Science Education Links

US Geological Survey and Science Education

Information for the general public and support for science educators from K12 to university.

http://education.usgs.gov/

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Home page: http://www.nsta.org/ 

Professional development site:http://learningcenter.nsta.org/

Standards: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309053269

National Science Resources Center, from the National Academies and the Smithsonian Institution: http://www.nsrconline.org/

National Institute of Health (NIH)

Free recources for teachers. Curriculum supplements by state, lesson plans

http://science.education.nih.gov/

The Center for Science Education, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory

Links for public, scientist and educators. Resources for integrating science teaching and technology: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/educators.html

NASA  Educators site: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html

National Geographic

Main page: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Education page: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/

Science RSS Feeds (See Organizing Tools to learn about RSS Feeds):

BBC News/Science/Nature; Discovery News (Discovery Channel); New York Times/Science; NOVA scienceNOW/PBS; NPR Science Friday; NPR Topics (Health and Science); ScienceNOW; Science Daily (Latest Science News)

Fun iGoogle Science Gadgets (see Organizing Tools to learn about iGoogle):

Current Moon Phase; Earthquake Watch; How Stuff Works; Interesting Thing of the Day; NASA Image of the Day; National Geographic Picture of the Day; Quotes from Albert Einstein; Science News for Kids RSS