Here is a small collection of interesting and useful links to
information to help us all in our common goal - educating children.
For Parents |
California Golden Bell Awards | Recognition from the California School
Boards Association for outstanding
curriculum projects. |
City of National City | The official web page for the City of
National City. |
Is "My Space" for Your Kid? | An informative article about the popular
website "My Space", meant as a
guide for parents. |
My Pyramid - the food pyramid site | Website on nutrition and health. From
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
helping people decide the best foods and
amounts that should be part of our
diets. |
National City Public Library | The official website of National City
Public Library. Includes an online
catalog. |
Parents' Movie Guides Online | This website contains very specific
explanations of potentially
inappropriate content in movies. They
also list other sites with rating
information. |
Product Recalls | Your children's safety is very
important to all of us. Wel cannot
protect them from every risk, but we can
be proactive and watch out for avoidable
dangers. This site lists product
recalls, and allows you to report
hazardous product. |
The Internet At Home | An article published by the New York
University Child Study Center to help
parents make the Internet work for your
family. |
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Back to top For Teachers |
American Historical Documents | The 47 treaties, speeches, historical
accounts and governmental documents in
this collection trace the United States
from the settling of the continent to
the founding of the country to the Civil
War and early twentieth-century
international relations. |
California Building a Presence for
Science | CABAP provides resources and information
that support more and better K-12
science education for all California
students. |
Clearinghouse on Early Education and
Parenting | Formerly called ERIC, this web site
contains valuable information, much in
Spanish, on the topic of raising and
educating young children. |
CLRN Weblinks Page | The California Learning Resource Network
presents is a collection of free primary
source, secondary source, and reference
web sites that are accessible though a
standards-based browse function or a
search function. Web Information Links
are selected by trained Library Media
Teachers using the CLRN Web Information
Links Selection Guidelines. All CLRN Web
Information Links are suitable for
classroom use with students. |
Discovery Education | Free resources for teachers, including
clipart, a puzzlemaker and lesson plans. |
Federal Resource Center for Special
Education | Includes conference information, info on
publications, and links to online
resources. |
HTML symbols | Do you need to write 50¢ instead of
50 cents? Are you referencing
copyrighted material©? This link
shows you all of the secret codes for
strange symbols you can use on your HTML
template pages. If there is nothing
listed under the HTML column, you type
in the regular character. |
Internet4Classrooms | Great site with tons of Internet
resources for teachers. Online tutorials
for Word and other programs. Lists of
links for students at all grade levels! |
Library of Congress Digitalized
Americana | On this large site, you will find
archives of historical photographs,
sound and video files, documents and
more. Examples include collections of
American folk music recorded in the
1930's by John and Ruby Lomax. A
truly great website, rich in
information. |
Literacy Matters - Reading | An introduction to why reading is
important in the content areas and
information on strategic reading. Site
also includes a great list of other
resources on the Web. |
Math and Reading PDF's | This document shows you where to find
the PDF's of the MH Math and HM
Reading |
Math Standard Management System | Great math resources including many
standards-based lesson plans. |
MyPyramid.Gov | Website on nutrition and health. From
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
helping people decide the best foods and
amounts that should be part of our
diets. |
MyPyramid.Gov | U.S. Department of Agriculture website
designed to help people learn about the
best foods and amounts to eat for good
health. |
NASA Educational Home Page | The national space agency has many
learning resources for teachers. |
National City Public Library | National City's community knowledge
resource. |
NCPL Library on-line catalog: | From this page you can browse the
collection at National City Public
Library to find materials you are
looking for. You may search by Author,
Title, or Key Word and get a brief
description of all materials in the
library that meet your criteria. |
PBS Teacherline | PBS has launched a national professional
development program of facilitated,
online professional training for preK
– 12 educators. |
Pics4Learning | A free resource of "copyright
friendly" images for teachers and
students. Thousands of superb images to
enhance your lessons. Flipchart friendly
as well! |
Read, Write, Think | NCTE and IRA are working together to
provide educators and students with
access to the highest quality practices
and resources in reading and language
arts instruction through free,
Internet-based content. |
San Diego Continuing Education | Free classes from San Diego Continuing
Education. Includes classes on using
computers, from the very basics to
advanced subjects! |
ScienceMaster | ScienceMaster is one of the
Internet's top science education
websites supporting teachers, students
and parents from pre-school to
university levels of learning. We offer
a friendly environment to enhance the
learning of science in public and
private educational settings, as well as
extending that learning to the home. |
SCORE - Schools of California On-line
Resources for Education | From this site you can find almost
anything, including math and science
resources. Language arts resources here
include the CyberGuides, which are
teacher-created lessons to supplement
studies of children's literature. |
Siemens Science Day | Free! Standards-based science videos and
hands-on activities for earth, life, and
physical science. Designed to engage
students and teachers. Check it out! |
Teacher Net | - Another web site for teachers with
lots of everything, including lesson
plans, curriculum resources, chat rooms,
and even web page creation tools.
Provided by Highlights. |
TED - Ideas worth spreading | This site has a huge collection of talks
by innovative professionals in a variety
of fields. The original organization was
a collective of people involved with
Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
They have broadened their scope and
their audience by offering many of their
presentations online, for free, to reach
a broader audience. Get inspired by
some phenomenal ideas. |
UCSD Reference Shelf | A page that collects a world of on-line
references in one place.
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/refshelf.html |
Worsley School Online Science and Math | Welcome to Worsley School OnLine's
comprehensive 'Science and
Mathematics' section, with hundreds
of pages of ideas and information for
students, teachers, and parents. Use the
links below to visit the various areas,
or you can search our site for what
you're looking for. New pages are
added on a regular basis ... check back
often. |
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Back to top For Students |
Ask Jeeves for Kids | Here is a friendly search engine
designed for kids. You can type in a
question in plain English, and even
check your spelling. Then Jeeves (your
Internet butler) comes up with a list of
questions so you can choose the best
match. |
Food Champs | This website contains some great games
and activities to get you excited about
fruits and vegetables and start eating
them more. Enjoy! |
Kids' Websites for Learning | A collection of primary level websites
in reading and math. Some are in
Spanish. |
MyPyramid for Kids | Website from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. The Kids section is
designed to help kids learn about how
proper nutrition affects health. |
NCPL Kids' Webpage | The National City Public Library lets
you browse through the children's
books online. If you have your
Borrower's Barcode number and a PIN
you can reserve books! |
San Diego Zoo | This web site is a fine educational
resource. Check out the web cams trained
on pandas, elephants and apes! |
The Exploratorium (San Francisco) | Founded in the 1960's, this has long
been one of the best science field trips
in the Bay Area. Now go there on-line! |
The Internet Public Library Kidspace | Here you can find a something for every
kid, from homework help and research to
games and sports! |
US Map Puzzle | Use this online puzzle to practice your
states or capitals. |
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Back to top Business |
American Fidelity Assurance Company | Plans - Disability, Cancer Insurance,
Texas Life Insurance, 125 Pre-tax ,
Accident Insurance |
American Specialty Health Plans of
California – Chiropractor | Chiropractic and acupuncture health
services. |
California Department of Motor Vehicles | |
California Franchise Tax Board | |
California Public Employees’
Retirement System (CalPERS) | |
California School Employees Association
(CSEA) | |
California State Teachers’ Retirement
System (CalSTRS) | |
California Teachers Association (CTA) | |
Delta Dental | |
Hyatt Legal Plans | District plan to assist you in finding a
lawyer for an assortment of legal needs. |
Internal Revenue Service | |
Kaiser Permanente | |
PMI - Dental Plan | |
Vision Service Plan - VSP | |
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Back to top Human Resources |
CALPERS Website | Official Website of State
employees' retirement system |
CALSTRS Website | Official Website of State teachers'
retirement system |
County Office of Education - Employment
Information | Everything you need to know about
gaining employment in education in San
Diego County. |
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Back to top Nutrition |
A Comprehensive Guide to Food Safety | Learn important information regarding
food safety measures to practice within
the home, what contaminants are
prevalent, and links to food safety
authorities. |
About Fresh Produce In Your Diet | Produce for Better Health Foundation.
Has a great section for teachers with a
downloadable guide and activities. Also
has a great site for kids. |
American Dietetic Association | American Dietetic Association
Information on a variety of nutrition
topics. |
EatFit | A fun website for kids sponsored by U.C.
Davis, that helps students learn about
good nutrition and healthy lifestyles. |
Food Safe Schools | National Coalition for Food Safe
Schools. Great site for food safety
information and links. |
Food Safety In Schools | Partnership for Food Safety Education.
Another good food safety resource. |
For Teachers - From the Dairy Council | National Dairy Council. Nutrition
lessons, activities, and downloadable
masters. |
National Dairy Council | Nutrition information from the Dairy
Council of California-- dedicated to
promoting healthy food choices for
better learning. |
Nutrition Activities for Teachers and
Students | 5 A Day activities for teachers and
students. |
US Dept of Agriculture - Website for
Students | Team Nutrition information from the
United States Department of Agriculture.
Curriculum and activities for elementary
and middle school students. |
US Dept of Agriculture - Website for
Teachers | Contains a "one-stop shop" for teachers
looking for food and nutrition
information and resources. |
Website on nutrition for girls | Fun web site for girls to learn about
the importance of calcium in their
diets. |
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