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A Sightseer’s Guide to EngineeringThis virtual field trip takes students through each of the 50 states to visit engineering projects. The resource could support social studies or STEM classes. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
4-H Robotics CurriculumActivities for students in fourth grade and beyond. | Lesson Plan | |
The Story of StuffFind short online movies and other resources that explore key features of our relationship with stuff. Resources examine sustainability, national debt, corporate power and democracy, electronics, cosmetics, bottled water, and cap and trade. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Solar System 101This NASA website borrows from computer games designers to create visually engaging resources for grades 5-8. Find activities, lessons, background information and resources for student reports, like factoids, images, PowerPoint templates and more. | Background Reading; Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Games and Interactives from the Monterey Bay AquariumThe Monterey Bay Aquarium has Games and Interactives for K-12 students, including an “I Spy” activity using downloadable posters, “critter cards,” a unique “go fish” game, and more. | Background Reading; Fact Sheet; Learning Game | |
BizKidsThis companion website to the television program of the same name offers resources for teaching business and money skills, including lesson plans, four online games, calculators, budgets, business plans, and more. | Background Reading; Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Engines of Our IngenuityThis long running public radio program describes how art, technology, and ideas have shaped the world we live in. Audio file and transcripts introduce students to science concepts and offer detailed explanations. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
5 Resources for Teaching MetamorphosisFive websites provide grade-specific resources for helping students at all levels learn about the biological process by which an animal develops physically after birth or hatching. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
Biology Teaching and Learning ResourcesThis companion website for D. G. Mackean’s biology textbooks, supports the teaching of basic concepts and principles in high school biology. Find PowerPoint presentations, over 100 activities and experiments, videos and a question bank. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
ASU Ask a BiologistThis resource for PreK-12 teachers and students is manned by Arizona State University faculty and staff. Submit questions and receive an answer within 72 hours. You’ll also find an archive of Q&As, an image gallery, activities, and more. | Background Reading | |
Teaching The Great GatsbyWe offer a variety of resources to help you teach F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel and help students understand its historical context and literary impact. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
Understanding EvolutionUnderstanding Evolution is a website for teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology to grades K-12 and undergraduates. Find current news, teaching modules and a primer, an image library, and more. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Amazing SpaceFind amazing images of deep space from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, plus interactives for examining telescopes, comets, myths and legends about the stars; homework help from scientists; professional development resources; and, more. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
Motivate: Maths Enrichment for SchoolsWith this website from University of Cambridge, students discover practical applications of math to real world problems. Use a deck of cards to illustrate a mathematical model of how disease spreads. Multimedia packs explore Babylonian math concepts. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Teaching FolkloreOur recommended resources will help you find folktale retellings from North and South America, as well as lesson plans and activities to help students understand common elements of myths, fairy tales, folklore and tall tales. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Voices & VisionsVoices & Visions is a video instructional series on American poetry for high school classrooms that examines the lives and works of 13 renowned American poets through dramatic readings, archival photographs, dance, performances, and interviews. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
Making of AmericaThis collection of primary sources in American history from the antebellum period through reconstruction includes 100,000 journal articles in American history, sociology, religion, and science from The Atlantic, Harper’s, Scientific American, and more. | ||
Interactive United States History MapUnited States History Map is an interactive map collection for social studies students in grades 5-8. Separate modules provide information and test understanding. Depending on test performance students can review or move on to the next module. | Background Reading; Quiz | |
Invasive Species SimulationsInvasive Species is a general introduction to the effects of globalization, pathways, and responses to invasive species. Bug Hunt Predators is a more complex simulation that explores the predator-prey ecosystem. | Learning Game; Multimedia | |
5 Gyres5 Gyres aims to highlight a problem created by making throw-away packaging out of a material designed to last forever. The website includes many brief videos. The homepage features a world map locating the five ocean concentrations of plastic debris. | Background Reading; Learning Game | |
Black Holes: Gravity’s Relentless PullThis interactive multimedia resource on black holes was created by NASA for grades 5-12 and includes a glossary, questions and experiments. | Background Reading; Learning Game; Multimedia | |
BEAGLE: Simulated EvolutionBEAGLE(Biological Experiments in Adaptation, Genetics, Learning and Evolution): Simulated Evolution is a group of computer models and support materials designed to help in teaching concepts of evolution, adaptation, and natural and artificial selection. | Learning Game; Multimedia | |
Watch Draw ThinkWatch Draw Think offers visual presentations of complex cross-curricular concepts for grades 5-12 and provides a space for teachers to share ideas, lessons, and projects. The goal is for teachers to use a whole, or part of, a video with a lesson. | Multimedia | |
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)OWL provides writing resources and instructional materials for students and educators. Writing Instructors will find resources covering technical and creative writing; exercises for teaching grammar, punctuation, and more; and materials for parents. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
The Poetry ArchiveThis growing collection of online audio recordings allows you to listen to poets past and present reading their work. Lesson plans and activities are built around the recordings and offer engaging ways of working with poetry. | Learning Game; Multimedia |
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