Browse General Science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Collections
Listed here are collections with a multidisciplinary focus-offering resources for education and/or research in three or more scientific disciplines, or across the spectrum of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-as well as collections with substantial numbers of resources devoted to the nature of science.
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AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
http://amser.org/
AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for those in community and technical colleges, but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National ...Full description and distribution of resources
Association for Middle Level Education
http://www.amle.org/default.aspx
The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) collection focuses on STEM curricula, middle grade pedagogy and assessment, young adolescent development, leadership; and professional development. The collection has resources for...Full description and distribution of resources
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/
This collection provides resources that help elementary educators teach hands-on science, integrate literacy and science and incorporate polar science topics into their existing curriculums.Full description and distribution of resources
Concord Consortium Collection
http://www.concord.org/activities
The Concord Consortium is a nonprofit R&D organization in Concord, MA, dedicated to transforming education through technology. Our deeply digital tools and learning activities capture the power of curiosity and create revolutionar...Full description and distribution of resources
Connected Curriculum Project (CCP)
http://www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/
The Connected Curriculum Project (CCP) has modules for use in courses from precalculus to linear algebra, differential equations, and engineering mathematics. The project emphasizes mathematical subject areas within biology, chemi...Full description and distribution of resources
CSERD: Computational Science Education Reference Desk
http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/
The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) features resources to help students learn about computational science and to help teachers incorporate it into the classroom. Computational science involves the appropriat...Full description and distribution of resources
CTE Online
http://www.cteonline.org/
CTE Online includes mainly math resources aligned to the Math Common Core educational standards.Full description and distribution of resources
DragonflyTV
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/index.html
DragonflyTV is an Emmy Award winning PBS Kids science show, featuring ordinary kids conducting extraordinary inquiry-based investigations in real-world contexts. DragonflyTV features: investigations; scientist profiles; hands-on s...Full description and distribution of resources
Education Place: Houghton Mifflin Science
http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/index.html
Education Place presents Houghton Mifflin's K-6 science textbook support resources, organized by grade level. Each of the seven modules offers broad coverage of concepts in physical science, Earth science, and life science through...Full description and distribution of resources
Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew Existed
http://www.thefunworks.org/
The Fun Works, from Education Development Center, Inc., is a digital library of career exploration resources for youth ages 11-15. The Fun Works provides "real world" experiences and uses young people's current interests and passi...Full description and distribution of resources
General Science and STEM Gateways and Resources
http://nsdl.org/search/record/collection/ncs-NSDL-COLLECTION-000-003-111-915/n=10&q=&viewType=browseCollections&subject=&purpose=
The General Science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Gateways and Resources collection is comprised of web portals, web sites, and individual digital resources. The collection includes portals and sites...Full description and distribution of resources
Harvard-Smithsonian Digital Video Library
http://hsdvl.org/
This extensive collection of digital video materials supporting K-12 STEM education reform has been developed by the Science Media Group, part of the Science Education Department at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics....Full description and distribution of resources
iCPALMS: A Standards-based K-12 Resources and Tools Pathway
http://www.floridastandards.org/homepage/index.aspx
iCPALMS is a K-12 math and science collection of freely available instructional and educational resources that have been recommended or authored by Florida's educators and vetted by teachers and subject matter experts. All the res...Full description and distribution of resources
Instructional Architect
http://ia.usu.edu/
The Instructional Architect (IA) is a digital library service developed to support the instructional use of National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and other web resources. Teachers are able to search, select, sequence, annotate a...Full description and distribution of resources
Internet Scout Project
http://scout.wisc.edu/
The Internet Scout Report provides evaluation and annotation of high-quality online resources, particularly those that will be of value to the education community. Each resource is selected, researched, and annotated by a team of ...Full description and distribution of resources
Jonathan Bird's Blue World
http://www.blueworldtv.com/
The Jonathan Bird's Blue World Collection is based on a public television science adventure series and offers science curriculum based videos, lesson plans, activities and the capacity to search by topic, NSES, and geography. Thes...Full description and distribution of resources
Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2)
http://msteacher2.org/
The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to inc...Full description and distribution of resources
National Science Foundation (NSF) Special Reports and Videos
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/
The National Science Foundation (NSF) special reports and videos feature scientific work being done by NSF funding. Topics include weather, evolution, mathematics, visualization, technology, polar, infectious disease, robotics, wi...Full description and distribution of resources
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Learning Center
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/
The NSTA Learning Center offers print and online resources for science teachers, including a wealth of journal articles, books, book chapters, and electronic professional development resources, such as SciGuides, SciPacks, and Web...Full description and distribution of resources
NSDL English Language Arts
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
The NSDL English Language Arts collection provides quick and easy access to high-quality math resources that have been related to the English Language Arts Science and Technical Standards. These resources are selected from the lar...Full description and distribution of resources
NSDL Web Seminars
http://nsdl.org/sites/web_seminars/pd-archive.html
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) collaborated with NSTA focusing on a variety of science topics and targeting K-12 grade level educators. The seminars included information and resources for educators available on the NS...Full description and distribution of resources
Pedagogy in Action
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/
The Pedagogy in Action collection provides educator-focused introductions to a range of teaching methods that promote engaged learning. It combines what, why and how information about the pedagogies with descriptions of real-world...Full description and distribution of resources
PRISMS: Phenomena and Representations for the Instruction of Science in Middle School
http://prisms.mmsa.org/
PRISMS provides annotated reviews describing a resource's phenomenon or representation content alignment and quality of instructional support. The focus is on resources useful to science instruction in middle school. Resources are...Full description and distribution of resources
Resources for Educational Benchmarks
http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/
The Resources for Educational Benchmarks connects learning resources to the NSDL Science Literacy Maps. The Science Literacy Maps illustrate connections between science concepts and show how they build upon one another across grad...Full description and distribution of resources
Science of NHL Hockey
http://www.nbclearn.com/nhl
NBC Learn and NBC Sports, in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the National Hockey League, explore the science and math behind professional hockey. Featuring game footage and contributions from NHL players and s...Full description and distribution of resources
Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning Environment for Science (SIMPLE Science)
http://www.simplescience.org/
The Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning Environment for Science (SIMPLE Science) collection aims to create resources for middle school that emphasize image processing and analysis techniques while at the same time ...Full description and distribution of resources
SMARTR: Virtual Learning Experiences for Youth
http://smartr.edc.org/
SMARTR provides students and teachers with games, simulations, activities, and career information in mathematics and the sciences. Science topics include earthquakes, chemistry, weather, rocks, the solar system, the body, genetics...Full description and distribution of resources
SMILE Pathway: Science and Math Activities in One Search
http://howtosmile.org/
The SMILE (Science and Math Informal Learning Educators) Pathway is for informal educators looking for high-quality STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities across multiple disciplines and contributing instituti...Full description and distribution of resources
Sustainability Learning Suites
http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/mate_fac/139/
The sustainability learning suites is a set of learning objects created for people with a post-secondary science background, organized in six themes: Systems thinking; Sustainable development; Population; Energy; Water and Materia...Full description and distribution of resources
Teachers' Domain Common Core Collection
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
This collection provides a selection of 300 resources from Teachers' Domain, selected because they support the represent approaches to using digital media to support the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Lite...Full description and distribution of resources
Teachers' Domain: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Teachers Domain is a multimedia library for K-12 science educators, developed by WGBH through funding from the National Science Foundation as part of its National Science Digital Library initiative. The site offers a wealth of cla...Full description and distribution of resources
TeachSpatial
http://teachspatial.org/
The TeachSpatial collection assembles digital teaching resources relevant to spatial cognition, spatial learning, and spatial literacy across multiple STEM disciplines for middle school, high school, and undergraduate learners. Co...Full description and distribution of resources
Visionlearning
http://visionlearning.com/
Visionlearning is an innovative educational resource designed for students, teachers, parents or anyone interested in learning science. Visionlearning provides peer-reviewed teaching modules in chemistry, biology, earth science an...Full description and distribution of resources