Other
Altec: Project Based Learning Checklist
A project-based learning checklist and rubric generator helps keep students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation. Create checklists for writing and science projects,...
University of California
Wise: The Web Based Inquiry Science Environment
[Free Registration/Login Required] WISE provides a wide range of science inquiry projects that address contemporary and traditional topics in earth science, the life sciences, physics, and chemistry. Work is done online, and teachers can...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Inquiry Page: Learning Begins With Questions
What exactly is inquiry-based learning? Use this website to learn more about this unique learning style.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: What Do Inquiry Based Lesson Plans Look Like?
Inquiry-based lesson plans are usually referred to as "facilitation plans," to help teachers remember their role as facilitator of learning, rather than fount of all wisdom. The notion also helps teachers structure lessons more loosely...
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Grain Strain
Combine the simple machines to accomplish a task in this interactive game.
Other
Neef: Greening Stem Toolkit
The National Environmental Education Foundation is greening the STEM program in an effort to attend to the demands of the environmental challenges facing the nation and the world in the 21st Century. Lessons included in this toolkit...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Stream Velocity Investigation Using Inquiry
An outdoor activity where middle schoolers visit a local stream for a scientific inquiry. They make observations about the stream, and take measurements of the stream's velocity, depth, and width. They will also develop a sediment...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Have You Seen the Nex Gen Science Standards?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article discussing how the Next Generation Science Standards is the what and PBL is the how!
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl, Common Core and Next Gen Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page article summarizes the alignment of PBL with Common Core standards for ELA and math, plus the Next Generation Science Standards. It is an excerpt from the BIE book, PBL for 21st Century...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Biodynamic Farming
During this module students learn about biodynamic farming through hands-on activities that culminate in having multiple schools collaborate to design subsystems that are combined to make a working aquaponic system. During the SAGE...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: K 12 Education Curriculum: Online Classroom Projects
This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Curiosity Killed the App
Students gain experience with the software/system design process, closely related to the engineering design process, to solve a problem. First, they learn about the Mars Curiosity rover and its mission, including the difficulties that...
University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury; Cs Unplugged: Text Compression
Learn how compressed formats such as zip, gzip, or gif images are all based on a method called Ziv-Lempel coding, which turns out to be an interesting exercise in finding patterns in text.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: The American Red Squirrel an Outdoor Inquiry Lesson
For this activity, young scholars are presented with red pine cones that have been partly eaten by the American Red Squirrel, a fact that is not divulged to them at this stage. After a discussion of the possibilities, the class takes a...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Stephen Ritz Kicks Off Pbl World
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article featuring Stephen Ritz and his innovative use of PBL in his science classroom. See how he relates his curriculum to urban farming.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Systems and Solutions
The Energy Systems and Solutions unit brings students through the exploration of science and engineering concepts as they relate to energy issues in everyday life. Issues surrounding energy production and energy consumption provide a...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Try This!
A collection of simple experiments your students will enjoy! Each activity only requires a few household items, and will certainly spark the creativity in young scientists!
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Stream Investigation
This is a field study where middle schoolers investigate the characteristics and processes of local streams to see how they affect the landscape around them, and develop questions that could be investigated. They also collect rock...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: The Great Egg Drop: Relationship Between Gravity, Mass and Density
An interesting experiment in the relationship between gravity, density, and mass. Students must devise a way to drop a milk carton containing two raw eggs off a roof 50 feet high, without breaking the eggs. They then write a scientific...
Other
Diver Ciencia: Quimica Magica
Try eighteen different chemistry experiments which look like magic but everything is a product of chemical reaction.
Other
Diver Ciencia: Quimica Curiosa
These are eighteen different chemistry experiments to satisfy your curiosity.
Cyberbee
Adventures of Cyber Bee
CyberBee is designed for K-12 teachers and encourages engaged learning and problem solving skills through a variety of activities based on frameworks such as the WebQuest, treasure hunts, and Big6.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Fccla the Community Connection"
This is a project-based lesson designed to guide students through the steps of planning a student organization community service project. The lesson focuses on the students' ability to apply knowledge and skills gained through...