Use some of these great resources mentioned in the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Chemistry Comes Alive III: Water.
We’ve used a Diigo list, a social bookmarking site to list these resources. Diigo allows you to save bookmarks right off of your browser. You can then send them to your colleagues, make annotations and […]

Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms and his popular blog recently presented at the National Middle School Association conference in Denver. The session was packed with information and thought-provoking ideas, some of which I have captured here:
Our ability to form groups through the use of […]

No Child Left Inside…
We are in the midst of Earth Science Week 2008 (October 12-18)! Take the opportunity before the week is over (as well as beyond it) to access the valuable materials for teachers and students at the American Geological Institute’s (AGI) Earth Science Week site. With the theme of “No Child Left Inside,” […]

The Great World Wide Star Count
October 20 - November 3, 2008
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/starcount
This Windows to the Universe program is an international citizen-science event that encourages everyone, astronomers and non-astronomers alike, to measure their local light pollution and report their observations online. The Great World Wide Star Count, part of the Dark Skies Awareness cornerstone project for […]

The 2008 Speak Up Survey run by Project Tomorrow is now open through December 19th. This is a national survey of teachers, students, parents and school leaders related to technology in the schools. School districts can participate for free and in the process receive their local data provided by Project Tomorrow.
Some of the […]

In response to a need for professional development in science for afterschool educators, the Exploratorium, the premier science center located in San Francisco, organized a series of teacher training workshops and online resources for the afterschool community. Even before they started their first workshop, Sherry Hsi, Director of Online Learning at the Exploratorium, and […]

In the past year, a greater interest in online learning has brought forth a flurry of discussion on what schools should offer their students and teachers in terms of training and course development suited for an online medium. The 2007 Speak Up Survey conducted by Project Tomorrow polled students, teachers, parents, and school leaders […]

Thanks, Robert for posting all of those valuable astronomy resources. I would like to add another. The AAPT digital library for K-12 Physics and Astronomy that is under the ComPADRE Pathways Project: http://thephysicsfront.org There you will find lesson plans, references, activities, simulations, assessments, teacher content support and student tutorials as well as much much more….

2009 marks the 400th anniversary in celebrating Gallileo’s use of a telescope to study the night sky. As a prelude to the International Year of Astronomy, NSDL offers the first seminar in the 2008 Fall Series: Celebrating Astronomy: A Star’s Story on Thursday, September 25th. Our NSDL experts, Dr. Cathy […]

This blog is for K12 educators to explore, discuss, and learn about resources, tools, and educational issues related to the use of digital resources in teaching. Entries will include highlights from the NSDL collection, content and materials showcased in the NSDL Web Seminar Series in partnership with the National Science Teachers Association, best practices […]