eThemes

What is eThemes?

eThemes is your source for content-rich, kid-safe online resources that will help enhance your teaching and save you time. eThemes provides free, fast access to over 2,500 collections of websites, on topics ranging from Aerodynamics to Zebras and everything in between!

By researching and creating these resources for you, eThemes will save you the time that you used to spend wading through millions of hits on Google, trying to find a few websites that meet your teaching needs. We do the searching for you, giving you more time to improve your lesson plans and actual teach!

Who can use eThemes?

Teachers and their students, parents and their children, librarians and curriculum specialists — anyone who works in a teaching role can use our extensive database of eThemes knowing the resources are up-to-date and safe.

How does eThemes work?

You can either use keywords to search our database or browse the entire list of topics with the links below:

• New and Updated eThemes resources
• eThemes listed alphabetically
• eThemes listed by grade level
• eThemes Calendar

What other resources can I use?

In addition to eThemes, check out these other resources that are available to you for use in your classroom:

• This Week in Newsy — lesson plans about what's happening now
• Teacher Stories — interviews with teachers about a wide range of topics
• KidTools — resources to help...
• StrategyTools

Can't find the topic you need?

No problem! If there is not currently an eTheme for a topic you need, simply fill out our on-line request form, and we will create it. We accept on-line requests from all eMINTS teachers as well as all school library media specialists in the state of Missouri.

• Request

Who writes the eThemes?

eThemes are created and maintained by the University of Missouri College of Education staff and graduate students. Most importantly, eThemes resources are reviewed by classroom teachers, helping ensure quality.

Need more help using eThemes?

Instructions for using eThemes resources and Tips for Searching can be found here:

• Download Using eThemes (PDF 462 KB)

Awards

Reviewed October 30, 2007.