Links to Science & Related Sites for Teachers 

Last update: September, 2015

The following collection of links was started during a series of summer workshops for middle school science teachers held at Houston Community College.  There are now a large number of such sites on the Internet, but the links below provide some excellent ones which should be a helpful starting point for interested teachers.

Suggestions for additions to this page are always welcome!

 

Lesson Plan Sites

• Educator's Reference Desk (formerly AskERIC)
• Education Atlas K-12 Teacher Lesson Plans
• Newton's Apple "We answer your science questions!"
• The Teacher's Guide (many teaching resources)
• Discovery Education (free teaching resources)
• Jefferson Lab Science Education
• Teacher Resources from Fred M. Lynn Middle School (Wayback Machine archive)
• Teacher Guides from SeaWorld Adventure Parks
• Project SkyMath: Making Mathematical Connections
• ProTeacher (links to lots of science lesson plans)
• Quia - Where Learning Takes You
• Michigan Reach Out! (Lessons & Activities)
• The Academy Curriculum Exchange (a collection of 700 science lesson plans)
• School Science Lessons (from the School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia)
• Teaching Plastics (under "Education and Resources")
• Wilton High School Chemistry Homepage (lots of good stuff for high school chem, Wayback Machine archive)
• Wilton High School Links to Chemistry Lesson Plans (Wayback Machine archive)
• SMILE Program Chemistry Index (almost 200 chemistry lessons)
• HotChalk Lesson Plans Page (Science Lesson Plans for Junior/High School)
• Chemistry for Kids (Thanks to Ms. Clark and her class at Monument Charter School for this link!)
• Open Colleges (Thanks to Tess Pajaron for this excellent site with lesson plans in all disciplines!)
• MyJewelryBox.com's Guide To Rocks, Diamonds, and Minerals (Thanks to Elizabeth Russell for this nice site with many lesson plans and activities!)

Interactive Science Sites

• Games & Puzzles
• Organic Games
• Miami Museum of Science - The pH Factor
• Hands On Plastics Activities (Plastics Science Education Activities)
• Interactive and Other Science Resources (Many links to science resources from Jefferson County Schools in Dandridge, TN)
• learningscience.org "A free and open community for sharing newer and emerging tools to teach science."
• Virtual Tours (science and other links from Teacher Place)

Space & Astronomy

• DMOZ Open Directory Project (just the tip of the iceberg of this site)
• NASA Educational Materials
• How Space Shuttles Work (from HowStuffWorks)
• PlanetScapes (Detailed information and graphics = Great;  Frequent ad popups = Annoying!)
• SpaceDaily.Com - Your Portal To Space
• SEGway Science Education Gateway

Kid's Sites MADE by Kids!

• An Overview of Simple Machines (Thanks to Marcus and his teacher Lisa Carpenter at homeschoolingadventures.com!)

Search Engines

• Ivy's Search Engine Resources (Unfortunately Ask & Yahoo Kids sites are now closed, but has some others.)
• Student Search Engines
• Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
• Fact Monster

Garbage! (Plus Recycling and Cleaning)

• Annenberg/CPB Exhibits
• Fun Facts About Recycling
• Environmental Kids Club & Teaching Center (Formerly U.S. EPA Explorers' Club for Kids)
• Busy Bee: The Chemistry Behind Cleaning (Thanks to Nancy Young and her Science Club from Nebraska for this link!)
• How to Reduce Plastic Waste (Thanks to author Kim Hart at AAAStateofPlay.com for this link!)

Miscellaneous

• Elements Database Periodic Table (Thanks to Jen Sawyers for this great resource!)
• Best of the Web Chemistry Education
• Kapili.com "Choose one of our intro science sites."
• Clip Art for Teachers and Kids
• Boomeria.org (Preston Q. Boomer's HS Chemistry & Physics website)
• Science Is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri
• The Adventures of Science Bob (lots of science links by category)
• Chemistry Comes Alive! Video Collection (Now ChemEd Xchange, requires subscription)
• General Chemistry Demos (Wayback Machine archive)
• MadSci Network "Welcome to the laboratory that never sleeps!"
• Chem4Kids.com
• Mr. Guch's Cavalcade o' Chemistry
• Liina Ladon's Study Aids for Chemistry
• Chemistry Teachers' Resources (Wayback Machine Archive, by Harry Clark, Jesuit High School of New Orleans)
• Descriptive Periodic Table of the Elements
• ThinkQuest Library Archive
• MicroScale Experiments
• Science Club (Wayback Machine archive)
• Teacher Files (has a few lesson plans, free clipart, and links)
• MiddleWeb (Links to MS teaching resources, extensive blogs)
• ERICDigests.org (ERIC Clearinghouse education articles)
• Teaching Techniques for Science Teachers (Thanks to Sarah at valleybookclub.com for this link!)