Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence


The U. S. Department of Education maintains the FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) website, which provides links to K-12 teaching and learning resources from federal agencies. This is one stop shopping for the teacher who is looking for reliable web resources and free educational materials in the subjects of Arts & Music, Health & Physical Education, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, World Studies, and U.S. History. Let’s look at a small sample of interesting resources:

  • The National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education - The OSE is the coordinator and sponsor of science education projects at the NIH. These programs are developed for elementary, secondary, and college-level students and teachers. The website organizes educational resources by topics, grade levels, and resources formats.
  • The Central Intelligence Agency, World Factbook - The World Factbook contains “information on the history, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.” There are also flags and maps - physical maps, political maps, regional maps, and a time zone map. One can also view a country comparison of a variety of economic data, demographics, geography, etc. On the lighter side, there is an entertaining, yet educational Kids Page that offers games, puzzles, and information about the CIA.

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