From first grade to the university level, amateur radio is becoming a widely excepted teaching tool. 

Teachers at all grade levels are discovering how amateur radio, or ham radio as it's more commonly known, can get students involved, motivated and excited, all while having fun and improving grades.  With ham radio it's easy to make connections to geography, math, science, history, meteorology, language arts and the list goes on and on.

Field Day is always the last full weekend in June.

For those of you interested in seeing Ham Radio in action, contact your local amateur radio club.  Your local club will be able to tell you where your local ham radio operators will be running their annual emergency field operations.  You'll see ham radio operators setting up emergency stations and communicating with other amateurs around the world.

Amateur Radio Relay League Teacher links:

Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology As part of the educational outreach to schools through their Education & Technology program, each summer the ARRL offers multiple sessions of the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology, a 4-day expenses paid professional development seminar, in locations through the U.S.

Teacher's Guide for Grades K-4 This Guide introduces students to the latest technologies of NASA and ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station).

Ham Radio in the classroom:

Radio Station, Ham Radio, Lesson Plans and Resources.  Classroom resources, K-12 radio activities connect radio technologies to science, social studies and language arts!

Classroom page of Donna LaRoche, KB1LWY, First Grade Teacher at Winn Brook School, Belmont, MA.  This page is a good example that age isn't really a factor in Ham Radio!

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a volunteer program which inspires students, worldwide, to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math through amateur radio communications opportunities with the International Space Station (ISS) on-orbit crew.

Learn Morse code - A Morse code learning tool that works!

General links:

On-line Ham Radio Resource Page - Today there is something for EVERYBODY in Ham Radio -- from computers, software, packet, EME (Moon bounce), Meteor Scatter, VHF, UHF, Microwave, FM, Repeaters and much more.

101science.com - Really good general information site.  Learn and research amateur radio, science, chemistry, biology, physics, math, astronomy, electronics, and much more. 101science.com is the internet science portal to more than 20,000 science sites.

Learn Morse Code - Although Morse Code is no longer required for an Amateur Radio License, most Hams know and use Morse Code.

Project Oscar: Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. Promoting use of the amateur radio satellite service.

Have you ever wanted to be directly involved in a space project?  Here's your chance!

AMSAT: The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation - This site is an absolute must have if you are interested in Amateur Radio Satellite and Communications Technologies!

Packet Radio involves computers and ham radios working together in order to access the internet, send and receive digital communications and email.