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Unifying Themes of Science

 

Motion and Forces- Teacher tools
Motion and Forces - Newton Laws for students
Motion and Forces - Teacher Tools
Motion and Forces - Lesson Plan (gr. 6-9)
Energy - Teacher tools (links)
Energy - Kids Links
Energy - Science projects
Structure of Matter - Students
Structure of Matter - Lesson Plan (gr. 5-7)
Matter for Kids - Students k-12
Interactive Chart of the Elements - Students
Machines - Teacher tools
Machines - Students
Machines - Interactive students
How Stuff Works - Everyone

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Inquiry/Classification

 

Scientific Inquiry Model - Teacher tools
Rubrics in the K-6 Science classroom - Teacher tools
130 Science mini-lessons, all standards and strands - Lesson plans (K-5)
More science lesson links - Teacher tools (middle school)
Rocks and minerals - Teacher tools (links)
Process Skills Lesson Plans - Lesson plans (middle and high school)
Bugs in the classroom - classification - Lesson plans
A lesson in classification  - Lesson plan (6-8)
Classification quiz - Quiz (middle school)

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Designing an Investigation

 

National Academy of sciences  - Teacher tools (resources)

Inquiry based learning - Workshop - Teacher tools (k-12)

Science webquests - Teacher tools

Experimental design and hypothesis testing - Students (middle and high)

Questicon - Students (3-12) Interactive program

Science Fair Projects - Students (middle and high)

National Science Center - Teacher tools

Lists of elementary lessons and experiments - Lesson plans (K-5)

Activities Spot: Scientific Mysteries to solve - Students (middle school)
Science activities for kids - Students (3-12)

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Inquiry/Data Collection

Space Science education resources -Teacher tools

Science Rocks! Zoom!  - Student activities all standards - middle school

Scientific method, data collection - agriculture theme - Students (8-12)

Great Science Sites for Kids - Students (elementary)
Great Science for Girls - Students

Education Planet: Science Made Simple - Students (3-12)

Kids in the laboratory - Students (elementary, middle school)

Hands on activities - Students (elementary)

Science Fair tips; display of your data - Students (middle school)

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Inquiry/Analysis of Data

New York Times Daily Science Lesson - Lesson plans by grade level

Lesson Plan Links by grade and area of Inquiry - Teacher tools

Data analysis learning lesson - Teacher tools (3-6)

Scientific Inquiry - Students (9-12)
Scientific Inquiry - Students (6-8)
Scientific Inquiry - Students (basic)
Set up an inquiry based lesson - Teacher tools
Science quizzes, games, interactive exercises - Students (9-12)

High School science lab resources - Students (interactive) 9-12

Ethics of data collection in research (High School) - Teacher tools

Science Process Assessments - Students (3-8)
Bring Science assessment standards into the classroom - Teacher tools (article)

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Physical Science/Chemistry

Directory of Physics and Physical Science Lessons - Students (high school)

Physical Science Lessons Middle School - Lesson plans

Science Gems / Physical Science - Teacher tools (by grade level)

Elementary Physical Science Links - Teacher tools

Physical Science Experiments - Teacher tools

Physics for Kids - Students (3-8)

Experiments and Explorations - Students

Electricity interactive lesson - Students (3-5)

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Biology

National Science Teachers Association - Teacher tools
List of Life Sciences Organizations - Teacher tools
Life in Space - Students (middle and high school)
Science Gems / Life Science - Students (by grade level)
Life Sciences Gizmos - Students (6-8)
Life Sciences links - Teacher tools (elementary)
Biotech: Science resources (High School) - Teacher tools
Exploratorium Ten Cool Sites for Life Sciences - Students
Interactive Biology - Students (k-12)
Biochemistry Tutorial - Students (high school)
Genetics Lessons - Lesson Plans
Virtual frog dissections - Students (high school)
Biomes - Students

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Earth and Space Science

Science Gems: Earth Science - Teacher tools by grade level

Earth Science Education K-12 Links - Teacher tools

Weather Links for Teachers - Teacher tools

NOAA  - Students

Big List of Earth Sciences Sites - Students

Yahoo Earth Sciences Directory - Teacher tools (directory) K-12

Geology and Geophysics - Teacher tools (directory) K-12

Earth Science lesson plans by grade level - Lesson plans

Science Webquests - Teacher tools K-12

Volcano World - Students (elementary, middle)
Gems and Minerals - K-12 (Everyone)
Earth Science Lesson Plans - Lesson plans (grades 5-8)
Earth Science Lessons - Lesson plans (middle and high school)

Tidepools - Students (elementary)
Water for kids - Students (elementary)
NASA's Observatorium - Students (middle school)

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Internet Resources for Domains / Space Science

Space and astronomy for kids - Students 
NASA space science - Students (5-12)
Hubble space telescope - Students (middle and high school)
Great Lakes Science Center - Teacher tools
Columbus Hands-on Science Center - Online activities - Teacher tools
Orbits simulations - Students (high school)
NASA quest - Teacher tools (K-12)
NASA Kids Club - Students (1-5)
Space Shuttle experiments - Students (all)

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Technology and Engineering Design

National engineering design challenge- Students

Spaceday - Teacher tools

Discover engineering - Students (middle school)

ZOOM Engineering Toolkit - Teacher tools (elementary)

Lego design and engineering - Students (middle and high)

Legos in the classroom - Teacher tools
Building things - Lesson plans (3-8)
Dartmouth project for teaching engineering problem solving - Teacher tool (high school)
Frank Potter's Science Gems - Engineering - Teacher tools

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Scope of Technology/Abilities for a Technology World

Technology guide for educators - Teacher tools
What's inside a computer - Students
Computers inside and out - Lesson plans
Technology lesson plans - Lesson plans (3-12)
Teaching counterintuitive concepts - Teacher tool (article)
International Society for Technology in Education - Teacher tools 
Computers and the Internet - Teacher tools (resources by grade level)
Programming for kids Scratch at MIT Students - middle school

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Technology and Society

 

Shuttle experiments; the future of space flight - Lesson Plan
Future of human space flight - Students (8-12)
Ethical issues in science and engineering - High school students

Ethical, Human Genome Project - Teacher tools (k-12)
Pros and cons of stem-cell research - Students (8-12)
Thinkquest; pros and cons of human cloning - Students (7-12)
Scientific American Magazine - Teacher tools
Evolution/Intelligent design debate - Teacher tools

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The Designed World

National engineering design challenge- Students

Spaceday - Teacher tools

Discover engineering - Students (middle school)

ZOOM Engineering Toolkit - Teacher tools (elementary)

Lego design and engineering - Students (middle and high)

Legos in the classroom - Teacher tools
Building things - Lesson plans (3-8)
Dartmouth project for teaching problem solving - Teacher tool (high school)
Frank Potter's Science Gems - Engineering - Teacher tools
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