Learning Objects -- A Collection of Materials
Complied by Dr. Susan Cramer
College of Education and Human Services
UW Oshkosh


What are learning objects?

Learning Object Collections

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org
Apple’s Learning Interchange (ALI)
or Teaching Practice page
or collections of teaching practices
 http://ali.apple.com/ali/resources.shtml
http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000328/writing_.html
http://www.ali.apple.com/deli
IDEAS http://www.ideas.wisconsin.edu/
Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) http://www2.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/practices/high_2.asp
Wisconsin Online Resource Center (Wisc-Online) http://wisc-online.com/
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) http://www.merlot.org/
The Library of Congress (LOC) http://loc.gov/
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections.html
Teaching Books - author programs/movies
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/home/
Virtual field trips
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/
More learning object sites http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html
Google and other search engines  

A Variety of Learning Object Resources

English-Social Studies-Humanities

1930's in America http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

Cival War (high school)
* Valley of the Shadow
* Crisis at Fort Sumter

http://merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91375
http://merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79032
Doodle's Drafts and Designs: Insustrial Drawings from the Smithsonian http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/index.htm
Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/
Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Guide to grammar and writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Maps/Geography/Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/
New York Public Library Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Slavery simulation http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:9780/projects/flighttofreedom/intro.shtml
Teaching Books - author programs/movies
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
US Census Bureau -- demographic information http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate/cps2004.html
US Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/

 

Math

Elementary resources -- Sheridan Elementary School, Sheboygan http://www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/sheridan/StudentLinks.html
Math and science songs http://www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE/
Illuminations -- Math concepts, all levels http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Shodor Interactive -- Math concepts, all levels

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

http://cwis.shodor.org/interactivate/SPT--BrowseResources.php?start_browsing_on=69&transaction_id=40469&field_selection=182
Math history site http://turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Finite mathematics and applied calculus resource page http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/index.html
US Census Bureau -- demographic information http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate/cps2004.html

Science

Elementary resources -- Sheridan Elementary School, Sheboygan http://www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/sheridan/StudentLinks.html
Health -- Scrub club -- early elementary http://www.scrubclub.org/home.php
Math and science songs http://www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE/
Weather -- predicting seasonal weather -- early elementary http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/autumnwinter/
   
Cells Alive -- biology concepts illustrated http://Cellsalive.com/
Biology site from Ontario Educational Communications Board http://ilo.ecb.org/
   
Doodle's Drafts and Designs: Insustrial Drawings from the Smithsonian http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/index.htm
How Stuff Works -- video clips and reference site -- fuel cell page http://science.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell2.htm
New York Public Library Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Sea World for animal information, graphics and sounds http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm
Water cycle graphic http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/images/ocp2003/WaterCycle-optimized.jpg
   
AfriCam -- virtual game reserve http://www.africam.com/
Aquarium -- Oregon Coast Aquarium http://www.aquarium.org/
BugGuide -- Iowa State University http://www.bugguide.net/
Insect zoom cam from Iowa State University http://zoocam.ent.iastate.edu/
Panda Cam at San Diego Zoo http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_panda_station.html
Volcano Watch http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html
Yellowstone National Park -- Wolves http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/wolf.htm
   

 

Physical Education

PE Central http://pecentral.net/

 

Music

Instrument encyclopedia http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Jazz Band site from PBS http://pbskids.org/jazz/bandleader.html

 

Foreign Language

Spanish grammar exercises

http://www.colby.edu/personal/b/bknelson/
http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/lfa/spanishgrammar.htm
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~annw/gramatica.html

Instructional Materials

Educational Communications Board
See -- Digital Parade for programs offered by the ECB		 http://explore.ecb.org/itv/
Intel unit plan index -- designing effective projects site http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/
Kathy Schrock -- lots of lesson ideas, curriculum materials and tutorials http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Misunderstood Minds from PBS -- learning challenges (attention, reading, writing, math) illustrated http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/attention.html

WebQuest Resources --
* Education World WebQuest Archive
* Bernie Dodge's WebQuests
* Tom March's WebQuests

 

Page created by Dr. Susan Cramer, cramer@uwosh.edu
Page last updated September 8, 2006