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Professional Teaching Societies/Informal STEMSS Organizations
and Teacher-related Materials

Many societies and organizations have been founded on providing a venue for PK-16 teachers, students and the general public to learn more about STEMSS disciplines. Professional PK-16 teaching societies provide discipline-specific information, journals, support, educational standards, conferences, and other services. Botanical gardens, zoos, museums and other informal science institutions also provide information for teacher-student field trips, families, and others interested in STEMSS. In addition, some professional societies, such as The American Association for the Advancement of Science, have also developed informal science materials to inform the public about the importance of STEMSS disciplines.

Below are a collection of links, which include teacher professional societies, gardens, museums, etc. which provide teaching and informal STEM resources. STEM topics are organized around Science for All Americans. Social studies topics are found under the "Human Society" topic throughout this website.

Physical Setting | Living Environment | Human Organism | Human Society
Designed World | Mathematical World | Historical Perspective | General Materials

The Physical Setting
(Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences)

American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

• Science. It’s Everywhere http://www.tryscience.org/parents/parent.html

American Association of Physics Teachers http://aapt.org/

American Chemical Society

• Inquiry in Action (investigations in physical science) http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=education%5Cwande%5Cinquiryaction.html

Association of Astronomy Educators http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astroed_news/

ChemCases http://chemcases.com/

Earth Science Week http://www.earthsciweek.org/

FOSS (Full Option Science System) http://www.lhsfoss.org/

• FOSS Web http://www.fossweb.com/
• FOSS Works [Research] http://www.fossworks.com/
  

Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science (GLEAMS) http://greatlakeseducators.org/

JASON Project http://pilot.jason.org/preview/home.aspx

Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/index.html

KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program) http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/

• WI Field Trips & Guest Speaker List http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Resources/Field_trips_and_Guest_Speakers/field_trip_main_page.htm

Lawrence Hall of Science (UC-Berkley) http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/

• NanoZone http://www.nanozone.org/

Merck Institute for Science Education http://www.mise.org/mise/index.jsp

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

National Association of Geoscience Teachers http://www.nagt.org/

National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) http://www.nestanet.org/

National Marine Educators Association http://www.marine-ed.org/

• Bridge: Oceans Sciences Center http://www.vims.edu/bridge/

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) http://www.nsta.org/

• New Science Teacher Academy http://www.nsta.org/academy/
• Center for Science Education http://www.nsta.org/about/pressroom.aspx?id=54627

Physics Education Technology (PhET) http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php

Physics for Elementary Teachers http://cpucips.sdsu.edu/web/pet/

Project WET http://www.projectwet.org/

Sally Ride Science https://www.sallyridescience.com/

SciMath Minnesota http://www.scimathmn.org/

Stellarium [free open-source planetarium] http://www.stellarium.org/

The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com/

Wisconsin Association of Physics Teachers (WAPT) http://www.wapt.org/

Wisconsin Elementary and Middle School Science Teachers (WEST) http://www.westsci.org/

Wisconsin Science Network http://www.wiscience.net/index.php

Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST) http://www.wsst.org/

Wisconsin Water Library for Kids http://www.aqua.wisc.edu/waterlibrary/kids/

The Living Environment
(Paleontology, Life Sciences, Botanical Sciences, Zoological Sciences)

AAAS’ Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

Alliance for the Great Lakes http://www.greatlakes.org/Page.aspx?pid=340

American Museum of Natural History http://education.amnh.org/

American Institute for Biological Sciences’ ActionBioscience http://www.actionbioscience.org/

The American Physiological Society’s Archive of teaching resources http://www.apsarchive.org/

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s BioMoleculesAlive http://www.biomoleculesalive.org/

The American Society for Cell Biology’s Cell Biology Education http://www.ascb.org/ivl/design/education.html

American Society for Microbiology

• MicrobeLibrary http://www.microbelibrary.org/

• MicrobeWorld http://www.microbeworld.org/

Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) http://www.ableweb.org/

Association of College & University Biology Educators http://www.acube.org/

Bio-Link http://www.bio-link.org/

BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium (BCC) http://www.bioquest.org/

• ESTEEM modules http://www.bioquest.org/esteem/esteem_result.php

BIOSCI/Bionet http://www.bio.net/

Bird Cams http://birdcam.xcelenergy.com/index.html
 
Botanical Society of America’s http://www.botany.org/

• Planting Science http://www.plantingscience.org/

• Online Image Collection http://www.botany.org/plantimages/

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) http://www.bscs.org/default.asp?no_intro=true

C-Fern http://www.c-fern.org/

Center for Biology Education http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/

Chicago Botanic Garden http://www.chicago-botanic.org/

Center for Science Education, Education Development Center http://www.cse.edc.org/

Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) http://www.dnalc.org/home.html

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center http://www.eagle-bluff.org/

EcoLibrary http://ecolibrary.org/
 
Ecological Society of America’s EcoEdNet http://www.ecoed.net/

Entomological Foundation http://www.entfdn.org/index.php

• EntDigital Library http://www.entlibrary.org/

Evolution (Understanding Evolution site from U. Cal - Berkley) http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

The Field Museum (Chicago)http://fieldmuseum.org/schools

• Butterflies http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/butterflies-field-museum

• Gregor Mendel http://www.fieldmuseum.org/mendel/about.asp

FOSS (Full Option Science System) http://www.lhsfoss.org/

• FOSS Web http://www.fossweb.com/
• FOSS Works [Research] http://www.lhsfoss.org/scope/research/search.php

Genomics Education Partnership http://gep.wustl.edu/)

Great Lakes Aquarium http://www.glaquarium.org/

Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science (GLEAMS) http://greatlakeseducators.org/

Great Wisconsin Birding & Nature Trail http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/trail/maps.htm

Illinois State Museum http://www.museum.state.il.us/

Kids Gardening http://www.kidsgardening.org/

Kremp Florist: Butterfly Flower Gardening http://www.kremp.com/Butterfly-Flower-Gardening-articles.htm

LEAF (Wisconsin K-12 Forestry) http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/

Life Sciences Education journal http://www.lifescied.org/

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance http://www.mmsa.org/

Microbial Life http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/

Milwaukee Public Museum http://www.mpm.edu/

Morton Arboretum http://www.mortonarb.org/

The National Aquarium http://www.nationalaquarium.com/

The National Arbor Day Foundation http://www.arborday.org/

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) http://nabt.org/

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) http://www.nbii.gov/

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) http://www.neoninc.org/

National Science Teachers Association http://www.nsta.org/

• New Science Teacher Academy http://www.nsta.org/academy/

• SciGuides http://sciguides.nsta.org/

• Center for Science Education http://www.nsta.org/about/pressroom.aspx?id=54627

National Tropical Botanical Gardens http://ntbg.org/plants/

New York Botanical Gardens: Children's Education http://www.nybg.org/edu/

New York Times, Science videos collection http://video.on.nytimes.com/

North American Association for Environmental Education’s EE-Link http://eelink.net/pages/EE-Link+Introduction

Partnership for Plant-Based Education http://www.ahs.org/youth_gardening/plant_based_education.htm

PBS Teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

Plants in Motion http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/

• sLowlife http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/toc.htm

Project BudBurst http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/

Project Learning Tree http://www.plt.org/

Project WILD http://www.projectwild.org/

Roots & Shoots Program (Jane Goodall Institute) http://www.rootsandshoots.org/

Sally Ride Science https://www.sallyridescience.com/

Science & Plants for Schools http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/

SciMath Minnesota http://www.scimathmn.org/

Shedd Aquarium (Chicago) http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/

Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment (STKE) http://stke.sciencemag.org/resources/education/

Teachers Using LIving Plants (TULIP) Project http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/gerber/

U.S. Geological Survey

• The Learning Web http://education.usgs.gov/

U.S. National Arboretum http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/index.html

University of Wisconsin Zoology Museum http://www.zoology.wisc.edu/uwzm/index.html

Video and Image Data Access (VIDA) http://www.vidacollection.org/

Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/

• Wisconsin Environmental Education Network http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/programs.htm

• EE Resources Library http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/library/

Wisconsin Elementary and Middle School Science Teachers (WEST) http://www.westsci.org/

Wisconsin Fast Plants http://www.fastplants.org/

Wisconsin Forest Resources Education Alliance http://www.wfrea.org/

Wisconsin Science Network http://www.wiscience.net/index.php

Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST) http://www.wsst.org/
 

The Human Organism
(Psychology, Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, Nutrition, Home Economics)

AAAS’ Healthy People Library Project http://www.healthlit.org/

• The Science Inside e-book series http://www.healthlit.org/scienceInside/ebook_series.htm

AAAS’ Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

AAAS’ The Right to Health http://shr.aaas.org/Right_to_Health_Manual/index.shtml

American Museum of Natural History http://education.amnh.org/

• Hall of Human Origins http://www.amnh.org/education/school_groups/exhibition.php?id=149

Asthma for Kids http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/pediatrics/patients/Tutorials/Asthma/home.cfm

Body World’s http://www.bodyworlds.com/index.html

Bristol Meyers Squibb Foundation http://www.bms.com/foundation/Pages/home.aspx

Center for Educational Outreach (Baylor College of Medicine) http://www.ccitonline.org/ceo/

• BioEd Online http://bioedonline.org/

Changing the Face of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/index.html

Children’s Health Education Center http://www.bluekids.org/

Dolan DNA Learning Center http://www.dnalc.org/home.html

eSkeletons http://www.eskeletons.org/

Human Evolution http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/

National Association of Health & Science Education Partnership http://www.nahsep.org/

National Health Museum - Access Excellence http://www.accessexcellence.org/

National Children’s Study http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/

New York Times, Health videos collection http://video.on.nytimes.com/

School Lunch Initiative http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org/

Science & Health Education Partnership http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/~sep/

Visible Human Project http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/

Human Society
(Knowledge, Data Processing, Religion and Science, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Social Issues, Education, Literature, General Geography and History)

AAAS’ Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

Babel Fish (Language) Translation http://world.altavista.com/

Bartleby: Great Books Online http://www.bartleby.com/

Center for Civic Education http://www.civiced.org/

Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/

Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/

Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP) http://genip.tamu.edu/

Google Earth http://earth.google.com/

The History Channel http://www.history.com/

Junior Achievement http://www.ja.org/

Languages of the World http://www.ethnologue.org/

Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

• American Memory Project http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/

Minnesota Historical Society http://www.mnhs.org/school/

National Council for Geographic Education http://www.ncge.org/

National Council for History Education http://www.nche.net/
 
National Council for the Social Studies http://www.ncss.org/

• Notable trade books for young people http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable/

National Council of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org/

National Council on Economic Education http://www.ncee.net/

National Geographic

• GeoBee Challenge http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
• Geography Action! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/
• National Geographic Bee http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/
• National Geographic Maps http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
• Xpeditions http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

National History Day http://www.nhd.org/

• Making History Series http://www.nhd.org/cart/

National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=education&second=dc&third=general

TerraServer USA http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

U.S. Geological Survey http://erg.usgs.gov/ 

• Geography Program Education Materials http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/pubslists/edu.html
• National Atlas of the U.S.A. http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

U.S. National Geography Standards http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/standards/matrix.html

Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies http://wcss-wi.org/

Wisconsin Heritage Online http://wisconsinheritage.org/

Wisconsin Historical Society http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/

 

The Designed World
(Technology, Engineering, Agriculture)

A World in Motion (AWIM) http://www.sae.org/exdomains/awim/aboutus/

AAAS’ Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

American Society for Engineering Education http://www.asee.org/

Architecture in Education http://www.aiaphila.org/aie/

ASIMO Humanoid Robot http://asimo.honda.com/

Biotechnology Clearinghouse of Curriculum & Instructional Resources http://www.bio-link.org/resource.htm

Center for the Advancement of Scholarship of Engineering Education http://www.nae.edu/nae/caseecomnew.nsf?OpenDatabase

Center for Engineering Education http://www.mines.edu/research/cee/

Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education http://www.ciese.org/

Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) http://www.cubekc.org/

Children Designing & Engineering http://mst-center.intrasun.tcnj.edu/index.htm

City Technology Project http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/gsoe/news/elementary-engineering.cfm

 Computational Science http://www.shodor.org/

Computer Science Teachers Association http://csta.acm.org/

Corning Museum of Glass http://www.cmog.org/
 
Design & Discovery: Experiencing Engineering through Design http://www.intel.com/education/design/

Edible School Yard http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/

The Engineer of 2020 http://www.nae.edu/nae/engeducom.nsf/weblinks/MCAA-5L3MNK?OpenDocument

Engineering is Elementary http://www.mos.org/eie/

Engineering the Future http://www.mos.org/etf/ 

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) http://www.usfirst.org/

Future Farmers of America (FFA) http://www.ffa.org/

IEEE Virtual Museum (electrical technology) http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Home

Infinity Project: Technology & Engineering Education http://www.smu.edu/lyle/infinity.aspx

Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (Purdue Univer) https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/INSPIRE

International Quilt Study Center & Museum http://www.quiltstudy.org/

International Technology Education Association (ITEA) http://www.iteaconnect.org/

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) http://www.iste.org/

Learning by Design http://www.cc.gatech.edu/projects/lbd/home.html

Linking Food and the Environment (LiFE) http://blogs.tc.columbia.edu/cfe/education/nutrition-curriculum/

Materials World Modules http://www.materialsworldmodules.org/

Molecularium (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) http://www.molecularium.com/

NanoKids (Rice U.) http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nanokids/

Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) http://www.nisenet.org/

• Small Talk podcasts http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/media/smalltalk_podcasts
• It’s A Nano World http://www.itsananoworld.org/

National Air and Space Museum http://www.nasm.si.edu/

National Building Museum http://www.nbm.org/

National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) http://ncete.org/flash/index.php

National Center for Technological Literacy (NCTL) http://www.nctl.org/ 

National Engineers Week http://www.eweek.org/

National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.nist.gov/

National Nanotechnology Initiative http://www.nano.gov/html/edu/eduteach.html

National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/ 

• National Register of Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/index.htm

National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/

• Materials Science http://www.matdl.org/

NEEDS http://www.needs.org/needs/

NetVet (Veterinary Resouces) http://netvet.wustl.edu/

OCTE (Office of Career and Technology Education) – Indiana http://www.doe.state.in.us/octe/technologyed/welcome.html
[start with the “Tech Flash” newsletter archive and “Good News” links]

One Laptop Per Child http://www.laptop.org/

Pencil Professor http://community.pencils.com/collectors-resource/meet-pencil-professor

Plant Files (cultivated) http://davesgarden.com/pf/

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) http://www.pltw.org/

Robotics Education

• http://www.robo-works.net/roboeducators.html

• http://robotics.nasa.gov/

• http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/

Robotics Competitions

• www.wirobotics.org

• www.usfirst.org

• www.firstlegoleague.org/

• http://users.wpi.edu/~savage/

• http://www.botball.org/

• http://best.eng.auburn.edu/

Robotics Platforms

• http://mindstorms.lego.com/

• http://www.vexlabs.com/

• http://www.parallax.com/

SciMath Minnesota http://www.scimathmn.org/

The Skyscraper Museum http://www.skyscraper.org/home_flash.htm

State Educational Technology Directors Association http://www.setda.org/

Strange Matter (Materials Research Society) http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/

Teach Engineering http://www.teachengineering.com/

Too Small To See (Nanotechnology) http://www.toosmalltosee.org/

University of Wisconsin – Biotechnology Center http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/

• BioTrek http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/education/

What is Engineering? http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/index.php

Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom http://www.wisagclassroom.org/

Wisconsin Educational Media Association http://www.wemaonline.org/ab.main.cfm

Wisconsin Farm Bureau http://www.wisagclassroom.org/  [provides facts and statistics about Wisconsin agriculture ]

Wisconsin Technology Education Association http://www.wtea-wis.org/

The Mathematical World

AAAS’ Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators http://www.amte.net/

Berkley Math Circles http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/

Biographies of Mathematicians http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/BiogIndex.html

Centers for Learning & Teaching (Network) http://ctl.sri.com/projects/displayProject.jsp?Nick=cltnet

• ACCLAIM http://www.acoemath.org/acclaim/site/home.html

• Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as (CEMELA) http://math.arizona.edu/~cemela/english/

• Center for Mathematics in America's Cities http://www.metromath.org/

• Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics (CPTM) http://www.cptm.us/

• Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC) http://mathcurriculumcenter.org/

• Diversity in Mathematics Education (DiME) http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/dime/

• MidAtlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning http://www.education.umd.edu/mac-mtl/

The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.php
 
HeyMath http://www.heymath.com/

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance http://www.mmsa.org/

Mathematica http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/index.html

MathWorld [Wolfram Research] http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.mctm.org/

National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics http://www.ncsmonline.org/

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) http://www.nctm.org/

National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/

• Mathematical Sciences http://mathdl.maa.org/

Project SEED http://www.projectseed.org/

SciMath Minnesota http://www.scimathmn.org/

US Dept of Education’s Designing Effective Math Instruction http://www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/Sessions.asp?Content=Math

Wisconsin Mathematics Council http://www.wismath.org/

Historical Perspectives
(History/Philosophy of Science)

AAAS’ Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/

Beyond Discovery: the path from invention to human benefit http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/

Computer History Museum http://www.computerhistory.org/
 
Hewlett Packard Museum of HP Calculators http://www.hpmuseum.org/prehp.htm 

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/

Museum of Pocket Calculating Devices http://www.calculators.de/

National History Day http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/

Nobel Museum http://www.nobelmuseum.se/zino.aspx?lan=en-us

People and Discoveries http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/
 

General Materials
Abe Books (huge catalog of new, used, rare, & out-of-print books) http://www.abebooks.com/

AAAS’ Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology http://www.aaas.org/programs/centers/pe/index.shtml

AAAS’ Entry Point http://ehrweb.aaas.org/entrypoint/

AAAS’ Project 2061 Resources http://www.project2061.org/publications/default.htm

• Atlas of Science Literacy http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/default.htm

AAAS’ Science Books & Films http://www.sbfonline.com/

American Association of School Librarians http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.cfm

American Council on Education http://www.acenet.edu//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

American Indian Library Association (AILA) http://www.ailanet.org/

American Library Association (ALA) http://www.ala.org/

• Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm

• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm

Association for Science Education (ASE) http://www.ase.org.uk/

Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) http://theaste.org/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx

Association of Science Materials Centers http://www.kitsupport.org/

Association of Science Technology Centers http://www.astc.org/

Badgerlink (WI online library) http://www.badgerlink.net/

Battle of the Books http://www.battleofthebooks.org/

BBC’s Science & Nature http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/

Body World’s http://www.bodyworlds.com/index.html

Building a Presence for Science http://ecommerce.nsta.org/bap/state_networks/wisconsin.asp

Center for the Book (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/

Center for Curriculum Materials in Science http://www.sciencematerialscenter.org/

Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC at UW- Madison) http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ 

• Center for Curriculum Materials in Science http://www.sciencematerialscenter.org/

• Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL) http://www.edgateway.net/cs/caesl/print/docs/179

• Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) http://cils.exploratorium.edu/cils/page.php?ID=23

• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) http://cirtl.wceruw.org/index.html

• St. Louis Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) http://maps.wustl.edu/cistl/

• Center for Learning and Teaching in the West (CLT-West) http://cltw.org/

• Information Technology in Science (ITS) Center http://its.tamu.edu/

• National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT) http://www.nclt.us/

• Technology Enhanced Learning in Science http://telscenter.org/

Children’s Book Council http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Children’s Book Guild of Washington D.C. http://www.childrensbookguild.org/

•  Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award http://www.childrensbookguild.org/nonfiction-award/criteria 
  [“The Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award honors an author or author-illustrator whose total work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children. Nonfiction is written or illustrated work which arranges and interprets document-able facts intended to illuminate, without imaginative invention, the following fields of knowledge: science, technology, social science, history, biography, and the arts.”]

Children’s Literacy Assembly Notable Books (annual lists) http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notable2007.htm

Children’s Picture Book Database http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/

Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) http://www.copusproject.org/

• Year of Science 2009 http://copusproject.org/yearofscience2009/

College of Exploration http://coexploration.org/

Connexions (Rice Univer.) http://cnx.org/
[open source learning]

Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC at UW-Madison) http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/

Cosmic Evolution http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html

Council for Elementary Science International http://www.cesiscience.org/

Council of State Science Supervisors http://www.csss-science.org/index.shtml

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (requires subscription) http://www.goenc.com/

Discover Magazine http://discovermagazine.com/

Education Development Center for Science Education http://cse.edc.org/default.asp

Educational Communications Board (WI) http://www.ecb.org/
[multitude of teacher resources for multiple disciplines]
 
EurekAlert http://www.eurekalert.org/

Federal Depository Libraries http://www.gpo.gov/libraries/public/

Ideas Portal for Wisconsin Educators http://www.ideas.wisconsin.edu/

Interesting Non-fiction for Kids (INK) blog http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/

International Children’s Digital Library http://www.childrenslibrary.org/

International Reading Association (IRA) http://www.reading.org/

Internet Public Library http://www.nybooks.com/

Lexile Framework for Reading http://www.lexile.com/EntrancePageFlash.html?1

Mad Sci Network http://www.madsci.org/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Open CourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

• High School http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Merck Institute for Science Education http://www.mise.org/mise/index.jsp

Museum of Science & Industry (Chicago) http://www.msichicago.org/

Minnesota – General Information http://www.50states.com/minnesot.htm

Minnesota Early Learning Foundation http://www.melf.nonprofitoffice.com/

Minnesota Kids Page http://www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?id=-536881315

Minnesota Learning Loop http://www.mnlearnloop.informns.k12.mn.us/

The National Academies (Science, Engineering, and Medicine) – STEM Education http://www.nationalacademies.org/education/

• Marian Koshland Science Museum http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/

National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) http://www.narst.org/

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards http://www.nbpts.org/

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/

National Center for Education Information http://www.ncei.com/

National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/

National Center for Science Education http://www.ncseweb.org/

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) http://www.ncte.org/ 
Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
“The Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts committee is charged each year with selecting 30 notable titles that teachers can use in teaching the language arts—writing, reading, speaking, listening, visually representing, or viewing. Books the committee considers for this annual list are written for children, grades K–8, and include works of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, picture storybooks, and books featuring word play. Even wordless books are eligible. The books must have been published within the previous copyright year…”

National Education Association http://www.nea.org/index.html

• Learning for the 21st Century http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/downloads/P21_Report.pdf

National Institute for Reading http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/

National Institute of Science Education http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/nise/

National Middle Level Science Teachers Association (NMLSTA) http://www.nmlsta.org/

National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/

• Middle School Portal http://www.msteacher.org/

• Multimedia http://www.teachersdomain.org/

• PRISMS http://prisms.mmsa.org/

National Science Education Leadership Association http://www.nsela.org/

National Science Resources Center http://www.nsrconline.org/

National Teachers Hall of Fame http://www.nthf.org/

NSTA’s ‘Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12’ list http://www.nsta.org/ostbc

New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/

New York Times Science section http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

Newsweek Educational Material http://education.newsweek.com/index.html

Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) http://www.ohiostem.org/

Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php

Portal Wisconsin http://www.portalwisconsin.org/

Praxis Project of Wisconsin http://www.uwlax.edu/mathematics/Personal/hoar/index.html

Project Guttenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

RefDesk http://www.refdesk.com/
 
Reference: Web Directory http://www.reference.com/

School Library Journal http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/

SciCentral (science news sources) http://www.scicentral.com/

Science Animations http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/animatio.htm

Science Channel’s How’s It Made http://science.discovery.com/fansites/howitsmade/howitsmade.html 

Science is Fun http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/

Science Netlinks http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

Science Books & Films (SB&F) “Best Lists” http://sbfonline.com/bestlists.htm

Science Museum of Minnesota http://www.smm.org/

SciLinks http://www.scilinks.org/

SciMath Minnesota http://www.scimathmn.org/

Science Update http://www.scienceupdate.com/

Scientific Principals http://www.nsta.org/publications/archive-principals.aspx

Smithsonian Institute Education http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html

Society of College Science Teachers http://www.scst.org/SCST/Welcome.html

Synergy Learning http://www.synergylearning.org/

System-wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE) http://www.scalemsp.org/?q=node

USA: Federal Government Portal http://www.usa.gov/

U. S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

• Designing Effective Course Instruction http://www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/Sessions.asp?SessionID=11
• Education-related Q&A http://answers.ed.gov/cgi-bin/education.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

U.S. Department of State

• Education Programs http://www.state.gov/youthandeducation/ 
• Overseas Schools Advisory Council – Educational Projects http://www.state.gov/m/a/os/57897.htm

University of Wisconsin K-12 Web Portal http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/k12/index.cfm

Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association http://www.wemtaonline.org/

• Battle of the Books http://www.wemta.org/programs/battle_of_the_books.cfm
• Golden Archer Awards http://www.wemta.org/programs/golden_archer_awards.cfm

Wisconsin – General Information http://www.50states.com/wisconsi.htm

Wisconsin – Kids Page http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/kids_page.html

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WDPI) http://dpi.wi.gov/index.html

• WKCE Assessment Frameworks http://dpi.wi.gov/oea/wkce-crt.html

Wisconsin Teacher Enhancement Program (WisTEP) http://www.wisc.edu/wistep/

World Science Festival http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/