STEM Education and Educational Technology Gateways and Resources

Afterschool Training Toolkit
http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/resources/toolkit.html
The Afterschool Training Toolkit, produced by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), is designed to give afterschool program directors and instructors the resources they need to build fun, innovative, and academi... Full description

Annals of Research on Engineering Education
http://www.areeonline.org/
This online publication is intended to link education researchers and practioners across engineering domains and between engineering and other disciplines. It features articles from participating journals, essays on education rese... Full description

Annenberg Media Learner.org: Teacher Resources and Teacher Professional Development Programming Across the Curriculum
http://learner.org/
Learner.org provides multimedia resources, particularly educational video programs with coordinated web and print materials, for the professional development of K-12 teachers. Video programs are distributed through the organizatio... Full description

Association for Science Education
http://www.ase.org.uk/
The Association for Science Education (ASE) is a professional organization for science teachers, based in Great Britain. Their web site provides access to news articles and event announcements, journals on science education, membe... Full description

Atomic Learning, Inc.
http://www.atomiclearning.com/
Atomic Learning is a commercial provider of web-based software training and curriculum resources for K-12 and higher education, business training, and personal use. Resources include thousands of tutorials on most common software ... Full description

Bacteria Galore by Sunday at Four
http://www.meltells.com/BacteriaGalore.asp
This colorful picture book provides an introduction to the world of bacteria – where bacteria are found, what it is and how they spread. While the book is beautiful to look at, this children’s picture book is also full of accu... Full description

Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology: Education Overview
http://cben.rice.edu/education.aspx
The educational outreach and human resource programs of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) are intended to cultivate a future workforce experienced with using science and engineering at the nanoscale... Full description

Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
http://www.csicop.org/
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such in... Full description

Connexions
http://cnx.org/
Connexions is an online environment for developing, sharing, and publishing educational content. Mostly college level, these materials consist of free, open-licensed modules in fields such as science and technology, mathematics an... Full description

Content Clips
http://www.contentclips.com/
Content Clips is a web-based tool and service that helps teachers and developers find, organize, and share web resources, and dynamically blend them into online presentations. It features a search engine and an interface that lets... Full description

Cramster.com
http://www.cramster.com/
Cramster is an online study community of students and teachers who help each other with problem solving in mathematically-based subjects. The website provides an online forum in which users ask and answer questions; they may also ... Full description

Critical Thinking Assessment Test
http://www.criticalthinkingtest.org/
This site provides an overview of the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT) Instrument, a tool designed to assess a broad range of skills that faculty across the country feel are important components of critical thinking and rea... Full description

DataStreme Atmosphere
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/
DataStreme Atmosphere is a teacher-enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), for training Weather Education Resource Teachers who can then promote the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology usi... Full description

Design In Classroom
http://www.weston.org/schools/ms/DTC/DITC/index.html
Design In the Classroom (DITC) features a collection of movies of teachers using a variety of design-based activities with middle-school students. It provides sets of classroom-ready tasks, summaries of standards and relevant rese... Full description

Digital Directions: Trends and Advice for K-12 Technology Leaders
http://www.edweek.org/dd/
This quarterly publication features articles about educational technology that can be used by chief information officers and other educational technology leaders to educate themselves and their superintendents about what works and... Full description

Digital Edge Learning Interchange
http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/deli/nav5.shtml
The Digital Edge Learning Interchange is an online library featuring exhibits of exemplary classroom practice using technology, created by teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Each exhibit ... Full description

Digital Library Connect
http://dlconnect.usu.edu/
The Digital Libary Connect (DLConnect) project, accomplished through professional development workshops and tool development, is intended to help teachers learn to use National Science Digital Library (NSDL) resources in ways that... Full description

Easy-Science-Fair-Projects.net
http://easy-science-fair-projects.net/science-fair-projects-blog.html
This collection of science fair project ideas and instructions created by an experienced teacher focuses on the needs of younger students. Projects are illustrated with photographs, the instructions are written for children, and a... Full description

Ed/ITLib Digital Library for Information Technology and Education
http://www.aace.org/dl/
The Ed/IT Digital Library (formerly the AACE Digital Library) provides free access to abstracts and citations of peer-reviewed and published articles appearing in journals published by the Association for the Advancement of Comput... Full description

Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
This online journal covers local, state, and national news about issues in American education from preschool through 12th grade. The website features links to the most recent news articles, multimedia galleries, blogs and chat roo... Full description

Education World: Educator's Best Friend
http://www.education-world.com/
Education World is a teacher-oriented web site for locating educational resources and interacting with other teaching professionals. The site features a search engine for educational web sites only, and original content, including... Full description

Educator's Professional Development
http://www.educatorsprofessionaldevelopment.com/
Educator's Professional Development is the largest online database of professional development conferences and workshops for educators and teachers in the K-12 bracket. Painstakingly compiled by three lovers of education, EPD is a... Full description

Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
This online reference service and database lets educators access lesson plans, online resources, and an archive of responses to questions submitted to AskERIC, a now-discontinued service from the U.S. Department of Education. The ... Full description

Effective Access: Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in STEM Teaching
http://www2.edc.org/gdi/publications_SR/EffectiveAccessReport.pdf
This report summarizes the findings of an investigation into high school Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) educators and their use of digital objects. The report outlines several questions to be answered on ... Full description

Fun Works
http://www.thefunworks.org/
This digital library provides links to online career exploration resources for younger and intermediate-level students, using their current interests and passions, such as music and sports, to help them explore future careers in s... Full description

High School eLearning
http://www.highschoolelearning.com/
High School eLearning is a commercial vendor of interactive, online courses with puzzles, games, and projects to make learning fun and reinforce concepts. The courses cover a variety of topics, are self-paced, and include self-gra... Full description

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technologies
http://hmlt.hmco.com/
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technologies is a commercial provider of educational software applications for reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. The company markets and supports interactive learn... Full description

Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
http://www.hastac.org/
The Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) is a consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, social scientists, and engineers from universities across the country, committed to new forms of cros... Full description

Indiana Expeditions
http://www.indianaexpeditions.org/
The Indiana Expeditions series with award-winning science teacher Rick Crosslin has a new lineup of fascinating ways to bring the fun of science home to kids and adults alike. See how the grossest insects are cool, what ties music... Full description

Informalscience.org
http://www.informalscience.org/
This community web site supports the field of informal science education by providing resources to build knowledge, share outcomes, and improve practice. These include a searchable database of peer-reviewed papers on informal lear... Full description

Inquiry Learning Forum
http://ilf.crlt.indiana.edu/
The Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF) is an online community of K-12 math and science teachers interested in inquiry-based teaching and learning. Materials at the ILF web site include discussions on what inquiry is and why it is useful... Full description

Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
http://www.idea.org/
The Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the design, implementation, and sharing of web- and computer-based learning technologies. The institute's website features informati... Full description

Intel Education: K-12 Teaching Resources
http://www.intel.com/education/resources/index.htm?iid=ed_nav+k12resources
Intel Corporation provides software tools and resources to help teachers support collaborative student-centered learning, and to help students become technology literate while learning language arts, mathematics, science, social s... Full description

Intel® Education: Teach Program
http://www.intel.com/education/teach/index.htm?iid=ed_nav+teach
This professional development program for K-12 teachers is intended to help them understand how, when, and where to bring technology tools and resources into their classrooms. The program uses a "train the trainer" model to provid... Full description

Internet Public Library: Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/
The Science Fair Project Resource Guide is a special collection of resources from the Internet Public Library that provides assistance for students who wish to develop a science fair project. The guide provides links to online res... Full description

Introduction to Real Analysis, by William F. Trench
http://ramanujan.math.trinity.edu/wtrench/misc/index.shtml
This book was published previously by Pearson Education. This free edition is made available by the author in the hope that it will be useful as a primary textbook or reference. Reproduction is permitted for any valid noncommercia... Full description

Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research
http://www.auburn.edu/research/litee/jstem/index.php
This peer-reviewed, web-only publication explores innovations and emerging topics in undergraduate teaching and learning in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). It emphasizes real-world case studies that are r... Full description

Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research
http://www.auburn.edu/research/litee/jstem/policies.php#openaccess
This peer-reviewed, web-only publication explores innovations and emerging topics in undergraduate teaching and learning in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. It emphasizes real-world case studies that cut across t... Full description

Just-in-Time Teaching
http://www.jitt.org
The Just-in-Time Teaching (JITT) program provides a teaching and learning strategy based on the interaction between web-based study assignments and an active learner classroom. The strategy, designed to increase the amount of pers... Full description

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html
This clearinghouse site is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing the K-12 curriculum, and for professional growth. The home page offers an alphabetical browse list of 23 subject areas--from "Agricultural Education" to "... Full description

Knowledge Loom
http://knowledgeloom.org/index.jsp
The Knowledge Loom is an online resource for educators that allows them to review promising educational practices related to a variety of themes (math instruction, literacy, equity, educational technology, and many others); read a... Full description

Learning and Leading with Technology
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Past_Issues1.htm
This is the archive of past issues of "Learning and Leading with Technology," the magazine of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a professional membership organization advocating appropriate uses of tech... Full description

LESTER (Learning Science and Technology Repository)
http://lester.rice.edu/
The Learning Science and Technology Repository (LESTER) is an online forum and clearinghouse for ongoing research and development efforts in learning science and technology (LST). The site features a set of databases on current re... Full description

LESTER: Learning Science and Technology Repository
http://lester.rice.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1
The Learning Science and Technology Repository (LESTER) acts as a forum and clearinghouse for ongoing research and development efforts in educational technology and learning sciences, including new projects and the researchers, or... Full description

Mobilizing Minds: Teaching Math and Science in the Age of Sputnik
http://americanhistory.si.edu/mobilizing
This online exhibition from the National Museum of American History traces the expansion of interest in and teaching of science and mathematics in the United States in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's technical triumph in placi... Full description

NASA Learning Technologies
http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/
NASA's Learning Technologies Project (LTP) is NASA's educational technology incubator. LTP provides interactive learning products that combine technology with content from NASA research projects and space missions. These materials... Full description

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
The web site of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science includes descriptions of this teaching method, discussions of its uses and advantages in science pedagogy, information on assessing case-based instruction, and... Full description

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
http://www.nsta.org/
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) is an organization committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. NSTA's membership includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrator... Full description

National Science Teachers Association: SciGuides
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/sciguides.aspx
SciGuides are web-based resources and materials intended to assist teachers who wish to integrate the web into their teaching. Each SciGuide consists of several themes that feature lesson plans, narratives about implementing the l... Full description

National Teachers Enhancement Network
http://btc.montana.edu/courses/aspx/ntenhome.aspx/
The National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) provides teaching resources and online professional development materials for K-12 science teachers. Educators can access lesson plans, activities, interactive resources, and other ... Full description

No Boundaries
http://www.noboundaries-stemcareers.com/
This is the homepage of the No Boundaries Project, a career exploration educational resource. Students work in small groups to research careers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the fields of science, ... Full description

NSDL EduPak documentation
http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/Community:EduPak
EduPak version 1.0 is a lightweight version of the NCore open-source digital library platform specifically designed to meet the needs of national educational organizations and institutions focused on establishing specialized digit... Full description

NSTA Press
http://www.nsta.org/publications/press/
This site provides access to books, journals, and other media published by the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association). Materials include information on new releases, title descriptions, bibliographic information, and purchas... Full description

NSTA Science Store
http://www.nsta.org/store/
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Store is an online store where shoppers can search, browse, and purchase a variety of science education materials. The store's inventory includes text materials (books, e-bo... Full description

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Services: Science and Mathematics Education
http://www.prel.org/services/science--mathematics-education.aspx
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) is an independent, nonprofit corporation serving the educational community, particularly of the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, and specializing in multicultural and multilingua... Full description

PBS Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
The PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) Teachers web site provides access to thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, videos, and interactive games and simulations for all levels of instruction, Pre-K to 12. These resources a... Full description

Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM)
http://prism.montclair.edu/prism/index.html
Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) is a program that helps school districts improve science and mathematics teaching. PRISM staff work with district administrators to design professional-development programs... Full description

Project ARISE
http://www.sciencewithmrnoon.com/arise.htm
Project ARISE (American Renaissance in Science Education) is an initiative to restructure the high-school science curriculum by changing the order in which courses are traditionally taught--placing physics first, followed by chemi... Full description

Project for School Innovation
http://www.psinnovation.org/
The Project for School Innovation (PSI) is intended to support and connect teachers and school leaders so they can discover, share, and disseminate their successful teaching practices to drive school change. PSI's website features... Full description

Project Kaleidoscope
http://www.pkal.org/
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) is an informal alliance dedicated to shaping undergraduate STEM learning environments that attract students to STEM fields and inspire them to persist and succeed. PKAL recruits emerging leaders in unde... Full description

RAD Teach
http://radteach.com/index.html
This web site features the insights, publications, and calendar of presentations by Dr. Judy Willis, a board-certified neurologist and middle-school teacher in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Willis's work draws on her fifteen year... Full description

Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol
http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/AZTEC/RTOP/RTOP_full/index.htm
The Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) is an observation instrument intended to provide a standardized means for detecting the degree to which K-20 classroom instruction in mathematics or science has been reformed to co... Full description

Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
http://fermat.nap.edu/books/0309100399/html
This report addresses concerns that the weakening of science and technology in the United States may eventually degrade its social and economic conditions and render its citizens unable to compete for high-quality jobs. It specifi... Full description

Sci-Tech Library Newsletter
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/nsflibnews/
This newsletter for science and technology librarians was produced from 1999 through 2007. It provides articles about newly available online science-and-technology resources and tools; opinion features; links to e-books, documents... Full description

Science Across the World
http://www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showhomepage
This program lets students from around the world exchange information, opinions and ideas on a variety of science topics, including food and diet, plants, biodiversity, personal health, and many others. The site is available in se... Full description

Science Education Safety
http://www.csss-science.org/safety.shtml
Downloadable guides published by the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) that provide information on laboratory safety practices in elementary and secondary schools. Topics include legal issues, the purchase, storage, and ... Full description

Science House at North Carolina State University
http://www.science-house.org/
The Science House, the mathematics and science learning outreach project of North Carolina State University, works in partnership with K-12 teachers to increase the use and impact of hands-on, inquiry-based learning in science and... Full description

Science Junction
http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/
Science Junction is a cybercommunity of researchers, educators, and students, and a center for teaching, learning, and integrating science into daily life. The website features collaborative experiments that allow classes of stude... Full description

Science Teacher
http://www.nsta.org/highschool/
This online journal for high-school science instructors features articles on general science topics, highlighting community partnerships and learning opportunities that take students and teachers beyond classroom walls. The journa... Full description

Scientific Communication: Understanding Scientific Journals and Articles
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=158&l=
A detailed description of scholarly communication through peer-reviewed journals, as distinct from other periodicals. Full description

Shodor Foundation
http://www.shodor.org/home/
The Shodor Foundation is a nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies. The foundation's website fe... Full description

Strategic Alliances
http://www.strategicalliance.niu.edu/ceet/strategicalliance/
This site provides information on the "Strategic Alliance to Advance Technological Education through Enhanced Mathematics, Science, Technology, and English Education at the Secondary Level", a partnership of the Rockford Valley Pu... Full description

Teacher Education Materials (TE-MAT) Project: A Database for K-12 Professional Development Providers
http://te-mat.org/
The Teacher Education Materials (TE-MAT) web site and database were created to support professional-development providers as they design and implement programs for pre-service and in-service K-12 mathematics and science teachers. ... Full description

Teacher Leaders Network
http://www.teacherleaders.org/
The Teacher Leaders Network (TLN) is an independent, web-based network of experienced, leading, and award-winning teachers who have achieved success as authors, professional developers, trained mentors, policy consultants, and com... Full description

Teacher Magazine
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/index.html
This magazine features articles, opinion features, interviews, and other resources on instruction, the teaching profession, learning technology, the school environment, non-traditional schools, and others. The magazine's website i... Full description

TeachersFirst
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
TeachersFirst is a web resource for K-12 classroom teachers. It offers lessons and instructional units developed for TeachersFirst as well as reviewed, online resources, with tips for classroom use, for students at all levels. The... Full description

TechLEARNING
http://www.techlearning.com/index.html
This site provides administrators, technology professionals, and teachers with materials on information and learning technology trends, products, news, and funding sources for their programs. These include daily features, news and... Full description

Technically Speaking
http://techspeaking.denison.edu/
Technically Speaking is a web-based resource aimed at improving the oral presentation skills of math and other STEM related students through a series of video vignettes. Full description

Technology Enhanced Activity Modules for Science
http://teams.kennesaw.edu/
The Technology Enhanced Activity Modules for Science (TEAMS) project promotes inquiry-based science teaching in the elementary classroom by using digital technology to directly address teacher concerns and to provide teachers with... Full description

Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/index.aspx
This is the online version of the magazine "Technology Review", which is intended to promote the understanding of emerging technologies and to analyze their commercial, social, and political impacts. Articles are published on seve... Full description

Tramline: Virtual Field Trips Software
http://www.tramline.com/
Tramline is a commercial supplier of the software "TourMaker," which is used to create virtual field trips. The Tramline web site features information on purchasing the software, a teachers' guide on using and creating virtual fie... Full description

Using Research Articles in Teaching
http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/PALE:Suggestions
This article is about 10 suggestions for using primary research materials with students. The suggestions include working with images, data and concept maps. Full description

Visual Realization™ Program
http://www.visualrealization.com/
This is a practice-based professional development program integrated with digital-imagery authoring technology and curricula models. The program involves teachers in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Project-Based Study (PBS) proje... Full description

WebCASPAR: Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System
http://webcaspar.nsf.gov/includes/checkJavascriptAbility2.jsp;jsessionid=84D7B6566AB93AE28...
The WebCASPAR database provides access to a large body of statistical data resources pertaining to science and engineering education at U.S. academic institutions. The database emphasizes science and engineering, but its data reso... Full description

WebQuest.org
http://www.webquest.org/index.php
This site provides information on the use and creation of WebQuests, inquiry-oriented lessons in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. Materials include a brief history of the WebQuest model... Full description

Wikipatterns.com
http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/Wikipatterns
This site provides a guide to the major stages of wiki adoption. It explores patterns of behavior that encourage wiki use and anti-patterns that discourage participation, and it provides suggestions for overcoming barriers and exp... Full description

XanEdu Custom Publishing
http://www.xanedu.com/
XanEdu is a commercial provider of printed and online educational products for college faculty and students. Their products include CoursePacks, compilations of articles, cases, textbook chapters, and other copyrighted materials c... Full description