Lesson Plans

A to Z Teacher Stuff provides a searchable directory of free online lesson plans and lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects.   Among these are special education lesson plans, and thematic units. Elsewhere on the site, you’ll find customizable…

eGFI offers lesson plans and activities that focus on engineering skills and STEM knowledge. From site:  Here you will find a variety of tools to boost your students’ math and science skills, enliven the classroom with engineering projects, expand your…

The Library of Congress offers dozens of teacher-created, classroom tested lesson plans for K-12 students in social studies, using primary sources from LOC. Most lessons are for grades 6-12, and encompass studies in the areas of US and world history,…

This award-winning site brings together everything busy K-12 teachers need, from classroom materials to ideas for development. The resources include: A theoretical and historical archive: where you can read about teaching methodology, current practice and issues in ELT. A practical…

Redefining Progress, in partnership with Earth Day Network, provides single-day environmental education lesson plans for K-12 educators. The lesson plans are designed to integrate easily into science, social studies, math, and/or economics curricula for the designated grade levels.

The California Academy of Science offers standards-based K-12 science activities, lesson plans, images, and more. There is a collection of full films and short videos, and Flipside science units on several topics.

From site:  Being a good digital citizen is more than knowing your way around the web. It’s about connecting and collaborating in ways you didn’t even know were possible. When you teach digital citizenship to your students, you help create…

Education World offers lesson planning resources geared to elementary and middle school students.  They range from five-minute fillers and learning games to a lesson plan library archive, worksheets and a lesson of the day.

Teachers.Net features over 4,000 lesson plans and classroom ideas submitted by teachers. Browse lesson plans by subject area, grade level, or search by keyword. LearningReviews note: Although there are lots of lessons, it appears nothing new has been uploaded since…

The National Science Foundation’s NSDL has a database of high quality resources and tools for K-12 teachers to support STEM education. Most of these are Open Educational Resources (OER), that can be used without restriction. Subject areas include life science,…

TeachableMoment.Org provides K-12 educators with timely lesson plans and resources to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment. In addition to lesson plans for social/emotional learning and current issues, there ideas for classroom…

From site:  Explore our library of humanities lesson plans by subject, theme, and grade level. Find Art & Culture lessons on anthropology, art history, folklore, mythology, religion, and more World Language lessons on languages and the cultures of which they…

From site:  The goal of NOAA-sponsored Signals of Spring — “ACES” [Animals in Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies] is to improve environmental and ocean literacy and to capture the interest of your middle and high school students, grade 7 and higher. Students…

Discovery Education provides lots of free classroom resources for teachers.  Among these are a lesson plan library, puzzle maker, Kathy Schrock’s Guide, science fair resources, tools such as worksheets and clipart, and new teacher survival resources.

From site:  EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic and personal finance lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students. With over 435 lessons to choose from, teachers can use as many of the lessons as they would…