Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Environmental & Earth Science
A comprehensive resource of articles, videos, news and other research opportunities featuring environmental and earth science. References have been created by experts in the field and are useful for researchers and educators to enhance...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor: North Carolina: Student Science Enrichment Program
The provides creative science enrichment activities for students in the 6th through 12th grades. It also provides lesson plans and resources for teachers and a special section on "Wildlife of the Alligator River" that features stories,...
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Hurricane Science: Hurricanes: Science and Society: Galveston 1900
Article on the science of hurricanes and the effect on society, featuring Galveston, 1900. With map, list of facts and embedded links to vocabulary and related material.
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Malin Space Science Systems: Movements on Venus [Pdf]
This site is provided for by the Malin Space Science Systems. Reprint of an article from the "Journal of Geophysical Research", a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Very detailed analysis of Magellan images. Includes...
NASA
Nasa: Educator Features and Articles
K-12 educational articles, lesson plans, and other teaching materials on current NASA projects that meet national education standards. NASA generates awareness of students' interest in space, science, mathematics, geography, and...
NASA
Nasa: Educator Features and Articles
K-12 educational articles, lesson plans, and other teaching materials on current NASA projects that meet national education standards. NASA generates awareness of students' interest in space, science, mathematics, geography, and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: All About the Heart
Kids Health features this diagrammatically color-illustrated article about the human heart.
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New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources: Lite Geology
Lite Geology is a publication for teachers that is available intermittently and can be freely downloaded. Previous issues going back to 1992 are also posted. Lots of information about geology, particularly in New Mexico, along with...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
NBC
Live Science: Your Brain Remembers What You Forget
The brain functions in ways that many researchers often fail to understand. This particular article reveals recent discoveries regarding research conducted on memory. An interactive feature is also posted on this site. Information is...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Changing Seasons: Collection
Join PBS KIDS and explore the seasons: fall, winter, and spring! The lessons have been co-designed by museum and educational partners and feature many of your PBS KIDS friends. Introduce media clips, extension activities, articles, and...
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
BBC
Bbc News: The Unmasking of Piltdown Man
A BBC news feature explores a twentieth-century "scientific embarrassment." The Piltdown Man fossils, originally thought to present a link between apes and humans, were revealed to be forgeries forty years after being discovered. Find...
Other
Before and After: The New Face of Nightly News
Interesting article follows the return of "hard" news to the 3 evening newscasts from June to October 2001. Includes infographics and source material.
PBS
Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Scientists Discover Oldest Human Ancestor
Scientists have recently published their research into fossil bones from Ethiopia that they say came from an ancestor common to both humans and chimpanzees. They have named the ancestor Ardipithecus ramidus. In the articles and video,...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Explore the World of Honeybees
Discover more about bees through this educational resource. This resource features math and science activities, experiments, fun facts, and more.
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.
Curated OER
Columbia's Final Mission
The New York Times website provides extensive coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Here you can read an archive of news articles related to the disaster, and check out photo galleries and interactive features.