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This webpage features a wide variety of interactive science teaching activities. Each activity includes subjects and keywords, tools and materials, detailed instructions, and an explanation of the science behind the activity. Occasionally demonstration videos are featured. Sample activities include...

This is a demonstration table or interactive activity that GLBRC has done at family-style outreach events such as Science Expeditions at UW-Madison. It appeals to a range of younger children, about ages 5-14 or grades K-8. It is also a useful introduction for more advanced students. Prep time and...

This page, from the The Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), offers information on the emerging field of games-based learning and the potential of computer games and virtual reality to enhance classroom instruction. A topic overview looks at the varying use of games in this...

This video from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE) explores FLATE and its partners and projects. In the video, Marilyn Barger provides an overview of FLATE. Sierra Anderson then describes the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Apprenticeship Florida project and its...

This video, from the 2021 Esri Education Summit, provides two presentations on how GIS can serve K-12 educators. In the first presentation, Soumya Chennapragada describes a GIS club at Morning Creek Elementary School. The GIS club's implementation, the Esri kids fair, GIS activities for students,...

This page, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, offers links to organizations providing student and educator resources on global climate change. Organizations featured include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA), the...

This lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah explores how seeds are dispersed and turn into plants. Through the lesson, students learn how to "develop and use a model that mimics the function of an animal dispersing seeds or pollinating plants." Educators can use this lesson and activity to...

This website provides science related lesson plans and discussion questions for an inquiry-oriented classroom. "In an inquiry-oriented classroom, the teacher is a co-explorer and guide who cultivates curiosity and challenges students to think and act like scientists as they explore intriguing...

This site, from Hitachi High Technologies America, focuses on the company's initiative to expand STEM education in classrooms. The site includes information about the project and Hitachi classroom visits, a calendar of STEM education events, and resources for educators, including papers and lesson...

This paper, by Bernard Zubrowski, with the Education Development Center, Inc., covers the integration of technology into elementary and middle school science education. Design engineering, as an approach, is discussed, as well as an example pedagogical model using an exercise in model windmills.