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Classroom Ideas
- Ben's Guide to Government for Parents and Teachers - U.S. Government Printing Office
Find out how to use Ben's Guide to Government as a learning tool, locate curriculum links, and connect to U.S. government sites of interest to children.
- California Courts: Resources for Teachers - Judicial Council of California
Read an online brochure with suggestions for classroom activities to help students understand the judicial system. Download a copy of the activity book for children: What's Happening in Court.
- California Healthy Kids - California Department of Education
Explore the Healthy Kids resource center to find health education materials geared for students from preschool through 12th grade.
- California Integrated Waste Management Resources for Teachers - California Integrated Waste Management Resources Board
Get curriculum guidelines, samples and publications for teachers and students from the California Integrated Waste Management Board's publications page.
- California Learning Resource Network - California Department of Education
Explore this one-stop source of information to identify electronic learning resources. Use this site to create standards-based technology-lesson plans.
- Courts in the Classroom - California Courts
Created to help students better understand the role of courts in our system of democracy. The stories, games, and other activities demonstrate how the Judicial Branch of government protects our civil liberties such as the right of free speech and privacy, and helps society resolve fundamental conflict.
- Energy Education - California Energy Commission
Find various energy and environmental education materials and resources.
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - U.S. Department of Education
Link to hundreds of education websites that cover subjects such as art, foreign languages, mathematics, science, social studies and more.
- Geological Resources - U. S. Geological Survey
Explore the portion of the USGS web dedicated to K-12 education, exploration, and life-long learning. Visit often and discover things on, in, around, and about the Earth such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps. Learn how science can help us understand our changing world.
- Our Courts - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Interactive, web-based tool helps students (7th-9th grade) learn about our courts system, including branches of government, state government, and structure of the courts.
- Patent and Trademark Office Teachers Guide - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Connect to the USPTO's site for teachers to find resources such as reading recommendations, information on special contests, how to assist minor children with a patent application.
- Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) - SCORE
Link to quality internet resources and teacher developed lessons in four subject areas: history/social science, language arts, mathematics and science. The site is searchable by grade level or topic.
- Teacher Resource Center - California Geological Survey
Get a variety of resources on classroom activities for teaching earth science subjects from the California Geological Survey Teacher Resource Center.
- Weather Education Resources - National Weather Service
Discover sources for ideas that you can use in your classroom. Locate courses in meteorology for teachers, and link to online brochures about weather.
