Best of the Web: Lesson Plans

Periodically we compile a list of the best of what the Internet has to offer to teachers—be that in the classroom or just in daily life. The current edition, “Lesson Plans” highlights websites that feature lesson plan help.

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Lesson Plans

Bay Breeze Educational Resources

Bay Breeze Educational Resources develops K-12 educational projects that promote creativity and critical thinking through the use of technology, the arts, popular culture and media.
Select Bay Breeze lesson plans are featured on TeachersCount's website.

The Lesson Plans Page

With over 3,500 free lesson plans, The Lesson Plans Page is a great tool. Categorized by subject and grade level, it is very easy to find the right lesson.

Teachers.Net

A lively, easy-to-navigate site chock full of resources, Teachers.Net includes chat rooms, live events, columns, lesson plans, useful articles and more.

Teachers Network

Designed by teachers for teachers, Teachers Network features curriculum projects, grants, a new teacher helpline, bulletin boards, and more.

PBS TeacherSource

Created for preK-12 educators, PBA TeacherSource gives teachers quick access to unsurpassed learning tools.

Thirteen Ed Online

This free service features everything from standards-based lesson plans and classroom activities to a multimedia primer, online mentors, and reviews of curriculum-based Web sites.

DiscoverySchool.com

This site’s selection of innovative teaching materials for teachers includes hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers.

The New York Times

The New York Times Learning Network offers daily lesson plans, news snapshots, a daily news quiz, and the option of receiving daily lesson plans in your email inbox.

LessonPlans.com

This site offers lesson plan writing assistance along with lesson plan directories.

The Educator's Network

This multi-level search site will help you find the lesson plans that fit your needs.

Education World

Lesson plans and research material are found in this online resource.

Thinkfinity

This Verizon-sponsored website provides teachers with a plethora of standards-based lesson plans and resources that cover every core K-12 subject, grade level and class period.

Illuminations

Mathematics lesson plans are available on this site.

GailHennessy.com

Social Studies and geography lesson ideas, plays and much more are available on this site.

GotoServiceLearning.com

Peruse a vast database of lesson plans or submit your own.