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These presentation slides are from the K-12 Resources in Nanotechnology webinar presented by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center on January 31, 2014. Joyce Palmer Allen, Assistant Educational Coordinator at the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, discussed...

This is the homepage for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project that offers energy information and programs for teachers and students. "Since its founding, NEED has kept its Kids Teaching Kids philosophy as a fundamental principle of NEED programming - encouraging students to...

This educational resource page from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory links to a variety of resources for students, teacher, and parents on the topics of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Curriculum suggestions and hands-on projects are included...

The website provides information on the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). NSTA was founded in 1944 and is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's membership includes science teachers, science...

This video, from the 2021 Esri Education Summit, explores Esri's education resources. Resources cover a variety of topics, such as geography, environment, business, and health. Resources also provides a variety of capabilities, such as mapping, analysis, and data collection. In the video, an...

This website is provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and includes resources for students and educators about Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution. Sections of this website include NPS Pollution Activities for Students, Other Resources Specific to NPS Pollution, and Additional...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the general concepts of measurement by using a pool noodle to measure objects. The activity "encourages students to consider features that are useful when developing or using a measurement tool." The lesson...

Created by the Stanford Solar Center, this collection of activities serve as guides for those interested in observing the sun. Information on building pinhole cameras, using telescopes, accessing an online solar telescope, observing eclipses, and sketching sunspots is included. Intended for K-12...

This resource, from SRI International, is an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks. The resources are "collected from numerous sources, include student...

Published in the American Educator, this is a resource paper on the impact of spatial thinking and literacy on American K-12 education. It includes four spatial thinking tests which were used in the project talent study discussed in the article.