The following sites are massive collections of teacher resources for all curriculum areas selected by teachers and library media specialists. Lesson plans are available on most sites.

• Curriculum Services Canada
  http://www.curriculum.org/index2.shtml
  Resources for each province in Canada.
  • Ontario Curriculum Centre
    Evaluation of Ontario textbooks, course profiles and reviewed resources.
    
    
• Ontario Unit Planner
  http://www.ocup.org/
  Printable units to teach the Ontario Curriculum. Pdf files - these files are large but curser through them on screen and print selected pages.
  • Elementary Units
  • Secondary Profiles
    
    
• RAFT Idea Sheets
  http://www.raft.net/resources/index.php?pg=newIdeaPage.php
  Lesson plans (PDF) sorted by subject areas. Be sure to read an follow directions for saftey issues when using certain materails.
  • Complete List
    
    
• www.2learn.ca
  http://www.2learn.ca/
  • Resources - use the menu along the top of the page
    
    
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  http://www.eduref.org/
  This site replaces AskERIC. 2000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and a searchable database to over one million biblioraphical records.
  
  
• LINKS Learning
  http://www.linkslearning.org/Home/_index.html
  Math and reading lesson plans with online resources, some for printing.
  • Teacher Links
    You will have to have pop-ups accessible to access the resources.
    
    
• Education Place
  http://www.eduplace.com/
  Resources for elementary-school teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, Intervention, Professional Development, searchable activity database, educational games, and textbook support.
  • Topic/Theme Search
  • Monthly Themes
    Collections of activities and internet links on a variety of themes throughout the school year.
    
    
• Scholastic Lesson Plans
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/
  Many links of lesson plans with teacher's guides, classroom activities, on-line actvities, and some printable sheets.
  
  
• TEA Classroom Activities
  http://tea.rice.edu/tea_classroommaterials.html
  A range of lesson plans for all grades.
  
  
• ProTeacher
  http://www.proteacher.com/
  Many links for lesson plans, classroom activities, printable sheets.
  
  
• I Love That Teaching Idea!
  http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/index.htm
  A variety of lesson and classroom ideas.
  
  
• Teaching with the Web
  http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/teaching.htm
  Many links to teaching ideas and web sites for research.
  • K-2
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12
    
    
• Elementary Education Resources
  http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eled.html
  A collection of links sorted by subject area. Be prepared to sift through the links for quite some time. There is lots to see.
  
  
• A to Z Teacher Stuff
  http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/index.html
  An amazing collection of lesson plans and printable resources by subject and theme. Pre-K - 12 Well worth an extended visit!
  
  
• Ottawa-Carleton Board
  http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/Teacher_Res/
  • Elementary Curriculum Links
  • Secondary Curriculum Links
    
    
• Teaching Resources from the Filing Cabinet of Laura Candler
  http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm
  Lesson plans and adobe made print-out  for student use done by a grade 5 teacher. Many cooperative learning activities for a full range of subject areas.
  
  
• Awesome Library
  http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
  Sites sorted by curriculum areas.
  
  
• Core Knowledge
  http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/index.htm
  Lesson plans for K-8 classes. Some in pdf format.
   
  
• KidsClick
  http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/KidsClick!/
  Sites are sorted by subject area. Reading levels for each selected site are provided.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• 4 To Explore
  http://42explore.com/
  Projects listed by theme.
  • Topics
  • Subject Index
    
    
• Schoolnet
  http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/
  An extensive collection of Canadian sites with connections to schools, lesson plans, government computer initiatives.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  

• Blue Web'n
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html
  A library of blue ribbon learning sites on the web. Lessons plans and resource sites includes.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  

• Community Learning Network: CLN
  http://www.cln.org/subjects.html
  Sites sorted by subject area. Some lesson plans included.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• The Amazing Picture Machine
  http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
  The Amazing Picture Machine Web site is designed to help educators find pictures, diagrams, and maps that are available on the Internet.
  Level: Junior, Intermediate
  
  
• WebQuest
  http://webquest.org/
  (Click on the word Top- in the left menu to access the webquests)
  A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is found on-line. Examples and models of web-based lessons are provided. Lesson plans, activities and resources are included.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Mr. Donn's Pages  
  http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html
  An award winning site of teaching units.
  Level: Junior, Intermediate
  
  
• Gander Academy
  http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html
  Theme-related resources on the Web. Lesson plans and web links.
  
  
• Education Links
  http://www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/edulinks/areas.jsp
  Search for education links chosen by the Manitoba Ministry of  Education, Training and Youth  in all subject areas.
  
  
• Creating Web Based Lessons: Webquests and other internet lessons  
  http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/
  Scroll down to the chart and select lessons from the table.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Education World
  http://www.education-world.com/
  A massive collection of grade appropriate curriculum links and lesson plans. The sites are sorted by subject. Check back often for up-dated feature information for teachers.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Teachers First
  http://www.teachersfirst.org/
  Sites sorted by curriculum areas along with lesson plans. Internet tutorials and resource links are included.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior
  
  
• Materials for Teaching English
  http://eleaston.com/materials.html
  A large collection of sites in all subject areas. Many crossword puzzles and quizzes for ESL students, teacher-ready. Plugins are required for some sites.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate
  
  
• EDSITEment
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/
  Lesson plans for the study of humanities: English, history, art history, and foreign languages.
  Level: Senior
  
  
• K-12 Instructional Media Center
  http://www.k12imc.org/pg1.cfm
  Classroom treasures on the net.
  
  
• Free worksheets
  http://www.freeworksheets.com/
  Worksheets for phonics, math, science, geography, sentences & writing, reading, thinking skills.
  Level: Primary, Junior
  
  
• Teacher-2-Teacher
  http://www.teachnet.com/index.html
  Teacher report card tips, lesson plans, certificates, educational clipart.
  
  
• Eduhound
  http://www.eduhound.com/
  Collection of sites on all curricula.
  
  
• Teachervision.com
  http://teachervision.com/
  Lesson plans and  on-line sites with printable worksheets. All levels. You can subscribe to a variety of newsletters on this site. Well worth a visit.
  • Theme Library
  • Worksheet Library
    
    
• Spectrum
  http://www.incwell.com/Spectrum.html
  Lesson plans for Early Learning, Language Arts, Math & Science, Brain Teasers, Social Studies.

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