Educational Studies - Graduate

Included are the Combined Curriculum Document (Academic Expectations, Program of Studies, and Core Content for Assessment), Sample Curriculum Maps, & Standards-Based Units of Study.

Need some fresh ideas quickly? Discovery Education offers free lesson plans in every core subject area. The plans come with an activity, evaluation tools, a list of vocabulary words, and links to academic standards. Sign up for one of the virtual field trips, which allow your students to see new places and hear expert speakers via video.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics provides this site with lesson plans, online games, and brainteasers. The lesson plans include Common Core standards, assessments, and links to related lessons. Fair warning: If you start reading the brainteasers, you might find it hard to stop.

Have a question about teaching reading and writing? You can probably find a well-researched answer to it on the Reading Rockets site. Spend some time watching professional development videos by education experts, and gather tips to better serve children with disabilities and English Language Learners. You will also find book lists, author interviews, and lesson ideas.

Has your child ever asked you a question like, "What are baby penguins called?" Well, National Geographic Kids has the answer! Kids can watch videos, play games, and best of all, learn about animals, nature and the world around them. You know, in case you don't know everything!

Shaping the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world

ReadWriteThink has ideas that range in length from 5-minute writing prompts that can kick off an assignment to multi-week units. The calendar activities section is packed with ways to tie your reading and writing lessons to seasons, notable people, and multicultural holidays.

A list of 50 educational websites chosen by Student Guide

This is a very useful resource for teaching history using primary sources. It also contains guides, written exclusively for the site by historical scholars, on how to approach different types of primary sources.

A variety of middle and secondary science information from the U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of Education Graduate Student Resources. Links for prospective and current graduate students. Includes profiles of graduate and professional schools.

This collection of links, chosen and maintained by Harvard's Gutman Library Research Services staff, provides links to freely available sites of interest to educators.

Education World is a complete online resource that teachers, administrators and school staff can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content

Guided instructions, lesson plans, classroom activities, video demonstrations, and activity books. From the American Chemical Society

Resources and links from the American Chemical Society