MOSAiC expedition
Virtual Teacher Professional Development Course for content and curriculum connected to NGSS Earth’s Systems standards. MOSAiC expedition [WEB LINK]
Secondary Education
The River Mile Network
The River Mile is a network of educators, students, resource managers and scientists in the Columbia River Watershed exploring the essential question: “How do relationships among components of an ecosystem affect watershed health?”
Aqua Bugs App
Aqua Bugs helps solve bug ID mysteries with a few simple questions. Clear directions paired with simple line drawings walk you through each choice.
FieldScope Data Collector App
The FieldScope Data Collector app allows you to enter and submit data to a National Geographic FieldScope project.
Shape of Life – The Story of the Animal Kingdom: Cnidarian Adaptations
In this lesson plan students explore the origins of muscles, nerves, and other animal adaptations through a study of the fascinating phylum Cnidaria.
Mosquito Books, Videos and Presentations
Add mosquito-related videos and presentations to your program or host a mosquito-themed book club. Use WorldCat links to search libraries near you, read reviews, and find editions in different languages for kids, teens and adults.
Our Changing Atmosphere
Explore a famous environmental data set to learn about climate change. Graph carbon dioxide data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to learn about natural cycles and unnatural changes in our atmosphere.
NASA Global Climate Change and Global Warming
NASA’s Global Climate Change website hosts an extensive collection of global warming resources for media, educators, weathercasters and public speakers.
Teaching about Earth in the Context of Societal Problems
Improving undergraduate STEM education with the use of relevant issues such as societal problems is a useful mechanism to help students find science to be personally relevant and to develop their interest based on societal contexts.
Rigorous Investigations-Using Contemporary Issues to Connect Science
Rigorous Investigations of Relevant Issues [RI]² is a site developed to share information and resources related to an innovative approach for teaching science.