K-16 ScienceEducation.gov :   ScienceEducation.gov (beta version) is the unification of federal science agencies’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education content, supporting cyber-learning and open participation. Access these federal agencies for STEM resources and watch for more to come. • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • National Institutes of Health • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • U.S. Department of Agriculture • U.S. Department of Energy http://www.scienceeducation.gov Teachers’ Domain:   This online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television offers lesson plans, media clips, and animations for the Arts, Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies. http://www.teachersdomain.org/ Thinkfinity for Teachers:  A search engine for educational resources in every subject area, K-12, with student interactives and lesson plans.  Thinkfinity allows you to search all content partners including the American Museum of Natural History, Illumination, Science NetLinks, Xpeditions, and more.  (Verizon Foundation) http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx?ShowIndex=Yes Annenberg Media Resources:  Multimedia resources to help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. http://www.learner.org/# Xpeditions:  Offers lesson plans, interactive museum tours, games, animations, and more for teaching science based on geography.  (National Geographic) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/g68.html ThinkQuest Online Teacher-Student Projects:  A learning platform where teachers and students create learning projects, participate in a website competition, and browse a library of student projects. http://www.thinkquest.org/en/ Essential Resources for Teachers:  This Microsoft Office Online resource page offers free lesson plans, templates, tools and grant information. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/school/FX102781621033.aspx The 5E Instructional Model Overview:  The 5E constructivist learning cycle (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) is a teaching sequence that can be used for entire programs, specific units, and individual lesson plans. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/5eteachingmodels/index.html “The Global Achievement Gap” Video:  Tony Wagner of “School Change Consulting”  discusses the 7 skills he feels student need to survive in the 21st century global marketplace. (Harvard Graduate School of Education) http://www.schoolchange.org/contact/tony_wagner.html SurveyMonkey.com:  A simple, professional, online survey tool that allows you to design your own surveys that participants fill out online.  Survey results are automatically tallied for you. http://www.surveymonkey.com/

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