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Center for Science Education (CSE) is a project of the Education Development Center, Inc, has a website full of information on science education. EDC's award-winning programs and products build bridges between research, policy, and practice.
 The Center for Science Education @ Space Sciences Laboratory
Engaging web-based and hands-on science activities developed by educators and scientists in partnership with elementary school teachers. Programs include coordination and support of NASA Sun-Earth Connection; education and outreach from satellite missions and programs; web-based curriculum; and Eye on the Sky.
DESIGN-IT!: Engineering in After School Programs is a nationally implemented and tested afterschool curriculum project supported by science museums and centers. Activities help children develop basic engineering skills including trouble-shooting, design and re-design based on trials, testing, record keeping, problem solving, and creativity.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) Science features a vase directory of resources in a variety of scientific fields, including astronomy, biology, earth science, ecology, geology, and paleontology.
Frank Potter's Science Gems is a website for students, parents, teachers, scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. It includes links to more than 14,000 science resources sorted by category, sub-category, and grade level.
Fun Science Resources Especially for Students focuses on earth science and zoology, offering a variety of activities and research resources for grade school through middle-school age students.
Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) curriculum guides (70+) offer varied science learning opportunities from preschool through eighth grade and can be presented by an adult without a background in science. The guides have been extensively tested and are aligned with the National Science Education Standards and are supplemented with the scientific principles and concepts that explain the science being experienced.
Math and Science Across Cultures (ages 10 to 16) uses games and daily chore activities from many cultures to help learners understand other cultures, as well as the day -to-day importance of math and science for people of many societies. The activities use information-gathering tools to enable identifying patterns in data collected, interpreting data, and applying logic to unravel compelling puzzles.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has for years developed curriculum activities and support materials for teachers interested in including space and aeronautics in their science curriculum and is now extending to afterschool programs. NASA offers educational articles, lesson plans, video tapes, CD's, DVD's, maps, phptographs, and colorful drawings of the solar system, launch and space vehicles, Earth Science and related topics, plus photos and sketches of Lunar Landers and Mars Surface Rovers. Materials can be found in the NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) catalog, NASA Education Enterprise, and NASA Spacelink.
PCS Edventures! is a single-source provider of engineering and science-based enrichment curriculum for children in the K-12 market.
SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources is an extensive listing of educational science links in a variety of fields. It includes sections on science history, ethics in science, skepticism and pseudo-science, and science education organizations.
The Science Center is a chemistry-oriented site for younger learners. The Compound of the Month section features in-depth exploration of elemental and molecular structure. It also includes a science center bookstore.
Teacher-Student Science Resources website focuses on astronomy and space technology. It offers resources for both teachers and students.
Science Museum of Minnesota
St. Louis Science Center
Science Center of Eastern Connecticut
TERC
The Franklin Institute of Science
The San Francisco Exploratorium
Smithsonian Institution
The Global Schoolhouse brings together opportunities for conducting projects using the Internet and working collaboratively with schools across the world. It contains a project registry with over 900 online projects and conducts an annual competition among schools and youth organizations around the world to conduct research and publish their findings on the Web.
Log On and Learn More: Ten Online Projects to Enhance Your Curriculum This article focuses on helping teachers integrate technology into the classroom without losing valuable teaching time. The projects described are linked and include contacting email pen pals, watching weather, and researching huskies. Numerous resources are listed to help each project along.
The International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) is a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. Participants may join existing structured online projects, or work with others internationally to create and facilitate their own projects to fit their own particular classroom and curriculum needs.
The Internet Public Library (IPL) is an online library at the University of Michigan School of Information which has a section devoted to children called Kidspace. Kidspace has links to abundant links and resources for kids, teachers, and parents, including many reference tools typically found in libraries.
ThinkQuest is an international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites. The winning entries form the ThinkQuest online library containing links to over 5000 student-created sites.
The YouthLearn Initiative at Education Development Center features lesson plans, techniques, and tips on curriculum design, and other resources for learning programs, with an emphasis on project-based learning and technology integration. In addition to the website and The YouthLearn Guide, YouthLearn also offers a database of additional resources and a discussion list for youth development practitioners.
Youth Net: Interactive Projects for Grades K-12 links to a number of great online Web-based projects on a wide variety of topics. The projects are complete and well thought out and all incorporate some form of interactive media or an online activity.
The Franklin Institute of Science
The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
The San Francisco Exploratorium
Smithsonian Institution
AfterSchool KidzMath (Grades 3-6) uses games and read-aloud activities after the reading of 10 different stories with math themes. Math concepts include number relationships, measurement, and geometry. All activities have a social skill development component built into them.
Math Explorer (Ages 10-16) offers hands-on math activities for middle school youth to think about and approach math through puzzles, tricks, and games; to apply math to specific experimentation; and to use math in making and designing interesting things. The activities are engaging, create, and don't at all feel like schoolwork, yet they address state and national math learning standards for the planning chart, suggestions and steps for implementing the activity, templates and descriptions to help the instructor understand where the math and science content is highlighted during the activity.
MindWare: Brainy Toys for Kids of All Ages is a catalog of toys, manipulatives, and activity guides written to challenge and build problem-solving skills.
PCS Edventures! is a single-source provider of engineering and science-based enrichment curriculum for children in the K-12 market.
Round the Rug Math: Adventures in Problem Solving (PreK-Grade 2) uses storytelling to introduce and teach mathematics. The character development, plot, suspense, and resolution dimensions of good stories are used to help children develop estimation skills, measurement, and spatial reasoning skills. Pictures, manipulatives, words, and construction materials are the media used to engage children in the problem-solving tasks. These National Science Foundation funded program materials meet the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards.
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