Resources

For Teachers: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/BuyerDashboard Teachers Pay Teachers-website created by teachers for teachers. Has tons of lesson plans, quizzes, exams, and rubrics based on grade and subject area. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-resources Scholastic-Contains lesson plan ideas, articles on teaching strategies and ideas, and activities for students. http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Discovery education-has resources for science and math teachers including lessons and ideas, along with videos and other class activities. Also can go to resources for students, including homework help and math games. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ PBS Learning Media-media based classroom ideas such as videos, games, pictures and photos. http://undsci.berkeley.edu/ Understanding Science, UC Berkeley-Thorough guide for teaching science and understanding basic scientific principles. Also contains lesson plans and other teaching resources. http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ Science Buddies-ontains resources for everyone, from teachers to students and parents. Website contains lesson plan ideas, fun labs, science fair projects and ask an expert forum. http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/ Museum of Natural History Field Book Project-created by the museum of natural history, this website contains actual field journals. These can be useful to show science classes as an example of what actual scientists are doing. http://www.edutopia.org/ Edutopia-comprehensive website for teachers. Contains lesson plans, frequently updated blogs with ideas for lessons and updates on current research, and guides to current theories in education. For students: http://phet.colorado.edu/ PhET-Interactive Stimulations-website hosted by University of Colorado that has interactive stimulations in physics, chemistry and biology.

http://edheads.org/ EdHeads-Hosts free interactive games for students in science and math. Also explains future career options for students interested in science. http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Periodic Videos-periodic table with each element having its own separate video explaining properties of the chemical. Useful for students to explore the periodic table in chemistry. http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/index.html Science of cooking-website for students explaining the science behind something they all can relate tofood! Includes articles, videos and weekly questions. http://forensics.rice.edu/ CSI-Web Adventures-Fun website that has online CSI cases that students can work through by applying scientific knowledge. http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/ Science news for kids- hosted by The Society for Science and the Public, this website puts the newest discoveries in science at a level that is interesting and engaging for students. http://www.madsci.org/submit.html Mad Scientist Network-contains thousands of already questions answered by experts regarding science and math. http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scientist/index.html Scientists at the Smithsonian-videos of interview of scientists explaining their job and what they do in very kid friendly terms. Ideal for young future scientists.