EDU 247: Science for Elementary Educators II: Teacher-Directed Resources

This blog is about a day in the life of a high school biology teacher....the triumphs, the failures, and everything in between. She shares teaching materials that have worked for her and her students.

This page has activities and information to increase knowledge of water in Colorado, educate children about Denver Water and help create wise water-use behaviors.

A podcast sponsored by the National Science Teachers’ Association. Topics include STEM, using virtual labs, using pop culture to teach science, cool phenomena to show your students, outside resources to add spark to your lessons (websites, songs, blogs, YouTube channels, etc.), coding, robotics, and more.

A large community of science educators and professionals committed to best practices in teaching science and STEM and its impact on student learning.

Project WET (Water Education Today) aims to provide teachers with water and climate education resources.

This blog is authored by an educational curriculum designer specializing in the area of science. Her goal is to inspire teachers by making science easier to teach and encouraging students' sense of wonder.

This blog covers science resources for busy upper elementary teachers. She shares her own science materials, informational texts, simple labs, assessments, and lesson planning guides.

This website features a suite of lessons, activities and data sets focused on the Great Lakes. All the materials are free and targeted for 4-12th grades.

The USGS Water Science School offers many resources to help teach students all about water.

This websites contains a lengthy list of teacher-directed resources, as well as links to specific lesson plans, activities, interactive learning objects, etc.

The WWF Free Rivers augmented reality app puts an entire landscape in your hands. Through this in-depth, interactive storytelling experience, learn how wildlife, people and entire landscapes depend on healthy, flowing rivers. Dam the river to see what happens, and then try a sustainable energy mix that keeps the river connected but still satisfies growing energy demands.