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science made simple is a great site that offers science projects that are all students will enjoy

A Massachusetts family takes a wrong turn and gets trapped in a corn maze scare. President Obama says remaining U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year. What is your class doing in honor of 9/11? Click here for service learning project ideas and more resources.

Over three hundred creative writing prompts

Good Idea for a foundation. Also, these can be viewed and re-done to fit the needs of your classroom.

Great website to get writing lessons, ideas, prompts and activities for the classroom.

This is a great site for language arts writing resouces. It's based on the 6 + 1 Traits of writing. There are interactive lesson plans, interactive writing prompts, student samples which help struggling writers with the brainstorming and organizing writing at many different levels. This website is FANTASTIC! I've used it a number of times with my 1st Graders!!

ExitTicket is a student response system, designed by teachers to achieve one simple idea: Accelerate student achievement. I haven't used this before, but came across it and thought it may be useful to share.

List of current topics in education for readers. Here are a few of our most popular K12 current topics in education written to help educators develop new ideas for school improvement and to find the best recent school resources for teachers.

This website is a compilation of many federal websites. It has been organized by grade level, subject area, and topic to allow for easy searching. The websites you are directed to are full of information, videos, music, pictures, and other captivating items that will help to make your lessons more interesting for your students.

Search the Registry Browse By Subject Browse By Standard What is FREE? The Federal Registry for Educational Excellence (FREE) makes it easier to find digital teaching and learning resources created and maintained by the federal government and public and private organizations. Disclaimer The U.S.

WHAT IS FREE - The Federal Registry for Educational Excellence (FREE) makes it easier to find digital teaching and learning resources created and maintained by the federal government and public and private organizations.

Lisa, This site is loaded with good resources and ideas. I love it. Thanks for sharing :) Hasnaa

Great site with resources for teacher with lesson plans, helpful websites, and activities and worksheets. Also has pages for kids and teenagers with links to different subjects and sites pertaining to those subjects.

Provides a safe place for students to learn that is divided based on age group. It provides art, music, math, science lessons, and more. It also has an area for teachers to find lesson plans and for parents to learn how to help their children learn.

This is a great site for educators, parents, students or anyone needing information on K-12 materials and beyond. It provide resources for homework, project ideas, interactive games, lesson plans, quizzes,

Brainstorm online with bubbl.us. Easily create colorful mind maps to print or share with others. Almost no learning curve. Businesses, universities, and other schools are using bubbl.us worldwide to generate ideas, map out processes and create presentations.

Everyone you must check out this site. If you want to create and sell your products for education or buy them, this is the perfect site. I am in the process of creating some things now. Cool stuff check it out!

Because no one likes reinventing the wheel. This is a great resource to find free and reasonably priced resources for the classroom made by current teachers. A personal favorite that should be looked up is The Science Penguin!

TeachersPayTeachers.com -- 1,000,000+ free and priced teaching resources created by teachers for instant download including lesson plans, unit plans, novel

Learn the easy and useful basics of storyboarding in PowerPoint. Explore helpful tips to visually enrich your presentations.

A first grade teacher blogs about organizational techniques, lesson plan and activity ideas, and ways to incorporate technology within the classroom.

Teachers share ideas on organization within their classroom on this social networking site.

A pinspiring place for teachers to find and share creative ideas. Follow these boards for lesson plans, classroom decor and lots more for lively learning.

PBS Learning Media Home Page has a number of multimedia activities and ideas for lessons. There are some great, short videos explaining definitions as well. The site can be searched by standard, subject or as a whole.

PBS Learning Media K-12 Videos

Media literacy education maven Faith Rogow, will discuss the difference between warning children about media and a skill-building approach to media literacy. We'll also introduce a new, free professional development and teaching resource from NAMLE.