The Geographic Data in Education (GEODE) Initiative is dedicated to the improvement of Earth and environmental science education through the use of data visualization and analysis tools to support inquiry-based pedagogy. Through an integrated program of research and development, the GEODE Initiative is advancing our understanding of learning in the Earth and environmental sciences, design of curriculum and educational software, and teacher professional development. Equally important, the GEODE Initiative is creating useful and useable products for students and teachers at levels ranging from middle school through college.

This series has been designed by college professors to fill an urgent need for interdisciplinary materials on global change. The materials are aimed at undergraduate students who are not majoring in science. The modular materials can be integrated into a number of existing courses in, for example, the earth sciences, biology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, and the social sciences. The materials have been written to capture the interest of the student who has little grounding in math and the technical aspects of science but whose intellectual curiosity is piqued by a concern for the environment. Topics include: Biogeochemical Cycles; Biological Consequences; Carbon Cycle; Climate Change Effects; Clouds & Climate Change; El Nino & Peruvian Fisheries; Historical Climatic Variation; Human Energy Use; International Environmental Law; Population Growth; Stratospheric Ozone Depletion; and the Sun-Earth System.

Science education reference materials, hands-on activities, worksheets, puzzles, and games. Find out about the Department of Energy teacher development program and distance learning for teachers from the University of Virginia.

MarcoPolo provides the highest quality standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the United States.

MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.

The Mission of the Mineral Information Institute (MII) is to provide information and materials to teachers and students that result in an understanding that mineral and energy resources are essential to society and are produced in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. By using natural resources as topics to teach the various curriculums that you are being held accountable to, you can simultaneously meet many of the state standards in a variety of subjects. With MII's educational packets you will have original quality pages for your use and to reproduce for your students.

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a software package designed to help educators create quality online courses. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). One of the main advantages of Moodle over other systems is a strong grounding in social constructionist pedagogy.

The NASA Learning Technologies Project (LTP) is NASAs educational technology incubator. LTP funds activities and collaborates with endeavors that incorporate NASA content with revolutionary technologies or innovative use of entrenched technologies to enhance education in the areas of math and science. Resources include: World Wind, Virtual Lab, Math Trax, What's the Difference?, Planets, and NASA SVS (Scientific Visualization Studio).

This area of the NBII provides educators, parents, and students of all ages with access to online resources that emphasize the teaching of biology, biodiversity, and ecology. Included are activities, lesson plans, experiments, projects, resources, and references for classroom and home use. The goal of this area of the NBII is to assist teachers and parents in educating today's students and shaping the biologists, resource managers, and environmental stewards of tomorrow. Subjects include general curriculum, activities inyour state, aquatic (marine) biology, biodiversity and environment, birds, botany, insects, arachnids, and annelids, mammals, microbes, amphibians and reptiles. This NBII site is developed and maintained by the Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey.

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) defends the teaching of evolution in public schools. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out. NCSE is the only national organization to specialize in this issue. We provide:Reviews of current anti-evolution activity in the United States and around the world; Background to the fundamentally creationist and anti-evolution movement known as "Intelligent Design"; Detailed information on the Creation/Evolution controversy from 1859 to the present; Resources for parents, teachers, school boards, and the general public. Contact NCSE if you need advice, information, or help in defending the teaching of evolution. We also work to increase public understanding of evolution and of the nature of scientific knowledge.

Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should they be expected to know and be able to do? Can the same expectations be applied across our diverse society? These and other fundamental issues are addressed in National Science Education Standards--a landmark development effort that reflects the contributions of thousands of teachers, scientists, science educators, and other experts across the country. The National Science Education Standards offer a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, describing what all students regardless of background or circumstance should understand and be able to do at different grade levels in various science categories.

Find all your classroom tools here, including classroom activities, TV program descriptions, related NOVA resources, and interactives for students.

Experiments sharpen students powers of observation, stimulate questions, and help develop new understanding and vocabulary. This website is for teachers of physics, enabling them to share their skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom.

The goal of LEARN is to increase middle school science teacher knowledge of and interest in the atmospheric sciences. The website contains teaching modules that were created by teachers in collaboration with more than 60 NCAR scientists. The modules include background information, hands-on activities using simple materials, and authentic assessment tools. The modules are Ozone in Out Atmosphere, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Cycles of the Earth and Atmosphere.

Science with me is a free educational website for kids to learn science. Join now for fun science experiments and kids science projects for curious elementary school kids.