Science
BirdSleuth Cornell University - innovative K-12 resources that build science skills while inspiring young people to connect to local habitats, explore biodiversity, and engage in citizen-science projects.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - resources for students and teachers
CitizenScience.gov - searchable catalog of federally supported projects seeking citizen participation by topic for K-12.
Dragonfire Tools - Junior Handyman’s Toolkit: Classroom Projects, Essentials and Checklists - Thanks! Dylan
Explore.org - live webcams of animals and environments mainly around North America with location, current time, and weather.
Also checkout, the Channel Island National Park Webcams off the coast of California.
Also checkout, the Channel Island National Park Webcams off the coast of California.
Frog Watch - Association of Zoos and Aquariums citizen scientist opportunity. Citizen Science.
GLOBE - The GLOBE Program enables you and your class to engage in a collaborative, scientific exploration of the world around you, collaborating with teachers and students from around the world. Citizen Science.
Gotscience.org - Teacher discussion guide on a range of real world topics for grades 7 -9 (such as birdwatching, how bees make honey, how airplanes work, extending the life of cell phone batteries)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Engaging multimedia that brings the excitement and process of scientific discovery into high school science classrooms. The "Wildcam of Gorongosa" is an excellent citizen science opportunity for younger students.
Engaging multimedia that brings the excitement and process of scientific discovery into high school science classrooms. The "Wildcam of Gorongosa" is an excellent citizen science opportunity for younger students.
The Journey North - a free, Internet-based program that explores the interrelated aspects of seasonal change.
A simple, student-directed entry point to Journey North studies. Engaging stories, photos, videos, and slide shows from the natural world build observation skills, inspire scientific thinking, and create fertile ground for discussions and new questions! Citizen Science.
A simple, student-directed entry point to Journey North studies. Engaging stories, photos, videos, and slide shows from the natural world build observation skills, inspire scientific thinking, and create fertile ground for discussions and new questions! Citizen Science.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Recommended by commonsense.org as a first-class site for science games and investigations
Recommended by commonsense.org as a first-class site for science games and investigations
NASA Education - many, many resources for educators K-12 including activities, projects, citizen science, field trips, guest speakers,
Johnson Space Center Education
NASA Glenn Research Center - Engineering Design Challenges and Girls in STEM resources
Let it Glide - shoebox glider challenge
Space Center Houston Education Programs
STEM on Station
NASA Women of STEM - career profiles, inspiring videos, and tips to motivate students. Message - STEM offers something to everyone.
Johnson Space Center Education
NASA Glenn Research Center - Engineering Design Challenges and Girls in STEM resources
Let it Glide - shoebox glider challenge
Space Center Houston Education Programs
STEM on Station
NASA Women of STEM - career profiles, inspiring videos, and tips to motivate students. Message - STEM offers something to everyone.
National Environmental Education Foundation - Surrounded by Science Infographics with suggested activities and citizen science opportunities and Educator Toolkit K-12.
National Forest Service - Finding My Forest Curriculum for grades 3-8 that bring the wonder of the forest into the classroom and foster environmental awareness.
National Institutes of Health - resource for students and teachers
National Library of Medicine - K-12 websites, lesson plans, classroom activities, animations, and games.
Nature's Notebook - is a national, online program where amateur and professional naturalists regularly record observations of plants and animals to generate long-term data sets used for scientific discovery and decision-making. Citizen Science.
NEED - National Energy Education Development - resources for teachers and students related to energy
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - lesson plans and resources, stories, data in the classroom and citizen science opportunities.
National Buoy Data Center - students can adopt their own drifting buoy and track.
Climate.gov - data sets for analysis.
Environmental Visualization Laboratory - over 100 environmental variables are available using NOAA View.
The Ship Okeanos Explorer - currently exploring the deepwater habitats of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ocean Explorer Education - Theme pages on ocean science topics with links to essays, lessons,career info, and past expeditions.
National Buoy Data Center - students can adopt their own drifting buoy and track.
Climate.gov - data sets for analysis.
Environmental Visualization Laboratory - over 100 environmental variables are available using NOAA View.
The Ship Okeanos Explorer - currently exploring the deepwater habitats of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ocean Explorer Education - Theme pages on ocean science topics with links to essays, lessons,career info, and past expeditions.
North American Conservation Education Toolkit - K-12 resources developed by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) to support conservation educators who offer fish and wildlife based programs. PBL ideas.
PBS
Nova Education
Nova Labs
Recommended by commonsense.org as online science with exceptional content within meaningful tasks
Nova Education
Nova Labs
Recommended by commonsense.org as online science with exceptional content within meaningful tasks
Orion's Quest
Citizen Science missions which allow students to participate in ongoing space-based research. Students participate in NASA research through analysis of photo or video data from current experiments being conducted by a NASA scientist.
Citizen Science missions which allow students to participate in ongoing space-based research. Students participate in NASA research through analysis of photo or video data from current experiments being conducted by a NASA scientist.
Project Feeder Watch - a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. Citizen Science.
Science360 - Searchable database and library of text, video, audio, podcasts, and image of the day from the National Science Foundation.
Scientific American - K-12 educational resources including: Bring Science Home, Citizen Science, STEM Stories, STEM Careers, and Google Science Fair.
SciStarter - clearinghouse of citizen science projects. Great resources for Project Based Learning.
Wildcam of Gorongosa - Researchers in Gorongosa National Park use remote trail cameras to study the park’s wildlife. You can contribute to this important research through WildCam Gorongosa and the Gorongosa Lion Project, an online citizen science platform.
Computer Science
Apple - Everyone Can Code
A new approach to coding that gives everyone the power to learn, write, and teach code. The free learning and teaching materials for Everyone Can Code are now updated and available for download on iTunes.
A new approach to coding that gives everyone the power to learn, write, and teach code. The free learning and teaching materials for Everyone Can Code are now updated and available for download on iTunes.
Code.org
Resources for teachers and students to learn computer science through courses and resources. Organizes Hour of Code activities.
Resources for teachers and students to learn computer science through courses and resources. Organizes Hour of Code activities.
Software Programming and Coding Glossary for Kids
The glossary is a great overview with tons of games and other resources.
Thank you Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls!
The glossary is a great overview with tons of games and other resources.
Thank you Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls!
Google CS First
Recommended by commonsense.org as a Middle School Computer Science platform that offers stellar resources and organizing tools
Recommended by commonsense.org as a Middle School Computer Science platform that offers stellar resources and organizing tools
Mozilla Thimble
Recommended by commonsense.org as an inspiring platform that teaches coding through remixing
Recommended by commonsense.org as an inspiring platform that teaches coding through remixing
Scratch - program interactive stories, games, and animations from MIT
Engineering
Allen Distinguished Educators - Do It Yourself Guides to innovative projects for the classroom.
AutoDesk Design Academy
Recommended by commonsense.org for outstanding project based tutorials for popular engineering software. Everything you need to learn 3D Design
Recommended by commonsense.org for outstanding project based tutorials for popular engineering software. Everything you need to learn 3D Design
Curiosity Machine
Recommended by comonsense.org as an awesome engineering site.
Kids build, share, and receive professional feedback.
Recommended by comonsense.org as an awesome engineering site.
Kids build, share, and receive professional feedback.
Design Squad Nation
Recommended by commonsense.org Classmates can compete to solve fun engineering problems
Recommended by commonsense.org Classmates can compete to solve fun engineering problems
Dyson Foundation
Engineering Design Challenges and teacher check out for the
Ideas Box - 2nd - 6th grades
Engineering Box - 7th -12th grades
Engineering Design Challenges and teacher check out for the
Ideas Box - 2nd - 6th grades
Engineering Box - 7th -12th grades
eGFI- Engineering Go For It- Dream Up the Future
Resources from the American Society for Engineering Education
Resources from the American Society for Engineering Education
TeachEngineering - provides educators with free access to a growing curricular resource of activities, lessons, units and living labs for STEM Education K-12.
Teachers Pay Teachers Engineering Challenges
STEM Engineering Challenge Packages
STEM Bins
Outdoor Discovery STEM Bins
STEM Engineering Challenge Packages
STEM Bins
Outdoor Discovery STEM Bins
STEM
3D Slash
Recommended by commonsense.org as a Minecraft-like 3D modeling and printing made super easy for all ages
Recommended by commonsense.org as a Minecraft-like 3D modeling and printing made super easy for all ages
ArtsEdge
Recommended by commonsense.org as an impressive cross-curricular resource supports the "A" in STEAM from The Kennedy Center
Recommended by commonsense.org as an impressive cross-curricular resource supports the "A" in STEAM from The Kennedy Center
Baylor College of Medicine
STEM ED Resources K-12 including Career Pathways, Curriculum Materials, Online Resources, and Professional Development. Check out the afterschool STEM units.
STEM ED Resources K-12 including Career Pathways, Curriculum Materials, Online Resources, and Professional Development. Check out the afterschool STEM units.
Bear Trust International - Lesson on gray wolves for 9-12 grade. Uses GIS software to map geographic distribution and analysis of real world data.
Career Girls - career exploration for middle and high school teens and their teachers. 7000 video clips featuring 400 female role models in many fields not just STEM.
cK-12
Simulations, video, etexts, interactives, and adaptive practice for K-12. Great concept maps for teachers to integrate STEM across the curriculum.
Simulations, video, etexts, interactives, and adaptive practice for K-12. Great concept maps for teachers to integrate STEM across the curriculum.
Common Sense Education -
Best Picks for Early Childhood STEM Learning
4 Things Everyone Should Know about Early STEM Learning
Awesome Earth Science Apps, Websites, and Games
Best Picks for Early Childhood STEM Learning
4 Things Everyone Should Know about Early STEM Learning
Awesome Earth Science Apps, Websites, and Games
Discovery Education
STEM resources including videos, simulations, assignment builder, quizzes, board builder, and lesson materials
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Discovery ED Instructional Strategies - Creative, research-based instructional strategies, presented by teachers for teachers. These simple instructional strategies incorporate digital media in meaningful, effective, and practical ways.
Young Scientist Lab and Challenge - Bring the science of everyday life into your classroom with these custom teacher resources that will keep your students entertained, engaged and working towards exciting new science solutions.
Energizing Our Future - a series of classroom resources focusing on amazing energy innovations and advancements. Science and technology learning is enhanced through engaging videos and activities that will inspire your students to think differently about energy.
Collaborative Projects - Grow students’ creative, communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills with collaborative projects.Each project includes resources for building background knowledge, authentic investigations with collaborative data sets, and learning extensions with STEM activities.
STEM resources including videos, simulations, assignment builder, quizzes, board builder, and lesson materials
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Discovery ED Instructional Strategies - Creative, research-based instructional strategies, presented by teachers for teachers. These simple instructional strategies incorporate digital media in meaningful, effective, and practical ways.
Young Scientist Lab and Challenge - Bring the science of everyday life into your classroom with these custom teacher resources that will keep your students entertained, engaged and working towards exciting new science solutions.
Energizing Our Future - a series of classroom resources focusing on amazing energy innovations and advancements. Science and technology learning is enhanced through engaging videos and activities that will inspire your students to think differently about energy.
Collaborative Projects - Grow students’ creative, communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills with collaborative projects.Each project includes resources for building background knowledge, authentic investigations with collaborative data sets, and learning extensions with STEM activities.
Futures Channel - STEM Video Library
Global Digital Citizen Foundation - 36 Resources for STEM Project Based Learning activities
Google Expeditions - Virtual Reality field trips. FISD VR viewer cart checkout available. See your campus MIS.
Henry Ford Innovation Nation
Digital collections and resources on yesterday’s and today’s innovations
Digital collections and resources on yesterday’s and today’s innovations
Library of Congress - science themes discovery sets on history and the nature of science. Thomas Jefferson's handwritten record of temperatures at Monticello for example. Teacher guides and lesson plans. Also see: Teaching with the LOC Twitter feed @TeachingLC.
Maker Ed - Every child's a maker. Resources for Making in Education
National Park Service - bring the National Parks into your classroom with distance learning programs and classroom materials.
Navy STEM for the Classroom - resources, lessons, and careers
NSTA Best STEM Books
A comprehensive list of children's books from the National Science Teacher Association - building literacy through STEM.
A comprehensive list of children's books from the National Science Teacher Association - building literacy through STEM.
NSTA Best STEM Toys
Toys and games that promote creativity, logic, problem solving, collaboration, and experimentation.
Toys and games that promote creativity, logic, problem solving, collaboration, and experimentation.
NOVA Education
STEM Lesson Plans, Videos, Webinars, Collection, Interactives
STEM Lesson Plans, Videos, Webinars, Collection, Interactives
Partnership in Education Program - funded by the National Institutes of Health to provide K-12 STEM and Health resources with a collection of interest-grabbing movies, apps, games, and curriculum.
PhET - Interactive Simulations
Recommended by commonsense.org as a massive cache of excellent science and math simulations
Recommended by commonsense.org as a massive cache of excellent science and math simulations
Produce Mom - Science Fair and STEM Project Guide - ebook for 3rd - 8th grade teachers
Project Based Learning - the Buck Institute for Education - PBL resources and project search tool and planner
Project Learning Tree - Use the environment to engage children in learning – both outside and indoors.
Project WILD - a wildlife-focused conservation education program for K-12 educators and their students.
Rice University School Math Project
Curriculum resources, web adventures - science and health games, visual arts integration from STEM to STEAM, and a local hub for Code.org.
Curriculum resources, web adventures - science and health games, visual arts integration from STEM to STEAM, and a local hub for Code.org.
Rice University - Office of STEM Engagement
STEM-related K-12 educational outreach programs and initiatives.
STEM-related K-12 educational outreach programs and initiatives.
Siemens STEM - activities and resources for educators K-12
STEM Jobs - STEM Jobs provides teachers, counselors, and administrators in over 20,000 schools across the country with the tools and resources to quickly and easily implement a cutting edge STEM program that will engage and inspire students with key skills they need to aspire toward and pursue high growth STEM jobs.
5 Best Places to Find Free STEM Lesson Plans
5 Best Places to Find Free STEM Lesson Plans
TCEA - Engaging Students with Live Video Feeds
Access some resources for live feed videos to use in your classroom. There is a little something for everyone ... from zoos to NASA to far away places.
Access some resources for live feed videos to use in your classroom. There is a little something for everyone ... from zoos to NASA to far away places.
Veritasium - a channel of VERY ENGAGING science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science.