Science

Teaching science:

• The Secret Lives of Scientists
• BEETLES Project: Science and Teaching for Field Instructors
• Brain POP
• Exploratorium-At-Home 
• Lawrence Hall of Science’s Tools
• UCSF’s Science + Health Education Partnership
• Rainforest Alliance (hover over “Teach & Learn” for more)
• Identifying BIG IDEAS in science
• Principles and big ideas of science education
• Learning in science as the development of big ideas
• Science Big Ideas in the Science Kits
• free waste diversion curriculum materials
• marine science posters

• 5 facts you should know about women who shaped modern physics

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Discrepant Events:

• Motivate the Unmotivated with Scientific Discrepant Events
• A Collection of Discrepant Events – NSTA 1999
• Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
• The Motivational Power of Science Discrepant Events
• Using Discrepant Events in Elementary Classrooms
• Collection of Discrepant Events videos

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Learning science:

• Encyclopedia of Life
• khan academy
• Crash Course! Lit, science, history for adults
• SciTable: Collaborative Learning Space for Science
• Misconceptions about science
• PBS’s NOVA
• Brain POP
• Rainforest Alliance (hover over “Teach & Learn” for more)
• Quantum mechanics 101: Demystifying tough physics in 4 easy lessons
• Scientists Unveil New Tree of Life
• Gravitational Waves Explained

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Science Networks:

• National Science Teachers Association
• SciTable: Collaborative Learning Space for Science
• MyMoon [Lunar Planetary Institute] – designed for ~35s
• Edmodo’s Science Community [need to sign up]
• The Synapse
• National Lab Network
• The Connected Science Teacher [article]
• National Girls Collaborative Project
• STEM Education Coalition
• STEM + Art = STEAM
• STEM and STEAM resources from Edutopia