WGBH Teachers Domain in partnership with NSDL hosted a meeting of 17 leaders in education from 14 states in Boston to discuss educational issues that included best practices and models for professional development, online resources for teaching, educational technology, and effective methods for teaching science. Participants learned about the rich media resources found […]

Just in time for back to school, Teachers’ Domain has expanded resources in Science, Math, Social Studies, Art, and English Language Arts for grades K-12. We have also added a Teachers’ Domain College Edition, which includes resources in science and engineering for higher education, and VITAL New York, K-12 resources for NY state educators. Click here to read the […]

Today in History - August 10, 1846 -An Act of Congress signed by President James K. Polk established the Smithsonian Institution as a trust to administer the bequest of James Smithson. Smithson, a British chemist and mineralogist, named his nephew as beneficiary of his will, stipulating that, should the nephew die without heirs (as he […]

Today in History - August 8, 2007 - Astronaut Barbara Morgan, an elementary school teacher from Idaho, was the first teacher to have a successful voyage in space. Morgan’s flight was on the STS-118 (August 8-21, 2007), the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, and the 20th flight for […]

Today in History -August 7, 1944 - Largest electromechanical calculator ever built. The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) (also called the Harvard Mark I) was the largest electromechanical calculator ever built and the first automatic digital calculator in the United States. Its size was 51 feet wide and eight feet high and weighted […]