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New! Walden Media has great things for teachers. You need to register first. Then you can enter contest, get teaching guides, etc. Right now if you register you can get a free Charolette's Web wall planning calendar with 5 reproducible lessons and a teaching guide for Because of Winn Dixie.
New! Great site to have books read aloud. Storyline from the Screen Actors' Guild. Listen and look as books are read aloud and the pages are turned. Hear Polar Express, Brave Irene and more.
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Handout for session-- this is from 2000, but still has good advice: http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/handoutfree.htm
Free Computers
Laptop Teacher Foundation
http://www.teacherlaptop.org/
In the process of getting sponsors to fund a laptop to computer to every teacher who registers. At this time high school teachers are not included.
Free Internet Access
This is an area that is changing. A month ago there were numerous free ISP's, now they are rare.
Address.com
http://www.address.com/ Requires monthly completion of offers
Avant Go
http://www.avantgo.com/frontdoor/index.html Aimed at PDA's and phones.
NoCharge
http://www.nocharge.com
Free ISP for the Northwest and also New England. No advertising!
Back to Top
Free Online Bookmark Storage
Backflip
http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml
Bookmark Commando
http://www.bookmarkcommando.com/
Bookmark Tracker
http://www.bookmarktracker.com/
I Keep Bookmarks
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/home.asp
My Bookmarks
http://www.mybookmarks.com
Free Software
Flags
http://familyeducation.com/software/0,1745,3-7136,00.html?ecu2
Flags is a designed to teach kids (and adults) world geography. The game is
an ideal research and teaching tool to quickly learn the names of capitals,
national flags, country location, neighbors, and much more.
Free CD Software -- you pay postage
http://www.free-cdsoftware.com/cgi-hazel
I've used this. The CD's come without the fancy packaging -- but they work.
Hot Potatoes
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
Create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence,
crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises. I've used this and it is easy to learn.
Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/
Educational games for PC and MAC listed in an easy to use format: by age, by type and by platform.
Screen Savers -- Brains
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/screens.html
Great for science classes.
Educational Freeware
http://freeware.intrastar.net/education.htm
Arts and Crafts -- for a new section on scrapbooking click here
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Barbie, Let’s Create
http://www.barbie.com/Activities/letscreate/
Bat Flip Book
http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/flip.html
Calendars to Print -- elementary
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/new_years/crafts.htm
Whale Flip Book
http://www.grmuseum.org/funstuff/whalebook/fun_whale.shtml
Ben & Jerry’s New England Village
http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/papercrafts/neweng_village.cfm
Book binding -- 5 stitch
http://world.std.com/~deanb/zgg/book_5st_1.html
Excellent directions to make and bind your own book.
Bookmaking Projects
http://www.makingbooks.com/projects.html
Bookmark Craft Projects
Cartoonster
http://www.cartoonster.com/
Animation tutorials
Crafts for Kids
Links to all kinds of crafting sites from About.Com
Craft Patterns
http://www.allcrafts.net/
Cross Stitch Pattern for Library Bookmark, Cute!
Cross Stitch Patterns from Jan Brett -- Very Cute!
http://www.janbrett.com/cross_stitch/cross_stitch_patterns_main_page.htm
Disney Printables and Activities
http://disney.go.com/park/channels/activities/today/flash/index.html
Drawing from www.drawbooks.com
http://www.drawbooks.com
Directions for drawing creatures from 4 different books. Included are: dolphin, ocotopus, shark, frog, bison, kangaroo, anteater, cheetah, macaw, toucan, camel, rattlesnake, tortoise, and a scorpion.
Flip Books -- snowman, Santa, autumn, motoring through the ages
http://www.rossonhousemuseum.org/body_optical_toys_-_flip_books.html
Five Stitch Book Binding -- free directions
http://www.zumgaligali.com/projects/bookbinding/book_5st_1.html
Free Cloth Doll Patterns
http://clothdollconnection.com/FreePatterns.html
A whole page of links to places you can download pattern for cloth dolls.
Subjects include animals, angels, and people. There are links to supplies
for the projects
Funny Face Flip Book -- from Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Funnyface.shtml
Garden Grow
http://www.gardengrow.com/info/Home/Cooking/Gifts_in_a_Jar/
I've always wanted to make one of those "cookie in a jar" gifts. Here is a great site with recipes. Great idea for homemade Christmas gifts. They also sell books to get even more of these great recipes.
Jan Brett's Project Page
http://www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm
Jan Brett's pages are amazing! My favorite!
Kids Domain Craft Exchange
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/index.html
Lesson Plans for Art Projects from SAX Arts and Crafts
https://www.saxarts.com/resources.jsp
Michaels Kids’ Club
http://www.michaels.com/online/departments/kidsclub/kids_club.htm
Origami
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/agb/Origami/Models/
Paper Airplane Resources
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/paper.htm --this wasn't working so I am trying the one below.
http://www.geocities.com/kblackbu/resource.html
Paper Zone
http://www.paperzone.com/corner.html
Free templates and craft ideas.
Patriotic Arts and Crafts
http://www.allcrafts.net/patriotic.htm
Pop-Up -- Joan Irvine, How to Make a Pop-Up
http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/howto.html
Stationery, Cards and more from Woman's Day Magazine
http://www.womansday.com/xp6/WomansDay/crafts.xml/0102/0102wd_stationery.xml
T-Rex -- Draw T-Rex
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/trex.html
Woodworking Plans
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/plans.html
Free Posters
Anti Tobacco Posters
http://www.quittobacco.com/posters/poster.htm
Boyd's Mill Press
http://www.boydsmillspress.com/Othermat.tpl
Watch for free posters... they come and go
CyberED INC. Free Science Posters and a CD
http://www.cybered.net/teachers-lounge/index.html
Disaster Action Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/freebie.htm
More than just posters.
Educational Rights of Homeless Children: Posters
http://www.serve.org/nche/legis.htm#posters
Food Web Poster
http://www.bigelow.org/foodweb/index.html
Fur Free Downloadable Posters
http://www.infurmation.com/eyewitness/download.htm
yes they are biased
Hobby Poster
http://www.i-craft.com/teachers/ Supplies limited
Kane/Miller Books
http://www.kanemiller.com/corp/freestuff.asp
Send a SASE and get posters, bookmarks, bumperstickers and more. Elementary.
Leafy Greens
http://www.leafy-greens.org/lessonplans.html
Use their lesson plan and get free bookcovers, a poster and more.
Motivational Posters from Print-a-Poster
http://www.print-a-poster.com/
True they are only 5x7, but if you really like them you can
buy bigger ones. This is a great size for story starters or smaller bulletin boards.
Navy Seal Poster
http://www.getfitnow.com/poster.htm
NIDA Mind over Matter... Drug free Posters
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol12N5/MOMTearoff.html
You have to contact them by snail mail, but the posters are colorful.
Plant Posters --Native Freshwater Plants and Invasive Non-Native Plants
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/welcome.html
Poster Gallery from Mitsubishi
http://www.mitsubishiwireless.com/index.fun.html
You have to download and print these, but the "Rat Race" one is pretty cool.
Poster Listing
http://www.webspawner.com/users/pumpkintwopost/
Science Posters
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/svl/posters/posts.html
Beautiful, full color posters include: The Human Genome, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Earth Anatomy, Cosmic Evolution, Vernal Pool Life, Scale and Size, and the Science of Change
Teaching Plastics
http://www.handsonplastics.com/
Water Resources Posters
http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html
Free Worksheets, Printables, Lesson Ideas and Support
ABC Teach
http://www.abcteach.com/
Shape books, forms, flashcards, themes. Lots for free, but consider an inexpensive subscription. Great site for elementary.
Activities: Gryphon House books
http://www.ghbooks.com
For Early Elementary activities, click on "Free Activities." It is in a big red sunburst in the upper right. There are LOTS of activities of all kinds that are taken out of books they sell on their site.
AtoZ Teacher Stuff
http://atozteacherstuff.com/printables/
Corn: Educational resources from Kansas
http://www.ksgrains.com/corn/edu.html
Dairy Council of California
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/edu/edu_prog_main.htm
Teacher materials for free. K-6 teachers can schedule the Mobile Dairy Classroom to come to their school for free.
Florida Dairy Council
http://www.floridadairycouncil.org/
Promotional items for Florida Teachers.
Dairy --Washington State Dairy Council
http://www.eatsmart.org/Resources/
PowerPoint lessons, sticker masters, games, etc.
Discipline Help
http://www.disciplinehelp.com/
Evan Moore Teaching Ideas -- Print outs
http://www.evan-moor.com/freeidea.htm
4 Tests
http://www.4tests.com/
Free Practice Tests
Free Worksheets from Improving Education.com
http://www.onlineworksheets.org/
Free Worksheets.com
http://www.freeworksheets.com
4500 free worksheets
Handouts for all levels
http://teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/printables/printables.html
also try http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6391.html
Honey bees and more from Capilano Honey
http://www.capilano.com.au
Laura Candler's File Cabinet
http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm
There are many activities here that Laura uses in her classroom. All are nicely organized in filecabinets. For about grade 4-5 but can easily be adapted.
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/education/
Variety of directions, tips, etc.
National Postal Museum's Free Educational Material
http://www.si.edu/postal/education/educationmaterials/ofedu.html
Pink Monkey
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/index2.asp
Pink Monkey has free book notes, practice tests and full-text classics
Potato Help
http://www.potatohelp.com/education/education.asp
poster, lessons, etc. about the potato
Project Based Learning Check Lists
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/
Quiz Star -- create an online Quiz
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Resume help from Monster.com
http://resume.monster.com/
RubiStar Rubric builder
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Sunkist Kids
http://www.sunkist.com/kids/
Look for the link to free lesson plans. There are also games and quizzes for kids. A "lemonaide stand" type of simulation is here too.
Teachnology -- Rubrics
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
Templates for Teachers
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/templatesteachers/
Web Worksheet Wizard
http://wizard.hprtec.org/
Worksheet Generator
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/
Easy to make all kinds of worksheets.
Free Graphic Organizers, Award Makers and Puzzles
Certificate Templates
http://www.hayespub.com/templates.html
They even have a free Nursery School Diploma!
Certificate Creator -- Look for the free sections in the new window that opens
http://www.certificatecreator.com/
Free Word Search Puzzles
From Pokemon to Beanie Babies. Look for link to free jigsaw puzzles.
These are from About.com
Graphic Organizers
http://www.freeology.com/graphicorgs/
Graphic Organizers from Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/
Graphic Organizers printables
http://teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/printables/graphics.html
Graphic Organizers from SCORE
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
JigZone
http://www.jigzone.com/
Try the 48 piece USA map. Free! Fun!
Puzzle Factory
http://www.thepuzzlefactory.com/
Fun sounds when you get the pieces in the right spot. 3 levels of difficulty
Puzzle House
http://www.puzzlehouse.com/_onlinepuzzles/onlinepuzzlesmain.htm
Look for what is free. This site would like you to buy the puzzles. Still... there is a lot for free too.
Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Now has a home at Discovery School.
Solve Puzzles
http://www.solvepuzzles.com/
Venn Diagram Creator
http://www.venndiagram.com/venn01.html
Language Arts, English and General Curriculum Materials
Activity Pages for preschool and early elementary
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/activity.html
Basic Handwriting -- exercises, patterns, etc. Look on the left side of the page for an index to click on.
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/
Book Plates at My Home Library
http://www.myhomelibrary.org/bookplates.html
Wow. Lots of color and black and white bookplates for use by teachers and kids for noncommerical use.
Children's Storybooks Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
This is a fun free site from Nickelodeon. Dora and Boots, Writing Practice Paper.
Dave Pilkey Website O Fun
http://www.pilkey.com/games.php
DLTK Publishing -- make a book
http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/halloween/
English Exercises Online
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/
Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com
Bookmarks, alphabets, masks, ecards, mobiles, finger puppets, and more.
A wonderful resource for teachers. Get your free Jan Brett pack
when you sign-up.
Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/
Try clicking on the Kids' Poetry Pages or try Play Online. These are like the kits you can buy to stick on your refrigerator or filing cabinet. Of course sets are for sale on the site.
Midge Frazel's Home Page
http://midgefrazel.net/index.html
Projects, activities, resources for teachers and librarians.
Mrs. Alphabet
http://www.mrsalphabet.com
Lots of activities for kids and information for teachers.
Most is for younger students. Lots of games to learn letters.
My Home Library.org Great bookplates for noncommerical use. Great site!
Teachers.Nick.com
http://teachers.nick.com/
From Nickelodeon, information for using their programming
in the classroom. Free lesson plans, etc.
Song Quotes from Rock Wisdom
http://www.rockwisdom.com/mainpage.htm
-- from Rock probably for older students
Starfall: Reading Site. Teachers can request free workbooks to teach reading skills. These are for K-2 teachers! Read the info carefully and only send for them it you are going to use these workbooks. There is special info for LD teachers. Class sets are available. At this time (Feb. 2003) shipping is also free. There are also games and other reading activities at this great site. http://www.starfall.com/
Typing Speed Check Test
http://www.learn2type.com/TypingTest
Check your typing speed online. I couldn't decide where to put this site! Sometimes the banner ads are questionable for younger students.
Voycabulary.com
http://www.voycabulary.com/
Any web site can be entered and then all the words can be linked to a dictionary.
Vocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/
Three Levels of difficulty. SAT and more.
Free Maps
Afghanistan Maps
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/afghanistan/maps.htm
Canada. Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/index.html
David Rumsey Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html
Large collection, perhaps a little hard to search for younger kids. Great resource for staff.
Map Quest
http://www.mapquest.com/
Maps in the mail -- not the easiest site to figure out, but look for an alphabetical table and check what state maps you can send for free. (Print maps)
http://www.freemap.com/free.htm
Maps -- from Harcourt
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/
Also has other free teaching material for reading, and more.
Military Maps
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/mapcollection.htm
Links to a wide variety of maps. List from the US Navy.
National Geographic Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
Outline Maps
http://www.scottforesman.com/educators/index.html
Blackline, outline maps ready to print. From Scott Foresman. Look in the lower right corner of the site.
Outline Maps Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/outline_sites.html
to all kinds of outline maps. Organized alphabetically.
United States Military Academy -- Department of History Maps
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/atlas%20home.htm
Wonderful military maps. From ancient warfare to the present.
Washington (State) Early Washington Maps
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html
Collection from Holland Library at Washington State University (go Cougs!)
Free Magazines And Newspapers
These are both print and online. Many magazines have some of their articles full text for free.
Consumer Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Converge
http://www.centerdigitaled.com/converge/
Crayon
http://www.crayon.net
Links to all newspapers and many magazines available on the Net. Create your own newspaper or use their list of links.
Education.com
http://www.education.com/home/index.jsp.
EdWeek.org
http://www.edweek.org/
Education's Online Newspaper
FDA Consumer
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/
Free full text articles on consumer issues.
Find Articles.com
http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/express-form.htm
Magazine for middle school. 60 copies free.
Informit.com
http://www.informit.com/
Lots of free information on technology and computer applications.
T.H.E. Journal.
http://www.thejournal.com/
Check the web site for information on how to get a free subscription
to this technology in education publication.
Learning Company free email newsletter
http://www.learningcompanyschool.com/school/resource/flyer.asp
The List of Free Computer Related Publications -- Hasn't been updated since '98
http://www.soci.niu.edu/~huguelet/TLOFCRP/
Mag Portal
http://www.magportal.com/
Medical Journals
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Online News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html
Full text transcripts back to 1996
Scholastic In School
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Ready to use lessons for grades 1-6. In fact, this site has tons
of free stuff for educators to use in their classrooms.
Yes, there is even info on Harry Potter!
Syllabus Magazine -- free for teachers
http://www.syllabus.com/
Teacher Magazine
http://www.teachermagazine.org/
Many of the articles are full text.
Math and Science
A#1 Teacher Resources: Mathematics K-12
http://infoline.officehiway.com/teacher_resources.htm
Well worth browsing. Lots of free things including a listing of CD's.
You pay 8.00 shipping.
Algebra Worksheet Generator
http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm
I admit, I know next to nothing about math. (I only learned percentages
so I could figure out the sale price!) However, this looks like a handy
tool for generating worksheets.
Bureau of Land Management: Teacher Resources
http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/teachers/activities.html
Butterfly Life Cycle Coloring Pages
http://www.mesc.nbs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/butterfly-coloring.shtml
Calculations
http://www.libraryspot.com/calculators.htm
Flinn Scientific Inc
http://www.flinnsci.com/
Free Innovative Ideas and Valuable Information for Your Science
Classroom. These free things are for science teachers only!
Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Free publications on fossils and dinosaurs.
There is also a fossil poster available
I Love What I Hear
8 minute video and teaching guide for grades 3-6 on taking care of your hearing.
Math Question Generator
http://www.fairbanks.org/FairShare/CourseServer/courseserver.html
Math Stories
http://www.mathstories.com/
This used to be free. Now it is $12.00 Per year. English or Spanish.
Mineral Information Institute
http://www.mii.org/teacherhelpers.html
3 different teacher helper packets. Need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
There are also poster packets. Get 5-6 posters for $2.00 each.
Money Central Station
http://www.moneyfactory.com/kids/start.html
Games dealing with money. Divided into two age groups. 5-8 and 9-13.
Multiplication.com
http://www.multiplication.com/
Click on the link to worksheets. Choose and print.
National Wildlife Week
http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlifeweek/
Paper Airplanes -- download a few for free... pay for the full 50
http://www.khs.com/khs/aboutgpa.htm
Science Games
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/
Science in Your Shopping Cart
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/siysc.htm
Scientific American Frontiers free teaching guides
http://www.pbs.org/saf/educators.htm
Seeds: America the Beautiful Free Seeds.
http://www.america-the-beautiful.org/FreeSeeds_order_form.htm
You must fill out the form.
Weather Dude
http://www.wxdude.com Nick Walker's fun weather site
for kids, parents and teachers. Teachers: check out the $500
weather grants.
Weather Maps... How to Read Them
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/home.rxml
Weather Watch
http://www.cyberbee.com/weatherwatch/
Pairs up classes to study weather in different places.
Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Wildflower Reference Guide and Seed Catalog
http://www.wildseedfarms.com/catalog.html
Music
Bulletin Board Ideas for Music Teachers.
http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/
Check the link to the Rock Music fonts. Find the Doors, Beatles, Nirvana, etc. fonts.
CD Case Designs from Memorex
http://www.ememorex.com/designs/table.asp?
Choral Public Domain Library -- Sheet Music
http://www.cpdl.org/
Classical Music Archives
http://www.classicalarchives.com/
Country Music Lyrics
http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/
Cyberfret -- guitar lessons
http://www.cyberfret.com/
Dallas Symphony Kids' Room
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
Danmans Music
http://www.danmansmusic.com/teachers.htm
Danman has a BIG site. Some of it is free, some of it is pay. This link takes you to teacher resources, which include free instrument tuning, various music paper templates, K-12 music puzzles, online metronome, scale and chord pop-ups and more.
Drum Lesson Database
http://www.drumsdatabase.com/
You won't believe all of the free lessons here! Over 250!
Folksong Lyrics
http://www.mudcat.org/
The main page has a link to a kid's section. You can find directions for making: gourd rattlers, scrapers, rattles, etc. There is also an advertisement for their "famous" nearly nude calendar. No pictures. Just a caution.
Guitar Lessons from Guitar Noise
http://www.guitarnoise.com/
Kids' Music
http://freekidsmusic.com/home.html
Kids' Songs Lyrics
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
Music Fonts-- Rock Rage
http://www.rockrage.com/musicfonts.html
NIEHS Song Lyrics for Kids.. with sound
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musicmovies.htm
One Minute Music Lessons (piano)
http://www.mysheetmusic.com/new/lessons/lessons.htm
These are very basic and would be good for children.
Piano Nanny
http://www.pianonanny.com/
Each lesson takes about 35 minutes to complete. Site requires various plug-ins.
San Francisco Symphony Kids Site
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
Music, Instruments and more. Great for elementary.
Whole Note: The Online Guitar Community
http://www.wholenote.com/
This site not only offers guitar lessons with notation and customizable music playback for all
skill levels and styles, it also offers tools to help you build your own lessons. You can explore links, reviews, news, forums, ear training, and more. The site includes ads.
Museums, Zoos and other places to visit
Allentown Art Museum (Pennslyvania)
http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/visit/home.html
Free Admission Every Sunday
Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
http://www.asianart.org/
School Groups can visit FREE with advance reservations.
Free to everyone the first Tuesday of every month. Every Thursday after 5 PM.
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington At this time the museum is closed. (Aug. 2004)
http://www.bellevueart.org/about/museuminfo_info.htm
Free admission the third Thursday of each month.
Boston Children's Museum
http://www.bostonkids.org/
Not only do they have free admission for teachers, you can use their Ellison cutting machine, library and even get space for meetings. You can also get a discount in the museum store.
California Academy of Sciences
http://www.calacademy.org/geninfo/index.html
Free to everyone the first Wednesday of each month. Part of the City Pass program.
City Pass
http://citypass.com/
Anyone can buy these for Chicago, Seattle, Boston, New York, Hollywood, Philadelphia, Toronoto, Southern California, etc. Great savings if you visit all of the attractions on the pass.
Field Museum in Chicago:
http://www.fmnh.org/ Free admission for teachers.
Wednesdays are free for everyone.
Frye Art Museum, Seattle
http://www.fryeart.org/school.html
Free admission
Getty Museum Teacher Resource Center
http://www.getty.edu/visit/hours.html
Gulf Breeze Zoo in Florida
Free admission for teachers
HARTFORD. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ( no web site)
Thursdays, free to individuals all day, 11:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Maryland Science Center:
http://www.mdsci.org/edu/opportunities/grouplog_fees.htm
Free Admission for Maryland school groups and teachers. Unclear on the site if this is still so.
Museum of Flight -- Seattle
http://www.museumofflight.org/education/programs/teacher.html
Several of the 3hour workshops are free for teachers. It looks like K-12 teachers can receive a free 3 year membership to the museum. This includes free admission. As of August 2004, I could no longer find that info on the site. you might call and ask. If you ever in Seattle this is a NOT TO BE MISSED museum. It is also part of the Seattle City Pass.
Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita, Kansas
Free admission for teachers. Looks like it is only when you bring a group of kids.
Washington State History Museum
http://www.wshs.org/wshm/
Free admission from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursdays.
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Workshops
http://www.zoo.org/educate/teach_res/zoo_edition.htm#wrkshps
A grant from Boeing is paying for teachers to take these zoo workshops.Sports
Coaching Help
http://www.sportscoach-sci.com/
Free Technical Support
Download Guide
http://www.refdesk.com/download.html
Five Star Support
http://www.5starsupport.com/
PC Guide.com
http://www.pcguide.com/
Silex Technologies
http://www.silextech.com
Free tech help by phone. If they can't solve your problem on the phone you can arrange for someone to come to your location (for a fee).
Tech Support Guy
http://www.helponthe.net/
ZD Net
http://www.zdnet.com
Test prep
Advanced Placement
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/students/prep/index.html
Tips and suggestions.
Homework Help Online
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/homeworkhelp.html
Check the section on study skills
100 Most Common SAT Words
http://www.quia.com/mc/1527.html
This is a teacher-made quiz on QUIA
SAT Sample
http://apps.collegeboard.com/satprep/index.jsp
Study Guides
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/Specific Freebies
All 4 Free Educational Supplies
http://www.all-4-free.com/educational.html
A list of links for educational supplies.
Book Covers
http://www.ptquigley.com/products.html
Book Covers: Write or call BookCovers, 360 Youth, 26 Castilian Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93117 800-362-4027. Yes, they have advertising. Yes, they are free. Thi s was formerly All Campus Media.
Book Plates My Home Library.org Great bookplates for noncommerical use. Great site!
Campbell's Soup Recipes
http://www.campbellsoup.com
Check this site and other food companies for freebies.
ehow
http://www.ehow.com
This site lets you get directions for just about anything:
from cleaning your deck to seeing if a watermelon is ripe.
Free Mouse Pad
http://www.freemousepads.com/?partnerid=1263
Only ONE entry per household
Learn Free on the Net
http://www.learnfreeon.net/
Free Mouse pads for your School
http://www.gomouse.com/schools/index.html
Recipe Source.com
http://www.recipesource.com/
Speeches-- Speaking for the Century
Audio of famous speeches.
Stamp Man
http://www.stampman.net/html/freesamp.shtml
Gives away 500 rubber stamps a week. You choose what you want it to say.
Top Secret Recipes on the Web
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes.htm
Get recipes from restaurants and more!Back to Top
Miscellaneous
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free
Free Tutors from Uncle Sam
http://www.ed.gov/americareads/coluniv_fws.html
Through the America Reads program. Check the details.
Gas Price Watch
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/
Phone Hog
http://www.phonehog.com/default.asp
Earn free long distance by clicking on sites. LOTS of pop-ups on this site.
Printable Checklists
http://www.printablechecklists.com/
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