The table below identifies good sources of award-winning, web-based lesson plans, activities, and collaborative projects.
| Sources |
Description |
Content Area |
Annenberg Channel
http://www.learner.org/interactives/ |
"Exhibits" or web-based explorations of concepts or themes depicted in the Annenberg video resources |
All content areas-mostly science, geography, and history |
Camp Silos
http://www.campsilos.org/ |
Interactive lessons |
Farming and prairie life |
Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.stevens.edu/currichome.html |
Collaborative projects that use real-time data available from the Internet |
Science and mathematics |
Co-Nect teleprojects
http://exchange.co-nect.net/Teleprojects |
Interactive data collection projects |
All content areas |
Consumer Jungle
http://www.consumerjungle.org/ |
Interactive lessons from the Young Adult Consumer Education Trust |
Consumer skills |
Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception
http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/index.html |
How-to descriptions of classroom projects |
Science |
Eyes on Art Lessons
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html |
How-to lessons and activities |
Art |
The Franklin Institute Online
http://www.$$.edu/fellows |
Lesson plans and classroom activities |
Science |
The Global Schoolhouse
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/ |
Clearinghouse for more than 2,000 online collaborative projects, organized by topic, grade, and project date |
All content areas |
GoNorth! Adventure Learning Series
http://www.polarhusky.com |
Comprehensive K-12 curriculum and online activities |
Science, social studies, literacy, elementary, math, physical education |
Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired |
Online curriculum, webquests, and other materials |
All content areas |
National Geographic Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ |
Geography lesson plans for grades K-12 |
Geography, social studies, science |
National Geographic lessons and resource sites
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/ |
More than 100 website "explorations" of various topics |
Science, geography, history |
National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/education/education.html |
Collections of resources on various topics |
Science and geography |
Teacher's Desk Lesson Plans
http://www.teachersdesk.com/lessons/lessons.htm |
Classroom lesson and projects |
All content areas |
Tramline's Virtual Field Trips
http://www.tramline.com |
Structures and guided teacher-designed "field trips" through a series of websites and dozens of topics |
All content areas |
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