Nicole's Favorite Links 


Educational Links
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Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

This website is a resource for teachers as well as parents. It has information on certification and employment opportunities in Washington state. It has information on the education programs in Washington state. The site has the EALRs, GLEs, and WACs.


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National Geographic

Teachers as  well as kids can use this cite.  This site is a great history, maps, videos, and photos resource. This site has information on people and places such as regions and cities.  There is a fun kids' page that is interactive featuring games, stories, videos, activities.
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National Education Association

With this website teachers are able to inform themselves on the various aspects of teaching.  The website features current educational articles, lesson plans, NEA information, and resources. It also has great tips on classroom management and discipline.


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Scholastic

This site has great teacher resources like book order forms, strategies, tools and printables.  It has student learning activities like scholastic news, social studies, science, all of which are online and interactive. It also has the information on books and authors.









Elementary Education Links

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PE Central

PE Central is a great resource for teachers.  It offers lesson plans for grades K-12. It has a number of ideas on health issues, which you can narrow your search using their search. It also has creative ideas for bulletin boards.


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A to Z teacher stuff

This site is a great resource for teachers,  It includes lesson plans for grades K-12 on subjects such as cooperative learning, family involvement, health, and mathematics. It also has activities for various themes you may want to bring into your classroom.  The site also has free printables that you can include into the activities and lessons.
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Education World

Teachers can use this site for lesson plans. It has lessons for holidays, learning games, writing, every-day, and even five-minute fillers. The site also includes information on technology integration.


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Hotchalk's

This site has great lessons for subjects such as: math, language arts, science, social studies, art, computers & internet, music, P.E. & health, as well as multi-disciplinary. It has math worksheets that can be printed off as well as science projects.  
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Enchanted Learning

This site offers downloadable lessons that are organized by grade as well as content. It includes July 4th activities, summer activities, spanshi activities, lable me print-outs, and coloring/quiz worksheets.  The quiz worksheets were really well written and would be a great tool in the classroom.


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Discovery Channel

This link is good for information about various places around the world. Teachers as well as students could use this cite as a valuable resource. You can explore by subjects such as: animals, history, dinosaurs, space, technology, adventure sports, and planet earth.  It also has TV shows and TV schedules for the discovery channel, which can be really useful to record certain shows that relate to your lesson plan.






Special Education Links



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Misunderstood Minds


PBS created this website that offers information on attention, writing, reading, and mathematics. This site allows people to better understand what a child with a learning disability might feel, see, or hear during classroom activity.  PBS also offers a video called Misunderstood Minds that is very informative.


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National Center for Learning Disabilities

This website has information on early learning & literacy through grades 9 and above for children with disabilities. Information is given for both parents and teachers. For teachers, it gives reading strategies, classroom management, and social and emotional challenges.  A parent center offers parenting strategies, essential information, education-related laws, and parent guides.



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