Standards Based Lesson Plans
Quicklinks
General
A to Z Teacher Stuff
http://atozteacherstuff.com/
Teacher-created site that offers lesson plans, tips, forums, worksheets and other
resources. Organized by subject.
Apple Learning Interchange
http://ali.apple.com/
Resources, units of practice, projects, lesson plans, worksheets, interactive
flash cards, and other handy resources for teachers. Content changes daily.
Berit’s Best Sites for Children
http://www.beritsbest.com
Information about 1000 children's websites. Each site is rated for content and
modem speed.
Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities,
projects, resources, references, & tools).
Busy Teacher’s Website
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Direct source materials, lesson plans and classroom activities with extensive,
diverse list of subject areas.
Challenge County
http://techchallenge.org/
Funded by the Technology Literacy Grant Consortium and consolidates resources
to help teachers integrate technology into Language Arts and Mathematics.
Crayola: Lesson Plans
http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/results.cfm
Long lists of projects for language arts, math, social studies, science, and
visual arts. *Must register with website.
Curriculum Archive
http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/ca.home.php
A good source for lessons, activities, and tips. Browse lessons by grade level.
(extends from Preschool to Undergraduate)
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
K-12 lesson plan library that’s organized by subject or by grade level.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
Lesson plans, articles, and discussion groups on a variety of topics and issues
Educational CyberPlayGround's Database of Educational Resources
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/GtoZdb.html
Go to "Teachers" section of the main page for a host of links to educational
resources in a variety of academic subject areas. Contains a "hotlist" of
K-12 Internet schools.
The Educators' Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
The Educator's Reference Desk replaces ERIC Database, providing access to over
one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) Website
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
Collaborative effort of more than 35 federal agencies with hundreds of Internet-based
education resources that are easy to access
Funbrain.Com
http://www.funbrain.com
Visit “Teachers” section as a guide to multiple resources.
How to Implement Standards, Curriculum and Assessment
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/nychelp/mentorship/support.htm
Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Standards-based units of lessons for Prek-12, most have applets to “picture” important
mathematical concepts
Instructional Intranet: “Ideas for Tasks”
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Assessment_Tasks/Ideas_Tasks/ideas_tasks.html
An article on assessment ideas for all subjects.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Categorized list of sites for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.
Supported by discovery.com
Lesson Plan Central
http://lessonplancentral.com/
Free lesson plans, worksheets, clipart and additional student links. Browse lessons
by subject or extras like “Fun & Games.”
Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
Over 2,500 free lesson plans, organized by subject. Site also includes tips and
teacher forums.
LessonPlanz
http://lessonplanz.com/
Site lists lesson plan ideas grouped by subject and also includes additional
resources for games, family involvement, songs, and poems.
MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom
http://marcopolo.mci.com/
Standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed
by the nation's content experts.
Microsoft Education
http://www.microsoft.com/education/LessonPlans.aspx
Search for lesson plans through Grade/Age Level, Theme, Product, or Learning
Area.
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Integrating curriculum, professional development and community resources
Scholastic Ready-to-Go Resources
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/
Lesson plans for all grade levels
Standard-Based lesson plan template
http://www.k12.hi.us/~tlcf/marcopolointegration/standardbasetemplate.htm
Provides an outline for creating a lesson plan that address Hawaii state standards.
Simply substitute you state’s standards in the appropriate place.
Teachers.Net
http://teachers.net/lessons/
The University of Phoenix’s site for teacher’s to post and share
lesson plans for all subjects.
Teaching Tips.Com
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles.html
A list of links to articles/tips/advice.
Web Sites and Resources for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Archived, annotated collection of sites and curriculum resources organized in
nine categories, include lesson plans, instructional materials, online activities
and projects, and virtual trips to museums and countries around the world.
Art
Art Appreciation
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/artapp.htm
Preschool art activities and crafts
ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/les.cfm
The Kennedy Center's Teaching Materials focus on the national art education standards
and provide K-12 teachers with curriculum units, lesson plans, activities and
other ideas for integrating the arts into classroom teaching.
Kinder Art
http://www.kinderart.com/
A site dedicated to art education, lists activities, lesson plans, and additional
resources.
Teaching Tips.Com: “Art”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Zart1.html
Teachnet: Art/Creativity
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/art/index.html
A list of a few art/craft ideas.
Geography
National Geographic's Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/
Lesson plans address all of the U.S. National Geography Standards, the five geography
skills, and the main geographic perspectives.
National Geographic: Lesson Plans
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index.html
Lesson plans sorted by grade and most popular.
History
Election ’04 Lesson Resources
http://www.lesley.edu/election04/
CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Articles geared towards students
Great Dates
http://www.fi.edu/qa98/dates/
Links to “This Day in History” and similar sites.
Historical People and Places in NC
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/nchistorical/default.html
NC History Resources
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/connectusa/ncweb.html
Language Arts
EnglishCompanion.Com
http://www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/assessment/rubrics.html
A list of rubrics for homework, projects, presentations, or journals.
Graphic Organizer Makers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
Tools to help make and design different organizers like webs, charts, and ven
diagrams
Graphic Organizers
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
Graphic organizer templates for different organizers like spider maps, fish maps,
compare/contrast matrix, and network trees
Language Arts Lesson Plans
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html
A long list of links to lesson plan texts grouped by grade level.
Teachnet: Language Arts
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/index.html
Lesson plans in the categories of: general, reading, writing, spelling, speaking,
terminology, ESL, and poetry.
Vocabulary in a Box
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Vocabulary/VOC0010.html
A lesson plan outline for teaching vocabulary to early education students
Working with Words
http://www.wfu.edu/academics/fourblocks/block4.html
Lesson plan idea on using word blocks and a word wall
Literature
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/lit.html
A lesson plan library grouped by grade level and sub-grouped by book/novel
EnglishCompanion.Com
http://www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/assessment/rubrics.html
A list of rubrics for homework, projects, presentations, or journals
Fairy Tale Comparison
http://hometown.aol.com/mellettk/Webpage/Fairy-Tale-Comparison-Lesso.pdf
A very creative lesson plan comparing Cinderella to Bubba the Cowboy Prince
Linda’s Links to Literature
http://www.lindaslinkstoliterature.com/lll/
Activities and lesson plans for adult and children’s literature
Questions on Books
http://www.theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html
Review questions for books commonly taught all grades K-12
Rubric for Literary Conversation
http://www.middleweb.com/ReadWrkshp/RWdownloads.html
Scroll down to the Reading Workshop section and click on the link for the Rubric
for Literary Conversation. It's a pdf. (Wk 17)
Study Questions
http://www.theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html
Links to study questions on young adult literature as well as young children’s
literature
Teaching Tips.Com: “Literature”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Glit1.html
Math
Annenberg/CPB Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
A combination site specifically created for science and mathematics. Includes
lesson plan activities for geometry and mathematical patterns
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/math.html
Lesson Plan library organized by grade level and subject. Easy to browse
Mathematics and Science Teachers Education Program
http://www.mastep.sjsu.edu/support.htm
Resources, Lesson Plans, Multi Media Lessons, Clubs
The Math Forum at Drexel “Teachers’s Place”
http://mathforum.org/teachers/
Lesson plans grouped by elementary, middle, or high school levels.
Math Forum: High School Teacher’s Place
http://mathforum.org/teachers/high/
Math Problem Solving Activities
http://www.rhlschool.com/math.htm
Math Projects and Activities: Global Connection
http://www.globalclassroom.org/authors/florida/math/projects.html
Math Surf’s Problem of the Day List
http://www.mathsurf.com/teacher/
ReviseWise: Math
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/
Activities, worksheets, and tests on math for ages 4-11
SCORE Mathematics Lessons
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons.html
Lessons created by selected CA teachers, grouped into K-7 and 8-12 lesson topics.
Teacher Toolkit
http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/ca.home.php
Lesson plans created for middle school math.
Teaching Tips.Com
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Nmath1.html
Teachnet: Math
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/math/index.html
Lesson plans for math grouped into: general, maps and graphs, terminology, geometry,
and real world.
Music
Mojo's Musical Museum
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
A database of kid's song lyrics
Teachnet: Music
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/music/index.html
Lesson plans for music teachers grouped currently in only one category: general.
This Day in Music History
http://datadragon.com/day/
Daily music facts
Physical Education
Education World: PE
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/03/lp315-05.shtml
Ideas and activities for planning a themed field day.
PE Preschool Lesson Plans
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/searchresults.asp?category=50
A long list of PE activities
Teachnet: Health and Physical Education
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/health/index.html
Lesson plans in the categories of: general, nutrition, fitness, and cooking.
Reading
Activities to do with Beginning Readers
http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/early.html
Alphabuddies
http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/
Alphabet Activities
Clifford's Interactive Storybook
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm
A phonics game for young readers
Designing a Big Book for “Sheep in a Shop”
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Phonics/PHN0201.html
A lesson plan outline for making a big book based on Nancy Shaw’s story, “Sheep
in a Shop”
I’m Reading!
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm?f
Short stories and plays for young readers
Kid’s Corner
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
Beatrix Potter stories and pictures
Literacy Centers
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/469.html
How to form reading/writing centers for kindergarten
Reader's Theater
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/carrick/
A method of getting students to read through use of oral script reading
ReviseWise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/reading/
Reading activities, worksheets, and tests for young readers ages 4-11
Wired for Books
http://wiredforbooks.org/
Online audio books for all reading levels
Science
Annenberg/CPB Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
Science activities for select topics like “light” and “space.”
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/curriculumcenter/
Browse science lesson topics ranging from Bacteria to the Solar System.
Kid’s Do-It-Yourself Science
http://scienceclub.org/kidlink1.html
Links to great science projects
Kid’s Science Projects
http://scienceclub.org/kidproj1.html
Projects listed by level of difficulty
Kitchen Chemistry
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/kitchem.htm
Chemistry lesson plans based on activities in the kitchen
Middle School Science
http://www.middleschoolscience.com/
A site geared specifically towards Middle School Science Curriculums. Lesson
plan subjects range from Chemistry, Physics, Earth, and Life Sciences
ReviseWise: Science
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/
Activities, worksheets, and tests for ages 4-11
The Science House
http://www.science-house.org/learn/CountertopChem/
Counter Top Chemistry- includes link to activities, and an outline of different
subjects within chemistry
Science Preschool Activities and Crafts
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/science.htm
Solar System Simulator
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Teachnet: Science
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/science/index.html
A list of science lesson plans and activities in the categories of: general,
biology, earth, physics, technology, dinosaurs, scientific method, space and
time, weather, and animals.
WISE: Web-based Inquiry Science Environment
http://wise.berkeley.edu/
Free, inquiry-based set of capstone projects for science 5-12 classes from Berkeley.
Sign-in required.
Social Studies
Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/
A site specifically created for social studies teachers. Includes lesson plan
outlines, and additional social studies resources
Teaching Tips.Com: “Social Studies”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Tsocialstudies1.html
Teachnet: Social Studies
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/socstudies/index.html
Lesson plans grouped into: history, personal growth, countries, government, economics,
society, and geography.
Technology
Back to School Technology Activities
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech141.shtml
Designing Technology Based Lessons
http://www.wcschools.com/mjhs/tlcf/Technology%20Based%20Lesson%20Planning.htm
Internet Projects
http://www.epals.com/resources/online/internet_projects.tpl
A list of online projects
Standards-Based Instruction
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/lessons/lindex.htm
Includes a step-by-step outline on how to create a technology based lesson plan
World Wide Web Workbook
http://sln.fi.edu/primer/newprimer/
An introduction on how to browse and use the internet
Writing
ABC’s of the Writing Process
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/specificgos.html
A list of links of graphic organizers
Academy of the Arts: Writing
http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/writing.htm
Rubric for narrative writing Click on the writing rubric on the left hand side.
A grading scale with specific points for a variety of different writing assignments
Graphic Organizer Makers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
Tools to help make and design different organizers like webs, charts, and ven
diagrams
Handwriting Worksheets and Printables
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/handwriting.htm
How to Start a Writer’s Workshop
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/681.html
ReviseWise: Spelling and Grammar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/spelling/
Activities, tests, and worksheets on spelling and grammar
ReviseWise: Writing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/writing/
Writing activities, factsheets, tests, and worksheets for young writers ages
4-11
Teaching Tips.Com: “Writing”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/Rwriting1.html
Word Walls
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/word_walls/words.html
Write Your Own Life Activity
http://tinyurl.com/ll3a
