STaRchart - Teacher Login page
123webmaster.com - claims to have collected the largest toolbox of FREE webmaster resources that can be found on the planetAAAKnow Math - Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills, Interactive Practice on every page, An Explanation of the math topic on each page, Several Challenge Games on every page, & Math Problems are randomly created. Grade levels K-8.
A+ Math - site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Visit their game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test your math skills with their Flashcards! Now you can create and print your own set of flashcards online. Try out the Flashcard Creator. Also see the new Worksheets section, where you can print worksheets to practice offline. Try the Homework Helper to check your homework solutions
African American History Challenge - an interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of African American History
Alex's Free Paper Airplanes - a site that teaches one how to build paper airplanes, paper helicopters and gliders.
ALICE - Active Learning In Chemistry Education - Students can become more active learners by using a unique program of studies in first-year high school chemistry which is available to your school FREE of charge! The course material can be printed, photocopied, and given to students one chapter at a time. Each chapter of ALICE includes material to read, questions to answer, problems to solve, and laboratory activities to perform. The questions, problems, and laboratory activities are distributed throughout each chapter. Students write their responses directly on their copies, and when they finish the course, they take their own personalized copy of ALICE home with them!
Animated Gifs - a variety of free animated gifs for your web site
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - A comprehensive approach to learning supports the development of the whole child, who is healthy, knowledgeable, motivated, and engaged.
A to Z Lesson Plans - a collection of lesson plans submitted by teachers
Brain Teasers from FitzWeb - a site with several brainteasers for students of all ages.
Busy Teacher's Website - astronomy, geology, social studies, interactive web projects, and other links
Chemistry Multimedia - contains a downloadable collection of quicktime movies of chemical animations such as catalytic reactions and 3-D molecules including bond formations and chemical structures.
Cinco de Mayo - a resource page about the date of great importance for the Mexican and Chicano communities
Classroom Connect - the one-stop place for teachers to share ideas, find colleagues, and get the most out of the Internet
Classrom Connect's A+ Web Links - the title says it all
Clip Art for Web Sites - TASK FORCE Clip Art is a site that contains numerous free Clip Art images for Web builders in both the Macintosh and Windows format.
Consortium for School Networking - The premier voice in education technology leadership
CNN Interactive - up to the minute news from CNN
Complete Resource for all Web Builders - site offers more than 3,000 resources for Web builders including free clip art, CGI, counters, fonts, html, java, animation, backgroinds, icons, wysiwyg editors, buttons, photographs and much more
Computer Science 92 Educational Software - Educational Software Seminar at Brown University creates a variety of educational programs available free to schools. Visit the site to see a listing of the programs that are available for downloading
Curriculum Integration URLs - extensive list of websites with ideas for using the Internet in the classroom; also contains sites about searching, evaluating, and copyright
Discovery Channel School - homepage for the Discovery Channel; includes links to learning activities and a way to search Discovery's resources
Educast - Knowledge Adventure has announced that a new version of Educast, a free Internet based service for K-12 teachers, will be available in time for back-to-school this fall. This major upgrade to the original Educast will offer 11 channels of education information, including a new "Science Gallery" channel, featuring news and lesson ideas for teachers of grades K to 12 science. Focusing on science for primary, elementary, middle and high school levels
Education 4 Kids - an Internet resource for students to practice their skills
Education Resources - lesson plans and activities
Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) - ESC (Educational Software Cooperative) is a non-profit corporation bringing together developers, publishers, distributors and users of educational software. You will find free downloadable software at this site.
Education Week - The Web's authoritative source on K-12 education has been rebuilt to make it easier to tap into the wide range of resources, from the latest news to an extensive database of state indicators to the top jobs for educators.
Education World - "Where Educators Go To Learn" - weekly features including lesson plans
edUniverse.com - edUniverse has over 2000 science and technology lesson plans for various grade levels online
Elated Web Toolbox - contains free webtemplates, animations, web buttons, photoshop tips, and much more
Electronic Emissary - teams of volunteer teachers, learners, and assistants exploring telementoring projects and techniques together
Encyclopedia Britannica - with membership through the Texas Library Connection, teachers and students have access to the entire encyclopedia on-line; also contains best websites selected by their editors
Eric Database Resources - Both online and printed resources to help teachers get the most our of the Eric Database
Exploratorium - on-line version of San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Website sponsored by the Federal Government in conjuntion with many partner agencies devoted to bringing free educational materials to educators and students
File Mine - Lots and lots of free software for all platforms can be found at this site. There is a search engine to help you find the software you want on the platform you need
First Books Library - site allows one to download and preview over 1,300 virtual books, hundreds of which are free
Free Pint - is a regular free email newsletter with tips and articles on using the Web more effectively. Information professionals give advice on searching and review quality Web sites. A lot of this information is not available elsewhere
Free Worksheets (School Express) - site from School Express contains free worksheets in several curriculum areas including math and science. Additional worksheets are added weekly
FreeWorkSheets.com - 2000+ free worksheets on this website and they continue to add worksheets on a regular basis. A variety of subject areas are represented including math and science. The Free Worksheets on this site are for anyone to use. Teachers can make as many copies as they need
FunBrain - a site that allows teachers to create quizzes and has a variety of problems and games in several curriculum areas
Funderstanding - information about learning theories
Games, Puzzles, Quizzes, Tests - site contains numerous games, puzzles, quizzes and tests. From the site you can create your own or use resources on the Internet
Gateway to Educational Materials - vast database of educational resources from the U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Education. You can search or browser by subject or keywords
Geomview:3D Visualization Software - is free software designed for manipulating and viewing 3 dimensional objects. Instruction manual, support and a tutorial are all available and can be downloaded at the site
Global Trends - enables teachers to quickly access useful and free visual aids for social studies instruction. The site offers a wide variety of charts and graphs in the following subject areas: Population, Health, Food and Agriculture, Women, Children, Economic Development, Climate and Environment, and Social Indicators. Most visual aids can be downloaded, and teachers are welcome to submit requests for specific graphs not currently available at the site
Government Education Resources - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) is an incredible collection of US government educational resources
Grades 1-6 Lessons - Scholastic.com has a variety of lessons that can be printed and reproduced for your class
Guide to Grants - US Dept. of Education's Guide to Educational Programs
Health Information Network Materials - National Educational Association's Health Information Network offers free health and safety booklets for educators
Heritage On-Line - K-12 List of resources, including listservs, on-line museums, lesson plan resources, on-line projects, and more
History Channel - The History Channel will send you teaching materials and they also have resources online
Houston Museum of Natural Science - info on upcoming IMAX features, the Cockrell Butterly Center, a virtual tour, and more
Integrating Information Technology for the Classroom - lots of information and help for educators that want to integrate computers with their courses
Internet Educational Workbook - provides a large mathematics database which is useful for practicing and sharpening various skills for the student in Kindergarten through grade 6. This workbook is designed for use both in the classroom and at home
Internet Public Library - the first public library on the Internet put together by librarians
Journey North - a global study of wildlife migration
J-Track and J-Track 3D - are Java applets created by the Mission Operations Laboratory of NASA to track and display, in real-time, orbits and other information about satellites circling the Earth. The programs are free to use and work on almost any platform supporting Java
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - extensive collection of resources useful to enhancing curriculum and professional development
Learning with Mysteries - MysteryNet has online lesson plans and ideas to help you use mysteries to teach and motivate students
LearningPage.com - free professionally produced downloadable worksheets, activities and lesson plans for the elementary school level
Magic Mazes at CONK! - provides a variety of free mazes for students to work
MapMachine - from National Geographic is a free map service. The site allows searches of locations anywhere in the world and then produces the map. It has zoom in features and allows one to make printable versions
Maps of Soviet-Designed Reactors - show the reactor sites and reactor types in use by each of the countries. Each map has a gif preview for veiwing in your browser, and a large tif format file for high quality printing
MapQuest - Explore the world with MapQuest. Options available include maps, driving directions, plan a trip-TravelPlan USA and much more
Math Forum - their goal is to build an online community of teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education
Math Freeware - site has several free math programs for windows based machines. Each program has a complete discription and you can download them directly from the site
Mathematics Education Resource Page - webpage links to a variety of different resources for teaching and free distributable software links
Math Worksheets - 100 free math worksheets available for downloading. They are primarily elementary level sheets
McGraw-Hill - free resources for teachers from the publishing company
Microsoft Lesson Connection - Microsoft provides a service that allows you to search a large database of lesson plans and resources
Mid Central Regional Education Laboratory - Learn from leading-edge research and innovation how to lead successful learning today and anticipate what the future may hold for learning tomorrow
Middle Schools - information from middleschool.com...real, virtual, and on the web
MiddleWeb - explores the challenges of middle school reform, and is full of resources for educators and parents!
Milken Educator Virtual Workspace (MEVW) - the Milken Family Foundationís collaborative on-line teaching and learning software, is available for free to educators, students, and members of the education community worldwide.The MEVW allows people to use the medium of the World Wide Web to create and participate with each other in collaborative on-line learning communities
Modern Education Resource Center - provides in-service educators with videos and other classroom materials free of charge.
Mrs. ABC - online interactive spelling, phonics and more. Designed for kids age 7 - 9
National Geographic - includes a section just for kids as well as schedules for television specials, archives, trivia, and impressive photography
NASA Lewis Research Center--Learning Technologies - site offers programs for teachers, proficiency-building skills, free software, teacher projects, aeronautics resources and more
National Academy Press - contains over 1,000 full text versions of recent, new and prepublished science and mathematics works
National Association of Elementary School Principals - The mission of the NAESP is to lead in the advocacy and support for elementary and middle level principals and other education leaders in their commitment to all children.
National Association of Secondary School Principals - NASSP has assembled three task forces charged with addressing issues that impact middle level and high schools in the areas of NCLB reauthorization, principal preparation, and urban education.
National Center for Policy Analysis - The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.
National Education Association - The National Education Association (NEA) is the nation's largest professional employee organization and is committed to advancing the cause of public education.
National Middle School Association - NMSA is the only national education association dedicated exclusively to the growth of middle level education.
National School Board Association - NSBA is a federation of state school boards associations.
National Staff Development Council - The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is the largest non-profit professional association committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement.
Newspapers Online - comprehensive list of newspapers that are on the Internet
North Central Regional Education Laboratory - NCREL is dedicated to providing high-quality, research-based resources to educators and policymakers in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
NorthWest Regional Education Laboratory - The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business, and labor.
NystromNet for Teachers - links to teaching tips, resources, lesson plans, and free stuff for Social Studies teachers
OIT Shareware Distribution - site from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides many free utility programs for all computer platforms
PCSCC Math and Chemistry Software - PCSCC supplies tools for Oracle RDBMS (databases), PowerBuilder Applications for Oracle and math software for business, engineering and science applications. Its webwide popular AstroFormualCalculator can serve as a robust desktop popup for fast and smooth numerical functions. See a listing of their totally free shareware products at the site
Personal Educational Press - create and print flash cards, game boards and other educational aids for free
PictureWorks MediaCenter - MediaCenter is a FREE imaging application that lets you manage all your multimedia files with a complete set of tools. You can quickly and easily download, organize, enhance and publish your pictures to the Internet within one integrated interface
PlaneMath - a place to learn cool things about math and aeronautics!
Preston Online - has a variety of worksheets you can download and open in a word-processing program
Primary Drug Education Materials - First Grade Plus offers a free program to help K-3 teachers present an anti drug message
ProQuest Direct - with membership through the Texas Library Connection, teachers and students can search this database of magazine, journal, and newspaper articles full of excellent resources for classroom use (login and password required)
ProTeacher! - the web's little secret for elementary school teachers, includes lesson plans, news, reference section
Quadratica - a free simple program designed to solve for the x variable in quadratic equations. It is also capable of solving systems of equations. If you do a lot of algebra or just want to check out a simple mathematics program, Quadratica will provide algebraic assistance
QuickTime & QTVR Download Page - QuickTime is the Apple technology that makes video, sound, music, 3D and virtual reality come alive for Macintosh and Windows. Download the latest versions at the Web site
RHL School - a place to get hundreds of free quality worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review. The site also contains a list of free materials
San Diego Zoo - detailed description of zoo programs and activities, as well as animal pictures and educational games
Science and Math Initiative (SAMI) - a clearing house of resources, funding, and curriculum for rural math and science teachers
Science Instruction Resources - A Physics teacher's web page offers freeware as science instruction resources. Download Multi-Media as QuickTime movies, QuickBASIC programs, HyperCard stacks, LabVIEW 2 VI's, etc.. Online lessons (some bilingual) in optics are included, too
ScienceMaster - you can take a trip into space, explore the earth and its volcanos or read about the latest news in brain research. If you like pictures of cool things, you can download pictures from our learning galleries. For teachers we have science resources ready for the classroom. We have free stuff for teachers and kids to download and screen savers of amazing earth and space pictures from NASA
Search and Evaluate: Using the World Wide Web for Instruction- a tutorial for developing better search skills and methods for evaluating what you find
Sliding Block Puzzle Page - an interactive site with numerous puzzles to solve
Smithsonian Institution - on-line version of the Smithsonian with a hefty list of resources
SouthWest Educational Development Laboratory - The SEDL is a private, not-for-profit educational research and development corporation based in Austin, Texas
Space Coloring Book - contains several pictures from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration such as: the Space Shuttle, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Lunar Rover, the National Aerospace Plane, and the X-29 Forward-Swept Wing Aircraft, to be used in the elementary school for coloring.
Special and Gifted Education - large collection of links covering assistive technology, speech therapy, gifted education, and more
Stock Simulation - Market Stimulation will teach you the market basics before you conquer Wall Street. Here you are given $10,000 of fantasy money to invest in the stock market or mutual funds without risking a dime of your own. They bring Wall Street to your classroom free of charge. Teachers will find Market Stimulation an exciting hands-on tool that accommodates group accounts in which students can compete while learning about the investment process.
Study Skills Resources - articles for determing learning styles, dealing with test anxiety, and learning better test-taking strategies
Study Web - calls itself the "The Learning Portal" - a collection of over 97,000 research quality URLs
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator - Make your own here at SuperKids for free! Simply select the type of problem, the maximum and minimum numbers to be used in the problems, then click on the button! A worksheet will be created to your specifications, ready to be printed for use
Syllabus Magazine - teachers can order a free one year subscription to this magazine which covers technology in education
TAAS Practice - interactive TAAS tests and end-of-course exams
TCET Curriculum Sites List - categories include arts, economics, ESL, and much more
TeachersFirst - offers a wide range on online lesson plans and resources for K-12
Teachers Helping Teachers - cool resources collected by teachers
Teachers Lounge: K-12 Resources - claims to have "The Best Resources on the Internet for Teachers"
Teachers.Net - the ultimate teacher's resource
TeachWeb - Internet Resources for K-12 Educators - an annotated directory of lesson plans, resources, news, and organizations for K-12 teachers
TENET Jumpstart - The Texas Education Network (TENET) was established in August 1991. It was authorized by the 71st Texas Legislature and developed by the collaborative efforts of the Department of Information Resources, the Texas Education Agency, and The University of Texas at Austin. Its purpose was to advance and promote education in Texas by providing a communications infrastructure which can be used to foster innovation and educational excellence in Texas.
Texas Association of School Administrators - The mission of the Texas Association of School Administrators is to promote, provide, and develop leadership that champions educational excellence.
Texas Association of School Boards -
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals - The Texas Association of Secondary School Principals is an association formed by and for over 5000 campus level administrators. Established in 1922, its purpose is to build an active network of educators that want to take responsibility for the quality of school leadership.
Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education - Promotes proactive leadership for special educators throughout Texas
Texas Counseling Association - The Texas Counseling Association is an association of professional counselors that provides leadership, service and advocacy and that promotes education and ethical standards.
Texas Education Association - The mission of the Texas Education Agency is to provide leadership, guidance, and resources to help schools meet the educational needs of all students.
TexasISD - The Homepage for Texas School Officials
Texas Middle School Association - the largest association in the state dedicated to mid-level students and educators.
The Brain Station - maps, dictionaries, calculators, thesauri, and other links to reference sites
The New York Times Learning Network - (Grades 6-12) daily features with related lesson plans, "on this day," and daily news quizzes with links to articles that provide the answers
Tiger Map Services - site produces detailed maps of cities throughout the United States which can then be downloaded to your computer
Tutorial World - Tutorial World provides free worksheets and in the areas of math, science and english in grades K - 6
United States School Districts - This page provides an independent list of United States School Districts which have web servers and electronic mail addresses.
Universal Black Pages - complete source for black literature
U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Application Software - This software and related material (data and documentation) are made available by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to be used in the public interest and the advancement of science. You may, without any fee or cost, use, copy, modify, or distribute this software, and any derivative works thereof, and its supporting documentation, subject to the USGS software User's Rights Notice
Virtual Lab - Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides a virtual lab for teachers and students to examine heart patients, probe the nervous system, assay antibodies, learn how an electrocardiogram works, a kidney functions and more
Virtual Library of WWW Development - A comprehensive illustrated encyclopedia of web technology, The Web Developer's Virtual Library is a well-organised goldmine of tutorials, examples, and links to great resources. It's for webmasters and Internet developers who are creating web sites with HTML, CGI, Java, JavaScript, graphics, VRML, multimedia, animation, etc
WebMath Interactive Math Solver - this site is wonderful for anyone from the mathematically challenged to math wizards. A nice variety of online interactive problem solvers are available
Weather Dude - Nick Walker from the Weather Channel is the Weather Dude with info for kids, parents, and teachers
WideHorizon - has two World History lessons online and offer a monthly newsletter with new lessons every month
World Lecture Hall - contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials