Mystery Class
The Mystery Class investigation is an eleven week hunt in which students try to find ten secret “Mystery Classes” hiding around the globe. The changing amount of sunlight at each site is the central clue.
Students take an inspiring journey from knowing only sunrise and sunset times to discovering exact locations of the ten sites. This investigation demonstrates that, as spring sweeps across the Northern Hemisphere, daylength changes everywhere on Earth. Students see that these dramatic seasonal changes in sunlight affect the entire web of life.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. We focus on projects that utilize real time data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that utilize the Internet’s potential to reach peers and experts around the world. Below is a catalog of projects that are currently being or have been sponsored by CIESE . Each project has a brief description and links to the National Science Standards and NCTM math standards it supports.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on February 29, 2012
Try Engineering.Org
TryEngineering offers teachers resources for students all about engineering. Here you’ll find lesson plans for students of all ages that are aligned to standards, descriptions of degree fields, lists of national programs and student opportunities.
Shout Learning.Org
Connect online to interact with experts in the field, share ideas, and collaborate with people around the world who, like you, are committed to solving environmental challenges. Shout gives participants a framework for success, with resources and tools for exercising social responsibility while building the 21st-century skills of collaboration, innovation, and critical thinking. When students are connected through technology and empowered to build activities in their own way the learning experience extends far beyond the four walls of a classroom. Check out the participants on the map and take your own stand in making the world a better place. Now that’s something to shout about!
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on January 11, 2012
Engineering Resources for Elementary STudents is a Livebinder created by Michelle Tona – Braden River Elementary. Check out all the science resources for our younger learners.
20 Ways Teachers are Using Legos in the Classroom has some great ideas on lessons using many of your students’ favorite toy – Legos!
Cassiopeia Science Videos – funded by a physicist and named after a constellation, this web site has free science video content organized by strand and topic. Excellent resources for middle and high school science teachers.
BP Teacher Videos – Teaching Science showcases project based student science lessons.
Science Net Links Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you’ll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and all of it is free!
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Art, Blogs, STEM Resources | Posted on November 1, 2011
50 Best Blogs for STEM Educators is simply a list of blogs related to teaching science, technology, engineering, and math.
Ten Common Lessons the Arts and STEM Teach is a great article on the YES Generation blog correlating the positive impact of the arts in conjunction with science and math instruction.
Virtual Nerd is a new web site where teachers (for free) and students (for a price) can access hundreds of step-by-step tutorials using a “Dynamic Whiteboard.” While watching the videos, students can ask questions and drill down for more help. Current topics include Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Into to Physics. Aligned to Common Core.
The Why Files – Science Behind the News
The mission of The Why Files is to explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day, and to present those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner. We are based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but The Why Files covers science at all institutions that engage in scientific exploration and discovery. We hope our work will help explain the relationship between science and daily life.
Google Sketch Up is a free amazing drawing/3D site for students to use in a variety of educational settings.
Google Scholar is a search engine for the high school or college students looking for research through journals and scholarly primary sources.
Google Lit Trips allows students to travel along beside characters and walk the path they walked by working with Google maps. From the site: ” I like to say Google Lit Trips “3-dimensionalize” the reading experience by placing readers “inside the story” traveling alongside the characters; looking through the windshield of that old jalopy in The Grapes of Wrath or waddling alongside Mr. and Mrs. Mallard’s duckling family in Make Way for Ducklings.”
Education EOL.org is on online Encyclopedia of Life. Great site for exploring one species at a time!
Math Dictionary for Kids is a fantastic site for introducing math vocabulary. Just click on the word on the right and a visual definition appears on the left.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on October 5, 2011
Interactive Periodic Table is a great site for science teachers. Students can scroll over the elements then click the links to learn more.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on October 5, 2011
Squishy Circuits is a science web site for upper elementary/lower middle school. It comes with complete directions for a class project and even has a TED Talk video explaing how to proceed.
Ten Marks Math Program
TenMarks Math provides teachers with real-time insights into student performance, so they can target individual student needs with engaging, standards-based math exercises. Students work at their own pace on assigned
practice, using hints and over 2,000 video lessons to master concepts. TenMarks supports any technology implementation and student-computer ratio and builds the deep understanding students need for success.
Disclaimer — I know it says it is free, but can’t help wondering if there is a catch.
is a free download – just sign in using your Windows Live account.
Microsoft Mathematics provides a set of mathematical tools that help students get school work done quickly and easily. With Microsoft Mathematics, students can learn to solve equations step-by-step while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry, and calculus.
Microsoft Mathematics includes a full-featured graphing calculator that’s designed to work just like a handheld calculator. Additional math tools help you evaluate triangles, convert from one system of units to another, and solve systems of equations.
Interactive Whiteboard Science & Math Simulations
from the University of Colorado in Boulder has a treasure trove of resources for middle & high school math and science teachers.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on August 25, 2011
Periodic Table of Comic Books
Finally, a fun way to learn chemistry! Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involvingthat element. Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic bookpage.
iPad Apps for Math & Science is a list tailored to middle and high school teachers of Math and Science.
Sketchpad Explorer
Drag, manipulate and animate visual mathematical representations to develop your understanding of fundamental concepts across elementary mathematics, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and beyond.
Currently free at iTunes.
Motion Math App
is an inexpensive but very effective app to use when teaching fractions – espcially the conversion of fractions to decimels.
Math Guy on NPR Archive of Broadcasts is a great resource for middle and high school math teachers looking for “real world” tie-ins to math concepts taught in class.