20 Free iPad Apps for Educators

A variety of teaching and learning materials to access from your iPad.

4-H Robotics Curriculum

Activities for students in fourth grade and beyond.

5 Resources for Teaching Metamorphosis

Five 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.

A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change

This self-directed website is designed for use in both formal and informal educational contexts. It assumes that human behavior is the main driver of climate change and challenges students to explore scientific data around this issue.

Action for Healthy Kids

See how this site helps schools without the resources to improve nutrition programs and increase opportunities for kids to get healthier.

Activity a Day to Learn About the Brain

Four weeks of activities and projects to help students learn about the brain - including ideas, background information, and downloadables.

All About Birds

All About Birds is an online guide to birds and bird watching with entries for 585 species. It has ID tips, sound, and video for 117 species; a weekly bird feature; Q and A between readers and experts; and, a weekly quiz on a companion Facebook page.

Anatomy of a Detector

A virtual reality tool shows different parts of a detector and how they are used to display the debris from a collision.

Anatomy of the Human Heart with Flash Illustration

The Texas Heart Institute provides a detailed tour of the heart and circulatory system.

Annenberg Learner’s Interactives

22 learning modules from Annenberg Learner provide activities that improve skills in math, science, language, history, and arts. Though a few resources are aimed at elementary students, most are intended for secondary.

Arts Across the Curriculum

Our hand-picked resources for all grades help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades 6-8

Our hand-picked resources for grades 6-8help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades 9-12

Our hand-picked resources for grades 9-12 help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades K-5

Our hand-picked resources for grades K-5 help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Big Bang Registry

You’ve heard of the Big Bang, but what about cosmic background radiation (CBR), the remnants of the Big Bang which are still visible on the outer edges of the universe? This website illustrates CBR on a cool map and offers you a chance to name part of it.

Biology Teaching and Learning Resources

This 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.

Brain Awareness Week

March 12-18, 2012. Educators for grades 6 and above will find lessons, activities, videos and other resources for help students learn about the human brain, its development, learning and memory, and more.

Brain Development Resources

NEA compiled these resources on cognition and brain development.

Bulletin Board Ideas

We recommend four Web sites where you can find bulletin board ideas and themes, cutouts, templates, activity ideas, and more. Plus, find out what kind of supplies you’ll need and how to acquire them.

Butterfiles - Free Learning Resources

Butterfiles really are free in this rich respository of lessons, media, tools, exhibits and many other free things for learning about butterfiles.

Careers at NASA

Learn about jobs at NASA. Meet scientists, technical experts, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, accountants, attorneys, astronauts, educators, pilots, astronomers, and experts in many other fields.

CERN: The Standard Model of Particle Physics

A 5-minute video that describes and illustrates the evolving standard model.

Columbus Day

Columbus Day is celebrated in the U.S., Spain, and many countries in Latin America. Whether Christopher Columbus is thought of positively or negatively depends on point-of-view. The following themed package presents a rangs of opinions.

Columbus Day, Grades 6-8

Columbus Day, Grades 9-12

Columbus Day is celebrated in the U.S., Spain, and many countries in Latin America. Whether Christopher Columbus is thought of positively or negatively depends on point-of-view. The following themed package for grades 9-12 presents a range of opinions.