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  How to develop a lesson plan
How to Develop a Lesson Plan Guide and Sample Lesson Plans from the Educator's Reference Desk Collection
  Lesson Plans
Thinkfinity Great web site! Allows teachers to search lesson plans by subject and grade level.
The Learning Page (Library of Congresss) Lesson plans and activities for using primary sources in the classroom.
Read,Write,Think From the International Reading Association Providing educators and students access to the quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
Discovery Education Lesson Plans Library Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers.
Education World Lesson Plans Free resource for educators
Educator's Reference Desk - This valuable site from the Information Institute of Syracuse offers a broad range of solid information for educators and education researchers. Included are resource guides organized by topic, lesson plans arranged by subject, and a searchable question archive containing responses to questions sent to the now-defunct AskERIC service.
PBS Teacher Source A large collection of lesson plans, teacher guides, and online student activities correlated to 90 sets of state and national curriculum standards.
Education Resources Education Resources - from the Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
EdHelper - The latest education news, education business news, and links to other related sites are collected and updated regularly on this site. In addition, this site provides lesson plans in a variety of areas including math, writing, reading, science, technology, and social studies.
Ask ERIC Lesson Plans This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States and the world. These lesson plans are also included in GEM, which links to over 40,000 online education resources.
EDSITEment - Developed by the National Endowment for Humanities and other sources, This site contains links to 49 of the "top humanities sites" and lesson plans in the areas of history, English and language arts, foreign languages and art history. It also includes learning guides that provide tips for using sites for designing class curricula and activities. Sites are searchable
Education Index This section is a topic-by-topic breakdown of the best sites on the World Wide Web. We're continually reviewing new sites and adding resources, and appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Offers free educational web resources for teachers and students to use in the classroom sponsored through over 30 federal agencies. The web resources are organized into subject areas and it offers a variety of special collections.
GEM: The Gateway to Educational Materials - National Library of Education, U.S. Department of Education - This one-stop educational resource provides information, lesson plans, and activities pertaining to all K-12 subjects. Users can browse sites by subject or keyword, or they can search by subject, keyword, title, or full-text of the site description.
TeacherVision Dedicated to helping teachers save time. Find 15,000 pages of classroom-ready lesson plans, printables, and resources.
Botany for Kids The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources.
Busy Teacher's Web Site This Site is designed: to provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans / classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and to provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.
Educator's Reference Desk- Health Lesson Plans From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials
Cool Science for Curious Kids The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology.
Education World, Science Lesson plans K-8
Just for Kids, Soil Biological Communities Site sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior
National Science Education Standards
Pest World for Kids The world of pests challenges us to understand what attracts these animals to our homes and yards. Tackle the pest challenge with these learning games! For kids of all ages, and especially for those in third through fifth grade.
  Standards
Michigan's K-12 Curriculum and Standards Web Page Michigan's content standards are a set of learning expectations developed to assist schools in the development of local district curricula. These standards and more detailed learning objectives called benchmarks are contained within the Michigan Curriculum Framework
National Education Standards Education World presents the objectives of the voluntary National Education Standards for the major subject areas
CEC’s Teaching and Learning Center The Teaching and Learning Center is a comprehensive resource for special educators and others who work with children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

Maintainer of this guide: Susann deVries, Librarian       last updated: June 22, 2009

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