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This site from the United States Department of Energy educates young learners on how to save energy in their everyday lives. It includes an energy action list which may be downloaded in PDF format, as well as other educational games and activities.

This LabsLand website connects schools with real laboratories that are available on the Internet. "A real laboratory can be a small arduino-powered robot in Spain, a kinematics setup in Brazil or a radioactivity testing lab in Australia." The laboratories are real, "not simulations: the laboratories...

This is the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's launch page for all things related to Landsat science education. The Landsat program has been collecting spectral information of the earth's surface for over 40 years--the longest continual record of images of our planet. This website ...

This activity, created by Edward Haley, demonstrates how sedimentary layers were deposited in horizontal positions and later repositioned by natural forces. The activity also focuses on the plans and animals which become part of the layering and later turned into fossil fuel sources. In small...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the general concepts of area, perimeter, and volume to include surface area. Early exposure to the concepts of geometry, and broad concepts related to the elementary ideas of nanotechnology, are introduced to prime...

This is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) launch page on environmental education. "Environmental education is a multi-disciplinary approach to learning about environmental issues that enhances knowledge, builds critical thinking skills and helps students make informed and responsible...

Part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's education resources, this list of "Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Resources for Educators" contains links to environmental based lesson plans, activities and ideas from the EPA, as well as other federal agencies and external organizations....

These lesson plans and activities explore the process of discovering and using oil and gas as energy sources. Lesson plans and activities for primary, intermediate, and secondary students are provided. Lessons that align with the Scotland Curriculum for Excellence and Canadian requirements are also...

This lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah highlights how educators can use mathematical discourse to increase student learning. Educators learn how to develop curriculum, create assessments, and build student mathematical fluency. The lesson provides PowerPoint slides, a mathematical discourse...

This activity, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, is targeted towards students in elementary school, and challenges them to think of products (either manufactured or natural) that originate from Florida. Students begin by watching a 27-minute video ("Made in Florida") and...