"Providing a Community of Opportunity"
Ventura Community Schools 
   PO Box 18, 110 S. Main Street, Ventura, IA  50482

Standard Resources

•  Developing Educational Standards
  edstandards.org/Standards.html
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE):
  ISTE National Educational Technology StandardsNETS
  cnets.iste.org
  ISTE Technology Standards for School Administrators
  cnets.iste.org/tssa
  ISTE NETS for Students
  cnets.iste.org/students
  ISTE NETS for Teachers
  cnets.iste.org/teachers
   

Lesson Plan Sources

• A to Z Teacher Stuff
  atozteacherstuff.com
• Columbia Education Center
  www.col-ed.org
• EdHelper.com
  www.edhelper.com
• Lesson Planet
  www.lessonplanet.com
• LessonPlansPage.com
  www.lessonplanspage.com
• McREL Lesson Plans
  www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans
• Microsoft Education Lesson Plans
  www.microsoft.com/education

Online Projects

• ePALS
  www.epals.com
• Generation YES
  www.genyes.org
• Global SchoolNet Foundation
  www.globalschoolnet.org
• iEARNInternational Education and Resource Network
  www.iearn.org
• The JASON Project
  www.jason.org
• KIDLINK/KIDPROJ
  www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ
• NASA Quest
  quest.arc.nasa.gov
• SitesALIVE!
  www.sitesalive.com
• Teaching.com
  www.teaching.com
• ThinkQuest
  www.thinkquest.org
• The WebQuest Page
  webquest.sdsu.edu

Teaching Tools

• ABCTeach
  www.abcteach.com
• APTE Puzzle Center
  puzzles.apte.com
• Discovery Schools PuzzleMaker
  www.puzzlemaker.com
• Filamentality
  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil
• Quia
  quia.com
• SchoolExpress
  www.schoolexpress.com
• The Science Spot
  sciencespot.net
• Thematic Units
  www.edhelper.com/cat301.htm
• Trackstar
  trackstar.4teachers.org
• WWW4Teachers
  www.4teachers.org

Libraries and Museums

• American Memory Historical Collections
  memory.loc.gov
• American Museum of Natural History
  www.amnh.org
• The Archaeology Channel
  www.archaeologychannel.org
• Exploratorium
  www.exploratorium.edu
• The Franklin Institute Online
  www.fi.edu
• Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide
  www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html
• The Internet Public Library
  www.ipl.org
• Librarians Internet Index
  www.lii.org
• The Library of Congress
  lcweb.loc.gov
• Library Spot
  www.libraryspot.com
• The Museum of Broadcast Communications
  www.museum.tv
• Museum Spot
  www.museumspot.com
• MuseumStuff.com
  www.museumstuff.com
• The Museum of Television & Radio
  www.mtr.org
• National Air and Space Museum
  www.nasm.si.edu
• National Archives
  www.archives.gov
• National Gallery of Art
  www.nga.gov
• Smithsonian
  www.si.edu
• Smithsonian Kids
  www.smithsonian.kids.us
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  www.ushmm.org

Schools on the Web

• American School Directory
  www.asd.com
• EduHound Schools on the Web
  www.eduhoundschoolsontheweb.com
• GreatSchools.net
  www.greatschools.net
• School Directory
  www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools
• Public Schools in the United States
  www.uspublicschools.com

Student Research Resources

• Ask for Kids
  www.askforkids.com
• CyberSleuth Kids
  cybersleuth-kids.com
• Fact Monster
  www.factmonster.com
• HomeworkSpot
  www.homeworkspot.com
• InfoPlease
  www.infoplease.com
• iTools
  www.itools.com
• KidsClick!
  www.kidsclick.org
• Library Spot
  www.libraryspot.com
• MSN Encarta
  encarta.msn.com
• The National Student Research Center
  youth.net/nsrc
• NetTrekker
  www.nettrekker.com
• Refdesk.com
  www.refdesk.com
• Yahoo Kids
  kids.yahoo.com

Company/ Organization Curriculum Collections

• AOL@School
  school.aol.com
• Apple Education
  www.apple.com/education
• Classroom Connect
  www.classroom.com
• Disney Online Edu-Station
  Disney.go.com/educational
• FableVision
  www.fablevision.com
• Family Education Network
  fen.com
• Harcourt School Publishers
  www.hbschool.com
• Houghton Miffl in
  www.eduplace.com
• Kaboose Family Network
  www.kaboose.com
• Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
  www.mmhschool.com
• Pearson Education
  www.pearsoneducation.com
• Pitsco
  www.pitsco.com
• Plato Learning
  www.plato.com
• ProQuest K-12
  www.proquestk12.com
• Riverdeep
  www.riverdeep.com
• Scholastic.com
  www.scholastic.com
• Tom Snyder Productions
  www.tomsnyder.com

News Sources

• ABC News
  abcnews.go.com
• CNET News.com
  news.com
• CNN.com
  www.cnn.com
• Google News
  news.google.com
• MSNBC News
  www.msnbc.msn.com
• NBCi
  www.nbci.com
   
• Newseum, The Interactive Museum of News
  www.newseum.org
   
• NewsVoyager
  www.newsvoyager.com
   
• Newsweek Education Program
  school.newsweek.com
   
• The New York Times Learning Network
  www.nytimes.com/learning
• Time for Kids.com
  www.timeforkids.com
   
• USA Today Education Online
  www.usatoday.com/educate
   
• USNewsclassroom.com
  usnewsclassroom.com
   
• The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
  wsjclassroom.com
   
• WeeklyReader Online
  www.weeklyreader.com
   
• Yahoo News
  news.yahoo.com

Television/ Radio Media

• A&E Classroom
  www.aetv.com/class
• Annenberg Media Learner.org
  www.learner.org/exhibits
• Biography.com
  www.biography.com
• Book TV
  www.booktv.org
• Cable in the Classroom
  www.ciconline.org
• Cablevision Power to Learn
  www.powertolearn.com
• Discovery.com
  www.discovery.com
• DiscoverySchool.com
  school.discovery.com
• ESPN.com
  espn.go.com
• HBO Family
  www.hbofamily.com
• History.com
  www.history.com
• Nationalgeographic.com Education
  www.nationalgeographic.com/ education
• National Public Radio Online
  www.npr.org
• Nickelodeon Nick Jr.
  www.nickjr.com
• Nickelodeon Teachers.Nick.Com
  teachers.nick.com
• PBS
  www.pbs.org
• PBS Kids
  pbskids.org
• PBS TeacherSource
  www.pbs.org/teachersource
• Sesame Workshop/SesameStreet.com
  sesameworkshop.org
• The Weather Channel
  weather.com

Especially for Kids

• 4kids.org
  www.4kids.org
• Berits Best Sites for Children
  www.beritsbest.com
• Bonus.com
  bonus.com
• Cyberkids
  www.cyberkids.com
• Fun-Attic
  www.funattic.com
• FunBrain
  www.funbrain.com
• Funschool
  funschool.kaboose.com
• KidsCom; KidsCom Jr.
  www.kidscom.com
• MaMaMedia.com
  www.mamamedia.com
• MSN Kids
  kids.msn.com