With end-of-the-year stress and the necessity of upgrading your skills, meeting NCLB certification, visiting relatives, teaching summer school to make ends meet and maybe finding new employment, this just might be a good time to take a look at the importance of humor in the classroom. Humor is one of the most underrated methods to help students learn.

Every research article on this topic points out that teachers who use humor get better results at test time and that humor is an ingredient in a healthier life. With that in mind, here are a few sites that offer a range of resources to add some levity to your program. Don't forget I got married on April 1, and that date has never failed to reflect my wife's opinion of me.

Education Cartoons

Education Cartoons for Teachers

Education Humor

Funology
A site with fun recipes, science experiments, and quizzes

Geography Humor

Recreation, Humor, Education
Uneven quality, but amusing for those with a sense of humor

School and Education Humor

Teacher Cartoons

Teacher Humor
Teacher humor site with cartoons -- this site has a lot of commercial listings, too.

Using Jokes to Foster the Practice of English
Humor for ESL

Web sites to use to teach mysteries