Aplusmath.com!
A website developed to help students improving their math skills through
interactive tutorials, games, flashcards and calculators.
AskERIC: Lesson Plans
"AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson
plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from
all over the United States and the World". Lesson plans are browsable by
subjects, or searchable by educational levels. The service offers the possibility
to submit a lesson plan by teachers, and provide them with a "Write-a-Lesson
Plan Guide".
Catalyst
The website brings tools and educational resources that help teaching
with new technologies. Also includes articles on education improvement,
integrating technology in teaching & learning, action plans and links to
other web resources and education-related workshops.
College View: Education Index
The education index is an annotated guide to the best education-related
sites on the Web. Resources are subject-catergorized, and contain links
to many educational resources, organizations, tutorials, games and lessons.
Cornell Theory Center: Math and Science Gateway
Provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators
and students mainly in grades 9-12. The Gateway is providing a wide range
of educational resources in almost every field in science, including: Astronomy,
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences, Health & Medicine, Engineering
and Math. Also points to Newsletters, Research Articles, as well as to upcoming
events on science & math Education.
CPES Micro Computer Lab
From the department of Physics at the University of Guelph, a selection
of resources and web-based tutorials, in addition of courses descriptions
in physics including goals, structure, prerequisites. Intended to serve
students and teachers of the university.
DiscoverySchool.com
Developed and maintained by the famous channel TV "Discovery". Provides
innovative educational materials that make learning and teaching science
as enjoyable as possible for students, teachers, and parents. "The site
is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom
teachers" in all educational levels.
Edhelper.com
This directory contains a huge amount of educational materials including
worksheets, lessons and resources in different topics and for different
grades. Serves as a primary resources for teachers and students.
Education World, the Educator's Best Friend: Math
Center
Designed to be a "home for educators on the Internet and a place where
teachers could gather and share ideas", this website is a good start point
for teacher every day. Includes an education-focused search engines that
searches over 500,000 of web resources in education, in addition to lesson
plans and original curriculum articles. This part of the website: the "Math
Center", deals with Math, it includes lesson plans, Toolbox for Teachers
which includes educational materials in various fields of math and learning
aids through discovery, in addition to a tremendous selection of web resources
related to math education.
Also visit the "Lesson Planning Archives" at
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/
Education World, the Educator's Best Friend: Science
Center
Designed to be a "home for educators on the Internet and a place where
teachers could gather and share ideas", this website is a good start point
for teacher every day. Includes an education-focused search engines that
searches over 500,000 of web resources in education, in addition to lesson
plans and original curriculum articles. This part of the website: the "Science
Center", covers almost every field of science, including lesson plans, tutorials,
classroom lessons, links to web resources and biographies of great figures
in science. Resources are divided by educational level.
Also visit the "Lesson Planning Archives" at
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/
eNature.com (encyclopedia of life sciences)
A comprehensive online illustrated encyclopedia to over 4,800 North
American animals and plants, with inclusive description.
ENC Online
ENC Online is a K-12 mathematics and science teacher center. "ENC's
mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality
professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and
products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning."
ENC develops and maintains a catalog of Curriculum Resources. It also publishes
the ENC Focus a free magazine which includes teacher-written articles on
topics related to math and science education. The website provides links
to valuable selection of math and science resources on the web.
Environmental Chemistry
Provides web links to several fields in science such as chemistry,
environmental issues, hazardous materials, inclusive description on elements
in many languages, geological time scales for extinct animals.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science
"Contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography,
chemistry, and physics." Resources included were gathered and assembled
by the Internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein, over ten years.
Family Education Network: TeacherVision.com
Offers online teaching tools including lesson plans, Quizzes, worksheets,
and resources on classroom management and professional development, and
much more
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (Free):
Mathematics
"More than 30 Federal American agencies formed a working group in 1997
to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources
easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site". This site
contains a big number of educational materials web sites on different subjects,
it also links to other gateways on the same topic.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (Free):
Science
"More than 30 Federal American agencies formed a working group in 1997
to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources
easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site". This site
contains a big number of educational materials web sites on different subjects
among which science and math, it also links to other gateways resources.
Fun Science for Kids
The page includes links to very selective and valuable web resources
designed for kids self learning and discovery. Subjects covered include
astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, computers, energy, technology and
much more.
GCSE Physics Tutorials
Provides material suitable for all GCSE Physics and Science students.
Through subject-based WebPages, and interactive tutorials, students can
make the discovery of the universe, or enter inside the atom to see its
different components. Subjects covered include Earth and Universe, Electricity,
Energy, Forces & motion, Radioactivity and Waves. The website also includes
a glossary of all the physic-related terms, and develop a "Physics Index".
HMC Mathematics Online Tutorial
From the "Mathematics Harvey Mudd College", includes many tutorials
and examples in algebra and computing. Tutorials are available in HTML and
PDF formats.
InterMath
InterMath "is a professional development effort designed to support
teachers in becoming better mathematics educators." Fosters the use of technology
to implement mathematics education reforms. The site includes a wealth of
educational materials to be used by math teachers in their classes or to
improve students learning skills, resources include workshops materials,
lesson plans, investigations, technical help, in addition to an interactive
dictionary of mathematical terms.
Kaidy Educational Resources An interesting website for elementary school students, providing them with "math manipulatives and games", helping them developing their math skills through puzzles, games, fractions, … Includes also lesson plans for teachers.
Life Science Connections
Develops educational materials related to life sciences and human body,
including definitions, links to valuable web resources and third party tutorials,
in addition to interactive modules.
Math (from "Sites for Teachers")
A directory of web resources in math, intended to serve teachers and
educators. Resources categories include lesson plans, activities, games
and problems.
Math Archives
A directory of web resources in math, including teaching materials,
public domain and shareware softwares and web resources arranged by mathematical
topics, in addition to links to organizations, conferences and other math
directories on the web.
Mathematics Education
A directory of links on mathematics education including educational
resources, researches, conferences, organizations and journals with a brief
on each link.
NASA.gov
Among a wealth of information and unparalleled services, the Homepage
of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), designs and
develops user-focused resources to improve learning and teaching of NASA-related
topics, information and facts. Games, stories and activities for kids, learning
resources, helping on homeworks to students from K-4 to post secondary,
and teaching materials and resources addressed to formal and informal educators.
NASA Education Program
An educational utility developed by NASA. Provides a wide range of
resources designed to serve different communities of users including teachers,
students and informal education community. Resources types are ranging from
TV and Video programs, Multimedia to Internet and Networks. Also provides
direct access to NASA CORE (Central Operation of Resources for Educators),
as well as to the NASA Educator Resource Centers (NASA ERC) that function
as information and training networks serving educators in universities country-wide.
NASA SpaceLink
"A service of the Education Division of the NASA (National Aeronautics
and Space Administration), the NASA SpaceLink provides access to resources
in education since 1988. Covers a large scale of resources types including
electronic publications, TV education schedule and Internet resources. Provides
also educational services and instructional materials.
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
TDeveloped and maintained at the University of Buffalo, this website
provides an overview of science teaching through the use of case studies.
Used for over 15 years as the core of entire courses or for single experiences
in traditional lecture and lab courses, this method has demonstrated great
efficiency and flexibility in teaching sciences to undergraduates, and contributed
to develop their group-learning skills and critical thinking. Also includes
articles about case study as a teaching method.
PBS
Powered and operated by PBS, a non-profit media enterprise, this valuable
website offers materials gathered from the 350 US public TV stations, the
Internet and other public domain-based media, to provide quality science
information and education services. Addresses all types of users: teachers,
parents and students, as well as all educational levels through user-focused
products and featured websites. Offers many teaching and learning aids.
PhysicWeb
A directory of educational resources in physics. Resources are wide
ranging and includes text books, exercises, courses, animated tutorials,
lecture notes and research in education. Comprehensive in its subject coverage.
Planet Science
An excellent site making science learning enjoyable for each on. Through
tutorials, glossaries, quizzes, biographies, and web linking to museums
and centers of attraction, fun sites, sites about inventors and inventions,
this site is offering an exceptional experience of science discovery.
Professor Freedman's Math Help
"This site provides information about basic math, algebra, study skills,
math anxiety and learning styles". Includes tutorials in algebra and math
fundamentals, as well as tips to improve study skills, and ways to reduce
math anxiety, and advises to math teachers.
Psi-com a Gateway to Public Engagement with Science:
Science Education
This website is a gateway of valuable links about science education,
organizations and associations, teaching resources, projects, initiatives
and curricula.
Rutger's COOL Classroom
Addressing the need for "innovative materials that provide educators
with the knowledge and skills they need to develop scientific literacy in
their students" the RMCS staff has developed supplemental science education
resources that facilitate the learning of basic scientific concepts and
principles using current marine science research and data. Through a series
of Internet-based instructional modules this site promotes basic skills
training, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
Science (from "Sites for Teachers")
A directory of web resources in science for the use of teachers and
educators. Resources categories include lesson plans, instructional materials,
museums and exhibits, and links to professional organizations.
Smile Program (Science and Mathematics Initiative
for Learning Enhancement)
The Smile program is "designed to enhance the elementary and high school
learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological
approach". Includes many educational materials including interactive tutorials,
lessons, games, as well as links to other useful sites involved in science
education. Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.
Teachers' Lab: A Place for Teachers to Explore
New Ideas in Learning
The goal of the Teachers' Lab is to "provide teachers and educators
with a deeper understanding of commonly taught math and science concepts".
The labs combine "online activities with background information, interactive
polls or worksheets participants can use in their classroom, plus links
to related material", some labs depend on workshops and courses broadcast
on the Annenberg/CPB Channel.
The Gateway to Educational Materials
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the GEM (Gateway to
Educational Materials) is a consortium effort to provide educators, with
quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on the
Web. Teachers, parents, administrators can search or browse The Gateway
and find thousands of high quality educational materials, including lesson
plans, activities, covering many disciplines among which Science & Math.
The Science Education Resource Page (SERP)
A K-12 designed resources, including links to WebPages in science &
technology, health, chemistry and physics, in addition to lessons and activities.
The Science Spot
Offers set of links to science educational materials and resources
including lesson plans, games, science clip art gallery, ideas for projects,
workshops, virtual exploratorium and many teaching tips. A comprehensive
resource intended to serve both teachers and students of elementary level.
The Sourcebook for Teaching Science: Strategies,
Activities, and Internet Resources
This website contains links which help science teachers "to ensure
scientific literacy through interesting activities. Science teachers will
find ready-to-use demonstrations, experiments, illustrations, games, puzzles,
analogies, lessons, activities, and strategies, as well as explanations
of how to adapt these for various student populations."
The Space Science Education Resource Directory
(SSERD)
Jointly developed by The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum at the
University of California at Berkeley and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, Md., and the Origins Education Forum at the Space Telescope
Science Institute in Baltimore, Md, this directory constitutes an entry
point to wealth of information and educational materials made available
by NASA's Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Program,
and a pathway to space-related sciences to be used in classrooms, science
museums and planetariums. Topics covered include space science, physical
science and earth science. . The directory offers the possibility to search
by Grades/Subjects and by topics.
Wolfram Research's Mathematical Functions
AServes as a resource for the educational, mathematical, and scientific
communities. "Contains the world's most encyclopedic collection of information
about mathematical functions". Highlights and details the "interrelationships
between the special functions of mathematical physics and the elementary
functions of mathematical analysis."