Lesson Plans & Classroom Resources

Civics & Government

TVW

TVW is the Washington State version of CSPAN. When the legislature is in session, TVW produces Legislative Review, a daily program that highlights each day's legislative debates and deliberations in about 10–12 minutes. Virtually all issues covered are interesting and have value as civics education. And issues that directly affect schools are frequently explored.

Be sure to check out the Education Zone, where you'll find lesson plans and more. And visit the Washington State Legislature, where you can access information on any bill, find out who your elected representatives are, and learn things like how a bill becomes a law. For younger viewers, there's a Kids' Page with activities and links to educational websites.

Math

GoMath

GoMath features answers to over 50,000 math questions sent in by students. Students can search for solutions to problems from algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, logic, arithmetic, and more. GoMath also features interactive tutorials and math games. The Teacher and Parent Exchange allows educators to share teaching tools, learning strategies, resources, and more.

MathNEXUS

MathNEXUS is a project from the Whatcom/Skagit Mathematics Education Partnership. This web project features challenging problems, responses to teacher questions, reviews of interesting math websites and resources, overviews of real-world uses of mathematics, humor, mathematics history tidbits, and announcements of conferences/workshops.

Science

PALS

PALS is an online, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks.

ScienceCourseware

ScienceCourseware.org produces interactive, online simulations for the life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments. They can be used by middle school, high school, or college students.

General Resources

Gateway to Educational Resources

GEM allows you to quickly and easily search for educational resources, such as lesson plans and curriculum units.