Resources
Welcome to Transformation 2013's STEM resource page. We hope you find valuable resources around STEM education. If you have a great STEM resource you would like added, please contact us.
General Science Resources
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.
TEA Released TAKS Tests
Texas Education Agency: This site will provide you with Released TAKS Tests.
Lesson Plan Search.com
Middle school teacher created science lessons from air movement to gravity to potential and kinetic energy.
Standard 5.8 Matter…Atoms
Seven activities focusing on matter, elements, and atoms. Step by step experiments are included.
Lee’s Summit School District science links
This link includes a compilation of a wide range of science related websites.
The Science Club
The Science Club fuels the wonder and joy of learning, through school assemblies, parent and teacher workshops, television, video, and print. The Science Club has also designed programs for museums, agencies, and educational organizations.
Prairie Spirit School District Science Department
Teacher resources for core science themes, units, and webquests.
Middle School Science
Copyright free resources for grades 5-8 science
SMILE (Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement)
The SMILE program was designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach.
Rubistar
RubiStar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics. Templates are available to help get you started.
Computational Science Resources
Shodor Foundation: provides curriculum materials, faculty development, and student enrichment opportunities to advance science and math education through the use of computational science, modeling, and technology.
STAT (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
STAT ... for the enhancement of the teaching of science in Texas at all levels and in all science disciplines.
NSTA
National Science Teachers Association’s peer-reviewed journal for secondary science teachers
Science Lab
Middle School Science. Hook up with science — and hang out with the future. This site includes fun facts, images, lessons, and games for middle school science.
Scanning Electron Microscope
This microscope uses electrons rather than light to form an image.
Science Stock Photography
Scientific stock photography featuring biology, medical and biomedical microscopy photos / pictures taken with light microscopes (LM) and electron microscopes. Image categories include Algae, Arachnids, Bacteria, Crystals, Fungi, Insects, Invertebrates, Medical, Miscellaneous, Plants, Protozoa, Vertebrates and Viruses.
Human Population through History
Maps showing human population from 1 A.D. to a projection for 2020.
World Population Clock
U.S. Census Bureau’s current total world population projection.
TryScience.org
is a gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide invite you to investigate, discover, and try science yourself.
Exploratorium Digital Library
presents more than 200 activities, visualizations, and lessons on electricity and magnetism, energy, heat and thermodynamics, interactions of matter, light and optics, measurement, motion and forces, matter (its states, structure, and properties), and vibrations and waves.
Energized Learning
offers lessons to help students use Home Energy Saver-an online tool for analyzing energy use and calculating potential savings in homes and other buildings. From the Department of Energy.
Nanotechnology
shows animations of molecular crystals, material strength experiments, shockwaves, interatomic interactions in soft and hard materials, a microscopic model of friction, atomic motion across a liquid-solid interface, water molecules moving through carbon nanotubes, nanobud (a newly discovered material), nano machinery, nano differential gears, a molecular sorter, a nono conveyorbelt and more. From the Concord Consortium, National Science Foundation.
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Physics Resources
What is Matter?
8th grade science matter resources
May the force be with you
Explores the concept of force including Newton’s laws and several experiments.
Machines Make Life Easier
Explore the use of machines from prehistoric times to today. Labs and quizzes are also available.
Virtual Labs and Simulations
Interactive learning website with links to many science areas including motion diagrams, kinematics, free fall simulations, and vectors among others.
Physics Topics
A compilation of physics resources
Intute: Science, Engineering, and Technology
The Intute Physics Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized by subject specialists based at UK universities. Our target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher and further education.
Electronic Science Teacher
Mechanics lessons including motion of projectiles, work, power, and energy. Contains worked examples and self evaluation questions.
NASA-Electromagnetic Spectrum
Explanations from NASA of several wave types including radio waves, microwaves, infrared, and gamma rays.
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Earth Science Resources
Forest Fires Lesson
Discovery Education online forest fires lesson which includes objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions and an evaluation.
Alliance to Save Energy Lessons
Middle school lessons focusing on energy conservation
Ocean World Lesson Activities
Lessons and labs related to ocean waves, water density, and sonar.
Infinite Power lessons
Geometry Module-Rice University: The Geometry Module effectively assists teachers in developing a deeper understanding of the underlying concepts that support the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in Geometry and helps teachers develop the pedagogical tools necessary to provide their students the opportunity to meet Texas’ challenging state content and student performance standards.
Earthquakes and Seismic Waves
Information and definitions of earthquake related terms.
Heat Transfer Lesson Plan
Heat transfer in the atmosphere, conduction, convection, radiation or why does hot air go up? Lesson plan including student expectations, teacher notes, materials needed, and procedures for understanding.
Plate Tectonics
An explanation of several terms related to plate tectonics.
Mount St. Helens lessons learned
“What have scientists learned since Mount St. Helens erupted?”
Digital Library for Earth System Education
The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels.
Biomes Basics
Includes interactive information about 7 types of biomes. Teacher resources and additional projects are available on this site.
Biomes of the world
This site is a detailed informational webpage on the four biomes of the world. The user will first find the user friendly main page easy to navigate to the biome of his or her interest. Each page provides information on the biome, including its habitants, weather, and precipitation.
Introduction to Biomes
This module presents basic content on the distribution and nature of the world's major biomes. It considers the structure, characteristic growth forms, and taxonomic affiliations of the vegetation; major soil order(s); and common adaptive characteristics of the fauna of the tundra, boreal forest, temperate broadleaf deciduous forest, tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, tropical savanna, temperate grasslands, desert scrub, and Mediterranean shrub biomes. Study hints and critical thinking questions follow the content units.
Biomes
Discusses 8 biomes of the world. Includes maps and detailed descriptions of each type of biome.
Biomes of North America
Focuses on 8 biomes of North America. Distribution information and characteristics of each are included.
The World’s Biomes
The University of California Museum of Paleontology discusses six types of biomes. Conservation and preservation of biomes is also addressed.
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Life Science Resources
Cloning Webpages
This site provides a collection of website links on the topic of cloning.
Biomes and Succession lessons
Biology 20 follows the Saskatchewan learning curriculum and is a comprehensive resource for both teachers and students. The biology course has been divided into four units; each unit is divided into several modules, and each module is divided into several lessons.
Body Illustrations
Here you’ll find illustrations of the parts of the human body. Useful for studies involving human anatomy.
Introduction to Biomes
Need more information about biomes for your ecology unit? Here you will find information and pictures for six main biomes on earth, and a section on aquatic communities.
Discovery Kids—The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Make biological processes more interesting and intriguing to students. Find out all about the gross and cool stuff humans' bodies create--burps, snores, gas and more with Wendell the Worm, Yucky's Ace Reporter.
The Great Plant Escape
Help Detective LePlant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life.
The Water Cycle
Animated diagram of the water cycle.
The Carbon Cycle
A trip around the carbon cycle
Exploring the Earth on Fire—The Carbon Cycle
Explanation including diagrams of the carbon cycle.
The Nitrogen Cycle
Explanation of the nitrogen cycle.
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Chemistry Resources
Science Spot
This website features several lesson ideas that can be used to teach chemistry concepts at the middle school level, or introductory level at high school.
Chemistry Web sites
Chemistry web resources, electronic journals and webzines, and San Jose State University chemistry-related web pages
Statistical Online Computational Resources
The goals of the Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR) are to design, validate and freely disseminate knowledge. The Resource specifically provides portable online aids for probability and statistics education, technology based instruction and statistical computing. SOCR tools and resources include a repository of interactive applets, computational and graphing tools, instructional and course materials
Proteacher
Teachers share ideas and strategies for making science and math instruction effective and meaningful for students.
Middle school science worksheets
Microsoft word worksheets with descriptions for a variety of middle school science topics.
The Why Files
"Science behind the news"
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Lectures include evolution, the science of fat, cancer, neuroscience, sex determination, and infectious disease. BioInteractive adds animations, videos, and interactive modules related to these topics.
Science NetLinks
Standards-based lessons, reviewed Internet resources, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, 90-second radio programs presenting current science research.
Neuroscience for Kids
Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system. Discover the exciting world of the brain, spinal cord, neurons and the senses. Use the experiments, activities and games to help to learn about the nervous system.
Snapshots of Science & Medicine
The National Institutes of Health’s modern biology for high school classrooms
NIH Office of Science Education
Free resources for all grades, including curriculum supplements on asthma, drug abuse, the brain, genetics, healthy behavior, and inquiry from the National Institutes of Health.
Ask A Scientist
Ask a Scientist connects you to some of the top scientists in the country. If you've got a question about medicine, human biology, animals, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics,
or evolution, then please, Ask a Scientist!
NOVA scienceNow
These sites include teacher guides and interactives.
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Biology Resources
The Biology Project
The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona. Teachers can assign problems sets for reviews before exams, or may want to assign an activity before students cover that topic in their laboratory.
Kimball’s Biology Pages
Online biology textbook
Online Biology Book
Contains 59 chapters related to various biology topics including Cellular metabolism and fermentation, human genetics, and diversity in biology.
B.D. Owens Library—Science Resources
Exhaustive list of science related topics.
How Viruses Work
This site gives information about what a virus is, how they infect, and how to reduce spreading of viruses.
Microbes in the News
The Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology (DLC-ME) is a science education project developed at Michigan State University. The creation of the DLC-ME was partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The goal of the DLC-ME is to use computers and network technologies to provide students and teachers interested in microbiology and microbial ecology with resources that may aid their learning and teaching.
Microbial Life
focuses on ecology, diversity, and evolution of micro-organisms. Learn about marine microbes and extremophile microbes that live in inhospitable environments. Explore the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and the red tide through case studies. Find out about microbial observatories and extreme environments, including Mono Lake (in California's Eastern Sierra), Octopus Spring (in Yellowstone National Park), and others. From the Science Education Resource Center, National Science Foundation)
Ask A Biologist
Designed as an educational resource for students preK-12, their teachers and parents. A Teacher’s Toolbox is included which has activities for use with and without a computer.
Did you know?
Interesting biology facts from bacteria to mammals are posted to explore the exciting world of biology.
Virtual Lab
View microscopic images of the World of Nature, around your house, and science and technology.
The Biology Corner
Explore this website for a comprehensive listing of biology lessons, web-based lessons, web quests, quizzes and more!
The New Genetics
explains the process by which all living things pass genes to their offspring. Discover how genes serve as "instruction books" for making molecules (such as RNA and proteins) that perform the chemical reactions in our bodies. Learn how genes influence health and disease. Find out how studies of evolution drive medical research and how computers are advancing genetics in the 21st century. (National Institutes
of Health)
Microscope Imaging Station
shows what blood is, what happens when the immune system goes awry, what are stem cells are, and more. See videos exploring cell structure and function, cell development and motility, plankton, plants, and protozoa. Learn how the sea urchin helps us understand genes, reproduction, and cancer. (Exploratorium, Multiple Agencies)
Biology
explores biological molecules, self-assembly and DNA. Zoom in on themacromolecules from which living things are made. Discover how, on the molecular level, things can assemble themselves. Learn how genetic information stored in DNA is read by cells and used to build protiens that cells need. From the Concord Consortium, National Science Foundation.
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