Cape Cod Stem Network: http://capecodstemnetwork.org/
Link to current nonfiction articles that can be sorted by reading level: NewsELA
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Lots of technology resources here
Attention K-5 Teachers: HOW TO TAKE THE SCARY OUT OF THE NGSSSCIENCE STANDARDS
The world's top scientists share their research via Earth & Sky Radio.
Environmental Protection Agency classroom materials.
Food Science and other information from the FDA.
Edutopia, The George Lucas Foundation's website, showcases best practices in teaching and learning.
Globe Program: hands on earth science explorations for teachers and students from around the world.
John Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth offers summer programs and online courses for students who
wish to accelerate their science and math learning.
The National Gardening Association wants young people to grow!
National Human Genome Research Institute's materials for educators.
National Institutes of Health materials for educators.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration materials for educators.
Get a glimpse of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
National Science Foundation classroom resources.
NASA's Practical Uses of Math and Science
Radio Lab offers free podcasts on science and ideas.
Science Friday is NPR's weekly review of science news and ideas.
U.S. Geological Survey classroom materials.
U.S. Department of Agriculture materials for students and teachers.
U.S. Forest Service education resources.
Weather education materials from the National Weather Service.
Web Adventures: educational science and math games from Rice University.
Weather Satellite Learning
PBS Links -
Link to current nonfiction articles that can be sorted by reading level: NewsELA
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Lots of technology resources here
Attention K-5 Teachers: HOW TO TAKE THE SCARY OUT OF THE NGSSSCIENCE STANDARDS
The world's top scientists share their research via Earth & Sky Radio.
Environmental Protection Agency classroom materials.
Food Science and other information from the FDA.
Edutopia, The George Lucas Foundation's website, showcases best practices in teaching and learning.
Globe Program: hands on earth science explorations for teachers and students from around the world.
John Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth offers summer programs and online courses for students who
wish to accelerate their science and math learning.
The National Gardening Association wants young people to grow!
National Human Genome Research Institute's materials for educators.
National Institutes of Health materials for educators.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration materials for educators.
Get a glimpse of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
National Science Foundation classroom resources.
NASA's Practical Uses of Math and Science
Radio Lab offers free podcasts on science and ideas.
Science Friday is NPR's weekly review of science news and ideas.
U.S. Geological Survey classroom materials.
U.S. Department of Agriculture materials for students and teachers.
U.S. Forest Service education resources.
Weather education materials from the National Weather Service.
Web Adventures: educational science and math games from Rice University.
Weather Satellite Learning
PBS Links -
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Build It Solar Location: Online | Deadline: N/A
This site offers plans, tools, and information to help you build renewable energy and conservation projects.
http://www.builditsolar.com/index.htm
- Code Academy Location: Online | Deadline: N/A
Code Academy offers free, interactive courses for learning how to code. Learn everything from HTML to PHP and demonstrate your mastery of these coding languages by building websites and manipulating data in servers.
http://www.codecademy.com/
- Code.org Location: National | Deadline: N/A
Code.org is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students of color. Code.org offers numerous tutorials through which students can learn everything from basic computer science concepts to how to make an iPhone game. Get started with the Hour of Code challenge!
http://code.org/
- Design Squad Nation Location: National | Deadline: N/A
The DESIGN SQUAD NATION Web site brings creative ideas to life—dream it, build it, live it. Through the website’s projects gallery, you can brainstorm new ideas, submit your own project, and respond to those of others, all the while earning points for your contributions. The games FIDGIT and STRING THING combine both creativity and puzzle-solving online. And a huge library of videos show teams working together to tackle an array of engineering projects, including a pedal-powered bike organ, a water-saving toilet, and a human-powered flying machine.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/
- GLOBE: Student Zone Location: Online | Deadline: N/A
The GLOBE Program encourages you to use GLOBE data to help answer questions about how the environment around you works. Through research projects, you can answer your own science questions by creating hypotheses, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and sharing your results. Scientific projects that you conduct and that include the use of GLOBE data or protocols can be submitted by your teacher for publication on this GLOBE website. By sharing your findings with the rest of the world, you are completing the scientific process.
http://www.globe.gov/explore-science/student-zone/overview
- Learning About Renewable Energy Location: Online | Deadline: N/A
These educational resources from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory can help you learn more about the renewable energy sources and technologies that interest you most. From elementary school science mentoring to senior-level research participant programs, NREL's educational opportunities help provide the link to a clean energy future.
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/student_resources.html
- MIT OpenCourseWare: Highlights for High School Location: Online | Deadline: N/A
Highlights for High School is your guide to courses from MIT, selected specifically to help you prepare for AP exams. Learn more about the concepts and skills that excite you and explore some of the topics you'll be studying in college.
http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/for-students/
- OMSI for Kids: Explore Science, Science in Action Location: Online | Deadline:
OMSI provides a variety of online resources for students that allow them to explore various science topics, live science cameras, museum virtual tours, and hands-on science at home.
https://www.omsi.edu/for-kids
- S'COOL: Student's Cloud Observations On-Line Location: National | Deadline: N/A
The S'COOL Project involves students (ages 5–20+) in real science, making and reporting ground truth observations of clouds to assist in the validation of NASA's CERES satellite instruments. Participants 1) obtain satellite overpass schedules, 2) observe and report clouds within +/-15 minutes of the satellite's passage, and 3) compare and classify the agreement between the ground and satellite views.
http://scool.larc.nasa.gov/
- Scientific American: Cititzen Science Location: Online | Deadline:
Scientific American has gathered an extensive list of citizen science projects and activities in which anyone can participate. Categories include: energy and sustainability, evolution, health, mind and brain, space, technology, and more!
http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/
- SciStarter Location: National | Deadline: Rolling
The SciStarter website helps you search for, take part in, and contribute to science through recreational activities and research projects. SciStarter’s already large database of science projects is continually growing. Projects range from collecting trash that washes up on the beach to helping scientists understand the effects of light pollution with your smartphone.
http://www.scistarter.com/
- STEM Collaborative Location: Online | Deadline:
Targeting middle school students, these interactive online learning activities use digital media, virtual environments, simulations, and videos to apply math to real-life applications. Designed to actively engage students, the activities integrate math, science, critical thinking, and reasoning skills in a fun way.
http://www.stemcollaborative.org/
- Student Guide to Climate Change Location: National | Deadline: N/A
The Environmental Protection Agency developed A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change to help provide students with clear, accurate information about the causes and effects of climate change—as well as the steps we can all take to help solve the problem. Check out this site for information about climate change and ways to make a difference.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
- The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) Location: Online | Deadline:
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary collaborative, engineering, and real-time data projects that students and teachers can use to dive deeper into science and connect learning with real-world events.
http://ciese.org/currichome.html
- Zooniverse: Study Explosions on the Sun Location: Online | Deadline: N/A
Explore interactive diagrams to learn more about the Sun and the spacecraft used to study it. Zooniverse features images from STEREO, one of NASA's latest missions trained on the Sun and designed to investigate the Sun's dynamics, the space weather it generates, and how these conditions influence us here on Earth.
https://www.zooniverse.org/project/solarstormwatch
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