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20 Free iPad Apps for EducatorsA variety of teaching and learning materials to access from your iPad. | Lesson Plan | |
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 | |
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 | |
Bulletin Board IdeasWe 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. | Printable; Tool | |
Columbus DayColumbus 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. | ||
Cool ScienceThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s website Cool Science provides activities for students and resources for teachers, including videos, animations, lectures, interactives, virtual labs, teacher guides, and posters. | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Cooper-Hewitt Educator ResourcesThe National Design Museum offers 420+ free lesson plans. Design a new playground or t-shirt. Practice map-making and vocabulary skills to design a treasure map. Use geometry to create a new font. Plus much more. (YouTube videos included). | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Earth Day Curriculum ResourcesStudents in all grade levels explore new and review familiar ways to live responsibly with these lessons, projects, activities, and games. | Themed Package | |
EdheadsEdheads features 15 interactives using science, technology, engineering, and math concepts for students in grades 2-12. The interactives for grades 2-8 deal with technology, for grades 7-12 surgery, medicine, and biology. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
EekoWorldEekoWorld, a Web site from PBS Kids, informs K-4 students about the role they play in taking care of Earth. Colorful, engaging interactives are perfect for young students; teachers will appreciate the how-to guide and lesson plans. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan | |
EELink Compiles Environmental Education Lesson PlansWe review a website offering free compilation of preK-12 lessons, activities and other curriculum resources that focus on environmental education. | ||
Finding Information on the InternetUC Berkeley Library offers an online tutorial covering search strategies, search tools, recommendations for evaluating web pages and other resources that will be of interest to educators and secondary students. | Background Reading | |
FossWebFossWeb is the official website for the inquiry-based FOSS (Full Option Science System) science curriculum. It features interactive modules that include media, FAQs, and teacher and parent information. | Lesson Plan | |
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 | |
Groundhog Day for the ClassroomExplore light and shadow in math, science, and art lessons and have fun with the following collection of groundhog games and activities. | Themed Package | |
Hurricane SeasonWith these lessons, activities, and multimedia resources for all grades, learn how hurricanes form, how hurricanes are tracked, and how hurricane size and intensity are affected by global warming. | Themed Package | |
It's a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue WorldUsing Jonathan Bird's Blue World in the classroom is easy with amazing study guides and resources for educators. | Multimedia | |
Japanese Kites at the New YearThese resources explain the cultural and historical importance of kites in Japan. Teachers will find downloadable student readings on kite shapes, kite flying, and Japanese kites at the New Year. | Lesson Plan; Printable | |
Learn & Teach with American Museum of Natural HistoryThe American Museum of Natural History’s website offers programs and resources such as activities, games, articles, profiles of scientists, and student descriptions of their own projects and investigations for teachers and learners at all grade levels. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
Library of Congress - Teachers pagesReady-to-use materials that bring the Library’s primary sources into the classroom. | Themed Package | |
Monarch Butterfly MigrationFollow the 2012 monarch migration and report your own monarch sightings on the Monarch Butterfly Migration: Journey North website. You and your students can help scientists understand how climate and seasons affect monarchs. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
NASA Websites Explore Global WarmingThe NASA website Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet provides a foundation for studying and assessing global warming by providing data on carbon dioxide concentration, global surface temperature, Arctic sea ice, land ice, and more. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
NASA: Practical Uses of Math and Science (PUMAS)Why don’t clouds fall out of the sky? Why is it unsafe to tailgate on the freeway? Students discover the answers to these questions, and many others, through the 79 activity ideas, submitted by scientist and engineers to this NASA website. | Lesson Plan | |
National Geographic KidsRead kids’ stories and interviews with scientists, watch videos, look at facts and photos of animals, try activities and games. Find out what everyone’s reading about on the site. | Multimedia | |
Pets in the ClassroomIf your school allows pets, you might want to consider the resources we've gathered for you. | Themed Package |
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