Resources
General
- Recommended Search Engines:
- Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate - tutorial from U.at Albany, by C.A. Germaine
- Feinberg Databases By Subject - Choose History, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Education, etc.
- A.P. Multimedia Archive - current and selected historical images and sound from the Associated Press digital library
- Useful General Databases:
- I.A.C./InfoTrac OneFile - full-text
- Social Sciences Abstracts
Educational resources
Lesson Planning
Webquests
- www.kn.pacbell.com - go to filamentality
Science
- The Exporatorium Institute for Inquiry - go to Inquiry activities
- Science learning network - the resources are excellent
- American Association for the Advancement of Science - has the Science Benchmarks, as well as curriculum guides
- The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (E.N.C.) - Go to web links lesson and activities.
- The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
- The Full Option Science System
- North Carolina State University
- The Keystone Science Network
- The Thinking Fountain
Social Studies
Associations and Organizations
- ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education was closed Dec.19, 2003. Materials from that Clearinghouse are available at Indiana University's Social Studies Development Center
- Educator's Reference Desk - formerly AskERIC
- National Council for the Social Studies
- NCSS Databank - Resources for Social Studies Educators
- National Council for History Education
- NY State Department of Education, Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction, Social Studies - includes standards, resources, links, etc.
- NY State Council for the Social Studies
Web Resources in the Social Sciences
- Our Documents
- National History Day
- History News Network
- PBS Teacher Sources
- The Learning Page - American Memory Project, Library of Congress
- Smithsonian Center for Education & Museum Studies
- The American Presidency
- National Geographic Xpeditions
- National Archives Digital Classroom
- EDSITEment: Best of the Humanities on the Web
- New York Public Library Digital Library
- National Atlas of the United States
- New York State Historical Maps
- Places OnLine - Association of American Geographers
- Digital Archives and Collections - directory of sites from U.C.L.A. Library web page
- Oral History Online - U.C. Berkeley
- Plattsburgh State's Special Collections
- Clinton County, New York - links to local community
- GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
- Webliography: Lesson Plans and Teaching Activities - from Curriculum Materials Committee of Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of Assoc. of College and Research Libraries
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
Contact Information for Undergraduate Programs
If you would like to learn more about undergraduate programs in childhood education (B.S.Ed.) at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:
Denise Simard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Teacher Education Unit
Program Area Coordinator, B.S.Ed. Undergraduate Programs
Office Location: Sibley Hall 202
Phone: (518) 564-5111
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: simardda@plattsburgh.edu
Jean Mockry , M.S.Ed., C.A.S.
Lecturer, Teacher Education Unit
Program Leader, Childhood Education
Office Location: Sibley Hall 418
Phone: (518) 564-5137
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: jean.mockry@plattsburgh.edu
Jessica Chase
Secretary
Phone: (518) 564-2125
E-mail: chaseja@plattsburgh.edu
Contact Information for Graduate Programs
If you would like to learn more about graduate programs in childhood education (M.S.T.) at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:
Robert Ackland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Teacher Education Unit
Program Area Coordinator, M.S.T. Graduate Programs
Office Location: Sibley 314
Phone: (518) 564-5131
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: Robert.Ackland@plattsburgh.edu
Bethanne DelGaudio, M.A.
Director of Graduate Advising and Teacher Certification
Office Location: Sibley 302A
Phone: (518) 564-2124
Fax: (518) 564-2149
E-mail: bethanne.delgaudio@plattsburgh.edu
Donna Vanderhoff
Secretary
Phone: (518) 564-2123
E-mail: Donna.Vanderhoff@plattsburgh.edu
