Everything ESL: Graphic Organizers
This site contains plenty of ready to use graphic organizers. It also provides several links that allow you to personalize your organizers, so you can better meet the needs of your classroom.
TeacherVision: Graphic Organizers
This page has over 50 different types of graphic organizers that will provide you with an ample amount of choices in several subject areas.
Hands-On Science Activities
This website, from the Jefferson Lab, offers a variety of hands-on science lesson plans. This is a great site for teachers in grades 6-8, as it also provides ideas on how to modify lessons to meet students' needs.
Help! They Don't Speak English Starter Kit
"Help! They Don't Speak English!," is an ESL resource developed by a team of teachers. The handbook is available for free and can be downloaded from this site in PDF format.
Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education
This article describes Howard Gardner, the creator of the Multiple Intelligences theory, and his "seven intelligences."
Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
The ICA strives to create a true community in the Western Hemisphere by connecting the citizens of the Americas and promoting hemispheric integration through innovative uses of interactive communication technologies.
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Funded by the U.S.
Introduction to Thinking Skills
This site from Iowa's Area Education Agency 267 provides templates for educators to use to enhance higher order thinking skills, including samples of types of questions that can stimulate students to think more critically.
Interactive Classroom Activities
Provides ideas for a variety of interactive student activities, such as information gap, ordering and sorting, problem-solving, and conversation grids.
Interesting Things for ESL Students
A fun study site for English language learners with word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs, and much more.