Washington
State and Local Curriculum Internet Resources
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Provides bibliographies, helpful directory information, and program descriptions
on a wide variety of subjects, such as drug-free schools, literacy, child
and family, rural education, science and math, and Indian education.
- Office of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction for Washington State
Billed as "the Washington state gateway to K-12 education". Provides links
to curricular resources, federal and state legislative bodies concerned
with education, including activities of the Commission on Student Learning
and WWW servers at K-12 schools and universities nationwide. Also provides
access to other useful collections of educational sources on the Web.
- Washington State Teacher Certification
Website
Information on all issues related to Washington State Teacher certification:
including requirements, endorsements and fees.
National
and State Standards and Benchmarks Websites
- Content Knowledge:
A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education
This searchable database provides background and history to the development
of the national standards along with links to the standards themselves.
You can browse and search the standards by subject and grade level. Also
included are activities linked to the standards.
- Washington
State Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs)
The Essential Academic Learning Requirements are clear targets for students
and teachers across the state. The EALRS are the statewide academic standards
for the "basics"--reading, writing, communication, and mathematics, and
for science, history, geography, civics, economics, arts, and health & fitness.
- CMC/EBSS's
National Standards Website
Compiled by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory this page provides
links to standards for all major curriculum areas as well as papers that
discuss various aspects of the standards.
Government
Related Internet Resources
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
The Eisenhower National Clearing House is a great place for information
on Math & Science. Publications, Resources, hot links, lesson plans and
discussion groups are available. This is site is especially relevant for
the math and science educator. It is also a great site to search for ideas
on integrating science and math with other subject areas.
- ERIC
- Educational Resources Information Center
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
This site offers Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across
the U.S. Federal government are listed here. Historical documents, scientific
experiments, mathematical challenges, famous paintings, and other tools
for teachers & students are included. Resources can also be viewed in 12
subject areas.
- Gateway to Educational Materials
(GEM)
This searchable database offers to high quality lesson plans, curriculum
units and other education resources on the Internet. Sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education's National Library of Education, and is a special
project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology.
- U.S. Department of Education
This award-winning web site is part of our effort to pursue that mission
and help America reach the National Education Goals. It offers a range and
an ever-growing collection of information about the Department. Check out
special collections of information for parents, teachers and students. For
a quick orientation to the thousands of publications and files on this site,
take this guided tour of just a few of the many resources you will find
here. You may also want to visit our educational resources for Spanish speakers.
Lesson
Plans on the Internet
