Teacher Resources

View the 2009-10 School Program Overview.

Scroll all the way down for new technology and classroom tools!

NEW!   Could you use help from another teacher who has used the Celebrate NJ! school program in the classroom?  Check the Teachers Who Can Help Page.

For ELL students whose primary language is Spanish, you may find this Spanish Language translation helpful:  wequest_spanish_translation

NEW!   Click here to go to Education Grants Page.

RESOURCES FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS: (Scroll down for technology and materials sources)

Many organizations provide great teaching resources for the classroom.  As we discover them, we’ll post them here:  (If you have resources to share, please email us and we’ll add them  khatcher@celebratenj.org)

Leni-Lenape Indians of NJ                

Leni-Lenape Facts for Kids

NEW!  NJ 2009 Gubernatorial Mock Election

NEW!    Youth Citizen-Journalist Network (Informed Democracy.org)

NJ Performing Arts Center

NJ State Theatre

Newark Museum

Noyes Museum

Algonquin Arts

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts

Community Theatre at Mayo Center

Cambell’s Labels for Education

New Jersey Naval Museum

NJ State Office of Legislative Services

Preservation NJ

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

New Jersey History Kids

 

The National Archives

National Museum of American History

NJ Cartography

Morristown National Historic Park

Lambert Castle

Historical Society of Princeton

Liberty Science Center

Environmental Protection Resources

NJ Museum of Agriculture

Clean Ocean Action

The Watershed

New Jersey Pinelands

Verizon Thinkfinity
 Meadowlands Environment Center

 Teach NJ Environment

 

Sustainable Jersey (Programs in support of “being green”)

South Jersey Cultural Alliance

Marine Science Education

GIS4Kids Mapping Projects

Wheaton Arts for Students

Rutgers Arts Education Programs

 

Responsibility Project

 

Newspapers in Education resources for literacy

“Go New Jersey”, Songs for the Classroom, by Jim Murphy and The Pine Barons (order the CD by emailing Jim Murphy)

 

NEW!   SOURCES FOR CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLIES

MacTreasures:  Donated Macintosh computer equipment
www.mactreasures.com

NAEIR:  Donations of excess inventory from corporations
www.naeir.org

Computers for Learning:  Donation of surplus federal computers
www.computers.fed.gov/School/general1.asp

Teach America!  Free technology training for one year
www.gateway.com/teachamerica

New Deal Foundation Grants:  computers and/or software for schools working with disadvantaged youth
www.newdeal.org

IndiVisual Hewlett Packard Read for Life Scholarship: For students age 8 to 18, struggling to read.  Wireless mobile reading lab with 5 HP laptops and 3 years unlimited student use of IndiVisual Reading 
www.indivisuallearning.com/scholarship.html

Share the Technology Program:  Connects computer donors with those who need
www.sharetechnology.org

Education Spotlight Program:  Donations of projectors and electronic copyboards
www.lightware.com/site/spotlight.html

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