Math
Middle School Portal, a part of the NSF. Here you can choose, Math, Science or Technology. Has many lesson plans, activities, worksheets, exercises.

MathTools - A community library of technology tools, lessons, activities, and support materials for teaching and learning mathematics. An amazing site. Search by topic or level and find a math tool to use in the classroom. Register and you can save the tools for easy access next time. Hundreds of activities and lessons and tools.

Illuminations - From NCTM. Includes activities, standards, lessons and weblinks. Lots here.

Science
Interactive Activities - Many interactive programs that illustrate scientific principles. Waves, optics, physics, genetics, etc. #physics

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Songs for Teaching - For teachers who incorporate music into their curriculum, this commercial site has compiled a terrific selection of CD's and songbooks for all subjects and grade levels.

The Teachers' Domain - Collections include classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons. Search by grade level and subject (life science, physical science) and find videos, lesson plans and interactive activities.

BBC Schools - So much here. Lessons, games, quizzes all organized by topic and grade level.

Web Inquiry Projects - Excellent site. Has examples of projects and questions that could be asked. Describes the process in 6 steps: the hook, the questions, the procedures for investigating, analysis and findings. Examples include gas price history, slavery, western immigration. Supplies useful websites to help the inquiry.

Intel Thinking Tools - Includes 3 different types of tools to support higer-order thinking.
Visual Ranking Tool: Students show their reasoning and discuss differences in their conclusions as they use the Visual Ranking Tool to prioritize and compare items in lists.
Seeing Reason Tool: prompts students to investigate cause-and-effect relationships in complex systems. Students use an interactive causal mapping tool to create maps that communicate their understanding.
Showing Evidence Tool: Students use the Showing Evidence Tool to construct a well-reasoned argument and defend it with credible evidence. The interactive workspace prompts students to assess sources and analyze evidence.

Teaching Tools - Create all types of puzzles, worksheets, and quizzes (corrects them too). Create your own online account of teaching tools and saved work. All you have to do is register once.

Certificate Creator 38 certificate designs to  print.  Must have Flashplayer to use. Add text, preview and print

Make a Calendar - customizable, all types.

.Homework Monopoly Game - This free bulletin board game is based on MB’s Monopoly, includes a printable game board and Chance Cards; students choose clip art images to use as game pieces. Simply download and print the 35-inch-square Homeworkopoly game board and assemble it on a classroom bulletin board. Then play the game according to the rules posted at the site.

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Best Webquests.com

Webquests for grades 7-9 - many topics

Internet Scavenger Hunts - How, why, when help about creating and using scavenger hunts to teach.

Animals of the World - 2 difficulty levels. Students get practice typing in URLs to the sites where the answers are.
Ancient Egypt WebQuest - You have successfully traveled back in time to the year 1250 BC, Ancient Egypt."  Homebase: "Your mission is of the utmost importance! You must locate the burial mask of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Tutankhamen (King Tut.) On the inside of the mask is written a message.  If you successfully decode this message you could solve our earth's environmental crisis. Your quest is to decode the Ancient Egyptian message and return to our time. To be successful, you must utilize all your available resources (books, experts, and your computer.)

California Goldrush Treasure Hunt

Internet Webquests and Scavenger Hunts

The Webquest Page

Many Internet Hunts

Webquests Across the Curriculum - 350 webquests categorized by subject. Use all or part or just expand on the idea. Some great ideas. She suggests finding a webquests by googling for your subject and "+webquest".