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This section of TeacherLINK contains materials for teachers. Utah State University's College of Education students or YETC staff prepared them to be freely distributed to educators. We also gathered public domain materials that would be of interest to educators. Feel free to browse through this collection. Download items that would be useful to you as you teach.

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Nathan's Educational Treasures for Teachers - Here are hundreds of GREAT resources for educators! Nathan Smith, Director of Technology for the College of Education & Human Services at Utah State University, writes a monthly newsletter filled with tutorials, grant opportunities, contest offerings, free or inexpensive applications and websites that have educational value, educational opportunities, and much more. His main audience are members of the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET), but educators worldwide freely access these newsletters. To assist you finding what you're looking for, the tables of contents for the newsletters are also provided. Nathan's Educational Treasures for Teachers

Units and Lesson Plans - submitted by Utah State University students in the teacher education program. Projects include:

  • AFRICA: It's Not a Country
  • Celebrations
  • Champions of Resistance
  • ESL Assessment of English Language Learners
  • ESOL Instructional Strategies Lesson Plans
  • Famous People - Mini-Curriculum Units
  • Genre-based Writing Units
  • Globalization
  • Opening Doors to Social Studies With Children's Literature
  • Social Studies Curriculum - Mini-Units
  • Social Studies Lesson Plans Grades K-5
  • Social Studies Lesson Plans & Unit Summaries
  • Social Studies Units - Fall 2000
  • Social Studies Units: Fall 2003
  • Social Studies Units: Fall 2004
  • Social Studies Mini-Units - Spring 2002
  • Social Studies Webquests - Spring 2005
  • Social Studies Webquests - Fall 2005
  • Teaching About Human Rights
 Lesson Plans
Printable Teacher Aids - Worksheets, Tests, etc. Worksheets
Reference and Library Resources - This is a mix of different resources that have educational value. In this section you'll find the CIA World FactBook, important documents such as the United States Consitution and Bill of Rights, Champions of Resistance, maps, information about Utah, survival guide for new teachers, Newbery and Caldecott award lists, early childhood resources, and more. Even though it's a random assortment, it's worth looking through. Reference Resources at TeacherLINK
NASA educational materials - (lesson plans, pictures, opportunities, and much more!) As NASA explores frontiers of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), it seeks to assist teachers and students to explore them as well. NASA also encourages youth to explore STEM careers. Through its dissemination network, NASA provides educational materials, information, services, and other resources to our nation's classrooms. NASA Educator Resource Centers and NASA Regional Educator Resource Centers are part of this network that serve both formal educators (public school teachers) and informal educators (homeschool parents, etc.) for the state in which they reside. Rockets Guide
Application Helps, How-To's, and Training Materials - Need help using an application? We have written several hundred tutorials on how to use various applications. Some of these may help you. Feel free to have a look. Tutorials