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	(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	(to top)
	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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Edited 2/8/10