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Need a starting point to find what you need? We've created Pathways into the broader collection to help you out. Click on a subject area to take you to specific K-12 NSDL resource collections from our major partners.
All K-12 Expert Voices BlogsNSDL Pathways News
Last Updated: Sun, 08 Aug 2010
News from NSDL's Pathways Partners
Howtosmile.org: Hands-on science for out-of-school educators
Last Updated: Thu, 22 Jul 2010
Hands-on science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM) activities for informal educators.
Exemplary Resources for Middle School Math and Science
Last Updated: Wed, 21 Jul 2010
The NSDL Middle School Portal is hosting this blog to help middle school math and science teachers find the best resources on the web.
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Last Updated: Tue, 13 Jul 2010
This blog is focused on helping elementary teachers become more knowledgeable about the polar regions and providing best practices on how to integrate polar concepts into their teaching. Ideas for connecting science and literacy through literature and writing, exemplary science activities, incredible pictures, tales of adventure, and stories of indigenous people and amazing animals will be part of each posting.
Chemical Education Digital Library
Last Updated: Mon, 12 Jul 2010
Opinions from the PI of ChemEd DL and others; news from the world of chemical education
sciencegeekgirl
Last Updated: Fri, 09 Jul 2010
Cool science tricks; pedagogical tips for grades 9-14 educators; research on learning and teaching; hands-on activities
Pat's Picks for STEM Educators
Last Updated: Tue, 22 Jun 2010
Pat Viele is the Physics & Astronomy Librarian for the Edna McConnell Clark Physical Sciences Library at Cornell University. Her weekly round-up of exemplary Web resources for STEM educators will appear in this blog.
Connecting News with National Science Education Standards
Last Updated: Fri, 04 Jun 2010
The NSDL Middle School Portal 2 project is hosting this blog to encourage teachers to use current science news as teaching opportunities. The related middle level, grades 5-8 content standards of the National Science Education Standards are included as well as ideas for turning the news event into an inquiry-based lesson.
Learning DigitalK12
Last Updated: Wed, 19 May 2010
Discover and discuss the latest resources, tools, educational issues, and professional development topics for K12 educators
Web-based Mathematics Education
Last Updated: Fri, 09 Apr 2010
How the Web can deliver better mathematics education in and out of schools
The Savvy Searcher’s Monthly Resource Highlights
Last Updated: Sun, 28 Mar 2010
Each month, we highlight resources from the NSDL Collection on a particular topic of interest for the savvy searcher.
Managing Volunteers in Informal Science Learning
Last Updated: Fri, 04 Dec 2009
How to recruit, train, supervise, and reward volunteers in informal science institutions.
Unpacking Speak Up 2008
Last Updated: Tue, 15 Sep 2009
A discussion and question/answer forum for the NSDL community on results and data from Project Tomorrow's Speak Up 2008 survey. Speak Up is an annual survey of students, teachers, and administrators conducted by Project Tomorrow, collecting and analyzing data on education, technology use, 21st century skills, schools of the future and science instruction.
Switches. No, not light switches - genome switches. Why do some genetic traits express themselves one way and not another? And what influences that expression? Use the Epigenetics module from the University of Utah’s Genetic Science Learning Center to explore an introductory video, interactive resources, how parentage, nutrition, environment, and other factors ‘turn on’ the [...]