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Free NIH Teaching Tools
Curriculum Supplements
A popular series of curriculum supplements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at promoting science education achievement is now aligned to individual state education standards in science, math, health and English language arts for grades K-12. This cross-curricular alignment, unique to each state, shows educators how the NIH curriculum supplements will help them meet specific learning goals for students and spells out the usefulness of the series nationwide. This series is FREE to educators upon request.
The ongoing series—which currently includes 16 supplements on such topics as genetics, infectious diseases, and cell biology—promotes inquiry-based, interdisciplinary learning. The supplements—consistent with the National Science Education Standards—combine cutting-edge science research discoveries and real scientific data from NIH with state of the art instructional materials for grades K-12. The National Institutes of Health—The Nation’s Medical Research Agency—is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Free Slides
Green Science and Technology
The website below has a complete set of PowerPoint Slides for a course in Green Science and Technology (sustainability science and technology). In addition, the site has a link to others from which can be downloaded a set of slides for a course on green chemistry along with the complete text of a book on this topic, and another to a set of slides for a basic course on environmental chemistry. These materials are being provided without charge as a service to the Environmental Science education community.
Classroom Resources
Teachers' Domain
Teachers' Domain now includes Math, Language Arts, Social Studies. and Arts, in addition to our core Science resources! We now have over 1,500 classroom-ready resources...
NASA/NOAA SciJinks Web Site
SciJinks Weather Laboratory
The SciJinks Weather Laboratory at is a website for middle school-age children, sponsored by both NASA and NOAA. Skyjacks presents weather and other Earth science topics via games, stories, and fun facts, as well as simple, concise answers to often-asked how and why questions.
Additional weather-related resources for teachers
National Center for Earth and Space Science Education Launches new Blog on the Universe
Get emotional about science.
The newly launched Blog on the Universe is dedicated to helping teachers and parents make science an adventure. Every week you can use Dr. Jeff's new conceptual nuggets and challenges to foster deep and inspiring discussions in the classroom and at home. The idea is to help make the nature of the world understandable to students, and teachable by teachers, so we can take a ride to the frontiers of human exploration---together. Besides the compelling posts, the blog includes Resource Pages on the nature of our existence in a greater universe, the art of teaching, the power of models in learning environments , powerful quotes on human exploration, a look at climate change , and resource lists for teachers, parents, and community leaders.
This resource is presented by a past conference
speaker, Dr. Jeff Goldstein.
Federation of American Scientists
Immune Attack™
Educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students
National Environmental Education Foundation
http://www.neefusa.org
provides objective environmental information, programs, resources and publications
Children & Nature Network
http://www.childrenandnature.org
encourages and supports the people and organizations working to reconnect children with nature; provides access to the latest news and research
Committee on Science and Technology
http://www.science.house.gov/resources/
science_education.htm
one-stop shop for science education needs - from lesson plans to classroom resources - from federal agencies
South Carolinians for Science Education
http://www.sc-scied.org/EE
residents, businesspeople, educators, students, scientists, and clergy dedicated to improving the quality and defending the integrity of science education in the public schools of South Carolina
Science In Your Backyard
http://www.childrenandnature.org
maps, imagery, earthquake, mineral information, real-time water data
Journey to Planet Earth
free preview
Funded by the National Science Foundation for PBS, JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH is the only video series that helps educators explain to students the science behind the headlines. To receive a 30-day free preview of the entire 10-episode series or individual episodes simply reply to this e-mail -- screenscope@screenscope.com -- with your name, institutional mailing address and phone number. Or visit our website for more information about the series:
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth
Support Document
New revised version
The revised version of the Science Support Document is now available on the SDE website. The new document is available in 3 versions: by grade level (receive all the content indicators in one document), by standard (all indicators for a given standard), or by indicator. The content is the same in all versions!
High School Biology Support Guide
Now on the web
The aligned resources (web sites, streamline, literature connections, and career info) for each standard are also available at the same site. The support guide for all of the indicators under EACH standard can be printed at one time.