Teacher Resources

Earth Science Picture of the Day: NASA's Earth Science Division brings us these amazing photographs.

Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Each day a different image is featured including an explanation by a professional astronomer.  Brought to us by NASA.

San Francisco's Exploratorium is the world's greatest hands-on science museum. Their website is amazing, too.

This link takes teachers to the NGSS.  The final draft was released April 2013.

Arvind Gupta of India has created a tremendous website explaining how to make dozens of scientific "toys" using common, everyday materials. Try some out and share your results with your science teacher and your classmates.

Robert Krampf, a.k.a. The Happy Scientist, offers a host of free resources on his website. Great videos and experiment ideas.

This link takes teachers to 50-odd physics demo PDFs, compiled by John B. Johnston, retired NH HS physics teacher.

This tone generator can produce frequencies at the .1 Hertz levels.

This website has many thought-provoking problems related to many different topics (with answers and explanations). Check it out!

A gentleman in the UK is an amateur astronomer.  He produces this website to help educate. (Since he lives in the United Kingdom, will what he describes in tonight's sky apply to the United States?)

This website from the United Kingdom offers numerous thought-provoking photos with related questions.  Try some!

This inquiry-based framework for teaching and learning science in grades 1-12 was developed by a group in Canada.  Excellent templates and ideas for all types of inquiry science.

The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network has all kinds of resources devoted to the incredible world of nanotechnology.

Zeke is a colleague from San Francisco and has been associated with the Exploratorium Teacher Institute for years.  Many useful science resources here.

Click here for the outline of Using Student Assistants in a Learner-Paced Science Class.

Click here for the more complete details of Using Student Assistants in a Learner-Paced Science Class.

Click here for the ingredients list.

Click here for Magnetism Activity #1.

Click here for Magnetism Activity #2.