Resources for elementary and middle school science educators.

This website is not affiliated with any school district or science program.

 

General Information for Teachers

Science is facts.
Just as houses are made of stones,
so is science made of facts.
But a pile of stones is not a house
and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.

Jules Henri Poincare

 

High Quality Links to Science Education Resources

National Science Teacher's Association Annenberg/CPB Learner.org TERC Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education ScienceNetLinks Thinkfinity - literacy, education & technology Science Junction Science TEKS Toolkit The Electronic Journal of Science Education Learningscience.org e.encyclopedia Science Jefferson Lab

National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway SEGway - Science Education Gateway The Teacher's Lab Office of Science Education - National Institutes of Health The Science House Teachers' Domain Science for America National Center for Science Education The Center for Science Education National Institute for Science Education Science Learning Network

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Online Teacher Tools & Resources

Online Flashcards Amazing Flashcard Machine - Make online flashcards Flashcard Exchange Online Flashcards StudyStack - Online flashcards Timers Virtual Timers Online Stopwatch PowerPoint Timers Games & Reviews PowerPoint Games Game Board Templates Teacher Templates Teacher Templates Mrs. Sander's Classroom Management, Procedures, Documents, and Links Multiple Teacher Tools 4Teachers.org - Several web based useful teachers tools Classroom Materials Maker - Many tools Discovery Education - Puzzlemaker, Quiz Center, more Hot Potatoes - Six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Misc. Interactive Web Calendars LessonKit -Online Lesson Plan Organizer Filimentality - Make internet lessons PortaPortal - Access your bookmarks and favorites from anywhere Science Notebooks LabWrite - Writing a lab report Performance Assessment Links In Science

Media & Videos Teacher Tube - Upload or search for videos Teachers' Domain How Stuff Works Science Videos National Digital Science Library LabAction (videos) Arkansas Public School Media Digital Library for Earth System Education Science Videos from Gamequarium Clipart & Animationss Free Science Clipart More Clipart - small, but nice collection of science items Discovery School Classroom Clipart ARG! WISC - Online - Animated Learning Objects Science Animations Alphabetized Earth Science Animations Test & Quiz Builders Easy Test Maker Survey Builder Discovery Education - Puzzlemaker, Quiz Center, more Quizlet Mapping & Webbing Gliffy - Web based concept/mind mapping & diagramming application Bubbl.us - Web based concept/mind mapping & diagramming application Multi-Use Sites Google for Educators HotChalk Yahoo!Teachers WizIQ - Teach Online

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Interactive Activities

EdHeads - several interactive activities BBC Interactives - for young children Scholastic Online Activities Interact - Interactive science & engineering (ages 9 - 11) eFieldtrips Exploratorium TryScience Ology JC-Schools

EduWeb - digital learning games and interactives about art, history, science and technology NOVA Interactives Archives Access Excellence Mysteries BioInteractive Virtual Labs (advanced) Learningscience.org CIESE - collaborative projects KidsKnowitNetwork PowerPoints & Interactive Activities

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General Education Resources

Eduwonk - Education News, Analysis, and Commentary CoolCat Teacher Blog - technology blog Mrs. Sanders Classroom Management, Procedures, Documents & Links

TeachBuzz - News for teachers, by teachers EduTopia - Information and inspiration

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Professional Forums for Science Teachers

Teacher Focus (very professional conversation on all education related topics) We the Teachers (very professional conversation on all education related topics, groups, lesson plans, and tools) ProTeacher Math, Science, Technology (very active, diverse group) National Science Teachers Association: Discussion Forum

Yahoo Groups: Middleschoolscience (very active, diverse group) HighSchoolScienceTeachers (moderately active, diverse) Science For America ( Fairly new website, discussion groups, lesson plans, and a lot more)

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Lessons & Experiments Delivered to Your Email

Steve Spangler Krampf's Experiment of the Week Weekly Puzzlers

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Resource Websites & Blogs by Other Science Teachers

There are thousands of teacher-created websites, wikis, & blogs available on the Internet. The ones listed below are my particular favorites because of the quality of content & teacher-friendly attitude.

Middle School Science: Middleschoolscience.com The Science Spot	Biology / Life Science: Massengale's Biology Junction Biology Corner
Physics: The Physics Classroom	Chemistry: ScienceGeek.net Cavalcade of Chemistry
Earth & Space Science: Marcia's Science Teaching Ideas	General and Multi-subject: The Science Classroom at Mojave High School (make sure to check the links at the top) Adventures in Science Blog My Science Box

 

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Middle School Websites

MiddleWeb National Middle School Association

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Science News & Information

Extreme Science Science A Go Go Sixty Second Science Scientific American Science Daily Odyssey Magazine

Science Watch Science Update Science News Science News for Kids Eureka Alert! Live Science