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Lesson plan

A plan for helping students learn a particular set of skills, knowledge, or habits of mind. Often includes student activities as well as teaching ideas, instructional materials, and other resources. Is shorter (in duration) than, and often part of, a unit of instruction. Goals and outcomes are focused.

• 21st Century Information Fluency Portal Lesson Plans
  Teacher authored, standards-aligned lesson plans and action research for implementing information literacy in elementary, middle and high school. Standards-aligned lesson plans were authored by participants in classes and workshops.
• Amusement Park Physics
  This interactive exhibit, part of the Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection, explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Activities in the exhibit invite visitors to design a roller coaster and determine the outcomes of bumper car collisions.
• Appetizers and Lessons for Mathematics and Reason
  A huge collection of activities, study tips, video clips and on-line books designed to develop skills in mathematics and reasoning.
• AskAsia: Instructional Resources
  AskAsia's instructional resources section features a rich collection of readings, lesson plans, and many other teaching aids developed by educators and scholars. Interdisciplinary lessons are grouped by country.
• Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory
  Awesome Library organizes 16,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It includes a search engine.
• Best of History Web Sites
  This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included.
• Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators
  Black Wings, an on-line Smithsonian exhibit, tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame obstacles to break into aviation.
• Classroom Corner: Productivity in the Classroom
  This site contains lessons and activities designed to help elementary, middle and high school students use new technologies for learning.
• Collaborative Lesson Archive
  A web site repository devoted to the creation and collaboration of educational lessons and curriculum. Search by grade level and submit lessons.
• Dewey Browse
  The Dewey Browse contains web sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System, for K-12 Curriculum Resources.
• DNA from the beginning
  An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity. Includes sections on classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control.
• EconEdLink
  EconEdLink is a program of the National Council on Economic Education. Centered on curriculum standards and based on the essential principles of economics, EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
• Economic Education from Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
  Designed to support the teaching of economic concepts, site includes curriculum materials, information about teacher workshops and conferences and a virtual tour of the Money Museum.
• Economics Resources for K-12 Teachers
  Extensive curricular materials to support teaching economic concepts. Includes fundamental concepts by grade level; on-line lessons and activities; Standards alignment; and suggestions for creating web lessons.
• EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web
  The purpose of EDSITEment is to offer a gateway for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. EDSITEment is the product of a partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, WorldCom Foundation and the National Trust for the Humanities.
• Educational Resources on Asia
  Educational Resources on AsiaThis site provides resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. These include reference works, online periodicals, educational films and suppliers, K-12 curriculum materials and vendors, full-text of significant historical documents (primarily constitutional), as well as demographic, economic, educational, and political statistics.
• EduPuppy.com - Everything for Early Childhood Education Preschool - Grade 2
  Designed to assist early childhood professionals, links to resources are grouped into categories that include subjects, software, projects, role groups, etc.
• Encarta Schoolhouse
  Encarta SchoolhouseThis MSN Encarta site offers resources for teachers, including lesson plans, educational sites, and educational technologies.
• Exploratorium Web Science Workshop
  By clicking the links below, you will find a variety of on-line "Web Lessons.""Web Lessons" are activities intended to help science teachers integrate the Web into their science curriculum. Since a "Web Lessons" may use dynamic content or require communication via the Internet, "Web Lessons" are best done during an active Internet session.
• Federal Reserve Bank Education
  The Bank's mission in education is to promote economic and financial literacy and a greater understanding of the role of the Federal Reserve System through the development of educational programs and instructional materials which promote active learning. Site inlcudes resources for teachers, and programs for students.
• Handheld
  HandheldComputer ActivitySuggestionsOrganizing and PlanningReferenceInformationData GatheringData Manipulation and DisplayIndividual LearningCommunicating and Collaboration.
• Homepage for New Math Teachers
  This homepage was created to give new math teachers ideas and suggestions to help with their teaching. Loaded with excellent math resources.
• Intel Education: It's A Wild Ride
  Follow three successful teachers as they plan, implement and assess an effective, technology-rich project related to designing a roller coaster ride.
• Intel Education: Unit & Project Plans
  Get ideas to engage students from unit and project plans developed by teachers in the Intel_ Teach to the Future program.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
• Lesson Plan Library
  Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Use the pull-down menus below to browse by subject, grade, or both.
• Lesson Plans
  Nine mathematics lessons that show the connection of math to the real world, especially the Building Trades.
• Lesson Plans from EDSITEment
  Humanities-related lessons organized by grade-level and topics (Literature and Language Arts; Foreign Language; Art and Culture; History and Social Studies).
• Looking At Ourselves and Others
  Developed by Peace Corps,this teacher guide contains lesson plans, activities and readings to introduce students to the concepts of diversity, culture and differences.
• NASA - MSU/Bozeman CERES Project
  Faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the nation have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy.
• National Institute for Community Innovations
  The mission of NICI is to foster local economic and social well-being through educational innovation. Contains resources related to equity, higher education, banks, business, K-12 schools, libraries, and technology.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives:Interactive Mathematics
  An extensive collection of Standards-based virtual math manipulatives with activities, organized by grade level and math topic.
• Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
  A lesson with activities designed to develop in students an appreciation of the diversity of Native American cultures.
• NCRTEC Teaching and Learning
  Specific strategies for infusing technology into teaching and learning. Resources and lesson plans.
• NET Database
  A comprehensive database of Lessons and Units designed to help students learn how to find, access, and assess information to address issues, some of which are yet to be defined. Database can be searched by lesson title, grade level, subject area and key words.
• NetDay Compass
  NetDayCompass is the first comprehensive education technology web site designed for technology decision-makers working in K-12 schools. The central feature of NetDayCompass is a directory of high-quality educational resources designed to help schools maximize technology investments.
• NSC Teacher Resources
  Science education programs aligned with National Science Standards, and supported by multiple formats and resource files for use in classrooms.
• Oregon Technology in Education Council (OTEC)
  A comprehensive site designed to improve Oregon's formal and informal education systems. Includes menu choices for news;ideas for integrating information technology into subject areas;preservice teacher education; continuing professional development; parents and children; school administrators;organizations;annotated references; and "Ask Dr.
• Palm Pages
  Hi-CE (Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan)present a collection of Palm applications for the classroom along with instructions for each.
• Paul Griffith's Middle School Math and Science Site
  Developed by a teacher, this site contains mathematics, science and technology resources and links for students, parents, teachers, and educators in general. All entries annotated.
• Project VIEW
  Project VIEW, a Federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant is led by the Schenectady City School District. This program is designed to open the classroom door so that students and teachers can engage in an array of learning opportunities by utilizing interactive education technology which accesses content-rich resources, activities and the exchange of ideas.
• Project WhistleStop - Harry S. Truman
  Project WhistleStop enables educators to work with the original source material of the Harry S Truman Presidential Library; to use technology and primary sources in project based learning experiences in the classroom; and to develop an on-line resource of original Truman Library documents, photographs, records, cartoons, and other archival material for student research projects.
• Science Is Fun
  The master of chemical demonstrations, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, shares the fun of science through home science activities, demonstration shows, videos, and books.
• Secondary School Educators Homepage
  Your secondary school educational gateway. Find lesson plans, share teaching techniques, discuss reform issues, find out about learning strategies or read about the latest happenings in education.
• Stock Market Game Worldwide
  The Stock Market Game is an education program for school kids, college students, and continuing education. SMG is the original game in USA since 1977.
• Teacher's Lab
  Teachers Lab; a place for teachers to explore new ideas in learning Science, and Math.
• Teaching with Historic Places: American Indian History
  To celebrate American Indian Heritage and generate public appreciation for diverse cultures, Teaching with Historic Places has posted on the web the following lesson plans that consider important aspects of American Indian history.
• The Braille Bug
  The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB--a national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life--addresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
• The Dirksen Congressional Center's Web Suite
  The Dirksen Congressional Center conducts programming in four areas: historical collections, research, education, and community service. Select from the list on the left to learn more about specific programs.
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  This collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.
• The Teachers Internet Use Guide
  This Web site helps teachers design, develop, and implement Internet-based lessons that are aligned with Texas state standards.
• Thirteen Ed Online
  Starting with tried-and-true lessons that work in the classroom, Web-savvy teachers have built Web-based activities that use the rich resources of Thirteen/WNET New York and the Internet.