Resources to Support Learning in the 6-8 Classroom

Use MarcoPolo to search for lessons and resources for your classroom. Subscribe to their monthly newsletter to have new ideas delivered monthly to you via email. New lessons and resources are posted regularly.

This web site is part of the Internet4Classrooms (I4C) site that focuses on helping teachers use the Internet effectively. This site offers "Questions of the Day" in a variety of content areas. It also includes quotations, brain teasers, and analogies. 

Internet scavenger hunts are a way for students to practice problem solving, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and learn how to search the Internet. Check out these Cyber Hunts to find one that complements your lesson.

WebQuests provide an authentic, technology-rich environment for problem solving, information processing, and collaboration. This inquiry-based approach to learning involves students in a wide range of activities that make good use of Internet-based resources. Use this web site to learn to evaluate and locate good WebQuests.

Check out this page for a variety of resources for the middle school teacher.

E3 Electronic Field Trips are a dynamic combination of live, interactive broadcasts and online curriculum meeting national teaching standards developed by teachers and content experts. They inspire children to explore new learning concepts and consider expanded career possibilities.

Explore this web site to discover new ways to integrate technology in the middle school curriculum.

Teaching Through Technology Middle School Projects

Check this out for great new project ideas geared toward middle school curriculum and students.

This is a great link to many middle school age web links. 

The Virtual Middle School Library is a site maintained by Linda Bertland, a school librarian, that includes a variety of sites for Middle School age students.

4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. The site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.

This teacher created and maintained web site is a safe Internet gateway for kids. Content is ordered alphabetically or by subject area. Click on a topic to go to a list of web links for that topic. This is a great starting point for web-based research.

Technology Integration by Linda Burkhart

This site includes links to some interesting web quests, student Internet search strategies and tools, and links to a variety of online reference tools.

Citation Machine

Use this site to teach students how to create an accurate bibliography. The site includes an interactive web tool that generates an accurate citation in both MLA and APA formats.

KidsClick!, created by a group of librarians, is an excellent resource and starting point for guiding student research. Try using the Advanced Search to search for materials by reading level.

MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades.

Check out this MiddleWeb for lots of great resources for middle school teachers and get ideas for the first days of school.

Explore the QuizHub.org --  a free online interactive learning center for middle school students.

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Get new ideas for your writing instruction here. Site includes many lesson ideas, templates and more.

 Use this tool to create accurate and complete bibliographies in APA or MLA format.

 
Explore this site to learn more about the on-line resources that supplement the newly adopted Elements of Literature reading resources for grades 6-8.

Check out Word Central, part of Miriam-Webster Online. The "Daily Buzzword" offers a new word each day to teach your students. They also offer sites for educators.

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by getting your students to read, write and celebrate poetry. This site offers a wealth of activities and lesson plans you can implement in your classroom.

Great Web Sites for Kids:  Association of Library Service to Children

Check out Literature and Languages: Favorite Children's Stories for great links and ideas for expanding your teaching of a variety of books. This site offers a wealth of other web sites for teachers in a variety of content areas.

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Check out Waldo's Interactive Math web site which includes a variety of interactive activities for students.

Visit Action Math regularly to see step-by-step solutions to a variety of challenging word problems.

The Math Forum offers a variety of Internet resources for a variety of math topics/content areas. Check out the Internet projects links to find great ideas to integrate technology with your math curriculum.

This site contains math word problems for students and teachers classified by grade level from 5th to 12th Grade. THIS IS NOT A TEST, but a set of carefully selected problems which can help you improve your problem solving skills. Use the helpful hints link to assist as needed.

AAA Math has hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills, Interactive Practice, Explanations of a variety of math topics, several Challenge Games and randomly generated Math Problems. Check out the Grade Level pages to find specific content to compliment your curriculum.

The Sense & Dollars web site is an excellent resource for teaching teenager's about financial responsibilities. This site's  many interactive real-life situations about making and spending money can be easily integrated into your math lessons.

This is a great site to do all kinds of calculations

Virtual Manipulatives

This site includes an incredible collection of virtual manipulatives for students to interact with to discover and learn a variety of mathematics principles. Check out the Factor Tree in Number and Operations and Coin Toss in Data Analysis and Probability.

The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio. They think they're playing a game. You know they're learning economic and financial concepts they'll use for the rest of their lives.

About the Stock Market Game

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Windows to the Universe Lesson Plans and Activities for the Classroom

Find hands-on activities for your classroom that relate to Windows to the Universe content. Find activities about the solar system, Atmosphere and Weather, Geology and Geography, Climate, Oceans, and Life, Sun and Space Weather, Physics and Chemistry, and Special NASA curriculum.

Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system covering the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public. This site includes an array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets, that explore the Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science, exploration, and the human experience.

 Science News for Kids offers materials and resources for teachers, students and parents.

Science and Technology

Visit the Smithsonian's Science and Technology site for resources to support teaching and learning.

The Molecular Expressions website features photo galleries that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy. This site offers one of the Web's largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope. Check out The Secret Worlds: The Universe Within.

CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. Check out these interesting Real Time Data projects.
 

Looking for new and innovative science lessons? Check out this middle school science teachers site for lesson ideas, resources and lots of great ideas.

The Anniversary of Earth Day is April 22nd. Check out this site to locate news, lessons, resources, local events and activities on Earth Day to share with your students.

Explore with your students at The Exploratorium -- learn about the latest scientific discoveries, get current and historic weather data, or check out sports science and cooking science to engage students in fun and interesting science discoveries.

Visit CNN Student News to watch, listen, and read today's top stories and find classroom curriculum activities to use in your classroom.

Ben's Guide includes a wealth of information geared toward middle school students about the U.S. Government. This site includes information about the branches of government, how laws are made, historical documents, and much more.

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Find audio files of the Top 100 Speeches.

The Learning Page, a Library of Congress site, is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. It offers tips and tricks, definitions and rationale for using primary sources, activities, discussions, lesson plans and suggestions for using the collections in classroom curriculum. This site is incredible -- a must for Social Studies teachers!

The Center for Teaching History with Technology offers resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, games and quizzes that incorporate technology. Learn ways to integrate technology effectively into the classroom and see examples for United States History and World History courses.

Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum -- to students of all ages. Songs for Teaching contains thousands of pages for you to peruse -- many with lyrics, sound clips, and teaching suggestions. The top educational pros offer practical suggestions based on the latest in brain-based learning. Innovative teachers share their classroom pointers and extension activities using children's music.

Use this site for lots of articles on current events and special events in history. Check out Today's Front Pages to read the front pages of over 450 newspapers from 46 countries. Links to both Political and Editorial cartoons are included as well.

Check out "This Day in History" to learn about historical events that happened on this date or search for a particular date. Go to "The History Channel Classroom" to locate incredible resources to use with your students. Send away for a free idea book for more ideas on how to utilize this web site in your classroom.

EDSITEment offers a variety of online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom. Check out these incredible online lessons and resources.

LawForKids.org

This is an excellent resource when teaching about government and law-making. There are lots of resources for both teachers and students. Students can easily contact local representatives to voice their opinions.

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Last updated on Sunday October 14, 2007