Vision Learning
Visionlearning: General Science: The Scientific Method
Instructional module focusing on the scientific method as a process of investigation into the natural world rather than a linear collection of facts. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Library of Congress: Science Tracer Bullets Online
Science Tracer Bullets Online (created by the Library of Congress) is a resource to find published materials on a particular topic in the field of science and technology. This resource is designed to help those who only have general...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
Other
The Academy of Natural Sciences
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Women in Science: Medicine
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about women in medicine. Discover women's impact in the field of medicine, as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and researchers while exploring key...
Library of Congress
Loc: Everyday Mysteries Fun Science Facts
This resource is hosted by the Science and Technology Research Center of the Library of Congress. You are able to search the site to find answers to your science questions. The database of answers is composed of all questions asked of...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Frankenstein & the Limits of Medical Research
Students use the classic story, Frankenstein, to examine what Dr. Frankenstein and his idea of science represented. The next step in the lesson involves addressing the issue of how we go about accepting and understanding scientific work.
National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: Pub Med Online Training
Learn how to gain access to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Researching the Oceans of the Earth
This unit is a result of collaboration between the librarian and the 5th grade Science teacher. The Ocean Unit developed by the librarian is hands-on research in various areas of the library utilizing print, software and Internet access....
Scholastic
Scholastic: Science Explorations: Soar With Bats: Night Fliers of the Skies
Two levels of exploration take you on a nighttime bat investigation, offer important vocabulary and definitions, provide a library of articles, and list ideas for bat research and observations in parks and zoos.
Other
University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
University of Virginia
Uva Health Sciences Library: Walter Reed
As part of the extensive Yellow Fever Collection at the University of Virginia, this brief biography of Walter Reed traces his career in the Army's Medical Corps and his investigation into the cause of the deadly yellow fever. Hyperlinks...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Student Center
The Math Forum Student Center provides math news, notes, challenges, and much more. Dr. Math is here with the answers to students' math questions. There's a teachers' section, a research division, and a parents' part. This site also...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Digital Slideshows: Power Point for the Novice
Students will learn how to use presentation software to enhance learning. Student-created digital slideshow presentations can span the curriculum. Each student will prepare a presentation in one of the following curriculum areas:...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Honey Bees
The students will do research to learn the various functions of bees within the hive and understand the process of making honey. Students will use numerous resources to find their information including the Internet, library books,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Worm Turns Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali
This lesson, based on the animated story "The Worm Turns" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use several types of informational texts to gather facts. In the video, Molly and her friends are frightened after hearing...
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Jonas Salk m.d.
This site provides a brief biography of Dr. Jonas Salk (1914-1995 CE), research scientist who is noted for his research and discovery of the polio vaccine. Links available to video and other biographical information on Salk, books...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Earth Structure: Virtual Journey to Center of the Earth
Find out about the interior structure of the Earth and the role of seismic waves as they move through Earth's layers. The research details both compositional layers as well as mechanical layers.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Scientific Communication: The How and Why of Scientific Meetings
Explanation of what a scientific meeting is and why they are an integral part of scientific research.
Other
University of Cambridge: Cavendish Laboratory
The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics of the University of Cambridge, part of the School of the Physical Sciences. Probably the most famous lab on earth. Endowed by the family of Henry Cavendish.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Career Services: Helpful Handouts
The University of Virginia Career Services Center offers numerous helpful handouts and career guides for the student preparing for a career. Handouts range from how to analyze your work preferences to how to write a resume. All handouts...
Other
Internet Learning Tree: A Brief History of the Internet
An anecdotal history of the people and communities that brought about the internet.
Curated OER
Photo of Elizabeth Muriel Gregory Mac Gill
A brief biography of Canadian scientist, Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill. The biography profiles MacGill's career as an aircraft designer, the first women in the world to contribute to science in this way. The information, brought to us...