ThinkfinityNY and Beyond (formerly Marco Polo) New York:
Here you will find lessons matched to NYS learning standards on three levels in five major subject areas.

http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/

Space Foundation - Educators National Science Standards and Lesson Bank:
This Bank of Standards Based Lessons is designed to help PreK - 12 educators increase student learning specifically in science. It has the capability of preparing students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills both on standardized testing and in daily learning.

http://www.sciencestandardslessons.org/index.php

KidsHealth: The popular Web site has animations and activities to draw learners to its "How The Body Works" feature. The section covers 19 different body parts and now incldues articles, word searches, quizzes, movies, and other activities.

http://kidshealth.org

AskERIC database:

http://ericir.syr.edu/

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills: A one-stop access to lesson plans, curriculum units, and other educational units on the Internet provided by the National Educational Association.

http://www.thegateway.org/

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections:

http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

PBS Teachers Source:

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence:

http://www.ed.gov/free/

TeacherTube (A "YouTube" for Teachers): Including Videos, Tutorials, Lesson Plans, etc.

http://teachertube.com/

Educating.Net (Portal to the World of Knowledge):

http://www.educating.net/  

Picture Dictionary: The Internet Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages. Use flashcards, fill-in-the blanks and other activities for practice. This is a terrific website for our younger students…..use it during whole group instruction or during computer center time.  Grades 1–5
Music Teachers:  It includes a module with activities for learning music e.g., notes, key signatures, etc.

http://www.pdictionary.com/  

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the use of information technology to aid in learning, teaching of K-12 students and teachers.

http://www.iste.org/

2007 National Education Technology Standards:

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: The leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education.

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Intel® Education Initiative: For a decade, the Intel® Teach Program has been helping K–12 teachers to be more effective educators by training them on how to integrate technology into their lessons, promoting problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills among their students.

http://www.intel.com/education/

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References:

National Archives and Records Administration (The Digital Classroom: Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and Students.):

http://www.archives.gov/education/  

Browse Roget's online thesaurus (Includes English words and phrases by alphabetical index of keywords or by category. Also includes dictionary, translations, word of the day, crossword puzzles and more.):

http://www.thesaurus.com/  

Online Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary plus thesaurus, word games, Guide to International Business Communications, History of English and an online store.

http://www.m-w.com/ 

University of Illinois Extension Schools Online:

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/schools/

The 2003 World Factbook prepared by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) includes a listing of the world's countries with maps and factsheets:

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.cfml 

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Art (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/

English (A site for the National Council of Teachers of English.)

http://www.ncte.org/

Math (A service of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)

http://www.nctm.org/   

Math in Daily Life (How do numbers affect everyday living? from The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection)

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/

Science NASA Space Link (An aeronautics and space resource for educators including educational projects and links)

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.cfml

Social Studies (A service of the National Council for the Social Studies)

http://www.ncss.org/

Social Studies (Smithsonian Museum of American History Study of Invention and Innovation)

http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/

Social Studies (Ellis Island)

http://www.ellisisland.org/

Social Studies Pennsylvania, Battle of Gettysburg (The Gettysbury National Park provides this virtual visit to its park and its other online features.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/features/gett/

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