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Searching the web for the best resources for middle school educators takes time, something teachers have in short supply. This collection aims to provide middle school teachers with a little more time by gathering together here the websites with the most innovative and free lesson plans and projects for use in the classroom. Additional boxes offer links to web resources for middle school educators as well as links to many national teaching associations.
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PBS Teachers - PBS does many things well, and this site's collection of free lesson plans for grades 6 through 8 does not disappoint. Subjects covered include The Arts, Health & Fitness, Math, Language Arts, Science & Tech, and Social Studies. Click on links for extensive lists of lesson plans for middle school teachers.
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The Teacher's Desk - This site offers a collection of lesson plans for teachers of 5th and 6th graders on Reading, Spelling, English, and Writing as well as a link for Miscellaneous that includes some Science, Math, and Social Studies plans.
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MiddleSchool.Net - Navigate down the left column of this site to Lesson Plans and from there you'll be able to click on subjects such as science, math, english and literature, and social studies. There's also a Lesson Plan links that takes you to more subjects with links to yet more approved plans.
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California State University Northridge - Lengthy collection of links to Social Studies lesson plans and teaching strategies for middle school educators.
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NC State University - This institution's engineering department offers innovative lesson plans for students to explore engineering concepts. Downloadable PDFs include lesson plans for making rollercoaters, fuel cell cars, thermometers, and more.
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Sonoma State University - You'll need to read the descriptions for lesson plans specific to middle schools as this collection covering Physics and Astronomy is for all ages of secondary schools. But the effort is worth it.
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Essential Learning Products - A division of HighLights, this company's website offers hundreds of lesson plans and resources for teachers.
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Teachers.net - You can browse the sizable collection of middle school lesson plans housed on this site, or submit your own.
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NEA - Hundreds of lesson plans, browsable using keywords but not grade, so will require you to know what you're looking for, or you can click on link to browse all lessons.
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PECentral.org - Great organization of middle school lesson plans for physical educators.
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ThinkFinity - Searchable database with thousands of free lesson plans for middle school educators.
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Discovery Education - Free teacher resources for middle school children.
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Education.com - Comprehensive site offers resources for middle school educators and parents on such topics as developmental milestones, teaching strategies, special needs, friendship, and more.
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Edutopia - Founded by George Lucas, Edutopia's webpages dedicated to middle school educatiors (for students in 6th through 8th grade) offer a rich collection of resources, including blogs, newsletters, special reports, classroom tips, teacher development, and much more.
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Great Schools - Active discussion forum available for middle school teachers, along with helpful and abundant articles on topics such as homework help, bullying, health and development, sepcial education, and more.
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Middle School Education Discussion List - MIDDLE-L (listserv) is a discussion forum open to middle school educators, administrators, librarians, parents, students, and anyone interested in sharing ideas or discussing issues in middle school education. It is sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois.
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Middle School Science Resources - A collection of resources maintained by 5th to 9th grade science teachers.
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Middle Web - A list of links to websites offering resources for middle school teachers. Navigate back to main site for links to more articles on curriculum development, teaching strategies, and more.
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National Middle School Association Conference & Exhibit - A conference for middle school educatiors.
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Scholastic Teachers - A browsable and sizable database of helpful resources for middle school teachers. Searches can be narrowed by grade (6, 7, 8) resource type (activity, lesson plans), or by subject (includes the five main learning areas as well as the arts and more).
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USGS - USGS maintains this fascinating and massive list of educational resources for secondary school teachers on topics such as ecosystems, climate change, geography, geology, and much more.