 Online Resources
Atomic Learning
BrainPop
Discovery Education
Edline
Enchanted Learning
ePals
Everyday Math Online
NetTrekker
Plymouth Curriculum (Teachers Only)
Plymouth Moodle
Soundzabound
Thinkfinity- Formerly Marco Polo
History Channel - Save Our History Program
Save Our History is a national history education and preservation initiative that raises awareness and support for preserving local heritage. The History Channel® created Save Our History to support local history education and historic preservation efforts in communities across America.
The program is designed to inspire students in the community to become the preservationists of tomorrow. Museums, history sites, historical societies, preservation organizations, libraries, and archives are invited to partner with a local school or youth group and apply for funding to help preserve the history of their communities. Each year, The History Channel awards grants of up to $10,000.00 to organizations across the country that partner with schools and youth groups on community preservation projects that engage students in the learning about, documenting and preserving the history of their communities.
For more information about the grant process please send all questions to info@saveourhistory.com.
http://www.history.com/minisites/saveourhistory/
Library of Congress Education
The Library of Congress provides free access to an extensive online collection, as well as lesson plans, activities, online newsletter, student podcasts, and video conference workshops.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/
The American Memory site focuses on historic maps, photos, documents, audio, and video related to important events in American history.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
The Chronicling America site provides access to America's historic newspapers.
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/index.html
The Global Gateway site offers access to international materials and bilingual presentations from foreign libraries.
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
The THOMAS site provides searchable full text of bills, congressional records, and more in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
The Performing Arts Encyclopedia site includes collections, articles, and special presentations about music, theater, and dance.
http://www.loc.gov/performingarts
The Prints and Photographs Reading Room site offers a catalog of about half of the Library's pictorial holdings containing over 1 million digital images.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
The Veteran’s History Project site offers first-person stories of wartime service through personal artifacts.
http://www.loc.gov/vets/
The Web Archives site offers searchable archives of historic web pages including national elections, September 11th, and more.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/lcwa-home.html
NASA Education
NASA Education offers information about all of NASA’s educational offerings.
http://education.nasa.gov/
NASA for Educators offers free online educational resources and professional development for all educators.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/
NASA offers grants and resources to schools to become NASA Explorer Schools. The grants provide selected schools with direct access and resources to NASA’s educational math and science resources.
http://education.nasa.gov/divisions/eleandsec/overview/F_pathfinder_nes.html
NASA also supports FIRST Robotics Competition for high school students and FIRST LEGO League for students aged 9-14. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is founded on the vision of inventor Dean Kamen "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes.
http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/first.php
National Archives Digital Vaults
The National Archives has created an online database of primary sources called the Digital Vaults. The Digital Vaults allow students and educators to search, collect, and create projects such as posters and movies, using the National Archives online collections. The collections include documents, photos, and other primary sources.
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
National Archives Education
The National Archives Education site offers free ”Digital Classroom” provides resources for educators, including lesson plans, video conferences, and professional development workshops..
http://www.archives.gov/education/
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Education offers information about all of Smithsonian’s educational offerings.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Resources offers lesson plans focused on Art & Design, Science & Technology, History & Culture, and Language Arts. It also offers sample lesson plans using the Smithsonian Collection.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
Individual Smithsonian Museum Resources
Each of the nineteen Smithsonian Museums offers online collections and educational resources for teachers and students.
Smithsonian American Art Museum offers free online resources including searchable digital Images of the collection, lesson plans, podcasts, interactives for the classroom, and free virtual field trips with museum docents via video conferencing.
http://americanart.si.edu/education/
Smithsonian American History Museum offers free online resources including searchable digital images of the collection, lesson plans, teacher’s manuals, activity guides, and an online newsletter.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/
Smithsonian Natural History Museum offers free online resources including searchable collection records and databases, topic-driven guides, lesson plans, exhibit guides, activities, and an online newsletter.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/
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