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SCIENCE
Lesson Plans & Other Science Resources |
 LESSON PLANS
 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
ide@s
Provides Wisconsin educators with online curricula, lesson plans, ideas, etc. Search by keyword, subject, grade, and by Wisconsin Academic Standards. Excellent site.
Science NetLinks
Provides a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators. A top choice.
MORE LESSON PLANS
Awesome Library
A collection of links to lesson plans and lesson plan databases.
Discovery Education
Lesson plans written by teachers for teachers.
The Einstein Project
The Einstein Project is a nonprofit organization which promotes the advancement of K-8 hands-on science learning in Wisconsin. Over 40 unit plans for the K-8 science curriculum are provided, including recommended books and websites for each unit.
The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
"The Gateway has been serving teachers continuously since 1996 which makes it one of the oldest publically accessible U.S. repositories of education resources on the Web. The Gateway contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items." (from the website)
ideas
Provides Wisconsin educators with online curricula, lesson plans, ideas, etc. Search by keyword, subject, grade, and by Wisconsin Academic Standards. Excellent site.
Lesson Plans 4 Teachers
Science lesson plans by category.
McRel Lesson Plans
Links to selected lesson plans and other resources.
NY Times Daily Lesson Plan
Hundreds of lesson plans for grades 6-12 based on articles that have appeared in the New York Times.
PBS Teachers
Rich resource for science lesson plans.
Science NetLinks
Provides a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators. A top choice.
Thinkfinity
Thousands of free lesson plans and educational resources. Also organized by state standards.
Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) Curriculum Resource Center
Thousands of high-quality lesson plans, classroom activities, etc. provided by leading professional education organizations and aligned to Wisconsin's model academic standards.
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Extensive unit plans developed by Yale University in collaboration with the New Haven Public Schools.
OTHER SCIENCE RESOURCES
(The following list of resources will help you gather additional information about this topic.)
Cornell University: Science & Arts Gateway for Education
Links to lesson planning and learning resources.
Children’s Environmental Literature
Extensive 55 page bibliography produced by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Most of the books listed in this bibliography focus on Midwest ecosystems for children ages 4 - 12. Topics covered include animals, plants, urban ecosystems, forest ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, nature awareness, etc.
Educational Hotlists at the Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute's Educational Hotlists are organized lists of resources on the Internet that science educators, as well as science enthusiasts, may find useful.
The Einstein Project
The Einstein Project is a nonprofit organization which promotes the advancement of K-8 hands-on science learning in Wisconsin. Over 40 unit plans for the K-8 science curriculum are provided, including recommended books and websites for each unit.
Compiled: July 2011
Questions, comments, suggestions? Contact Stephen Katz at katz@uwosh.edu
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