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"EFL / ESL English Lesson Plans & Podcast for studying Current Events and News. Thousands of FREE 13-page, Ready-to-Print Handouts with Downloads & Quizzes. Keep up with the news and learn English - Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking."

PBS, with its nearly 360 member stations, offers all Americans - from every walk of life - the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online content. Each month, PBS reaches more than 110 million people through their local stations and nearly 19 million people online, inviting them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature and public affairs; to hear diverse viewpoints; and to take front row seats to world-class drama and performances. PBS' broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry's most coveted award competitions. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. PBS' premier children's TV programming and Web site, pbskids.org, are parents' and teachers' most trusted partners in inspiring and nurturing children's curiosity and love of learning. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.

Welcome to Grolier Online. Grolier Online is published by Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., a division of Scholastic Inc. It includes eight encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples,Amazing Animals and The New Book of Popular Science. Click here for comprehensive information on the many features available within each of these encyclopedia databases.

CNN Student News is a daily commercial-free, ten-minute broadcast of the day's news geared for middle- and high-school students. On CNNStudentNews.com, you can access the show and free related curriculum materials, including Learning Activiti...

OurAmazingPlanet explores the wonder and beauty of Earth through news, features and images. Our team of experienced science reporters and editors explain the latest discoveries, interviewing expert sources and offering up deep and broad analysis of what's out there and explaining how the world works. We also feature articles about scientific exploration and adventures, plus lots of imagery, so you can explore the planet, from top to bottom, from the sky to mountains to the depths of the oceans, every day.

Pollmo is the world's simplest polling application. Find out what you want to know today! No account or sign up required - Create a new poll in just three easy steps:

Digital Disruption is a specialist education project that develops and distributes the tools and training to improve young people's critical digital judgement skills. Digital judgement combines 'traditional' critical thinking skills, such as source verification, with 'new' knowledge about how the digital world works, such as understanding search engines and YouTube.

"Now, at last, technology is catching up to virtual field trips' possibilities. A new generation of trips is merging highly interactive Web sites with engaging storytelling, vibrant art, and curricula tied to national standards, creating a compelling way to explore the natural world without leaving campus. Here are our top four picks -- and you can't beat the admission price: free."

"An RSS Feed is a dynamically generated summary (in XML format) of information or news published on other web sites- so when the published RSS changes, your web site will be automatically changed too."

Welcome to Share the Skies, the nation's first statewide initiative that enables students and teachers to study astronomy in real time during the daytime without leaving the classroom. This innovative project was developed by the Virginia Department of Education, New Mexico Skies, Software Bisque, and Virginia Tech's Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom. It enables Virginia students to access and control research-grade telescopes to explore Australia's night skies via the Internet. Students use CCD (charge-coupled device) imaging techniques to capture digital images of deep space for further study.

The Math Forum Is... ... the leading online resource for improving math learning, teaching, and communication since 1992. _We are teachers, mathematicians, researchers, students, and parents using the power of the Web to learn math and improve math education. _We offer a wealth of problems and puzzles; online mentoring; research; team problem solving; collaborations; and professional development. Students have fun and learn a lot. Educators share ideas and acquire new skills.

"The Virginia Algebra Resource Center (ARC) is a web-site designed for Algebra I teachers and students across the Commonwealth. ARC is intended to provide easy access to resources that address Virginia's SOL. Our emphasis is on locating and cataloging web-based information that can be used to enrich and reinforce the curriculum, while also helping to make algebra fun and relevant. Check out the Weekly Highlights each week to see what's new at ARC. If you have questions or comments please contact us, or use the Online Forum to initiate discussion with other algebra teachers across the state."

Welcome to the home of Spybot-S&D©®, the best (according to PC World, PCMag.com, ...) privacy software available! If you're new to Spybot-S&D, we recommend that you read a bit about it first (unless you want to skip that and directly download it); if you are looking for help, our support section will be the place you are looking for."

We want Facebook to remain an environment where people can connect and share comfortably. Cyberbullying is defined as the use of any new technology to harass or intimidate someone, and there are steps you can take to prevent this kind of behavior if it occurs.

Help George and Harold create a cool new episode in the Adventures of Captain Underpants, then e-mail it to a friend!

"The Horizon Project Navigator is a dynamic social media platform that allows users to fully exploit the Horizon Project's extensive collection of relevant articles, research, and projects related to emerging technology and its applications worldwide. Users can contribute new information, add their own commentary and analysis, configure and save custom searches, and rate anything in the dataset. "