BatsLive
Myths, misinformation and White-nose Syndrome disease have contributed to declining bat populations everywhere. Losing bats has far-reaching consequences for natural ecosystems and human economies world-wide. BatsLIVE offers teachers and students a variety of interactive learning opportunities to learn about bats and how you can help conserve and protect this i...
WetlandsLive!
WetlandsLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure will provide a year-long emphasis on wetlands featuring a series of FREE live webcasts. Wetlands around the world will be used to show the functions and ecology of wetlands and their importance to people and wildlife, especially to migrating birds and fish. WetlandsLIVE is the sixth in a series of Forest Service-partner...
Virginia's First People
Virginia Indian tribes and cultures have survived despite years of intolerance and prejudice, first from English colonists and then from segregationists. Watch an 11-minute video and learn about the tribes and lives of Virginia Indians today and how their cultures and traditions are now celebrated. ...
Partners for Safe Teen Driving
PWNet in cooperation with the VA DMV and the Virginia Association of Driver Educators and Traffic Safety has launched the Partners for Safe Teen Driving: A Teen-Safe Community Health Initiative that will target four critical areas of society: the business community, driver educators, parents and teens themselves.
Virginia Studies
European colonists arriving in Virginia may have been greeted with, "Wingapo. " Indians have lived in what is now called Virginia for thousands of years. While we are still learning about the people who inhabited this land, it is clear that Virginia history did not begin in 1607. If you ask any Virginia Indian, "When did you come to this land?", he or she will tell you, "We have always been here."
US History
United States History: Connecting the Past to the Present supports the Virginia Standards of Learning for teaching United States History to 1877 and United States History: 1877 to the Present. The Web site includes suggested instructional strategies and links to lesson plans, video clips, pictures, primary documents, content information, graphics, and maps.
Virginia's First People
European colonists arriving in Virginia may have been greeted with, "Wingapo. " Indians have lived in what is now called Virginia for thousands of years. While we are still learning about the people who inhabited this land, it is clear that Virginia history did not begin in 1607. If you ask any Virginia Indian, "When did you come to this land?", he or she will tell you, "We have always been here."
K-3 History & Social Studies
Teaching ideas and online resources to help kindergarten through grade 3 teachers implement the Virginia Standards of Learning in history and the social sciences.
Health Smart Virginia
Online resources designed to assist teachers in implementing the Virginia Studies Standards of Learning
Ice Age Discoveries
Recent archaeological digs have provided compelling evidence that humans inhabited Virginia at least 18,000 years ago, well before the Clovis culture and thousands of years before previously thought.
Mali
Mali: Ancient Crossroads of Africa is a website developed by PWN and the Virginia Department of Education to provide educators resources for meeting Virginia Standards of Learning on Mali, Africa.
WorldNet: Virginia
On-line Resources for Students and Teachers Supporting Standards of Learning.
Everyday Civics: Virginia Standards of Learning
Civics education in Virginia emphasizes the importance of citizen involvement in all levels of government and promotes the study of state and local government among the Commonwealth's citizens. Civics and civic education are at the core of Virginia's public school mission.
Global Learning : Virginia Standards of Learning
Since its inception, the primary goal of American education has been to give students the tools and knowledge to be productive and involved citizens. In today’s increasingly interconnected world, that means children must also become informed global participants.
Covered Bridges
In memory or imagination, covered bridges conjure up sights and sounds of days gone by. In Virginia, they began to dot the countryside nearly two centuries ago. Spanning rivers and streams, their number grew to the hundreds.
Website Resources
Online Courses for Virginia Educators - Now Available!
PWN in Cooperation with the Virginia Department of Educators offers self-paced courses for Virginia teacher to earn licensure renewal points and/or graduate credit. The courses are delivered entirely by internet and support the Virginia Standards of Learning.
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