Elisa H. Barney Smith - Teaching Links

academic web sites by discipline from Vassar College’s CoolSchool

Teacher Resources: Network for Elementary Science Teachers for Elementary Schools; ideas and activities to help children aged 5-13 learn mathematics by US Dept of Education; Classroom Connect K-12 teacher resources, a database of school Web sites and much more; Stepping Stones to Mathematical Modeling for Secondary Schools; Technology Modules for Secondary Science Education from Rutgers; ideas and lessons across the curriculum based on current news stories from USA today.; education-related issues and resources sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; First in the World Consortium - Illinois schools, 3rd in World Math/Science competition; Math Awareness Week; Houghton Mifflin Mathematics Center; Discovery Channel School (lesson plan ides for teachers); Earthweek Classroom Companion (uses current hapenings in the Earth); NASA Web Page; Fun Resources; Teacher Resources from NSF

Directly for Students German German I Lessons (with audio) German Lessons (with audio & on-line self correcting exercises) German For Beginners (with audio) Science Science Center of CT (Physics & Math) NASA Cool Picks Web Page National Air and Space Museum - Online tours Electricity Online Math+ Puzzles A weekly math puzzle for High School Students from University of Idaho Mega-Math Games & puzzles using math (graphs, logic, knots, map coloring, infinity, finite state machines) Math contests and math concept tutorials: School House Rock (lyrics, audio & video); National Museum of Natural History - Online tours; National Museum of American History - Not Just For Kids; Cool Math Sites compiled by UVM; evaluates educational web sites of interest to K-12 students by Kids Identifying and Discovering Sites (K.I.D.S.); Robot Wars - program a simulated robot to fight another simulation on the web. Easy to use language is appropriate for beginners.

Apple WEB Resources: Apple Computer Home Page; Apple Support Information; Technical Support On-line; Apple Tech Info Library; Apple Education Worldwide Home Page; Apple K-12 Education Home Page; Educator Advantage Home Computer Purchase Program 1 (800) 462-4396 Apple FAXBack System