SCIENCE EDUCATION
Resources for Parents/Teachers
PBS LearningMedia developed in partnership with the WGBH Educational Foundation offers content for science, math, engineering and technology, and other subjects at various grade levels. Videos, podcasts, interactive content, lesson plans, and professinal development courses are all available with new content added regularly.
Developed with NIH support, these web simulation models expose high school students to scientific and biomedical engineering practices and careers. Free, online simulations engage students in technology while designing authentic neuroscience-based clinical trials using real-world examples.
Maker Ed is a non-profit organization that works to create more opportunities for all young people to develop confidence, creativity, and interest in science, technology, engineering, math, art, and learning as a whole through making.
Resources from the U.S. Army, which supports a wide range of educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for youth, college, graduate students, and teachers. Programs include STEM student competitions, scholarships, and more.
A collection of strategies, ideas, and resources from the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
See the true story of two kids launched into a scientific adventure after getting a “grant” from the National Institutes of Health in 1957.
More than 25 years ago, the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academies jointly established the National Science Resources Center. This unique organization aims to improve the K–12 teaching and learning of science for all students in the United States and throughout the world. The Center offers professional and leadership development and curriculum resources.
TERC is a not-for-profit education research and development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their mission is to improve mathematics and science education.
Aimed at “promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all,” this professional organization for science educators provides numerous printed, online, and technology-based resources for kindergarten through college. NSTA also holds four conferences on science education every year.
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels.
The mission of the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. Some resources require a paid subscription.
Edheads is an online educational resource that provides free science and math games and activities that promote critical thinking. Choose from Simple Machines, Virtual Knee Surgery or Stem Cell Heart Repair, among others. All activities meet state and national standards.
Learning and Teaching is a division of Education Development Center, Inc., an international nonprofit organization that “designs, delivers, and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world’s most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic development.”
CIESE’s mission is “to catalyze and support excellence in teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and other core subjects through innovative, research-based instructional strategies and use of novel technologies.” The website includes curriculum materials, information about professional development programs, and news about CIESE’s efforts to strengthen STEM education.
The Office of Educational Programs mission is to design, develop, implement, and facilitate workforce development and education initiatives that support the scientific mission at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Department of Energy.