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This page is intended to provide links to helpful resources.  Check back often for new additions.


  Teaching materials, tips, and resources from A&E's Classroom.

  Search by your area of interest, be it theme units, help with research, etc.

 Best Websites Medal 2011 The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress From the Library of Congress--presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

  Lesson Plan Library Select a grade level and subject area to peruse these lesson plans.                Teacher Tools  Guidelines and assistance for making your quizzes, worksheets, puzzles, lesson plans and finding acceptable clip art.

Evernote logo  Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web.

ide@s Imageide@s offers high-quality, copyright-free digital images for Wisconsin educators.

  Khan Academy ~ With over 3,100 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.

National Science Digital Library: A great source of materials for science, technology, math and engineering education.

  This site is home to the Creative Connections Project, a program that enables classrooms from around the world to interact via the Internet.

Science360 News  Science360 ~ We gather news from wherever science is happening, including directly from scientists, college and university press offices, popular and peer-reviewed journals, dozens of National Science Foundation science and engineering centers, and funding sources that include government agencies, not-for-profit organizations and private industry.

Socrative Logo  Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

Science House Foundation  A collection of videos of a variety of science experiments.The Science House Foundation is dedicated to bringing the excitement of science to students around the world. The Foundation makes grants to educational organizations, runs global educational programs for schools, produces educational media, awards scholarships and prizes for outstanding students, and recognizes teachers for their contribution to science and math education.

  TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.  It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. TED.com makes the best talks and performances from annual TED conferences and partners available to the world, for free.

  Today's Meet helps you embrace the "backchannel" and connect with your audience in realtime. Allows for