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Professional STEMSS Societies and Organizations with Educational Outreach Materials

Many societies and organizations have been founded on providing a venue for scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and other professionals to meet and discuss advances in their fields. Professional STEMSS societies provide discipline-specific information, journals, support, conferences, and other services. Some discipline specific professional societies, governmental agencies, research institutes, and other organizations also provide educational outreach materials to PK-16 teachers and student and the general public. Professional societies, such as The American Association for the Advancement of Science, have also developed educational programs specifically designed for educational outreach (e.g., see Project 2061).

Below are a collection of links, which include educational outreach materials primarily for PK-12 teachers and students. STEMSS 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 | Habits of Mind | General Materials

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

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

• Global Climate Change Resources http://www.aaas.org/climate/

American Astronomical Society http://www.aas.org/education/

American Chemical Society (ASC) http://acswebcontent.acs.org/home.html

• Undergraduate Professional Education in Chemistry:  ACS guidelines and evaluation procedures for Bachelors Degree programs. http://portal.acs.org/portal/fileFetch/C/WPCP_008491/pdf/WPCP_008491.pdf
• ACS’s Strategic Plan http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_SUPERARTICLE&node_id=1390&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies http://www.amfed.org/

American Geological Institute (AGI) http://www.k5geosource.org/index.html

American Geophysical Union (AGU) http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/

American Institute of Physics http://www.aip.org/education/

• Cosmic Journey http://www.aip.org/history/cosmology/

American Meteorological Society http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/

American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/studentsandeducators/

• Physics Central http://www.physicscentral.com/

American Society of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO) http://aslo.org/outreach.html

Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) http://www.astrosociety.org/education.html

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

• Get Energized Website

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/epahome/educational.htm

• Climate Change for Kids

Gemological Institute of America http://www.gia.edu/

The Geological Society of America http://www.geosociety.org/

Geological Survey of Canada http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/education/

International Astronomical Union (IAU) http://www.iau.org/EDUCATION.8.0.html

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory https://www.llnl.gov/

Mineralogical Society of America http://www.minsocam.org/

• Minerology 4 Kids http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/es/index.html

The National Academies http://www.nationalacademies.org/

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

National Academy of Science http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer

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

• Digital Learning Network http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Digital_Learning_Network.html
• Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
• Galactic Inquiry http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Galaxy/gal1.html
• Goddard Space Flight Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/education/index.html
• HubbleSite http://hubblesite.org/
• NASA Education http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• PUMAS http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Science @ NASA http://science.hq.nasa.gov/ 
• Solar System Exploration http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/
• Space Place podcasts http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/podcast/
• Star Count http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/starcount/home/index.html
• THEMIS http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis/classroom.html
• Visible Earth http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

National Center for Atmospheric Research (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) http://www2.ucar.edu/

• Climate Change http://www.ucar.edu/research/climate/
• The Great World Wide Star Count http://www.starcount.org/
• Weather & Climate Basics http://www.eo.ucar.edu/basics/index.html
• Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

• Global Warming http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/ipcc/index.html
• National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/index.shtml
• National Weather Service http://www.nws.noaa.gov/education.php
• Space Environment Center http://sec.noaa.gov/Education/index.html
• Space Weather Prediction Center http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Education/index.html

National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/

National Resources Conservation Service – Soils Website http://soils.usda.gov/

• Minnesota NRCS http://www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/teachers.html
• Wisconsin NRCS http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/teachers.html
• Web Soil Survey http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

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

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/

National Speleological (Caves) Society http://www.caves.org/brochure/

River Alliance of Wisconsin http://www.wisconsinrivers.org/index.php?page=content&mode=view&id=130

Rocky Mountain Institute http://www.rmi.org/

Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.rsc.org/Education/index.asp

• Chemical misconceptions http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/misconceptions.htm

Scripps Institution of Oceanography http://scrippseducation.ucsd.edu/

Sloan Digital Sky Survey http://www.sdss.org/education/

Snow Crystals http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

Soil Science Society of America https://www.soils.org/lessons/

Space Telescope Science Institute [Hubble] http://www.stsci.edu/outreach/

U.S. Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov/

• K-12 Energy Lesson Plans & Activities http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/lessonplans/
• Renewable Energy http://www.nrel.gov/learning/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/

• Climate Change http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/school.html
• RadTown http://www.epa.gov/radtown/

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

• Fact Sheets http://water.usgs.gov/wid/indexlist.html
• Learning Web http://education.usgs.gov/
• Rocks & Minerals http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/rxmin/index.html
• Teachers, Students, & Explorers http://ct.water.usgs.gov/education/education.htm
• Water Education Resources http://water.usgs.gov/education.html 

U.S. Society for Ecological Economics http://www.ussee.org/v2/

University of Michigan’s Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences

• Tornado Paths http://tornadopaths.org/samson/Site/About%20Perry.html

Water on the Web http://waterontheweb.org/index.html

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

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/

Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium http://www.uwgb.edu/WSGC/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=50241

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

AlgaeBase http://www.algaebase.org/

American Arachnological Society http://www.americanarachnology.org/AAS_information.html

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

• Global Climate Change Resources http://www.aaas.org/climate/

American Birding Association http://www.aba.org/publications/

American Bryological and Lichenological Society http://www.abls.org/

American Cetacean Society (whales and dolphins) http://www.acsonline.org/

American Entomological Society http://rex.ansp.org/hosted/aes/edRes.htm

American Fern Society http://amerfernsoc.org/index.html

American Fisheries Society http://web.fisheries.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=35&Itemid=85

American Forests http://www.americanforests.org/

American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS) http://www.aibs.org/eye-on-education/

• ActionBioscience http://actionbioscience.org/
• Issues in Education http://actionbioscience.org/education/index.html

American Malacological Society http://www.malacological.org/index.html

American Ornithologists’ Union (Checklist of North American Birds) http://www.aou.org/checklist/north/

 The American Physiological Society (APS) http://www.the-aps.org/education/index.htm

American Phytopathological Society (plant diseases) http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/Pages/default.aspx

American Public Gardens Association http://www.aabga.org/

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) http://www.asbmb.org/CareersAndEducation.aspx?id=310&linkidentifier=id&itemid=310

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) http://www.ascb.org/

• Cell-WEB http://www.ascb.org/cellweb/index.cfm
• BioEDUCATE http://bioeducate.ascb.org/
• Life Sciences Education http://www.lifescied.org/
• Online seminars http://www.ascb.org/ibioseminars/

American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology http://asgsb.org/index.php

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) http://www.asm.org/index.php/education/whats-new-in-asm-education.html

American Society for Photobiology http://www.pol-us.net/ASP_Home/aspkids/aspkids.html

American Society of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO) http://www.aslo.org/education.html

The American Society of Mammalogists http://www.mammalsociety.org/

American Society of Parasitologists http://asp.unl.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28

American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) http://www.aspb.org/

Amphibian Ark http://www.amphibianark.org/education/

AnimalBase http://www.animalbase.org/

Animal Behavior Society http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABSEducation/

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force http://www.anstaskforce.gov/education.php

Association of State Wetland Managers http://aswm.org/

Bat Conservation International http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp

Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries http://www.thebeaconinstitute.org/approach/education.php

Biodiversity Heritage Library http://biodivlib.wikispaces.com/About

The Biodiversity Project http://www.biodiversityproject.org/

BiosciEdNet (BEN) Portal http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/

BIOSIS http://www.biosis.org/

• Biology Browser http://www.biologybrowser.org/

Bird Life International http://www.birdlife.org/

Botanical Society of America (BSA) http://www.botany.org/outreach/

• PlantingScience http://www.plantingscience.org/

Botanic Gardens Conservation International http://www.bgci.org/education/home/

Butterflies and Moths of North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Catalogue of Life http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/search.php

Census of Marine Life http://www.coml.org/education

Center for Invasive Plant Management http://www.weedcenter.org/

Center for Plant Conservation http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/Education/Publications/Publications.asp

Chemical & Engineering News

• Critter Chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/cen/critter/critterchemistry.html

Conchologists of America http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org/home/

Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/LabPrograms/Education/index.html?lk=lpro

• The birds of North America Online http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/
• Great Backyard Bird Count http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc

Consortium for Ocean Leadership http://www.oceanleadership.org/link/cosee            

• Deep Earth Academy http://www.oceanleadership.org/education/

Digital Library for Earth System Education http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp

The Dragonfly Society of the Americas (Odonata Central) http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/checklists/namerica/

Ecological Society of America (ESA) http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/

• Ecology Course Syllabus Exchange http://esa.org/education/syllabus/

Encyclopedia of Life http://www.ngbw.org/eol/index.html

Entomological Society of American (ESA) http://www.entsoc.org/resources/index.htm

Environmental Literacy Council http://www.enviroliteracy.org/

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007049.pdf

FishBase http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

Flora of North America http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/Outreach/science_outreach.shtml

FlyBase http://flybase.org/

Great Lakes WATER Institute http://www.glwi.uwm.edu/

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) http://www.fau.edu/hboi/education/index.php

Herpetology Hotline http://www.peabody.yale.edu/collections/vz/herpform.html#

Hummingbird Conservancy http://www.thc-fc.org/7.html

Illinois Natural History Survey http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/

International Association for Bear Research & Management http://www.bearbiology.com/

International Society of Protistologists http://www.uga.edu/~protozoa/about.html#

International Union of Biological Sciences http://www.iubs.org/

• Commission on Biology Education http://www.iubs.org/iubs/iubs.html 

International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) http://www.treesaregood.com/pressrelease/press.aspx

International Wolf Center http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp

Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW) http://ipaw.org/

iPlant Collaborative http://www.iplantcollaborative.org/home  

Journal of Visual Experiments (advanced cellular molecular) http://www.jove.com/

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center http://www.wildflower.org/

Long Term Ecological Research (US) http://www.lternet.edu/

• Education links for each station http://www.lternet.edu/sites/site_links.php
• K-12 Schoolyard Program http://schoolyard.lternet.edu/

Man and Mollusk Site http://www.manandmollusc.net/

Minnesota Department of Natural Resouces http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/es/index.html

• MN State Parks System http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/index.html

Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.mobot.org/education/default.asp

• Biology of Plants http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/main.html
• Botanicus Digital Library http://botanicus.org/

Museum of Paleontology (UC-Berkeley) – Understanding Evolution http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration http://www.mysticaquarium.org/

The National Academies http://www.nationalacademies.org/

• Marian Koshland Science Museum http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/
• National Academy of Science http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer
• Resources for Teaching Evolution http://nationalacademies.org/evolution/

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

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

National Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/

National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/

National Council for Science and the Environment http://ncseonline.org/

• Earth Portal http://www.earthportal.org/
• Encyclopedia of Earth http://www.eoearth.org/

National Eagle Center http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/

National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/ECDefault.aspx?ID=318

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center http://www.nescent.org/eog/

National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

• Oceans for Life http://www.ngsednet.org/community/index.cfm?community_id=128

National Institute of Invasive Species Science http://www.niiss.org/cwis438/websites/niiss/home.php?WebSiteID=1

National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) http://www.mnh.si.edu/

• Plant Image Collection http://persoon.si.edu/PlantImages/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

• National Marine Sanctuaries http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/tour/video/channelislands.html
• Northwest Fisheries Science Center http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/education/index.cfm
• Harmful Algal Blooms Classroom Curriculum http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/outreach/education.html

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

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore http://www.nps.gov/apis/
• Grand Portage National Monument http://www.nps.gov/grpo/ 
• Mississippi National River & Recreation Area http://www.nps.gov/miss/
• Pipestone National Monument http://www.nps.gov/pipe/ 
• St. Croix National Scenic Riverway http://www.nps.gov/sacn/
• Voyageurs National Park http://www.nps.gov/voya/
  

National Sea Grant Library http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/libraries/education.html

National Shellfisheries Association http://shellfish.org/res-web.htm

National Zoological Park (Smithsonian) http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

Natural History Museum, London http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

New York Botanical Garden http://www.nybg.org/ 

North American Benthological Society http://www.benthos.org/Education/index.cfm

North American Butterfly Association http://www.naba.org/

North American Native Fishes Association http://www.nanfa.org/mission.shtml

North American Native Plant Society http://www.nanps.org/

Organization of Biological Field Stations http://www.obfs.org/

The Orthopterists’ Society http://140.247.119.138/OS_Homepage/

Paleontological Research Institution http://www.priweb.org/ed/ed_home.html

Phycological Society of America http://www.psaalgae.org/website/resources/educational.html

Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/

Scott’s Botanical Links http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/

Society for Conservation Biology http://www.conbio.org/resources/Education/

Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) http://www.sdbonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=62

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) http://www.sicb.org/

Society for In Vitro Biology http://www.sivb.org/edu.asp

Society for Mathematical Biology http://www.smb.org/education/index.shtml

Society for Range Management http://www.rangelands.org/education_studentactivities.shtml

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles http://www.ssarherps.org/

The Society for the Study of Evolution http://www.evolutionsociety.org/resourcesteachers.asp

Society of Nematologists (Round worms) http://www.nematologists.org/

Society of Systematic Biologists http://systbio.org/?q=node/80

Society of Toxicology (SOT) http://www.toxicology.org/ai/eo/education.asp

Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) http://www.sws.org/education/

Species Databases: see

AlgaeBase
AnimalBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Catalogue of Life
Encyclopedia of Life
FishBase

TEACH Great Lakes http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/

Turkey Vulture Society http://vulturesociety.homestead.com/

Water on the Web http://waterontheweb.org/index.html

Weed Science Society of America http://www.wssa.net/

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources http://dnr.wi.gov/education/

• WI State Park System http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/ 

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/

Wisconsin State Herbarium http://www.botany.wisc.edu/herbarium/

WormBase http://www.wormbase.org/

U.S. Botanical Garden http://www.usbg.gov/

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/

• NRCS Plants Database http://plants.usda.gov/ 
• Silvics of North America Manual http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.shtm

U.S. Department of the Interior (BLM) http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm            

• Hands on the Land programs http://www.handsontheland.org/home.cfm

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/educators/

• Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River http://www.fws.gov/midwest/mussel/
• Kid’s Corner http://www.fws.gov/educators/students.html

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

• Coastal Wetlands Guide http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html
• EarthShots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
• Fact Sheets http://water.usgs.gov/wid/indexlist.html
• Learning Web http://education.usgs.gov/
• National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt
• National Institute of Invasive Species Science http://www.niiss.org/cwis438/websites/niiss/home.php?WebSiteID=1
• Sea Otter Research http://www.werc.usgs.gov/project.aspx?projectid=91
• Teachers, Students, & Explorers http://ct.water.usgs.gov/education/education.htm
• Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of WI & MN http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/mnplant/index.htm

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

American Academy of Actuaries http://www.actuary.org/health.asp

American Academy of Neurology (Patient Education Series) http://www.aan.com/storefront/Patient_Education_C20.cfm

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

• The science inside series http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/ScienceInside/

American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/ed/

• PsycINFO http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/

American Association of Poison Control Centers’s Poison Control Centers Directory http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/default.aspx

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

American Dental Association http://www.ada.org/public.aspx

American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2625.html

American Nurses Association http://www.nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/Educators.aspx  

American Psychiatric Association’s Healthy Minds http://www.healthyminds.org/ 
[online resource for anyone seeking mental health information]

American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/topics/

American Physiological Society http://www.the-aps.org/education/edu_k12.htm  

American Society of Human Genetics            

• GenEdNet http://www.ashg.org/education/
  

American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=4

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/education/

Center for Young Women’s Health (Children’s Hospital Boston) http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/

Congress of Neurological Surgeons http://www.cns.org/

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute http://www.dana-farber.org/can/default.html

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

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) http://www.hhmi.org/            

• BioInteractive http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/
• Education News http://www.hhmi.org/news/sci_ed.html

Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) http://www.hapsweb.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=6

Human Origins http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook02.html

Intelihealth [Harvard Medical School] http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) http://www.mayoclinic.com/
 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/457.cfm

Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mdausa.org/disease/

The National Academies http://www.nationalacademies.org/

• Institute of Medicine of the National Academies http://www.iom.edu/

National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

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

• Fit Explorer Challenge http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/fitexplorer/fit/

National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/Education/

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

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

National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/

• Doing Science (Middle School) http://science.education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/MSInquiry.htm

• National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

• Digital Cadaver http://visu.uwlax.edu/Anatomy/DigitalCadaver.html

• The Visible Human Project http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

• National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/EducationalResources/

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Publications/

• National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/

• Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/

National Institute of Environmental Health http://www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education/

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/index.shtml

National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/kidneyDisease/

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child http://www.developingchild.net/

Nutrition:  Fed government database http://www.nutrition.gov/  

Oncology Nursing Society http://www.ons.org/  

Pauling Institute [nutrition] http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/

Radiation Research Society http://timssnet2.allenpress.com/ECOMradres/timssnet/common/tnt_frontpage.cfm

U. S. Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

• Food Pyramid http://www.mypyramid.gov/

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/

• National Women’s Health Information Center http://www.womenshealth.gov/

U.S. Department of the Interior (BLM) http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm

• Adventures in the Past http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) http://www.usgs.gov/

• Teaching with Topographic Maps http://education.usgs.gov/common/lessons/teaching_with_topographic_maps.html
   

U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/Education/  

WebMD http://www.webmd.com/

World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/

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

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

American Geographical Society http://www.amergeog.org/

American Historical Association, Teaching section http://www.historians.org/teaching/

American Sociological Association http://www.asanet.org/teaching/resources.cfm

Association of American Geographers http://www.aag.org/

BadgerLink Toolkit for Educators and Librarians http://www.badgerlink.net/toolkit.html

Earthjustice’s Organization Database http://www.earthjustice.org/about_us/clients_coalitions/index.html

Geodata.gov http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos

Global Language Monitor http://www.languagemonitor.com/  

Global WordNet http://www.globalwordnet.org/  

Hap Map Project http://www.hapmap.org/tutorials.html.en

Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages http://www.livingtongues.org/projects.html

Minnesota Historical Society http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm

Nation Master http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php  

National Archives http://www.archives.gov/index.html

National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

• Genographic Project https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html

• National Geographic Kids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0301/

• Hands-On Explorer Challenge http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/handsonexplorer/handson-explorer-challenge/

• National Geographic News http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/index.html
• OceansLive http://isc.gso.uri.edu/oceanslive

National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian) http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Organization of American Historians http://www.oah.org/teaching_tools/

Peace Corps http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/

Time Magazine’s Teacher site http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/index.html

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) http://www.usgs.gov/

• Education Resources for Teachers http://education.usgs.gov/docs/education_brochure_high.pdf
• Fact Sheets http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/pubslists/index.html
• Finding Your Way with Map and Compass http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html
• Maps and Aerial Photo Images Online http://nationalmap.gov/gio/viewonline.html
• National Maps http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/
• Teaching with Topographic Maps http://education.usgs.gov/common/lessons/teaching_with_topographic_maps.html

United States Capitol Historical Society http://www.uschs.org/Content/20.htm

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

Wisconsin State Cartographers Office http://www.sco.wisc.edu/references/weblinks/education.php

World History Association http://www.thewha.org/teaching_secondary_school.php

References:
Mills, E. S.  2007.  Evidence Explained.  Geneological Publication Company.  Baltimore.

The Designed World
(Architecture, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture)

AgBase http://www.agbase.msstate.edu/

American Architectural Foundation http://www.archfoundation.org/aaf/aaf/index.htm

The American Horticultural Society http://www.ahs.org/

American Institute of Architects (AIA) http://www.aia.org/nav_atp

• Minnesota AIA http://www.aia-mn.org/int_continuing-ed/index.cfm

• Wisconsin AIA http://www.aiaw.org/about/comm/ais.shtml

• Soloso http://soloso.aia.org/eknowledge/index.htm

American Iron and Steel Institute http://www.steel.org/

American Petroleum Institute http://www.api.org/classroom/links/

American Scientific Glassblowers Society http://www.asgs-glass.org/

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers http://www.asabe.org/membership/students/index.html

American Society of Civil Engineers http://www.asce.org/kids/

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE) http://www.ashrae.org/students/

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) http://www.tsaweb.org/TEAMS_UNITE

American Society of Highway Engineers http://www.highwayengineers.org/

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) http://www.asme.org/

American Society of Naval Engineers http://www.navalengineers.org/

American Society of Safety Engineers http://www.asse.org/

American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/default.asp

Architecture + Design Education Network (A+DEN) http://www.adenweb.org/

Architecture for Humanity http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/

The Architect of the U.S. Capitol http://www.aoc.gov/

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/welcome.html

Association of Zoos & Aquariums http://www.aza.org/conservation-education/

BaSiC Initiative http://www.basicinitiative.org/Home.htm

Biotechnology Institute http://www.biotechinstitute.org/  

Chemical & Engineering News            

• What’s That Stuff http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html

Chicago Architecture Foundation http://caf.architecture.org/page.aspx?pid=477

• School Yards to Skylines http://caf.architecture.org/education/resources/schoolyardstoskylines

Chicago Center for Green Technology http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Chicago+Center+for+Green+Technology&entityNameEnumValue=161

Chinook: World Man-Machine Checkers Champion http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (Smithsonian) http://ndm.si.edu/

EARTH http://www.earth.arts.gla.ac.uk/html/home.html

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org/

The Global Crop Diversity Trust http://www.croptrust.org/main/

The Herb Society of America http://www.herbsociety.org/

Historic American Engineering Record (Built in America) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

Humanoid Robotics Group http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/humanoid-robotics-group/

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) http://www.ieee.org/web/education/home/index.html

Institute of Paper Science & Technology (IPST) http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/index.html

Intel Education Initiative http://www.intel.com/education/?cid=edww:printad001

The Land Institute http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/Publications%3E%3EGeneral%20publ

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/resources/resources.htm

Minnesota Department of Agriculture http://www.mda.state.mn.us/kids/default.htm

Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.misa.umn.edu/NewsandEvents/Newsletters/SustainableAgricultureNewsletter/index.htm

The National Academies http://www.nationalacademies.org/

• National Academy of Engineering http://www.nae.edu/nae/naehome.nsf

National Agricultural Statistics Service http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/index.asp

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

National Gardening Association http://www.kidsgardening.com/

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

National Inventors Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/

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

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

National Society of Professional Engineers http://www.nspe.org/

Poultry Science Association http://www.poultryscience.org/links_ind.asp

San Diego Super Computing Center http://education.sdsc.edu/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=68&meid=-1

Schools of the 21st Century http://archrecord.construction.com/schools/0701_mainHome.asp

Society for Economic Botany http://www.econbot.org/_about_/index.php?sm=07

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/servicecenters.pl?/html/serv_center_educ.htm&&&SME&

Society of Plastics Engineers http://www.4spe.org/

Society for Industrial Microbiology http://www.simhq.org/resources/resources.aspx

Steamboat Digital Photograph Collection (UW-La Crosse http://www.uwlax.edu/Murphylibrary/departments/steamboatphotos.html

Structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures http://en.structurae.de/

TechAmerica http://www.techamerica.org/

Thinkfinity http://www.thinkfinity.org/

UNESCO’s World Heritage Center http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/

• Clean School Bus USA program http://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/

U. S. Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

• Agriculture Research Service http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/main.htm

• Educators and Students http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=YOUTH_RESOURCES&parentnav=EDUCATOR_STUDENT&navtype=RT

• Sci4Kids http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/

U. S. Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/fdaandyou/

U.S. Green Building Council http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19

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

Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/

Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers (WSPE) http://www.wspe.org/index.html

The Mathematical World

American Institute of Mathematics http://www.aimath.org/outreach/

American Mathematical Society (AMS) http://www.ams.org/

• Math Moments http://www.ams.org/mathmoments
• Math in the Media http://www.ams.org/mathmedia/archive/

American Statistical Association (ASA) http://www.amstat.org/education/index.cfm?fuseaction=k12

• Ed Pegg Jr.’s Math Games http://www.maa.org/news/mathgames.html
  

Digital Library of Mathematical Functions http://dlmf.nist.gov/

Lang, R. J. Computational Origami http://www.langorigami.com/

Mathematica® (software program for computation, modeling, simulation, visualization, development, documentation, and deployment) http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/index.html

Mathematical Association of America (MAA) http://www.maa.org/

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute http://www.msri.org/activities/mcb/index_html

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

• PUMAS http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) http://www.siam.org/

Society for Mathematical Biology http://www.smb.org/education/index.shtml

Historical Perspectives
(History/Philosophy of Science)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

American Institute of Physics’ Cosmic Journey http://www.aip.org/history/cosmology/

History of Cartography Project http://www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/

La Crosse History Unbound http://www.lacrossehistory.org/  

National Museum of American History (Smithsonian) http://americanhistory.si.edu/  

Oughtred Society http://www.oughtred.org/srlinks.shtml

Habits of Mind

Values and Attitudes

Computation and Estimation

Manipulation and Observation

The Eight Planets http://www.nineplanets.org/

Floral Radiographs http://www-personal.umich.edu/~agrxray/

Microscopy Society of America http://www.msa.microscopy.org/ProjectMicro/

NASA’s PDS Imaging Node http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/Missions/index.html

Nikon’s Small World contest http://www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/gallery/index.html

Olympus’ Bioscapes Digital Imaging contest http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/

A Planetary Photojournal http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

Views of the Solar System http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm

Communication Skills

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

• Science http://www.sciencemag.org/

• Other publications http://www.aaas.org/publications/

Fine Gardening’s Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/spg017.asp

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) http://www.pnas.org/

• InterViews http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=INTERVIEWS_Main

Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/education/index.shtml

• American Scientist Online http://www.americanscientist.org/
  
  
  Critical-response Skills
  
   

General Materials

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• AAAS Centers http://www.aaas.org/programs/centers/
• PodCasts http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl

American Academy of Arts and Sciences http://www.amacad.org/projects/education.aspx

American Institutes for Research http://www.air.org/

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

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

• Everyday Mysteries http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/

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

• 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/

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

Discover Magazine http://discovermagazine.com/
 
EurekAlert http://www.eurekalert.org/

Fine Gardening’s Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/spg017.asp

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

Martindale’s Calculators On-Line Center http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html

Minnesota Academy of Science http://www.mnmas.org/mnmas/Home.asp

National Academy of Sciences (National Research Council, Science, Institue of Medicine, & Engineering) http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer

The National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/

The National Academies – STEM Education http://www.nationalacademies.org/education/

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

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

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

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

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

National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/

• Middle School Portal – Science http://msteacher.org/science.aspx
• National Digital Science Library http://nsdl.org/            
• Science & Engineering Statistics http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
• Math & Science Partnership http://hub.mspnet.org/index.cfm/home

New York Public Library Digital Collections http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=science

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

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

Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/

SciLinks http://www.scilinks.org/

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/education/index.shtml

• American Scientist Online http://www.americanscientist.org/

Small World contest (Nikon) http://www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/gallery/index.html

State (USA) Academies of Science http://www.erskine.edu/

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society’s
Public Understanding of Science http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/public/index.shtml

TED:  Ideas worth spreading http://www.ted.com/

United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/Collections.shtml

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/