stem resources for teachers

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STEM Resources for Teachers

George W. StickelSupervisor

Cobb County Public SchoolsMay 16, 2009

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GPS is based on NSESAAAS & NSES 1st place to lookhttp://www.aaas.org/publications/http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962

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National Science Education Standards

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The climate of science and technology in the United

StatesNational Science

Board’s report to Congress and the Nation: America’s Pressing Challenge—Building A Stronger Foundation

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Response to National Standards

Inquiry and the National Standards

Appendix BEstablish criteria

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The System of Science Education

(Based upon National Science Education Standards)

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Science Inquiry

MapK-12

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Science Knowled

ge Map of Matter

K-12

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Georgia DOE

GaDoe, 2nd place to lookwww.gadoe.org

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Georgia Performance Standards

TestingStandard

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DOE Classroom support

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Three key websites

National Science Education Standardshttp://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?

record_id=4962

Georgia Performance Standardshttp://www.gadoe.org/

Cobb County Public Schoolshttp://www.cobbk12.org/hr/index.htm

Your local school website

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Where next?

PeoplePlacesPublicationsProductsOrganizationsReferencesCompetitions

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People

Elementary school science teacherMiddle school science teacherHigh school science teacherHigher education

Technical college professorsLocal college or university professorsTextbook authors

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People continuedProfessional STEM & medical peopleTrade professionals

PlumbersCarpentersElectriciansAgricultural employees

Manufacturing professionalshttp://www.georgiamaw.org/

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Publications

National GeographicSmithsonianNational Wildlife

Federation http://www.nwf.org/

Related to organizations

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OrganizationsNSTA, http://www.nsta.org/

GSTA http://www.georgiascienceteacher.org/

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Other Science Ed Organizations

National Assoc. of Biology Teachers http://www.nabt.org/

Etc.

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Government Organizations

NASA, nasa.govNOAA, noaa.govUSGS, usgs,govGlobe Program,

http://www.globe.gov/r

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The Globe Program

Teachers GuideProtocols

Atmosphere/climateSoilHydrologyLand cover/biologyGeneralPhenology

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References

http://dictionary.reference.com/http://bartleby.com/

Dictionaries, ThesaurusesAnthologiesQuotations

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Competitions

FIRST RoboticsBest RoboticsF1Science OlympiadScience Bowl

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My Homehttp://www.dcnr.state.pa.

us/stateparks/parks/mcconnellsmill.aspx

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McConnell’s Mills State Park

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/ParkGuides/pg4_9/indexmap.aspx

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The Glacier

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Georgia Resourceshttp://www.gadnr.org/ Department

of Natural Resources

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Grand Canyon

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You don’t know a national park?

Nps.gov/findapark

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Chemistry

http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content American Chemical Society

http://www.chemed.org/ Chem Ed Foundation

http://www.chemcollective.org/ Chemistry Collective

http://www.rpc.msoe.edu/cbm/ Center for Biomolecular Modeling

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Green Chemistry

MKC http://www.mkcenterprises.com/index.htmOccipational Safety and Health document

Download NIOSHSchoolSafetyLabGuideon "Green Chemistry"--see also Download

ChemicalInventory_GreenTnStU

Download Appendix A - Prohibited Chemicals and Download HighrisktableMKCrecommends 

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Physics

http://www.aps.org/ American Physical Society

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Biotechnology

http://www.ellyndaugherty.com/

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Assessments

http://sciencescass.org/ Science Assessment Project

http://pals.sri.com/ Performance Assessment Links in Science

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General data

http://2000survey.horizon-research.com/ National Math & Science Survey information

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ESOL New York Science Teacher:

http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/index.php Click on "ESL/Bilingual Glossaries" for terms in various languages.

Cobb County ESOL Blog: http://flesolcobbcentral.typepad.com/esol/

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Thank you

george.stickel@cobbk12.orgwww.cicobb.typepad.com/

sciences/