Science
All students in grades K-12 have access to science instructional materials. Due to the adoption of the NGSS standards, we anticipate adopting new materials for grades K-8 in the 2019-2020 school year. NGSS-aligned curriculum materials were approved by the CA State Board of Education in November of 2018. We are currently in the process of reviewing these materials and making recommendations.
CA State Science Standards:
Natural Inquirer , middle school science education journal
John Muir Laws , a Bay Area naturalist, illustrator, author, and educator
National Wildlife Federation (See Green Hour and Schoolyard Habitats)
Classroom Aquarium Education Program
California Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
Nature for Kids (See Correlating Materials list)
Lawrence Livermore Labs Science Education
California Science Teachers Association
National Science Teachers Association
The BBC has an amazing site with tons of videos/images about our planet.
Here is a great resource for short science videos from NASA. You can search by grade level range (K-12) and they provide many additional resources to accompany the videos. Nasa Videos.....
The Smithsonian has a great website called Ocean Portal, lots of fun activities and lesson plans for teachers.
Change the Equation is President Obama's new initiative to bring S.T.E.M. curriculum to schools across the country. Sally Ride is involved, they have a blog, and are also offering partnerships with Fortune 100 companies down the road. Check out the link for some great ideas.
Here is a link to the McGraw-Hill Science online resources and activities.
Utah Education Network has some excellent videos and experiments for grades 3-6.
SparkLab has great experiments that kids can do in school or at home.
Elements--Great for Middle and High School
