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Welcome!
This is a collection of websites that has been compiled from various conferences, workshops, colleagues at Manheim Township and lots of just plain searching!
The list has already been hyperlinked for you - that way, you can skip the keyboarding, not worry about mistyping characters in the address, and just click away!
I hope that you can find something to be of help to you and your teaching.
To get to any of the sites, just click on the underlined terms. (My apologies if any have expired.)
Questions or comments? E-mail: jane_glass@mtwp.net

1. Teacher Sites
A. Lesson Plans:
American Teachers http://www.americanteachers.com/lessonplans.cfm
Armadillo’s K-12 Resources http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/K12resources.html
AskEric Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/
Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.com
A-Z Teacher Stuff http://atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/
Bernie Poole’s EdIndex http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenu.html
BioPoint http://www.biopoint.com/
Blue Web’n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Busy Teacher's Web Site http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
Classroom Connect: http://corporate.classroom.com/
CNN Student News http://www.turnerlearning.com/newsroom/specials.html
Community Learning Network http://www.cln.org/subjects.html
Core Knowledge Lesson Plans http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/Special.htm
edHelper http://www.edhelper.com/
Educational WWW Resource http://www.cln.org/subjects.html
Education World http://www.education-world.com
Educator's Network http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/resourcefeature.htm
Encarta /Microsoft Lesson Plans http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
Eisenhower Nat'l Clearinghouse http://www.goenc.com/
eThemes K-12 http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by-grade.shtml#11
Internet Schoolhouse http://www.onr.com/schoolhouse/health.html
Kathy Schrock's Educ. Guide http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide
Lesson Plans Page: www.lessonplanspage.com/PE.htm
McRel Hotlinks http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp
Manheim Township Curriculum Links http://links.mtwp.k12.pa.us/science.html
Michigan Teacher Network http://mtn.merit.edu/health.html
New York Times Daily Lesson Plans http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/health.html
PBS TeacherSource http://www.pbs.org/teachersource
PE Central http://www.pecentral.org/
PE Links 4 U http://www.pelinks4u.org/
Schools Online http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/schools
Sports Media Lesson Plans http://www.sports-media.org/
Teacher Vision Learning Tools http://www.teachervision.com/orientation.html
Teach Net http://www.teachnet.com
teAchnology http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
Teachers.Net http://www.teachers.net/lessons
The Gateway to Educ. Material http://www.thegateway.org
The Teacher's Corner http://www.theteacherscorner.net/
Utah Education Network http://www.uen.org/curriculum/corelessonplans.shtml
*** a link to some general SEARCHING tips and links can be accessed at:
Search Tools & Tips: http://www.mtwp.net/~jane_glass/searches.html

B. Online Calculators / Misc.:
1. Discovery Health http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators.html
Activity /Calorie Burn Rate, BMR, Beats & Breaths, BMI, BAC,
Cost of Smoking, Pregnancy Due Date
2. Insite Fitness http://www.insitefitness.com.au/
BMR, THR, Metric converter (lbs > kgs), Running splits / pace times
3. InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/
BMI, Heart & breath odometer, Pregnancy due date
4. My WebMD http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/health_tools/default.htm
BMI, Calorie, Due date,Height predictor, Ovulation calculator, HR
5. Self Magazine online http://www.self.com/health/body/calculators/bodymassindex
Body Mass, Body fat %, Calories burned per activity, HR , Nutritional needs
6. Brain Teasers & Puzzles http://www.brainbashers.com/
7. Game Aquarium Brain Teasers http://www.gamequarium.com/brainteaser.htm
8. Word Searches, Scrambles & Puzzles http://www.abta.org/kids/activities/index.htm
For a more extensive listing of online calculators & tools,
click on http://www.mtwp.net/~jane_glass/iahealth.htm

C. Teacher Tools:
Create a Graph (Nat'l. Center for Education Statistics) http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Ed Gate's School Notes http://www.schoolnotes.com/
Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Nice Net http://www.nicenet.org
Online Survey Maker http://www.zoomerang.com
Quia http://www.quia.com/
Quiz Center http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
Quiz Lab http://www.quizlab.com/
Really Fine Rubrics http://www.really-fine.com/Rubrics.html
Rubrics 4 Teachers http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/rubricfeature.htm
Rubrics and Online Surveys http://www.nova.edu/~burmeist/rubrics.html
Rubrics (Discovery Educ./Kathy Schrock) http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
RubiStar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
The Rubric Bank http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/rubric_bank.html
Worksheets 4 Teachers http://www.worksheets4teachers.com/

2. Interactive Student Program Sites:
For a more extensive listing of interactive Health sites, click on http://www.mtwp.net/~jane_glass/iahealth.htm
A. Anatomy:
Anatomia: (Skeleton, Skull, Digestive & Respiratory Systems, Eyes & Skin)
http://www.anatomia.learningtogether.net/
Flash Learning Game (Muscles) http://personal.southern.edu/%7Edlim/SAU_Flashgames/Challenge/ChallengeGame_Muscles-fin2.html
Foss Web Human Anatomy:
http://www.fossweb.com/
B. Fitness/Exercise:
Fitness Info: http://www.vmcs.com/spindel/corpfit.html
C. Heart /CV System:
Anatomy & Physiology http://www.intelihealth.com/
MEDtropolis Virtual Body: (The Human Brain, Skeleton, Heart & Digestive Tract) http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
NOVA Heart Surgery: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/transplantwave.html
Way Cool Surgery: http://www.waycoolsurgery.com/
D. Human Sexuality Issues:
HIV stories: http://www.thebody.com/inspire.html
E. Nervous System:
Brain Probe: Probe the Brain activity http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/
MEDtropolis Virtual Body: (The Human Brain, Skeleton, Heart & Digestive Tract) http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
F. Nutrition:
Flash Learning Game (Nutrition) http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~dlim/itc/interactives.asp
FossWeb Food & Nutrition: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/FoodandNutrition/index.html
Nutrition link: http://www.3fatchicks.com
G. The Health Centre at the University of Alberta (CA): http://www.ualberta.ca/HEALTHINFO/
Interactive programs offer several “shareware” Health lessons/units that you can download for free!
Topic include:
1) Stress (addresses warning signs, sources, evaluation tools, management tips, relaxation techniques and time management skills);
2) Alcohol (presents an excellent overview of alcohol, its effects, associated problems, and many myths and misconceptions);
3) Nutrition
4) AIDS & Human Sexuality (both are good, but graphic)

3. Internet Projects Sites:
A. Inquiry-Based Projects:
Biopoint / David Jakes http://www.biopoint.com/
B. Web Quests:
A WebQuest is defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University,
as "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information
that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet.”
Check out these sites:
Bernie Dodge http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
Kathy Schrock http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
C. WebQuest Templates:
San Diego: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html
Template Source: http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/wqdmain.htm
D. A Collection of Inquiry- Based, Web-based Projects pages:
The following pages are ones that I put together for various workshops/conferences geared for teachers interested in learning more about / finding sources of Internet-based projects and Webquests.
• Click on "Inquiring Minds" to access the page: http://www.mtwp.k12.pa.us/~jane_glass/minds.html
• Click on "Web Activities" to access the page: http://www.mtwp.net/~jane_glass/webactivitiesexs.html
• Click on "Webquests & More" to access the page: http://www.mtwp.net/~jane_glass/wqsmore.html

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