I am looking for STUFF to use in the classroom.
This list is designed to assist you in obtaining good educational resources that are free or inexpensive. There are many excellent sources of information available; however, it can be difficult and time-consuming to locate them. This list is designed to help parents and teachers locate available information.
Science and Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.education.noaa.gov/
On this website, you can access many educational activities, publications and booklets on the following topics: Satellites and space, oceans and coasts, climate change and our planet, and weather.
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/html/1educate.html#packets
On this website you can find interesting and useful teaching packets, fact sheets, posters, booklets, leaflets, and brochures about geography and related sciences. Resources are available through the Earth Science Information Center at 1-888-ASK-USGS (275-8747).
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/edures.htm
This site offers information for children, teens, and young adults. Materials range from coloring books, puzzles and games, to lesson plans, brochures, satellite images, and career information for weather related fields, such as meteorology, hydrology and climatology.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
This is the New York times on the web. It’s for teachers, parents, and students who want to learn more about what is going on in the news.
http://school.discovery.com/
This site offers an array of tools to help create your own materials. The site can be used in teaching elementary, middle, and high school students.
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/
On this website, you will find free teacher resources such as units, lesson plans, worksheets, posters, lithographs, collaboration opportunities, activity kits, and much more, which NASA provides to public teachers.
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/svl/posters/posts.html
This web page will provide you with information on how you can get free science posters.
http://www.usgs.gov/education/
On this web page, you can get a variety of teaching packets, booklets, posters, lesson plans, activities, fact sheets, and even bookmarks on the subjects of geology, biology, geography, and hydrology. The grade level for this information is kindergarten to twelfth grades.
http://www.vims.edu/bridge
This is a site where teachers will find a selection of online resources for ocean sciences education. This site provides educators with content-correct marine information and data.
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Local transit authorities usually provide free maps of public transportation routes. Often, public libraries distribute such maps as a community service.
Maps from the U.S. Geological Survey, the federal government’s civilian mapmaking agency, cover a wide range of areas around the world. Included are free teacher packets: Map Adventures (k-3) and What Do Maps Show? (elementary and middle school). For more information, call 1-800-USA-MAPS.
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