There are 100 programs found.
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| Action Bioscience: Lesson Directory |
Action Bioscience provides original peer-edited lessons, written by science educators, to specifically accompany peer-reviewed articles on their site. Each lesson contains questions related to the article, as well as a variety of student activities that promote active learning and inquiry into current issues in the biosciences. The site is endorsed by the National Association of Biology Teachers. |
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| Adirondack Curriculum Project Adirondack Challenges Lesson Plans |
The Adirondack Curriculum Project Adirondack Challenges Lesson Plans are called challenges because it is hoped that you will create student-centered constructivist oriented learning experiences that will challenge your students and allow them to learn about the Adirondacks while preparing to meet the New York State Learning Standards. Many lesson plans are given in a variety of content areas. |
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| Air Pollution: What's the Solution? |
Air Pollution: What's the Solution? Is an educational project for students, grades 6 to 12, that uses online real time data to guide student discovery of the science behind the causes and effects of outdoor air pollution. |
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| Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity from Space Education Resources |
After its 2010 launch, the Aquarius instrument will measure Sea Surface Salinity(SSS) with unprecedented resolution. Our highly integrated and complementary Education & Public Outreach (EPO) goal is to demonstrate how better understanding people know and what they can learn about our oceans.
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| Atmospheric Optics |
Scientific overview of light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere thus producing a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. Some can be seen almost every day or so, some are once in a lifetime sights. Find out where to see them and how they form.
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| Awesome Library, Teachers |
The Awesome Library, an Internet library database is a web portal that provides a common source of information for K12 teachers, students, parents, and librarians that organizes the Web with 30,000 carefully reviewed resources. |
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| Biology Lesson Plans |
Are you looking for complete, well written K12 lesson plans to add to your biology lessons? The topics at this site include: Neuroscience, General Anatomy and Physiology and Environmental Sciences and Animal Biology Activities. |
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| Center for Nanoscale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers: Labs and Lending Library |
Teams of high school teachers and Cornell University scientists collaborate to develop hands-on inquiary-based labs. Currently there are 23 labs in PDF available for downloading by any teacher. |
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| Challenger Center for Space Science Education |
Create a life-size space station. Visit far-off galaxies. Take a break on Mars. Do it all while meeting educational standards and engaging students in inquiry-based learning. Challenger Center for Space Science Education embraces a pedagogy that promotes scientific literacy by encouraging exploration and inquiry, and by exciting young people about knowledge and learning. |
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| Childrens Museum of Science and Technology Teacher Resource Packets |
At Childrens Museum of Science and Technology learning by doing is order of the day, and fun is the tool they use to teach. CMOST's programs align with New York State's curriculum standards. The Teacher Resource Packets titles include All About Animals, Amazing Adaptations, Molecules In Motion and more. |
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| Columbia Education Center's Math Mini-Lessons (Elementary) |
Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States. |
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| Columbia Education Center's Math Mini-Lessons (High School) |
Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States. |
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| Columbia Education Center's Math Mini-Lessons (Intermediate) |
Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States. |
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| Columbia Education Center's Science Mini-Lessons (Elementary) |
Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States. |
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| Columbia Education Center's Science Mini-Lessons (High School) |
Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States. |
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| Columbia Education Center's Science Mini-Lessons (Intermediate) |
Youth Net is a server on the Internet that sponsors this group of lesson plans that came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. They were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States. |
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| Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers Lesson Plans |
Each summer, Columbia University's Summer Research Program participants develop Action and Lesson Plans. Most Lesson Plans are research-inspired and reference science standards. Currently, there are 285 Lesson Plans in the database. |
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| Cool Cosmos: The Infrared Universe |
Learn about Infrared Light and Multiwavelength Astronomy. Discover light outside the visible spectrum with many the classroom activities, experiments and lesson plans provided for you at Cool Cosmos! |
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| Creative Chemistry |
Creative Chemistry offers worksheets, teaching notes, and fun activities. There are over two hundred pages of question sheets and practical guides, chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models, and the "Tune-up Garage" to help improve science investigations. |
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| Dinosphere: Now You're in THEIR World |
There are eight activities for K - 2, divided into nonreader, early reader, and reader categories. There is also a WebQuest for grades 3 -5, as well as one for grades 6 - 8. Each activity has a teacher's guide including activity overview, standards and suggestions for variations, when applicable. All activities and WebQuests have been translated into Spanish for ESL students. From the Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
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| Discovery Channel School's Lesson Plans Library |
View the list of brand-new lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school students. Lesson plans include the sciences, mathematics and technology. Hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers are easily accessible. Use the pull-down menus to browse by subject, grade, or both. |
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| Educational Programs at Schenectady Museum |
The Museum's exhibits are filled with amazing objects and stories, so whatever the topic or theme of your or lesson, your students will develop specific skills for accessing information from primary source materials. NYS Learning Standards Matrix is also available for each area, Prk through High School. |
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| Educational REALMS (Resources for Engaging Active Learners in Mathematics and Science) |
Through the active exchange of information and services, REALMS facilitates improved teaching, learning, and scholarship in science, mathematics, technology, and environmental education. The lesson plan page is one example of their work. |
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| Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plans |
The Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States. You may browse Lesson Plans by subject or use the search tool. |
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| Engineering K12 Center |
This site is designed to help K12 educators meet the challenges of engineering awareness by providing lesson plans to use in classrooms, highlighting engineering outreach programs to introduce to precollege students, and serving as a hub for engineering education resources. |
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| Fizzics Fizzle |
Fizzics Fizzle, your interactive guide to physics is a comprehensive guide to understanding the world of physics. It offers content for students who have never been exposed to the world of physics before to the physics curriculum generally taught in introductory college physics classes and high school Advanced Placement Physics C classes. |
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| Flinn Scientific Middle School Earth Science Activities |
Flinn Scientific, a source for scientific supplies, has a section for Middle School Science. Earth Science activities demonstrate important scientific concepts. Form a cloud with your own two hands, introduce the formation of stalagmites and stalactites, build your own anemometer and more. |
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| Flinn Scientific Middle School Life Science Activities |
Flinn Scientific, a source for scientific supplies, has a section for Middle School Science. The exciting life science activities which demonstrate important life science concepts, are exciting for both you and your students. |
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| Flinn Scientific Middle School Physical Science Activities |
Flinn Scientific, a source for scientific supplies, has a section for Middle School Science. The exciting physical science activities which demonstrate important life science concepts, are exciting for both you and your students. |
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| Fun Mathematics Lessons |
Fun Mathematics Lessons was one of about twelve math sites selected as the best for teachers on the Internet today in the books 101 Best Web Sites for Secondary Teachers and 101 Best Web Sites for Elementary Teachers published by the International Society for Technology in Education. The lessons are complete with student activities and helpful teacher notes. |
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| Fun Mathematics Lessons |
This comprehensive PreK12 site contains math lessons and activities on graphing, problem solving, algebra, fractions, counting, exponents, fractals, ratios and proportions, geometry, and calculus. |
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| Garden Mosaics |
To learn more about the science behind gardening, Garden Mosaics, a youth and community education program, combines science learning with intergenerational mentoring, multicultural understanding, and community action. Garden Mosaics provides diverse learning opportunities for youth aged 10 to18, educators, and gardeners. |
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| General Biology Program for Science Teachers |
The General Biology Program for Science Teachers is a unit of the Biology Project, an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona.The Lesson Plans and Activities section is written by middle and high school teachers using highly interactive learning materials. |
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| Get Body Smart |
An online examination of human anatomy and physiology using interactive "Flash" animations created by Scott Sheffield based on his 21 years of teaching this material at the university level. Current topics include: Skeletel System, Muscle Tissue Physiology, Muscular System, Nervous System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Urinary System, and Histology. Includes interactive tutorials and quizzes. |
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| Hands On Plastics 2 (HOP2): A Scientific Investigation Kit |
The American Plastics Council and the National Middle Level Science Teachers? Association have produced a new kit called HOP 2. It contains six recycled plastic resins, a labeled recycled plastic lumber sample, Learning Cycle lesson plans, and background information on a CD ROM. This kit is intended for middle level students to learn about plastics while in the classroom and at home. |
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| Hands On Plastics, Jr. |
Hands On Plastics, Jr. is for grades K to 4. Activities have been created that will help teachers fulfill the National Science Education Standard for grades K to 4 for Physical Science, Science and Technology and Science in Personal and Social Perspectives. |
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| Hands On Plastics: A Scientific Investigation Kit |
Hands On Plastics: A Scientific Investigation Kit was developed by the National Middle Level Science Teachers Association and is produced and distributed by the American Plastics Council. On this site, science teaching resources about plastics are made available to you and your students, along with easily downloaded step by step depictions of classroom science education activities. In addition, there are links to a wide variety of plastics resources. |
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| Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students |
These hands-on activities cover a broad range of biological topics, including genetics, natural selection, microorganisms, and human physiology. These activities are designed to:help students understand important biological principles and concepts, develop student understanding of the scientific process, and improve students' writing and math skills. |
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| HotChalk's LessonPlansPage.com |
The Lesson Plans Page was developed to assist educators of all types. Elementary school teachers get lesson plans that are ready to use in their classrooms. College students get great example lesson plans or ideas to base their own lesson plans on. Home schoolers can get lesson plans to use at home and parents can get ideas for educational activities to use with their children. |
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| Illuminations: Lessons |
Illuminations is designed to provide standards based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. The collection of 524 lessons for preK12 math educators is easily sorted by age group and topic. |
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| Imagine the Universe |
Imagine the Universe is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe, teachers may choose from a number of lesson plans for grades 6 to12 that use mathematics in the study of various science topics. |
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| Jefferson Lab Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science Activities |
Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science is an educational partnership between the Jefferson Lab and Newport News City Public Schools. It provides teachers with hands on activities based on the science and technology at Jefferson Lab. The science and math interactive activities include Teacher Overview and Materials list and Lab Pages for the students. Topics include Magnets and Electromagnets, Electrostatics, The Shape of Things. |
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| Jefferson Lab:Teacher Resources |
As a world class research facility, Jefferson Lab, is a valued partner to the local, regional and national education community. The focus on increasing the number of teachers with a substantial background in math and science, strengthening the motivation and preparation of all students, especially minorities and females is exemplified in this Teacher Resources section. |
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| Kidsgardening: Helping Young Minds Grow |
National Gardening Association is a leading national provider of K12, plant-based educational materials. The Kidsgardening programs, projects, thematic explorations and guides help children gain knowledge in science, literacy, social studies, nutrition, the environment, and personal skill areas such as leadership, problem-solving, and team building. Also, there are listings of grants for which teachers can write to support their gardening programs. |
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| Lesson Plans Page |
If you are looking for a place to share lesson plans this is it! Over 3,000 free lesson plans,worksheets and science projects for PreK to 12 are available in the subject areas of Math, Science,Computers and more. |
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| LessonPlanz.com |
A searchable directory of free online lesson plans and lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects. |
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| Map Adventures |
U.S. Geological Survey's Map Adventures, with seven accompanying lessons, is appropriate for grades K3. Students learn basic concepts for visualizing objects from different perspectives and how to understand and use maps. |
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| Math Archives: K to12 Teaching Materials |
Math Archives, is a collection of links organized by mathematical topics including: lesson plans by grade, software, contests and competitions. |
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| Math Portal |
Results of a collaborative effort to link to math resources that have both web links and printable versions (PDF). |
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| Math and Science Resources |
This lesson plan project from South Carolina, gathered math and science resources found on the Internet, divided them into 18 categories and included annotated listings with keyword search capability. |
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| Math.com, The World of Math Online |
The Teacher Education Center of the World of Math Online has free math lessons, math help and lesson plans from basic math to algebra, geometry and more. Contains hundreds of Teacher created unique lesson plans. |
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| MathBits.com |
MathBits is devoted to offering fun, yet challenging, lessons and activities in high school and college level mathematics and computer programming to students and teachers. |
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| Microbes@NASA For Educators |
Microbial mats are living examples of the most ancient biological communities on Earth. As Earth's earliest ecosystems, they are centrally important to understanding the history of life on our planet and are useful models for the search for life elsewhere. Learn why Microbes@NASA has supported this research. Inquiry based lesson plans are tied to the National Standards. |
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| NASA Quest |
NASA Quest connects K12 classrooms with people,research and science through mission based interactions and activities. The interactive explorations are designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. A link to Women of NASA encourages young women to pursue careers in math and science. |
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| NASA/MSU-Bozeman CERES Project |
Center for Educational
Resources (CERES) Project
Through funding from NASA, faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the nation have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy. Closely aligned with the NRC National Science Education Standards, these web based lessons make maximum use of exciting on-line NASA resources, data, and images. In addition to classroom-ready materials using contemporary teaching strategies, CERES has developed several on-line NASA data search engines and two graduate level distance learning courses, available over the internet to K-12 teachers. |
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| NYS Teacher Center Mid-Hudson Teacher Center [MHTC] Lesson Plans |
The mission of the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center [MHTC] is to enhance teaching as a profession. The MHTC responds to the needs and interests of over 13,000 educators, along with parents and community members in Dutchess, Ulster and Orange counties. |
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| Nanoscale Science Education: Working Small Thinking Big |
Nanotechnology is the science and technology of building materials and devices from single atoms and molecules. Nanoscale Science Education contains K12 instructional materials including free instructional downloads for teachers focusing on Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Investigations. |
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| National Science Center Teacher Tools |
The Teacher Tools website is part of the National Science Center and offers excellent learning resources for those teaching science to students in grades 3 to 12. The tools include lesson plans, classroom activities, videos, distance learning, and backpack activities that are organized into eleven theme topics that include magnetism, chemistry, electricity, energy, sound and more. |
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| National Teachers Training Institute (NTTI) |
This is a source for great lessons that use the best of public television programs and the Web. Choose from hundreds of technology friendly lessons developed by master teachers. |
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| New York Agriculture in the Classroom Lesson Plans |
New York Agriculture in the Classroom Lessons address concepts in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies using the food and fiber system as a theme. Lessons include teacher instructions, student activities, worksheets, answer keys, puzzles, and games. |
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| New York State Museum Teacher Guides and Resources |
The NYS Museum Teacher's guides and other resources for the classroom provide tools you can use to bring the subject into the classroom. The activities correspond with the New York State Learning Standards and Core Curriculum in order to be easily incorporated with units you may already be teaching. The topics correspond with exhibits at the Museum. |
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| New York Times Learning Network Daily Lesson Plan Archive |
New York Times Learning Network Teachers Connections can access lesson plans for grades 6 to12, written in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use. Previous lessons are available in the archive and in thematic lesson plan units. |
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| PBS Teacher Source |
Utilizing the power of telecommunications to provide quality resources and services to teachers of mathematics, science and other subjects in grades K12, this searchable site contains over 3000 lesson plans and activities. |
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| PestWorld for Teachers |
PestWorld for Teachers provide a fascinating entry point into many curricular subjects, including biology, ecology, environment, and health using pests as the theme. The K-2 and 3-5 grade lesson plans teach insect anatomy, the social life of termites, the scientific inquiry process, and much more. The lessons emphasize both content and process skills and support the National Science Standards. |
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| Plane Math Activities |
Plane Math Activities has interactive lessons about flying which you can do. A couple of the lessons include Flight Path - Find the shortest path between 2 cities, Bird's Eye View - Learn to fly a rescue helicopter and LiftOff - An old fable helps explain how planes lift. In addition to the lessons, interesting biographies and carrer paths of the authors of each Plane activity are also available by linking Meet Me. |
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| Plant Genomics Classroom Resources and Activities |
Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University and the Curriculum Development Workshop developed plant based classroom activities. They are formatted to be ready to use for the classroom, with appropriate hand outs and teacher background information. |
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| Practical Uses of Math and Science |
PUMAS is a collection of one page examples of how math and science topics taught in K12 classes can be used in interesting settings, including everyday life. The examples are written primarily by scientists and engineers, and are available to teachers, students, and other interested parties. |
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| PreK12 Engineering |
PreK12 Engineering is a free resource for educators and administrators who are looking to integrate engineering concepts and activities into prek through twelfth grade classrooms. Find engineering based activities by grade clusters. The engineering activities and projects provide a forum for planning, hands-on building, and testing within a set of design criteria. |
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| Project Wet, Project Wild, Project Learning Tree |
Three environmental themes will help you learn about and experience exciting new hands on interdisciplinary ideas that you can use to teach science, math, social studies, music, art, language arts, and physical education. They focus on meeting Math, Science, and Technology Learning Standards and strengthening critical thinking, team building, and problem solving skills. |
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| Purplemath |
Purplemath contains practical algebra lessons demonstrating useful techniques and pointing out common errors. Lessons are written with the struggling algebra student in mind. |
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| ROBOLAB at CEEO |
Learn by making! Using LEGO Pieces in the classroom, ROBOLAB has organized Curriculum, Activities, Programming and Classroom Implementation on one page. Discover directions to building a device that will cool down a cup of hot liquid or building a chair that keeps Mr. Bear from falling over and more. |
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| River Venture |
RiverVenture is the story of South Carolina's cultural and natural landscape as told by its rivers. Upon completion, RiverVenture will take you on a virtual float across South Carolina. Although set in South Carolina, the site should have portability to other states because it examines organisms found in the river, provides guides for classifing the animals into their respective families and classes, and activities that allow students to "compete" for space, shelter, food, and water just as an organism does. Includes Teacher Resources and is standards-based (SC state). |
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| S.O.S. Mathematics |
Homework help for high school, college and adult learners covering fractions to differential equations. |
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| SEA's (Sea Education Association) K12 Lesson Plans |
SEA is an educational institution dedicated to the study of the ocean environment and its relationship to the Earth and to human affairs. SEA's K12 Lesson Plans are listed by grade level and topic. Topics include Oceanography, Marine Biology, Nautical Science and Marine Ecology. |
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| SEGway (Science Education GateWay) Educational Resources |
SEGway develops educational resources through several NASA-supported projects. These resources range from web-based lessons to hands-on, inquiry based-lessons for grades K-12. lessons organized by grade level and topic. Topics are varied throughout all Earth and Space Science. Each lesson has a summary with a brief overview of the lesson, its teaching goals, and alignment to standards. |
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| Scholastic Teachers Lesson Plans |
Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, has a corporate mission supported through all of its divisions of helping children around the world to read and learn. Every month Scholastic adds new lessons complete with supporting printables and booklists. You may browse by keyword, grade, K12, and subject, including math, science and more. |
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| School Programs at Kopernik |
Teachers, design your own program. You may combine any of the activities to suit your needs. All programs involve students in the science inquiry process and help students ?think and work as scientists?. All Kopernik programs meet the New York State and Pennsylvania State standards for Math, Science and Technology. |
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| SchoolFamily.com |
SchoolFamily.com is the only website focused exclusively on helping parents help their kids make the most of their school year. Science worksheets and activities to help kids learn about astronomy, biology, the environment, and more. Help your kids practice science lessons with these fun printables. |
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| Scibermonkey Go Bananas for Science |
Scibermonkey uses simple web navigation and fun graphics to create a quick, easy and invaluable tool for 11 to 14 year old pupils and their teachers of biology, chemistry and physics. The teacher's page includes the same sites as the pupil's pages but often has more information and other links relating to each lesson objective. |
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| Science NetLinks: Lessons |
Science NetLinks provides a wealth of resources for K to 12 science educators. It is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students. The matrix includes lessons in heredity, agriculture, energy sources, structure of matter and more! |
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| Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) |
Do your students need to see or touch it to believe it? The SMILE program is designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of science and mathematics through the use of the single hands on concept idea. Contains over 900 lesson plans. |
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| Sciencenter Chemistry Experiments |
Chemistry Experiments are ideal for kids ages 5 through 12 and can be completed in the classroom or museum setting. The children can investigate the properties of chemicals to solve puzzles or challenges, such as "Fruit Juice Mystery" and "Disappearing Stains." |
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| Sites for Teachers |
This comprehensive collection of sites and curriculum resources from the Internet for teachers to use in their classrooms covers various math and science topics at the elementary school level. Board Games, Ideas & Activities and Puzzles & Problems are also available. |
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| SkyMath Making Mathematical Connections |
SkyMath uses data analysis, graphing, number and number relationship, patterns and functions, and statistics and measurement with real-time weather data and technology to motivate students to learn mathematics.SkyMath works effectively as an integrated math and science unit where students learn mathematical skills in the course of scientific exploration. |
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| Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Classroom Resources |
The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics. The Classroom Resources section has links to a variety of themed poster and associated activities and packet materials that may be printed in totality for your use. |
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| Sun Angle Lab |
This interactive lab helps explain how the temperature on the surface of the earth is affected by the angle of the sun. It also
explains how the surface area of light cast upon an object changes in relation to the angle of the light source. |
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| SunWind Solar Lessons |
Educational site about solar technology and the way it shapes our world. |
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| TEACH (The Education And Curriculum Homesite) Great Lakes |
The TEACH site features mini-lessons on Great Lakes topics: environment, geography, pollution and careers & business. Geared for K12 students, the modules are continually expanded and updated and include links to a glossary to help explain scientific terms and acronyms. TEACH also features links to other educational resources as well as state and regional agencies and organizations. |
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| TeachEngineering Resources for K12 |
Engineering is all around us. TeachEngineering Resources for K12 uses engineering as a vehicle to integrate math and science fundamentals. All lesson plans are based upon age-appropriate national and state science, technology, mathematics and engineering educational standards. |
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| The Atoms Family |
The Atoms Family exhibit is currently on display at The Miami Museum of Science. This resource contains lessons and activities relating to different forms of energy. Each is presented by a famous gothic horror character. The Mummy's Tomb: Learn about energy conservation, kinetic, and potential energy. Phantom's Portrait Parlor: principles of atoms and matter. Dracula's Library: properties of light, waves, and particles. Wolf Man's Ghostly Graveyard: fuel conservation and energy transfer. Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory: different forms of electricity and electrical safety. |
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| The Franklin Institute The Human Heart |
Heart activity lesson plans for the classroom. It is one of many Resources for Science Learning which inspire scientific curiosity. |
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| Tools for Understanding: A Resource Guide for Extending Mathematical Understanding in Secondary Schools |
This site is intended for educators who teach mathematics and are interested in integrating common technologies into their daily instruction. While much of this site focuses on mathematics, there are a number of lessons and activities that are intended to blend mathematics with writing and make use of mathematical reasoning in other content areas such as social studies. |
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| TryEngineering.org Lesson Plans |
TryEngineering offers a variety of lesson plans for ages 8 to 18 that align with education standards to allow teachers and students to apply engineering principles in the classroom. The provided matrix will allow you to select a lesson that will be age and content appropriate for your classroom. |
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| U.S. Department of Energy Online Energy Lessons |
Fossil fuels are both the fuels of our past and fuels for the future. In this series of energy lessons and study guides, students can learn about the history of fossil fuels and their future potential. |
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| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Teaching Center |
This site is for educators who wish to teach about the environment. It offers background information on a variety of topics, lesson plans, and activities that work in and out of the classroom. You will also find information on workshops, conferences, grants, awards and a variety of other information that will assist you in your educational goals. |
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| Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology (UEET) Kid's Page |
The Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology Program (UEET) is a NASA program whose members are working to develop and create new propulsion technologies which can be turned over to US companies. Working together with the American companies UEET hopes to enable a new generation of cleaner, high-performance aircraft. UEET Kid's Page includes colorful Engine Technology background information pages for students, games and activities and complete lesson plans. |
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| University of Wisconsin Internships in Public Science Education: Educator Resources |
The University of Wisconsin Internships in Public Science Education program has developed a variety of lesson plans and activities that include Nanoscale activities that are good introductions to nanotechnology. They focus on helping students understand just how small the nanoscale is and introduce students to related topics like atoms and scientific notation. The Applications activities provide students a hands-on introduction to how nanotechnology might be used in their daily lives. |
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| Virtual Transgenic Fly Lab. |
Welcome to the Virtual Transgenic Fly Lab. The lab will familiarize you with the science and techniques used to make transgenic flies. Transgenic organisms, which contain DNA that is inserted experimentally, are used to study many biological processes. In this lab, you will create a transgenic fly to study circadian rhythms. (Click here for more on experimental design.) The fly glows only when a certain gene involved in circadian rhythms is activated. After making the glowing fly, you will use it to explore basic principles of circadian biology and genetics.
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| What Do Maps Show? |
What Do Maps Show? By the U.S. Geological Survey is an on-line teacher packet for upper elementary and junior high school students that has four lessons on reading and using maps. The packet includes a teacher's guide, four printable activity sheets, and three downloadable maps. |
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| Xpeditions Geography Standards in Your Classroom Lesson Plans |
Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards. The Lesson Plans are teacher-tested, sorted by standard and grade level. |
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