ClassroomScreen The Swiss Army Knife for the classroom . Click on Learn more for tutorial
- Language – Choose to display text in a large range of languages-Random Name/Dice – Enter the names of students and choose one at random. -Sound Level – Monitor classroom noise levels using the microphone on your device.-QR Code – Enter a link and a QR code is automatically generated.- Drawing – There are two sizes available where you can free draw.- Text – A simple tool to write instructions, reminders, learning goals and so on.- Work Symbols – Display one of four options: work together, ask a neighbor, whisper, and silence.- Traffic Light – Display a red, amber, or green light to provide a visual reminder of when to move around, begin a task, pack up etc.- Timer – Count up or count down, record “laps”, and more. You can customise the tone that rings when the time is up.-Clock – Shows the time as a 12 or 24 hour clock. Also shows a calendar.
Science Portals: multiple content areas at one site
OpenSciEd is to ensure that science teachers anywhere can access and download freely available, high-quality, locally adaptable full-course materials that support equitable science learning. OpenSciEd provides teachers the materials and support to get all students excited and curious about the world around them and confident in their ability to shape it through questioning, investigating, and solving problems.
Capstone Interactive eBooksA library of more than 800 unlimited use, interactive eBooks for grades 3-6 on the topics of science and social studies. High-interest texts include highlighting and read-aloud capabilities
The Achievery The Achievery features clips from popular movies, TV shows, and cartoons from Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network, paired with lessons and learning activities Available subjects include Social-Emotional Learning, English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies, Math, Technology and Engineering and Digital Literacy. The lesson plans come with recommendations and exercises related to the content of the clips.https://www.theachievery.com/
Google Practice Sets "With practice sets, in Google Classroom, educators are able to use content they already have, or come up with brand new questions from scratch, to build an assessment activity. Google's artificial intelligence then scans the questions and determines the learning skills being addressed, and finds helpful hints and resources to go along with each question in case the students need assistance".Introduction video | Details
OpenSciEd Instructional Materials
OpenSciEd is an innovative nonprofit organization that brings together world-class curriculum developers, state science administrators, teachers, and philanthropic organizations to create free, high-quality, NGSS-aligned science instructional materials and professional learning experiences. The organization offers elementary, middle school, and high school science curricula, remote learning resources, a phenomena simulation library, and phenomena videos.
Legends of Learning Find free, fun math activities or games on science to change things up in the classroom (while still keeping the content educational), we’ve compiled over a thousand top-rated, standards-aligned, teacher-made assignments for you! All assignments are free to use and are aligned to Common Core, NGSS, or other standardized state curriculum. These assignments incorporate game-based learning practices, so they incorporate instructional video games and quizzes and have been created by teachers
MySciLife gr 6 - 8) A free educational social media platform that leverages social media elements students already enjoy using to create media and active connections with curricular content and develop digital citizenship skills. Students design identities based on science concepts, conduct research to build their profiles, and learn from one another as they personify their identities in posts, comments, and responses. For example, they may choose to become their favorite planet and talk about their region of the Solar System. Or they may comment on posts as different organisms to show relationships in the food chain, or play two truths and a lie while personifying a tectonic plate.
One Health Offers a free standards-based science curricula for middle school students leveraging the student-centered approach. Each learning module within the curriculum feature topics include cell biology stress, ecology, and infectious diseases. Multiple learning paths that offer diverse methods for engaging with the topic content from fictional stories based on factual key moments and people in science to level-appropriate science journal articles and interactive games the design of the one health curriculum encourages discovery and takes a flexible approach to learning.
TEACHFLIX (DitchThatTextbook.com/TEACHFLIX)What if you could access tons of great YouTube videos for your class all in one place? That's what we have collected here on our Ditch That Textbook TEACHFLIX page. Browse 360 videos, elementary and middle school science, virtual field trips and more.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) and/or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources).
Elementary Science with iPad - Free iBook
Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of coåntent for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons.
Open-Source Kit for Middle School ScienceNonprofit OpenSciEd was launched to create high-quality open-source science instructional materials specifically for middle schools. The lessons are available for science teachers to access and download freely. All align with NGSS and are developed by educators and tested by teachers. The organization recently released hands-on learning content for eighth-grade science. The latest unit covers “forces at a distance,” with 12 lessons for 30 days of classes. Among the inquiries are, “What causes a speaker to vibrate?” “What can a magnet pull or push without touching?” “How does energy transfer between things that aren’t touching?” Most activities require only ordinary materials (such as a screwdriver and scissors, cardboard and foil). Each unit includes a set of professional learning resources, with instructional agendas, slides, and videos. A remote learning guide is also available
Superhero Science Lessons Superhero Science is a playlist of science lessons published by TED-Ed. The lessons in the playlist feature explanations of what would happen in various scenarios if you had superhero powers like flight, strength, and speed. Each lessons explains the mathematics and science of scenarios frequently found in superhero stories. For example, in the lesson on strength we learn what would happen if a superhero did catch someone falling from the top of a skyscraper.
The 3M Young Scientist Lab K - 8 is a website that is of value for classroom and home science distance teaching and learning resources. It provides teachers with educational resources to get their students motivated and engaged in science learning in class. Among these resources are custom lesson plans that cover science topics for grades k-8; interactive activities to help students "discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school"; and challenge support materials.The 3M Young Scientist also offers a unique challenge for students in the form of a project-based opportunity "that gives students a chance to work one-on-one with a 3M Scientist during an exclusive summer mentorship, developing new skills and transforming their idea intro a working prototype! Encourage your scientists to enter today and use these resources to help guide them through the process." There is also a section designed for students featuring science activities to help them see the real application of science in real-life. These activities "are based on classic scientific discoveries; some dating back over 200 years.
LabXChange Harvard
More than 300 free lab simulations that can be easily shared or embedded. Searchable by subject, level, source, and 13 different languages. A rich resource for virtual labs, including some very topical entries, such as Covid-19 infection spread, climate change predictor, and model of hydraulic fracking.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources). Teachers will also find a collection of lesson ideas, including hands-on activities, case studies, and games with distance-learning options.
University of Colorado Boulder: Interactive Simulations for Science and Math
One of the richest single repositories of online science interactives and virtual labs. Investigate more than 150 physics, chemistry, math, biology, and Earth science topics. Available in dozens of languages, the interactives are searchable by grade level, subject, and accessibility. Accessibility options include alternative input, audio descriptions, and pan-and-zoom functionality. The University of Colorado Boulder team even found a way to incorporate Java sims so that you can easily run one in your browser window
Twig Science Reporter is a free weekly science news service for kindergarten through grade 6 classrooms created in partnership with Imperial College London to connect science lessons with real-world STEM news and events through high-quality video and other learning resources to pique students’ interest. Each week Twig helps teachers boost student engagement with free stories highlighting scientific concepts focused on everything from local phenomena to global issues.
Smithsonian Institution Open Access is inviting the world to engage with its vast repository of resources like never before. For the first time in its 174-year history, the Smithsonian has released 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images from across its collections onto an open access online platform for patrons to peruse and download free of charge. Featuring data and material from all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives and the National Zoo, the new digital depot encourages the public to not just view its contents, but use, reuse and transform them into just about anything they choose—be it a postcard, a beer koozie or a pair of bootie shorts. You can also download the 3D images to use in projects of their own. The following video I demonstrate how students can measure, share, and download objects in the Smithsonian's 3D Digitization collection. www.freetech4teachers.com
Science Journal for Kids and Teens. The website includes hundreds of articles approved by scientists written for kids. While most of the articles I found were best suited for secondary students, there are a few for elementary. The site also offers a very nice filtering system, allowing you to search by reading level, scientific field, scientific methodology (a world of learning there for high school students), and more. There are even a few articles written in languages other than English.
The Science Behind It, a project of the National Science Foundation, features questions on the issues people are curious about. It tells the story of why each topic is important and what current science tells us about it. Designed with everyday people in mind, the project highlights the ways science, engineering, and medicine touch our lives every day. For example, in response to the question, “Why do we need to encourage women in STEM?” students can read an article about the importance of women in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine to our nation’s future and gain an understanding of the barriers women face in these fields. Visitors to the site can explore questions by topic (Space, Technology, Culture of Science, Cyber, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Security, Health, Climate Change, Biotech, Education, Energy), or they can take a quiz on a specific topic and check out the answers.
Science Research Papers Annotated With Teaching Resources
Freckle It’s an “adaptive” platform where teachers can set up free virtual classrooms (it looks like it’s free to individual teachers, but schools and districts can pay for more features) and is supposed to differentiate in English, Math and Social Studies content. "Freckle empowers teachers to differentiate instruction across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science."
Easy Science for Kids is a website that provides a wide range of educational materials to help young learners learn about science in fun and engaging ways. These materials include : free science worksheets, videos, downloadable science activity sheets, interactive science quizzes, coloring in activities, science experiment tips and ideas and many more. Content in Easy Science for Kids is arranged into seven categories: Animals, Plants, Human Body, Earth Science, Technology, Biographies and Fun Activities. You can also use the site’s internal search functionality to locate specific content. Students will get to watch videos related to different science topics and work on interactive quizzes to test their comprehension. The Fun Activities section feature a number of interesting science experiments to assist kids better understand the workings of science in our daily life.
Multileveled Science News Articles Science in the News, published by Science A–Z, engages students in the ever-changing world of science. Each issue features compelling news stories for students written at three reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction.
Prepmagic Customize science simulations to highlight phenomena by adding pause points, notes, and quizzes to simulations, teachers can help build and assess student understanding. Not all simulations are customizable yet, but there are plans to add more in the future.
Science News For Kids - A collection of the latest news written for kids that will fit into any project.
Science News for Students an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. SNS is a publication of the Science News Media Group, which is a program of the Society for Science & the Public (SSP). SNS—which is free to use—helps to fulfill the Society’s mission by connecting the latest in scientific research to learning in and out of the classroom.
OLogy has been recognized as a premier site for science learning by supporting children’s questions about the natural world. Now teachers can use OLogy to support reading comprehension in their classroom. Through a partnership with ReadWorks, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has paired dozens of OLogy articles with vocabulary lessons and formative assessments. These units cover life, earth, and physical science content and are available for students in elementary through high school. Students can read articles such as “Creatures of the Reef” (third grade); “Wonderful World of Wasps” (fifth grade); “Paleontology: The Big Dig” (seventh grade); and “Unearthing Pterosaurs” (eleventh and twelfth grades). Teachers can explore these and other articles on the ReadWorks website.
Science Friday features lessons, STEM materials, learning activities, science news and several other resources. It is also available as a public radio station for listeners. SciFri resources are arranged into three three main categories:Listen which embeds audio materials and radio shows featuring various science stories and news, Explore is a section where you get to access science resources designed specifically for educational purposes. You can sort these materials by grade levels (PreK- 12), and/or subject (e.g., English Language Arts, Physical Science Mathematics, Life science, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more).
Young Scientist Lab provides resources to help make science teaching more interactive, engaging and fun in class. There are lesson plans tailored specifically to meet students learning needs. They cover various science topics relevant to students lives and span the following grades: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Teachers will also have access to interactives that ‘help students discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school.’The Students section provides learners with numerous learning materials to help them explore the world of science in fun and engaging ways. There are activities designed to capture students curiosity and develop their scientific thinking skills
Science News for Students is an online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. SNS, which is free to use, helps to fulfill the Society’s mission by connecting the latest in scientific research to learning in and out of the classroom. Science News for Students publishes award-winning journalism on research across the breadth of science, health, and technology fields, with the aim to bring these new developments to a younger audience.
NOVA Education tailors digital resources for STEM educators and offers a freeeducator library featuring videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives, all aligned to teaching standards.
Science Buddies Looking for inspiration for a science fair project? Science Buddies has over 1,150 Project Ideas in all areas of science.
Frontiers Science For Kids - Not only are these articles for kids... they are written by kids. Perhaps your students could be the next contributor.
SciStarter is a searchable database of more than 1,600 vetted citizen-science projects that teachers can use in the classroom to engage students in authentic learning experiences. Entering a location and a topic of interest brings up a list of available real-world projects, each of which includes a description, recommended age group, and links to any classroom or training materials available
Frankenstein200, (10–14 )a game that uses Mary Shelley’s tale of scientific hubris to get children thinking about such ideas as robotics, bioengineering, and humans’ reasons for creating. In the game, students immerse themselves in an online story about what might happen if Tori Frankenstein, a descendant of Victor, picked up where her ancestor left off. The game takes players into Frankenstein’s high-tech Laboratory for Innovation and Fantastical Exploration (LIFE) and invites them to help two young researchers as the daring—and sinister—scientist confronts a scientific mystery. Students watch videos and get emails from characters. Along the way, students can take quizzes, do puzzles, and play games. At-home activities take the game’s questions off the computer and into the real world. The game raises many questions about scientific ethics and responsibility. It includes lessons about topics such as DNA, electricity, and artificial intelligence. The game takes 30 days to play
Science Kids a website that features a treasure trove of educational science materials. These include online games, experiments, lesson plans, quizzes, science projects, free activities and many more.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources. In Holiday Lectures, for instance, you will get introduced to a series of lectures covering different scientific topics presented by leading scientists. The Short Films section features a number of ‘broadcast-quality films designed to engage students. Each one tells a different scientific story and is supported by supplemental resources including teacher guides and activities.’
Inq-ITS a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
The Concord Consortium has hundreds of science activities and computer simulations best used with middle and high school students. Teachers can use the site to find tasks aligned to their standards, push assignments out to their students, and track student progress. By assigning a task to their class, teachers can view written responses that students provide throughout an activity. Activities are organized by discipline in the life, engineering, physical, and earth sciences.
GlobalCOlab (GCL) connects students and educators from different cultures and religions from around the world to crosscut disciplines, curricula, and traditional subjects and empowers participants through student-led and student-created topics. These topics are based around global issues affecting each student’s community. GCL addresses these issues in a student-centered, individualized way. Students learn through world topics that they select.
Expii.com is a free interactive website focused on math and science, where students, are encouraged to add their voices and teaching styles to the canon of problem-solving lessons. Each topic on Expii is built to support multiple explanations to help learners build deep knowledge by connecting with others who offer explanations that make sense to them. The Expii Solve section of the site poses thought-provoking, interactive mathematics problems that relate to current events and pop culture. Each set has five problems that vary in difficulty. Students can get instant feedback while they’re working on their solutions.
Mosa Mack 4th through 8th grade A resource for science teachers and students. Mosa Mack provides students with a variety of short animated mysteries that they have to solve using knowledge gleaned from videos they watch. Mosa Mack adopts an inquiry-based approach to science learning and provides content that is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Mosa Mack arranges its science content into units each of which is comprised of three lessons that ‘progress upwards on Blooms Taxonomy and the the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) chart.Additionally, each lesson comes with a number of hands-on activities and several other materials (e.g graphic organizers, PowerPoint presentations, assessments, lesson plans…etc).
The Big History Project - Discover this world of history so full of science information. It is multimedia at its best!
Mystery Science for elementary teachers. Created by a science teacher, Mystery Science provides a wide variety of lessons to enhance your students learning of science and engage them in hands-on activities focused around a given Mystery. Every activity is designed around simple supplies which ’you should already have in the classroom or around your home.’ Each Mystery revolves around a hands-on activity and comes with a number of short videos and discussions
Big Picture Science - Browse over 1,200 resources by filtering for topic, education level or type. If you're looking for something specific, you can use the search field at the top of the page.
The Lawrence Hall of Science website from University of California, Berkeley. It provides a wide variety of resources to engage kids and students in learning science. It also offers ‘a comprehensive set of programs to help increase the quality and quantity of great science learning that kids get both in and out of school.’ As a teacher, you can use The Lawrence Hall of Science to look for activities and experiments to enrich your lesson plans.
Science Reading articles for students
Scientist in the Classroomprovides a platform for teachers and scientists to collaborate as colleagues, peers, and partners in furthering science education. While scientists can act as a resource for teachers and students, in turn teachers and students can help scientists better understand how to convey their work to a larger, more diverse, and often skeptical audience to give scientists a better understanding of the challenges teachers face when presenting these often socially contentious and misunderstood topics.
Interactive Science games and explorations - http://learningscience.org/index.htm
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts.
Understanding Science is a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works — and that helps K-16 teachers reinforce the nature and process of science throughout their science teaching. It provides a variety of resources at different levels for students, teachers, and the general public.
RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: Ck12 includes lesson plans, pacing guides, differentiation guides, in-class presentations, etc., on 5000 math and science concepts for teachers and also has readings, videos, quizzes, sims, real world group activities, etc. for students.
SCIENCE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: The Center for Precollegiate Education and Training at The University of Florida provides science resources for teachers. Be sure to explore archived resources from years past and subscribe to their email digest and receive lessons, videos, and activities.
HOW SCIENCE WORKS: A site from the UC Berkeley that helps to explain the scientific process with links for teacher resources for primary, middle school, high school and even undergraduate students.
Science Teaching Resources for gr. 2 - 6
Smithsonian Science has put all their games in one place.
Mystery Science resource for elementary teachers. Created by a science teacher, Mystery Science provides a wide variety of lessons to enhance your students learning of science and engage them in hands-on activities focused around a given Mystery. Every activity is designed around simple supplies which ’you should already have in the classroom or around your home. Each Mystery revolves around a hands-on activity and comes with a number of short videos and discussions (called Exploration).
Sloan Science & Film enhances the understanding of science through film. This is a freely downloadable guide to 46 short narrative (fiction) filmsavailable for streaming in the classroom—which explores science and technology themes and characters. Engage K - 12 students in STEM learning. Subjects include astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, evolution, genetics, mathematics, physics, psychology, technology, and the history of science. Included with each film are possible questions to explore and science resources for further engagement.
MathScienceMusic.org is a free web-basedd toolkit for teachers, bringing together the best resources in math, science and music. Designed for students, kindergarten through college.
Mosa Mack Science is a library of NGSS-aligned, inquiry units containing three lessons:
Tribune by Smithsonian - Educational resources for all levels. Click on the appropriate grade level ban at the top and you will find a wide range of education content that is leveled for reading from the Smithsonian. You will be joining more than 200,000 registered teachers who are already putting these free Smithsonian Teacher resources to use in their classrooms. You will find that the site contains twice-daily AP news articles, Lexile® levels for K-12, self-scoring quizzes customized by Lexile® level, critical thinking questions, student commenting, Espanol AP articles, weekly lesson plans, weekly video, and even a weekend "Monday Morning Ready" newsletter as prep for the week ahead
Science4Us K-2 integrates language arts activities that help children practice a number of literacy skills such as: understanding of the relationship and meanings of words and the ability to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words.
Explore Science website from California Academy of Sciences which provide teachers and educators with a plethora of teaching resources to help students understand the different scientific phenomena.
CAST Science Writer This free website helps students write science or lab reports using scaffolds for each step of the writing process.
Mystery Science for elementary teachers. Mystery Science provides a wide variety of lessons to enhance your students learning of science and engage them in hands-on activities focused around a given Mystery. Every activity is designed around simple supplies which ’you should already have in the classroom or around your home.
The Lawrence Hall of Science website from University of California, Berkeley. It provides a wide variety of resources to engage kids and students in learning science. As a teacher, you can use The Lawrence Hall of Science to look for activities and experiments to enrich your lesson plans. The Lawrence Hall of Science 24/7 features a plethora of activities and interactive games to help kids learn science in fun and engaging ways. These include Arcade Games, Quizzes and several other hands-on activities that you can use with your students right in your classroom.
Mosa Mack Science - ( gr. 4 - 8) Engage your students with this web-based series of short, problem-solving, animated science mysteries.
Diffen is a nice resource for those times when you need a quick comparison of two things. Let's say you need a chart to highlight the differences between latitude and longitude, Diffen has that. Or perhaps you need a comparison of Medicare and Medicaid, Diffen has that too.
If you can't find the comparison that you need, you can create your own on Diffen. Diffen is a community site. Anyone who registers on Diffen can contribute to the comparisons on the site. Comparisons are not limited to text. Images can be added to the comparison charts on Diffen. An embed code is available for each chart.
Science Bits is a nice Science curriculum for MS/HS aged students. This site has a wide variety of multimedia actives, simulations, videos, and more as students learn about areas/concepts of Science. It has a wide variety of lessons for educators to choose from as well as lots of interactive resources.
TeachUNICEF is an outreach project from UNICEF. The goal of the site is to provide lesson plans and other resources to help teachers teach about wide variety of global issues. The "explore" section of TeachUNICEF showcases materials for teaching about global issues with connections to social studies, science, math, English/language arts, foreign/world languages. Teachers can filter the results according to topic and grade level.
SciShow videos discuss science news and history and concepts.
Rhyme 'n Learn is a series of math and science lessons presented in short rap music form. About half of the raps are provided in video format with visuals to support the lesson. The other half of the lessons are audio only, but do have transcripts available to help your students or you follow along
Science Fair Project Ideas -http://sciencebuddies.com/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml?From=body
Try the Topic Selection Wizard! It's a great tool to stretch students' ideas and provides tons of resources for successful science fair projects.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies is another great website for science teachers. It “ empowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. Whether your goal is to find a fun science activity for your kids or win the international science fair, Science Buddies puts comprehensive, scientist-authored tools, tips, and techniques at your fingertips.”
Neo K
Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English http://www.neok12.com/
SciCentral Use SciCentral as your gateway to the best sources in science. This site has a literature search, journals, databases, and other great tools for finding what you need.
Strategian find quality information in all fields of science. Featured resources include free full-text books, patents, and reports, as well as full-text journal and magazine articles, plus a special collection of Vintage Biology with important articles and books in biology.
Science.gov In this government science portal, you can search more than 50 databases and 2,100 selected websites from 12 federal agencies. This is an incredible resource for millions of pages of U.S. government science information.
CERN Document Server This organization for nuclear research serves up a great search and directory for experiments, archives, articles, books, presentations, and so much more within their documents.
Analytical Sciences Digital Library Through the Analytical Sciences Digital Library, you’ll find peer-reviewed, web-based educational resources in analytical sciences, featuring a variety of formats for techniques and applications.
WorldWideScience Use WorldWideScience.org as a global science gateway, offering excellent search results in the sciences, and even the option to select specific databases and find resources in your own language.
PBS TeacherSource Science & Technology http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Provides science educators of all grade levels with lessons and multimedia
National Science Teachers Association resources, videos, lessons ...
Engineer a Sustainable World The National Environmental Education Foundation has published an extensive toolkit to help K–12 teachers introduce STEM projects that put students in the role of sustainability expert. Project ideas range from school gardening to energy efficiency to climate and weather. http://eeweek.org/sites/default/files/GreeningSTEMToolkit_FINAL.pdf
Science Netlinks Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities.
Science of Everyday Life (K-12) On the site you will find videos and interactives that help kids learn about the science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school. Lessons are inquiry based and encourage exploration in life science, physical science, earth science and technology/innovation. Virtual labs are interactive flash-based labs where students can discover more about science like wind energy. At the Innovation HQ portion of the site, students can travel through time and look at innovations that they use in their every day life and “meet” 3M scientists. It is packed with videos, lesson ideas, virtual interactives and student activities. The lessons include great resources and encourage students to ask questions and dig deeper. Content is separated out by grade level, quickly find exactly what best fits your classroom needs!
Technology Resources for Teaching Science This page from Edtech Teacher provides different resources for teachers of science from websites on biology and chemistry to those providing teaching materials on medicine and nanoscience.
HHMI's BioInteractive is a good place for science teachers to search for science lesson plans, videos, animations, and slideshows to use with students. You can search the BioInteractive library according to topic, keyword, or resource type.
Science Daily popular science news web sites. With over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos, there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.
Science Friday is a must-bookmark for teachers and students of science. On Science Friday you will find interesting videos and articles about a wide array of topics in chemistry, biology, physics, space science, and much more.
SCORE Science http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/new/index.html
This site provides resources for science educators including lesson plans that can be searched by keyword or grade level.
Laura Candler's Science Resources Here you'll find dozens of free printables and helpful website links for the upper elementary or middle school science classroom.
World of Teaching (K-12) This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
Science NetLinks is a place to find quality science and engineering resources for the classroom, including lesson plans, interactives and podcasts. http://sciencenetlinks.com/
PBS Video
There is an intro before the actual video appears. PBS documentaries like American Experience, FrontLine, Nova, and nature.
Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science 6-12
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Sumana Science Resources develops animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines
NSF Multimedia Gallery http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2050 provides nearly 100 videos and webcasts on a range of science topics: a fossil that may represent the first vertebrate to emerge from the sea, turning forest-industry waste into fuel...
Wolfram Education Portal http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Wolfram has developed this portal as a way to access their precollege Demonstrations by grade level (K - 12) and subject, as well as by searching. Demonstrations often have the power for students to change variables. Many demonstrations are downloadable. The site offers help and related resources:
* information for teachers, parents, and students
* videos and screencasts
* related links
Freezeray http://freezeray.com/physics.htm interactive science concept demos for use on a computer and whiteboard. bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in Schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. Categories include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Technology VnR modeling as well as a Teacher Guide category.
Kineticcity is developed by the American Association for The Advancement of Science . Kineticcity provides some of the amazing collection of science experiments, games, activities, and challenges.
SciGuides http://sciguides.nsta.org/
NSTA describes SciGuides as an online "science toolbox" for science educators. It features specially developed guides to quickly locate science content information on the web. Each subject-specific SciGuide includes teaching resources from NSTA-reviewed science web sites. NSTA says teachers can use SciGuides to transform content offered on the site into effective classroom resources by locating and incorporating online lesson plans, tips for teaching the subject matter, and effective student assessments.
CIESE http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
More than two dozen active projects in grades k-12 on a wide range of science and math related topics.Examples include Human Gentics, The Global Sun Temperature Project, Square of Life: Studies in Local and blobal Environments, and the Noon Day Project: Measuring the Circumference of the Earth.
KineticCity (3-8) http://www.kineticcity.com This site has a great collection of science experiments, games, science based activities and challenges. This is very engaging and educational site. It is interactive in nature and has a space themed animated look and feel.
Free downloadbale Powerpoints http://www.worldofteaching.com/index.html
in many subject areas including foreign languages, science topics, social studies, and language arts
WISE http://wise.berkeley.edu/
Students for grades 4-12 examine real-world evidence and analyze current scientrific controversies. Projects include: genetically modified food, earthquake prediction, and deformed frogs.
Interactive Math and Science - elementary - http://topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx wide variety of games and manipulatives for simple to complex math and science concepts. Good for smartboards also. Science, Clips Eyesight, Chain Reaction, Solids, Liquids & Gases, Life Cycles, Plant Reproduction, The Circle of Life, Floating and Sinking, and more.
Virtual Worlds Almanac Online catalog of virtual worlds environoments at all grade levels http://vworld.fas.org/wiki/Main_Pag
VistaZoo is a customizable portal from where you can create stunning, professional Virtual Tours combining panoramas, pictures, video, audio, floorplans and objects in 3D. Your tours will be uploaded and placed on a map instantly. Once the tour has been created, you can easily embed it into any website in seconds. It works just like YouTube. Create and share instantly. http://www.vistazoo.co
Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Interactive museum with links, displays, and lessons.
The Reading, Evidence, and Argumentation in Disciplinary Instruction (READI) Project, a multi-institutional initiative headed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, supports disciplinary argumentation from multiple sources in middle school and high school science and history/social studies classes.The website provides links to integrative curriculum modules developed as part of the project. For example, “Life Sciences: The Spread of MRSA” (versioned for grades 6 and 9) supports science students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices while building their knowledge of evolution, microbes, and antibiotic resistance. Similarly, the module “Earth Science: How Are Humans Impacting Water?” (for grade 8) supports students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices in science while building knowledge of water resources and pollution. The “Reading Science Modules” (for grades 6 and 9) support students’ close reading of science visuals and models while building knowledge about the conventions of scientific models and the criteria for evaluating them. Each module includes a freely downloadable interactive notebook with integrated texts, tasks, scaffolds, and routines, along with an annotated teacher guide
Thinking Fountain: http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf
Elementary science resource
Access Excellence: The Mystery http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/
Great online and offline activities that allow you and your students to solve mysteries using science. Find out what happened to the local frog population, explore the Arctic,
or use a microscope to solve a mystery. These fourteen activities are designed to show science in a whole new light
Science made simple : http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
With Science Made Simple, kids learn science the fun & easy way!
Great science projects & experiments, clear & detailed answers to
children's science questions, and much more
Classroom of the Future (NASA) http://www.cotf.edu/
Middle school through high school. Astronomy, biology, chemistry
Maya Adventure http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/top.html
The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure, a World-Wide Web site that highlights science activities and information related to ancient and modern Maya culture.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.goenc.com/
ENC provides the resources and support for math and science educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital subjects.
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab http://reekoscience.com/
Many science experiments for K - 8
Science Learning Network (Franklin Institute) http://www.sln.org
Science Learning Network: links, resources, lessons.
The Science Spot
Offers loads of lesson plans, activities, worksheets, and project ideas for middle school science educators.
http://www.sciencespot.net
Bill Nye: http://nyelabs.kcts.org/flash_go.html
Science information with a comic twist
Discovery Channel Online: Science Stories - http://www.discovery.com/guides/guides.html
Science news stories
ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/index.html
Science articles for upper elementary through high school.
Scientific American: http://www.sciem.com/
Now available electonically with a good deal for free.
New Science Magazine: http://www.newscientist.com/
Articles, research news for high school
Questacon: http://www.questacon.edu.au/
Science for elementary aged students with virtual activities.
The Mad Scientist Network: http://www.madsci.org/
A collection of scientists around the world who will answer questions on science. Most have a medical background.
OpenSciEd is to ensure that science teachers anywhere can access and download freely available, high-quality, locally adaptable full-course materials that support equitable science learning. OpenSciEd provides teachers the materials and support to get all students excited and curious about the world around them and confident in their ability to shape it through questioning, investigating, and solving problems.
Capstone Interactive eBooksA library of more than 800 unlimited use, interactive eBooks for grades 3-6 on the topics of science and social studies. High-interest texts include highlighting and read-aloud capabilities
The Achievery The Achievery features clips from popular movies, TV shows, and cartoons from Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network, paired with lessons and learning activities Available subjects include Social-Emotional Learning, English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies, Math, Technology and Engineering and Digital Literacy. The lesson plans come with recommendations and exercises related to the content of the clips.https://www.theachievery.com/
Google Practice Sets "With practice sets, in Google Classroom, educators are able to use content they already have, or come up with brand new questions from scratch, to build an assessment activity. Google's artificial intelligence then scans the questions and determines the learning skills being addressed, and finds helpful hints and resources to go along with each question in case the students need assistance".Introduction video | Details
OpenSciEd Instructional Materials
OpenSciEd is an innovative nonprofit organization that brings together world-class curriculum developers, state science administrators, teachers, and philanthropic organizations to create free, high-quality, NGSS-aligned science instructional materials and professional learning experiences. The organization offers elementary, middle school, and high school science curricula, remote learning resources, a phenomena simulation library, and phenomena videos.
Legends of Learning Find free, fun math activities or games on science to change things up in the classroom (while still keeping the content educational), we’ve compiled over a thousand top-rated, standards-aligned, teacher-made assignments for you! All assignments are free to use and are aligned to Common Core, NGSS, or other standardized state curriculum. These assignments incorporate game-based learning practices, so they incorporate instructional video games and quizzes and have been created by teachers
MySciLife gr 6 - 8) A free educational social media platform that leverages social media elements students already enjoy using to create media and active connections with curricular content and develop digital citizenship skills. Students design identities based on science concepts, conduct research to build their profiles, and learn from one another as they personify their identities in posts, comments, and responses. For example, they may choose to become their favorite planet and talk about their region of the Solar System. Or they may comment on posts as different organisms to show relationships in the food chain, or play two truths and a lie while personifying a tectonic plate.
One Health Offers a free standards-based science curricula for middle school students leveraging the student-centered approach. Each learning module within the curriculum feature topics include cell biology stress, ecology, and infectious diseases. Multiple learning paths that offer diverse methods for engaging with the topic content from fictional stories based on factual key moments and people in science to level-appropriate science journal articles and interactive games the design of the one health curriculum encourages discovery and takes a flexible approach to learning.
TEACHFLIX (DitchThatTextbook.com/TEACHFLIX)What if you could access tons of great YouTube videos for your class all in one place? That's what we have collected here on our Ditch That Textbook TEACHFLIX page. Browse 360 videos, elementary and middle school science, virtual field trips and more.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) and/or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources).
Elementary Science with iPad - Free iBook
Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of coåntent for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons.
Open-Source Kit for Middle School ScienceNonprofit OpenSciEd was launched to create high-quality open-source science instructional materials specifically for middle schools. The lessons are available for science teachers to access and download freely. All align with NGSS and are developed by educators and tested by teachers. The organization recently released hands-on learning content for eighth-grade science. The latest unit covers “forces at a distance,” with 12 lessons for 30 days of classes. Among the inquiries are, “What causes a speaker to vibrate?” “What can a magnet pull or push without touching?” “How does energy transfer between things that aren’t touching?” Most activities require only ordinary materials (such as a screwdriver and scissors, cardboard and foil). Each unit includes a set of professional learning resources, with instructional agendas, slides, and videos. A remote learning guide is also available
Superhero Science Lessons Superhero Science is a playlist of science lessons published by TED-Ed. The lessons in the playlist feature explanations of what would happen in various scenarios if you had superhero powers like flight, strength, and speed. Each lessons explains the mathematics and science of scenarios frequently found in superhero stories. For example, in the lesson on strength we learn what would happen if a superhero did catch someone falling from the top of a skyscraper.
The 3M Young Scientist Lab K - 8 is a website that is of value for classroom and home science distance teaching and learning resources. It provides teachers with educational resources to get their students motivated and engaged in science learning in class. Among these resources are custom lesson plans that cover science topics for grades k-8; interactive activities to help students "discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school"; and challenge support materials.The 3M Young Scientist also offers a unique challenge for students in the form of a project-based opportunity "that gives students a chance to work one-on-one with a 3M Scientist during an exclusive summer mentorship, developing new skills and transforming their idea intro a working prototype! Encourage your scientists to enter today and use these resources to help guide them through the process." There is also a section designed for students featuring science activities to help them see the real application of science in real-life. These activities "are based on classic scientific discoveries; some dating back over 200 years.
LabXChange Harvard
More than 300 free lab simulations that can be easily shared or embedded. Searchable by subject, level, source, and 13 different languages. A rich resource for virtual labs, including some very topical entries, such as Covid-19 infection spread, climate change predictor, and model of hydraulic fracking.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources). Teachers will also find a collection of lesson ideas, including hands-on activities, case studies, and games with distance-learning options.
University of Colorado Boulder: Interactive Simulations for Science and Math
One of the richest single repositories of online science interactives and virtual labs. Investigate more than 150 physics, chemistry, math, biology, and Earth science topics. Available in dozens of languages, the interactives are searchable by grade level, subject, and accessibility. Accessibility options include alternative input, audio descriptions, and pan-and-zoom functionality. The University of Colorado Boulder team even found a way to incorporate Java sims so that you can easily run one in your browser window
Twig Science Reporter is a free weekly science news service for kindergarten through grade 6 classrooms created in partnership with Imperial College London to connect science lessons with real-world STEM news and events through high-quality video and other learning resources to pique students’ interest. Each week Twig helps teachers boost student engagement with free stories highlighting scientific concepts focused on everything from local phenomena to global issues.
Smithsonian Institution Open Access is inviting the world to engage with its vast repository of resources like never before. For the first time in its 174-year history, the Smithsonian has released 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images from across its collections onto an open access online platform for patrons to peruse and download free of charge. Featuring data and material from all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives and the National Zoo, the new digital depot encourages the public to not just view its contents, but use, reuse and transform them into just about anything they choose—be it a postcard, a beer koozie or a pair of bootie shorts. You can also download the 3D images to use in projects of their own. The following video I demonstrate how students can measure, share, and download objects in the Smithsonian's 3D Digitization collection. www.freetech4teachers.com
Science Journal for Kids and Teens. The website includes hundreds of articles approved by scientists written for kids. While most of the articles I found were best suited for secondary students, there are a few for elementary. The site also offers a very nice filtering system, allowing you to search by reading level, scientific field, scientific methodology (a world of learning there for high school students), and more. There are even a few articles written in languages other than English.
The Science Behind It, a project of the National Science Foundation, features questions on the issues people are curious about. It tells the story of why each topic is important and what current science tells us about it. Designed with everyday people in mind, the project highlights the ways science, engineering, and medicine touch our lives every day. For example, in response to the question, “Why do we need to encourage women in STEM?” students can read an article about the importance of women in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine to our nation’s future and gain an understanding of the barriers women face in these fields. Visitors to the site can explore questions by topic (Space, Technology, Culture of Science, Cyber, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Security, Health, Climate Change, Biotech, Education, Energy), or they can take a quiz on a specific topic and check out the answers.
Science Research Papers Annotated With Teaching Resources
- Science in the Classroom is a free resource for teachers from Science Magazine. On Science in the Classroom you will find research papers containing interactive annotations to help students understand the content of the papers. In the right hand margin of each paper you will find a section called "learning lens." The learning lens offers seven types of interactive annotations that students can enable. Of those seven types of annotations, the glossary annotation is the one that students will probably use most often. The glossary annotations highlight key words and terms in the article. Clicking on a highlighted annotation reveals a definition. In addition to the interactive annotations for students Science in the Classroom provides teachers with discussion and reading comprehension questions. At the bottom of each article on Science in the Classroom teachers will also find a list of suggested teaching activities. www.freetech4teachers.com
Freckle It’s an “adaptive” platform where teachers can set up free virtual classrooms (it looks like it’s free to individual teachers, but schools and districts can pay for more features) and is supposed to differentiate in English, Math and Social Studies content. "Freckle empowers teachers to differentiate instruction across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science."
Easy Science for Kids is a website that provides a wide range of educational materials to help young learners learn about science in fun and engaging ways. These materials include : free science worksheets, videos, downloadable science activity sheets, interactive science quizzes, coloring in activities, science experiment tips and ideas and many more. Content in Easy Science for Kids is arranged into seven categories: Animals, Plants, Human Body, Earth Science, Technology, Biographies and Fun Activities. You can also use the site’s internal search functionality to locate specific content. Students will get to watch videos related to different science topics and work on interactive quizzes to test their comprehension. The Fun Activities section feature a number of interesting science experiments to assist kids better understand the workings of science in our daily life.
Multileveled Science News Articles Science in the News, published by Science A–Z, engages students in the ever-changing world of science. Each issue features compelling news stories for students written at three reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction.
Prepmagic Customize science simulations to highlight phenomena by adding pause points, notes, and quizzes to simulations, teachers can help build and assess student understanding. Not all simulations are customizable yet, but there are plans to add more in the future.
Science News For Kids - A collection of the latest news written for kids that will fit into any project.
Science News for Students an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. SNS is a publication of the Science News Media Group, which is a program of the Society for Science & the Public (SSP). SNS—which is free to use—helps to fulfill the Society’s mission by connecting the latest in scientific research to learning in and out of the classroom.
OLogy has been recognized as a premier site for science learning by supporting children’s questions about the natural world. Now teachers can use OLogy to support reading comprehension in their classroom. Through a partnership with ReadWorks, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has paired dozens of OLogy articles with vocabulary lessons and formative assessments. These units cover life, earth, and physical science content and are available for students in elementary through high school. Students can read articles such as “Creatures of the Reef” (third grade); “Wonderful World of Wasps” (fifth grade); “Paleontology: The Big Dig” (seventh grade); and “Unearthing Pterosaurs” (eleventh and twelfth grades). Teachers can explore these and other articles on the ReadWorks website.
Science Friday features lessons, STEM materials, learning activities, science news and several other resources. It is also available as a public radio station for listeners. SciFri resources are arranged into three three main categories:Listen which embeds audio materials and radio shows featuring various science stories and news, Explore is a section where you get to access science resources designed specifically for educational purposes. You can sort these materials by grade levels (PreK- 12), and/or subject (e.g., English Language Arts, Physical Science Mathematics, Life science, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more).
Young Scientist Lab provides resources to help make science teaching more interactive, engaging and fun in class. There are lesson plans tailored specifically to meet students learning needs. They cover various science topics relevant to students lives and span the following grades: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Teachers will also have access to interactives that ‘help students discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school.’The Students section provides learners with numerous learning materials to help them explore the world of science in fun and engaging ways. There are activities designed to capture students curiosity and develop their scientific thinking skills
Science News for Students is an online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. SNS, which is free to use, helps to fulfill the Society’s mission by connecting the latest in scientific research to learning in and out of the classroom. Science News for Students publishes award-winning journalism on research across the breadth of science, health, and technology fields, with the aim to bring these new developments to a younger audience.
NOVA Education tailors digital resources for STEM educators and offers a freeeducator library featuring videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives, all aligned to teaching standards.
Science Buddies Looking for inspiration for a science fair project? Science Buddies has over 1,150 Project Ideas in all areas of science.
Frontiers Science For Kids - Not only are these articles for kids... they are written by kids. Perhaps your students could be the next contributor.
SciStarter is a searchable database of more than 1,600 vetted citizen-science projects that teachers can use in the classroom to engage students in authentic learning experiences. Entering a location and a topic of interest brings up a list of available real-world projects, each of which includes a description, recommended age group, and links to any classroom or training materials available
Frankenstein200, (10–14 )a game that uses Mary Shelley’s tale of scientific hubris to get children thinking about such ideas as robotics, bioengineering, and humans’ reasons for creating. In the game, students immerse themselves in an online story about what might happen if Tori Frankenstein, a descendant of Victor, picked up where her ancestor left off. The game takes players into Frankenstein’s high-tech Laboratory for Innovation and Fantastical Exploration (LIFE) and invites them to help two young researchers as the daring—and sinister—scientist confronts a scientific mystery. Students watch videos and get emails from characters. Along the way, students can take quizzes, do puzzles, and play games. At-home activities take the game’s questions off the computer and into the real world. The game raises many questions about scientific ethics and responsibility. It includes lessons about topics such as DNA, electricity, and artificial intelligence. The game takes 30 days to play
Science Kids a website that features a treasure trove of educational science materials. These include online games, experiments, lesson plans, quizzes, science projects, free activities and many more.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources. In Holiday Lectures, for instance, you will get introduced to a series of lectures covering different scientific topics presented by leading scientists. The Short Films section features a number of ‘broadcast-quality films designed to engage students. Each one tells a different scientific story and is supported by supplemental resources including teacher guides and activities.’
Inq-ITS a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
The Concord Consortium has hundreds of science activities and computer simulations best used with middle and high school students. Teachers can use the site to find tasks aligned to their standards, push assignments out to their students, and track student progress. By assigning a task to their class, teachers can view written responses that students provide throughout an activity. Activities are organized by discipline in the life, engineering, physical, and earth sciences.
GlobalCOlab (GCL) connects students and educators from different cultures and religions from around the world to crosscut disciplines, curricula, and traditional subjects and empowers participants through student-led and student-created topics. These topics are based around global issues affecting each student’s community. GCL addresses these issues in a student-centered, individualized way. Students learn through world topics that they select.
Expii.com is a free interactive website focused on math and science, where students, are encouraged to add their voices and teaching styles to the canon of problem-solving lessons. Each topic on Expii is built to support multiple explanations to help learners build deep knowledge by connecting with others who offer explanations that make sense to them. The Expii Solve section of the site poses thought-provoking, interactive mathematics problems that relate to current events and pop culture. Each set has five problems that vary in difficulty. Students can get instant feedback while they’re working on their solutions.
Mosa Mack 4th through 8th grade A resource for science teachers and students. Mosa Mack provides students with a variety of short animated mysteries that they have to solve using knowledge gleaned from videos they watch. Mosa Mack adopts an inquiry-based approach to science learning and provides content that is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Mosa Mack arranges its science content into units each of which is comprised of three lessons that ‘progress upwards on Blooms Taxonomy and the the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) chart.Additionally, each lesson comes with a number of hands-on activities and several other materials (e.g graphic organizers, PowerPoint presentations, assessments, lesson plans…etc).
The Big History Project - Discover this world of history so full of science information. It is multimedia at its best!
Mystery Science for elementary teachers. Created by a science teacher, Mystery Science provides a wide variety of lessons to enhance your students learning of science and engage them in hands-on activities focused around a given Mystery. Every activity is designed around simple supplies which ’you should already have in the classroom or around your home.’ Each Mystery revolves around a hands-on activity and comes with a number of short videos and discussions
Big Picture Science - Browse over 1,200 resources by filtering for topic, education level or type. If you're looking for something specific, you can use the search field at the top of the page.
The Lawrence Hall of Science website from University of California, Berkeley. It provides a wide variety of resources to engage kids and students in learning science. It also offers ‘a comprehensive set of programs to help increase the quality and quantity of great science learning that kids get both in and out of school.’ As a teacher, you can use The Lawrence Hall of Science to look for activities and experiments to enrich your lesson plans.
Science Reading articles for students
- Newsela. On Newsela’s website you can search for articles by keywords and grade level. There is a section for science articles that will bring you to the most recent articles on a range of science topics.
- Readworks for short texts in different genres and reading levels. You have to create a free account to access the comprehension questions and passages in Readworks.
- Britannica Kids has different apps with reading materials for science classrooms. Designed for iPads, these apps include on one Volcanoes and another on Snakes. The encyclopedia entries are great for students who want to learn more about a topic they find interesting. You can access a full list of their apps here.
- Earth Science Reading Comprehension is designed for elementary readers and includes short passages.
Scientist in the Classroomprovides a platform for teachers and scientists to collaborate as colleagues, peers, and partners in furthering science education. While scientists can act as a resource for teachers and students, in turn teachers and students can help scientists better understand how to convey their work to a larger, more diverse, and often skeptical audience to give scientists a better understanding of the challenges teachers face when presenting these often socially contentious and misunderstood topics.
Interactive Science games and explorations - http://learningscience.org/index.htm
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts.
Understanding Science is a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works — and that helps K-16 teachers reinforce the nature and process of science throughout their science teaching. It provides a variety of resources at different levels for students, teachers, and the general public.
RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: Ck12 includes lesson plans, pacing guides, differentiation guides, in-class presentations, etc., on 5000 math and science concepts for teachers and also has readings, videos, quizzes, sims, real world group activities, etc. for students.
SCIENCE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: The Center for Precollegiate Education and Training at The University of Florida provides science resources for teachers. Be sure to explore archived resources from years past and subscribe to their email digest and receive lessons, videos, and activities.
HOW SCIENCE WORKS: A site from the UC Berkeley that helps to explain the scientific process with links for teacher resources for primary, middle school, high school and even undergraduate students.
Science Teaching Resources for gr. 2 - 6
Smithsonian Science has put all their games in one place.
Mystery Science resource for elementary teachers. Created by a science teacher, Mystery Science provides a wide variety of lessons to enhance your students learning of science and engage them in hands-on activities focused around a given Mystery. Every activity is designed around simple supplies which ’you should already have in the classroom or around your home. Each Mystery revolves around a hands-on activity and comes with a number of short videos and discussions (called Exploration).
Sloan Science & Film enhances the understanding of science through film. This is a freely downloadable guide to 46 short narrative (fiction) filmsavailable for streaming in the classroom—which explores science and technology themes and characters. Engage K - 12 students in STEM learning. Subjects include astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, evolution, genetics, mathematics, physics, psychology, technology, and the history of science. Included with each film are possible questions to explore and science resources for further engagement.
MathScienceMusic.org is a free web-basedd toolkit for teachers, bringing together the best resources in math, science and music. Designed for students, kindergarten through college.
Mosa Mack Science is a library of NGSS-aligned, inquiry units containing three lessons:
- The Solve: An animated science mystery and vocabulary manipulative
- The Make: A hands-on lab
- The Engineer: An engineering challenge that allows students to apply what they’ve learned to solve real world scenarios.
Tribune by Smithsonian - Educational resources for all levels. Click on the appropriate grade level ban at the top and you will find a wide range of education content that is leveled for reading from the Smithsonian. You will be joining more than 200,000 registered teachers who are already putting these free Smithsonian Teacher resources to use in their classrooms. You will find that the site contains twice-daily AP news articles, Lexile® levels for K-12, self-scoring quizzes customized by Lexile® level, critical thinking questions, student commenting, Espanol AP articles, weekly lesson plans, weekly video, and even a weekend "Monday Morning Ready" newsletter as prep for the week ahead
Science4Us K-2 integrates language arts activities that help children practice a number of literacy skills such as: understanding of the relationship and meanings of words and the ability to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words.
Explore Science website from California Academy of Sciences which provide teachers and educators with a plethora of teaching resources to help students understand the different scientific phenomena.
CAST Science Writer This free website helps students write science or lab reports using scaffolds for each step of the writing process.
Mystery Science for elementary teachers. Mystery Science provides a wide variety of lessons to enhance your students learning of science and engage them in hands-on activities focused around a given Mystery. Every activity is designed around simple supplies which ’you should already have in the classroom or around your home.
The Lawrence Hall of Science website from University of California, Berkeley. It provides a wide variety of resources to engage kids and students in learning science. As a teacher, you can use The Lawrence Hall of Science to look for activities and experiments to enrich your lesson plans. The Lawrence Hall of Science 24/7 features a plethora of activities and interactive games to help kids learn science in fun and engaging ways. These include Arcade Games, Quizzes and several other hands-on activities that you can use with your students right in your classroom.
Mosa Mack Science - ( gr. 4 - 8) Engage your students with this web-based series of short, problem-solving, animated science mysteries.
Diffen is a nice resource for those times when you need a quick comparison of two things. Let's say you need a chart to highlight the differences between latitude and longitude, Diffen has that. Or perhaps you need a comparison of Medicare and Medicaid, Diffen has that too.
If you can't find the comparison that you need, you can create your own on Diffen. Diffen is a community site. Anyone who registers on Diffen can contribute to the comparisons on the site. Comparisons are not limited to text. Images can be added to the comparison charts on Diffen. An embed code is available for each chart.
Science Bits is a nice Science curriculum for MS/HS aged students. This site has a wide variety of multimedia actives, simulations, videos, and more as students learn about areas/concepts of Science. It has a wide variety of lessons for educators to choose from as well as lots of interactive resources.
TeachUNICEF is an outreach project from UNICEF. The goal of the site is to provide lesson plans and other resources to help teachers teach about wide variety of global issues. The "explore" section of TeachUNICEF showcases materials for teaching about global issues with connections to social studies, science, math, English/language arts, foreign/world languages. Teachers can filter the results according to topic and grade level.
SciShow videos discuss science news and history and concepts.
Rhyme 'n Learn is a series of math and science lessons presented in short rap music form. About half of the raps are provided in video format with visuals to support the lesson. The other half of the lessons are audio only, but do have transcripts available to help your students or you follow along
Science Fair Project Ideas -http://sciencebuddies.com/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml?From=body
Try the Topic Selection Wizard! It's a great tool to stretch students' ideas and provides tons of resources for successful science fair projects.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies is another great website for science teachers. It “ empowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. Whether your goal is to find a fun science activity for your kids or win the international science fair, Science Buddies puts comprehensive, scientist-authored tools, tips, and techniques at your fingertips.”
Neo K
Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English http://www.neok12.com/
SciCentral Use SciCentral as your gateway to the best sources in science. This site has a literature search, journals, databases, and other great tools for finding what you need.
Strategian find quality information in all fields of science. Featured resources include free full-text books, patents, and reports, as well as full-text journal and magazine articles, plus a special collection of Vintage Biology with important articles and books in biology.
Science.gov In this government science portal, you can search more than 50 databases and 2,100 selected websites from 12 federal agencies. This is an incredible resource for millions of pages of U.S. government science information.
CERN Document Server This organization for nuclear research serves up a great search and directory for experiments, archives, articles, books, presentations, and so much more within their documents.
Analytical Sciences Digital Library Through the Analytical Sciences Digital Library, you’ll find peer-reviewed, web-based educational resources in analytical sciences, featuring a variety of formats for techniques and applications.
WorldWideScience Use WorldWideScience.org as a global science gateway, offering excellent search results in the sciences, and even the option to select specific databases and find resources in your own language.
PBS TeacherSource Science & Technology http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Provides science educators of all grade levels with lessons and multimedia
National Science Teachers Association resources, videos, lessons ...
Engineer a Sustainable World The National Environmental Education Foundation has published an extensive toolkit to help K–12 teachers introduce STEM projects that put students in the role of sustainability expert. Project ideas range from school gardening to energy efficiency to climate and weather. http://eeweek.org/sites/default/files/GreeningSTEMToolkit_FINAL.pdf
Science Netlinks Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities.
Science of Everyday Life (K-12) On the site you will find videos and interactives that help kids learn about the science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school. Lessons are inquiry based and encourage exploration in life science, physical science, earth science and technology/innovation. Virtual labs are interactive flash-based labs where students can discover more about science like wind energy. At the Innovation HQ portion of the site, students can travel through time and look at innovations that they use in their every day life and “meet” 3M scientists. It is packed with videos, lesson ideas, virtual interactives and student activities. The lessons include great resources and encourage students to ask questions and dig deeper. Content is separated out by grade level, quickly find exactly what best fits your classroom needs!
Technology Resources for Teaching Science This page from Edtech Teacher provides different resources for teachers of science from websites on biology and chemistry to those providing teaching materials on medicine and nanoscience.
HHMI's BioInteractive is a good place for science teachers to search for science lesson plans, videos, animations, and slideshows to use with students. You can search the BioInteractive library according to topic, keyword, or resource type.
Science Daily popular science news web sites. With over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos, there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.
Science Friday is a must-bookmark for teachers and students of science. On Science Friday you will find interesting videos and articles about a wide array of topics in chemistry, biology, physics, space science, and much more.
SCORE Science http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/new/index.html
This site provides resources for science educators including lesson plans that can be searched by keyword or grade level.
Laura Candler's Science Resources Here you'll find dozens of free printables and helpful website links for the upper elementary or middle school science classroom.
World of Teaching (K-12) This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
Science NetLinks is a place to find quality science and engineering resources for the classroom, including lesson plans, interactives and podcasts. http://sciencenetlinks.com/
PBS Video
There is an intro before the actual video appears. PBS documentaries like American Experience, FrontLine, Nova, and nature.
Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science 6-12
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Sumana Science Resources develops animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines
NSF Multimedia Gallery http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2050 provides nearly 100 videos and webcasts on a range of science topics: a fossil that may represent the first vertebrate to emerge from the sea, turning forest-industry waste into fuel...
Wolfram Education Portal http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Wolfram has developed this portal as a way to access their precollege Demonstrations by grade level (K - 12) and subject, as well as by searching. Demonstrations often have the power for students to change variables. Many demonstrations are downloadable. The site offers help and related resources:
* information for teachers, parents, and students
* videos and screencasts
* related links
Freezeray http://freezeray.com/physics.htm interactive science concept demos for use on a computer and whiteboard. bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in Schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. Categories include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Technology VnR modeling as well as a Teacher Guide category.
Kineticcity is developed by the American Association for The Advancement of Science . Kineticcity provides some of the amazing collection of science experiments, games, activities, and challenges.
SciGuides http://sciguides.nsta.org/
NSTA describes SciGuides as an online "science toolbox" for science educators. It features specially developed guides to quickly locate science content information on the web. Each subject-specific SciGuide includes teaching resources from NSTA-reviewed science web sites. NSTA says teachers can use SciGuides to transform content offered on the site into effective classroom resources by locating and incorporating online lesson plans, tips for teaching the subject matter, and effective student assessments.
CIESE http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
More than two dozen active projects in grades k-12 on a wide range of science and math related topics.Examples include Human Gentics, The Global Sun Temperature Project, Square of Life: Studies in Local and blobal Environments, and the Noon Day Project: Measuring the Circumference of the Earth.
KineticCity (3-8) http://www.kineticcity.com This site has a great collection of science experiments, games, science based activities and challenges. This is very engaging and educational site. It is interactive in nature and has a space themed animated look and feel.
Free downloadbale Powerpoints http://www.worldofteaching.com/index.html
in many subject areas including foreign languages, science topics, social studies, and language arts
WISE http://wise.berkeley.edu/
Students for grades 4-12 examine real-world evidence and analyze current scientrific controversies. Projects include: genetically modified food, earthquake prediction, and deformed frogs.
Interactive Math and Science - elementary - http://topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx wide variety of games and manipulatives for simple to complex math and science concepts. Good for smartboards also. Science, Clips Eyesight, Chain Reaction, Solids, Liquids & Gases, Life Cycles, Plant Reproduction, The Circle of Life, Floating and Sinking, and more.
Virtual Worlds Almanac Online catalog of virtual worlds environoments at all grade levels http://vworld.fas.org/wiki/Main_Pag
VistaZoo is a customizable portal from where you can create stunning, professional Virtual Tours combining panoramas, pictures, video, audio, floorplans and objects in 3D. Your tours will be uploaded and placed on a map instantly. Once the tour has been created, you can easily embed it into any website in seconds. It works just like YouTube. Create and share instantly. http://www.vistazoo.co
Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Interactive museum with links, displays, and lessons.
The Reading, Evidence, and Argumentation in Disciplinary Instruction (READI) Project, a multi-institutional initiative headed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, supports disciplinary argumentation from multiple sources in middle school and high school science and history/social studies classes.The website provides links to integrative curriculum modules developed as part of the project. For example, “Life Sciences: The Spread of MRSA” (versioned for grades 6 and 9) supports science students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices while building their knowledge of evolution, microbes, and antibiotic resistance. Similarly, the module “Earth Science: How Are Humans Impacting Water?” (for grade 8) supports students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices in science while building knowledge of water resources and pollution. The “Reading Science Modules” (for grades 6 and 9) support students’ close reading of science visuals and models while building knowledge about the conventions of scientific models and the criteria for evaluating them. Each module includes a freely downloadable interactive notebook with integrated texts, tasks, scaffolds, and routines, along with an annotated teacher guide
Thinking Fountain: http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf
Elementary science resource
Access Excellence: The Mystery http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/
Great online and offline activities that allow you and your students to solve mysteries using science. Find out what happened to the local frog population, explore the Arctic,
or use a microscope to solve a mystery. These fourteen activities are designed to show science in a whole new light
Science made simple : http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
With Science Made Simple, kids learn science the fun & easy way!
Great science projects & experiments, clear & detailed answers to
children's science questions, and much more
Classroom of the Future (NASA) http://www.cotf.edu/
Middle school through high school. Astronomy, biology, chemistry
Maya Adventure http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/top.html
The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure, a World-Wide Web site that highlights science activities and information related to ancient and modern Maya culture.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.goenc.com/
ENC provides the resources and support for math and science educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital subjects.
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab http://reekoscience.com/
Many science experiments for K - 8
Science Learning Network (Franklin Institute) http://www.sln.org
Science Learning Network: links, resources, lessons.
The Science Spot
Offers loads of lesson plans, activities, worksheets, and project ideas for middle school science educators.
http://www.sciencespot.net
Bill Nye: http://nyelabs.kcts.org/flash_go.html
Science information with a comic twist
Discovery Channel Online: Science Stories - http://www.discovery.com/guides/guides.html
Science news stories
ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/index.html
Science articles for upper elementary through high school.
Scientific American: http://www.sciem.com/
Now available electonically with a good deal for free.
New Science Magazine: http://www.newscientist.com/
Articles, research news for high school
Questacon: http://www.questacon.edu.au/
Science for elementary aged students with virtual activities.
The Mad Scientist Network: http://www.madsci.org/
A collection of scientists around the world who will answer questions on science. Most have a medical background.