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FOSS is a research-based science curriculum from grades K-8 developed at the Lawerence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. The FOSS program materials are designed to meet the challenge of providing meaningful science education for all students in diverse American classrooms and to prepare them for life in the 21st century.

Cooperative learning is an instructional strategy that simultaneously addresses academic and social skill learning by students. It is a well-researched instructional strategy and has been reported to be highly successful in the classroom. For a more in depth explanation of this strategy, follow this link to the self-guided tutorial.

Laura Candler's Cooperative Learning Resources Cooperative learning is a powerful teaching strategy that's more than just a passing fad. Research has shown that when implemented properly, students in cooperative learning classrooms outperform their peers in traditional classrooms. The key is knowing how to implement the strategies to foster interaction while making sure all students are held accountable.

Laura Candler's website is a great way to learn more about cooperative learning. Her website includes great learning pages, and also printable's that you can use in your classroom. 

This web site defines what a WebQuest is, and walks you through the process of different WebQuest.

Where have we come from and where are we headed? Get some ideas from this timeline created by University of Illinois students who have traced the evolution of educational technology. This could be a great project for your students to research.

This site provides great understandable explanations about how all kinds of devices, concepts and ideas work.

* Join the largest creative community established exclusively for visual arts educators, university professors, researchers and scholars, teaching artists, administrators, and art museum educators. Collaborate. Learn. Engage in thoughtful dialogue. Engage with January's Mentor through the NAEA blog! Thom KnabI am the K-4 Arts Specialist for Dodge Elementary school in the Williamsville School District.Links to approximately 125 electronic journals, articles on issues in aesthetics, arts education, art theory, and visual arts, statistics, and assorted databases

"Links to approximately 125 electronic journals, articles on issues in aesthetics, arts education, art theory, and visual arts, statistics, and assorted databases"

This is a website based out of Florida and has tons of ideas and activities for grades K thru 5.

Lessons that teach students how to use the computer and the internet. Lessons include such topics as cyber bullying, research and information fluency and online safety. There are also many more lessons to choose from.