Portal Sites

Links verified on 8/15/09

1. Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government are now easier to find by using the index at this site.
2. The Gateway to Educational Materials offers the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!
3. Thinkfinity - Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.

   1. EconEdLink from the National Council on Economic Education - Explore the connections between economics and real-world issues
   2. Xpeditions from National Geographic - The home of geography standards on the Internet
   3. EDSITEment from the National Endowment for the Humanities - Subject-based access to top humanities sites
   4. Illuminations by NCTM -  Gateway to Standards-Based Mathematics Education
   5. Science NetLinks from the American Association for the Advancement of Science - a comprehensive "homepage" for K-12 science educators Caution: This link opens a new window. Close the page to return to this list.
   6. ArtsEdge from the Kennedy Center - helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts
   7. Read - Write - Think - ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
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5. Printable Resources For SEN (Special Educational Needs) - Here you will find many, many tools for helping all of your students succeed!
6. Personal Educational Press - Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser. Make tracing sheets, quizzes, study sheets, word lists, bingo cards, word scrambles, word searches and more!
7. SparkleBox - a UK site with Early Years teaching resources too numerous to name. Literacy, Math, Stories and more to print for your class.