Great data literacy and STEM education websites
Websites for sharing scientist role models and stories in the classroom
- Project Biodiversify – teaching material designed to add human diversity to introductory biology classes. Key partner on DataVersify activities that seek to share the stories of scientist role models!
- Skype A Scientist – matches scientists with classrooms around the world! Scientists will call into the classroom for 30-60 minute Q and A sessions that can cover the scientist’s expertise or what it’s like to be a scientist.
- Scientist Spotlights – resources that pair course material with scientist stories to help all students see a place for themselves in STEM.
- I was a kid – created to help kids today expand their possibilities by tracing the paths of all kinds of people working in science in all kinds of ways.
Data literacy teaching resources
- DataClassroom – online platform that allows students to explore data and learn statistics. Key partner to Data Nuggets and host of Digital Data Nuggets!
- BiteScis – Science research for the classroom. Free resources written by scientists.
- Galatic Polymath – Translating research into creative, interdisciplinary lessons
- Maine Data Literacy Project – offers a framework, teaching materials, and professional development for middle and high school teachers to help students acquire skills and language for making sense of data and graphs as evidence to support their reasoning.
- Understanding Science
- Understanding Evolution
- Science in the Classroom – annotated research papers and accompanying teaching materials
- Earth Science Journal for Kids – Cutting edge peer-reviewed environmental science research adapted for students (and their teachers)
- Michigan State University GK-12 Project
- Oceans of Data Institute (ODI) – Dedicated to transforming education to help people succeed in school, work, and life in a data-intensive world.
- Newsela – Articles on recent news and events, translated into different reading levels for use by students.
- Science News for Students – Freely accessible online publication providing interactive interfaces and science news to students
- BirdSleuth K-12 – Educational resources based on the research of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- NEON Learn & Experience Programs
- GLBRC – Great Lakes Bioenergy Research – Classroom Materials
- PhET – interactive simulations for science and math
- NetLogo – multi-agent programmable modeling environment for students, teachers, and researchers
- Tools for Ambitious Science Teaching
- Help Teaching – The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Science
- MathBench – University of Maryland
- NexGen Inquiry – A web-based resource for inquiry-based science instruction
- PlantingScience – Student teams doing real science collaborating online with scientist mentors from around the world
- SnowSchool – Winter Wildlands Alliance – introduces kids to the joy of exploring our nation’s winter wildlands
- DataONE – DataONE is committed to educating the community about data stewardship, including outlining best practices for data management and providing educational materials for use by those that support researchers.
- Concord Consortium – Digital learning for science, math, and engineering
- HHMI Educational Materials
- Van Andel Education Institute
- Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS)
Video series and podcasts
- HHMI Video Series – Scientists at Work – Less than 10 minutes in length, each video dives into a scientific problem and how it is being studied.
- Science Forward Video Series – made to support inquiry-based basic science classes
- Lab Out Loud – Podcast for the science classroom and beyond. Discusses science news and education with leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field.
- Stated Clearly Animated Video Series – clear and accurate explanations of genetics and evolution
- Ecomotion Studios – Animated Foundations in Ecology Video Series
- Lab Coats Optional – Video Series
Repositories for teaching resources
- National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS) – collection of peer-reviewed case studies for teaching science
- List of data activities, lessons, and resources for the classroom, sorted by grade level – compiled by Oceans of Data
- QUBES Consortium (Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis)
- Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE)
- Course Source – peer-reviewed teaching resources for undergraduate biological sciences
- EcoEdDL – Ecological Society of America’s online education resource portal
