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Continue reading →: Reel NASA Channel
The Reel NASA Channel on Youtube has videos of spacewalks, astronaut interviews, Ask an Astronaut clips, and much more. Applications for Science Teachers: Lots of resources for Earth/Space science and excellent ways to connect students with real space scientists. See Questions Answered from Space below: How do you sleep in…
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Continue reading →: The Physics Front
thephysicsfront.org is an abundant collection of physics education resources from the American Association of Physics Teachers. You will find lesson plans, related links, videos, and more. Applications for Science Teachers: Teachers of physics and physical science can search the collection for specific concepts. This resource could be great for filling…
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Continue reading →: NeoK12
neoK12 has educational science videos and lessons for K-12 students. Resources are organized by Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth & Space. The site also has 1000s of photos organized by science topics that can be used in projects and presentations. Applications for Science Teachers: This is another source of…
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Continue reading →: Science Bob
Sciencebob.com has science fair ideas (for kids and teachers), experiments to try, and video clips of Science Bob conducting different demonstrations and experiments. There is also a Research Help page with links to a variety of science resources. You can follow Science Bob on Twitter HERE– seems like another good…
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Continue reading →: Try Science
Try Science is a gateway to resources from over 400 Science Centers. The site has Interactives, Virtual Field Trips, Experiments, Live Cams, and much more. Applications for Science Teachers: Elementary science teachers will find resources from informal science to support classroom instruction. This site will also provides ideas for science…
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Continue reading →: Learning Science in Informal Environments
I am lucky to work in a region with several informal science providers. However, I have long been interested in how to get informal science and formal science educators to partner and pool resources to help all students learn science. Some of these partnerships have started- but I would like…
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Continue reading →: Bugscope
Bugscope provides free interactive access to a scanning electron microscope . Several sessions are upcoming and you can log in as a guest. Classrooms can also sign up to send bugs and participate in the scan! They have already completed over 300 sessions with over 200 schools. Applications for Science…
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Continue reading →: Science Hack- Videos
Science Hack is a search engine for science videos. The site claims that each video is “screened by a scientist to verify its accuracy and quality”. There are a range of preset categories like: physics, chemistry, biology, space, etc. You can also search for science experiments, projects, news, and movies.…
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Continue reading →: PBS Nature: Educator Resources
PBS has lots of great stuff for science teachers- one of my new favorites is a set of educator resources at Nature. You can browse for lessons by: Topic, Animal, or Grade Level. For example: if you search for grades 3-5 you find nine lessons ranging from Volcanoes to Eagles…
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Continue reading →: Mrs. Harveylicious- Science Rap
The reason I got into teaching was to bring engagement to the classroom. There are many strategies for doing this- some are as easy as just demonstrating a passion for what you do. Here is an example of a teacher who takes that passion and challenges us all to try…

