Other Resources for Teachers

Lessons & Guides (Also, see ours, organized by age and subject)

	ABC's of Nuclear Science - Experiments and labs to teach nuclear science, from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
	Access Excellence - bioscience-related classroom activities  [originally sponsored by Genentech, Inc.]
	AIMS Education Foundation - Activities Integrating Math & Science
	Air Travelers - An introduction to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning. Includes activities, teacher background information, and a gallery of photos. Primarily for teachers in the upper elementary grades.
	About Your Eyes: Teacher's Center- From the American Optometric Association. Information, activities and classroom projects to help students learn about their eyes.
	Bill Nye the Science Guy - science demonstrations and home science demos
	Biology Curriculum Supplements from the Natl. Institutes of Health. Free. Include CD-ROM's. The mouth as a living environment (grades 1-2); the relationship between chemicals in the environment and human health (7-8); for high school: understanding neurobiology through the study of addiction; cell biology and cancer; emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; human genetic variation.
	The Biology Project at the University of Arizona - an interactive resource for learning biology designed for high school and college-level biology students. Tutorials, problem sets, activities, and other resources guide learners in biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, human biology, Mendelian genetics, immunology, and molecular biology.
	California Energy Commission: Energy Quest - lessons and energy resource information, from alternative-fuel cars, to wind energy, to fossil fuels Science Projects - experiments for all ages
	Chem4Kids - not just chemistry! Also has astronomy, biology, physics, and physical geography. Students learn about the basics of each area, including the scientific method, and can test themselves on the quizzes for each site.
	Chemistry in the Community - Teachers can exchange information and use curriculum which revolves around societal questions related to chemistry: Supplying Our Water Needs; Conserving Chemical Resources; Petroleum: To Build? To Burn?; Understanding Food; Nuclear Chemistry in Our World; Chemistry—Air & Climate; Health—Your Risks & Choices; The Chemical Industry—Promise & Challenge. Students learn to make intelligent decisions for themselves and their communities. Includes labs, demos, projects, and worksheets.
	Chemistry Teaching Resources - including curricula, demos, experiments, public concerns, and periodic tables [from Sweden]
	DNA: The Instruction Manual for All Life - Information and activities to learn more about DNA.
	DNA - Isolating It from Plants or Yourself
	Down-to-Earth Astronomy - educational projects associated with the Hubble Space Telescope, including lessons and image galleries   address
	EarthComm - High school earth science curriculum developed by the American Geological Institute
	Earth Island Institute - Earth Island Institute is dedicated to projects which promote the conservation, preservation and restoration of the Earth. This site has info on over 30 projects from rainforest protection, whale and dolphin habitats protection, and sea turtle nesting beaches protection to organic agriculture developments. Great resources and references.
	Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Curriculum Resources from hundreds of organizations and publishers
	Energy 101 (formerly In Concert With the Environment) is a complete curriculum unit on environmentally conscious energy use. Materials are provided by local (Michigan) utilities, including Consumers Energy.
	Energy-Related School Programs from Consumers Energy, including on-line games
	Experimental Science Projects: An Introductory Level Guide - This guide gives basic information for doing a science project. Great for beginners!
	Experimental Science Projects: An Intermediate Level Guide - Info on basic steps, experimental errors, and what to do if your project doesn't work. Geared for middle and high school students.
	Explorer - Searchable database of K-12 educational resources for K-12 math and science. Includes instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, and videotapes.
	Exploring Planets in the Classroom - more than 25 hands-on science activities in classroom-ready pages for exploring geology, Earth, the planets, and space sciences [from the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium]
	Filamentality - a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners. Guides beginners through the creation of Web-based learning activities.
	GEM - The Gateway to Educational Materials - a searchable index to high-quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources, sponsored by the US Dept. of Education.
	Genetic Science Learning Center from the University of Utah - labs, activities, research, etc.   address
	Great Lakes Collaborative Explorer - software, lab activities, lesson plans
	Heat, Temperature and Energy - Lessons in heat transfer for 7th graders.
	Interactive Physics - Interactive activities and “ask a scientist”   address
	Inventing Flight for Schools - Inquiry-driven, middle-grade curriculum presenting the science of flight interwoven with the history of the Wright Brothers. Activity-driven and standards-based, students engage in the same inventive process that the Wright Brothers used.>
	The Journey Inside: The Computer - from Intel Corp., provides in-depth, easy-to-use materials free of charge to science, math, and computer teachers in grades 5-9. Covers an intro to computers; how microprocessors work; what digital information is; how transistors work; how computer chips are made; and an examination of critical inventions throughout history. Now available on line!
	Light: A Learning Unit - downloadable in pdf from GE Lighting
	Louisiana Challenge's Activities for the K-12 Classroom - a collection of lesson plans, multidisciplinary units and collaborative projects developed by Louisiana teachers and geared towards integrating the Internet into education.
	Marine Discovery lesson plans (of uneven quality) from University of Arizona students
	Mathematics Archives - This site is a math teacher's dream! Lots of downloadable software, lesson plans, tutorials, lecture notes, info on graphing calculators, and lots of on-line resource links to interactive K-12 math sites.
	Math Forum’s Internet Mathematics Library - provides annotated links to lessons, labs, and demonstrations of K-12 mathematics. address
	Michigan Science Benchmarks - Revised [50-page pdf]
	Michigan Science Education Guidebook [119-page pdf] - teaching units, toolkits, performance assessment modules
	For lessons related to Michigan Science Standards and Benchmarks, click on grade level for each in the left sidebar and then on the "resources" link for each.
	Michigan Teacher Network - Science collection of this site designed to help K-12 educators quickly find the most relevant, high-quality resources; indexed by subject; searchable by keyword   address
	Microbes.info - The Microbiology Information Portal
	Morgan Genetics Tutorial - for high school or college biology
	National Audubon Society's Audubon Adventures curriculum enhancement program, and Boardwalk [virtual] Tour of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - offers include math education publications such as Teaching Children Mathematics, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Mathematics Teacher, and over 240 educational materials.
	National Science Teachers Assoc.: Scope, Sequence and Coordination Project - energy-related high school lesson plans integrating biology, chemistry, earth and space sciences, and physics
	National Science Education Standards from the National Academy of Sciences
	Neuroscience for Kids - experiments, activities, and information on the brain, the spinal cord, and workings of our nervous system. Plus links to other sites and on-line and off-line neuroscience resources.
	Newton's Apple - science activities for all ages   address
	NIH Snapshots of Science & Medicine - An on-line journal that brings cutting-edge biomedical research into high school classrooms
	Ocean lessons and resources from the Athena consortium
	The Adventure - An Interactive Tour of the Inner Workings of the Atom from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
	Patterns in Mathematics - Activities to explore logic patterns, number patterns, and word patterns. From Teachers' Lab, the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.
	The Private Eye - Discover how the combined habits of looking closely and thinking by analogy can build communication, problem-solving, and concentration skills—and "the interdisciplinary mind." The jeweler's loupe—an exceptionally clear, inexpensive, and portable lens—fosters drama, wonder, and concentration, giving the ordinary person the heightened visual sensitivity of the artist, the writer, the scientist. While this site has great ideas and downloadable resources, you will want to order a book to take full advantage of it.
	Physics 2000 - from the University of Colorado. An interactive journey through modern physics! Learn how 20th Century science has helped create some high-tech devices. Includes Applet demos.
	A Private Universe Project - Using basic astronomy activities as a way to discover student misconceptions and explore strategies that foster scientific understanding. From Teachers' Lab, the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.
	NASA Quest - bringing NASA people, space, and science to classrooms through the Internet; new interactive projects and live Webcasts every month
	Rader's Kapili.com - astronomy, biology, chemistry, geography, & physics lessons
	Rainbow Lab - How are rainbows formed? The University of Minnesota's Calculus Initiative teaches your students about reflection, refraction and how light travels. They will be able to calculate the path of a beam of light through a water droplet and predict the best viewing angle for observing the resulting rainbow.
	Review of Middle School Physical Science Texts by Dr. John L. Hubisz. You probably read about these reviews and all the errors and omissions found. Now you can read the page-by-page details. (A project of North Carolina State University, funded by a grant from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.)
	SAPS Worksheets - projects on plants and molecular biology from Science And Plants for Schools, in the United Kingdom
	Scholastic Lesson Plans and On-Line Projects
	School Gardens - Gardens "teach children not only about plants, nature, and the outdoors, but other subjects as well. Gardens can teach children about history, economics, poetry, and math." This site includes school garden themes, things to consider before you create a garden, a step-by-step guide, curriculum ideas, and more.
	Science Fair Project Ideas by topic   address
	Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Do you need to do a science fair project? This list of web sites provides the basic materials to do just that. Find ideas, samples, and resources for projects.
	The Science of Light - Activities exploring the colors of light and laws of light behavior. From Teachers' Lab, the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.
	Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) - This program is designed to enhance elementary and secondary learning of science and math through the phenomenological approach. Teachers develop the single-concept lesson plans, which cover biology, chemistry, math, and physics. From Illinois Institute of Technology.
	Science Resource Center - Science teachers share labs, demos, and teaching strategies for Chemistry I and II, Biology I and Life Science, Biology II, and Physics.
	Science Web Quest Lessons 97 - The Web Quest lessons, developed by teachers, incorporate different web sites to further understand topics ranging from marine life, the weather, robotics, to volcanoes.
	Science Web Quest Lessons 98 - Fast Food Nutrition, Guinea Pigs, Body Builders, comets, ocean waves, more.
	Science Web Quest Lessons 99 - Emperor Penguins, Properties of Light, Physics of Skateboarding, more.
	Science Web Quests 2000 - Cosmic Chemistry, Homing Pigeons, Inherited Traits, more.
	Sea World Classroom Activities - K-12 Teacher Guides focusing on marine animals. The guides integrate science, math, geography, art and language in an active, hands-on fashion.
	Sea World Educational Resources - K-12 Teacher Guides on marine life, amusement-park physics, endangered species, water, and adaptation to name a few. The guides integrate science, math, geography, art and language in an active, hands-on fashion.
	Seeds of Change Garden - Created at the initiative of the Smithsonian Institution, it teaches about diversity and history by looking at the evolution of agriculture and cuisine throughout the world. It can be browsed for enjoyment and exploration or can provide a basis for more in-depth classroom or home activities.
	SEGway - earth and space science activities keyed to National Science Education Standards, from a NASA-sponsored partnership. Browse the complete lesson list from Science Education Gateway.
	Shape and Space in Geometry - Activities about real things: how big they are, whether they fit, how to find them, what they look like in a mirror. From Teachers' Lab, the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.
	Simple Machine Resources - a collection of lesson plans, demos, and activities
	Space & Astronomy lessons and references from the Athena consortium
	Teacher-Developed Earth and Space Science Lessons & Classroom Activities - Lesson plans and activities include Doing Astrophysics Research with an Artificial Earth Orbiting Satellite, Sine Waves, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Images of the Universe in Different Wavelengths, Satellite Communications, Satellite Dishes, Constellations and the Zodiac, Solar System Objects, Earthquakes.
	Teachers.Net - Find lesson plans on all topics and submit your own.
	Teaching Resources from StudyWeb, including lesson plans for all levels and subjects
	TERC - a research and development non-profit organization committed to improving math and science learning and teaching, with an emphasis on hands-on activities. Browse its 76 projects for ideas.
	Toledo Zoo EdVenture Outreach Programs - Projects to check out and a van program bringing animals to you
	U.S. Geological Survey - Index of Lessons & Activities on earth science, maps, global change, for K-12
	U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations - Find demos used for undergrad physics course along with other neat resources
	UtahLINK - Hundreds of science lessons and activities, mostly K-8; including a "Science Core Curriculum" listing that describes each one's unit and objective in Utah's core curriculum
	Visual Physics - Simulations of concepts and principles of physics to complement your lessons. Also includes a dictionary of terms and links to other web sites.
	Visualize Science! - Interactive site to teach and experiment with basic science concepts. You change the parameters and predict the results. You will need a Shockwave plug-in, but the site guides you through that.
	Weather - Activities and resources for K-12 learners and teachers from the Athena consortium

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