Databases of Lesson Plans

• 4Teachers database
  • http://www.4teachers.org/intech/lessons/
  • allows you to select a subject, then a theme and finally a specific topic.
• AtoZ Teacher Stuff
  • http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessonplans/
  • lesson plan database
• ABC Teach
  • http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/
  • database of thematic units
• About.com
  • http://7-12educators.about.com/bllessonplans.htm
  • database of lesson plans
• Activity Search
  • http://www.eduplace.com/activity/
  • from Houghton Mifflin
• Alabama Learning Exchange
  • http://alex.state.al.us/search.php?fa_submit=PLANS
  • Lessons categorized by subject and grade levels.
• Alfy Database
  • http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/lesson_plans/index.asp
  • of lessons
• Alfy’s Library of Thematic units
  • http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/alfys_library/index.asp
  • Thematic lesson plans about literature activities
• AOL@School
  • http://www.aolatschool.com/teachers/lesson_plans/index.adp
  • lesson plan database
• Apple Learning Interchange
  • http://ali.apple.com/
  • You will need to register before using this free database of teaching ideas. Then you may search for lessons organized by subject area and grade level. You may also submit your ideas to the Interchange.
• Awesome Library
  • http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Lesson_Plans.html
  • database of lesson plans
• Best Lessons
  • http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/index.html
  • from WNET, the great PBS station in New York (the first page is social studies only, but there is an index at the top of the page to other subjects)
• Blue Web’n
  • http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
  • an online library of over 1800 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools)
• Collaborative Lesson Archive
  • http://zubov.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/index.html
  • from PreK to Grade 12
• Commonwealth of Knowledge
  • http://www.knowledge.state.va.us/main/lesson/les.cfm
  • lesson plan database from Virginia
• Curriculum Connections
  • http://www.richlandone.org/teachers/connections/
  • lessons and units that have been developed by teachers in Richland School District One for teaching core curriculum objectives.
• Discovery School
  • http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
  • lesson plan library
• Early Childhood
  • http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/index.html
  • thematic units
• Education World’s
  • http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/index.shtml
  • Lesson Planning Center
• Education World’s
  • http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/index.shtml
  • Teacher Submitted Lesson Plans Collection
• Educator’s Reference Desk
  • http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
  • lesson plan database
• ForLessonPlans
  • http://www.forlessonplans.com/
  • an online directory of free lesson plans for K-12 teachers
• Frank Potter’s Science Gems:
  • http://www.sciencegems.com/
  • lists of links to all science areas
• From a Distance
  • http://www.education.ssc.nasa.gov/fad/search.asp
  • a database of lessons from NASA
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
  • http://www.thegateway.org/
  • database offers the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.
• Gigglepotz
  • http://www.gigglepotz.com/curriculum.htm
  • Curriculum and Lesson Plans
• Illuminations Lesson Plan database
  • http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/
  • from the NCTM sponsored Marco Polo site
• Internet. Field Trips from Scholastic
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/index.htm
  • provides quick suggestions for using targeted web sites to teach a specific topic
• Learning Page
  • http://www.learningpage.com/
  • This is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials for you to download and print. To get all worksheets you must be a member, but registration is free. (elementary grades)
• Lesson Plan Search
  • http://www.lessonplansearch.com/
  • over 2000 lessons in their database
• Lesson Planet
  • http://lessonplanet.teacherwebtools.com/directory.html
  • directory of lesson plans
• Lesson Plans Page
  • http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
  • over 2,000 free lessons
• LessonPlanz.com
  • http://www.lessonplanz.com/
  • a searchable directory of free online lesson plans
• Library of Congress Learning Place
  • http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/
• McREL Lesson Database
  • http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/
• Marco Polo
  • http://marcopoloeducation.org/
  • Internet Content for the Classroom
• Math Archives
  • http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html
  • K-12 Teaching Materials
• Math Forum lesson plans
  • http://www.askdrmath.com/library/resource_types/lesson_plans/
  • organized by topic or grade level
• Microsoft
  • http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=LessonPlans
  • lesson plan database
• Monthly Themes
  • http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/
  • from Houghton Mifflin
• PBS Teacher Source
  • http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
  • database
• Preschool Lesson Plans
  • http://www.funlessonplans.com/
• Preschool Themes
  • http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/allthemes.htm
  • | ideas from A to F | ideas from G to L | ideas from M to R | ideas from S to Z |
• Primary Resources
  • http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
  • Lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for Primary teachers
• The Rice Model Science Laboratory
  • http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~scilinks/science.htm
  • has a great Science Links Page which includes several categories in each of the five major science topics
• Quia Index
  • http://www.quia.com/shared/geo/
  • Quia users have created activities in the following topics. These activities have been created by Quia’s subscribers and are of varying quality.
• Scholastic
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/ilp/index.asp
  • database provides a list of lesson plans and reproducibles organized by topic (language arts, science, math, social studies, and others like art or health) or by level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, or all levels)
• Schoolhouse: Science
  • http://teacherpathfinder.org/School/science.html
• Science Activities Manual
  • http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/samcok5.shtml
  • K-5 Curricular Emphasis by Grade Level and Content Topic
• Science Activities Manual
  • http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/samthk8.shtml
  • K-8 Curricular Emphasis by Grade Level and Theme
• Smithsonian lesson plans
  • http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/lesson_plans.html
  • emphasizing inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections.
• The Teacher’s Corner
  • http://www.theteacherscorner.net/index.htm
  • primary and intermediate resources
• Teachers.net
  • http://www.teachers.net/lessons/
  • lesson plan database
• Teaching Online
  • http://www.teachingonline.org/lessons.html
  • database of lessons
• TeachNet.com
  • http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html
  • database of lessons
• Terrorism
  • http://www.kidsclick.org/terrorismlessons.html
  • KidsClick! Lesson Plans and Resources About Terrorism
• Thematic Units
  • http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/index.asp
  • from ALFY
• Trackstar
  • http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp
  • Find lessons by themes and standards for a variety of age groups.
• Utah Education Network
  • http://www.uen.org/k12educator/
  • lesson plan database, organized by subject or grade level
• WNET Database of lessons
  • http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/
• Xpeditions Lesson Plans
  • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html
  • from the National Geographic sponsored Marco Polo site
• Yahoo directory of lesson plans
  • http://dir.yahoo.com/education/k_12/teaching/lesson_plans/

Miscellaneous

• “Are We There Yet?”
  • http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/cw/arewe/start.htm
  • report of a problem based lesson plan, use her idea to design your own lesson (on 3/15/06)
• Brain Games
  • http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html
  • Many lessons can be created collecting this data on the various ways our brains work. From games to learn about our brain and nervous system to games that show how the brain sends mixed messages to reaction time games to precognition challenges, this site is full of fun learning activities for your classroom!
• Growing With Technology
  • http://www.growing.course.com/index.html
  • Interactive lessons for K-5
• Internet. Field Trips
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/index.htm
  • are guided tours to the best of classroom-appropriate Web sites. Each field trip provides quick suggestions for using targeted Web sites to teach a specific topic. Within each area you’ll find field trips in an alphabetical list of the following topics:Children’s Literature, Language Arts, K-2, Math , Science, and Social Studies.
• Spelling it Right – Learn to Spell Confidently
  • http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/
  • free worksheets and advice from an experienced English teacher
• Switcheroo Zoo!
  • http://www.switchzoo.com/
  • Switch the animals’ heads, legs and tails to make new creatures. Then use the new animal image as a writing prompt. at this surrealistic virtual zoo. Teachers say it is great for imaginative language work where students name the new animals they create, describe the habitats in which they live, describe how they move and what they eat – the possibilities are endless.
• Teddy Bear Magic Cards
  • http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/magicsqrs/magiccards.html
  • A math magic trick that includes a lesson and worksheet on how to use math logic to discover how the “trick” works.
• Thematic Units
  • http://www.homeschoollearning.com/units/
  • Browse free unit studies. Each unit study contains 6-8 lessons, plus worksheets, answer sheets, and book resources. These are from the Home School Learning Network.
• Thematic Units For Primary Grades
  • http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Unitlink.htm
  • from the University of South Carolina