Lesson+Plans


 * LESSON PLANS for all ages:

Lesson Plans** - specifically for **Elementary Teachers** can be found at The Teacher's Desk- ==="A collection of over 150 lesson ideas for Spelling, Writing, English, Reading, and Vocabulary activities, with a few extras thrown-in, currently being utilized in a fifth or sixth grade classroom."===

**Critical Thinking** Lesson Plans comes complete with a Teacher's Guide and lesson plans to help students to think critically.
 * CNN ** is a free news and information website that provides activities to help you incorporate **current events** into your lessons. You can also find great **maps** here, current event **quizzes** and up to the minute news.

** Discovery Education ** - Lessons can be searched by grade level.
 * Educator's Reference Desk**, by Eric is a great stopping place for lesson plans. It is organized by subject and you can just click on the topic of your choice.

The Gateway ** to Educational Materials is a keyword- searchable database that offers over 12,000 lesson plans, activities, and projects.
 * Education World ** is a great place to start looking for **lesson plans**, but you will find so much more! Ideas for **talented and gifted**, **educational games**, templates, ideas for **holidays** and so much more!



**[|HOTCHALK]** - has math worksheets, lesson plans, science projects, **Holiday Lesson Plans** and more. Be sure to click on the "Lesson Plans" icon to see the drop-down of all your choices.

Infohio also has some lesson plans for teachers. Go to **Infohio** and click on the Educators icon. Then, on the left-hand side, you can click on "Lesson Plans."

**MarcoPolo** is a site that has a wonderful collection of lesson plans and resources for teachers.

**Nasa Explores** is a great site for lesson plans AND materials for educators who are teaching in any field of science. There are Teacher Guides, posters, and even games to help students to learn.

**Ohio's Instructional Management System** (IMS) helps teachers to access lesson plans, assessments and other teaching tools.
 * New York Times for Educators ** has a lesson of the day, along with an archive of previous lesson plans. There are materials for NIE, crosswords and more.

**PBS Online** provides multimedia resources as well as standards-based classroom activities, lesson plans, and interactive resources. Search by grade level and/or subject area. Type in your topic, such as "National Parks" and find a ton of lessons and activities for your classroom.
 * ACTIVITY KITS** -which include lessons, online masters, activities- for all subject areas are also available here.

__ **Promethean Planet** __ - "Promethean’s free online community is designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet." This site is for teachers who are looking to add technology skills into their educational lessons. You will need to download some software but the lessons, activities, etc. are amazing! The materials are like an __interactive__ whiteboard. You may **search by grade level, subject and topic**. You **can create or download** and then share your lessons. This is one of the fastest growing sites for educators and is worth a look.

The **Smithsonian Education** website has over 1,200 free educational resources which align to the standards of our state. Along with lesson plans, there are virtual exhibitions, photographs, artworks and even **databases for research**. you can check by grade, state (for standards), and subject area. This is **FABULOUS**!

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