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STEM Teaching Tools The site has tools that can help you teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We are currently focused on supporting the teaching of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Each tool is focused on a specific issue and leverages the best knowledge from research and practice. Under the News section, you can learn a bit more about how you might use them.
Diversity in STEM: Expose Students to Future Career Possibilities From Your Classroom Indigenous STEM Ed Resources (Pinterest Collection of Articles & Videos)
ClimeTime Resource Portal Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy
OLogy https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
STEM CAREERS COALITION Career Video Profiles
Propello - A New Science Teaching and Learning Platform Propello is a new service that offers a free and customizable science learning platform. Propello provides teachers with core science curriculum that is recommended for students in grades six through eight. But because Propello allows teachers to modify materials, the curriculum could be used with younger or older students. When you sign-up for a free Propello account you'll have access to all of the materials on offer. The materials are organized into three sections. Those sections are Earth and Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. www.freetech4teachers.com
STEM Critical Thinking Warm-Ups
A Toolkit for Libraries Providing STEM Outreach Activities includes directions for each of the ten activities, vocabulary lists for each activity, links to additional supporting resources, and suggested strategies for extending each lesson. And for those who would like some ideas on how to get students and parents excited about these activities, there is a page of suggested marketing strategies at the end of toolkit.
The Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design at Florida Technology Institute offers hands-on, project-based experiences to encourage students in K–12 schools to pursue STEM-related fields. These motivating experiences give students the opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering, and math in engaging ways.
The Achievery The Achievery features clips from popular movies, TV shows, and cartoons from Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network, paired with lessons and learning activities Available subjects include Social-Emotional Learning, English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies, Math, Technology and Engineering and Digital Literacy. The lesson plans come with recommendations and exercises related to the content of the clips.https://www.theachievery.com/
Culturally Responsive Math and Science LessonsThe National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) advances STEM education to ensure all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners who pursue their passions and tackle the world’s toughest challenges. To that end, NMSI provides evidence-based planning and assessment resources, and constantly evolving best practices for students and teachers across grade levels. On the NMSI website, teachers will find culturally responsive, classroom-ready lessons in math, science, English, and Pi Day, as well as the If/Then Collection, free curriculum assets highlighting diverse women in STEM, for middle school, high school, and AP students.
Here are some fun winter-themed STEM challenges to try:
STEM Curricula Combining Physical Activity and Cognitive ThinkingSTEM Sports provides turnkey K–8 supplemental curricula that use sports as the real-life application to drive STEM-based, hands-on learning in classrooms, afterschool programs, and camps across the United States. The program helps students develop critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving, and leadership skills that can be applied throughout their education and future careers. Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and National Standards for K–12 Physical Education,
Howtosmile spotlights hands-on and interactive STEM activities, both physical and virtual, that involve doing and learning. Activities take many forms, from downloadable lesson plans to how-to videos to online interactive games. howtosmile activities teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and are developed by a wide range of organizations
Science Buddies Science Buddies provides hands-on STEM resources for your classroom. These include lesson plans, teacher guides, worksheets, ready-made activities, grading rubrics, STEM projects, video tutorials, and many more.
Tes If you've heard of Teachers Pay Teachers, well Tes is just like that, and more! Search hundreds of thousands of lesson plans, activities, and more, all created by other educators. Just like TPT, some resources are free and some are paid, but you can filter results by price.
Science History Institute in Pennsylvania collects and shares stories of innovators and discoveries that shape our lives, with emphasis on the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
Everfi is a free educational platform that comes with fully prepared learning modules on subjects such as Social- Emotional Learning, Financial Literacy, Health and Wellness, STEM, and more! Each module comes with age and grade level recommendations, videos or readings, and accessibility functions like closed captions and an option to hear the page read aloud. They also feature lesson plans and other resources for
both teachers and students, as well as estimated timeframes for completion. Most modules take about 1 hour to complete.
Interactives Fostering Authentic Scientific ExplorationNOVA Labs is a free digital platform from PBS, where teen “citizen scientists” can actively participate in the scientific process and take part in real-world investigations. From predicting solar storms and constructing renewable energy systems to tracking cloud movement and designing RNA molecules, NOVA Labs participants visualize, analyze, and share the same data that scientists use. Each Lab is unique, focusing on a different area of active research. Yet all of the Labs illustrate key concepts with engaging and informative videos and guide participants as they answer scientific questions or design solutions to current problems.
Project-based STEM Activities Building Computational Thinking gr. 6-9 Microsoft Learning Center’s Hacking STEM webpage allows teachers to build affordable inquiry and project-based activities to visualize data across science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula. The page also provides middle school standards-based lesson plans written by teachers. Examples include analyzing astronauts’ photos of Earth to predict climate change, building machines that emulate humans, designing astrosocks to protect astronauts’ feet in microgravity, harnessing electricity to communicate, and using computational thinking to understand earthquakes.
Young Inventors’ Program (YIP) at the University of New Hampshire, Leitzel Center, teachers can set their students on a course to shape an innovative future. The program’s free resources help teachers guide students through the invention process to solve problems while applying STEM learning and gaining 21st century skills. YIP materials are adaptable to all learning environments—in school, out of school, at home. They have been designed to be easy to implement, flexible enough to meet diverse student needs, applicable to a broad range of disciplines—and most important, accessible to anyone.
STEAM Activities to Get Started They're for starting the year but can be adapted once you make your own copies.
Here's the thing. (Now, I did not invent this, I read it.) When that question is asked, it can be be perceived as a negative. A student might feel silly for asking or too shy to ask or they might feel like their question is “dumb”. So, you know what they do. They all just sit and look at you and you move on with no questions asked. Here is the tip! Instead of phrasing the question in this way, say this, “What questions do you have?”LINKS TO STUFF
Easy Virtual STEM Activities for Kids - Many STEM subjects rely on in-person interactions, but these easy virtual STEM activities prove that there are no limits to learning.
Game Integrating Computational Thinking and Environmental Problem Solving
The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) pioneered Design–Make–Play, a novel approach to learning and engagement, drawing on deeper learning research and supporting the creation of learning experiences that develop critical thinking, knowledge integration, innovation, and creativity skills. K - 12 open-world game anyone can play, brings Design–Make–Play to the worlds of computational thinking and environmental problem solving. The game, called The Pack, is set in a future world where healthy ecosystems have faltered and resources are scarce. To restore the environment, players embark on an open-ended quest to find food and water by using their “Pack”—creatures that have unique functions such as digging, moving, holding, grabbing, and repeating. The Pack is free to download for Mac OSX and Windows.
STEM Teaching Tools: Guidance for Justice-Centered Climate Change Teaching and Learning
Microsoft Library or Authentic STEM activities
STEAM at Home hands-on design activities.
STEM Curriculum Centered on Student Ideas
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom is setting the standard for 3D learning and 3D assessment. Developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center, this integrated STEM curriculum is designed to engage students in grades 1–5 in phenomenon-based learning through coherent storylines that connect to the world around them.
- Stage 1 includes activities like tower challenges where students learn how to work together. These activities are often called icebreakers.
- Stage 2 is where you introduce the engineering design process and add math and science, then use technology to solve a problem.
- Stage 3 consists of longer, more complex challenges with a research component. In this stage, students solve a more open-ended problem and there is typically a final project that they present.
- Find out more about the 3 Stages of STEM in our blog post here.
- Stage 1 Tower Challenges (and other icebreaker ideas)
- Stage 2 example activity: Straw Rockets (for K-2nd grade)(for 4th-10th grade)
- Stage 3 example activity: Launch a Weather Balloon
- Stage 3 example activity: Design a Mars Colony
- Use a budget! One sure way to keep students intrigued is to introduce using money (not real) with a STEM Challenge. Let those teams dicker over what to buy! *link to a blog post at the end
- Scoot! This is a perfect way to get everyone up and moving and working together. Teams rotate to task cards and solve them together. Science task cards are perfect for this. This kind of activity is also perfect for leaving with a sub. *link at the end
- Choice Days or STEM Bins This is an occasional activity I try and kids do love it. I place a bin of materials on each table and teams can build whatever they want. STEM Bins work great for this. After building for 5 minutes each team shares what they built and then we rotate to new materials.
- Rotations within a challenge This is one of my favorite ways to get kids working together. Each team begins with the same materials and a task card. They must build whatever the task card describes and use the materials wisely. Because, after a few minutes every team rotates to the next table. The team must continue with the next task card by adding to the structure begun by another team! Wow - this is really eye-opening. *link at the end
- AND NOW-THE BEST TIP EVER! After you go over instructions with students, do you ever ask, “Are there any questions?”
STEM Teaching Tools The site has tools that can help you teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We are currently focused on supporting the teaching of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Each tool is focused on a specific issue and leverages the best knowledge from research and practice. Under the News section, you can learn a bit more about how you might use them.
Diversity in STEM: Expose Students to Future Career Possibilities From Your Classroom Indigenous STEM Ed Resources (Pinterest Collection of Articles & Videos)
ClimeTime Resource Portal Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy
OLogy https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
- Free kids science website from the American Museum of Natural History.
- Resources include online games, reading passages, hands-on activities, and educational videos.
- 14 branches of science are covered including topics such as biodiversity, brain, genetics, marine biology, microbiology, paleontology, zoology, anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, climate change, earth, physics, and water.
STEM CAREERS COALITION Career Video Profiles
- https://stemcareerscoalition.org/
- STEM Career Videos
- Black Leaders in STEM scroll down for Black Leaders, Women Leaders, Hispanic Leaders, and others.
- STEM Hands-on Classroom Activities
- The Five “P’s” : People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, Partnership
- AI Researcher on Bias -
- Diversity Crisis in AI https://ainowinstitute.org/discriminatingsystems.pdf More Equity and Diversity Issue Documentation (at page end)
- Career Page
- Girls 4 Tech https://girls4tech.discoveryed.com/
- https://girls4tech.discoveryed.com/classroom-resources
- Career Profiles
- https://girls4tech.discoveryed.com/career-profiles
- https://girls4tech.discoveryed.com/career-profiles/vulnerability-analyst
- https://girls4tech.discoveryed.com/docs/EN_Mastercard-G4T-ClassroomActivity-AIforSocialGood.pdf
Propello - A New Science Teaching and Learning Platform Propello is a new service that offers a free and customizable science learning platform. Propello provides teachers with core science curriculum that is recommended for students in grades six through eight. But because Propello allows teachers to modify materials, the curriculum could be used with younger or older students. When you sign-up for a free Propello account you'll have access to all of the materials on offer. The materials are organized into three sections. Those sections are Earth and Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. www.freetech4teachers.com
STEM Critical Thinking Warm-Ups
A Toolkit for Libraries Providing STEM Outreach Activities includes directions for each of the ten activities, vocabulary lists for each activity, links to additional supporting resources, and suggested strategies for extending each lesson. And for those who would like some ideas on how to get students and parents excited about these activities, there is a page of suggested marketing strategies at the end of toolkit.
The Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design at Florida Technology Institute offers hands-on, project-based experiences to encourage students in K–12 schools to pursue STEM-related fields. These motivating experiences give students the opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering, and math in engaging ways.
The Achievery The Achievery features clips from popular movies, TV shows, and cartoons from Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network, paired with lessons and learning activities Available subjects include Social-Emotional Learning, English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies, Math, Technology and Engineering and Digital Literacy. The lesson plans come with recommendations and exercises related to the content of the clips.https://www.theachievery.com/
Culturally Responsive Math and Science LessonsThe National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) advances STEM education to ensure all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners who pursue their passions and tackle the world’s toughest challenges. To that end, NMSI provides evidence-based planning and assessment resources, and constantly evolving best practices for students and teachers across grade levels. On the NMSI website, teachers will find culturally responsive, classroom-ready lessons in math, science, English, and Pi Day, as well as the If/Then Collection, free curriculum assets highlighting diverse women in STEM, for middle school, high school, and AP students.
Here are some fun winter-themed STEM challenges to try:
- Build catapults to launch cotton balls at a snowman
- Build a geometric Gumdrop Christmas Tree
- Create an insulating shelter to protect ice from melting
- Download Brain Freeze a 10-day math and reading activity packet from Think Stretch
- Create a snow storm in a jar
- Hold a gingerbread house competition and test different architectures
STEM Curricula Combining Physical Activity and Cognitive ThinkingSTEM Sports provides turnkey K–8 supplemental curricula that use sports as the real-life application to drive STEM-based, hands-on learning in classrooms, afterschool programs, and camps across the United States. The program helps students develop critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving, and leadership skills that can be applied throughout their education and future careers. Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and National Standards for K–12 Physical Education,
Howtosmile spotlights hands-on and interactive STEM activities, both physical and virtual, that involve doing and learning. Activities take many forms, from downloadable lesson plans to how-to videos to online interactive games. howtosmile activities teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and are developed by a wide range of organizations
Science Buddies Science Buddies provides hands-on STEM resources for your classroom. These include lesson plans, teacher guides, worksheets, ready-made activities, grading rubrics, STEM projects, video tutorials, and many more.
Tes If you've heard of Teachers Pay Teachers, well Tes is just like that, and more! Search hundreds of thousands of lesson plans, activities, and more, all created by other educators. Just like TPT, some resources are free and some are paid, but you can filter results by price.
Science History Institute in Pennsylvania collects and shares stories of innovators and discoveries that shape our lives, with emphasis on the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
Everfi is a free educational platform that comes with fully prepared learning modules on subjects such as Social- Emotional Learning, Financial Literacy, Health and Wellness, STEM, and more! Each module comes with age and grade level recommendations, videos or readings, and accessibility functions like closed captions and an option to hear the page read aloud. They also feature lesson plans and other resources for
both teachers and students, as well as estimated timeframes for completion. Most modules take about 1 hour to complete.
Interactives Fostering Authentic Scientific ExplorationNOVA Labs is a free digital platform from PBS, where teen “citizen scientists” can actively participate in the scientific process and take part in real-world investigations. From predicting solar storms and constructing renewable energy systems to tracking cloud movement and designing RNA molecules, NOVA Labs participants visualize, analyze, and share the same data that scientists use. Each Lab is unique, focusing on a different area of active research. Yet all of the Labs illustrate key concepts with engaging and informative videos and guide participants as they answer scientific questions or design solutions to current problems.
Project-based STEM Activities Building Computational Thinking gr. 6-9 Microsoft Learning Center’s Hacking STEM webpage allows teachers to build affordable inquiry and project-based activities to visualize data across science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula. The page also provides middle school standards-based lesson plans written by teachers. Examples include analyzing astronauts’ photos of Earth to predict climate change, building machines that emulate humans, designing astrosocks to protect astronauts’ feet in microgravity, harnessing electricity to communicate, and using computational thinking to understand earthquakes.
Young Inventors’ Program (YIP) at the University of New Hampshire, Leitzel Center, teachers can set their students on a course to shape an innovative future. The program’s free resources help teachers guide students through the invention process to solve problems while applying STEM learning and gaining 21st century skills. YIP materials are adaptable to all learning environments—in school, out of school, at home. They have been designed to be easy to implement, flexible enough to meet diverse student needs, applicable to a broad range of disciplines—and most important, accessible to anyone.
STEAM Activities to Get Started They're for starting the year but can be adapted once you make your own copies.
Here's the thing. (Now, I did not invent this, I read it.) When that question is asked, it can be be perceived as a negative. A student might feel silly for asking or too shy to ask or they might feel like their question is “dumb”. So, you know what they do. They all just sit and look at you and you move on with no questions asked. Here is the tip! Instead of phrasing the question in this way, say this, “What questions do you have?”LINKS TO STUFF
- Add a Twist to a STEM Challenge (budgeting)
- Science Task Cards
- Platform Towers (a rotation challenge)
- Back to School Resources (in case you still need them!)
Easy Virtual STEM Activities for Kids - Many STEM subjects rely on in-person interactions, but these easy virtual STEM activities prove that there are no limits to learning.
Game Integrating Computational Thinking and Environmental Problem Solving
The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) pioneered Design–Make–Play, a novel approach to learning and engagement, drawing on deeper learning research and supporting the creation of learning experiences that develop critical thinking, knowledge integration, innovation, and creativity skills. K - 12 open-world game anyone can play, brings Design–Make–Play to the worlds of computational thinking and environmental problem solving. The game, called The Pack, is set in a future world where healthy ecosystems have faltered and resources are scarce. To restore the environment, players embark on an open-ended quest to find food and water by using their “Pack”—creatures that have unique functions such as digging, moving, holding, grabbing, and repeating. The Pack is free to download for Mac OSX and Windows.
STEM Teaching Tools: Guidance for Justice-Centered Climate Change Teaching and Learning
Microsoft Library or Authentic STEM activities
STEAM at Home hands-on design activities.
STEM Curriculum Centered on Student Ideas
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom is setting the standard for 3D learning and 3D assessment. Developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center, this integrated STEM curriculum is designed to engage students in grades 1–5 in phenomenon-based learning through coherent storylines that connect to the world around them.
Making Stuff is an amazing classroom NOVA series dedicated to materials science and engineering. It combines real-world demonstrations and computer graphics to engage the audience and to deliver their message so that it sticks. David Pogue frames current engineering challenges with the cutting edge of materials science,( Grades 3 - 12) Also available in this website's video gallery
Engineering at Home or On the Go "Explore engineering as a family! These activities promote team work, critical thinking and problem solving. Use the steps of the Engineering Design Process to design a unique solution to a problem. Families that engineer together will build valuable skills and will gain the confidence necessary to tackle problems with an engineering mindset."
STEAMville platform is a combination of social learning network and learning management system. Northwestern University developed the network to give schools, students, and science organizations their own virtual space to share and utilize STEM activities. Individuals and institutions can use the STEM programming and apply the resources to their own programs, while also interacting with individuals and groups of educators.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit Math & Science Collaborative STEM for teachers and families
STEM For Kids is offering free curriculum for grades pre-K through 10. Activities include a glider design lab, budgeting structures (learned through Minecraft), sun printing and nearly a hundred other lessons. Registration required. https://stemforkids.net/register/curriculum
The STEM Connections with Family or at School free summer packet has three challenges that focus on some of summer’s favorite activities. Who doesn’t love to run through the sprinkler on a hot day? Since going to a water park is probably out of the question this summer, let’s combine the two concepts and create a prototype for a new piece of play equipment using your sprinkler. Families are also challenged to invent a new sneaker and to build instruments for their own family band.
The Science Behind It, a project of the National Science Foundation, features questions on the issues people are curious about. It tells the story of why each topic is important and what current science tells us about it. Designed with everyday people in mind, the project highlights the ways science, engineering, and medicine touch our lives every day. For example, in response to the question, “Why do we need to encourage women in STEM?” students can read an article about the importance of women in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine to our nation’s future and gain an understanding of the barriers women face in these fields. Visitors to the site can explore questions by topic (Space, Technology, Culture of Science, Cyber, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Security, Health, Climate Change, Biotech, Education, Energy), or they can take a quiz on a specific topic and check out the answers.
Culturally Responsive STEM Education Lessons
The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) advances STEM education to ensure all students, especially those furthest from opportunity. NMSI provides evidence-based planning and assessment resources, and constantly evolving best practices for students and teachers across grade levels. On the NMSI website, teachers will find culturally responsive, classroom-ready lessons in math, science, English, and Pi Day, as well as the If/Then Collection, free curriculum assets highlighting diverse women in STEM, for middle school, high school, and AP studen
Sharpen.Design Teachers that are looking for STEM/STEAM project ideas on the fly head on over to https://sharpen.design/stem, choose a category, and click on the “new challenge” button. The automated system will grab random options to put together a challenge. This tool could be great for choosing random group projects, a weekly enrichment program, or planning ahead for future projects. The simplicity of clicking a single button takes a creative burden off of teachers.
STEM Teacher Leadership Network (https://STEMTLnet.org), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is inviting teacher leaders, aspiring teacher leaders, as well as researchers and administrators interested in effective school leadership, to join, view, and interact with this new virtual learning community and collegial network. This interactive professional learning community will focus on how teacher leaders can affect change in STEM education,
Engineering at Home or On the Go "Explore engineering as a family! These activities promote team work, critical thinking and problem solving. Use the steps of the Engineering Design Process to design a unique solution to a problem. Families that engineer together will build valuable skills and will gain the confidence necessary to tackle problems with an engineering mindset."
STEAMville platform is a combination of social learning network and learning management system. Northwestern University developed the network to give schools, students, and science organizations their own virtual space to share and utilize STEM activities. Individuals and institutions can use the STEM programming and apply the resources to their own programs, while also interacting with individuals and groups of educators.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit Math & Science Collaborative STEM for teachers and families
STEM For Kids is offering free curriculum for grades pre-K through 10. Activities include a glider design lab, budgeting structures (learned through Minecraft), sun printing and nearly a hundred other lessons. Registration required. https://stemforkids.net/register/curriculum
The STEM Connections with Family or at School free summer packet has three challenges that focus on some of summer’s favorite activities. Who doesn’t love to run through the sprinkler on a hot day? Since going to a water park is probably out of the question this summer, let’s combine the two concepts and create a prototype for a new piece of play equipment using your sprinkler. Families are also challenged to invent a new sneaker and to build instruments for their own family band.
The Science Behind It, a project of the National Science Foundation, features questions on the issues people are curious about. It tells the story of why each topic is important and what current science tells us about it. Designed with everyday people in mind, the project highlights the ways science, engineering, and medicine touch our lives every day. For example, in response to the question, “Why do we need to encourage women in STEM?” students can read an article about the importance of women in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine to our nation’s future and gain an understanding of the barriers women face in these fields. Visitors to the site can explore questions by topic (Space, Technology, Culture of Science, Cyber, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Security, Health, Climate Change, Biotech, Education, Energy), or they can take a quiz on a specific topic and check out the answers.
Culturally Responsive STEM Education Lessons
The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) advances STEM education to ensure all students, especially those furthest from opportunity. NMSI provides evidence-based planning and assessment resources, and constantly evolving best practices for students and teachers across grade levels. On the NMSI website, teachers will find culturally responsive, classroom-ready lessons in math, science, English, and Pi Day, as well as the If/Then Collection, free curriculum assets highlighting diverse women in STEM, for middle school, high school, and AP studen
Sharpen.Design Teachers that are looking for STEM/STEAM project ideas on the fly head on over to https://sharpen.design/stem, choose a category, and click on the “new challenge” button. The automated system will grab random options to put together a challenge. This tool could be great for choosing random group projects, a weekly enrichment program, or planning ahead for future projects. The simplicity of clicking a single button takes a creative burden off of teachers.
STEM Teacher Leadership Network (https://STEMTLnet.org), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is inviting teacher leaders, aspiring teacher leaders, as well as researchers and administrators interested in effective school leadership, to join, view, and interact with this new virtual learning community and collegial network. This interactive professional learning community will focus on how teacher leaders can affect change in STEM education,
InstrcSTEAM Portal – STEAM Resources for Any Classroom
Technovation runs a robust YouTube channel with videos showing hands-on activities that can be built at home. https://www.youtube.com/c/TechnovationGlobal/about
Science Buddies, an always free service, is offering STEM activities that can be done in an hour or less and use materials found around the house; STEM videos; and resources about COVID-19, including an interactive tool that helps students learn how the pandemic evolves. https://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Curriculum to Help Students Realize the Impact of STEM and Imagination Electronics company RS Components in the UK has launched Imagine-X, a series of free curriculum-aligned resources that link STEM subjects to real people who have used their skills to make the world a better place—to broaden horizons, empower the disadvantaged, and diversify life choices. Current lesson plans, which cover biomechanical engineering for students aged 7–14, are available to download for free from the RS Components STEM Hub. A lesson presentation is also available for elementary and middle school levels, and a worksheet for elementary. The biomechanical engineering resources focus on how technology can be used to develop prosthetics and the wider concept of how technology can be used to improve people’s lives. Elementary and middle school teachers, education experts, and students at these levels all helped develop the student resources.
OER Commons selected featured STEAM resources that integrate science, technology, engineering, art and math into the lessons. Search by subject and grades level
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STEM Resource Site Wesley Fryer's plethora of resource
The STEM for All Multiplex features over 850 videos on CS and STEM education for you to explore, make playlists, and share. The Multiplex’s short videos and online discussions cover instructional materials, design and development, evaluation, and much more! Each month, the STEM for All Multiplex explores a topic of interest. January’s theme is: Broadening Participation in STEM through Community Engagement. You can access the Multiplex here.
Challenged-Based Science Tool Kit
Edsitement - vast collection of Art related resources aimed at the Social Studies and Language Arts areas.
http://www.spencerauthor.com/challenge/
MIT and Khan Science – Khan has so much more than Math, in fact… visit this Science site that includes resources with Khan Partner MIT K-12. Here you will find great lessons involving Physics, Natural Science, Resources, and Measurement. This is an area that may just help you flip your STEM classroom
Da Vinci – The Genius, a website created by the Museum of Science, Boston, helps students gain insight into the mind of this genius and the fundamental scientific and artistic principles he discovered. Leonardo da Vinci applied the scientific method to every aspect of life, including art and music. Although he is best known for his dramatic and expressive artwork, Da Vinci also conducted dozens of carefully thought-out experiments and created futuristic inventions that were groundbreaking for the time. Students are invited to navigate this website and explore ten interactive learning activities to learn more about Da Vinci’s brilliant and imaginative mind, as well as his art, inventions, and discoveries.
Mystery Science a K-5 site with all lessons and activities tied to NGSS and Common Core standards. The mysteries are presented in an engaging manner they. The videos guide students through the discovery process and they get to practice refining their thoughts based on new information presented after each discussion.
Mystery Science 2 inspires kindergarten through grade 5 students to stay curious. Video-based, open-and-go core and mini lessons are driven by questions from real students, who guide the exploration of the world around them and inspire curiosity. Through hands-on science and engineering activities,
STEM Essentials–The Nitty Gritty of Teaching STEM by Get Caught Engineering
A nice collection of resources to help you manage STEM time
Green STEM Guidebook, full of inspiration, information, and lesson plans to inspire teachers to join NWF’s Eco-Schools USA and Schoolyards Habitats Pathways programs. This freely downloadable guidebook shows how the programs provide a clear pathway to excite, motivate, and educate the next generation of experts, innovators, and mathematics and technology whizzes.
Hacking STEM. The idea behind Hacking STEM is to make low-cost or no-cost hands-on STEM projects accessible to as many people as possible. You can follow Microsoft's directions as written or modify the projects to use other materials to build the projects. In the following video I explain how I modified one of the Hacking STEM projects. So you might say that I hacked a Hacking STEM project.
World’s Largest Lesson. This website is dedicated to helping educators teach with the U.N.’s Global Goals. Use the site to inspire educators to lead meaningful change through the use of innovative teaching practices and digital tools.
The STEM Sprouts Teaching Guide and Parent Tip Sheets began as products of collaboration among National Grid, Boston Children’s Museum, and WGBH. The goal of this guide is to assist educators in focusing and refining the naturally inquisitive behaviors of three to five-year-olds on science, technology, engineering, and math. It includes general information on how young children explore science topics as well as specific activity suggestions for early childhood.
Science Friday features lessons, STEM materials, learning activities, science news and several other resources. It is also available as a public radio station for listeners. SciFri resources are arranged into three three main categories:Listen which embeds audio materials and radio shows featuring various science stories and news, Explore is a section where you get to access science resources designed specifically for educational purposes. You can sort these materials by grade levels (PreK- 12), and/or subject (e.g., English Language Arts, Physical Science Mathematics, Life science, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more).
4-H STEM Lab is a good place to find hands-on STEM activities for students of all ages. Activities in the 4-H STEM Lab are organized according to topic and grade level. The topics are alternative energy, chemistry, electricity, engineering, and physics. As is often the case with resources like this, some of the suggested activities can be applied to multiple topics. ( www,freetecdh4teachers)
Real-World STEM Problems
More Real-World STEM Problems
MakerBot 3D Printing Solutions for STE(A)M Education Guide to learn more about integrating 3D printing into STE(A)M curriculums — then use it when presenting to decision-makers and administrators the value of bringing 3D printing to your classroom or school.
STEAM Youtube Channels
Bring Students Together to Tackle World Problems Click Here to Visit Website Online spot to get involved in real-world problem solving using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. The Global STEM Alliance in an effort to bring students from across the globe together to solve world problems. The Alliance will start by having one spot online for students to get involved with STEM projects, even help them find STEM internships.
NOVA Education tailors digital resources for STEM educators and offers a free educator library featuring videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives, all aligned to teaching standards.
STEM-Focused Career Readiness for Native AmericansPublished five times a year by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Winds of Change is a nationally distributed magazine with a single-minded focus on career and educational advancement for American Indians/Alaska Natives/Native Hawaiians/First Nations, with an emphasis on STEM. Winds of Change publishes four print issues and one digital-only issue annually, with the print issues also available as digital editions.
SciStarter is a searchable database of more than 1,600 vetted citizen-science projects that teachers can use in the classroom to engage students in authentic learning experiences. Entering a location and a topic of interest brings up a list of available real-world projects, each of which includes a description, recommended age group, and links to any classroom or training materials available
How to create real-world STEM lessons Having students solve real-world problems builds their empathy along with their science, technology, engineering and math skills, former middle-grades science teacher Anne Jolly writes. She outlines criteria teachers can use for developing such lessons and offers a list of online resources
STEM on a Shoestring K-5
STEM Alive: PBS Learning provides a series of educator training videos focused on STEM topics. Each video explores a lesson plan based on the teacher-tested, learner-centered RAFT Idea Sheets.
Microsoft's Hacking STEM Library is divided into activities that take multiple days to complete and activities that can be completed in one day. All of the activities in the Hacking STEM Library include detailed directions, materials lists including places to acquire materials, and lesson objectives.
STEM Learning resources from UK for Primary and secondary
The Best STEM Challenges Ever gr. 2 -8 Numerous challenges at various grade levels. detailed instructions and resources, Some free and the paid ones are no more than $5
A Week of STEAM Challenges
28 STEM CHALLENGES FOR THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM for example: Water Puddle Evaporation, What tools would work best to Create an Umbrella? Simple Machines to try to make a snack machine! and more
The Concord Consorium Excellent STEM activities Help your students learn with hundreds of interactive, research-based resources covering a huge variety of science, engineering, and math topics.
Stand Up for STEM students learn about discrepant events using two glass jars, two chunks of wax, duct tape, tap water and rubbing alcohol? Find out in Stand Up for STEM lesson series for grades 3-5. These four lessons will help students have fun and see themselves in STEM fields.
The STEMAZing Project www.STEMAZing.org. The STEMAZing Project identifies high quality STEM resources and provides professional development to PreK through 12th grade educators. STEMAZing.org houses The STEMAZing Project’s collection of educator-to-educator recommended resources for PreK through 12th grade educators.
Connected Science Learning from NSTA is a peer-reviewed online journal that highlights STEM education experiences that bridge the gap between in-school and out-of-school settings. It features articles about highly effective programs and shares research that connects preK–12 STEM learning in schools and out-of-school settings, specifically highlighting effective mechanisms for collaboration.
STEM to STEAM - This organization is an advocate for STEAM education. It contains resources and information that allows educators to promote the Arts in STEM education (STEAM). An objective of the STEAM movement is to transform research policy with a goal place Art + Design at the center of STEM.
Blendspace – This tool is one of the easiest ways to blend the classroom with digital content. Teachers can collect and organize web resources in one place and share with just one link. It is also possible to assess students and measure student understanding with built-in quizzes. There are even tools to monitor student progress while adapting to individual needs in real-time. The easy drag and drop interface allows a STEM lesson to be completed in 5 minutes!
Instructables – Here you will find ideas to make so many things that could Make a great connection to learning. When first opening the program give the Search Engine a try. Put in some keywords of some possible learning ideas. It might be planets, insects, civil war, or nutrition. You can even filter the results using multiple categories
TeachersDomain - Want to continue doing a flip? Then visit this site from WGBH, a PBS station in Boston. You will find videos, activities, and simulations! Best of all, you can archive it in your own classroom at the Teachers Domain Site
STEAM Unit 6 lessons to introduce STEAM with design process, book lists, and challenges.
STEM in Sports Page
PBS Teachers - Brand new site filled with lots of resources and videos. Search by grade level and curriculum area. Teachers can create an online classroom filled with outstanding and engaging material.
Zooniverse
Can students and teachers with no specialized training participate in real-world research? Yes — and the Zooniverse platform is designed to facilitate just that. Current projects run the gamut from the arts to biology to social science; in all, 79 active projects span 11 disciplines. The education guide provides examples and resources for teachers interested in using this powerful research tool in their classrooms. Classrooms can even create their own projects by uploading data to the Zooniverse. Also iOS and Android apps are also available.
Wolframalpha - Not your typical search engine. This is a computational search engine that is a plus for any STEM educator. It is easy to use and its ability to find data is just plain fun!
Ciese- Dedicated to improving K-16 STEM education through the meaningful and effective integration of technology, CIESE fosters the use of research-based instructional methodologies and technologies to improve and pioneer novel technologies to explore and better understand their impact on improved education and society.
Nuskool This is a site that uses pop culture as teaching moments for students. Tailored to grades 6th-12th students learn a variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, English, etc through educational lessons based on the different elements of pop culture (video games, sports, films, etc.).
Stem Seeds a teacher-created website and podcast / webcast about STEM lesson ideas, links, and connections.
Making Stuff
Grades 6-12 | Collection | Materials Science
Join technology columnist David Pogue as he delves hands-first into the field of materials science. Find out which materials he thinks will play a role in shaping the future.
Sparticl is a site for finding STEM based resources. There are over 2500 curated resources on a wide variety of subjects. Best of all a user can login and curate their own lists of resources and even vote/comment on them.
Sally Ride Science STEM Central website combines social tools with user-generated links to create a storehouse of reliable resources that are “reviewed, rated and ready-to-use.” This free web resource is designed for educators and students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics andcareers. The site offers thousands of links to articles, videos, maps, animations and other media specifically focused on the needs of educators and students. Users searching STEM Central may apply a wide variety of filters to search by topic, grade level and media type.
SciGirls is changing how girls think about science, technology, engineering, and math! Each episode of SciGirls highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of middle school girls who work with mentors to design their own inquiry-based investigations on a variety of topics. Explore the Collection
Learning Reviews - The PBL portion of this site provides some outstanding links to web resources that cover science, math, engineering and technology. You will find grade levels along with the number of resources supplied.
A STEM Diet of Awesome Snacks that Scaffolds into PBL… Better Then Dessert!
Exploratorium Snack Home Page . gr. 8 - 12You can also explore them by subject, supplies, or an A-Z listing. Think of a Snack as a wonderful way to increase your students' appetite for STEM inquiry, learning, and exploration. These Snacks are bite size opportunities to bring science alive in small but engaging size.
The Jason Project – set of free digital curricula filled with multi-media, simulations, readings, class activities, and projects! Check out that roller coaster simulation just to name one!
Siemens Discovery STEM Academy – Vast amount of lessons, multimedia and activities, along with webinars, that are some of the finest for both student learning and teacher professional development
Learning Reviews – The PBL portion of this site provides some outstanding links to web resources that cover science, math, engineering and technology. You will find grade levels along with the number of resources supplied.
eGFI Dream Up The Future – A huge database that will engage students with its colorful and student centered interface. Make sure to check all the links, including all the STEM resources found in the Teacher Resource area.
Web Adventures ( Click Here to Access Web Adventures in English )in science designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. Each of the free Web Adventures is appropriate for middle school or high school use. In each adventure, students take on the role of a scientist to solve a crime, conduct experiments and learn about scientific methods and processes. In Cool Science Careers, students explore five STEM-based career areas. The adventure begins with a 21-question interest survey. How students progress through the activity is based in part on how they respond to the interest survey. CSI: The Experience is based on the CSI television show. In this set of Web Adventure, students find out if they have what it takes to be a forensic scientist. There are fou r CSI cases of increasing difficulty. In Med Myst, students learn about microbiology through a series of interactive lessons and games. Med Myst focuses on infectious diseases and how to prevent the spread of those diseases.Reconstructors includes three games in which students need to gather evidence and data to solve drug-related cases. Virtual Clinical Trials puts students into the role of research scientists who are working toward developing treatments for spinal cord injuries, depression and brain injuries. In the N-Squad adventure, students investigate the effects of alcohol on the digestive, circulatory and nervous systems. The Web Adventures are accessible in English and Spanish
NSF Resources For STEM Education – A great collection of teacher resources, instructional materials, assessment, and up-to-date research regarding STEM.
PBS STEM Education Resources Center – Great information from PBS including engaging lessons, activities, and of course those award winning PBS videos.
NSF Resources For STEM Education – A great collection of teacher resources, instructional materials, assessment, and up-to-date research regarding STEM.
NSDL – The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resource that include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations.
Design Squad Nation – Another great service from PBS filled with some entertaining and engaging ways to integrate STEM into any classroom.
NSDL – The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resource that include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations.
NASA… Over 2000 STEM Education Resources
Design Squad from PBS Kids features a great collection of hands-on activities for elementary and middle school students. The activities are designed to help students explore engineering concepts. The collection of activities is divided into ten categories. The categories are technology, structures, sports, space, sound, simple machines, health, green, energy, and electricity. Each activity contains a materials list and directions. Some of the activities also have demonstration videos.
Autodesk Digital Steam Workshop - Digital STEAM projects are designed by Autodesk’s network of expert educators, designers and student alumni as exciting complements to core Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Art (STEAM) curriculum. Each project aligns with common core and national standards, and delivers measurable learning while using free software.
Technovation runs a robust YouTube channel with videos showing hands-on activities that can be built at home. https://www.youtube.com/c/TechnovationGlobal/about
Science Buddies, an always free service, is offering STEM activities that can be done in an hour or less and use materials found around the house; STEM videos; and resources about COVID-19, including an interactive tool that helps students learn how the pandemic evolves. https://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Curriculum to Help Students Realize the Impact of STEM and Imagination Electronics company RS Components in the UK has launched Imagine-X, a series of free curriculum-aligned resources that link STEM subjects to real people who have used their skills to make the world a better place—to broaden horizons, empower the disadvantaged, and diversify life choices. Current lesson plans, which cover biomechanical engineering for students aged 7–14, are available to download for free from the RS Components STEM Hub. A lesson presentation is also available for elementary and middle school levels, and a worksheet for elementary. The biomechanical engineering resources focus on how technology can be used to develop prosthetics and the wider concept of how technology can be used to improve people’s lives. Elementary and middle school teachers, education experts, and students at these levels all helped develop the student resources.
OER Commons selected featured STEAM resources that integrate science, technology, engineering, art and math into the lessons. Search by subject and grades level
Curriculum
- Project Lead the Way curriculum(@PLTWorg) to equip teachers with both skills in professional development as well as lesson resources to bring STEM learning experiences into their classrooms. free and paid units
- Engineering is Elementary free and paid units
- STEM Lessons and Activities Wiki Page
STEM Resource Site Wesley Fryer's plethora of resource
The STEM for All Multiplex features over 850 videos on CS and STEM education for you to explore, make playlists, and share. The Multiplex’s short videos and online discussions cover instructional materials, design and development, evaluation, and much more! Each month, the STEM for All Multiplex explores a topic of interest. January’s theme is: Broadening Participation in STEM through Community Engagement. You can access the Multiplex here.
Challenged-Based Science Tool Kit
- Design Process: A guide to developing your own Challenge Based Science Learning
- Templates: Tools to develop units
- Unit Library: Teacher-created units ready for modification to your context
- Deeper Learning Rubrics: Tools to evaluate your instruction and student learning alignment to the Deeper Learning competencies
- Research Report: A summary of the research on Deeper Learning in challenge based science classrooms
Edsitement - vast collection of Art related resources aimed at the Social Studies and Language Arts areas.
http://www.spencerauthor.com/challenge/
MIT and Khan Science – Khan has so much more than Math, in fact… visit this Science site that includes resources with Khan Partner MIT K-12. Here you will find great lessons involving Physics, Natural Science, Resources, and Measurement. This is an area that may just help you flip your STEM classroom
Da Vinci – The Genius, a website created by the Museum of Science, Boston, helps students gain insight into the mind of this genius and the fundamental scientific and artistic principles he discovered. Leonardo da Vinci applied the scientific method to every aspect of life, including art and music. Although he is best known for his dramatic and expressive artwork, Da Vinci also conducted dozens of carefully thought-out experiments and created futuristic inventions that were groundbreaking for the time. Students are invited to navigate this website and explore ten interactive learning activities to learn more about Da Vinci’s brilliant and imaginative mind, as well as his art, inventions, and discoveries.
Mystery Science a K-5 site with all lessons and activities tied to NGSS and Common Core standards. The mysteries are presented in an engaging manner they. The videos guide students through the discovery process and they get to practice refining their thoughts based on new information presented after each discussion.
Mystery Science 2 inspires kindergarten through grade 5 students to stay curious. Video-based, open-and-go core and mini lessons are driven by questions from real students, who guide the exploration of the world around them and inspire curiosity. Through hands-on science and engineering activities,
STEM Essentials–The Nitty Gritty of Teaching STEM by Get Caught Engineering
A nice collection of resources to help you manage STEM time
Green STEM Guidebook, full of inspiration, information, and lesson plans to inspire teachers to join NWF’s Eco-Schools USA and Schoolyards Habitats Pathways programs. This freely downloadable guidebook shows how the programs provide a clear pathway to excite, motivate, and educate the next generation of experts, innovators, and mathematics and technology whizzes.
Hacking STEM. The idea behind Hacking STEM is to make low-cost or no-cost hands-on STEM projects accessible to as many people as possible. You can follow Microsoft's directions as written or modify the projects to use other materials to build the projects. In the following video I explain how I modified one of the Hacking STEM projects. So you might say that I hacked a Hacking STEM project.
World’s Largest Lesson. This website is dedicated to helping educators teach with the U.N.’s Global Goals. Use the site to inspire educators to lead meaningful change through the use of innovative teaching practices and digital tools.
The STEM Sprouts Teaching Guide and Parent Tip Sheets began as products of collaboration among National Grid, Boston Children’s Museum, and WGBH. The goal of this guide is to assist educators in focusing and refining the naturally inquisitive behaviors of three to five-year-olds on science, technology, engineering, and math. It includes general information on how young children explore science topics as well as specific activity suggestions for early childhood.
Science Friday features lessons, STEM materials, learning activities, science news and several other resources. It is also available as a public radio station for listeners. SciFri resources are arranged into three three main categories:Listen which embeds audio materials and radio shows featuring various science stories and news, Explore is a section where you get to access science resources designed specifically for educational purposes. You can sort these materials by grade levels (PreK- 12), and/or subject (e.g., English Language Arts, Physical Science Mathematics, Life science, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more).
4-H STEM Lab is a good place to find hands-on STEM activities for students of all ages. Activities in the 4-H STEM Lab are organized according to topic and grade level. The topics are alternative energy, chemistry, electricity, engineering, and physics. As is often the case with resources like this, some of the suggested activities can be applied to multiple topics. ( www,freetecdh4teachers)
Real-World STEM Problems
More Real-World STEM Problems
MakerBot 3D Printing Solutions for STE(A)M Education Guide to learn more about integrating 3D printing into STE(A)M curriculums — then use it when presenting to decision-makers and administrators the value of bringing 3D printing to your classroom or school.
STEAM Youtube Channels
Bring Students Together to Tackle World Problems Click Here to Visit Website Online spot to get involved in real-world problem solving using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. The Global STEM Alliance in an effort to bring students from across the globe together to solve world problems. The Alliance will start by having one spot online for students to get involved with STEM projects, even help them find STEM internships.
NOVA Education tailors digital resources for STEM educators and offers a free educator library featuring videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives, all aligned to teaching standards.
STEM-Focused Career Readiness for Native AmericansPublished five times a year by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Winds of Change is a nationally distributed magazine with a single-minded focus on career and educational advancement for American Indians/Alaska Natives/Native Hawaiians/First Nations, with an emphasis on STEM. Winds of Change publishes four print issues and one digital-only issue annually, with the print issues also available as digital editions.
SciStarter is a searchable database of more than 1,600 vetted citizen-science projects that teachers can use in the classroom to engage students in authentic learning experiences. Entering a location and a topic of interest brings up a list of available real-world projects, each of which includes a description, recommended age group, and links to any classroom or training materials available
How to create real-world STEM lessons Having students solve real-world problems builds their empathy along with their science, technology, engineering and math skills, former middle-grades science teacher Anne Jolly writes. She outlines criteria teachers can use for developing such lessons and offers a list of online resources
STEM on a Shoestring K-5
STEM Alive: PBS Learning provides a series of educator training videos focused on STEM topics. Each video explores a lesson plan based on the teacher-tested, learner-centered RAFT Idea Sheets.
Microsoft's Hacking STEM Library is divided into activities that take multiple days to complete and activities that can be completed in one day. All of the activities in the Hacking STEM Library include detailed directions, materials lists including places to acquire materials, and lesson objectives.
STEM Learning resources from UK for Primary and secondary
The Best STEM Challenges Ever gr. 2 -8 Numerous challenges at various grade levels. detailed instructions and resources, Some free and the paid ones are no more than $5
A Week of STEAM Challenges
28 STEM CHALLENGES FOR THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM for example: Water Puddle Evaporation, What tools would work best to Create an Umbrella? Simple Machines to try to make a snack machine! and more
The Concord Consorium Excellent STEM activities Help your students learn with hundreds of interactive, research-based resources covering a huge variety of science, engineering, and math topics.
Stand Up for STEM students learn about discrepant events using two glass jars, two chunks of wax, duct tape, tap water and rubbing alcohol? Find out in Stand Up for STEM lesson series for grades 3-5. These four lessons will help students have fun and see themselves in STEM fields.
The STEMAZing Project www.STEMAZing.org. The STEMAZing Project identifies high quality STEM resources and provides professional development to PreK through 12th grade educators. STEMAZing.org houses The STEMAZing Project’s collection of educator-to-educator recommended resources for PreK through 12th grade educators.
Connected Science Learning from NSTA is a peer-reviewed online journal that highlights STEM education experiences that bridge the gap between in-school and out-of-school settings. It features articles about highly effective programs and shares research that connects preK–12 STEM learning in schools and out-of-school settings, specifically highlighting effective mechanisms for collaboration.
STEM to STEAM - This organization is an advocate for STEAM education. It contains resources and information that allows educators to promote the Arts in STEM education (STEAM). An objective of the STEAM movement is to transform research policy with a goal place Art + Design at the center of STEM.
Blendspace – This tool is one of the easiest ways to blend the classroom with digital content. Teachers can collect and organize web resources in one place and share with just one link. It is also possible to assess students and measure student understanding with built-in quizzes. There are even tools to monitor student progress while adapting to individual needs in real-time. The easy drag and drop interface allows a STEM lesson to be completed in 5 minutes!
Instructables – Here you will find ideas to make so many things that could Make a great connection to learning. When first opening the program give the Search Engine a try. Put in some keywords of some possible learning ideas. It might be planets, insects, civil war, or nutrition. You can even filter the results using multiple categories
TeachersDomain - Want to continue doing a flip? Then visit this site from WGBH, a PBS station in Boston. You will find videos, activities, and simulations! Best of all, you can archive it in your own classroom at the Teachers Domain Site
STEAM Unit 6 lessons to introduce STEAM with design process, book lists, and challenges.
STEM in Sports Page
PBS Teachers - Brand new site filled with lots of resources and videos. Search by grade level and curriculum area. Teachers can create an online classroom filled with outstanding and engaging material.
Zooniverse
Can students and teachers with no specialized training participate in real-world research? Yes — and the Zooniverse platform is designed to facilitate just that. Current projects run the gamut from the arts to biology to social science; in all, 79 active projects span 11 disciplines. The education guide provides examples and resources for teachers interested in using this powerful research tool in their classrooms. Classrooms can even create their own projects by uploading data to the Zooniverse. Also iOS and Android apps are also available.
Wolframalpha - Not your typical search engine. This is a computational search engine that is a plus for any STEM educator. It is easy to use and its ability to find data is just plain fun!
Ciese- Dedicated to improving K-16 STEM education through the meaningful and effective integration of technology, CIESE fosters the use of research-based instructional methodologies and technologies to improve and pioneer novel technologies to explore and better understand their impact on improved education and society.
Nuskool This is a site that uses pop culture as teaching moments for students. Tailored to grades 6th-12th students learn a variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, English, etc through educational lessons based on the different elements of pop culture (video games, sports, films, etc.).
Stem Seeds a teacher-created website and podcast / webcast about STEM lesson ideas, links, and connections.
Making Stuff
Grades 6-12 | Collection | Materials Science
Join technology columnist David Pogue as he delves hands-first into the field of materials science. Find out which materials he thinks will play a role in shaping the future.
Sparticl is a site for finding STEM based resources. There are over 2500 curated resources on a wide variety of subjects. Best of all a user can login and curate their own lists of resources and even vote/comment on them.
Sally Ride Science STEM Central website combines social tools with user-generated links to create a storehouse of reliable resources that are “reviewed, rated and ready-to-use.” This free web resource is designed for educators and students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics andcareers. The site offers thousands of links to articles, videos, maps, animations and other media specifically focused on the needs of educators and students. Users searching STEM Central may apply a wide variety of filters to search by topic, grade level and media type.
SciGirls is changing how girls think about science, technology, engineering, and math! Each episode of SciGirls highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of middle school girls who work with mentors to design their own inquiry-based investigations on a variety of topics. Explore the Collection
Learning Reviews - The PBL portion of this site provides some outstanding links to web resources that cover science, math, engineering and technology. You will find grade levels along with the number of resources supplied.
A STEM Diet of Awesome Snacks that Scaffolds into PBL… Better Then Dessert!
Exploratorium Snack Home Page . gr. 8 - 12You can also explore them by subject, supplies, or an A-Z listing. Think of a Snack as a wonderful way to increase your students' appetite for STEM inquiry, learning, and exploration. These Snacks are bite size opportunities to bring science alive in small but engaging size.
The Jason Project – set of free digital curricula filled with multi-media, simulations, readings, class activities, and projects! Check out that roller coaster simulation just to name one!
Siemens Discovery STEM Academy – Vast amount of lessons, multimedia and activities, along with webinars, that are some of the finest for both student learning and teacher professional development
Learning Reviews – The PBL portion of this site provides some outstanding links to web resources that cover science, math, engineering and technology. You will find grade levels along with the number of resources supplied.
eGFI Dream Up The Future – A huge database that will engage students with its colorful and student centered interface. Make sure to check all the links, including all the STEM resources found in the Teacher Resource area.
Web Adventures ( Click Here to Access Web Adventures in English )in science designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. Each of the free Web Adventures is appropriate for middle school or high school use. In each adventure, students take on the role of a scientist to solve a crime, conduct experiments and learn about scientific methods and processes. In Cool Science Careers, students explore five STEM-based career areas. The adventure begins with a 21-question interest survey. How students progress through the activity is based in part on how they respond to the interest survey. CSI: The Experience is based on the CSI television show. In this set of Web Adventure, students find out if they have what it takes to be a forensic scientist. There are fou r CSI cases of increasing difficulty. In Med Myst, students learn about microbiology through a series of interactive lessons and games. Med Myst focuses on infectious diseases and how to prevent the spread of those diseases.Reconstructors includes three games in which students need to gather evidence and data to solve drug-related cases. Virtual Clinical Trials puts students into the role of research scientists who are working toward developing treatments for spinal cord injuries, depression and brain injuries. In the N-Squad adventure, students investigate the effects of alcohol on the digestive, circulatory and nervous systems. The Web Adventures are accessible in English and Spanish
NSF Resources For STEM Education – A great collection of teacher resources, instructional materials, assessment, and up-to-date research regarding STEM.
PBS STEM Education Resources Center – Great information from PBS including engaging lessons, activities, and of course those award winning PBS videos.
NSF Resources For STEM Education – A great collection of teacher resources, instructional materials, assessment, and up-to-date research regarding STEM.
NSDL – The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resource that include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations.
Design Squad Nation – Another great service from PBS filled with some entertaining and engaging ways to integrate STEM into any classroom.
NSDL – The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resource that include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations.
NASA… Over 2000 STEM Education Resources
Design Squad from PBS Kids features a great collection of hands-on activities for elementary and middle school students. The activities are designed to help students explore engineering concepts. The collection of activities is divided into ten categories. The categories are technology, structures, sports, space, sound, simple machines, health, green, energy, and electricity. Each activity contains a materials list and directions. Some of the activities also have demonstration videos.
Autodesk Digital Steam Workshop - Digital STEAM projects are designed by Autodesk’s network of expert educators, designers and student alumni as exciting complements to core Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Art (STEAM) curriculum. Each project aligns with common core and national standards, and delivers measurable learning while using free software.