Research, Theory, Methods, and Materials for Classroom Teachers
000 - Computer & Info Science, News, Magazines, & Reference
Educator's Reference Complete - a collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports; includes 10 journals specific to education of the gifted and talented; provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC; covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing, as well as issues in administration, funding and policy. 
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO) - Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators; full text available in TMA print resources, online, and at area libraries.
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center (U.S. Dept. of Education) - searchable database of books, reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles pertaining to education; some are available full-text online.
LISTA: Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts (EBSCO) - indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings about libraries, information management, librarianship, classification, information management.
Made From Scratch (MIT Media Lab and NSDL) - MIT Media Lab is giving Scratch away to help young people ages 8 and up develop 21st century learning skills with an easy-to-use programming tool. Scratch is a programming tool that makes it simple to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art--and share these creations on the web. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.
Smithsonian Education: Teachers - lesson plans, resources, and professional development in arts, science & technology, history & culture, and language arts.
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 (Museum of Hoaxes) - series of articles in New York Sun reporting that an astronomer had discovered life on the moon.
Open Access Journals in the Field of Education (American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group) -
AASL Learning Standards 2007 - the information literacy rationale and standards adopted by the American Association of School Librarians in 2007.
Notable Books 2008 (National Council for the Social Studies) - reviews and synopses of trade books addressing themes in the social studies.
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153.1 Learning, Remembering, Believing: Enhancing Human Performance (1994) / Daniel Druckman and Robert A. Bjork, Editors; Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, National Research Council. Can such techniques as sleep learning and hypnosis improve performance? Do we sometimes confuse familiarity with mastery? Can we learn without making mistakes? These questions apply in the classroom, in the military, and on the assembly line.
Learning, Remembering, Believing addresses these and other key issues in learning and performance. The volume presents leading-edge theories and findings from a wide range of research settings: from pilots learning to fly to children learning about physics by throwing beanbags. Common folklore is explored, and promising research directions are identified.
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158 In the Mind's Eye: Enhancing Human Performance (1991) / Daniel Druckman and Robert A. Bjork, Editors; Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, National Research Council. Can we use special techniques to improve performance in our daily lives? In the Mind's Eye says yes, in some cases. For example, procedures that enhance a person's sense of control are generally effective in managing pain. However, subliminal messages in self-help tapes do not enhance human performance, and techniques for quick learning can hurt long-term retention. This book reviews basic issues of performance in the areas of career development, training, detection of deception, meditation, and team performance.
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300 - Education, Social Sciences, Folktales, Customs & Culture
306.25 War and Terrorism: Current Events: Iraq and 9/11 (National Council for the Social Studies) - lesson plan resources for research and class discussion.
Educators' Reference Complete -more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports, and many premier reference sources; includes full-text of approx. half the journals abstracted in ERIC; focuses on educational principles, library & information science, child development and psychology, and best practices in education; covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Lesson Plans Using Gale Databases - detailed plans for teaching and student activities for topics across the curriculum, mapped to curriculum standards.
Student Team Learning: A Practical Guide to Cooperative Learning, 3rd. Ed./ Robert E. Slavin. West Haven, CT: National Education Association Professional Library (1991). Available as downloadable PDF through ERIC database, ED 339518; describes and provides lesson plans for five types of student team cooperative learning activities: (1) Student Teams-Achievement Divisions; (2) Teams-Games-Tournament; (3) Jigsaw; (4) Team Accelerated Instruction; and (5) Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition.
Authentic Learning and the Research Process of Gifted Students / Kay Bishop, in Unleash the Power! Knowledge - Technology - Diversity. Papers presented at the 3rd International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, Birmingham, AL (1999). Available as downloadable PDF through ERIC database, ED 437056; describes results of qualitative research study (observations, interviews, and analysis of written documents) of research processes of ten gifted ninth grade students in one G/T program who participated in independent research projects.
Historical Thinking Ability Among Talented Math and Science Students: An Exploratory Study / Bruce Fenn. Paper presented the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL (1998). Available as downloadable PDF through ERIC database, ED 409169; observational study of 14 high school students enrolled in summer G/T program at U. of Iowa, evaluating their ability to analyze, evaluate, and interpret primary source documents.
Presentations: A Sequenced Step-By-Step Independent Study. By: Kalish, Rosann Brown, Gifted Child Today Magazine, Nov. - Dec. 1997, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 32-37, 45, 47. Available at TMA Library.
Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education - civic-related programs for schools and professional development for teachers.
What Does the Preamble to the Constitution Mean? (American Bar Association) - classroom activity (gr. 9-12) comparing federal and state constitution preambles.
The Constitution: That Delicate Balance (Annenberg Project) - free 13-part Emmy Award-winning series, video on demand.
Constitution Day Resources (Library of Congress) - lesson plans and links to digital archives.
Constitution Day Resources (National Constitution Center) - history, games, and classroom activities.
Center for Civic Education - resources & curricular support for civics education.
Lesson Plans - We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
Lessons for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (Center for Civic Education) - downloadable print and audio files for graded lessons.
Free Online Lessons (Constitutional Rights Foundation) - lesson plans for particular issues and historical events relating to the Constitution
Constitution Day Resources (Constitutional Rights Foundation) - free online resources and lesson plans for grades K-12, with focus on classroom discussion and debate.
The concept of citizenship in education for democracy / by John J. Patrick. ; Patrick, John J., 1935- ; [1999] ; ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Indiana University.
Teaching the Declaration of Independence / John J. Patrick. ; Patrick, John J., 1935- ; [2002] ; ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education.
Focus on Intellectual Freedom (PBS Teachers Staff), AASL Knowldge Quest Web, Nov. 2007 - resource lists and internet links for lesson material appropriate for grades K-12
Teaching students to discuss controversial public issues / by Diana Hess. ; Hess, Diana. ; [2001] ; ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Indiana University.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Parents & Educators (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Conn. Gen. Assembly Teachers’ Manual for Visitation Program - field trip guide.
Our Documents: Tools for Educators (National History Day, National Archives, and USA Freedom Corps)
Legislative Resources for Teachers (Library of Congress) - lesson plans & resources with links to LOC and other government sites.
Educause: Transforming Education Through Information Technology -
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy, and leadership for innovation; seeks to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology in PK–12 and teacher education. ISTE Journals available through iConn databases.
TERC (Technical Education Resource Center) -
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - lesson plans, classroom activities, background information.
Educator’s Reference Shelf (Information Institute of Syracuse) -
School Perceptions Research Strategies: Self-Regulation / Del Siegle and Sally Reis. National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut - Slide show prepared for g/t educators continuing education program, with accompanying text files and forms.
Self-Regulation of Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice [forthcoming]. Journal of Advanced Academics, Winter 2009; special issue.
Geocaching in Education (USGS) -Independent Means, Inc. - financial education curricula and programs.
Museum of Hoaxes - examples of infamous hoax stories and photographs; gullibility tests to asses your ability to distinguish strange-but-true facts from hoax fictions.
When Is? Dates of Religious & Civil Holidays Around the World - separate lists for Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and American Holidays.
KIDPROJ's Multi-Cultural Calendar - searchable database of holidays indexed by month, holiday name, and country.
School-Wide Strategies for Managing Organization & Study Skills / Jim Wright - brief synopses of variety of strategies, with links.
Kathy Schrock's Assessment and Rubric Information (Discovery Education) - guides for assessment of student work products and school educational resources.
Rubrics and Evaluation Resources (MidLink Magazine, NC State U.)
Gifted Education Professional Development Package (Miraca Gross, Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre, and Australian Dept. of Education) - extensive resources developed by internationally recognized G/T experts reflecting current research about particular areas of gifted education, incorporating early childhood, primary, and secondary education levels, with perspectives of classroom teachers and administrators. Appropriate for self-study as well as small-group and school-wide professional education.
Best Evidence Encyclopedia (Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins U.) - summaries and detailed reports of valid research-based evaluations of educational programs.
What Works Clearinghouse (Institute of Education Services, U.S. Dept. of Education) - searchable database of scientific evidence for what works in education; some available full-text online; evaluates evidence of effectiveness of curricula and educational techniques and interventions.
Center for Educational Technologies (NASA) - home of the prototype "Classroom of the Future" and other NASA educational initiatives.
Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop (2002) / Steering Committee on Improving Learning with Information Technology; Gail E. Pritchard, Editor; National Research Council.
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370.15 How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom (2005) / Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers, Center for Studies on Behavior and Development, National Research Council. How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives? In this volume, practical questions that confront every classroom teacher are addressed using the latest exciting research on cognition, teaching, and learning.
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370.15 How Students Learn: History in the Classroom (2005) / M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council. How Students Learn: History in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. The book explores the importance of balancing students' knowledge of historical fact against their understanding of concepts, such as change and cause, and their skills in assessing historical accounts. It also features illustrated suggestion for classroom activities.
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370.15 How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom (2005) / M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council. How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness.
Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can be applied in science at three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Leading educators explain in detail how they developed successful curricula and teaching approaches, presenting strategies that serve as models for curriculum development and classroom instruction. Their recounting of personal teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume.
This book discusses how to build straightforward science experiments into true understanding of scientific principles. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities.
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370.15 How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom (2005) / M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council. How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness.
This book show how to overcome the difficulties in teaching math to generate real insight and reasoning in math students. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities.
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370.15 How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (Expanded Edition) (2000) / Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Research Council. This popular trade book, originally released in hardcover in the Spring of 1999, has been newly expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This paperback edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning.
Like the original hardcover edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods--to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb.
How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system.
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371.9 Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education (2002) / Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education, M. Suzanne Donovan and Christoper T. Cross, Editors, National Research Council. Special education and gifted and talented programs were designed for children whose educational needs are not well met in regular classrooms. From their inceptions, these programs have had disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minority students. What causes this disproportion? Is it a problem?
Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education considers possible contributors to that disparity, including early biological and environmental influences and inequities in opportunities for preschool and K-12 education, as well as the possibilities of bias in the referral and assessment system that leads to placement in special programs. It examines the data on early childhood experience, on differences in educational opportunity, and on referral and placement. The book also considers whether disproportionate representation should be considered a problem. Do special education programs provide valuable educational services, or do they set students off on a path of lower educational expectations? Would students not now placed in gifted and talented programs benefit from raised expectations, more rigorous classes, and the gifted label, or would they suffer failure in classes for which they are unprepared?
By examining this important problem in U.S. education and making recommendations for early intervention and general education, as well as for changes in referral and assessment processes, Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education will be an indispensable resource to educators throughout the nation, as well as to policy makers at all levels, from schools and school districts to the state and federal governments.
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372 Awesome Clipart for Educators (EduHound) - seasonal & thematic clipart, coloring pages, wordsearch maker, cryptogram maker, updated weekly.
372 Education Place (Houghton Mifflin) - downloadable maps & graphics, thematic activities, etc.
373 Free Online Course Ware for High School Students (MIT) - introductory courses for accelerated students, AP exam prep, and brief
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400 - English & Foreign Language Dictionaries & Grammar
Read, Write, Think (International Reading Asso.) - lesson plans on English language arts, K-12, searchable by grade, theme, method.
Literacy and Reading Videos (Scholastic) - Exemplary teachers and professional development authors confront issues pertaining to a variety of readers. Learn about new practices in reading skills, interventions, assessing comprehension and fluency, or guiding students in literature choices that are relevant and inspiring.
Teaching Foreign Language K-12 Workshop (Annenburg Project) - video on demand making connections between the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning and current research in foreign language education.
Teaching Foreign Language K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices (Annenburg Project) - video on demand illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies for teaching foreign languages, shown in this library include Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Chinese (with English subtitles).
Francevision - supplier of French films for adults and children.
Language Crosswords - generates themed crosswords with translation from English to French, German, Italian, or Spanish
Outdoor Language Learning Games - easy vocabulary-based action games
Activities and Games for Foreign-Language Learning / Margaret S. Woodruff. University of Texas at Austin, 1978. ERIC# ED268807. Downloadable PDF file.
ABSTRACT: This guide consists of 156 language games and class activities. It is a compilation of the activities used in a first-year German course at the University of Texas at Austin. Each activity is described by level of student experience and within one of three overall categories: materials used (objects, props, cards, pictures, stories), objectives (getting acquainted, sequence, time, alphabet/spelling, pronunciation, numbers), or techniques (commands, guessing, simulating, categorizing, associating). An introductory section discusses strategies and techniques for the use of games to stimulate student participation, and a brief annotated bibliography of related publications is appended.
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500 - Mathematics & Pure Sciences
500 Benchmarks of Science Literacy Online (Am. Asso. for Advancement of Science)
500 How to Use TryScience in the Classroom (New York Hall of Science) - experiments, research projects, and programs for gr. 1-8, with video clips.
500 Science Education (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) - chemistry, physics, and math teacher resources, classroom activities, games
Digital Library Learning Resources Center (Exploratorium / National Science Digital Library) - portal to lesson plans and instructional resources organized by grade level and subject area.
Shared Activities: Science (Quia) - online games submitted by teachers
ScienceView (Lawrence Hall of Science, UCBerkeley) - educational multimedia science projects, online and for purchase.
Science Learning Network (National Science Foundation) - "online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education." Includes news, online museums, and educational activity plans.
Science Gumshoes: Children's Science Through Detective Stories -companion website for a children's mystery novel (The Orchid Grower, by Julian T. Rubin) using chemistry, botany, genetics, geometry to solve the puzzles.
Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits / Philip Bell, Bruce Lewenstein, Andrew W. Shouse, and Michael A. Feder, Editors, Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments, National Research Council (2009). Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning.
Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines--research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings--museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens.
Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.
Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms / Sarah Michaels, Andrew W. Shouse, Heidi A. Schweingruber, National Research Council (2007). What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators teachers, teacher leaders, science specialists, professional development staff, curriculum designers, school administrators need to know to create and support such experiences?
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Science Teacher Resources (Annenburg Project) - video on demand professional workshops for educators.
Resources for Teaching Middle School Science (1998) ( National Academy of Sciences (NAS))
National Science Digital Library
National Science Digital Library Resources for K-12 Teachers -
NSDL Middle School Portal for Teachers -
Exploratorium Digital Library Learning Resources Collection - Directory of online math and science resources organized by curriculum themes.
Teacher Classroom and Curriculum Development Page, Newton BBS (Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy) - essays, photographs, checklists, links, etc., on various K-12 science topics.
Iron Science Teacher - competition showcases Bay Area science teachers as they devise demonstrations around a particular ingredient—an everyday item such as a plastic bag, a milk carton, or a nail. In a fast-paced atmosphere where showmanship and creativity reign, science teachers are given ten minutes to concoct a science activity that can be used in the classroom.
Learning Science Through Inquiry (Annenberg Media) - free video on demand workshop for science teachers.
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Experiment Central. / Ed. M. Rae Nelson and Allison McNeill. Detroit: UXL, 2004. - Demonstrates scientific concepts by means of experiments, including step-by-step instructions, lists of materials, troubleshooter's guide, and interpretation and explanation of the results. Experiments and projects that students in middle school and up can replicate or use as a springboard for their own projects in the earth, life, and physical sciences, with topics such as acid rain, biomes, chemical energy, flight, greenhouse effect, optics, solar energy, stars, volcanoes, and weather, among others. Each contains two experiments and a "design your own experiment" section. Other features include words to know (with a cumulative glossary at the beginning of each volume), an experiments by scientific field index, sidebar boxes, and about 150 photographs and 300 drawings illustrating specific steps in the experiments.
FT Exploring Science & Technology: Making Science Fun / David E. Watson - lesson plans and resources for educators.
The Game of Chemistry - printable gameboard, quiz cards, etc. to challenge your knowledge of chemistry.
Science and Math Games (Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) - interactive games and puzzles with math tricks, science vocabulary, chemical elements, etc.
510 Mathematics Teacher Resources (Annenburg Project) - video on demand professional workshops for educators.
Illuminations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) - classroom activities and online math tools, K-12.
Math Explorer Activity Database (Exploratorium) - Crafts, games, tools, tricks, & puzzle that add fun to math.
Mathworld (Eric Weisstein, Wolfram/Mathematica) - extensive definitions and explanations of on higher math topics.
Mathworld Classroom - topics organized according to course topics.
Height-O-Meters Teacher's Guide (Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley) - downloadable PDF with reproducibles for classroom activities using geometry to estimate height; great with rocket launches.
Stop This Runaway Truck, Please! (NASA) - problem-solving combining experimentation and mathematics.
Space Math Problem of the Week (NASA) - learn about space weather by using mathematics
Extra Credit Problems in Space Science (NASA) - 20 practical math applications in space science with authentic glimpses of modern engineering issues that arise in designing satellites to work in space; downloadable PDF document.
American Mathematical Society - programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership and professional development to support teachers in ensuring equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.
ATOMIC: Associated of Teachers of Mathematics in Connecticut - Mission is to ensure that every Connecticut student receives world-class education in mathematics by providing vision, leadership and support to the K-16 mathematics community and by providing every teacher of mathematics the opportunity to grow professionally.
520 NASA Ames Research Education – Links to education resources pages from NASA
The Sky Tonight Teachers’ Guide (NASA) - guide to highlights for an astronomy night, with review games & worksheets.
Our Solar System Lithograph Set (NASA) - high resolution downloadable images of elements of the solar system.
Lunar and Planetary Institute: Educator Resources - Includes background information, teaching activities
The NASA Why Files: The Case of the Galactic Vacation: Educators Guide [Gr. 3-5] -lesson plan based on the “tree house detectives’ assignment to create an “out-of-this-world” vacation trip, using math, science, and technology activities and worksheets. Paired with broadcast videos available for purchase from NASA
Problem-Based Learning Space Science Activities (NASA) - lesson plans & materials
Kids Tree House (NASA) tools & resources for space science projects
What if There was a Planet Between Mars and Jupiter? (American Museum of Natural History) - discussion activity considering the characteristics of the inner and outer planets;
Journey Into Space: Gravity, Orbits, and Collisions (Scholastic Teachers) -
Crash Course: Scientists Wonder If a Space Rock Could Destroy Life on Earth (ScienceWorld, Scholastic) -
526 - Teacher's Guide & Resources, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (NOVA, PBS) - program overview, viewing ideas, and classroom activities to accompany program about eighteenth-century discoverer of longitude, John Harrison.
530 Thinking About Physics (U. Massachusetts) - cartoon placards posing physics puzzles from everyday life, with explanations online.
540 RE:Source Chemistry (American Chemical Society) -
an online middle school teacher resource for background information and activities in chemistry. It is based on the former NSF-funded teacher professional development project, Operation Chemistry. Each topic includes background information and many science activities. Modules on Energy, Polymers, and Food Chemistry are scheduled to go online in the coming year.
540 Chemistry Comes Alive Vol. 4 (Div. of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society) - videos of chemical reactions, matrix of chemical reactivity.
Chemistry Comes Alive! Chemistry Video Collection from the Journal of Chemical Education
540 Chemistry Lesson Plans (The Science Spot) - activities, worksheets, and links to introduce beginning chemists to the elements and their characteristics.
540 K-8 Educator Resources (American Chemical Society)
540 Activities for Children (American Chemical Society) (gr. 4-6) - experiments illustrating principles of physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science
Inquiry in Action: Teacher's Guide to Inquiry Investigations in Physical Science (American Chemical Society) - companion site for Inquiry in Action, 3rd edition, is a resource of guided, inquiry-based activities that covers basic chemistry concepts along with the process of scientific investigationInquiry in Action, 3rd edition, a resource of guided, inquiry-based activities that covers basic chemistry concepts along with the process of scientific investigation.
The Best of Wonder Science (American Chemical Society) - sample classroom activities (gr. 3-6) and experiments from the anthology.
Carbon is 4 Ever (ThinkQuest) - " Your name is Bond...Carbon Bond. Through a series of spy files and missions, you must gather information and learn about carbon and its compounds. If you play shrewdly, you will be able to gather clues that will eventually let you pit your skills against the final challenge. Have you got what it takes?"
Educational Resources: Polymer Science Learning Center (U. of So. Mississippi)
Demonstrations and Experiments in Polymer Science - An in-class and out of class exploration or application of new polymer information and knowledge designed to provide a hands-on experience that increases understanding of the information.
That's the Way the Ball Bounces: A Polymer Education Lab Module for K-12 (U. of So. Mississippi) - three levels of a science activity involving the creation and testing of polymer balls
Polymer Science Learning Center Activities and Demonstrations Page - classroom demonstrations and explorations that illustrate the special properties of these molecules.
Earthquake Hazards Teachers' Portal (U.S. Geological Survery) - links to educational sites, PowerPoint® slide shows, animations, and maps concerning earthquakes.
NOAA Education: Specially for Teachers (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce) - weather, climate change, oceans, & satellites; classroom activities, lesson plans, and background information.
Educational Resources (NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory) - graphics and student activities related to climatology and space science.
Educational Activities (National Climatic Data Center, NOAA) - online booklets, posters, and classroom activities
OceanLink Teachers Page - background information, lesson plans, and classroom activities.
Oceanography for K-12 (Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland) - information resources and teaching plans.
560 Dinosaurs (Scholastic) - Games, quizzes, research resources.
571 Biological Timing Curriculum Guide (Science Museum of Virginia) -
Biological Timing Tutorial (U. of Virginia) - includes classroom activities
Can Plants Tell Time [Gr. K-2] (Science Museum of Virginia) -
The Migration Game [Gr. 3-4] (Science Museum of Virginia) -
What Time is It: Experimenting with Biological Clocks in Plants (Science Museum of Virginia) -
Biological Timing [M.S.] (Science Museum of Virginia) -
Biological Clocks (ScienceNet, AAAS) - lesson plans & experiments illustrating chronobiology
Chronobiology : biological timekeeping / edited by Jay C. Dunlap, Jennifer J. Loros, Patricia J. DeCoursey. Sinauer Associates, 2004. [REQ] - advanced undergraduate and graduate text and source book for use in courses focusing on chronobiology
Project WILD - conservation and environmental education programs and curricular materials.
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Teaching About the Brain (Brain Connection, Scientific Learning Corp.)
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000) / Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Research Council. This has been newly expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning. This book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods--to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb.
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Biological Timing Curriculum Guide (Science Museum of Virginia) - downloadable lesson plans, experiments, and resources
Biological Timing Tutorial (U. of Virginia) -includes classroom activities
Can Plants Tell Time [Gr. K-2] (Science Museum of Virginia)
The Migration Game [Gr. 3-4] (Science Museum of Virginia)
What Time is It: Experimenting with Biological Clocks in Plants (Science Museum of Virginia)
Biological Timing [M.S.] (Science Museum of Virginia)
Looking Good, Feeling Good: From the Inside Out (National Institute of Health) - lesson plans, background information, and activities for study of human anatomy.
How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears (National Institute of Health) - lesson plans, background information, and activities for study of human anatomy.
621 TeachEngineering: Resources K-12 (National Science Digital Library) - teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers engineering content for K12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms.
Educational Materials, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation - free multimedia packages with teacher's guides about inventing.
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology - Activities in both K-12 and higher education focus on developing student interest in engineering and manufacturing opportunities, and stimulating innovation and enterprise.
Forensic Science Lesson Plans (The Science Spot) - "CSI"- style activities, games, worksheets
652.1 D'Nealian Handwriting - Italic Handwriting
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Arts Teacher Resources (Annenburg Project) - collection of video on demand workshops for teachers.
Elementary Education Resources: Art & Architecture (Bernie Poole, U. of Pittsburgh) - links to dozens of internet sites with tools for arts educaiton
Shared Activities: Art (Quia) - online games submitted by teachers.
NGA Classroom (National Gallery of Art) - art education resources for teachers and classroom activities.
Legacy of Ghenghis Khan (Metropolitan Museum) - essays and images on Mongol artwork from ancient Iran, China, and Russia, with timelines and maps.
Music Resources for Teachers (Arts Alive) - lesson plans and activities, including online audio files of well-loved classical music pieces.
K-12 Resources for Music Educators -
Essential Skills for Promoting a Lifelong Love of Music and Music Making (Music Teachers National Association) - Four-part series of articles from American Music Teacher (2005), with related activities and exercises.
Elementary Education Resources: Music (Bernie Poole, U. of Pittsburgh) - links to dozens of internet sites with tools for music educators
Music in Schools Today Teacher Online Resources - links to lesson plans, sheet music, and professional education
Music Education Online (Children's Music Workship) -
Shared Activities: Music (Quia) - online games submitted by teachers
Elementary Education Resources: Theater/Drama (Bernie Poole, U. of Pittsburgh) - links to internet sites with theater education tools including improv, readers theater, Shakespeare, scripts, and technical theater.
The Lesson Plans Page: Physical Education and Health Lesson Plans (Hot Chalk) - developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students and faculty at The University of Missouri, and more recently by the users of this website.
Physical Education Games Lesson Plans - active variations on traditional and non-traditional games.
Educator's Reference Desk: ERIC Physical Education Lesson Plans
Physical Education Games - variations on tag for K-6
Weissice: Physical Eduation Games and Resources for Educators
Fun-Attic: The Great Games List
PE Central: The Web Site for Health and Physical Education - lesson plans and assessment tools for K-12 physical education.
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Nutmeg Book Awards - Connecticut's annual children's book awards, as voted by students in Suites I, II, and III.
Spice It Up with Nutmeg (U. of Connecticut) - lessons, resources, and discussions to support the Nutmeg Award program.
Horn Book Magazine - news, interviews, reviews, and recommendations on children's literature
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, U. of Illinois)
Literature & Language Arts Teacher Resources (Annenburg Project) - collection of video on demand workshops for teachers.
Online Archives of BookLinks: Connecticut Books, Libraries, and Classrooms (American Library Association) - a magazine designed for teachers, librarians, library media specialists, booksellers, parents, and other adults interested in connecting children with high-quality books. Book Links provides comprehensive information for using books in the classroom, including thematic bibliographies with related discussion questions and activities, author and illustrator interviews and essays, and articles by educators on practical ways to turn children onto reading.
Elements of Literature (Holt) - Novel guides, author biographies, reading strategies, vocabulary studies for gr. 6-12.
Novelinks (English Dept., Brigham Young U.) - literature units, teaching strategies, etc. for hundreds of classic and contemporary novels for middle and high school educators.
Literature Lesson Plans: Unit Plans, Study Guides, and much more -
Read, Write, Think (International Reading Association) - lessons, standards, literature discussion guides, links, and interactive games to support reading, K-12.
Lexile Framework - explains significance of "Lexile" measure of reading difficulty.
Web English Teachers (Carla Beard) - classroom activities, curriculum support, literature discussion guides, lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities.organized by theme.
Freedom's Story: Teaching African-American Literature and History (TeacherServe, National Humanities Center) - scholarly essays with topic overviews, bibliographies, discussion guides, links, and primary resources.
Books for Children Featuring Gifted Children (Linda Silverman, Ph.D) - title list with links to Amazon listings, prepared by Director of Gifted Child Development Center, a leading G/T counselor.
Gifted Kids, Gifted Characters, and Great Books (Bertie Kingor, Ph.D) - annotated list of novels with brief plot summaries and grade-range suggestions. Author is developer of Kingore Observation Inventory, a tool for identification and assessment of gifted students.
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900 - PIER: Programs in International Educational Resources (Macmillan Center, Yale U.) - lesson plans and resources for world history and cultures.
National Center for History in the Schools (UCLA) - new historical resources and teaching strategies. NCHS’s double mission is (a) to aid the professional development of K-12 history teachers; and (b) to work with teachers to develop curricular materials that will engage students in exciting explorations of United States and World history. National Standards for History; curriculum resources with primary source material and simulations available for purchase.
The Amazing Worlds of Archaeology, Anthropology, & Ancient Civilizations - History, Social Studies and More - directory of links with images, information, lesson plans for ancient history and archaeology.
AWAIR: Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services - books, simulations, and lesson plans for the study of Middle Eastern world history.
Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans (Detroit Institute of Arts) - art, math, science, and social studies activities.
907.1 Teaching with Documents (National Council for the Social Studies) - articles featuring lesson plans developed around primary source documents
Bringing History Home - K-12 lesson plans and background information to develop students skills with the tools of historical inquiry; engages children in historical inquiry and enhance their knowledge of U.S. history. The curriculum daily activities include content and process goals, and sequentially develop students’ knowledge of history and historical processes across the grade levels.
910 Canadian Council for Geographic Education Resources - classroom activities, lesson plans, and resources for geographic study of Canada and the world.
910 California Geographic Alliance - geographic learning resources relating to California, America, and the world.
910 Shared Activities: Geography (Quia) - online games submitted by teachers
GPS in Education (USGS) -
Uncovering Clues about the [American] Revolution: Adventures in Geocaching -
Transportation Then and Now: Geocaching Along the South Platte, Denver -
Geocaching with a Civil Rights History Theme -
“Educaching: Capturing the Spirit of the Hunt for Learning”, Sally M. Dobyns, Megan S. Dobyns, and Elizabeth E. Connell. Teaching for High Potential (Winter 2007) -
“Oh, The Places You’ll Go” WebQuest -
New York state educators GPS group -
Geocaching in Education (USGS) -
Teaching and Learning with the Degree Confluence Project (USGS) - visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world;
USGS Science Resources for K-6 -
USGS Science Resources for Middle School and High School -
USGS Education Map Catalogue -
Exploring Maps Teachers’ Packet (USGS) -
27 Ideas for Teaching with Topographic Maps (USGS) -
"Earth from Above: Students use free online satellite software to explore Earth", Science Teacher; Oct2006, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p44-48, 5p, 3c. EBSCO Science Reference Center, accessed 6 October 2007.
ABSTRACT: The article discusses incorporating Google Earth, free satellite imagery software, as part of a science class lesson. It comments on how using the software enables students to understand the Earth's features. It describes students beginning the lesson by using navigation skills through image analysis. After questions are answered, students then answer questions regarding latitude and longitude coordinates of specific locations provided by the teacher. The article suggests that teachers keep Google Earth handy.
Transportation Then and Now: Geocaching Along the South Platte, Denver (USGS) -
Geocaching with a Civil Rights History Theme (USGS) -
Answer Sheet (USGS) -
New York state educators GPS group -
See also related resources in 790 Games - Geocaching & Orienteering; 520 Math & Science - Latitude & Longitude and Chronometrics; 620 Applied Science & Technology -- Global Positioning Satellites.
Social Studies and History Teacher Resources (Annenburg Project) - collection of video on demand workshops for teachers.
973 American Journey Online User Guide (Thomson Wadsworth) - Lesson plans designed for use with primary source documents as contained in History Reference Center.
Biographies and Autobiographies: Life Models in the Classroom (Bertie Kingore, Ph.D) - classroom activities which connect eminent lives with G/T students' experiences; includes bibliography of suggested titles; author is developer of Kingore Oberservational Inventory, an identification and assessment tool for G/T students.
Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787: An Ordinance for the Governance of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio (Avalon Project, Yale University) - ; text of legislation establishing rights of settlers and procedures for admission to the Union.
The Evolution of Early Political Parties: Connecticut, 1750-1818, A Case Study / John James Valente, Jr. (Yale – New Haven Teachers’ Institute) - curriculum unit developed for eighth graders.
Connecticut Constitutionalism, 1639-1789 / by David Suprenant (Yale – New Haven Teachers’ Institute) -curriculum unit developed for 11th graders.
From Theoracy to Pluralism / by Peter Hanson (Yale – New Haven Teachers’ Institute) - curriculum unit developed for 8th graders covering Connecticut governance from 1636 to 1818.
Connecticut History on the Web - background information and lesson plans on Connecticut History with links to resources.
Baptists and Religious Liberty in Early Connecticut / by George W. Grisevich (Yale – New Haven Teachers’ Institute) - curriculum unit developed for grades 7-12.
Jackdaw Publications: Primary Source Documents - primary source reproductions for classroom unit studies on American and world history.
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