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EDUCATION URLs

K-12 RESOURCES

Chemistry - Companies - Earth Science - Math - Organizations - Periodicals - Physics - UCB - Videos

2061 -- Project 2061 -- http://project2061.aaas.org/ -- Science Literacy -- Project 2061 Tools http://www.project2061.org/publications/default.htm Science NetLinks lists a large number of science and math links, all screened by an "expert review board". 

AIMS Education Foundation http://www.AIMSedu.org/

Air Quality -- California Air Resources Board education web site http://www.arb.ca.gov/knowzone/knowzone.htm

ANIMATIONS

• • VARIETY OF SCIENCE VIDEOS, sciencehack, (suggested by Keith A. McKain), there is no earth science category but there are a variety of YouTube videos here that will interest anyone interested in science. http://sciencehack.com/

  • CLASSACTION, NSF CCLI-ASA, (suggested by David Doe), Interactive Classroom Materials for Introductory Astronomy, University of Nebraska, find a variety of highly interactive animations dealing with astronomy. Instructor’s manuals and PowerPoints are available. http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/

Archaeology--http://www.learningsites.com -- 3D Renderings of archaeological sites

Annenberg/CPB Channel http://www.learner.org/channel/ Interactive math & science educational media, including courses for teachers.

Astrobiology http://astrobio.terc.edu/ -- at TERC

The Atom's Family -- Miami Science Center -- http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/

ATT education support http://www.att.com/foundation/

Authorea - https://www.authorea.com- word processor for LaTeX

Automobiles - Car Facts for Kids: Simple Machines Used in Automobiles - https://www.kanetix.ca/simple-machines-in-cars

Aviation - Jets, Planes and Helicopters: How Do They Fly? - http://www.ellejet.com/jets-planes-and-helicopters-how-do-they-fly.php

Biographies

• • The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/;

  • (women) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Women.html;

  • Some are scientists also, e.g. Newton http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html

Biotechnology--Access Excellence http://www.accessexcellence.org

Brain - http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-strategies/ - an interactive infographic with explanations of different brain areas.

Britannica http://www.eb.com/

Bubbles http://bubbles.org/

Calculators

• • CBL Calculator Based Laboratory (Texas instruments) http://www.ti.com/calc/

  • Calculators on loan from Texas instruments http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/loan.htm If you are a teacher, you may borrow calculators, at no charge, from TI for teacher workshops or in-service training. You may also borrow individual calculators so that you and other teachers in your department can review them.

  • Dog-years-to-human-years calculator (Science magazine) - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/here-s-better-way-convert-dog-years-human-years-scientists-say

  • Martindale's Calculators On-line Center - http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html - More than 18655 calculators available divided into categories mathematical, science, engineering, other.

  • Mortgage calculator - http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/

  • Online Calculators & Converters 

  • https://easyunitconverter.com/

  • http://www.onlinebachelordegreeprograms.com/resources/online-calculators-converters-and-other-useful-interactive-websites/

California Science

• • A Guide to Selecting & Purchasing Science Instructional Materialshttp://www.k12Alliance.net/ from the K12 Alliance; includes Maps of Instructional Materials to the Standards

  • California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. http://star.cde.ca.gov

California Standards for Public Schools K-12 -- http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/ 

California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) http://www.cascience.org/

Camera Obscura for smart phone - http://cheezburger.com/7026443008

Careers--

• • Career Resources for Scientists http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/

  • Women In Engineering Organization -- http://www.WIEO.org

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

CHEMISTRY

• • Chemistry Behind Cleaning - http://www.bbcleaningservice.com/office/chemistry-behind-cleaning.html

  • Chemistry teaching http://www.anachem.umu.se/eks/pointers.htm

  • CHEMISTRY WEBERCISES DIRECTORY http://www.wiley.com/college/webercises/

  • Chemistry Experiments http://www.uq.edu.au/Chemistry_Dictionary

  • Periodic Tables

    • • Periodic Table (LANL) http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm

      • http://dayah.com/periodic/

      • Periodic Table of Comic Books http://www.uky.edu/~holler/periodic/periodic.html

      • 1001 Periodic Table Quiz Questions -- http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/

      • Humorous Periodic Table http://sakaki.jamesoff.net/~james/periodic%20table%20copy.jpg

      • Videos - The Periodic Table of Videos, http://www.periodicvideos.com . 118 videos, each about 2 minutes long. Scientists perform experiments with the elements or describe unusual properties of each one.

Choices for the 21st Century Education Project http://www.choices.edu/ Global Environmental Problems

Citizen Science

• https://www.zooniverse.org

CLASS (Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey) - http://class.colorado.edu/ - Carl Wieman

Closeminded Science http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/weird/wclose.html

COLORCUBE: 3D Color Puzzle made of plastic cubes and nylon rods (176 pieces) in a 9" cube. It's a teaching tool for learning the advanced principles of color that govern the human eye, television, computers, and digital printing.

Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) http://www.csicop.org

COMMON CORE

• • Common Core State Standards Initiative - http://www.corestandards.org/

  • FormSwift - tool for creating common core lesson plans - http://formswift.com/common-core-lesson-plans

COMPANIES

• • Major Science Equipment Manufacturers http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~dstille/manufact.html

  • Accent Science http://www.accentscience.com/

  • Educational Innovations http://www.teachersource.com

  • The Educators Market () http://www.educatorsmarket.com/

  • Forcefield http://www.wondermagnet.com/ magnet store in Ft Collins, CO. Supplier of very strong magnets.

  • Free Teaching Aids http://www.freeteachingaids.com/

  • Information Unlimited - http://www.amazing1.com/ - Jacob's Ladders, Tesla Coils

  • It's About Time Publishing http://www.its-about-time.com/ -- Earth Comm http://www.its-about-time.com/htmls/ec.html -- High school Earth Science course.

  • MMI http://members.aol.com/mmicorp

  • PITSCO http://www.shop-pitsco.com/ has Aquaport Bottle Rocket Launcher (W55499; $139); also W54976 Economy Rocket Pack (50 black powder rockets) $175

  • Riverside Scientific, Inc. http://www.riversci.com/ Earth Science software

  • Science Master http://www.sciencemaster.com/

  • Sensing Science Laboratory Software (Data Harvest) http://www.dataharvest.com/

  • Spectroscopy - Real-time Classroom Gas-tube Spectroscopy - http://www.fieldtestedsystems.com

Computers

• • The Computer Clubhouse: An after school program for teens from underserved communities, open to Clubhouse members only, the flagship of a larger network of Computer Clubhouses. http://www.computerclubhouse.org/

  • Computer Haves and Have-Nots in the Schools (NY Times article, October 22, 1998) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/10/circuits/articles/22have.html

  • Free computers from NASA http://www.computers.fed.gov/School/user.asp

  • Cybersecurity - https://cybersecurityguide.org/

    • Cybersecurity Courses Online - https://cybersecurityguide.org/resources/online-cybersecurity-courses/

    • Women in Cybersecurity - https://cybersecurityguide.org/resources/women-in-cybersecurity/

    • Cybersecurity for K-12 - https://cybersecurityguide.org/resources/k-12-guide/

Constants -- Fundamental Constants -- http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html -- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

The Constitution of the United States http://www.constitution.org/wr/rawle-00.htm

Controversy in Science

• • Gravity Theory

    • http://www.metaresearch.org/cosmology/gravity/gravity.asp -- The Speed of Gravity - What the Experiments Say, Van Flandern, discusses all the experimental evidence that bears on the intriguing question of the speed of gravity, concluding that it must be many orders of magnitude faster than light in forward time (i.e., no causality violations). Caution: same author also has "proof" that the Face on Mars must be of non-natural origin.

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

Demonstrations - Wiki of Demos http://wikidemos.dcidaho.org/index.php?title=Main_Page- Please add your favorite demo (and images of it) to the site for everyone to use. Created by T. Woody Sobey, Discovery Center of Idaho

Dive and Discover http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ -- brings you right on board a series of research cruises to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Discovery Channel -- http://discoveryschool.com/ programs, lesson plans

Discovery Education | Classroom Resources - http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/

Distance Learning -- Online Courses

• • Curtin University of Technology - Australia -- http://www.curtin.edu.au/

  • Swinburne Astronomy Online http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/sao/

  • 10 Design Guidelines For Developing Online Interactive Learning Web Pages http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/lessons_learned.html - Steve Ackerman

  • World Science U - http://worldscienceu.com

Driving - AARP Driver safety - http://www.aarp.org/auto/driver-safety

Earth and Sky radio program -- http://earthsky.org/

EarthKam - https://www.earthkam.org/home - middle schools can request Earth images be taken with the International Space Station’s Sally Ride EarthKAM camera.

Earthquakes http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ -- Recent earthquakes in California http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

EARTH SCIENCE

• • American Geophysical Union (AGU) http://www.agu.org/ -- Nov. 30, 2001 -- AGI got a $1.7 million NSF grant to develop an inquiry-based Earth science textbook for middle-school students over the next three years. The new curriculum-development effort, Project CUES (Constructing Understandings of Earth Systems), will be based upon the modular Investigating Earth Systems program recently released by AGI. CUES will feature more than 50 "profiles in Earth system science." These inquiry narratives will be written by scientists about the fundamental questions they are exploring and the ways they use Earth science to tackle issues that confront society. In addition, CUES will feature 40 guided inquiry investigations, extended student-driven research projects on local issues, as well as four videos that provide additional profiles of Earth scientists at work. CUES is planned to be available commercially for the 2005-2006 school year by It's About Time Publishing of Armonk, NY. For more information, visit the AGI web site, http://www.agiweb.org/education, or contact Dr. Michael J. Smith, AGI Education Director, at msmith@agiweb.org. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium http://www.wested.org/werc/

  • California Mineral Education Foundation http://www.calmineraled.org/

  • Center for Earth and Space Science Education (CESSE) http://CESSE.terc.edu/ aresearch and development centers for pre-college Earth and space science education. CESSE is based at TERC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

  • Earth Science Picture of the Day - http://epod.usra.edu

  • Global Systems Science (GSS) integrated high school science course - http://lhs.berkeley.edu/gss

  • Google Earth teacher manual - http://stevekluge.com/geoscience/ges

  • Magnetic Declination - Estimated Value - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp

  • Mineral Information Institute - http://www.mii.org/

  • National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) http://www.nestanet.org - The Earth Scientist magazine

The Electronic Journal of Science Education -- http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/ejse.html -- the first peer reviewed electronic journal of its kind devoted to the timely sharing of science education information via the World Wide Web.

Engineering - 100 Awesome Engineering Projects for Kids - http://constructionmanagementdegree.org/blog/2010/100-awesome-engineering-projects-for-kids/

Environmental Education

• • Habitable Planet - http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/ - A systems approach to environmental science, from Annenberg

  • Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI—State of California) draft curriculum units at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Curriculum/Default.htm#CurriculumUnits. Additional information is available at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI. [Mindy Fox California Integrated Waste Management Board]

ERIC Clearinghouse http://www.eric.ed.gov/

• • Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org/

Event Based Science (middle school) http://www.Mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/ -- Newsworthy events establish the relevance of science topics; authentic tasks create the need-to-know more about those topics; and lively interviews, photographs, Web pages, and inquiry-based science activities create a desire to know more about those topics.

Evolution

• • Voyages Through Time (SETI) http://www.seti.org/centerforeducation

  • Evolution--Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/ whole book

Exemplary and promising Science Programs -- http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ORAD/KAD/expert_panel/newscience_progs.html

Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry -- http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/index.html -- provides workshops, programs, on-line support

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) http://www.ed.gov/free

Feinman Anecdotes https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-Richard-Feynman-anecdotes

First Amendment Schools -- http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/ -- "Schools must not only teach the First Amendment; they must also find ways to model and apply the democratic first principles that they are charged with teaching."

FlexBook -- Free digital STEM textbooks http://ck12.org/flexbook

FlexMath -- free Algebra 1 curriculum http://flexmath.ck12.org

Forestry

• • A Kid's Guide to Forest Fires - http://www.treeremoval.com/kids-guide-to-forest-fires/

  • Forestry Institute for Teachers http://www.forestryinstitute.org/ -- 1-800-738-8733 (TREE) Year 2001 Institutes: June 17-23; July 15-21; July 29-Aug 4.

Fuel Cells

• • Fuel Cell Learning Kit http://e1ps.tripod.com

  • Fuel Cell Store http://www.fuelcellstore.com/

  • Heliocentris http://www.heliocentris.com/

Gardening

• • Aggie Horticulture http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/index.html

  • The Great Plant Escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ Univ of Illinois

  • An Introduction To Hydroponics for Kids

  • http://blog.mygrowponics.com/post/64395230339/an-introduction-to-hydroponics-for-kids

  • National Gardening Association http://www.garden.org/

  • Urban Agriculture Notes http://www.cityfarmer.org/ by City Farmer--Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org/ sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology.

George Lucas Educational Foundation http://glef.org/welcome.html

Global Change Research Information Office http://www.gcrio.org

GLOBE--Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment; http://www.globe.gov a Global Lab Project from TERC: worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. GLOBE students make environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data through the Internet. Scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education.

Global Schoolhouse http://gsn.org

Google 

• • For Education - https://edu.google.com

  • Scholar - http://scholar.google.com provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Grants

• • NSF http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm

  • Federal Money Retriever http://www.federalgrants.com/

  • The Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org/

  • http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/top/grants.html

  • Philanthropy links http://www.philanthropy-journal.org/

  • Technology Literacy Challenge Fund--US Dept of Ed. http://www.ed.gov/Technology/TLCF

  • U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov

Great Canadian Science Web Site http://fas.sfu.ca/css/gcs/main.html

Green Teacher Magazine http://www.greenteacher.com/

History

• • BBC History Page http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

  • Winston Churchill speech http://www.winstonchurchill.org/

  • History Net http://www.thehistorynet.com/

  • History Wiz

Hotmath--Math Problem help http://hotmath.com/

How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Hurricanes http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricane0.html

Image Processing -- Center for Image Processing and Education (CIPE) http://cipe.com/ uses NIH Image

Insects - The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss - http://microsculpture.net/

Interactive Physics -- http://www.interactivephysics.com/

Jason Project http://www.jasonproject.org/ Explore life undersea via robot submersibles. 

KidZone: Worksheets for Children - http://www.kidzone.ws/

Laptops for Teachers -- http://www.teacherlaptop.org/ -- The Foundation's goal is to make it possible for every K-12 teacher in America to receive a state-of-the-art laptop computer with Internet service for home at no charge. If you go to the teacher registration page, they will notify you immediately when official registration for the Teacher Laptop program gets underway.

Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/

LESSON PLANS/ACTIVITIES

• • Brain activities http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html

  • Franklin Institute http://www.fi.edu/ -- activities at http://Sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act-summ.html

• http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/

• http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/

• http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/tricks.htm

• http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_home.html

  • Lawrence Hall of Science - http://lhs.berkeley.edu

Little Shop of Physics -- Colorado State University hands-on science outreach program http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/

Logistics Career Exploration Guide for Kids and Students - http://www.camcode.com/asset-tags/logistics-guide-for-kids/ 0

Mad Scientist Network http://www.madsci.org/ --" ask a scientist" type site.

Massage therapy schools - http://MassageSchool.org

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

MATHEMATICS

• • Cube root calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/cuberootcubecalc.html

  • Math Forum Website http://forum.swarthmore.edu/

  • Math Homework Help -- http://hotmath.com/

  • Math Standards -- Principles and Standards for School Mathematics -- http://standards.nctm.org/ -- Mathematics Standards 2000 http://www.nctm.org/standards2000/ NCTM: Standards 2000---draft of updated Standards, entitled "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics".

  • Math/Science Nucleus http://msnucleus.org/-- cycles are in "Curriculum" -- "K-6"

  • National Math Trail -- http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/ K-12 teachers and students discover and share the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore their communities and create one or more math problems that relate to what they find. Teachers submit the problems to the National Math Trail site, along with photos, drawings, sound recordings, videos--whatever can be adapted to the Internet.

  • Penny website; meganumbers http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/one.asp

math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org

Mentoring http://www.edc.org/CCT/telementoring/ Telementoring Young Women in Science, Engineering, and Computing, is a project of EDC/Center for Children & Technology and is funded by the National Science Foundation,

Mindful Education

• • Association for Mindfulness in Education - http://www.mindfuleducation.org/

  • In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind NY Times article, 12 June 2007.

Mini Grants, Information and Freebies - http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~jspeck/mini-grants.html

Misconceptions

• • Children's Misconceptions about Science - http://amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html

Montana State Univ. Courses http://www.montana.edu/wwwxs Special Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Astronomy, Landforms/Lifeforms, Immunology, Food Biotechnology ; Dr. Christian Stryker, Office of Extended Studies, Montana State University |, Bozeman, MT | uxscx@montana.edu

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

• Coursera - https://www.coursera.org

• EdX - https://www.edx.org

• Udacity - https://www.udacity.com

Mrs Silverman's Second Grade Class http://www.kids-learn.org/class98/

Museums and Science Centers

• • Guide to Informal Science Centers http://www.scienceadventures.org/

  • Museum educator's listserve: museum-ed; sign up by sending an e-mail to: listproc@mtn.org; In the body of the message, type: subscribe museum-ed [name] where [name] is your own name - not your e-mail address. (Do not use brackets.) Leave the subject line blank. To submit a message, send it to: museum-ed@mtn.org

  • Museums and Learning--a Guide for Family Visits http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Museum/ (U.S. Department of Education)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Educational Resourceshttp://www.education.noaa.gov/ National Science and Technology Week http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nstw/start.htm

National Science Education Standards (NSES) http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/ published by National Academy of Sciences

National Science Foundation (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/

National Sky Awareness Week -- sky data exchange http://www.weatherworks.com

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com

NASA Education Links

• • http://education.nasa.gov/

  • Space Science Education Resource Directory (NASA Office of Space Science) http://teachspacescience.org

  • http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/SII/URLs/NASAeducation.html

National Center on Education and the Economy --Performance Standardshttp://www.ncee.org

National Chemistry Week http://www.acs.org/ncw/

National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) http://scienceteacher.org/ offers graduate-credit science and mathematics courses to teachers nationally. Teachers are able to participate in the telecomputing courses from convenient home or work locations via the Internet.

Newton's Aquarium http://www.eureka.ca/ n-body gravity simulator--from Eureka

NOVA (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) - http://www.topnursing.org

Oceanography course http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/ocean608/

On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research http://www.nas.edu

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

ORGANIZATIONS

• • American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/

  • American Association of Physics Teachers http://aapt.org

  • American Institute of Physics (AIP) http://www.aip.org/

  • American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/

  • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) http://www.aapt.org/

  • American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/

  • California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) http://www.cascience.org

  • National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu National Academy Press http://www.nap.edu/index.html

  • National Association of Biology Teachers http://www.nabt.org/

  • National Association of Secondary School Principals http://www.nassp.org/

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/

  • National Center for Science Education http://www.natcenscied.org/ -- improving and supporting education in evolution and the nature of science, and increasing public understanding of these subjects

  • National Education Association http://www.nea.org/

  • National Mining Association (NMA) http://www.nma.org/

  • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory http://www.nwrel.org/ -- Science Inquiry Model http://www.nwrel.org/msec/science_inq/index.html

  • NRC--Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education, Professional Development Guide (1999) -- http://www.nap.edu/books/0309067804/html/

  • NSTA--National Science Teachers Association

    • http://www.nsta.org/

      • NSTA-Quantum http://www.nsta.org/quantum

      • SciLinks http://www.scilinks.org/ Example codes: HE084 (Temperate forests); hw116 (alternative fuels); hw182 (nuclear reactions); he100 (lakes and savannas); he123 (watersheds)

  • National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/ has Educator's Activity Guide, Animal Tracks

  • TIMSS -- TIMSS-R: Highlights of the report & the *full* report --"Pursuing Excellence: Comparisons of International Eighth-Grade Mathematics & Science Achievement from a U.S. Perspective, 1995 & 1999" -- are at

  • http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001028

  • http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001027

Parents Role in Education -- http://www.nsta.org/parents/

PBS http://www.pbs.org/ Most of these links have classroom activities...

• • A Science Odyssey http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/

  • Faith and Reason http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/

  • Live Satellite Events--http://www.pbs.org/learn/als/programs/live/

  • Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/ Interactive game that demonstrates how time determines longitude

  • Mysteries of Deep Space http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/ -- Interactive timeline and classroom activities. Also how to purchase the show

  • Stephen Hawking http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/home.htmlDownload a free, desktop-publishable quality PDF (Portable Document Format) version of the STEPHEN HAWKINGÕS UNIVERSE TeacherÕs Guide

  • TeacherSource Website http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

  • The Living Edens: Madagascar:A World Apart http://www.pbs.org/edens/madagascar/

  • The Perfect Pearl http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pearl/

  • Tracking El Nino http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

PERIODICALS

• • Education Week http://www.edweek.org/ education magazine for people interested in education reform, schools, and the policies that guide them

  • Education World magazine http://www.education-world.com/ -- has searchable database of 115,000 education-related web sites Green Teacher Magazine http://www.greenteacher.com/

  • New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/

  • Physics News http://www.het.brown.edu/news/index.html

  • Popular Science http://www.popsci.com/

  • Science (magazine) http://www.sciencemag.org/ ScienceWeek http://scienceweek.com/ science newletter.

  • Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/ --Archives at http://www.sciamarchive.com

  • ScienceDaily http://www.sciencedaily.com latest research news

  • Science News http://www.sciencenews.org/

  • The Why Files (Science Behind the News) http://Whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/

Peterson's Guides, Inc. http://www.petersons.com

searchable data on education instututions

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

PHYSICS

• • Atmospheric Optics http://www.atoptics.co.uk

  • Bernouli - Airfoil Lifting Force Misconception Widespread in K-6 Textbooks - http://amasci.com/wing/airfoil.html

  • Fermi national Accelerator Lab http://www.fnal.gov/

  • Fun Physics For Teens - http://kids.usa.gov/teens-home/science/physics/index.shtml

  • Gravity games (applets, java, flash, ...)

    • • Attractors & boards http://www.thecleverest.com/content/attractors.html?

      • NetLogo Models Library: N-Bodies http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/N-Bodies

      • NetLogo Models Library: Gravitation http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Gravitation

  • Hyperphysics, Rod Nave, Georgia State University, An exploration environment for concepts in physics. Site has concept maps for navigation. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

  • Interactive Physics -- http://www.interactivephysics.com/

  • Internet Plasma Physics Educational Experience (IPPEX) http://ippex.pppl.gov/ excellent animations to teach concepts in physics on matter, atoms, etc.

  • Open Source Physics (Nov 2011) http://www.compadre.org/osp/index.cfm

  • Optics activities from Astronomy Department, University of Texas at Austin, Mary Kay Hemenway at http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/marykay/optics.html

  • Particle Adventure -- http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/index.html LBNL

  • Physics 2000 http://www.Colorado.EDU/physics/2000/ --interactive virtual physics experiments

  • Physics Education Technology http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/web-pages/ - Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world

  • Physics Resources through Science Net: http://sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca/

  • Physics--Static Electricity http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/emotor/statelec.html

  • Physics Web -- Website for Physicists -- http://physicsweb.org/ PhysLink-- Physics and Astronomy Education Reference http://www.physlink.com/

  • Sodaconstructor http://sodaplay.com/ interactive page that animates and edits two dimensional models made out of masses and springs--springs can be controlled by a wave to make pulsing muscles--models can be constructed that bounce, roll, walk etc

  • Tesla Coils

    • • Hoop's Tesla Coils - http://www.drspark.org/

Physiology

• • Human Body Interactive - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml

Pinhole Cameras http://www.paintcancamera.com/

Powers of Ten

• • http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University)

  • http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/scale/ (Genetic Science Learning Center)

Private Universe Project -- Teachers' Lab http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/

Problem-Based Learning

• • Center for Problem Based Learning (PBL) -- http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/problem.html

  • University of Delaware -- http://www.udel.edu/pbl/

PLNs - References from Social Media for Professional Learning Networks by Cheska Robinson, in Oct 2014 NSTA Reports

• • Twitter "think tanks"

  • News aggregator tools: Flipboard and Feedly

  • Social Bookmarking: Diigo

  • The Educator's PLN (Personal Learning Network) [ning]

  • Classroom 2.0 (social network for those interested in Web 2.0, Social Media, and Participative Technologies in the classroom)

Practical Uses of Math and Science http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/

Questions and Answers in science

• • Online Quizzes in Math and Science at all grade levels http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true

Quizmaker software - ProProfs.com

Reference Desk--Virtual --http://www.vrd.org/locator/subject.shtml

RISE--Resources for Involving Scientist in Education http://www.nas.edu/rise/

Rural Schools http://www.ruralschools.org/ Organizations Concerned about Rural Education (OCRE) is a coalition of more than two dozen education, farm, rural, technology and utility organizations with common concern for the economic future of rural America, particularly, the education of rural children.

School District Profiles http://www.sunspace.com

Science Education Newsgroup: news://schl.call.mathsci

Science Fair

• • How-To Guide for Students and Educators: Science Fair Displays - http://www.iconicdisplays.com/Science-Fair-Display-Guide.html

  • How to -- http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

  • Projects for science fair - http://www.experiland.com - Science projects and science experiments for kid’s grades 1 to 8. Details available in e-books for sale.

  • Science Fair Primer http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html by Ted Rowan

  • Science Fairs http://physics1.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/

Science Friday http://www.npr.org/programs/scifri/ Talk of the Nation: Science Friday is a science talk-show which can be heard each Friday afternoon, 2-4 pm ET over National Public Radio (NPR).

Science Learning Network http://www.sln.org/

Science on a Sphere (SOS) - formerly "The Blue Marble" - http://sos.noaa.gov

School Curriculum On Line Resource for Educators (SCORE) http://score.k12.ca.us/ database with teacher reviewed sites as well as built-in lessons and links, all of which are presently being cross-referenced to the CA Science Standards.

Schoolwork.ugh! http://www.schoolwork.org/ -- geared toward helping older students, grades 7 and up, with schoolwork.

Glenn Seaborg http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/seaborg.html

Seasons

• • Teacher review of The Real Reasons for Seasons - Sun-Earth Connections GEMS guide. See http://aer.noao.edu/AERArticle.php?issue=1§ion=5&article=7

  • SEPUP seasons interactive http://sepuplhs.org/students/iaes/simulations/SEPUP_Seasons_Interactive.swf

Skeptical Inquirer -- put out by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) -- http://www.csicop.org/

Songs http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/

Space Day http://www.spaceday.com/

Space Science Education Resource Directory (NASA Office of Space Science) http://teachspacescience.org

Spaceweek http://www.spaceweek.org

Standards

• • National Science Education Standards (NSES) http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/ published by National Academy of Sciences

  • Standards for Technology Education http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/TAA/TAA.html

Stereotypes -- "Psychological Science" article: Positive stereotypes can raise academic performance http://www.psychologicalscience.org

Sunwise http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/ an environmental and health education program (K-8) that aims to teach children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun. UV Measurement and Reporting (UV measurement device loaned to interested schools)

TeacherTalk http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/tthmpg.html

TeachNet http://TeachNet.org -- IMPACT IIÑThe Teachers Network, a national nonprofit organization that supports classroom teachers in the United States. Daily Classroom Specials; Teacher-Designed Projects and Activities by Subject; Talk with Teachers; Grants/Resources for Teachers; TeachNet Store; Technology How-to

TechGuide - https://techguide.org/

• A Complete Guide to K-12 STEM Resources - https://techguide.org/resources/k-12-stem-guide/

• How to Find a Tech Career with Numbers - https://techguide.org/resources/career-with-numbers/

Technology in the Classroom

• • An Educator's Guide to Evaluating The Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms (Dept. of Ed) http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdf  

Telementoring Women http://www.edc.org/CCT/telementoring/

TERC http://www.terc.edu/--a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. Science-a-thon -- http://scithon.terc.edu/

Test Preparation and Academic Tutoring 

• http://www.varsitytutors.com - free practice tests.

• http://www.onlinecollegeplan.com/sat-act-prep-guide/

The Internet and School: A Survey of Networking Activities http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/tracy-article.html

Textbooks Online

• • Global Systems Science -- http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/gss

ThinkQuest http://thinkquest.org/is an annual international contest for students 12 - 19 years old. Awards total over $1,000,000.

TIMSS--Third International Mathematics & Science Study http://www.ed.gov/inits/TIMSS/; see also

• • ENC TIMSS website at http://timss.enc.org/;

  • Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education, Professional Development Guide (1999) -- http://www.nap.edu/books/0309067804/html/ (National Academies Press)

  • Mathematics and Science in the 8th Grade--Findings from TIMSS http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000014.pdf

Typing - Dancemap Typing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

University of California, Berkeley http://www.berkeley.edu

• • Interactive University Project http://iu.berkeley.edu/iu. This page also has a link to the Berkeley Pledge Home Page.

  • Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu -- Curriculum development center. LHS Science Information infrastructure (SII)is at http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/SII/sii.html

US Dept of Education (DoEd) http://www.ed.gov/

and Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) ftp: ftp.ed.gov --- gopher: gopher.ed.gov

Video Editing/Production

• • Video Production Curriculum -- Casablanca Digital Video Production curriculum http://www.videochuck.com/

Videos

• • Crash Course Videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse/videos

  • Khan Academy  - http://www.khanacademy.org/ - - 1000+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan

Virtual Science and Mathematics Fair http://www.educ.wsu.edu/

Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/ -- US Dept of Ed

A Walk Through Time -- http://www.globalcommunity.org/wtt/ -- Foundation for Global Community, http://www.globalcommunity.org

Water Science for Schools (USGS) http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

Weather

• • SciLinks Weather sites for elementary school http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=1174191044. also http://ecommerce.nsta.org/enewsletter/2002-04/elementary.htm

  • Articles on weather for middle school http://ecommerce.nsta.org/enewsletter/2002-04/intermediate.htm

WestEd http://www.wested.org/ WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium http://www.wested.org/werc/ -- teacher resources and lesson plan searches; WestEd links http://www.wested.org/werc/links.html

WhaleNet http://whale.wheelock.edu/

Wolfram|Alpha Reference Site: - http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - a free online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data. Subject areas include Mathematics, Statistics & Data Analysis, Physics, Chemistry, Material Properties, Engineering, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Transportation, Web & Computer System, Units & Measures, Finance, Dates & Times, Places & Geography, Socioeconomic Data, Weather, Health & Medicine, Food & Nutrition, Words & Linguistics, Culture & Media, People & History, Education, Organizations, Sports & Games, Music, Colors. See examples at http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples and Stephen Wolfram's introduction at http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

Women in Science

• • 4000 Years of Women in Science http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/

  • Important Women in Science http://www.medicalandnursing-training.com/medic/important-women-in-science.html

  • Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide to Materials in English. by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & Astronomical Society of the Pacific) - http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html

Whiteboard - Interactive Resources - http://www.qwiktag.com/index.php/education/171-interactive-whiteboard-resource

Worksheets

• • Worksheet Library - http://www.worksheetlibrary.com - home to over 5,000 printable K-6 worksheets for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers. Many

  • available at no charge. Also offer a free extensive library of teaching tip articles at http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/teachingtips/

  • http://schoolexpress.com/

Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://www.yucky.com/