The Clare M. Hampford

Trumbull High Media Center

Teacher Reference Sources

 

BrainPOP

BrainPOP is a terrific teacher resource that includes animated videos that explain a vast number of topics in a range of content areas.

General Cool Sites:

MLA Citation Style: C.W. Post has a color coded explanation of MLA here that makes things simple.

Furl: Allows you to save any web page into your own folder to hold on to even if the link disappears. Very handy if you find a site you'll want to use in the future. You'll need to set up an account.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: From education sites to tutorials, this is a premiere gateway for teachers.

Tutorial for Beginners: Intimidated by the Internet? No need to be. It's not as hard as it looks, and this tutorial proves it.

Evaluating Internet Resources: Todd Wehr Library has done a great job of breaking down how to evaulate a website.

Springfield Township Library: It's busy, it may be overwhleming, but you can find a lot of cool sites.

ERIC: Rember ERIC? Well, a lot of it is now available, for free.

Rubistar (for Rubrics): If you want to create a rubric and are looking for an easy way of doing it, try this.

Discovery School Puzzlemaker: Word searches, number blocks, fallen phrases, they're easy to create.

Math:

National Library for Virtual Manipulatives: There are great puzzles and activities for high school kids.

English:

Center for Media Literacy: From understanding what it is to activities that help teach it, this is a great resource for media literacy.

Social Studies

Thomas: Everything you want to know about what's going on in Congress.

Debate Central: Including the National Forensic League Topic of the year.

Social Studies Lessons and Activities: From PBS.

Teacher Lesson Plans-- Social Sciences: Hundreds of great lesson plans.

More Lesson Plans: Some of the most creative around.

Foreign Language

Altavista's Babel Fish Translator: English to French, Japanese to English, no problem. Well, sort of.

Science:

Understanding Evolution: Helps teachers figure out how to explain this sensitive subject. Includes level appropriate lesson plans.

National Science Digital Library : "NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels."

 

 

 

 

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