Teacher Resources
PBS LearningMedia - a free online resource that provides educators with instant access to thousands of digital resources, including videos, audio, photos, in-depth lesson plans, and interactives perfect for the whiteboard. Resources are arranged by subject area.
Thinkfinity - Verizon Thinkfinity offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by respected organizations in each academic subject and literacy. The easy-to-navigate K-12 resources are grade-specific and are aligned with state standards.
Science NetLinks - a wealth of standards-aligned resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans, interactives and reviewed Internet resources
Smithsonian Education - gateway to the Smithsonian's art, history, science and cultural resources--websites, lesson plans and activity sheets which are searchable by keyword, grade level, subject matter, and alignment to all national and individual state standards
Mosaic Teaching Tools - good resources for different reading strategies
EduHound - classroom teaching tools, lesson plans, clipart for educators, collections of topic-based online education resources
Discovery Education - free resource for educators that provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes
Education World - serves as a search engine where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet. Includes lesson plans, easy ideas for integrating the Internet into the classroom, and other practical information for teachers
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth
Kansas Education Resource Center (KERC) - tools for teachers to use in aligning classroom instruction and assessment to Kansas’ academic standards
Smoky Hill Education Service Center - organized July 1, 1990. It is a consortium of 65 school districts in a 25 county area, formed to cooperatively provide an array of educational services to its participating members in a more cost efficient and beneficial manner
Kansas State Department of Education
Learning Page - a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials you can download and print, including lesson plans, books, worksheets and more.
StatPlanet - an advanced interactive data visualization and mapping tool. You can enter your own set of demographic information on maps and learn about the demography & population, economy & development, education, environment & energy, gender and health of world nations.