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Resources for Curriculum Development

Looking for curriculum support on the Web? There are hundreds of recourses designed for teaching various subjects at different levels. There are many more Websites than we have identified. If you have a favorite Website you would like to share with your colleagues, please contact us at ties@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu .

Compact for Reading: Established by legislation, A Compact for Reading is a written agreement among families, teachers, principals, and students to work together to help improve the reading skills of kindergarten through 3 rd grade children. A joint effort of the Education Department, The Corporation for National Service, the American Library Association, Pizza Hut, and the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education, this site offers materials designed to set reading goals and provide some four hundred learning activities. Each of the four grade-specific kits contains 100 activities, organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to that grade. Get your kids to read and win free pizzas.
Spaghetti Book Club: The Spaghetti Book Club web site is a place for kids who are fond of reading and talking about books. It is the largest site of book reviews written and illustrated by kids for kids. The Spaghetti Book Club was created as a way to support and encourage kids' love for reading. Give kids get an opportunity to connect, on a personal level, with the books they are reading and then share their reactions, thoughts, and opinions with their family members, friends, and kids around the world. This is a good resource for initiating younger kids into the area of story telling and/or story writing.

Elementary Mathematics

Secondary Language Arts

Dr. Joyce Morris’ Internet and Language Arts: Dr. Morris’ secondary language arts resources include reading, writing, discussion, journalism, drama and poetry, as well as links to other related organizations and projects.
Language Arts Lesson Plans and Resources: This page contains links to lesson plans and resources for teaching reading, spelling, writing, journalism, communication, debate, and drama.

Secondary Mathematics

Internet4classrooms’ Secondary Math Resources: This site provides many links to other math resources organized by alphabetic orders. It’s a favorable website for teachers.

Secondary History

Smithsonian Education Resources: An elegant web site hosted by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. It is a great tool for facilitating inquiry-based learning with primary resources and museum collections. Teachers and group leaders can check the field trip link to find the Smithsonian museum or facility that meets their learning objectives. This site is a must for all those who want to integrate archaeology with education.

Secondary Science

Explore Science: Students will have far too much fun at this site to realize how much they are learning. University of Michigan physics instructor Raman Pfaff designed Explore Science, a site that features 34 Macromedia Shockwave interactive learning modules in the areas of mechanics, electricity & magnetism, life science, waves, optics, and astronomy. It has some captivating interactive science sections. Users are challenged to "reverse the field," and attempt to type a simple phrase when the mouse acts in a funny fashion. A two dimensional collision demonstration allows users to change such parameters as mass, initial velocity and table angle. Mr. Pfaff adds a deft and light instructional touch to make all the modules entertaining. Happy exploring!
Whyfiles: This web site looks at the 'science behind the news.' It quells the misconception of science being just a laboratory subject. Offering scientific explanations for day to day happenings, it portrays science as an important human endeavor conducted by ordinary people. Visit this site and explore the whys!

Secondary Social Studies

Dr. Marty Levine’s lesson Plans and Resources: Lesson plans and resources gathered by Dr. Levine from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful.
National Council for the Social Studies: National Council for the Social Studies is for all social studies educators. In our Classroom section, it fills with information you can use in your classroom, from resources and lesson plans to curriculum standards. In the Profession section, you'll find information you can use to strengthen your career as an educator. Pages here include professional development listings, teacher standards, awards and grants, and the council’s annual conference.

Last updated on February 3, 2009

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