SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE
Allows students to scroll through different objects to learn about their size and compare it to other objects.
These are some tools geared toward engineering. Click on the title of the site to follow the link. Site will open in a new window.
MIT K-12 VIDEOS
MIT is now producing ”short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering” for K-12 students. The videos are generally created by MIT students. You can sort the videos by topic and grade level.
SMITHSONIAN QUESTS
In this online program K–college students earn digital badges by proving their knowledge of environmental topics and completing various quests (i.e., activities) in their community.
INDIANAPOLIS CHILDREN MUSEUM
These educational materials incorporate museum resources and emphasize hands-on exploration.
OHIO RESOURCES
Visit the Ohio Resource Center to find vetted lessons that will make you look like a master teacher and help kids learn while having fun.
RAFT resources
Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), a California-based organization promoting hands-on learning, offers more than 650 standards-based Idea Sheets with K–12 activities in core subjects such as science, math, social studies, language arts, and art.
NASA Rover Activities
Want to incorporate NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity into your curriculum? Visit this NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Education site.
PROBLEM BASED STEM LESSONS
his collection presents problem-based, differentiated science lessons for the classroom. The lessons represent various Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields and cover a range of grade levels and topics.
MIT Videos
cience students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have begun creating science videos for K–12 classes. Teachers can search by grade level and subject at the website
STEMFlix
Northrop Grumman Foundation and Science Bob have created a STEM video series for middle school audiences. The videos—Having Fun With STEM and Fun With Microelectronics—present attention-grabbing demonstrations and emphasize how STEM disciplines are responsible for many of the electronics, products, and experiences people enjoy.
WONDEROPOLIS
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MODEL IT IN 3D
3DTin is a free web-based program for creating 3-D models. The program provides templates that you can use to develop the 3-D models, or you can build models from scratch. The service is free to use as long as you allow your models to be labeled with a Creative Commons license and put in the 3DTin gallery. The gallery is also a place to find examples of what can be created in 3DTin. Models that you create can be exported for use in other modeling software. To use 3DTin, you must be using a modern web browser that supports WebGL.
BUILDING TALL
The New York Museum of Modern Art’s interactive, online Tall Buildings exhibition takes visitors inside skyscrapers around the world to see the floor plans and architectural sketches. Particularly interesting are details of solutions to design issues, such as green technologies, circulation and incorporation of buildings into public space.
Talk to me
Site encourages girls to consider engineering. Students can read an online book about a girl who wants to be an engineer. There are several activities for engineering design etc. that make engineering connection to a pre-teen or teen girls life
ENGINEER THE PAST
On the Time Engineers website, students come across a Time Engineers binder that contains confidential information on a time-travel machine that the United States government built to travel back in time to obtain and document the history of engineering. The document contains three chapters, each with their own space–time coordinate for time travel. The chapters contain mission briefings, engineering tasks and mission commander assistance. The final document contains a map showing the location of the time machine and start-up procedure. With the documents in hand, students are ready to begin their journey back in time. The catapult simulation covers algebra, physical science, technology and history
ZOEY'S ROOM
Another interactive site encouraging girls to consider STEM careers.
LEMELSON INVENTION AT PLAY
Interactive activities.