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Intended for middle school classes, these units work well with the interdicsciplinary theme of "Environments," allowing students to view events and ideas with the perspective of place. Teachers can search for lessons in a variety of ways, including location, time period, or type of student work. A number of different skills can be utilized through the lessons, and primary sources are a focus for many units. Some teachers will be able to take advantage of the resources in their communities and explore these real-life historic places more thoroughly. If your area has no featured lessons, students could always be encouraged to find a local "historic site" to research and visit.

"[L]esson plans and teaching ideas to related real-world multimedia examples of excellence in teaching, especially focusing on collaborative efforts between classroom teachers and library media specialists in K-12." "The development of media submission software accessible from the S.O.S. site enables educators to upload digital photos and multimedia support materials that help illustrate their lesson plans and ideas. A new feature, buILder (stands for Information Literacy Builder), will allow users to translate lesson plans into actual online lessons for their students. That is, instructors will be able to actually build an online lesson with menus, links, and of course, the research challenge."

Lessons for a variety of grade levels - many addressing interdisciplinary themes or global issues. Videos for HS. Links and information regarding economic data. The site also links to a personal finance game made up of a series of missions. The game is geared toward MS and HS. http://www.genirevolution.org/

Find lesson plans and embeddable digital tools to work with the concepts of chords, frequency and rhythm.

One of Jane McGonigal's games -this is an alternate reality game where students have the opportunity to think and communicate about what a world without oil would be like. The original game occurred in 2007 with over 1500 participants engaging and responding. However, students can still use the game. Lesson plans for teachers are available through the Learn About link. Teachers may choose to go through the whole series of ten lessons or use just one.

One of a number of Earth Labs for Educators available at http://serc.carleton.edu/earthlabs/index.html. Topics include fisheries, hurricanes, corals, climate, and drought. Each topic has multiple labs, which are often accompanied by printable resources. These labs use a variety of resources from around the web to present concepts in lessons for MS/HS. This lab in particular maps marine biodiversity as a part of a larger lesson on balance in the ecosystem.

Videos, interactive presentations, data to visualize, labs. Lesson plans and resources to look at global issues and trends revealed in data. Handouts and lesson plans for teachers.

Read Write Think has a number of different lesson plans available for teachers. Many of them involve interactive elements, like their new online publishing interface for students. Includes lots of graphic organizer and story/drama/essay map options to develop an understanding of reading and how to write. Has creative options for keeping student engaged - like the comic creator. Intended for K-12, and many of the interactive elements are going to work best with the elementary crowd.

Lessons and web links for the math teacher. Includes over 100 online activities for K-12 with some overlap. Topics cover a variety of areas - including lots of work with fractions, factors and use of data. I like the paper tool that allows the teacher to create specially designed paper for an assignment.

Totally 21st century in mindset, this site allows you to search by themes including American History, Community & Social Action, Creativity & Innovation, Global Cultures, Natural World, People & Places, and STEM. Many videos and lessons are available for educators to use with the K-8 set. The site has its own interactives like "Pitch Perfect" which uses a baseball metaphor to explain the parts of the orchestra and its "All Star" players through the years. Lessons also refer users to other helpful websites and interactives. Lots of ways to celebrate and integrate the arts with the help of this website!

With the election coming up in 2012, it is important to remember that "current events" does not have to be limited to a humanities classroom. This lesson could make a nice starting point for an interdisciplinary lesson on math and government.

Work with GPS can be great because it gets students out in the "real-world." Lessons may focus on animal habits, different earth science features, or the built environment humans have created. Mapping is a great skill to use and develop along with these projects. Most people are familiar with GPS systems in cars, but many mobile phones have this capability as well. There are also special devices dedicated to GPS tracking. This site can help you to explore the possibilities for learning with GPS.

The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. They're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

Ten Marks is a math site educators can use free with their students. It is designed for students in grade 3 . Students have multiple choice worskhets to complete - after the student completes the worksheet, the student will be shown which answers were correct and encouraged to go back and correct the wrong answers so th score will be "ten marks." While doing the worksheet, students have access to a video review or lesson on the concept and a few "hints" or strategies for the topic. Each concept has multiple "albums" to work through - Grade 3 has 14 of them. Each of those albums has multiple tracks- or sub-concepts - composed of a number of worksheets. After working through a certain number of worksheets students unlock new games. In addition to the worksheet series, there are practice questions available for the students. Teachers might like to take advantage of the tests that are featured or the ability to track student progress. This is great for student who need a quick review of the process or those who benefit from a little motivation.

Always looking for a good way to engage students, this blogger makes math appear dynamic and interesting. Most of the math content in the projects he proposes is HS level. However, his manner of thinking through HOW to present the lessons in meaningful, real-life situations is relevant to any teacher. This is one of those blogs that makes me wistful about being in the classroom full-time.

"An in-depth and interactive resource, Edutopia.org offers practical, hands-on advice, real-world examples, lively contributions from practitioners, and invaluable tips and tools."

Great site to make pictures with words. Students can run passages or speeches through Wordle to come find the main points. This could extend from entering in a sonnet to inputing a student's own diet record. Design elements make this fun to play with. Could be used with technology lesson to review the role of tag clouds on the internet or look at visual representations of information (eg. surveys).

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons is a collection of resources including open textbooks, lesson plans, and other materials. The thousands of items available can be searched by grade level and subject. All materials are available according to the different types of Creative Commons license. Teachers can work collaboratively in the wiki to create new materials; tagging and social bookmarking are features of the site.

Activities to help familiarize students with congress, the roles of is members, and the importance of civic participation. One module directs students to look at their representatives' or senators' websites to see how they take on various roles. These activities could be engaging starting points for lessons, discussion, or student projects.

Simulations of scientific processes for middle and high school level content. Topics include semi-conductors and cellular respiration. Students can submit their assignments or print them out after they have completed working through a module. The website also provides options for teachers and students to create their own simulations. Free, open source tool.