Internet Resources for EES

Teachers

    This page has been designed as a convenient place for teachers at Ellsworth Elementary to connect with useful sites.   Don't forget to check the Reference Room to search for specific information on a topic.

Arts & Humanities Books Government Information History Geography  & Social Studies Instructional Television & Videos Math Miscellaneous News & Current Events Professional Sites Science Search
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Technology



 

Arts & Humanities (to top)  
  Artcyclopedia Search for information about people and things related to fine arts. Artist biographies.
  Arts Edge Helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts.
  Creative Drama Classroom ideas, theater games and plays to perform.
  Health Teacher Lesson plans for K-12 health lessons.
  Music Lessons Find music. Get lesson plans, etc.
Books (to top)  
  Amazon Books You don't have to buy books to use this site.  It gives illustrations, grade levels, reviews, and customer comments, etc. for nearly every book imaginable. You can even have your kids write reviews for the books listed.
  Book Hive Book reviews, bibliographies, book awards and activities for teachers and students.
  Lexile Framework for Reading Search for Lexile levels of books by Title.  Find out more about how Lexiles work and tools to analyze and calculate Lexile levels.
  Fry Readability Graph This is one way to determine the level of a book
  Scholastic for Teachers Check on an order. Get lesson plans 
Government
Information
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  Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Links you to all sorts of government agencies by subject.  Also a nice slide show overview of government and communities by grade levels. This one is full of good things.
  First Gov Your first link to the U. S. Government
  Kansas State Legislators Contact your Kansas Senator or Representative in the Kansas Legislature
  United States House Representatives Contact your Kansas Representative and others in the US Congress
  United States Senators Contact your Kansas Senator and others in the US Congress
History, Geography & Social Studies (to top)  
  Google Maps View the world politically, geographically and photographically from satellite photos.
  Map Machine Get maps of almost any country.
  States and Capitals A great starting point for kids that are doing reports on states
ITV (to top)  
  PBS This is our link to all things provided by Public TV
neoK12 Free educational videos, lessons and games that have been reviewed and screened by K-12 teachers
  SHPTV The Smoky Hills Public Television site: Check local PBS programming and schedules.
SnagFilms A website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we’re also a platform that lets you “snag” a film and put it anywhere on the web. A library of over 850 films.
WatchKnow Over 14000  great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught to school kids rated and sorted into a giant Directory, making them simple to find.
Math (to top)  
  Math.com for teachers Math lesson plans and resources
Miscellaneous (to top)  
  Any Who An online phone directory from AT&T.  Includes yellow pages and a reverse lookup feature to see who a phone number belongs to.
  Ellsworth Kansas On-line Any one in Ellsworth that has a web page can probably be reached from this page.
  FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - your government giving away free stuff.
  KPERS Thinking of retiring? Check here to see how you are doing. 
News & Current Events (to top)  
  Ellsworth Reporter Get the scoop on the latest local city news.
  Time For Kids A kids e-magazine version of Time Magazine with links for teachers
Professional Sites (to top)  
  ABC Teach This is the place for fun ideas and activities for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers.  Free printable activity sheets and activity helpers.
  Discovery School The Discovery Channel's teacher link
  Education Week on the Web Find the full text of Education Week and Teacher Magazine.
  Kansas Department of Education Find out how to renew your teaching certificate, contact other Kansas schools,  etc.
  Kathy Schrock's Home Page All kinds of goodies for teachers. Great list of education related Blogs too.
  Learning Strategies Database This database makes it easy for users to assess their learning styles and to identify appropriate learning strategies.
  Teacher Vision TeacherVision is created by teachers for teachers. Their goal is to provide you with lesson plans, resources, and materials that make your professional life easier.
  U.S. Department of Education Find out what is going on in Washington.  Searchable.
Science (to top)  
  NASA Education Program Space science resources and links for both teachers and students
  NASA TV Watch missions live and see what NASA is doing today.  View live vide shots from the space station and much more.  What you see is what you get. Always changing.
  Science Fair Central Ideas for science fair projects that teachers or kids can do.
  Smithsonian Institution This site has too much cool stuff to describe and more things are added all the time.
  Windows to the Universe A great site for information on the Solar System, space missions, and geology.
Search Engines (to top) (to access search engines designed for kids click here)
  Blue Skyways Blue Skyways is a shared information service for the Kansas library community. If you need information about Kansas government, communities, school, libraries, history, genealogy, etc. it is here!
  More Google Google is more than just a search engine.  Check out all the features that Google offers. E-mail, online documents, maps, blogs, and more is coming every day!
  State Library Of Kansas Search for books and media in the Kansas Interlibrary Loan system.  Read full text academic articles, newspaper stories, and much more.  Great resource professional class work. No log in required!
Technology (to top)  
  Trackstar Browse 100,000 lessons by keyword, grade level, subject area or state standards for websites and activities. Create your own on-line lessons for your students and share them with other teachers.
Woopid Watch free technology training videos! Get help and answer your computer and gadget questions with thousands of video tutorials for PCs, Macs, and tons of different applications.

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