EDUCATION: LESSON PLANS FOR K-12 TEACHERS Compiled by Debbie Rogenmoser
This page provides K-12 teachers with connections to free lesson plans. Many sites include other resources like National Standards, chat rooms for teachers, or links to other education sites. Your additions and comments are welcome. Please email them to Debbie Rogenmoser.

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General	Many sites in this category include multiple subjects and grade levels. Most of the sites allow you to search by grade level and/or subject. Busy Teacher's Website www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/ Discovery School Lesson Plans http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/ edhelper.com http://www.edhelper.com/ Education Place/Houghton Mifflin/Activity Search http://www.eduplace.com/activity/ Education World/Lesson Planning http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/ Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml FunBrain.com www.funbrain.com/ Highlights TeacherNet http://www.teachernet.com/htm/classroomresources.htm Lesson Planet http://www.lessonplanet.com/ LessonPlanZ.com www.lessonplanz.com/ LessonPlansPage http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ Library of Congress Learning Page http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/ Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory Educator Resources www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp New York Times Learning Network www.nytimes.com/learning/ PBS Teacher Source www.pbs.org/teachersource/ Sites for Teachers http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/index.html Smithsonian Institute http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html Teacher Planet http://www.teacherplanet.com/ Teacher's Desk http://www.teachersdesk.com/lessons/lessons.htm Teachers Helping Teachers www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/#anchor544843 TeachNet.com www.teachnet.com/ Teachers Corner http://www.theteacherscorner.net/ Teachers Net www.teachers.net/lessons/ TeacherVision.com http://www.teachervision.com/ TEACHnology/Lesson Plans http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ Thirteen EdOnline http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ Yahoo Directory K-12 Lesson Plans http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans/ Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/ Back to the top of the page
Language Arts	Awesome Library - Language Arts www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts.html The Children's Literature Web Guide www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rteacher.html Discovery School/Literature http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/lit.html EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=4 Education World/Language and Literature http://www.education-world.com/lang_lit/ Educator's Reference Desk/Language Arts http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts Language Arts Lesson Plans http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html Lesson Planet/Language Arts http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Language_Arts LessonPlansPage/Language Arts http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htm LessonPlanz/Language Arts http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts/index.shtml Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory Educator Resources www.mcrel.org/resources/links/lang/ Mona Foundation/Language Arts http://www.monafoundation.org/language-arts.htm National Council of Teachers of English Teaching Ideas Center http://www.ncte.org/profdev/online/ideas Outta Ray's Head http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/ Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=0&strand=0&engagement=0 SCORE Language Arts http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html Sites for Teachers/Language Arts http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/language_arts/languagearts.html Smithsonian Institute http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/language_arts.html Teachers Helping Teachers -Language Arts www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/LanguageArts.html Teachnet/Language Arts http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/index.html TEACHnology/Language Arts http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/ Web English Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ Back to the top of the page
ESL and Foreign Languages	About.com Lesson Plans http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/ Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Languages/Bilingual_Education.html Breaking News/English http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.html EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=2 Education World/ESL http://www.educationworld.com/foreign_lang/classroom/esl.shtml#lessons Education World/Foreign Language Center http://www.educationworld.com/foreign_lang/index.shtml Educator's Reference Desk/Foreign Language http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Foreign_Language E.L. Easton's Materials for Teaching Languages http://eleaston.com// EverythingESL.net www.everythingESL.net/ Foreign Language Lesson Plans & Projects (NCELA) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/lessons/2_bilingual.htm Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes (CLTA) http://www.clta.net/lessons/index.html Internet TESL Journal www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/ Language Links http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/teach.html Multicultural Pavilion http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/ Sites for Teachers/ESL and Bilingual http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/esl.html TeachNet: Lesson Plans/Foreign Language http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet/foreignlanguage.cfm TEACHnology/Languages http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/languages/ TEFL.net ESl Lesson Plans http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/index.htm Back to the top of the page
Math	Applied Academics (Mathematics) http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/careers/aa/educate.htm Breaking Away from the Mathbook http://www.math.nmsu.edu/~breakingaway/ Busy Teacher's Website/Mathematics http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/math.shtml Cornell Math and Science Gateway http://www.tc.cornell.edu/CTC-Main/Services/Education/Gateways/Math_and_Science/ Education World/Math Center http://www.education-world.com/math/ Educator's Reference Desk/Math http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics Explore Learning http://www.explorelearning.com/ Leap Education http://www.leapeducation.ca/resources.html Lesson Planet/Math http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Math LessonPlansPage/Math http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Math.htm Math Central http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/ Math.com www.math.com/teachers.html Math Forum/Teachers http://www.mathforum.org/teachers/ Mathematics Archives WWW Server http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory-Math www.mcrel.org/resources/links/math/ Mona Foundation/Math http://www.monafoundation.org/math.htm Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies www.mathgoodies.com/ NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ Sites for Teachers/Math http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/math/math.html SCORE Mathematics Lessons http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons.html Teachers Helping Teachers - Math www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Math.html TEACHnology/Math http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/math/ Back to the top of the page
Science	Access Excellence www.accessexcellence.org/ The Atoms Family http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ BioEd Online http://www.bioedonline.org/ The Center for Science Education http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Columbia University's Summer Research Program http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/tchrplan.html Cornell Math and Science Gateway http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Education/Gateways/Math_and_Science/ DiscoverySchool.com http://school.discovery.com/ Earth and Sky www.earthsky.com/ Education World/Science http://www.educationworld.com/science/ Educator's Reference Desk/Computer Science http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Computer_Science Educator's Reference Desk/Science http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science Lesson Planet/Science http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Science LessonPlansPage/Science http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Science.htm Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory-Science http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/science/sciencelessons.asp Middle School Science http://www.middleschoolscience.com/ Mona Foundation/Science http://www.monafoundation.org/science.htm NASA (for Educators) http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html NASA -Teaching Materials http://search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch.jsp?empty=true National Science Foundation/Classroom http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/ NOVA Online Teachers http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/ PBS/American Field Guide http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/teachers/index.html Physics Education Technology http://phet.colorado.edu/new/teacher_ideas/index.php Quest: NASA K-12 Project http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ Rain Bird Rain Forest Curriculum www.rainbird.com/rainforest/ Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ Science Friday (NPR) http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids/ Science Netlinks -Lesson Index http://sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm Science Spot - Science Classroom http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classroom.html SCORE Science Lessons http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/ Smithsonian Institute http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/science_technology.html Sites for Teachers/Science http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/science/sci__index.html Teachers Helping Teachers - Science www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html TEACHnology/Science http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/ Thursday's Classroom from NASA www.thursdaysclassroom.com/ The USGS and Science Education http://education.usgs.gov/ Back to the top of the page
Social Studies, History & Geography	Calisphere-A World of Digital Resources http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ Center for Civic Educaton-Lesson Plans http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=lesson_plans Civics Online http://civics-online.org/ CNN Student News http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/ edhelper.com/Geography http://www.edhelper.com/geography/geography.htm EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3 Education World/History http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/history.shtml Education World/Social Science http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/soc_sci.shtml Educator's Reference Desk/Social Studies http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html Learn About Congress http://congress.indiana.edu/learn_about/index.php Lesson Planet/Geography http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Geography Lesson Planet/Social Studies http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Social_Studies LessonPlansPage/Social Studies http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SS.htm Library of Congress American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html Mapstats for Kids http://www.fedstats.gov/kids/mapstats/index.html Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory Educator Resources www.mcrel.org/resources/links/history/ The Mint http://themint.org/ Multicultural Pavilion Teacher's Corner http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.html National Archives http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/ National Center for History in the Schools/US Teaching Units http://nchs.ucla.edu/US_units.html National Center for History in the Schools/World Teaching Units http://nchs.ucla.edu/World_units.html National Council for Geographic Education/Lessons http://www.ncge.org/resources/lessons/ National Council for the Social Studies/Classroom Resources http://www.ncss.org/classroom/ National Council on Economic Education http://www.ncee.net/resources/ National Geographic Lessons Plans http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index.html Newsweek Education Program http://school.newsweek.com/ People's Century www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/ SCORE History/Social Science http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/ Sites for Teachers/Social Studies http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/socialstudies.html Smithsonian Institute http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/history_culture.html TeacherServe http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/tserve.htm Teachers Helping Teachers - Social Studies www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/SocialStudies.html Teaching with Historical Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/ TEACHnology/Social Studies http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/ TIME Classroom for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/index.html United Nations CyberSchoolbus www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/ U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/teachers.html U.S.Department of State http://future.state.gov/educators/index.htm World History for US All/Teaching Units http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/shared/units.htm World History Matters/Teaching Resources http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmteaching.html Back to the top of the page
Art and Humanities	@rt Room www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/resources.html Drama Teacher's Resource Room http://www.sasktelwebsite.net/erachi/ EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=1 Education World/The Arts http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/arts.shtml Educator's Reference Desk/Arts http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts Educator's Reference Desk/Music http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music Getty Museum/Lesson Plans http://www.getty.edu/education/search/ K-12 Resources for Music Educators http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/ The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ Kenneth Taylor's Drama in Education http://www.kentaylor.co.uk/die/ KODAK: Digital Learning Center http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/chapter5/ lesson3/part1page1.shtml Kinderart http://www.kinderart.com/ Lesson Planet/Art & Music http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Art_and_Music LessonPlansPage/Art http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Art.htm LessonPlansPage/Music http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MusicJH.htm Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory www.mcrel.org/resources/links/arts/ Sites for Teachers/Art http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/art.html Sites for Teachers/Music http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/music.html Smithsonian Institute http://educate.si.edu/lp/lp_fs.html Story Arts http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/ TeacherServe http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/tserve.htm Teachers Helping Teachers - Arts www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/TheArts.html TEACHnology/Art and Humanities http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/arts/ Back to the top of the page
Health and PE	DiscoverySchool.com Health http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/health.html edhelper.com/Health http://www.edhelper.com/Health.htm Education World/PE and Health Center http://www.education-world.com/pe_health/ Educator's Reference Desk/Health http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health Educator's Reference Desk/Physical Education http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Physical_Education Health, Nutrition, & PE Lesson Plans http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edpe.htm Lesson Plan Central/Health http://www.lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Health/ Lesson Plan Central/PE http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Physical_Education/ Lesson Planet/Health http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Health LessonPlansPage/PE & Health http://www.lessonplanspage.com/PE.htm Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/health/index.asp PE Central Lesson Plans http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html Physical Education Lesson Plans Page http://members.tripod.com/~pazz/lesson.html TEACHnology/Health http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ TEACHnology/PE http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/physical_ed/

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