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EDUCATION URLsK-12 RESOURCES2061 -- 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
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
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
California Science
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--
Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics CHEMISTRY
Choices for the 21st Century Education Project http://www.choices.edu/
Global Environmental Problems Citizen Science 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
COMPANIES
Computers
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
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
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
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
ERIC Clearinghouse http://www.eric.ed.gov/
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
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
Fuel Cells
Gardening
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
Grants
Great Canadian Science Web Site http://fas.sfu.ca/css/gcs/main.html Green Teacher Magazine http://www.greenteacher.com/
History
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
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
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
Mini Grants, Information and Freebies - http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~jspeck/mini-grants.html Misconceptions
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)
Mrs Silverman's Second Grade Class http://www.kids-learn.org/class98/ Museums and Science Centers
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
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
Parents Role in Education -- http://www.nsta.org/parents/ PBS http://www.pbs.org/ Most of these links have classroom activities...
Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics PERIODICALS
Peterson's Guides, Inc. http://www.petersons.com
Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics PHYSICS
Physiology
Pinhole Cameras http://www.paintcancamera.com/ Powers of Ten
Private Universe Project -- Teachers' Lab http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/ Problem-Based Learning
PLNs - References from Social Media for Professional Learning Networks by Cheska Robinson, in Oct 2014 NSTA Reports
Practical Uses of Math and Science http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/
Questions and Answers in science
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
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
Skeptical Inquirer
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
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 Technology in the Classroom
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
The Internet and School: A Survey of Networking Activities http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/tracy-article.html Textbooks Online
TIMSS--Third International Mathematics & Science Study http://www.ed.gov/inits/TIMSS/; see also
Typing - Dancemap Typing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ University of California, Berkeley http://www.berkeley.edu
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
Videos
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
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
Whiteboard - Interactive Resources - http://www.qwiktag.com/index.php/education/171-interactive-whiteboard-resource Worksheets
Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://www.yucky.com/
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