Nancy Butkovich
Title: Head Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
This provides links to a selection of freely available resources in the sciences. It is by no means a complete list. Other sources might be state and government agencies, natural history or science museums, libraries, and professional societies. This list would not have been possible without the many librarians who generously shared their favorite links.
Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER)
https://amser.org/
Cool Science: Home
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html
Various resources for teaching scientific method, science fair ideas, “Ask a Scientist” and other materials. Information for students of all ages, and for teachers. (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Curriki
http://www.curriki.org/
Open access resources for K-12
Free resources (list compiled by Stanford Engineering Library)
http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/research-resources-alumni-visitors
Several of these are indexing/abstracting sources for journal articles. While the indexing is free, some of the articles may not be.
GEOSET: Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology http://www.geoset.info/
JASON Project
http://www.jason.org/public/whatis/start.aspx
Connecting students and researchers
Khan Academy
http://khanacademy.org
Wide range of educational videos
MadScience
http://www.madscience.org/
National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org/
Searchable by grade level, from NSF. Also note the "pathways” to additional resources http://nsdl.org/about/?pager=pathways
NSF Classroom Resources (National Science Foundation)
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/
OLogy - American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php
Elementary and middle school students
Open Access to Free Articles
http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/openaccess
Compiled by the University of Wisconsin Libraries
PBS Teachers - Resources for the Classroom
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
preK-12 educational resources from PBS
Scholarpedia
http://www.scholarpedia.org/
Science Inquirer: Free Stuff for Science Teachers
http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff
Scientix
http://www.scientix.eu/
It's aimed at a European audience, but it does contain free science education materials.
Slebodnik, M.; Zeidman-Karpinski, A. Resources for Information Literacy Instruction in the Sciences. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Summer 2008, no. 54
http://www.istl.org/08-summer/internet.html
Teachers' Domain: Home
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of more than 1,000 free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.
U.S. Government Resources for Teachers
http://www.science.gov/browse/w_133A.htm
comPADRE
compadre.org
High school, working on middle school section (Physics and Astronomy Education communities)
Lunar and Planetary Institute
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/
MIT Haystack Observatory
http://www.haystack.mit.edu/edu/pcr/resources/lessonplans.html
Lesson plans
NASA Education
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html
Resources for teachers and students
NASA Education Robotics Web Site http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/robotics/home/index.html
Innovation, creativity, problem solving — the world of robotics at NASA is all of these things.
NASA Science
http://science.nasa.gov/
NASA Science looks at NASA's past, present, and future missions as well as related topics.
Online Database for Educators: NASA K-12 Teaching Materials http://search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch.jsp?empty=true
This database of nearly 3100 resources aimed at K-12 educators allows users to search for NASA educational materials. Of course, all of this content is free.
Sixty Symbols
http://www.sixtysymbols.com/
A set of short videos about symbols used in astronomy and physics
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory
http://www.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ste-www1/doce/outreach.html#anc_booklets
Space Weather FX
http://www.haystack.mit.edu/swfx/
A series of podcasts targeted to high school students.
NIST Data Gateway (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/
Gateway to a wide range of resources produced by NIST, including many free databases
Fermilab’s resources for teachers
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/education/k-12_programs.html
K-12 resources for teachers prepared by the Department of Energy’s Fermilab; not all of them are physics-related
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html
Physics.org
http://www.physics.org/
A collection of science education websites gathered together by the Institute of Physics (U.K.)
US Dept. of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/foreducators.htm
All About Birds
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/
Online bird guide for over 500 common or unusual North American bird species. Also has links to birdcams, commonly asked questions about birds, and much more.
ARKive: Images of Life on Earth
http://www.arkive.org/
Wide array of images and video of wildlife; age-graded educational material; games, and other resources
eBird
http://ebird.org/
Searchable data on bird distribution worldwide. Much of the data have been contributed by bird-watchers.
Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/especiallystudents.html
U.S. government resources
Genetics Home Reference
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
Provides information on genetic diseases, genes, and chromosomes; also has a handbook, glossary, and links to related resources. Intended for consumer use.
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Education page
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Education/
Provides tutorials and exercises for learning to utilize the NCBI databases. Generally college level.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/k12.html
Free K-12 science and health education resources
USGS Educational Resources For Secondary Grades Middle School and High School
http://education.usgs.gov/common/secondary.htm
Wide range of resources related to geological and biological sciences (U.S. Geological Survey)
ABC Chemistry
http://abc-chemistry.org/
Free full-text chemistry journals
Chemistry Collective
http://www.chemcollective.org/
The Chemistry Collective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams. It is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon University for college and high school teachers who are interested in using, assessing, and/or creating engaging online activities for chemistry education.
ChemEd DL: Chemistry Education Pathway
http://www.chemeddl.org/
Chemical Education Digital Library
ChemSpider
http://www.chemspider.com/
Wide range of data related to specific chemicals. Currently has some 26 million structures in it.
CSD Teaching Database
http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/free_services/teaching/
A free 500-structure subset of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) Access and browse this interactive teaching database using WebCSD – the online portal to the Cambridge Structural Database at http://webcsd.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/teaching_database_demo.php This material is based upon work supported by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0725294. This material is freely available for your use provided that the CCDC is acknowledged. By downloading this material you agree to these conditions
Household Products Database
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (The Gold Book)
http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/bibliog/gold.html
Learn Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry
Teaching and learning resources for chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry)
National Chemistry Week and Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Resource Lists
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/hosted/cil/index.html
Compiled by the Stanford University Chemistry Library
NIST Chemistry WebBook
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
Orbitron
http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/
Atomic and molecular orbitals
SDBS Spectral Data for Organic Compounds
http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi?lang=eng
Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library-Educational Resources
http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/guides/educational-resources
Compiled by the Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library at Stanford University
ToxTown
http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/teachers.php
Discoveries and Breakthroughs inside Science
AIP's syndicated television news service providing accurate, informative and entertaining news covering everything from astronomy to zoology. (American Institute of Physics)
Physorg.com
Covers all areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. Updated daily.
ScienceDaily
Covers all areas of science, updated daily
Science Watch
â..provides a behind-the-scenes look at the scientists, journals, institutions, nations, and papers selected by Essential Science Indicators SM from Thomson Reuters and other products of the Research Services Group.â Has some interesting interviews and articles. Weekly updates.
Reference management software
These allow users to manage their reference lists and prepare bibliographies for papers.
Mendeley
Zotero
Style guides
Most disciplines have their own format for citing references and preparing bibliographies. These are two that are widely used in the sciences.
Chapter 14, ACS Style Guide, 3rd ed.
http://pubs.acs.org/userimages/ContentEditor/1246030496632/chapter14.pdf
Style guide used by the American Chemical Society.
CSE style guide
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/lls/students/cse_citation.html
Based on general science style guide from the Council of Scientific Editors.
Journal abbreviations
Abbreviations of titles of scientific and engineering journals
Science and Engineering Journal Abbreviations
http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/coden.html
Web CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index)
http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp
Journal abbreviations in chemistry and related disciplines.
Environmental education LibGuide
http://uiuc.libguides.com/environmental-education
Environmental education resource guide compiled by librarians at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
NOAA's National Ocean Service
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/
Coastal and marine ecology. Provides data on tides, nautical charts, images, videos, podcasts, teaching resources for grades 3-12.
Earth Day Resources
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/exhibits/earthday.html
Prepared by the University of Buffalo Libraries
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/teachers.htm
Educational resources related to waste materials
Geological Society of America
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources.htm
Educational resources related to earth sciences
USGS Educational Resources For Secondary Grades Middle School and High School http://education.usgs.gov/common/secondary.htm
Wide range of resources related to geological and biological sciences (U.S. Geological Survey)
