Cotton's Journey - Curriculum, literature resources, links to cotton and educational organizations promoting the importance of this crop. WGBH/Boston - Public Broadcasting from Boston: weekly highlights, links to websites for WGBH productions which are fully accessible to surfers with disabilities. Puzzlemaker - A site that allows you to create puzzles and games for your newsletters, flyers, handouts,or classroom assignments. The Copernicus Education Gateway - Directory of websites offering educational resources for students, parents, and teachers. The Critical Thinking Community - Providing a forum and resources about Socratic questioning, higher order thinking, and critical thinking. Organizer of conferences and publisher of books and academic resources for teachers. Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies - Education resources and information, lesson plans, field trips, and interactive activities based on Smithsonian museum collections and research. The Jigsaw Classroom - Strategies and resources for reducing racial conflict, promoting better learning, and improving student motivation. National Center for Educational Statistics K-12 Practitioners' Home Page - Current research and statistics specially tailored for educators' interests and needs, presented with animated charts/graphs. Kiddyhouse.com - Worksheets, clip art, lesson plans and resources, tools, songs, poems, and crafts. Also has resources for students and parents. Wisconsin Educational Communications Board - Provides information about professional development and classroom and technology resources related to public broadcasting programming. RHL School-Free Worksheets and More - Exercises in various subject areas and additional resources. The Wirral Learning Grid - United Kingdom resources in specific subject areas, curriculum advice, and professional development. CyberBee - Provides ways to integrate technology into the classroom in several subjects including math, science, social studies, and language arts. Includes curriculum ideas, Internet treasure hunts, research tools, and technology links. Teachers' Lab - Based upon professional development series and workshops broadcast on the Annenberg Channel, each lab combines online activities with background information and interactive polls or worksheets participants can use in their classrooms as well as links to related web sites. Education By Design - Practical ideas and information for teaching reading, writing, spelling and math. TeachersFirst - Classroom resources and lesson plans for K-12. Materials, reviewed by teachers and sorted by subject area and grade level. Professional resources. Suggested research sites. Dr. Michael Fenichel's Teaching Tools - Collection of resources for classroom teachers, parents, and school-based counselors. Personal Educational Press - A free online utility for teachers, parents, and tutors to make flash cards, print word lists, and generate worksheets for educational games. Creative Ideas from a Mentor Teacher - Mentor teacher program and search engine links. Ethical Reasoning and the Art of Classroom Dialogue - Techniques for leading classroom dialogue with students in which students feel secure to express their own thoughts instead of parroting what the teacher wants to hear. How to develop students' critical thinking and ethical reasoning. Mythology's Mything Links: Teachers' Reference K-12 - This illustrated page focuses on resources for teaching myth, folklore, and the arts, but it also includes general resources. Each link is annotated by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D., a professor of mythology at a small graduate institute. Farah's Educational Links - Links to general resources such as the U.S. Department of Education, special education, and bilingual education as well as links specific teachers' lesson plans and research sites. Homework Online - Teachers can post their homework assignments on the internet for student/parent access and conduct online forums with students. Questioning Toolkit - Several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools presented with graphic organizers. Lookstein Center for Jewish Education - Educational resources for Jewish educators. Includes workbooks, lesson plans, links, discussion forum and registration information. In2Edu - Database download of resources, lesson plans, free stuff, teaching ideas, themes, units, and software. Learn North Carolina - K-12 lesson plans, assessments, and web links, and professional development with some resources reserved for registered North Carolina members. Success Beyond the Classroom - Special academic challenge programs for students in Minnesota schools. Metro Educational Cooperative Services Unit - Provides educational experiences for governmental and non-profit organizations in Minnesota ranging from a composite calendar for all members and special academic challenges for students to workshops for administrators. Worksheets4Teachers - Part of a large site of resources for teachers, this page has worksheet generators, bank of existing worksheets, and links to others. Teaching Treasures - Teacher and student links arranged by subject. The U.S. Mint's Teachers' Section - Re-useable, cross-curricular classroom resource for teachers. Syvum: Complete Solution for Teachers - Online grade book, quiz library and creation capacity, games, and downloads. Upgrades available for a fee. I Love That Teaching Idea! - Resources for elementary school teachers in math, science, reading, writing, spelling, and assessment, as well as workshops and recommended books. The Virtual Vine - Pre-K through 2nd grade themes and units, literacy, and curriculum links. Black History - Affers a free monthly multi-media presentation, lesson plans, assignments, grading rubrics, and activities for the classroom. It also offers biographies, research, chat, events and speakers, and educational products. Pamela's Homepage: Teaching Matters - Classroom management ideas,free stuff, back to school ideas, and links. EdHelper.com - Educational links Houghton Mifflin's Education Place - K-8 elementary educational activities, games, themes, graphic organizers, writing prompts, benchmark papers, and research. 4Empowerment - Offers resources and services for sixth through twelfth grade teachers and their students including curricula, project ideas, and collaborative opportunities in the areas of science, language arts, and community service. In the Mix PBS Series for Educators - Transcripts, discussion guides, and other resources to help educators integrate "In the Mix," the PBS series for teens, into the classroom. Teaching Is a Work of Heart - Includes thematic units, ideas for all holidays, humor for teachers, interactive links, free worksheets, lessons, and poems. George Lucas Educational Foundation: Edutopia - Working to improve public schools with resources, tools, and solutions for teachers, administrators, and parents. Global SchoolNet - E-learning projects, international competitions and resources aimed at improving academic performance, develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. The Digital Education Network - Lessons and activities in math, language arts, social studies, astronomy and graphic design. Professional Teachers Council Web Activities - Dozens of webquests on various topics with rubrics and teachers guides included. K-12 Math Information - Provides over 135,000 pieces of information on 1000 content items commonly used in k-12th grade mathematics LEGO Engineering - A resource for educators who use LEGO Mindstorms technologies. The site features activities for the LEGO RCX and NXT as well as support resources like a knowledge base, code archive, gallery and community listing. Mathematical Tale Winds - Contains stories with mathematical problem solving embedded in them and sample K-8 mathematics lesson plans. A to Z Kids Stuff - Worksheets and lesson resources for toddlers to schoolage children to help them grow and have fun. Report Comment Bank - Point and click system to help teachers write their student report cards. Literacy Assessment - Teacher's tool for assessing literacy ability of students with standardised online literacy tests. Barinya - Features information about educational activities, book reviews, and gadget guide. ProTeacher - A community of teachers in early childhood, elementary, and middle school; teaching discussions, blogs, and chat. Reading test - Explanation of various types of online reading test. Worksheet Genius - Printable worksheets, puzzles and activities that can be differentiated and randomized at the touch of a button. Ideal for children at primary or elementary school. Lesson Depot - Lesson plans and lesson plan templates for teachers. Brenden is Teaching - Free teaching resource generators, downloads, classroom toys and utilities. Cool Cat Teacher Blog - Resources, information, and tools for teachers including global collaboration from a classroom teacher. Teacher Support Force - Veteran teacher Pat Jones shares techniques and strategies for applying brain science in the classroom to support learning. IEP Writer - Comparison of different Individual Education Plan writing systems. Class Charts - An online system for managing class seating charts and behaviour. Scholastic: Teachers - Resources ranging from lesson plans and professional links to authors and online activities. Essential Learning Products: Teaching K-8 - Newsletter with discussion lists, activities, links, and archives. Teaching Multicultural Literature - Online workshop with teaching strategies, sample texts and videos, and recommended authors. Strategies for Empowering Students - Activities to challenge students' minds,empower their senses of well-being, and rekindle their hearts with a commitment to values and beliefs essential to becoming and being whole individuals.