K-12 Curriculum Collections at Oregon State University
Exercise and Sport Science Department Curriculum Material Collection: Materials located in the Women's Building.
K-12 Curriculum Collections & Resources on the Web
CMC/EBSS Webliography created by academic librarians has a link to "Lesson Plans and Teaching Activities"
The Education Library page created by the Washington State University Libraries has a link to "Lesson Plans" and "Other Curriculum Sites" with good resources.
Lesson Plans in the Humanities are offered by EDsitement, a joint venture from, among others, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council of the Great City Schools.
Blue Web'n: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Discovery School: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html
EduHound: Everything for Education K12: http://www.eduhound.com/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: http://www.free.ed.gov/
Gateway to 21st Century Skills (formerly GEM): http://64.119.44.148/
Thousands of learning resources from NASA, PBS, National Science Foundation and over 700 other contributing education content providers
IDEAS: http://www.ideas.wisconsin.edu/
Learn NC: http://www.learnnc.org/learnnc/lessonp.nsf
Institute for Inquiry Activities: http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/activities/
Literacy Web: http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/
Designed to promote the use of best practices in literary instruction, this site "offers an extensive collection of ... materials covering ... topics from assessment to technology, along with curriculum links for preschoolers through adults, including ESL" (Choice review)
New York Times Learning Network: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/science.html
PBS Teacher Source: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Web English Teacher: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
...and so much more. Check out the links in the left side of the screen.
Smithsonian Education: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators
The Educators section allows searching by grade level or specific subject, as well as keyword . This site offers models of lesson plans in relation to discipline and grade-level standards of national educational organizations. Teachers can use the background information pages to prepare themselves to present lessons
Teachable moment : http://www.teachablemoment.org/
The Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area ( NYC ) maintain this elegant, easy-to-use site. Its purpose is to offer timely teaching ideas, lesson plans, essays for discussion, and suggestions for guiding young people as they deal with social conflict in the world.
Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute: Curricular Reseources: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/
Science & Math Specific Sites
ActionBioScience: http://www.actionbioscience.org/
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE): http://dlese.org/dds/index.jsp
Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy: http://www2.imsa.edu/
National Science Digital Library: http://nsdl.org/
Online Science-athon: http://scithon.terc.edu/
Strange Matter: http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/
Resources for Engaging Active Learners in Math and Science from Ohio Science Institutes for Middle Grades (formerly the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics & Environmental Education).
Critical Evaluation
When you use the Web, as with any other resource, be sure to critically evaluate the information you find. As a K-12 educator, you will have a great opportunity to teach your own students to be critical of the information they find as well. These evaluation criteria may be useful to consider.
Go to The Valley Library's Education Subject Guide
Go to the OSU College of Education homepage.
Go to the Dept. of Science and Mathematics Education
Return to the Alphabetical or Subject index of the Subject Research Guides.
