AccessSTEM
The AccessSTEM website is a space where K-12 teachers, post secondary educators, and employers learn to make classroom and employment opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) accessible to individuals with disabilities. Provides links to information about helping students with disabilities reach success in college and careers. The site contains open-captioned video clips for people who can’t hear the audio. It minimizes photos and graphics and includes descriptions of each for patrons who cannot see the display.

American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History site on "ology" includes many science sources for children. Lesson plans and activities are on the following topics  or "ologies": anthropology, astronomy, biology, earth science, and paleontology. There are guides to past and present exhibits all of which highlight  Essential Questions. Some examples of these are, "How did early humans live? and "Why are they so diverse?". Also included on the site is an After School Educator's Guide.

AMNH’s Career and Research Resource Page
Resources for Learning is a collection of activities, articles, evidence and analysis and more maintained by the American Museum of Natural History. Educators , families, and students can get information on a variety of careers in anthropology, astronomy, biology, earth science, paleontology, and more. The site also provides links to thematically-grouped resources for research projects ( Antarctica, the solar system, ocean life, etc…).

Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It also provides free access to streaming video content for teachers to use during their lessons

Annenberg Media Exhibits
This cool site gives you information on how Hollywood films are made to how math is used in your daily life.  The site also allows you to view free videos to broaden your understanding of the topic you chose. For teachers, there are online workshops or teach-yourself DVD’s that can enhance your knowledge of a particular subject or concept within that subject.  

Annenberg Media Learner.org for Students
This section of the website is dedicated to fun and interactive lessons for students to work on at his or her own pace and explore topics of interest to them.  This section is organized as exhibits, which are interactive extensions of a concept or theme explored in one of our video resources.  Teachers could also tie these into their lessons.

Ask Dr. Math
Funded by Drexel University, this website provides students a forum to post and receive answers to difficult math problems and concepts.

Atomarchive: Exploring the History and Consequences of the Atomic Age
This website was created for students, educators, and the general public to help them understand the science, history and consequences of the atomic age. It includes a large collection of digital assets, such as original texts, eyewitness accounts, rare photographs, videos and full color maps. This site is a member of the Nuclear Pathways project, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library effort. It can be an invaluable tool in not only teaching scientific history but in fostering debate and reflection on the ethical implications of science and technology.

Baltimore County Public Schools Online Digital Content (databases)
Access over 1200 fulltext magazine and journals, multimedia, reference books, and evaluated web content with one keyword/subject search of each of the databases. These fee-based subscription services target STEM education and include the following resources: Science Resource Center, e-Science Reference Books, World Book, BrainPop, SIRS WebSelect, SIRS Web Find, Student Resource Center Gold, and other digital content specific to the humanities. Access via the BCPS wide area network does NOT require a password; however, when using from a remote location (home or any computer worldwide), a user ID and password are required. See your school library media specialist for a handout with all the login ID's and passwords.

Baltimore County Public Schools Online Research Models
Elementary | Middle | High School
Developed during the BCPS Summer Curriculum Workshops in collaboration with content-specific curriculum offices, these online research models raise the bar on student research, information and technology literacy competencies, and inquiry-based content learning in STEM education. These research assignments or investigations center around an essential high-level question that requires students to "create meaning" not just copy and paste information that is easily done with a research assignment such as a "bird" report, a "country" report, etc. The essential questions is formulated from the Maryland VSC and the learning is scaffold in the following manner: Scenario, Task, Product, Assessments, Resources (evaluated), Organize, Conclusion, and Reflection. Also, the teacher page outlines the alignment of standards across targeted content curricula content and skills. To access specific subject area Online Research Models use the convenient index links.

BBC Interactive Body
Make learning about the human body engaging and interactive!  Build a skeleton, stretch some muscles and organize the organs in our interactive body.  Discover how the body changes during puberty and put your senses to the test in our senses challenge.

Biological Sciences Pathway (NSDL)

Biology Online
Biology Online is a source for biological information, ideal for homework, research projects and general interest. The site is currently separated into four main areas, each offering a different way for you to look up biological information. Great for research!

The Bridge
Is part of the College of William and Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science Program.  It was created to provide educators with content-correct and content-current marine information and data, support researchers in outreach efforts, and to improve communications amount educators and between the education and research communities.  The Bridge is also supported by several trustworthy national organizations as National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Marine Educators Association.  This website is a great resource for teachers to use because it includes helpful information such as lesson plans, research and data connections, professional development ideas, etc.  The Bridge is a great site for students of all ages to use to learn more about oceanic science in a more fun and interesting manner.

Center for Biology Education
Pre-college programs catalyze K-12 science education reform by promoting an inquiry-based approach to learning and building long-term partnerships with schools, teachers and community members. The Center works to enhance science education career opportunities for all students.”  It includes teacher programs, K-12 student programs, and general public outreach.

Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning

The work world is fast becoming more international. UW-Madison Provost Pat Farrell claims that “interdisciplinary will increasingly become the norm in science professions.” This article talks of his recommendations that professors “train their students to synthesize knowledge from different disciplines (chemistry, physics, biology) and to analyze diverse sources of data. In response to a comment, he added that interdisciplinary academic programs may attract more women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation graduate students.”

Cool Math Coolmath has existed since the spring of 1997 and has grown to be one of the most popular sources for math education in the world. It’s entertaining and hands-on web site includes mathematical games, fractal puzzles, and information on mathematical careers.

Computational Science Pathway (NSDL)

Digital Library for Earth System Education
DLESE is the Digital Library for Earth System Education, a geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. It is funded by the National Science Foundation and is being built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels and in both formal and informal settings. Resources in DLESE include lesson plans, scientific data, visualizations, interactive computer models, and virtual field trips.

Digital Library of Indigenous science resources
The DLISR is a library collection of online text, video, audio, and image files of Indigenous science reflecting both knowledge about the natural world and ways of teaching and learning about it.  All DLISR resources are authored and/or produced by Indigenous persons or organizations, or approved for inclusion in the library collection by an elder or other Indigenous person with the expertise to assess the resource.  Over 300 resources have already been collected for inclusion and are presently being catalogued.

Earth Observatory
The purpose of NASA’s Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth’s climate and environmental change. This site includes current as well as archived news, data, and satellite images. Students can build animation sequences demonstrating and comparing a variety of changes on the global level.

EdHeads
Edheads educational Web experiences are designed to make hard-to-teach concepts understandable using the power and interactivity of the Internet. All the activities at the Edheads site have connections to National and State standards in their teacher sections. Some engaging, fun, and interactive activities include the following: Simple Machines, Victual Hip Surgery, Virtual Knee Surgery, Energy/Matter, and Weather.

Effective Access:  Using Digital Resources to Enhance High School Teaching in STEM
This article discusses the needs of educators trying to find digital resources because there is so much available on the web.  The National STEM Digital Library (NSDL) is focusing on identifying what teachers need and making it easily accessible to them.  Also discussed in this article is the problem of the digital libraries not knowing how teachers search for information.  “Effective Access” is aimed at saving teacher’s time and giving them what they need to meet the needs of the students.

Engineering by Design™ (EbD) A Standards-Based Model Program
The International Technology Education Association's Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology and Science (ITEA-CATTS) has developed the only standards-based national model for Grades K-12 that delivers technological literacy. The model, Engineering by Design™ is built on Standards for Technological Literacy (ITEA); Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM); and Project 2061, Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS). Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy: Student Assessment, Professional Development, and Program Standards (AETL) that identifies the means for the implementation* of Standards for Technological Literacy in K—12 laboratory-classrooms. AETL contains three separate but interrelated sets of standards: student assessment* practices to be used by teachers, professional development* to assure effective* and continuous* in-service* and pre-service* education for teachers of technology, and detailed program* standards that delineate educational requirements used to promote the development of technological literacy.
CPS is adopting the Engineering by Design curriculum beginning next year.  Maryland is part of a 15 state consortium that receives the curriculum guides free of charge.  We have complete copyright capability to reproduce the guides and student lab manuals at no cost. All of the guides were either funded through a NSF STEM grant or through consortium fees.  What makes the curricula unique is that it is STEM aligned.  All guides, units, and lessons (5E format) include the national benchmarks, standards, and indicators from Math, Science, and Technology Education in a three column format. Other excellent information from ITEA are accessible at the publications section of their website.

Explore the Human Body Adventure
Well designed graphics take you on virtual field trips to explore inside the human body or on a jungle safari. Lots of information for any level students on cells including definitions that have examples and animations to facilitate understanding.  Site is easy to navigate and has won numerous awards.  The site aligns with curriculum standards.

Frank Potter’s Science Gems
This web site, maintained by scientist and author Frank Potter, provides links to various resources and projects, sorted by category, subcategory, and grade level (K-12). Physics, earth science and biology are specifically targeted. This website provides many great resources that can be used by STEM teachers in planning a class as well as STEM students in conducting research or getting some extra help with a project.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly. FREE is among the most popular K-12 websites maintained by the U.S. Department of Education because of the many great resources being offered by participating federal agencies.

FunWorks
This Web site is about math and science careers presented in an engaging manner for students. Students can explore many different pathways, think about what they enjoy, and experience a lot of career ideas. Endorsed by the National Science Foundation and the National Science Digital Library. Also, included is a special section for teachers and career counselors. Over 178 outstanding interactive resources are matched with specific careers and interests.

The Future of Energy
What is the future of energy? This section of a series about the future of energy features videos (with accompanying text) of 13 experts expressing their opinions about energy concerns. The videos introduce a U.S. senator, a petroleum engineer, a geothermal spokeswoman, a biomass researcher, an environmentalist, a Mid-American Energy spokesman and others. Multiple video commentaries are available from each energy expert as they discuss energy concerns affecting their specialty areas. This would be an excellent resource for providing information and encouraging debate concerning safe, efficient, and reliable energy use.

Gateway to 21st Century Skills (aka GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials)

• Access to thousands of quality learning resources and lesson plans by subject and grade levels
• Reinforce core content with learning resources from NASA, PBS, National Science Foundation and over 700 other contributing education content providers
• Access to 21^st Century teaching tools, assessments and professional development
• Access to the Achievement Standards Network, a digitized version of every state's core academic standards

Greatest Engineering Achievements Website celebrates a remarkable century of technological achievement. The website contains detailed historical information, timelines, and personal essays by key innovators for each of 20 major engineering accomplishments of the 20 th century.

How Stuff Works
HowStuffWorks is the leading source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. Founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall Brain in 1998, the site has since grown to be an award-winning online resource for millions of people of all ages. From car engines to search engines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between, HowStuffWorks has it covered. No topic is too big or too small for our expert editorial staff to unmask...or for you to understand. In addition to comprehensive articles, our helpful graphics and informative videos walk you through every topic clearly, simply and objectively.

Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology
This website is sponsored by the American Library Association. It contains standards for science, engineering/technology at the college level. These standards are similar to NCATE standards and can be used in elementary, middle, and high schools. STEM classes will prepare high school students with a preliminary knowledge base to tackle college classes and future STEM careers.

Kids Network Design is developed by the DuPage Children's Museum to teach elementary school students problem solving skills. Students are given an engineering challenge (building an alarm for their bedroom door, for example) to solve. Challenges are designed to meet national and state curriculum goals, and several are simultaneously available so that you can chose one which fits in with your current units. Take a quick tour. Check out the process you take to solve the engineering challenge. The second link is the challenges and they are GREAT challenges. The sad part is that the gadget feature to solve your challenge is the feature that doesn’t work because of lack of funds. 

Kodak - Taking Great Pictures
Kodak’s website is an excellent source for students, teachers, and parents who are interested in learning more about photography from a leading company.  Kodak takes the time to include everything on their site from the basics of photography, to lesson plans, and goes as far as how to enhance and restore your photos.  By just simply looking at this site one can get a feel for Kodak’s role in the following industries: health/dental, graphic communication, cinematography, etc.  Students and career specialists can also link to the corporate office and find out about career opportunities with this prestigious company.  I think that the Kodak website would be a great resource for STEM students who are interested in or considering a career in arts and/or photography.

Maryland High School Biology Assessment
The items included on these Public Release Forms measure students' knowledge of skills, processes and concepts as stated in the Biology Core Learning Goal indicators. For each item you can see which indicator each item measured, view field test data, take mini-assessments online, print the form, view the rubric, listen to an explanation of the rubric and anchor papers used to score the constructed responses, and practice scoring actual student responses.

Maryland High School Algebra/Data Analysis Assessment
The items included on these Public Release Forms measure students' knowledge of skills, processes and concepts as stated in the Algebra/Data Analysis Core Learning Goal indicators. For each item you can see which indicator each item measured, view field test data, take mini-assessments online, print the form, view the rubric, listen to an explanation of the rubric and anchor papers used to score the constructed responses, and practice scoring actual student responses.

Maryland School Improvement Math Web Resources
Webliography published by the Maryland State Department of Education. Includes links to assessments, museums, organizations, and reports.

Maryland School Improvement Science Web Resources
Webliography published by the Maryland State Department of Education. Includes links to assessments, museums, organizations, and reports.

Maryland Teacher Technology Standards

Maryland Technology Education and CTE Website
Keep informed about statewide initiatives, reports, and resources. Use navigation text for specific sections of the Division, e.g., CTE, Technology Education, etc.

Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum
Maryland has developed a Voluntary State Curriculum. This curriculum defines what students should know and be able to do at each grade, preK through 8, in four content areas: reading/English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. It also defines what students should know and be able to do in tenth-grade reading. See Math, Science, Technology Education

The Mastodon Project
This site is maintained by the Paleontological Research Institution. It focused on two on-going archeological-paleontological studies of recently discovered mastodons. It provides a fascinating look into the jobs of the scientists as they unearth, assemble, and research these creatures. Schools are even urged to help the scientists in their research!

Math.com is dedicated to providing revolutionary ways for students, parents, teachers, and everyone to learn math. Combining educationally sound principles with proprietary technology, Math.com offers a unique experience that quickly guides the user to the solutions they need and the products they want. These solutions include assessment, on-demand modular courses that target key math concepts, 24/7 live online tutoring, and expert answers to math questions. In addition to solutions, Math.com offers exploratory and recreational introductions to the world of math that will lead to deeper understanding and enjoyment.

NASA’s Kids Science News Network™ (NASA’s KSNN™) is one of six programs offered by the NASA Center for Distance Learning that span the education horizon from grades K-12, post secondary, to adult (life-long) learners. This web, animation, and video- based program is designed to  enhance and enrich the teaching of mathematics, science, and technology at the elementary school level; and,   introduce students to science as inquiry, reasoning, and problem-solving.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was established by the California Institute of Technology in the 1930s. Pushing the outer edge of exploration is the reason JPL exists as a NASA laboratory. While carrying out exploration missions of the solar system and beyond, JPL also conducts a number of space technology demonstrations in support of national security and develops technologies for uses on Earth in fields from public safety to medicine, capitalizing on NASA's investment in space technology. Games based on scientific concepts are provided, as are links to the various missions that are currently being undertaken by NASA.

National Science Foundation

National Science Teachers Association
This is the website of the national science teachers association.  You must be a member to access some of the site feature, but the most instructional places require no membership.  There is a side menu bar with pop-up menus that link to a variety of teacher resources as well as professional development resources.

NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Centers
Excellent links to resources published by the National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program that supports projects that strengthen science and mathematics preparation of technicians being educated for the high-performance workplace of advanced technologies. The purpose of the ATE program is to ensure internationally competitive industrial and other business enterprises, protection of the environment, effective development and use of new technologies, and other high technology activities requiring well-educated science and engineering technicians. The ATE program promotes improvement in technician education delivered at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. Focused on both national and regional levels, it supports curriculum development and program improvement for technicians being educated for the high performance workplace of advanced technologies.

Need Help With Math? Is it late at night? Stuck on math homework due tomorrow? Big exam coming up? Perhaps Webmath can help! This site is composed of many math "fill-in-forms" into which you can type the math problem you're working on. Linked to these forms is a powerful set of math-solvers that can instantly analyze your problem, and when possible, provide you with a step-by-step solution, instantly! At Webmath, you don't have to wait for an email response or post your question to an electronic bulletin board and hope someone will answer it. You can get the answer to your math problem right here, right now!

North Carolina document listing STEM Resources

Periodic Table displays on online periodic table where you can hear the pronunciation of the elements, read about the different elements, and learn about their use in the world.

Physics and Astronomy Pathway (NSDL)

PowerUP Virtual Game NEW
A planet in near ecological ruin, where three missions to supply solar, wind, and water power must be solved before sandstorms, floods, or SmogGobs thwart the rescue. This is an excellent three-dimensional virtual game designed by IBM to engage students in learning about engineering, energy, and diversity awareness. Teacher lesson plans and outstanding videos on careers in engineering are featured.

RecycleZone

This site is for schools, guardians, children and teachers that tells you what's what in the world of waste! Although this site is called recyclezone, recycling is only one of the things you can do about waste. It discusses the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle.  The site provides fun activities as well as excellent information on the topic of recycling and waste management.

Science Museum in United Kingdom
The purpose of the STEM Project was to create a database of web resources created by students and teachers for students and teachers, offering them activity sheets, gallery guides, visit descriptions, online tutorials and more to complement their museum experience. Over 700 schools took part and more than 1100 entries were received. The STEM Project encouraged teachers and pupils to use the web creatively and to be active participants in the Internet. It extended the interrelationship between museum visits and the school curriculum, and enabled schools to reach a wider audience. It also provided a great stimulus for schools to develop their teaching and learning skills in both ICT and science. (tb)

Satellite Educators Association (SEA)
The mission of SEA is to enhance the education environment to excite students about science, technology, engineering, and math through space-based technology – satellites and satellite data. Included are teacher resources, lesson plans, curriculum, and hands-on activities that are developed in accordance with the current National Standards and Assessment.

Science in School
This website is a new science publication, with the tag line “Highlighting the best in Science research and teaching.”  They have features articles and news on cutting edge science.  They even have a section teaching activities.  You can download the entire issue or individual articles in PDF.

Simple Submarine: An Experiment
From the American Museum of Natural History, this classroom science experiment uses simple, inexpensive items. Students build and test submarine models in a single class period. They gain insight into the engineering that's required to make these machines ascend, descend, and hover safely in extreme environments. The printable eight-page handout includes a series of inquiry-based questions that get students thinking about the complex engineering required for submersibles. illustrated experiment directions and a worksheet that includes thought-provoking questions along with areas for recording experiment data.

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