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*Career Academies; Careers; Clearinghouses; Communications;Curriculum Development; Curriculum Guides; Indexes;*Information Sources; Internet; Learning Activities; LessonPlans; National Organizations; Occupations; ProfessionalAssociations; *Resource Materials; Search Engines; SecondaryEducation; Student Projects; *Vocational Education; *WebBased Instruction; World Wide WebCareer Paths

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This guide was made possible by funding from theWallace-Reader's Digest Fund,

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Office of Educational Research and ImprovementU.S. Department of Education.

Acknowledgements

CASN would like to acknowledge the contributors to this guide. Marilyn Raby, a CASN FieldConsultant, conducted the research that produced the information contained here. Thom Markham, anacademy teacher at Drake High School, combined this with his own knowledge and converted it to theformat seen here. Bob Lenz and Tricia Ryan helped to edit and refine this further. Our appreciation isextended to all for their contributions.

On-Line Version

This guide is available on-line at: http://casn.berkeley.edu The on-line version provides live links to alllisted web sites.

Teaching and Learning ResourcesCurriculum Guide for Career Academies

Table of Contents

Information Indexes 1

Search Engines 2

Web Portals For Education 3

Lesson Plan Sources 4

Sources For Online Projects 6

Communications Media 8

General Curriculum Resources 9

Career And Subject Resources 12

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Information Indexes

An information index is a set of topic menus and submenus where selections are narrowed to find whatyou need. Yahoo is the best known of these sites, but there are others that are great places to start forproject and curriculum ideas.

Site Description Comments/RatingYahoo

www.yahoo.com

Use it for research on more popular orcommercial topics. Other sites are moreacademic.

The biggest and bestknown, so it can't heignored.

About.com

www.about.com

Has leads to all high school subjects.Links to LessonPlans.com

Especially good section onwriting and poetry.

(see under Lesson Plan Resources).

Britannica

www.britannica.com

Subjects to browse are infinite. Offerspremium membership, but not necessaryto join.

An oldie but a goodie. Anice touch: a list of recentNew York Times articlesuseful in the classroom.

Galaxy

www.einetnet/galaxy.html

Opens with a list of topics applicable toall careers, then links to a variety ofsubcategories. For example, agriculturecan take you to fish farming in NovaScotia.

This large site takes awhile to load.

The WWW Virtual Library

www.vlib.org

Law, government, and protectiveservices students will find a library ofinfo on forensics.

Terrific compendium ofwell-organized, detailedinformation.

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Search Engines

Search engines are the way to start if you have a phrase or special topic to research. Everyone has theirfavorites, but they do differ. Except for Google and Northern Light, the sites listed here use multiplesearch engines, meaning they search other sites for you.

Site Description Comments/RatingGoogle

www.google.com

Google claims to access over 1,387,500sites.

Rated very high for contentby most reviewers.

Northern Light

www.northernlight.com

Designed to allow you to easily researchcurrent events topics.

Not as commercial as mostsearch sites. Check'Today's Headlines' forinformation on a hot topic.

Planet Search

www.planetsearch.com

Searches 12 sites at once. A bit oriented to popculture rather than theclassroom.

Web Crawler

www.webcrawler.com

Contains a comprehensive section onCareers.

, Good list of other sites onspecific topics.

Meta Crawler

www.go2net.com/search.

Check out the section on education.Arts teachers will also like the resourceson design and the arts.

Good starting point foralmost any topic.

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Web Portals for Education

Web portals integrate information indexes and search engines into one site that offers resources, tools,and services for a particular field. Those listed here are geared toward education. Several are fee-basedand contract with schools or individuals.

Site Description Comments/RatingAttempts to integratetechnology in a meaningfulway with curriculum.

The Learning Station

www.learningstation.com

A technology-oriented subscription-basedservice to schools.

Media Seek Technologies,Inc.

www.explorasource.com

Comprehensive resources, including allforms of media, for all high schoolsubjects.

Very oriented towardstandards. A great site.

NCS Nova Net

www.novanet.com

Fee-based service. A virtual school on theweb, with curriculum in every subject,including careers and school-to-work.

Very slick site with freedemo cd's.

Net Schools Corporation

www.netschools.net

Net-based services, including hardwareand software, for schools.

Plato Learning acquiredNet Schools Corp. recently.Very organized netlearning.


Lesson Plan Sources

These sites are sources for well- organized lesson plans, covering all subjects and grade levels. Browsethese sites once a year before school starts, or use in a pinch. All are live star sites. Includes sites thatwill help on such topics as project-based learning, assessment, and Advanced Placement courses.

Site Description Comments/RatingAnalyze and Apply Offers teacher-prepared, project based Strong offerings of

instructional units and on-line training for integrated classroom units:www.analyze-apply.com teachers in math, science, language arts,

and social studies. One of the few sites toan 1 I th grade student mightprepare a memo and a 10-

include SCANS skills in the content minute presentation to ainstruction. Use this site if you're local hospital boardsearching for curriculum that integrates on the history of birthsubjects, careers, and skills. control advocates after

WWI.Other lessons for occupations such as:ecologists, farmers, dieticians, physicians Also, good source if you'reassistant, health researcher, expert witness looking for professionaland aerospace engineer. development resources.

HealthEcologyTechnologyEngineeringCommunicationArtsMathScienceSocial StudiesLanguage Arts

The AskERIC Virtual ERIC is the Educational Resources Best bets for lesson plansLibrary Information Center, a comprehensive for high school teachers:

federally funded national information Health (family life);ericir.syr.edu system. Through its 16 subject-specific Arts (architecture);

clearinghouses, associated adjunct Language Artsclearinghouses, and support components,it provides a variety of services and

(journalism andliterature);

products on a broad range of education- Mathematics (algebra;related issues. geometry; calculus);

Social Studies (U.S.Also, do your students need to know howto write a resume and complete a jobapplication? Use AskERIC.

history, government,political systems,psychology & currentevents)


Site Descitition Comments/RatingAT&T Learning Network

www.att.com/learningnetwo

Searchable site for lesson plans in allsubjects. Look for the teacher section.Lesson plans, plus much more, areavailable.

Not as tech oriented as youmight think. Can also beaccessed atwww.att.teach.org. For ark

special treat, click onCarnegie Hall listeningadventures.

Big Chalk

www.bigchalk.com

Searchable database for lesson plans,school reform, and student activities.

Another big site. Easy touse. Every resourceimaginable for a teacher.

Columbia EducationCenter Lesson Plans

www.col-ed.org/index

Devoted entirely to lesson plans.Maintained by a private educationalservice in Oregon. About 20-40 lessonsin all subject areas.

Very teacher-oriented, no-nonsense site. You can godirectly to high schoollesson plans--all of whichare classroom-tested!

LessonPlans.com

www.LessonPlansPage.com

A prime example of what you will find onthis site: A complete unit on theRenaissance for world history, includingdaily lesson plans.

Easy to browse site forlesson plans. Topics forhigh-schoolers are well-described, and a detailedoverview of each lesson orunit leads you in the rightdirection.

New York Times

www.nytimes.com/learning

Media source for current events, the NewYork Times is also a source for lessonplans and curriculum. Lesson plan unitsuse recent articles as springboards forexamining important curricular topics.Lessons are designed to be shared withteachers in other content areas and tosupport interdisciplinary units. Recentexample of a daily lesson plan: Carnivalof Carnivores.Best Units by subject are:

Global HistoryScienceMedia StudiesSocial Studies

The New York Timesarchives contain hundredsof free lesson plans forgrades 6-12. Fun featureson the site: Word of theDay; and Who's Who &What's What in the news.

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Sources foOnline Projects

If you're searching for a project with a unique flavor to engage students and help them develop researchand telecommunications skills, try these sites. They're inspiring. Included are sites on libraries andmuseums, which put you and your students in touch with experts and help you explore special topics.

Site Description Comments/RatingThe Franklin Institute

Science Museum

www.fi.edu

Some highlights:Biology (the human heart andcirculation)Aeronautics (design an aircraft)U.S. History (the life of BenjaminFranklin)

Very friendly site for aneducator.

International Educationand Resource Network

www.iearn.org

This network links up schools in differentcountries (or states) for projects. Allprojects end with an exhibition orproductwhich fits with an academyperspective. Examples of projects includeclean water for Nicaragua, Balkans peacemaking, and a long list of environmentalscience projects.

If you want your studentsto participate in a globalaffairs project, this is thesite to search. Five starsite.

MetaLab Collections

www.metalab.unc.edu

Very strong site for:

GeographyBiologyHistoryLiteratureTechnologyApplied Sciences

For example, it has many documentsrelated to military history.

The term "meta" isaccurate here. A hugecollection of informationon many topics, includingthe American West. Anice spin: since this is asite sponsored by theUniversity of NorthCarolina, it has many goodmaterials on Southernhistory. Also links to aguide to all museums onthe web atwww.metalab.unc.edu/wm/net. Five star site.

The NASA Quest Project

www.quest.arc.nasa.gov

Searchable lesson plans for space andaeronautics. Good section on careers inaeronautics, plus K-12 teacher's guides.Current units of interest include Womenof NASA and Astroadventures: Build aHabitable Planet.

If you want more generalinformation on NASA, trylinks such aswww.seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov andwww.spacelink.nasa.gov


Site Description Comments/RatingNational Air and Space

Museum

www.nasm.edu

Offers a long list of publications foraeronautics.

If you like airplanes orspacecraft, you'll like thissite.

National Archives andRecords Administration

www.nara.gov

Look for the section on the DigitalClassroom, which offers lesson plans andideas on how to use primary materials inhistory research.

A surprisingly interestingsite. If you want adocument or record, starthere.

Sites Alive!

www.sitesalive.com

A subscription service to web-basedclassrooms. Subscriptions are reasonable($199 for 30 students per semester).Includes. lesson plans, assignments, andweb interaction with sites. This is thegroup that sponsors the Classroom at Sea.

Especially good onenvironmental science,such as classes in rainforestand fisheries restoration inCentral America.

Smithsonian Institution

www.si.edu

A site as large as the Smithsonian itself.Links you to all other archives andmuseums and offices of educationthroughout the government.

Browse this one over thesummer, when you havemore leisure time.

Think Quest

www.thinkquest.org

This site has topics on most everything ofconcern to students. Some notable ones:

entrepreneurshipstudy skillsvalues.

Think Quest is mainlyknown for its collection ofeducational web sitescreated by its student andteacher community.

United States HolocaustMemorial Museum

www.ushmm.org

A teacher-friendly site that will give youideas, lesson plans, and resources.

Indispensable as a resourcefor teaching about theHolocaust.

%Vel) Quest.

Http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webq

Inquiry and web-based based projectresources. Includes about 500 projects forstudents in grades 9-12. In addition totraditional subject matter, the projectsusually include work on life skills andprofessional skills.

These are collaborative,teacher written projectsthat are proven products.The projects are displayedusing a commonformattask, resources,problem, evaluationthatmakes them extremelyaccessible.

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Commuraations Media

The web offers access to interactive multimedia resources of all kinds. Many are familiar, such aswww.cnn.com or abcnews.go.com. The sites listed here are designed more specifically for teachers andstudents.

Site Description Comments/RatingHistory Channel

www.historychannel.

Click on classroom resources for topicsand teacher's guides for history. Ofspecial note are the Oral History InterviewGuidelines, which are downloadable as ahandout.

Well-designed site withmany options for teachers,including live webcasts.

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Media AwarenessNetwork

www.media-awareness.ca

Offers a clearinghouse of information,teaching units on media andcommunications, student handouts, andmedia education tips.

The best site for media andcommunications. Comesfrom Canada, with arefreshing perspective onthe media. Five star site.

Best bet: online modules toteach students how to surfthe web.

Time for Kids

www.pathfinder.com/TFK

Clickable headlines lead you to just theright information. Shows you how tostructure a lesson around the news.

User friendly, current sitethat allows you to integratecurrent events into theclassroom. Check this siteout when a breaking storyimpacts your subject.

U.S. News ClassroomProgram

www.usnews.com/

Similar to the Time site, but more focusedon:

PoliticsGovernmentInternational Affairs

Look at teaching units onfederal budget or foreignpolicy.

classroom

USA Today Education

www.usatoday.com/educate

Also similar to Time, but less serious. Afour-page lesson plan around the news isavailable online at 9:00 p.m. the nightbefore class.

Daily information ofnational interest. Can usethe teaching aids for alllevels of students./home.htm

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General Curriculum Resources

Site Description Comments/RatingGood set of rubrics andmaterials on publicspeaking for media andcommunications.

Awesome Library

www.awesomelibrary.org

Catalogues the top 5% of all educationresources, from more than 20,000sources.

Blue Web'n

www.kn.pacbell.com /wired /bl

A Pacific Bell site that catalogues1200+ blue ribbon learning sites on theweb by subject, grade level, and format.Content table connects you directly toyour area of interest.

Easy to navigate.The strength of this site isthat it leads you, by topic,to 75 other hot web sites.For example, for healthteachers:

Personal Trainers andWellnessPromoting BetterHealth through FitnessThe Real Scoop onTobacco

uewebn/

Buck Institute for Education

www.bie.org

A site focused on project-based learningand problem-based social studies withlinks to many project-based resources.Good source of projects for economics.

More of a site for teacherprofessional developmentthan for lesson plans.

Center for PerformanceAssessment

www.makingstandardswork.c

A site devoted entirely to assessmentand standards.

Very useful sections onBest Teaching Practices,Assessment Resources, andPerformance Assessmentscreated by teachers.om

Cisco's The VirtualSchoolhouse

www.metalab.unc.eciu/cisco/

A comprehensivebut notoverwhelmingsite geared towardhigher-level academic work.

Great links to libraries anddatabases. Check out theonline reference materials.

schoolhouse

Curricular Resources andNetworking Projects

www.ed.gov/EdRes?EdCurric

Web site of the U.S. Department ofEducation. Particularly good access tostate-by-state resources.

More useful as a generalresource than a curriculumresource. Links to alltopics in education. Goodsite for research reports.

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Site Description Comments/RatingCurriculum Using

Technology Institute

www.esc20.net/cut

Unusual step-by-step format forexploring the use of technologythroughout all subjects and for creatingyour own individual lesson plan.

Part of the Region 20Education Service Centerin Texas.

Exploring MultipleIntelligences

www.multi-intell.com

Everything you want to know on thistopic: theory, practice, and lesson ideas.

New Dimensions ofLearning web site.Promotes the theories ofHoward Gardner, Harvard.

Federal Resources forEducational Excellence

(FREE)

www.ed.gov/free

A federal government web site thatmakes teaching and learning resourcesfrom across the federal governmentavailable in one place. This site lists allthe education projects supported bymore than 30 government agencies.

FREE relies on a searchtool that displays the fulltext of each resource.Comprehensive andinformative. Good sourcefor project research.

Gateway to EducationalMaterials (GEM)

www.thegateway.org

The GEM consortium is spearheaded bythe ERIC Clearinghouse on Informationand Technology. Currently includesmore than 7,000 items from 320members of the consortium. Use thissite to start your searches.

Teachers can type a topic,grade level, and otherinformation into a searchscreen that retrievesfrommore than 140 websiteslessons,instructional units, andother free educationalmaterials on the specifiedtopic. Five stars.

Glencoe Publishing

www.glencoe.com

Use this site for publications. Has aWeb Resources section that links to websites with teaching ideas, lesson plans,and other professional developmentinformation. Partly sponsored byMcGraw-Hill. Many subjects available.Examples:

Family and Consumer ServicesDrafting and Design Technology

The site provides tips on:career developmentbuilding portfoliosclassroom managementinstruction andplanningreading in the contentareasusing technology

JOE, K-12 World

www.k-I2world.com

One of the better sites for subjectsoutside the usual curriculum. Forexample, some good resources on:

Industrial Technology and DesignBusiness EducationReligion.

This site offers acyberlibrary for K -12education.

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Site Description Comments/RatingJobs for the Future

wwwjff.org

Look for publications on:school-to-careerinternshipsstandards9th grade curriculummentoring

Site of a leadingorganization focused onschool-to-career issues.

The Library in the Sky

www.nwrel.org/sky

Tracks more than 1400 sites useful toeducators.

Sponsored by theNorthwest RegionalEducation Lab.

Lightspan Study Web

www.studyweb.com

Huge list of resources on many topics.Great site for students as well asteachers. All sites are rated for visualcontent.

A five star resource.Loads very fast, easy tonavigate, comprehensiveresource for all subjectsand careers.

National Geographic

www.nationalgeographic.

Searchable database by grade and topic.Many downloadable resources. Mapsand adventures for students in:

GeographyBiologyHealth Sciences

This site is what you wouldexpect from NationalGeographic: veryorganized, professional,comprehensive.

com

Pitsco Innovative Education

www.pitsco.com

Pitsco is a private effort to"revolutionize high school education."Many of the products are fee-based, butmany other resources are available onthis site.

Worth looking at if youstress team-based andproject-based instruction inyour classroom. Emphasisis on technology.

Rubistar

www.rubistar4teachers.org

See rubrics in action. A required sitefor project-based teachers.

A selling point for this site:it helps you create yourown rubrics.

The Virtual High School

www.govhs.org

A collaborative of high schools thatoffer on-line courses that your schoolmay not provide.

A non-profit endeavor, butcharges an annual fee forparticipating schools.

What Kids Can Do

www.whatkidscando.org

Reviews meaningful communityprojects carried out by students all overthe country. Good for:

JournalismArtsInternshipsService Learning

If you're momentarilyuninspired, here's the siteto search.Theme`PowerfulLearning with PublicPurpose'describes thissite.

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Career And Subject Resources

These sites may overlap with general curriculum resources, but offer more specialized help for particularcareer fields and academic subjects.

Site Description Comments/RatingHighlights include:

The Living Skeleton, aseries of X-ray imagesof the human body.Graphics Gallery, aseries of labeleddiagrams withexplanations ofimportant processes ofbiotechnology.Microscopy with lightand electron projects byand for students.

You'll also find bioethicslessons and plant genomeprojects.

Access Excellence

www.accessexcellence.org/

Offers a Visual Library with three majorsections. Resources section links you toarray of subtopics. Emphasis on:

BiosciencesEnvironmentHealthMathScience

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American Association forthe Advancement of

Science

www.aaas.org

The "homepage" for science educators.Covers all sciences, including socialsciences. Large publications section, withbooks and other media available.

AgricultureEnvironmental ScienceHealth and BioscienceEducationEngineeringInformation TechnologyTransportationAviation

Not easy to navigateusethe site map to find yourway to education resources.

ArtsEdNet

www.artsednet.getty.edu

The "homepage" for arts andcommunication. A large array of lessonplans available, plus all resources for artsinstruction, organized by grade level.

Media and CommunicationsVisual and Performing Arts

Try this site if you want tobring more art into yourcurriculum.

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Site Description Comments/RatingCenter for Education and

Work (CEW)

www.cew.wisc.edu/

CEW at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in collaboration with the SchoolMathematics and Science AchievementCenter (SMSAC), created Mathnet todevelop integrated, authentic curriculumunits of 2-6 weeks in length for grades 9-12 or two-year college-level mathematics.

ArchitectureBuilding TradesConstructionManufacturingIndustrial TechnologyBusiness and FinanceTransportationEngineering

Current curriculumproducts that link math tooccupations.Best for broad technicalareas.Mathnet

The Consortium forMathematics and Its

Applications (COMAP)

www.comap.com

COMAP develops curriculum materialsand teacher training programs that aremultidisciplinary, academically rigorous,and fun, using mathematical tools toexplore real-world problems.

Math

Products are in print, video,and multi-media formats.Provides links to resourcesin mathematics andscience for educators andstudents. Grades 9-12.

Cornell Theory CenterMath and Science

Gateway

www.tc.cornell.edu/services

Manageable list of student-friendly ideasfor:

ScienceMathComputersEngineeringHealthAgricultureCulinary ArtsEnvironmental Science

Offers resources and linksto other informative websites.

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Site Description Comments/RatingEisenhower National

Clearinghouse for Mathand Science Education

www.enc.org/weblinks

Excellent source for lesson plans, links tothousands of sites for teachers andstudents offering real world data on mathand science topics that can be used forstudent projects, and information oncareers in all science and math categories.

MathScienceEngineeringElectronicsBioscienceHealthEnvironmental ScienceAgriculture

Posts each month a list ofbest web sitesthe DigitalDozen. Five star site.

Explore Math.com

www.exploremath.com

A site for highly interactive, multimediamath lessons.

This site makes math fun.

Federal AviationAdministration (FAA)

www.faa.gov/education

Offers Aviation Education CurriculumGuides as part of a collaborative effortbetween the Massachusetts Corporationfor Educational Telecommunications,FAA, NASA, and Bridgewater StateCollege.

AviationTransportation

This is a good site if astudent wants to do ahistory of aviation or learnabout careers in aviation.The National Coalition forAviation Education alsooffers here a guide to helpeducators identify andobtain aviation-orientededucational materials andinformation.

Foundation for TeachingEconomics

www.fte.org

Designed to "introduce individuals to aneconomic way of thinking," this site offersdetailed lesson plans in economics, aswell as content standards, links, andresources.

AgricultureEnvironmental ScienceBusinessMarketingFinanceConsumer and Family Life

If you're going to teacheconomics, visit this site.For example: "Transactioncosts in a SovietHousehold" offers aninteresting look atconsumer challenges.

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Site Description Comments/RatingGeography Network

www.geographynetwork.co

An information source for maps and datafrom weather satellites, census, elevations,and the like.

Bookmark this site as aresource for studentsworking on a variety ofprojects.in

History Matters

www.historymatters.gmu.

U.S. history, with topics that cut acrossall careers. Offers lesson plans, resources.

MathScienceHumanitiesEconomicsGeography

A great "homepage" forU.S. history teachers.

edu/

Math Forum

www.mathforum.com

The Math Forum is an online matheducation center that offers:

Secondary math unitsWeb-based discussion areasForum Internet Mathematics LibraryAsk-an-expert service

Math

Good reference source forstandard math subjects. Itsproblems of the weekprovide creative, non-routine challenges forstudents in grades threethrough twelve. Excellentlist of Internet resources forspecific math subjects.

Music Education Online

www.childrensmusicworksh

Links to resources for music education.

Visual and Performing Arts

Lesson plans available,teachers encouraged tosubmit their own ideas.

op.com

NASA Educator ResourceCenter Network (ERCN)

http://education.nasa.gov/

Helps educators access science,mathematics, and technologyinstructional products aligned withnational standards and appropriate stateframeworks.

EngineeringTechnologyAeronauticsTransportation

Excellent site for careeractivities in variouslocations throughout theU.S. Also, comprehensivelisting of workshops forteachers.

index.html

National Center forHistory in the Schools

www.sscnet.ucla.edu /nchs/

U.S. history and world history. Unitsavailable that correlate to historystandards. Designed for teachers whoneed ideas and materials for next month.

History

Easy-to-locate units andlessons. Reproducible,downloadable materials. Anexcellent user-friendly site.Five star site.

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Site Description Comments/RatingNational Council of

Mathematics Illuminations

www.illuminations.nctm.org

Based on the NCTM Principles andStandards for School Mathematics, thissite contains lesson plans developed byexpert teachers, as well as mathematicseducation web resources and searchableinteractive versions of updated NCTMstandards.

Math

Another easy to use site thatallows you to go straight tograde level and topic to findlessons.Five star math site.

Ohio Math Works

www.ohiomathworks.org

Ohio Math Works is a PBS project thatshows students in grades 7, 8, and 9 howindustry professionals use mathematics.Videos take students behind the scenes incompanies and give them an opportunityto do the math-related tasks that are doneby professionals on the job.

Hospitality and TourismCulinary ArtsHealthMedia and CommunicationsVisual ArtsScienceJournalismMathematics

On this award winning,engaging site for grades 7,8, and 9, you'll find mathunits that relate to:

Theme parksSnacksFashionWeatherNewspapers

Five star site forintegrating math andcareers.

PBS Teacher Source

www.pbs.org/teachersource

A service of the Teacher ResourceService at PBS and participating publictelevision stations nationwide. Provides ablend of technologies, including onlinecommunication and video. A large,general site with over 3,000 lesson plansin many subjects.

Visual Arts CommunicationsMedia StudiesHealth

Can also be used as aspecialty site for arts,literature, and health,where it is very strong.

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Site Description Comments/RatingTERC Non-profit education research and A current, innovative site

development organization whose mission with a list of instructionalwww.terc.edu is to improve mathematics, science, and programs and materials

technology teaching and learning. It created by TERC. Manydevelops, evaluates, promotes, and links to interestingsupports implementation of exemplary,inquiry-based mathematics and sciencecurricula.

projects/resources forstudents.

EngineeringTechnologyAgricultureBiosciencesHealth

Worldwide Arts Resources Guide to arts curricula and resources Many of these programsused in arts high schools and programs and resources maintain

www.wwar.com across the country. links to other arts resourceson the web.

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