Other Resources

Other Resources at Western

Professional Associations

• National Science Teachers Association
• Washington Education Association

Other Math, Science, and Technology Links

National and Local Standards

National Science Education Standards The online version of the National Science Education Standards as developed by the National Research Council.

Project 2061 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Includes information about the Benchmarks for Science Literacy through clickable links.

Bellingham Public Schools You can check out their curriculum pages, teacher resources, etc.

Curricular Resources

GEMS - Great Explorations in Math and Science Leading resource for the advancement of activity-based science and mathematics. From the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley

AIMS Education Another leading resource for elementary school science and math

Concept Mapping A great site for downloading Concept Maps activities and related stuff

Network of Instructional Materials for Science Educators IMSENet. An overwhelming network of web links to science instructional materials, and K-12 interdisciplinary resources.

Planet K-12 An educational search engine for teachers that contains a number of lesson plans sorted by grade and curriculum area.

Science NetLinks The AAAS site is a comprehensive "home page" for science teachers, librarians, and others involved in science education.

Science Fair Project Resource Guide Some advice on putting a science fair project together

AskERIC Lesson Plans

CEC Lesson Plans

International Technology Education Association

McREL Educator Resources(Education Links)

National Science Teachers Association

Softword Technology's Educational Software

Teachers.Net Lesson Bank-Lesson Plans

Teachnet.com: Lesson Ideas

Technology Links

Woodring College of Education: Education Links

Ask-A-Geologist web page
Direct email link is: Ask-A-Geologist

Ask Dr. Universe
A question site at Washington State University. Postings to answers of previous questions. For example, "do frogs sleep?"

Current Events

Science Daily provides links to the latest science research news, headlines, articles on scientific discoveries, and archives of stories.