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ZooniverseZooniverse offers a collection online, interactive projects that cover topics in space, climate, nature, and humanities. These projects are best suited to grades 6-12. Registration is required but free. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
YouTube for EducatorsYouTube offers a variety of free services that educators can use to facilitate classroom instruction, including access to more than 500,000 educational videos, limited access to non-educational content, and custom playlists that eliminate ads. | Multimedia | |
WondervilleFree interactive science and technology website for K-8 students, including activities, printables, comics, interactive games and videos. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan | |
Winter-Themed Classroom Resources, Grades 6-8These interdisciplinary lessons, activities, and other resources for grades 6-8 levels will help students develop an understanding of the mechanisms that bring about seasonal change and how animals have adapted to them. | Themed Package | |
Winter-Themed Classroom ResourcesThese interdisciplinary lessons, activities, and other resources for all grades levels will help students develop an understanding of the mechanisms that bring about seasonal change and how animals have adapted to them. | Themed Package | |
Wildlife GardensLearn how to build your own wildlife gardens: pond, rotting log, and three more. | Multimedia | |
Welcome to the USGS - U.S. Geological SurveyA huge repository for earth and life science resources, USGS features educational materials and many multimedia resources. | Multimedia | |
Webinars & Other Resources To Inspire the Next Generation of EngineersDesign Squad Nation offers free webinars and other resources to inspire the next generation of engineers. | Grant/Award; Lesson Plan | |
WebExhibitsWebExhibits is an interactive and cross-curricular museum of science, humanities, and culture for K-12 and higher. Exhibits explore color, color vision, pigment, calendars, daylight savings time, poetry, Van Gogh’s letters, Bellini, and butter. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Weather: Extreme Weather 101 Teaching ResourcesA collection of lesson plans, videos, podcasts, interactives, and supporting reading and websites for educators. | Lesson Plan | |
Watching the Summer Night Sky, Grades 6-8Brush up your stargazing skills and get ready to enjoy humankind's first TV, the night sky with these science lessons, activities & curriculum resources for grades 6-8. | Themed Package | |
Watching the Summer Night Skybrush up your stargazing skills and get ready to enjoy humankind's first TV, the night sky with these science lessons, activities & curriculum resources for all grade levels. | Themed Package | |
VisionlearningVisionlearning is funded by the National Science Foundation and provides science learning modules that have been shown to be more effective than traditional textbooks in teaching science. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; 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 | |
Tree of Life Web ProjectStudents explore connections between living organisms by following phylogenetic branching patterns between groups of plants and animals. Lessons, activities and multimedia resources help them learn about evolutionary relationships among species. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Transcontinental Telegraph and Railroad, Grades 6-8Interdisciplinary lessons, activities & resources help students in grades 6-8 discover the engineering triumphs that propelled westward expansion in the 19th Century. | Themed Package | |
Transcontinental Telegraph and RailroadInterdisciplinary lessons, activities & resources help students in all grades discover the engineering triumphs that propelled westward expansion in the 19th Century. | Themed Package | |
Thomas Alva Edison, Grades 6-8Thomas Alva Edison: genuis inventor of the electrical age. With these activites, lessons, and resources, students in grades 6 - 8 can learn about the man who created the modern world. | Themed Package | |
Thomas Alva EdisonThomas Alva Edison: genuis inventor of the electrical age. With these activites, lessons, and resources, students in all grades can learn about the man who created the modern world. | Themed Package | |
The Transit of VenusOn June 5, 2012 Venus will cross the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that will not be seen again until the year 2117. Learn more about the historical and scientific significance of the event, and how you and your students can view it safely. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
The Titanic: Submersibles & ROVsStudents learn about the submersibles and remotely operated vehicles used to explore the Titanic. Multimedia learning activities allow students to pilot virtual ROVs, but students may also learn to build real, actual ROVs and enter a competition. | Multimedia | |
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 | |
The Particle AdventureAn interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, extra dimensions, dark matter, accelerators, and particle detectors. Presents the fundamental theory of particles and forces. | Multimedia | |
The Learning NetworkThe Learning Network publishes a new lesson plan every weekday during the school year. Two recent lesson plans investigate back-to-school shopping and the 2012 election campaign. | Lesson Plan | |
The Dynamic EarthThis website offers interactive information about the dynamic forces that formed and continue to form the Earth and the solar system. | Multimedia |
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