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A Framework for K12 Science Education
The Framework provides a sound, evidence-based foundation for standards by drawing on current scientific research—including research on the ways students learn science effectively—and identifies the science all K–12 students should know.
The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.
SCALE Science focuses on developing curriculum that supports student sense-making through project-based learning. Our resources aid teachers in their efforts to effectively respond to student needs, as well as shifts in instructional demands.
OpenSciEd creates free, high quality, NGSS-aligned science materials and outstanding professional learning support that empowers educators to inspire all students with the beauty and wonder of science.
Websites
General Science Sites
General Science Sites
High-Adventure Science brings several of the big unanswered questions in Earth and space science — think climate change, the availability of freshwater, land management and more — to middle and high school science classrooms.
100 Best Videos for science teachers
the website offers up excellent videos to supplement lessons and provide windows into different facts and concepts.
At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free!
New videos all the time, FunScienceDemos brings engaging demonstrations in a range of Earth/Space Science, Physical Science, Life Science, Science Practices and Engineering topics right into your classroom or home.
NOVA Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration.
Free custumizable digital textbook
SICK Science series was created by Steve Spangler. © 2010 Steve Spangler, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Resources for teachers...old but good stuff
Microsoft Education Center Dive deep into learning with interactive lessons, earn professional development hours, acquire certifications and find programs that help meet your goals.
High-quality, accessible, educational content in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at the introductory undergraduate level.
Well organized and resourced scientific research projects for students that potentially include collaboration nationally. Their byline: Creating Student Scientists, Not Science Students.
Astronomy Sites
Astronomy Sites
Astronomy Simulations and Animations Astronomy Education at University of Nebraska-Lincoln has links to animations and simulations for astronomy education. These are collated from both the NAAP and ClassACtion projects.
Center for Astronomy Education Here you will find individual .jpg versions of all the artwork in Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy, Third Edition. You will also find Power Point slides of each image grouped by sections in the book.
Solar data browser
Geology Sites
Geology Sites
American Geological Institute:
Find resources and insights on Earth Systems Scientist including careers information, several curriculum products and content.
Is this ever cool. Categorized, high resolution images. The Earth Science World Image Bank is a community service provided by the American Geological Institute (AGI). The Image Bank is designed to provide quality geoscience images to the public, educators, and the geoscience community.
This site hosts 30 or more step by step earth science lessons that use various forms of online data, interactive data-viewers and/or analytical software. All high quality activities that will provide science teachers with show case investigations that promote real world science and information literacy.
NASA’s Exploring the Environment:
Thoroughly developed problem based learning modules on Earth system science that integrate free image processing software. Classroom of the Future is an umbrella project with other space and Earth related products.
The Earth Science Literacy Initiative has gathered and codified the underlying understandings of Earth sciences into a succinct document. It establishes the “Big Ideas” and supporting concepts that all Americans should know about Earth sciences.
Great website with tons of material for teaching about earthquakes. The teachable moments are an incredible resource for recent seismic events.
Professor Braile’s EQ activities
Numerous hands on lesson and models related to earthquake study
This site shows how specific earth quakes propagate through the crust in the western U.S. where the seismic array has been emplaced. The dynamics of crustal movement will change the way you think about earthquakes. Click on links below so view specific events.
Modeling the Interior of the Earth Using Seismic Waves:
A high end inquiry lesson that is exemplary in regards to demonstrating the role of modeling when scientific investigation require ‘indirect measurement.’ Uses resources from IRIS and requires trigonometry.
Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
This is a well designed and well explained template that is used to build a physical model of plate boundaries. Students build the model and then can use it to examine the interactions and dynamics of spreading centers and subduction zones.
An organization providing tools for scientists and educators on digital visualization of Earth’s crust and use of GPS in plate tectonics. See their Jules Vernes software, map tools and data and activities for educators.
Explore geologic and paleontologic history with this interactive, map oriented database. Users can explore by time period or region. Plate configurations are included with paleontologic descriptions.
Teach the Earth Visualizations
Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations, and Models Effectively
Weather and Climate Sites
Weather and Climate Sites
Weather simulations and games
Satellite meteorology forgrades 7-12
With NOAA’s Data in the Classroom, students use historical and real-time NOAA data to explore today’s most pressing environmental issues. Each of the five modules addresses research questions, includes stepped levels of engagement and builds students’ abilities to understand, interpret, and think critically about data. Explore the online modules and educator resources below.
This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.
Global Map of Wind, Weather and Ocean Conditions
a visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers updated every three hours
CLEAN: Teaching about Climate and Energy?
Our team of educators and scientists has reviewed and organized the best free teaching resources for K-12 through college.
Teaching Boxes are themed collections of classroom-ready educational resources to build student understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Resources highlighted within teaching boxes are from various science education programs and all have been vetted by the education team at the UCAR Center for Science Education.
Global Climate Change Explorer
At this website, you can explore a small part of the scientific data from different realms being affected by climate change: the Atmosphere, Oceans and Water, Ice, and Land and Living Systems.
Climate and Resiliency Education
Lessons that can be used to teach climate and resiliency education using the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) with the co-design unit planning process, and the three-dimensional learning approach.
https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/from-satellites-to-your-backyard-using-imerg
https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/living-freshwater-world
https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/2019-hurricane-season-iquest
https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/weather-climate-iquest
https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/floods-iquest
https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/interactive/water-cycle-webquest
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