Teacher Resources

Differentiation

Below are teaching resources related to differentiating for the gifted. 

 Tiered Curriculum Project- Tiered Lesson plans from Kindergarten to twelfth grade in math and science (tier 3 advanced learners)- https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/tiered-curriculum-project/

Differentiation Central-https://differentiationcentral.com/

Differentiation Defined- http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/spring98/sprng985.html

Curriculum Differentiation for the Gifted- Sample differentiated lesson strategies. https://www.giftedpage.org/differentiation-for-gifted/

Teacher Resources

Below is a collection of a wide variety of high-quality teaching materials useful for the enrichment or differentiation of lesson plans.  

Math

Center for Innovation in Mathematics in Teaching-Excellent resources for teaching mathematics. https://www.cimt.org.uk/menus/resources.htm

Illuminations from NCTM-  Excellent standards based lesson plans and unit plans http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Comprehensive School Mathematics Program Preservation- Problems, lesson and activities that extend mathematics instruction. http://stern.buffalostate.edu/

University of Minnesota Calculus Initiative http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init

 MATHmaniaCS- A wide range of math enrichment activities focusing on discrete math and computer science.

http://www.mathmaniacs.org/

Science

NASA For Educators http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html

Science Teacher Resources http://www.flinnsci.com/resources.asp

NASA Quest- Mission based interactions and activities for students, plus resources for teachers.http://quest.nasa.gov/

Science Net Links- Teaching resources http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

 Access Excellence- Virtual Dissections, labs and experiments http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.php

 Access Excellence- Virtual Science Mysteries http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/

Advanced Light Sources- Hands on activities and lesson plans in electricity, magnetism and polorized light

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/teachers/teacherpack.html

Young Epidemiology Scholars- High School Units for teachers. http://yes.collegeboard.org/

 Science Snacks- tons of great experiments   http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/

 Forensics in the Classroom http://www.trutv.com/shows/forensic_files/index.html

 Water on the Web- Students will understand real world environmental problems in these units, and try to solve them using technology. http://www.waterontheweb.org/

 Detectives in the Classroom-  A middle School and High School epidemiology curriculum.   http://www.montclair.edu/Detectives/

Social Studies

C-SPAN- Free Primary Source Materials  http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

EconED Link-  Economic and personal finance teaching resourceshttp://www.econedlink.org/

 National Geographic Lesson Plans http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/

New York Times Learning Network- Lesson plans for 3rd-12th grade teachers in Social Studies and Science

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

 Oddysey Online- Students will explore ancience cultures of Egypt, Rome, Africa and more with these teaching resources.

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html

Language Arts

Read Write Think- Excellent lesson plans, including some great critical thinking lesson plans! http://www.readwritethink.org/

 Teacher @ Random- Book discussion guides for teachers from Random House Publishing.http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/

 Arts and Humanities

The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx

Crayola Lesson Plans- Lesson plans that integrate the arts http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/

EDISTEment: The best of the humanities on the web http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Inside Art- A unique web adventure for students featuring paintings by Van Gogh. http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/

 Color Mixing: Activities for art teachers http://www.exploratorium.edu/wsw/projects/color_mixing_lab/index.html

 Creative Resources for Art Teachers From the Denver Art Museum http://creativity.denverartmuseum.org/?gclid=CPSIz9johqwCFcLt7QodpT9J9A

General Resources

 Label Me!  Printouts Http://www.enchantedlearning.com/label/

Hands on Learning from M.I.T. http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/

Microsoft in Education- Lots of hands-on lesson plans in all subject areas, K-12 http://www.microsoft.com/Education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/index.aspx

OpenLearn- The Open Universityhttp://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

 Scholastic Internet Field Trips http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/

Interactives- Provides educators with interactive activities that can enhance student learning

http://www.learner.org/interactives/

Global SchoolNet- International collaborative learning network http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm

PBS Teachers- Resources and more! http://www.pbs.org/teachers