Science+Resources

The Exploratorium
 * Astronomy**
 * NASA
 * Celestia: Free space simulation program
 * The WorldWide Telescope
 * Chemistry**
 * Chemical Education Digital Library: Huge collection of resources for teaching and learning chemistry
 * Environmental Issues**
 * Ocean Literacy
 * Climate Literacy, Global Change Research
 * General Science Resources**
 * National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
 * Sumanas: Animated science and statistics tutorials.
 * Science Netlinks
 * The Jason Project
 * Health Websites**
 * Healthline Body Maps: Interactive models of the human body. Great for teaching and learning about Anatomy.
 * Google Body Browser: Offers a detailed 3D view of the human body. In order to use this program, you must have the latest version of Firefox or Google Chrome installed on your computer.
 * Penn Medicine: Medical Animation Library
 * Marine Science**
 * Data in the Classroom : "Data in the Classroom is an online resource for K-12 teachers interested in using real scientific data in their teaching. This Web site is the current home of the NOAA Ocean Data Education (NODE) Project, which is creating curriculum and online tools that demonstrate the use of real-time data."
 * Estuaries.gov : Estuaries? Doesn't seem like it fits into your curriculum? It totally does! Ecology, Biology, Chemistry...check out this short video tutorial on how to use this resource with your students. Speaking of Estuaries...check out the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
 * Estuary Watershed Lesson: The Economy vs. the Environment
 * Plants and Animals**
 * ARKive: Images of Life on Earth
 * BBC Wildlife Finder
 * National Geographic: Animals
 * Animal Diversity Web
 * Encyclopedia of Life
 * Encyclopedia of Earth
 * LeafSnap: An electronic field guide to tree and plant species in Northeast.
 * New York Botanical Garden: Plant Hunters
 * The Wild Classroom
 * Physics**
 * Teaching and Learning Resources for the Global Classroom**
 * ePals: A social network for k-12 learning. Connect with teachers and students around the world.
 * iEARN : "iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 130 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide."
 * Encyclopedia of Life: The mission of the EOL is to "increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource." Students can be contributors to the EOL's field guides.
 * Encyclopedia of Life for Students and Teachers: Find out how you and your students can become contributors to the Encyclopedia of Life.
 * Citizen Science Central
 * Create a project on Citizen Science Central
 * Science Starter: Science Starter "is the place to find out about, take part in, and contribute to science through recreational activities and research projects."
 * Create a Science Starter project
 * iNaturalist: Be an observer! Take pictures and share them with a community of naturalists.
 * National Geographic, My Wonderful World Blog:
 * National Lab Network: "NLN is a national initiative that connects K-12 teachers with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals to bring hands-on learning experiences to students in all 50 states."
 * Peace Corps World Wise Schools: "The World Wise Schools resources make it easy to integrate global issues and cultural awareness into the core content areas. If you are a teacher, you have a treasure trove of resources available to you through the Coverdell World Wise Schools program of the Peace Corps. There's the Correspondence Match program that puts you and your class in touch with a currently serving Peace Corps Volunteer.Educators use these materials to teach subjects as varied as language arts, social studies, geography, environmental education, and international economics."
 * Scientific American Citizen Science: Citizen science projects on everything from energy and sustainability to evolution, health, technology and more.
 * Skype in the Classroom: "Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration.