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RESOURCES FOR DETERMINING RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES -The following web sites contain information about research-based or evidence based strategies for instructional activities.

• What Works Clearinghouse: http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/

• Access Center: www.k8accesscenter.org

• National Institute for Urban School Improvement: http://www.urbanschools.org/

• IDEA Partnerships: www.ideapartnership.org

• IDEA Partnerships – Results for Kids: http://www.ideapartnership.org/rkr.cfm

• Promising Practices Network: http://www.promisingpractices.net/

• Institute for Education Sciences: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/ncer/index.html

• Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities: http://OSEPideasthatwork.org/

• Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior: http://challengingbehavior.fmhi.usf.edu/

• National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems: http://www.nccrest.org/

• National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: http://www.pbis.org/main.htm

• National Center on Accessing the General Education Curriculum: http://www.cast.org/policy/ncac/index.html

• National Dropout Prevention Centers: http://www.dropoutprevention.org/

• National Research Center on Learning Disabilities: http://www.nrcld.org/

• Center on Instruction: http://www.centeroninstruction.org/

• Center for Applied Special Technology: http://www.cast.org/

http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/ the official Georgia DOE site for test prep, lesson plans, special needs modifications, etc.

http://www.teach-nology.com/ offers teachers free access to a directory of more than 200,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice, news, and more

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech203.shtml stumped for ideas, templates, or other classroom management tools? Here are some of online teacher tools - Web sites with interactive templates and other resources for K-12 educators Included: More than a dozen links to templates, Web site builders, lesson plan resources, etc.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml a whole school year - 36 weeks - of Morning Math questions

http://www.techlearning.com/webpicks/archive.jhtml has an extensive list of up to date sites on every subject on every grade level

http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/index.html this site offers recommendations and planning tips for science fair projects, topics, experiments, and ideas

http://www.puzzlemaker.com this site makes it easy to design and print customized word searches, crosswords and cryptogram puzzles to boost student vocabularies. All you do is supply the words and clues the site does the rest

http://www.strangematterexhibit.com this site introduces students to the field of materials by letting them transform carbon into spacesuit fabric, decide if styrofoam is stronger than mozzarella cheese or examine cola under a microscope

Master Search Engines

www.dogpile.com
www.copernic.com
www.google.com
http://vivisimo.com/
http://mooter.com/moot
http://searchenginewatch.com/
http://www.altavista.com/

Teacher Recommended Favorites:

http://www.teachers-pet.org (free tools for creative teachers)

http://www.ask.com

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial034.shtml (Quick, easy K-6 activities using Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
http://www.teachingportal.com

http://www.pbs.org

http://www.stargazernet.net/indexnew.jhtml

http://www.about.com/education/

http://www.schoolnotes.com (put assignments and notes on the web for parents)

http://www.kidswriting.about.com

http://www.sln.org (science based website)

http://www.4teachers.org

http://www.aaamath.com

http://www.superkids.com