Lesson Plans:
Hotchalk Lesson Plans
Search over 4,000 free lesson plans created by teachers.
Resources are aligned to Common Core and national standards and include videos and interactive activities, as well as audio, documents, and in-depth lesson plans. Free for PreK-12 educators.
StudyStack
This is a flashcard sharing site for students and teachers. They offer a variety of ways for users to study the information.
TED Ed
TED Ed offers a library of lessons built around educational videos.
Wolfram Education Portal
Wolfram Education Portal is a free to use online tool that helps teachers with the math courses they are teaching. Among the many tools offered by the Education Portal, teachers will find an eTextbook, a lesson plan, demonstration tools such as graphs, and widgets such as calculators to solve questions quickly.
Images:
These days it is very easy for students to copy and paste images from the web. In order to stay within copyright guidelines, have them search for Creative Commons images with permissions to reuse. You can search at the
Creative Common website, or through Google Images. In Google Images, type in a key word. Go to Advanced Search and narrow results by usage rights. This will ensure that students are not using images without permission.
Common Core Resources:
Achieve the Core
This website is full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core State Standards. It has hundreds of math and literacy resources for teachers.
Commons Open Educational Resources
Share Common Core Resources
EduCore
Tools for Teaching the Common Core.
Get to the Core Webinar Series
Free and archived webinars on all things Common Core.
Learn Zillion
Thousands of resources to explain the standards.
MasteryConnect
A site similar to Pinterest where educators can discover resources and assessments, and engage with teachers in the learning community.
Share My Lesson
Find and share teacher resources for K-12 teachers and engage with the largest online community of educators in the world.
Teaching Channel
This is a video showcase of innovative and effective teaching practices in America's schools.