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Teacher Resources

Below are links with handy resources for your classroom. Check out OMHS's delicious page for more links.

For more information specifically for teachers, head over to the Teachers page.

• Awesome Highlighter
  Lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page.
  
  
• Read the Words
  Upload any text, select how you want it read, and either listen online or download an mp3 of your text being read aloud.
  
  
• SchoolTube
  It's like YouTube. Only not blocked by HCPSS.
  
  
• Slideshare
  Upload and share PowerPoint presentations and documents.
  
  
• SparkNotes
  Remember Cliff Notes?
  
  
• TeacherTube
  It's like YouTube. Only with instructional videos. And it's not blocked like YouTube.
  
  
• 280 Slides
  Create and share presentations online. It's like PowerPoint. Without Microsoft.
  
  
• Visual Dictionary
  
  
• Zamzar
  Convert any kind of file, including YouTube videos to .avi or .mov files you can download and save on your computer.

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• Awesome Library
  Great resource for finding reliable websites.
  
  
• Blue Web'n
  Library of Blue Ribbon websites categorized by content areas, subjects areas, and grade level.
  
  
• Daily Lesson Plan
  Contains a variety of lesson plans on subjects ranging from American History to Technology. From the New York Times.
  
  
• Education World
  Good source for reliable websites. Also offers lesson plans.
  
  
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  
  
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  Lesson plans, links to online resources, and more.
  
  
• Librarians' Internet Index
  Fantastic source for reliable, credible websites.
  
  
• Microsoft Lesson Plans for Students and Educators
  Search or browse for lesson plans to enhance student learning through technology.
  
  
• Puzzlemaker
  Create your own mazes, word searches, crosswords, number blocks, math squares and more!
  
  
• Scholastic Instructor
  Curriculum activities and strategies for managing your classroom.
  
  
• SchoolGrants
  One-stop site for grant writing opportunities and tips on how to write grant proposals.
  
  
• Teachers.net
  Great resource for lessons, classroom management strategies, and more.
  
  
• Teachingbooks.net

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• Art
  • ArtsEdge
    Includes information, resources and ideas for the K-12 art curriculum. From the Kennedy Center.
    
    
  • National Art Education Association (NAEA)
  
  
  
• Business
  
  
  
• Career Research & Development
  
  
  
• Computer Science
  • Classroom Connect
    Resource learning to integrate technology into the classroom.
  
  
  
• Dance
  • ArtsEdge
    Includes information, resources and ideas for the K-12 curriculum. From the Kennedy Center.
  
  
  
• English
  • Shmoop
    Provides study materials for selected literature and poetry topics. Titles and subjects include sections for summaries, study questions, website links, and related material.
  
  
  
• ESOL
  • Dave's ESL Cafe
    Includes information for teachers and students, as well as discussion forums.
    
    
  • The ESOL/Bilingual M.A. Program
    At UMBC.
    
    
  • Interesting Things for ESL Students
    Includes word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs, and more.
    
    
  • The Internet for ESL Teachers
    Internet tools for foreign language educators, web evaluation tips, online resources, articles, creating web pages, and more.
    
    
  • The Internet TESL Journal
    Offers articles, research papers, lessons plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, and links to other online resources.
  
  
  
• Health
  • Early Action Against Teen Drug Use
    A unit for high school educators. From the New York Times.
    
    
  • HealthTeacher
    Over 200 lesson plans (K-12) developed using the National Standards for Health Education.
    
    
  • Howard County Health Education
    Howard County's website for health education, with curriculum info and resources.
  
  
  
• Home Economics
  • Federal Citizen Information Center
  • National Agricultural Library
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  
  
  
• Math
  • Computing Technology for Math Excellence
    Includes sections on technology integration in the classroom, math methodology, manipulatives on the Web, math projects, math initiatives, professional development and more.
    
    
  • Fun Mathematics Lessons
    Contains numerous lesson plans including "Algebra - Fun with Calendars" and "Rectangle Pattern Challenges." Created by Cynthia Lanius.
    
    
  • Illuminations
    Resources for teaching math. Includes activities, lesson plans, and links to the NCTM Standards.
    
    
  • The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center
    Funded by the National Science Foundation.
    
    
  • Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    
    
  • Mathematically Sane
    Contains links to articles and information about mathematics education research and reform.
    
    
  • This is Mega-Mathematics
    Topics from map-coloring to knots. Click on an activity to see the "big picture" and get more information.
  
  
  
• Music
  • ArtsEdge
    From the Kennedy Center.
    
    
  • Music Publishers' Association
    
    
  • Music Resources from Artslynx
    Lists of online music resources from Journals and Magazines to World Music.
    
    
  • Shmoop
    Provides study materials for selected music topics. Titles and subjects include sections for summaries, study questions, website links, and related material.
  
  
  
• Physical Education
  • Healthy Schools
    Information resource for health educators.
    
    
  • PE Central: The Website for Health and Physical Education Teachers
    Includes lesson plans, teacher chat, activity ideas, list serves and more.
    
    
  • Sports Media
    Informational non-profit resource for coaches and teachers on sport and physical education.
  
  
  
• Science
  • Alliance to Save Energy
    Offers free, hands-on, multidisciplinary lesson plans.
    
    
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    
    
  • American Association of Physics Teachers
    
    
  • American Chemical Society
    
    
  • The Catalyst
    Chemistry resources for the secondary education teacher on the Web.
    
    
  • National Association of Biology Teachers
    
    
  • National Science Education Leadership Association
    
    
  • National Science Foundation
    
    
  • National Science Teachers Association
    
    
  • Science NetLinks
    Online resources for teaching science.
  
  
  
• Social Studies
  • Shmoop
    Provides study materials for selected U.S. history topics. Titles and subjects include sections for summaries, study questions, website links, and related material.
  
  
  
• Technology Education
  • The Technology Education Lab
  
  
  
• World Languages
  • Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers

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