Science

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Science | Khan AcademyLearn about all the sciences, from physics, chemistry and biology, to cosmology and astronomy, across hundreds of videos, articles and practice questions.

Khan Academy has free online courses, lessons, and practice. They have content on high school biology and physics, and AP prep for biology, chemistry, physical, and environmental science.

Medical Encyclopedia: MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus features a medical encyclopedia with illustrations and photographs from the US Department of Health and Human Resources.

NSDL

The National Science Digital Library provides online educational resources for teaching and learning, with current emphasis on the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). You can browse content by subject, education level, or keyword. Some materials are openly licensed and therefore considered OER.

NewsELA

Our district subscribes to this platform, so use your school Google account to sign in. There are articles from a wide variety of content areas. Articles can be customized to a student's reading level. Each article comes with a quiz and writing prompt you can customize. Student progress can be tracked. They have a section specifically for science articles.

PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And TeachersInspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

PBS Learning Media has free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games. You can filter by subject and content area. They have sections on earth and space science, life science, and physical science. Sections have lesson plans, interactives, videos, and audio!

PhET Interactive SimulationsFounded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education <a {0}>research</a> and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

Plant and Animal Anatomy

Through Cavendish Square we have access to an encyclopedia of plant and animal anatomy. Entries have additional supporting media and can be read out loud.

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Free Online Textbooks

Flexbooks

You do have to make an account to access flexbooks, but it is free and considered an OER. Once you have selected a text book you can distribute it as is to students, or customize the content to suit your needs. 2.0 textbooks are interactive and allow students to take notes. There are textbooks on biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. i (OER)

OpenStax

OpenStax is part of Rice University and provides access to free peer-reviewed online textbooks that can also be downloaded as PDFs. You do have to make an account to access the teacher resources. They have textbooks on biology, chemistry, and physics. (OER)

Vermont Online Libraries Gale Databases

Through Vermont Online Libraries we have access to several databases on science.