Science Education & Teaching

Includes free online resources, books, videos, and more for grades K-8

Primarily reinforces material that Bill Nye presents on his TV show. His style and humor entertains and educates the student, while really getting the points of each lesson across.. Consider it a great resource to support classroom lectures and projects.

A simple-to-use K-12 learning platform that combines dynamic curated curriculum resources with on-demand teaching strategies

Edheads is an online educational resource that provides science and math games and activities that promote critical thinking.

Hundreds of classroom activities organized by grade level and topic as well as guidance on effective teaching. Many of these resources were expressly developed with a K-12 audience in mind.

This site includes numerous videos, activities, and games that will keep students actively engaged for hours.

One-stop shop for a wealth of fantastic PBS KIDS educational content including science

Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

Promotes leadership and support for professionals involved in the education and development of teachers of science at all levels.

Benchmarks for Science Literacy is a companion report to Science for All Americans. SFAA describes what constitutes adult scientific literacy; Benchmarks suggests how students might progress toward that goal. This document is a tool to be used in designing a curriculum, not a particular curriculum design itself.

Click on Tools and Ideas for lesson plans, teaching strategies and more

Guidelines for K-12 science education in United States schools. They were established by the National Research Council in 1996 to provide a set of goals for teachers to set for their students and for administrators to provide professional development. The NSES have significnatly influenced various states' own science learning standards and state-wide standardized testing. The tables below are summaries of key issues expressed in the NSES.

NSTA is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.

CitizenScience.gov is an official government website designed to accelerate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science across the U.S. government.

IES is the nation’s premier source for research, evaluation and statistics that can help educators, policymakers and stakeholders improve outcomes for all students.

Lessons and web resources for classroom teachers, their students and students' families arranged by subject area

Unifies thousands of Federal science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education resources. All resources are automatically tagged by average grade level. Content includes lesson plans, curricula, classroom activities, homework help and information relating to professional development.

K-12 science resources including curriculum resources, games, and videos

The Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework comprise the science content that teachers in Virginia are expected to teach and students are expected to learn.