USEFUL SITES AND LESSON PLANS

Here are some "gems" I've found over the years... for teachers, parents and students interested in educational sites available on the Internet. Enjoy your surfing ...remember to add your favourite sites to your personal bookmark list!

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• KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Check out the Education Resources. You'll find lesson plans here. Teachers - This is a MUST VISIT SITE!

• AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS WEB CHALLENGE 2000

What's the Challenge? The biggest schools' Internet competition in Australia. For up to 5 months students research the topic and build a web site.

• EdNA (Education Network Australia) -Directory of Current On Line Projects for Students

A comprehensive listing of educational sites. You will find something useful here.

• Edsite WA (formerly "The West Australian Education Site")

The purpose of this site is to provide easily accessible information concerning education in Western Australia. A very extensive, well organised site. Lots of useful links. Western Australian teachers - This is a MUST VISIT SITE!

• ASK ERIC

... a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world.

• ASK ERIC LESSON PLANS

The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.

• MegaMath

The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them together. This site and Math Mania (below) will convince you there's more to maths than just add ups!

• Math Mania

This site is currently being revised. Make sure you check again soon.

• THE GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE

Linking Kids, Teachers and Parents around the World. Check out the Projects link on this page.

• NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

A wealth of resources here. Visit the Education Resources pages

• Window To The Universe Welcome to Windows to the Universe! Our purpose is to develop a fun and different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences.
• The Louvre Take a complete virtual tour of the Louvre Museum. Site includes pictures of the museum and its works of art.
  
• The Heart: An On-line Exploration Explore the heart. Discover the complexities of its development and structure. Follow the blood through the blood vessels. Wander through the weblike body systems. Learn how to have a healthy heart and how to monitor your heart's health. Look back at the history of heart science.
• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit This award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages.
• Neuroscience for Kids This home page has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learning more about the brain and spinal cord.