Databases
- PebbleGo: Animals and Biographies (K-3) This link opens in a new windowElementary education resource supporting the study of animals and people. See the Teacher Training Video and see also the Lesson Plans for Animals and Lesson Plans for Biographies.
- PebbleGo Next: States and Native Americans (3-6) This link opens in a new windowLaunching with a States and American Indian studies module, PebbleGo Next is carefully aligned to grades 3-6 curriculum objectives. The databases is simple to navigate and offer key reading supports such as read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting along with a variety of downloadable, including prompts to inspire critical thinking.
- Gale In Context: Middle School This link opens in a new windowCombines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
- Explora Kids This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books about current events, people, places, animals, history and more. Includes primary sources, images and maps. Full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Elementary - middle school.
- Explora Teens This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from reference books and academic and popular periodicals about health, arts and literature, biography, current issues, geography, history and more. Includes primary sources, images and maps. Full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). High school.
General Lesson Plans
- Student Resource Center GoldOffers a multitude of potent resources designed to aid in the study of classroom subjects within a flexible and convenient search tool that supports undergraduate, high school and middle school research. Results are pulled from thousands of full-text magazines and newspapers, vocational and technical periodicals, thousands of biographies and essays, glossary of terms, thousands of photographs, graphics, hours of audio and video files, and primary source documents.
- Teachers NetworkLists 500+ classroom projects and daily ideas for creative classrooms. Online forum on teaching issues.
Specialized Lesson Plans
- ArtsEdge: The National Arts and Education Information NetworkThis site contains lesson plans, as well as articles and reports related to arts education.
- BioEd OnlineReady-to-Go-Lessons, Hot Topics in Biology, and impressive PowerPoint slide sets on science-related topics are all available at this high-quality site from the Baylor College of Medicine.
- The 10 Best STEM ResourcesScience, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Resources for preK-12
- Tips for Getting Girls Involved in STEMTips for getting girls involved with STEM as well as links to learn more on what you can do.
- Lesson Plans and Teaching StrategiesTeachers can search over 17,000 lesson plans, teaching ideas, and worksheets for K-12 including social studies, economics, and current events.
- Library of Congress - TeachersThe Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
- Teachers' DomainA free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You’ll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.