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Teacher Resources

The Science Technology Library offers educators access to our Teacher Resource collection. We provide 1,500+ items including lesson plans, activities, curriculum standards and much more.

Here are a few free on-line Teacher Resources that we recommend.

VITAL New York on Teachersdomain.org (streaming video)
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
An extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and aligned to the NY State learning standards and core curricula
Create your own account and download streaming videos from NOVA and other cool resources.

NBC LEARN (streaming video)
http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12
NBC News offers unique collections of video resources, primary sources, historic footage, images, mini-documentaries and text resources designed for use in the K-12 classroom.

Also from NBC LEARN
http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn
Discover the science behind the Olympic Winter Games. NBC Learn has teamed up with the National Science Foundation for this 16-part video series. Available for free to teachers. Click on "Science of the Olympic Winter Games" on the bottom right of the screen.

Steve Spangler Science Experiments
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/
This hands-on science library represents Steve Spangler's most requested science experiments from his weekly television appearances and live presentations throughout the country.

NeoK12 (streaming video)
http://www.neok12.com/
Well indexed streaming videos (most seem to come from YouTube).

Teacher Tube (streaming video)
http://www.teachertube.com/
TeacherTube.com provides an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos.

CAST Science Writer
http://sciencewriter.cast.org/welcome
Supports students in writing lab and class reports, geared toward middle school and high school students.

Annenberg Media
http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html?discipline=6
Videos and P.D. resources for teachers.

National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org/resources_for/k12_teachers/
This site offers organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure (streaming video)
http://www.nysci.org/explore/ontour/charlieandkiwi
This half hour video was designed to accompany a recent exhibition at NYSCI.
Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure offers an engaging story, seen through the eyes of Charlie, a young boy who is writing a report about his favorite bird—the kiwi. Join Charlie as he travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs to discover the kiwi's ancestors and evidence for how evolution works.

PBS Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/
STEM Education Resource Center provides multimedia resources & Professional Development for PreK-12 educators.

NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
Resources about astronomy for the classroom.

A note from your librarian: If you would like to recommend a website for science educators, please email the link to rreitz@nysci.org. Thank you, Rebecca Reitz