Middle School Online Resources Here are some great sites to check out for middle school and other educational resources.

Click the links to access these sites and learn more about valuable educational programs available to middle school professionals!

National Middle School Association's Home Page
Our parent organization's home page. Information about NMSA's many services and great links to middle school resources are here.

The National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform The Forum’s mission is to work together and mobilize others to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of every middle-grades student.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Here's a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. This gold mine of web sites is arranged in 18 broad categories and is updated frequently.

The Virginia Education Network
Provides links to the most requested education-related information in the Commonwealth. Information on K-12 education includes links to local school divisions, special education resources, and Standards of Learning (SOL) information. On the higher education page, citizens can find out which colleges and universities offer specific degrees, as well as obtaining information on sources of financial aid. Citizens can access the web sites for all local libraries and every museum in the state. Other items of interest include links to pre-school information and adult education and vocational education resources.

The Gateway to Educational Materials(GEM)
A new tool is now available to help teachers pinpoint -- from thousands of learning resources on the Internet -- the one that is right for their students. The Gateway to Educational Materials(GEM)is designed for teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other information into a search screen that then retrieves -- from more than 140 web sites -- lessons, instructional units, and other free educational materials on that topic, for that grade level. GEM works like the card catalog system in a library.

FREE
The U.S. Department of Education and more than 40 other federal organizations have created a web site that makes teaching and learning resources from across the federal government available in one place: the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site. FREE focuses only on those resources created with federal support. FREE relies on an off-the-shelf tool that searches the full text of each resource.

Kid's Web
The Kid's Web goal is to present students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12 level. Each subject section contains a list of links to information that is understandable and interesting.

U.S. Department of Education
ERIC searches can be initiated here. The D.O.E.'s collection of educational resources is impressive.

Middle Web
A site for exploring the challenges of middle school reform, and brimming with resources for educators and parents.

The ASCD Web
The home page of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Information on ASCD's resources and many links to education sites are given.

MidLink Magazine
This is an electronic magazine for kids in the middle grades.

Teachers Helping Teachers
This site offers an amazing collection of lesson plans (categorized by subject), instructional tips and references to other top educational sites on the Internet. The material is updated weekly.

FORSITE (Forestry Outreach Site)
The Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources maintains this site for middle-school life science classes. It contains an on-line tutorial for tree identification, an "ask the scientist" feature, and involves students in scientific investigations. Participating classes receive a visit from faculty and/or students in the College!

PE Central
This is an excellent site for physical education teachers, students, and interested parents and adults. The latest information about contemporary physical education programs is presented, along with assessment ideas, wellness ideas, lesson ideas, and a host of other resources.

Virginia Standards of Learning
Virginia SOLS by subject area.

Instructor Magazine
Instructor's web site contains much of the practical information found in the magazine itself.