Posted on August 24th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Illuminations website from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics features a library of 104 online activities that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home. It also has 560 lessons for preK-12 math educators, information on mathematics teaching standards, and hundreds of links to outside web resources.
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Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Universe: An Introduction from Smithsonian Education provides astronomy lesson plans, class activities, and a profile on astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, who is in the burgeoning business of “planet hunting.” As part of the activities, an online interactive game is available.
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by ASEE
The “Out of the Blue” Website, supported by the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, offers teachers k-12 lessons that can be conducted at the park or in the classroom, as well as some that are Web-based. Each activity and lesson plan is listed and correlated to Colorado State Learning Standards and cross-referenced according to grade, subject, and whether it is suitable as a pre- or post-trip classroom lesson or an on-site activity.
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Posted on August 8th, 2010 by ASEE
Lessonopoly is a free software portal, created with input from teachers to deliver a set of effective and easy-to-use tools. The site helps teachers organize activities inside and outside the classroom, create and share lesson plans, and connect to other teachers by building online communities. Teachers can browse and search the extensive database of science and engineering lesson plans.
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Posted on August 1st, 2010 by ASEE
The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. CIESE focuses on projects that utilize real time data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that utilize the Internet’s potential to reach peers and experts around the worldm as well as a list of online resources. Each project has a brief description and links to the National Science Standards and NCTM math standards it supports.
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Tags: Earthquake materials, Lesson Plans, Systems Engineering, Web Resources
Posted on May 25th, 2010 by ASEE
NASA’s Virtual Skies website provides an engaging yet informal way to present aviation topics to high school and academically advanced middle school students. The Aeronautics, Navigation, Weather, Air Traffic Management, Communications, Airport Design modules involve students in decision-making and collaborative skills using principles of algebra, geometry and calculus. Each section includes on-line activities complemented by downloadable print materials that can be used in the classroom to supplement the geography, mathematics, and science concepts.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
The NASA educators page includes a wealth of teaching materials, lesson plans, and activities developed by teachers, university educators, and NASA engineers and scientists.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
Operated by the Idaho National Laboratory, the Energy for Educators Website offers excellent lessons on energy topics for all grade levels, including on wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, nuclear, and biomass energy sources.
Teachers will also find news about the Energy workshops, INL wind resources, real-time wind data, “energy myths,” and a write-in “ask a scientist” page.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The U.S Department of Energy Energy Education and Workforce Development Website provides lesson plans, science projects, and activities, listings of student and teacher contests, information on classes, fellowships and internships, and links related to clean energy.
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