, theory, and more, are currently available for this new teaching aid.
• Teaching Tips: Ideas to inspire and support teachers. If you're just starting out as a teacher or if you are a veteran teacher, this site will have lots of timesaving & sanity-saving ideas for you!
• Teaching Treasures educational Site - Online interactive projects for students K-10 in all subjects. There are free downloadable worksheets, projects, hundreds of links listed alphabetically and much more.
• Teachnet: Online resources for teachers, home schoolers, education students, administrators and college professors. Updated daily with the Brainstorm of the Day.
• The Teacher's Corner - The place for Primary & Intermediate Teacher Resources. Lesson plans, thematic units, and seasonal items. A great educational resource!
• TeacherFeatures.com - A wide array of information for the educator. Units, themes, lesson plans, book nook, articles, featured school sites and site of the week. Nice resource!
• Teacher's First - A collection of Internet resources and K-12 lesson plans from around the world - grouped by subject and grade level. Includes "Learning the Web" instructions for teachers, a "Toolbox" for free downloadable computer enhancements, and a Teacher's Lounge.
• Texas State Aquarium Teacher Resources for Online Education - Experience the Ocean through education. Educator's Resources and Kid's page.
• The School Days Teacher's Lounge - Teachers always get great ideas from each other. Here at School Days' Teachers' Lounge, you will find lots of new ideas and free stuff!
• Teacher/Pathfinder Educational Village
• Teacher Zone - Educational resources, links, discussion board, lesson plans, bookstore, free stuff, and more!
• Website for Busy Teachers
• Williams Class - A collection of 6th, 7th and 8th grade science projects and learning resources. Also includes 7th grade Literature and Language projects and assignemnts. 
• Xpeditions - features an interactive geography museum with exhibits keyed to the National Geography Standards, a collection of standards-based lesson plans, special interactive Family Xpeditions, Blue Ribbon Links to outstanding geography sites, resources for teachers and parents and a global atlas of outline maps specially designed for print out.

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