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For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are raised to help end world hunger through the World Food Programme. This website has two goals. One is to help end world hunger and the other is to help educate people. People of all ages can answer questions and for each question that they get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the UNWFP (United Nations World Food Program). They can answer questions in a variety of subjects such as humanities, math, and science.

This awesome website provides teachers with ready to use lessons and resources to bring real-life math into the classroom.

Wikipiedia for kids! An annotated version for kid friendly topics like history and science! wiki books for kids- research

Everyday problems to keep students engaged and keep the math relevant. 

'The Flamethrowers' (2013), the acclaimed second novel by American writer Rachel Kushner, begins as its young narrator Reno takes an exhilarating motorcycle ride across Nevada and Utah. Most of the novel takes place in the New York art world of...

Lots of educational activities and games for preschoolers.

Students approach real world problems using robotics and software, employing all 21st century skills. Teachers are facilitators and coaches.

Pointers on how to blogging in the elementary grades

This is a great website for fourth grade interactive science. This website includes habitat makers, world biomes, animal idol (test your knowledge), and printable books. In addition, you can go to other subjects as well such as mathematics and history.

This is a site I use all of the time where I tutor. It is geared mostly towards elementary and lower middle school students. I go straight to: http://bedtimemath.org/category/daily-math/ and use any of the problems posted daily as a warm-up for students. The problems are creative, real-world and entertaining. Read about the world's fastest-moving hot tub: http://bedtimemath.org/fun-math-carpool/

"When I first started teaching it was a goal of mine to integrate technology into the classroom as much as I could. I began my teaching career after being a graphic designer and working for a textbook publisher. That experience taught me how important technology is in the real world." This website has neat ideas on how to incorporate technology in early childhood classrooms.

Have you ever wondered, "What is my Salvation actually FOR?" Find out more in the 7 part film series and feature film by the Acton Institute.

This site has music from around the world available in all languages. lyrics are posted in a target language with translation and students can play different levels of listening games, in a cloze (fill in the blank) type activity

Great example of teacher blog with student work