The Education Resource Center, located on the upper floor of the Levin Library, Curry College, provides resources for education students to use in the classroom. Its collection includes:

• Children's books
• Methods books
• Curriculum guides
• Instructional manipulatives
• Video and audio tapes
• Kits
• Elementary textbooks
• Professional periodicals
• Children's periodicals

The ERC hours are:
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 am - 9:30 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 - 6:00 pm
Sunday: 1:30 - 9:30 pm

Collection Management Librarian: Mary Ryan. Phone: 617-333-2937. Or E-mail to: mryan@curry.edu

Selected PreK-12 Education Resources on the Internet:

Massachusetts/Boston Sites

• Boston Community Service Learning Projects (TeachNet)
• Boston Public School System
• Mass. Dept. of Education

• Blue Web'n ("Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Net")
• Buros Test Reviews Online
• CEC Lesson Plans (Columbia Education Center)
• Child and Family Web Guide (Tufts University)
• CYFERNET (Children, Youth and Families Education Network)
• Education World (2,000+ education web sites)
• EduPuppy (2,600+ sites for early education)
• Everything ESL.net (resources for teachers with ESL students)
• FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
• The Gateway to Educational Materials ("Gateway to 21st century skills")
• Great Web Sites for Kids (American Library Association)
• i*EARN (International Education and Resource Network)
• K-12 Practitioners Home Page (National Center for Education Statistics)
• KidsClick!
• Lesson Plans Library (Discovery Education)
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
• National Education Association
• National Education Goals Panel: Interactive Data Center
• Inclusive Schools: National Institute for Urban School Improvement
• New York Times Learning Network
• Office of Educational Research and Improvement: Research Reports (from 12 National Research and Development Centers)
• PBS Teacher Source
• Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
• SCORE: State of California Online Resources for Education (lesson plans and resources)

• Benchmarks Online (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
• Best of History Web Sites
• Children's Picture Book Database (Miami University)
• The Children's Literature Web Guide (University of Calgary)
• CongressLink (lesson plans and resources for studying the U.S. government)
• Cool Science for Curious Kids
• The History Project (University of California, Davis)
• Learning Resources (U.S. Geological Survey)
• National Gallery of Art - Directory of Teacher Programs and Resources
• Online Directory of ESL Resources
• Story Arts Online

For Web resources for higher education, see the Library's hotlist.

Also check INFOMINE for more K-12 Instructional Resources:

Last updated: April 8, 2008.