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  • Organizations: Competitions

    Botball Educational Robotics Program
    Over seven weeks, middle and high school students learn to program in C and use a kit to build and program a robot that can operate autonomously. Students compete regionally and internationally.
    Clean Tech Competition
    The Clean Tech Competition is a worldwide research and design challenge for pre-college youth. The program encourages scientific understanding of real-world issues and the integration of environmentally responsible energy sources. Each year, the Clean Tech Competition addresses an issue that is grounded in core technological competency areas and focuses on the next great engineering challenges. The competition is designed to foster a deeper understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) related concepts, recognize outstanding talent, and prepare the next generation of globally competitive innovators. Teams of one to three students between the ages of 15 and 18 with a Team Leader (19 years or older) must register by the deadline listed on their website.
    Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
    For students in grades 5-8, this contest fosters the exploration, understanding and communication of science. More than 60,000 children from around the country enter science projects in one of the science and engineering fairs affiliated with Science Service. Between June (the deadline for entering) and early September, judges choose 400 semifinalists among the entries. In October, 40 finalists receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the competition finals, consisting of a series of team challenges and oral presentations. The winners receive scholarships and semifinalists receive prizes.
    eCyberMission
    eCyberMission is a web-based science, math and technology competition for 6th through 9th grade teams. Compete for regional and national awards while working to solve problems in your community.
    FIRST - LEGO League (FLL)
    FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a multinational non-profit organization that sponsors this competiton, which is considered the "little league" of the FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST and the LEGO Company partner to run this program for children 9-14. Using LEGO bricks, participants build a robot and compete in events according to age groups.
    Google Science Fair
    Google seeks gifted students ages 13 to 18 to participate in the annual Global Science Fair. The competition challenges students to submit projects that will be judged by a panel of scientists and researchers.
    Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)
    Held annually in May, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, providing an annual forum for more than 1,700 high school students from over 70 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research and compete for about $5 million in awards in 17 categories.
    Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program - Belin-Blank at University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
    The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia program seeks to encourage and recognize original research in the STEM fields done by Iowa high school students. Students in grades nine through 12, in the state of Iowa, can submit original research findings for a chance to win scholarships and participate in the Symposia.
    Meridian Stories
    Meridian Stories is a Maine-based non-profit founded in 2011. Every year, Meridian Stories offers 20 digital storytelling competitions in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and History for teams of students in middle and high schools. Schools register for the program by paying an annual subscription rate that provides access to all 20 challenges and the capacity to compete with other schools in the Meridian community. Teams work collaboratively over a three to four week period to complete their media production and upload them to the Meridian site. While Meridian Stories is designed for use by the whole school, the local programs for the Gifted and Talented community of students have been its biggest advocates.
    MIT THINK Scholars (Cambridge, MA)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) THINK Scholars is a student-run educational outreach program that makes STEM research and development accessible to high school students who reside in the United States. Using the existing THINK competition as a framework, this group has developed an application process for admission into this new program. Rather than simply recognizing high school students with completed projects, they are now supporting students who wish to implement their ideas. Accepted students will receive seed funding, mentorship from the THINK team, and advice from MIT professors and industry professionals.
    National Academic League
    Awarding achievement should not be limited to athletic abilities. Students of all academic and athletic levels should have the benefit of excelling in their own unique talents and passions. Academic sports motivate participants to compete for honors and awards while teaching them the skills of team work and discipline skills that sustain them to be productive and successful adults.
    National Science Bowl
    The Department of Energy's National Science Bowl&reg is a highly publicized academic competition among teams of high school students who answer questions on scientific topics in astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, earth, computer and general science. The competition consists of a round robin followed by a double elimination final.
    National Science Olympiad
    The Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers.
    Providian Medical Scholarship
    This scholarship, sponsored by Providian Medical, is designed to help students achieve their educational goals with this biannual $500 scholarship. Applicants must submit an original essay of up to 1,500 words that describes how medical equipment technology has changed the face of a college course and curriculum. Entries can also include a look toward the future and how this area of study will continue to evolve and advance. Applicants must be age 16 or older and either in your final year of high school or enrolled at the undergraduate level in “good standing”.
    Regeneron Science Talent Search
    Since 1942, Science Service has been in the business of making dreams come true through the Science Talent Search (STS). In 1998, Intel became the new sponsor of this nationwide competition: America's oldest and most highly regarded pre-college science contest. Each year the STS helps the nation find and encourage especially talented high school seniors to pursue careers in science, math, engineering, and medicine.
    Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS)
    TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) is an annual competition for middle and high school students designed to help them discover their potential for engineering. Using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and 21st century learning skills, students work collaboratively to problem solve real-world engineering challenges.
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody Scholarship Program
    Thermo Fisher Scientific offers future science scholars an opportunity to win $10,000 in scholarship funding. This scholarship was created to help provide educational opportunities for the future generation of scientists. Graduate students or undergraduate students must be enrolled in an accredited college to qualify for this scholarship. A pre-selected committee will award two $10,000 scholarships and four $5,000 scholarships among the candidates.
    Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision
    Teams of students in grades K-12 submit designs for new technology that benefits society. Member of first- and second- place teams each receive a $10,000 and $5,000 savings bond, respectively, and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, DC, for an awards ceremony.
    U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize

    The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is the world's most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. The prize taps into the unlimited potential of today's high school students as they seek to address current and future water challenges. The competition is open to any high school student in grades 9-12, and are 15 years of age by August 1stof the competition year. All research papers must be uploaded online no later than April 15th of each year to compete in their state’s competition. All state winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the SJWP National Competition. The national winner will receive $10,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden to participate in the SJWP International Competition.

    USA Biology Olympiad (USABO), (VA)
    This premier competition, hosted by the Center for Excellence in Education, allows top biology students the opportunity to display their talents on a national and international level. Over 70 countries participate in this competition, which is open to any high school students nominated by their teachers. USABO awards individual achievement in theoretical and practical biology knowledge and understanding.
    Young Naturalist Awards
    The Young Naturalist Awards, sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, is an inquiry based research competition for students in grades 7-12. Twelve winners receive cash awards and an expense-paid trip to New York City.

  • Organizations: International

    Manitoba Science Academy Summer Program (Canada)
    This six-week, residential summer program is open to international students with futures in science and engineering. Students (grades 10-12) earn 2 high school credits which are transferable to their State/Province. Gifted youth work as full members of the research team and are involved in the collection and analysis of data. Students must generate a Scientific Report and deliver an oral presentation of the findings of their study to successfully complete the program.
    Research Science Institute (RSI) (Massachusetts)
    Sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Research Science Institute (RSI) summer program involves focused content on advanced theory in the sciences, technology, engineering, and research in mathematics (STEM). Held every summer at MIT, RSI is open to students who have completed the third year of high school or the equivalent. Successful applicants will have demonstrated superior scholastic achievement in mathematics, the sciences, and verbal arts. They will have shown the potential for leadership in science and mathematics through their activities in and beyond the classroom. Refer to their informative web page for application deadline details.
    The Thiel Foundation
    This organization allows students under the age of 20 to pursue innovative scientific and technical projects, learn entrepreneurship, and begin to build the technology companies of tomorrow. During their two-year tenure, each Fellow will receive $100,000 from the Thiel Foundation as well as mentorship from the Foundation’s network of tech entrepreneurs and innovators.

  • Organizations: Local

    Center of Science and Industry (COSI) (Columbus & Toledo, OH)
    The Center of Science and Industry offers an array of educational resources. Their website includes online interactive experiences, simple science experiments, the latest science news, and more educational programs. The COSI science center offers interactive Learning Worlds, theaters, an outdoor science park and exhibit galleries.
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science Youth and Family Programs (Denver, CO)
    Workshops offer your child the opportunity to investigate the Museum's unique collections and specimens, venture into various cultures, and wonder at the human body through activities, experiments, and crafts. We also offer parent-child workshops, so you can explore the world together. The Adult Programs Department offers a year-round selection of courses, workshops, and lectures for the 18-and-older crowd. Classes are on subjects ranging from Artifact Illustration to Space Art, and slide
    presentations from visiting scientists and Museum curators.
    Exploratorium (San Francisco, CA)
    Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits and serves as a leader in the movement to promote museums as educational centers. The Exploratorium was founded in 1969 by noted physicist and educator Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, who devoted his efforts to it -- and was its director -- until his death in 1985.
    Fiske Planetarium (Boulder, CO)
    There are interesting shows on astronomy, physics, and space science at the Fiske Planetarium. These are on a regular basis and are appropriate for children of all ages. "The planetarium environment has a unique "surround" environment provided by no other medium. It immerses the audience in a three-dimensional dome that is capable of reproducing the night sky at any place on Earth and any time in history."
    Franklin Institute Science Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
    The Franklin Institute Science Museum is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their Web site offers many online exhibits as well as information for teachers.
    Ingenuity Project - Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Baltimore, MD)
    The mission of the Ingenuity Project is to prepare highly capable and motivated Baltimore students to achieve at nationally competitive levels in mathematics and science. The goal is to give city students the classroom advantages that wealthier county and private schools offer their populations with the expectation that Ingenuity students will take advanced placement courses in high school, attend college, and ultimately be prepared to become leaders in their chosen professions.
    Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (New York, NY)
    The Museum has many excellent exhibits ranging from actual artifacts to relevant installations about current events such as Intrepid Remembers 9.11 and Defending our Future. Ride in the A-6 Cockpit Simulator, visit the Virtual Flight Zone or spend all day on beautiful ships overlooking the Hudson River!
    Lyceum (Santa Clara Valley, CA)
    Lyceum of Santa Clara Valley is an organization that provides enrichment seminars for intellectually gifted children and is primarily staffed by volunteers. Seminars are developed and taught each year within four areas: Art, Humanities, Natural Science and Physical Science.
    Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
    The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the premier university museums in the country.
    The collections span the globe and the centuries. The Carlos maintains the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast with objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient Americas. The Museum is home to collections of 19th and 20th-century sub-Saharan African art and European and American works from the Renaissance to the present. The Office of Educational Programs at the Michael C. Carlos Museum offers a wide variety of engaging programs for the Emory community, children and families, and students and teachers. Programs include lectures, concerts, tours, and workshops.
    Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL)
    The Museum of Science and Industry's mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. We inspire by making our exhibits, collections and content accessible to all of our audiences through informal, hands-on experiences. Why inspire? We can only guess how many youngsters decided to become biologists or doctors, geneticists or chemists or rocket scientists, right here.
    New York Hall of Science (New York, NY)
    New York City’s only hands-on science and technology center. The Hall features more than 225 hands-on exhibits on biology, chemistry and physics. There are also Astroclub Meetings twice each month. Hidden Kingdoms, World of Molecules, Science Playground, AIDS, Realm of the Atom, Sound Sensations are just some of the amazing areas to explore.
    Science & Engineering Education - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA)
    This organization has several educational programs for precollege and undergraduate students. Some of the opportunities available include shadowing an employee, being a student research intern or being a student apprentice (must be a Tri-Cities student for many of the programs). Professional development workshops are available for teachers.
    TwiceGifted.org (Bay Area, CA)
    This is an organization started by a group of parents and educators in the SFBay Area that wanted to provide challenging science labs and classes for young gifted learners that were shut out from classes due to their age. As parents of young gifted and twice exceptional children, we believe that gifted learners need the freedom to learn elastically, confident to stretch beyond conventional boundaries of age while still feeling comfortable enough to review basic concepts from time to time.

  • Organizations: National

    Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
    Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists—from college students to professionals—in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership. With a 36-year history, SACNAS is comprised of over 20,000 members, partners, and affiliates from a diversity of disciplines, institutions, ethnic backgrounds, and levels along the educational trajectory. SACNAS members are dedicated to giving back through mentorship, peer networks, and professional development, and to engaging in science research and leadership of the highest caliber.
    American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) (New York, NY)
    The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world's cultures.
    Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
    Established by Congress in 1986 to foster and encourage excellence in science and mathematics, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation is designed to provide opportunities for American undergraduate students with excellent academic records and outstanding potential. Scholarships support study in the fields of mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences as career preparation. Each award covers eligible expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and room and board, up to a maximum of $7,500 per year. Goldwater Scholars are eligible for up to two years of support.
    Carnegie Science Center - Girls Math and Science Partnership (GMSP)
    The Girls, Math & Science Partnership (GMSP) was created to address issues regarding girls, their participation in science, and the expansion of their opportunities in and influence on the science and technology workforce. Working with girls ages 11-17, their teachers, parents, and mentors, GMSP draws organizations, stakeholders, and communities together in an effort to ensure that girls succeed in math and science.
    Center for Excellence in Education (CEE), (VA)
    Founded in 1983, the goal of the Center's programs is to help keep the United States competitive in science and technology. Programs allow the Center to establish long-term relationships with enrollees and enable them to become creators, inventors and scientists. Annually, students can participate in: The USA Biology Olympiad and the Research Science Institute (RSI).
    Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (Grasonville, MD)
    The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center is to promote stewardship and sustainability through environmental education and habitat restoration.
    Christopher Columbus Awards
    The Columbus Foundation Community Grant allows students in grades 6th through 8th the opportunity to address issues facing their local communities. Students work in groups brainstorming a current issue facing their community and possible solutions to help alleviate the problem. There is a deadline and prizes include a $25,000 grant to the winning team to use in order to pursue their plan and help the community.
    Davidson Fellows Scholarships
    The Davidson Fellows scholarship program recognizes outstanding achievements of profoundly gifted young people who have developed their talents by contributing a significant piece of work in one of these submission areas: Mathematics, Science, Technology, Music, Literature, Philosophy or Outside the Box. For eligibility and deadline information, please visit the Davidson Fellows website.
    Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics (EYH)
    The Math/Science Network is a non-profit membership organization of educators, scientists, mathematicians, parents, community leaders, and government and corporate representative. Our mission is to promote the continuing advancement in mathematics and science education of all people, with a particular emphasis on the needs of women and girls. The goal of the Math/Science Network is to increase the participation, retention, and advancement of girls and women in mathematics, science, and technology.
    Greater Good Science Center
    Based at UC Berkeley, the Greater Good Science Center provides a bridge between the research community and the general public. The organization studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being and teach skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
    Innovation World
    The mission of Innovation World is to awaken, inspire, facilitate and promote creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in schools, businesses and individually for every person, of any age, background, ethnicity or economic status. The website includes numerous STEAM resources.
    Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) Pathways to Science
    The mission of the Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) is to increase diversity in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce. Pathways to Science is a project of IBP supporting pathways to the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This group places particular emphasis on connecting underrepresented groups with STEM programs, funding, mentoring and resources. Use their website to find programs such as undergraduate summer research opportunities, graduate fellowships, postdoctoral positions, as well as resources and materials pertaining to recruitment, retention, and mentoring.
    InventiveLabs (Beverly, MA)
    InventiveLabs is a place to share research and innovative ideas. Teams are selected from applicants who choose a topic based on passion: science, engineering, inventions, fashion & design, the arts, medicine, health care. Inventive Labs offers facilitators, mentors and experts to guide the process. An embedded business incubator helps new start-ups with Angel Funds available.
    John Templeton Foundation - Gifted Education
    The gifted education section of this organization focuses on scientific genius and creativity among gifted students. The John Templeton Foundation sponsors a number of conferences and programs, many of which provide impressive grant opportunities. There is also a section for gifted resources.
    Kennedy Space Center (Orsino, FL)
    Where else in the world do history and the future, nature and technology, young and old meet for an unforgettable and inspirational journey through space and time? The Kennedy Space Center has hosted millions of guests from around the world for more than 30 years -- telling the story of how the United States built a space program that launched men to the moon, orbited satellites that have improved our lives, and sent probes into distant space to solve the mysteries of the cosmos.
    Math/Science Nucleus
    Math/Science Nucleus is a non-profit (501(3)c), educational and research organization composed of scientists, educators and community members. It serves as a science resource center to assist school districts, teachers, and administrators. A major goal is to increase the science literacy of students in our school systems by enhancing the skills of teachers and administrators.
    National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science & Technology
    The Consortium aims to foster and support specialized schools in mathematics, science and technology, and provide a forum for these schools to exchange information and program ideas. Each year the consortium holds a student conference in which "the leaders of tomorrow's scientific community may come to share ideas and concepts that may better the future. At such meetings, intelligent young people confront the burning problems of today's world with their fresh initiative. Here, leaders are born and minds are shaped."
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Medicines by Design
    Medicines by Design explains how scientists unravel the many different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future. The booklet examines the science of pharmacology, how drugs work in the body, and recent research developments.
    National Lab Day
    National Lab Day is a national program to pair scientist mentors with teachers and students who need help with science projects.
    National Science Foundation
    Created by Congress, this organization provides about 20 percent of all of the federal funding that supports American colleges and universities. NSF is the major source of funding for fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences. Included on the website are a listing of awards received, discoveries made as a result of NSF, a number of science publications and much more.
    National Speech & Debate Association
    The National Speech & Debate Association connects, supports, and inspires a diverse community committed to empowering students through competitive speech and debate.
    Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
    The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science recognizes the top teachers in mathematics and science from across the country. Up to 108 teachers are chosen for the award every year, and winners receive a signed citation from the President of the United States and a trip to Washington, DC to attend the awards ceremony. Teachers in grades K through 12 are eligible.
    Project Lead The Way
    Project Lead The Way provides transformative learning experiences for PreK-12 students and teachers across the U.S. The organization creates an engaging, hands-on classroom environment and empowers students to develop in-demand knowledge and skills they need to thrive. They also provide teachers with the training, resources, and support they need to engage students in real-world learning.
    Purdue University - The Center for Research and Engagement in Science and Mathematics Education (CRESME), (West Lafayette, IN)
    The Center for Research and Engagement in Science and Mathematics Education (CRESME) focuses on improving science and mathematics education for students from preschool to college. The result is a powerful combination of skills for discovering distinctive ways to improve science and mathematics education.
    Sally Ride Science
    Sally Ride Science Camps encourage girls’ interests in science by giving them hands-on science learning and activities in an environment that is designed to be supportive, enriching, and – most importantly – fun!
    Smithsonian
    This website offers: information about Smithsonian museums; explore and learn options in art & design, history & culture, and science & technology; exhibitions; research; events; outreach; and links for kids and teachers.
    Society for Science & the Public (SSP)
    The mission of the Society for Science & the Public (SSP) is to advance public understanding and appreciation of science. A non-profit based in Washington, D.C., SSP encourages students, parents, teachers, and communities to explore the vast world of science. Through publications, programs, science fairs and scholarship competitions, SSP helps young people utilize and strengthen their knowledge of science, math, and engineering.
    Students and Teachers As Research Scientists (STARS)
    Students and Teachers As Research Scientists (STARS) is a program, funded through the National Science Foundation, that introduces both rising high school juniors and seniors and their teachers to the various aspects of the scientific enterprise as practiced by successful scientists in academic, private and governmental research institutions.
    The Dana Foundation (Washington, DC & CA)
    The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation with principal interests in science, health, and education. Visit the BrainWeb section to find general information about the brain and current brain research, as well as links to validated sites related to more than 25 brain disorders. Brainy Kids Online offers children, teens, parents and teachers links to games, labs, excellent education resources and lesson plans.
    The EdGCM Cooperative
    Its goal is to improve the quality of teaching and learning of climate-change science through broader access to GCMs and to provide appropriate technology and materials to help teachers use these models effectively.
    The International Science Olympiads
    The International Science Olympiads is an annual competition in which students are given problems from any of the categories described. The solutions to these problems require exceptional ability and excellent knowledge of the subject.
    The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
    This organization focuses on promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. Science education is endorsed and there are a number of initiatives, one of which is to build a presence for science - promoting standards-based science teaching and learning. There are numerous science resource links and information - designed for professional development of science teachers. A discussion board, career center and newsletter are some of the other features.
    The Science Club
    The Science Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that uses humor and science to get children and adults to learn and play together. All of their activities, which use common household materials, promote curiousity and the excitement of experimentation.
    YouScience
    This organization is designed to give students impactful guidance to get focused on where they want to be. Proven science and algorithms encourage self-discovery and more confidence in post-secondary choices. By combining aptitudes (what you naturally do well) AND interests (what you like doing), YouScience is designed to match you to your best-fit personalized career path.

  • Organizations: Regional

    Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (Dayton, OH)
    The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is based on the understanding that science is the process through which we come to understand our world, and that play is the way children do science. Thus, we are a place where play and learning come together so that visitors of all ages can explore the wonders of the world.
    Boston Museum of Science (Boston, MA)
    The Boston Museum of Science features permanent and changing exhibits on biology, astronomy, paleontology, geology and technology. It also has live animal exhibits, a planetarium and educational programs.
    Siemens Foundation PATH Fellowships
    Launched in 2016, the Siemens Foundation has partnered with PATH, a leading global health organization to launch the Siemens Foundation PATH Fellowship Program. The program engages science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students in innovative, hands-on assignments that serve society by accelerating high-impact, low-cost solutions to some of the world’s most pressing health needs. Based in PATH’s Seattle, Washington, office, fellows are provided a meaningful research and laboratory experience and exposed to career opportunities in global health.

  • Organizations: Saturday Program

    Barnard College - Saturday Science Seminars (S-Cubed) (New York, NY)
    This is an initiative developed by Barnard College to encourage interest in the sciences among young women in high school. S-Cubed brings women in the 11th grade with strong academic ability and interest in science and mathematics to Barnard for a day of exciting science seminars offered by Barnard professors. Students are expected to commit to the full day of seminars and there is no fee to participate.

  • Organizations: State

    Arizona Science Center (Phoenix, AZ)
    This Phoenix-based science center is one of the most interactive facilities in the country. Childrens' programs include a series of science camps (ages 6-11), computer classes and more. With over 300 hands-on exhibits, a giant-screen theater, a computerized plantetarium, multimedia classrooms and more, the Arizona Science Center is sure to keep students busy for hours. A number of teacher resources are available as well.
    Fame/Unite/Merit (DE)
    "The FAME/UNITE/MERIT Program is designed to increase the effective participation of African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American youth in engineering and other science professions. In addition, the program provides accelerated academic enrichment instruction in mathematics, science, computer academic setting resembling a college engineering curriculum. The program also provides professional/personal development workshops, assistance in college selection and information on the engineering profession."
    Invent Iowa - The Belin-Blank Center at University of Iowa (IA)
    Invent Iowa is a comprehensive, statewide program developed to assist Iowa's educators in promoting the invention process as part of their regular kindergarten through twelfth-grade curriculum. This program was initiated in 1987 through the support of state political, business, and educational leaders in response to the future of rapidly expanding technology and the reported decline in American inventiveness in relation to other nations.
    Saturdays at Talcott Mountain Science Center (Avon, CT)
    TMSC's Saturday program reachs the needs of high-ability, high-interest students in grades 4-8, all areas of the state, and accepts both individual applications and students in local Gifted & Talented programs. Students meet for five Saturdays, and for an additional day's worth of enrichment programs for each course. Some programs will meet by arrangement (astronomy nighttime programs) and some even continue to 'meet' over the Internet during the week.
    Young Scientist Program at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)
    Founded in 1991, the Young Scientist Program is designed to attract high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds into scientific careers through activities emphasizing hands-on research and individualized contact between young people and active scientists.

  • Printed Materials: Books

    A Gebra Named Al
    This book by author W. Isdell is for young adults. Julie hates algebra - until she meets Al, and the Periodic horses and they journey through the Land of Mathematics, where the Orders of Operations are real places and fruits that look like Bohr models grow on chemistrees. Wonderfully written and a joy to read, it's full of math and science basics made fun and accessible. This book is the stand-alone sequal to The Chemy Called Al.
    A Handbook to the Universe: Explorations of Matter, Energy, Space, and Time for Beginning Scientific Thinkers
    This book by author Richard Paul is basically an introductory course in physical science. It is accurately self-described as a book "for talented beginners." The book describes how the universe operates--without a single mathematical formula. It is divided into sections on matter, energy, space, time, and reality.
    Adventures with Atoms and Molecules
    Adventures with Atoms and Molecules is a series of books that contains biology, chemistry, and geology experiments. Each experiment can be done as a classroom activity or at home with easy-to-find materials. Each book contains instructions for 30 experiments that show the effectiveness of the scientific method.
    Allosaurus Publishers
    Allosaurus connects the past to the present through history, science & reading comprehension. Allosaurus provides books in science, history, writing and social science.
    Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty
    Corporate mentors are well known. Less visible are the "mentor chains" that from generation to generation produce eminent scientists. Kanigel traces one such chain in neuroscience and neuropharmacology. This book is about what, at the very highest level, can be taught: not information, but investigative style.
    Aptitude Revisited: Rethinking Math and Science Education for America's Next Century
    American students' dwindling aptitude in math and science have become newsworthy lately, often culminating in debates about test scores. Author David Drew reiterates the concern that American youth is not being prepared for an emerging, competitive international market. Based on his research, Drew argues that the poor, minority students, and young women are not encouraged in mathematics, thus widening the gap between the under and over classes. His recommendations challenge superficial political arguments with potentially valuable solutions.
    Archimedes and the Door of Science
    This book is about the life and works of Archimedes, the Greek mathematician who enriched mathematics and all branches of science. The author discusses Archimedes work, his discoveries and the knowledge later based upon it. The book includes simple and humorous illustrations and diagrams enhancing the reader's understanding of Archimedes' concepts.
    Beginnings Publishing
    Beginnings Publishing offers books, curriculum and lab kits for homeschool students interested in Chemistry and Physics. The Rainbow, The Spectrum and Bridge Math are some of their products. There is special Homeschool Cooperative pricing.
    Bill Nye The Science Guy's Big Blast Of Science
    Bill Nye the Science Guy takes readers on an informative whirlwind tour of science, including subjects such as the scientific method, matter, atoms, ozone, absolute zero, heavy water and more. Included in this book are science projects that let you see how cool and fun science can be.
    Biology (Barron's Ez-101 Study Keys)
    This book by author E. Minkoff covers 93 key topics under 10 general themes, such as cells and tissues, genetics, bodily functions, ecology, evolution, and organic diversity.
    Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations for Minors: A Scalpel-Free Guide to Your Insides
    For ages 9-12, this book looks at all aspects of the human body from the vantage point of this amazing control center known as the brain. It is full of humor and wacky cartoons making it fun for young students of neurology.
    Breaking Through: Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
    In this book, topics ranging from how role models can make a difference to finding non-stereotypical toys and taking trips that inspire STEM discovery and engagement are illustrated with research evidence and real-life examples from girls and women. Regardless of a daughter's age (from birth to young adulthood), parents will find tips they can immediately use to help combat the gender imbalance in STEM areas.
    Cerebellum and Neuronal Plasticity
    This book contains 22 chapters based on talks given at a conference held at Magdalen College in April 1986. The participants in the conference came from a number of countries and represented several disciplines. They share a common interest in the structure of the cerebellum and its role in the control of movement and motor learning. The chapters in the book reflect that interest, and put forward in a succinct and clear way some of the major new ideas on the role of the cerebellum in movement and motor learning.
    Chase, Chance, and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty
    This first book by the author of Zen and the Brain examines the role of chance in the creative process. James Austin tells a personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance, and creativity interact in biomedical research; the conclusions he reaches shed light on the creative process in any field.
    Chemical Chaos
    This series of books introduces you to science with wacky facts and information. Inspired by the British series of history books by Terry Deary, this set of books covers physics, chemistry and natural sciences.
    Could You Live Underwater?: A Design Thinking and STEM Curriculum Unit for Curious Learners (Grades 4-5)
    In this engaging design thinking adventure, students utilize STEM skills and creative thinking to research, design, and build prototypes of the underwater house of the future! After researching the effects of climate change on people throughout the world, learners narrow their focus to tackle an aspect of designing underwater that grabs their imaginations. They utilize design thinking to ideate, prototype, and test, conducting experiments along the way and applying their findings about the properties of water to their work. The unit includes six modules with flexible time constraints, meaning teachers can implement the unit in as little as six class periods or as many as 6 weeks. At every stage, learners draw on creativity and collaboration as they build STEM skills.
    Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Science Teacher: Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom
    Written by Joan D'Amico and Kate Gallaway, this book offers teachers strategies on how to design and deliver instruction, measure success and get students to work together. Features ready to use science activitites that are tied to core curriculum standards.
    Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Science
    This book provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily.
    E = mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
    This book is a thoroughly researched and documented "biography" of the equation E=mc^2, written for the lay person with an interest in science. It starts with the history of each term of the equation and the equation's "ancestors".
    Electronic Components: A Complete Reference for Project Builders
    This book is about several electronic components, their functions and how to use them. This book includes information on resistors, capacitors, gates, transistors, switches, and more. There are formulas, codes, and schematics explaining the subject.
    Encouraging Your Child's Science Talent: The Involved Parents' Guide
    Michael Matthews provides parents with advice for recognizing early science ability in children and enriching a child's science ability outside of school. However, this advice can be used to help science ability flourish at home and in the classroom. Matthews also includes a special section devoted to science fairs that takes parents through the process of helping their children create award-winning science projects. Click here to read a review of this book.
    Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang
    In this book, authors Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok, both distinguished theoretical physicists, critique the Big Bang theory and recount the remarkable developments in astronomy, particle physics, and superstring theory that form the basis for a groundbreaking alternative, the “Cyclic Universe” theory.
    Exploring Energy & Alternative Energy Technologies and Issues: Resource Guide for the Gifted Middle and High School Classroom
    This book is a comprehensive resource on energy conservation and consumption. It is specifically written for use in the gifted classroom.
    Five in a Row
    The three volumes of the Five in a Row curriculum provide 55 lesson plans covering social studies, language, art, applied math and science. Designed for a homeschool setting, these lessons would also be appropriate in a conventional school. Although the original Five in a Row was designed for children ages 4 to 8, families of profoundly gifted children will find these guides more appropriate for the preschool years. The accompanying Five in a Row website offers sample lessons, an online newsletter, and curriculum user discussion boards.
    Forrest Mims Engineer's Notebook
    Written by Forrest Mims, this book offers a practical, no-nonsense collection of proven circuit designs useful for engineers, students, scientists, and hobbyists.
    Hands-On STEAM Explorations for Young Learners: Problem-Based Investigations for Preschool to Second Grade
    This book uses popular children’s nursery rhymes to explore STEAM concepts through minds-on, hands-on investigations. Children ages 4–8 and their teachers will love this twist on familiar old nursery rhymes. Children will enjoy problem solving and tinkering as they discover and explore. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep insists that she hides more colors in the drawn lines of her black wool. Test to find out if it is possible for black to be more than one color. How might you make Old King Cole’s fiddle using cardboard boxes and rubber bands? Teachers will appreciate the easy-to-follow layout, connections to advanced learning, and easy-to-access materials in each investigation. Innovation, wonder, and fun are at the heart of each of these explorations.
    How Come? Every Kid's Science Questions Explained
    For grades 5-9, this book answers all kinds of weird science questions, such as "Why is the sky blue?" and "What is a black hole?" and "Why do people have different types of blood?" Each question is answered in about two pages (the book has 320 pages total), and most have cartoons to go with them.
    Imponderables (Book Series)
    Imponderables is a series of eleven books written by David Feldman. The books examine, investigate, and explain common, yet puzzling phenomena. Examples include "Why do your eyes hurt when you are tired?", "Why do judges wear black robes?", and "Why do you rarely see purple Christmas lights?", among many others. The books are effectively a frequently asked questions list for people who wonder why and how the world works as it does.
    Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art
    How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? This book shows how seeing in all its many forms - insight, revelation, a distinctive point of view - is central to the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual representations of worlds both visible and invisible.
    It's All in Your Head: A Guide to Understanding Your Brain and Boosting Your Brain Power
    For ages 9-12, this book for students discusses how the brain evolved, what the different parts do, what makes a person a genius, why play is good for the brain, 10 tips for making life easier, 20 ways to become more creative, how to maximize their potential, what happens in the brain during sleep, how to take care of their brain, and more. There is also a teacher's edition with student activities and resources.
    Janice VanCleave's Science for Every Kid (Book Series)
    for grades 3-6, this book series covers many scientific subjects: biology, ecology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc. Complete with illustrations, activities and experiments to help children understand science.
    Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
    This book is a captivating collection of essays of major mathematical achievements brought to life by the personal and historical anecdotes which the author has skillfully woven into the text. This is a book which should find its place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in science and the scientists who create it.
    More Mudpies to Magnets
    This book, for baby to preschool-age children, is filled with easy-to-use, hands-on science experiments and activities. The instructions are clear and the results will hold the attention and excite the imagination of young children.
    Mr Tompkins in Paperback: Comprising 'Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland' and 'Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom' (Canto)
    Mr. Tompkins is a bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and quantum theory to fusion and fission.
    One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
    Author George Gamow, one of the greatest 20th century physicists, tends to get forgotten these days with his books now more than 40 years old. Some, like his history of 20th century physics, may seem dated in light of the discoveries since then, but there's still magic in the pages, whether explaining the wonders of infinite series, or how to locate a hidden pirate's treasure chest using imaginary numbers. Unlike many modern popular science writers, Gamow didn't shy away from showing the math - he could explain in a way that an elementary school child could understand. A wonderful book for the child or adult who isn't afraid to think.
    Packaging and the Environment
    The MESA Series combines essential pre-algebra topics with exciting hands-on science explorations to motivate students in both mathematics and science. This book for ages 4-8 uses materials and group collaboration to solve open-ended problems. Students make connections between classroom and real-world mathematics and science. These easy-to-use Teacher Resource Books include activity overviews, background information, reproducible activity masters, and assessment strategies.
    Passport to Learn: Projects to Challenge High-Potential Learners
    Designed for gifted students in grades 4-8 as an around-the-world adventure, the activities in this book by Jacqueline Melin emphasize creativity, problem solving, inquiry, and critical thinking in the fields of math, language arts, leadership skills, social studies, and science. Projects include writing a fairy tale using jargon and cliches, studying and composing wartime songs, designing a Martian space colony, and inventing secret codes using binary, octal, and hexadecimal systems. Bonus miles are logged as each project is completed, encouraging self-directed students to focus and develop their independent study skills.
    Real-Life Science Mysteries
    Real-Life Science Mysteries puts an exciting new spin on scientific thinking by profiling real-life scientists, showing students in grades 5–8 ways they can use science in their everyday lives. With the more than 30 activities included in Real-Life Science Mysteries, students will be required to try their hand at solving common science problems and performing experiments while learning about real people from diverse backgrounds, all of whom share a love for discovering how things work, why things work, and how they can work better.
    Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
    As Jane Goodall's autobiography, this book addresses her childhood, her sensitivity to nature and the events and beliefs that shaped her life. It also includes how she was invited to Africa. At one with nature and challenged by the man-made dangers of environmental destruction, nequality, materialism and genocide, Dr. Goodall offers insight into her perceptions of these threats and celebrates the people who are working for earth's renewal.
    Robert Gardner's Favorite Science Experiments
    For ages 9-12, this book is a collection of more than 30 easy-to-perform science experiments that takes you on an eye-opening tour of the facts, figures and forces that govern our world. It includes experiments on astronomy, biology, light, battery, acids and bases, friction, etc.
    Science Education for Gifted Students
    Editors Susan Johnsen and James Kendrick compiled this Gifted Child Today Reader as a book that deals with acceleration and enrichment in the sciences, including instructional units on magnetic levitation, integrating science and physical education, and real-world archaeology.
    Science Fair Handbook
    The Science Fair Handbook is designed to provide you with ideas, strategies, and techniques which will make a planned science fair a pleasant and enjoyable part of your classroom or school science program.
    Science Fair Season
    In Science Fair Season, Judy Dutton follows twelve teens looking for science fair greatness and tells the gripping stories of their road to the big competition. Some will win, some will lose, but all of their lives are changed forever.
    Science Is... A Source Book of Fascinating Facts, Projects and Activities
    For ages 6-14, this book is a collection of science activities with more than 450 ideas, attention-getters, projects, experiments, games, puzzles and stories. All areas of science are covered -- matter and energy; the human body; the environment; rocks; plants; animals; insects; weather; stars and planets; and technology.
    Science Wizardry for Kids
    This book has more than 200 safe, fun, easy-to-perform experiements that teach young people, ages 9-12, basic concepts of physics and chemistry with amusing illustrations throughout. Experiments deal with the environment, fooling the senses and magic tricks with colors and light.
    Scientific Genius: A psychology of science
    Author Dean Simonton develops a theory of scientific genius, using the "blind variation and selective retention" model of creativity as his starting point, and expands it into his own "chance-configuration" theory. He then accounts for aspects of pathbreaking science: mental processes and behaviors behind the creative act, cognitive and motivational styles of great scientists, causes and consequences of exceptional productivity, developmental antecedents of distinguished scientific work.
    Sharks Have No Bones: 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about Science
    This fascinating book has 1001 tidbits on nearly every aspect of science, from the Big Bang to Quantum Mechanics, Genetic Engineering to Computer Viruses -- an effortless course in the basic science that affects us everyday.
    Smart Junior Series
    The Smart Junior series has different authors and subjects, but consistent characters, including an enormous cat and a Yankees fan who blows bubbles so large she and her friends can fly using them. The chapters are short and each is followed by a short quiz.
    Solar Power, Fuel Cells, Wind Power and Other Important Environmental Studies for Upper Elementary and Middle School Gifted Students and Their Teachers: Technology, Problem-Solving and Invention Guide
    The Fourteen Enriched Chapters in Harry's book are designed to stimulate the Imaginations and Problem-Solving Skills of gifted students. The chapters are: Solving Problems: A Quick Reflection; About Technology Education; Technology - History - Economy - Society Connection; Building Critical Career Skills While Still in School; Solar Power: Here Comes the Sun; Fuel Cells: An Exciting, New, Clean Energy Option; Wind Power: The Fastest Growing Alternate Energy Technology; Archaeological Investigations of Garbage; Organizational Skills: Teaching Timelines; Creative Communications: A Portal to Invention; The Internet: You Ain't Seen "Nuttin" Yet; Creative Makeovers in Your School; More Communications "Stuff"; Edison's Hands: Study of a Genius of Technology and Invention.
    STEAM Education for Gifted Students! Upper Elementary Through Secondary Levels: Combining Communication and Language Arts with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
    Harry Roman presents detailed lessons for integrating STEM Education with Communication and Language Arts. Some examples of lessons are: Critical Workplace Skills, Writing Away to Companies, Technology Reporting, Invention and Communications, Writing an Operating Manual, What Makes a Good Oral Presentation?, A Technical Paper, and The Teacher as Communicator. The book also contains sections for teachers to record their Notes, Ideas and Reflections.
    STEM Education for High-Ability Learners: Designing and Implementing Programming
    This book focuses on the rigorous articulation of quality STEM education programming to develop STEM talent among high-ability and gifted learners. The intent is to provide a comprehensive resource for educators designing and implementing each of the supports within STEM education by providing a discussion of each critical component for inclusion in a planned, coherent, and high-quality sequenced system.
    STEM Robotics in the Gifted Classroom: Meet ROBO-MAN! Upper Elementary through Secondary Levels (STEM Education for Gifted Students)
    In this book, Harry Roman discusses the history of robotics, current robotic applications, robot design and math, STEM robot challenge lessons, and classroom robotic activities. The book contains many specific suggestions for use by teachers of the gifted in presenting an integrated STEM robotics program.
    STEM to STEAM Education for Gifted Students: Using Specific Communication Arts Lessons with Nanotechnology, Solar, Biomass, Robotics, & Other STEM Topics
    In this book, the authors present detailed lessons for integrating Eight STEM Education Areas with Communication Arts Lessons. These detailed lessons emphasize writing essays, descriptions and poems, and completing various exercises related to the following STEM Areas: Nanotechnology, Solar, Internet, Inventing, Music, Electric Vehicles, MOOCS, Biomass, and Robotics. The Appendices contain further information about the importance and promise of STEM Education.
    STEM-Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education for Gifted Students: Designing a Powerful Approach to Real-World Problem Solving for Gifted
    Harry Roman's book discusses Planning and Implementing STEM Education Programs for Gifted Students. This is an Essential Book for Parents and Educators which contains many specific suggestions for use by teachers of the gifted in presenting an integrated STEM program. The book covers numerous topics such as the roots of STEM, the study of engineering, importance of math and math activities for the gifted, employee skills, creativity & imagination in the lab, STEM challenge problems, technology education, and applications to the business world.
    Structure of Matter (Understanding Science and Nature)
    This book discusses what makes up the world around us in an entertaining Q & A format. The questions are those that kids might ask, grouped into topic areas including matter, changes in matter, engineering, food and new materials. It doesn't sacrifice accuracy to simplify the answers, and explanations are technically correct and all interesting.
    The 10 Things All Future Mathematicians and Scientists Must Know (But Are Rarely Taught)
    Edward Zaccaro presents this book full of classroom lessons, readings and discussion starters. It reveals the things our future mathematicians and scientists must know in order to prevent tragedies such as the Challenger explosion and the failure of the Mars Orbiter.
    The Cartoon Guide to the Universe (Vol. I & II)
    The Cartoon Guide to the Universe is one of many books in the Cartoon History series that spans various subjects. Whether you are a fan of history, comics, or both, The Cartoon History of the Universe is a great place to start.
    The Chemy Called Al
    This book blends fantasy with learning, weaving science and math facts into a fast-paced adventure story. When Julie travels to the Land of Science, she meets Al the Chemy-lion, discovers the relationship between alchemy and science, learns more about the Periodic Table, explores the States of Matter, and ultimately uses her knowledge of chemistry to save her friends from danger. This book is a stand-alone sequel to A Gebra Named Al, reuniting Julie with the "Periodics."
    The Coloring Review of Neuroscience
    This step by step text by D. Michael McKeoug his designed as a supplement to an introductory neuroscience course and is intended to provide the beginning student with a global view of the field.
    The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
    The Elements is based on photographs the author, Theodore Gray, has been collecting on his website periodictable.com for years. The website includes not just pictures, but also detailed descriptions and 360-degree rotating videos of almost all the objects. However, according to the author, the webpage is not a substitute for the book.
    The Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe
    This book takes the reader on an illustrated tour of the Periodic Table. Filled with fascinating information about the elements, their main compounds, and their principal uses, this authoritative yet accessible book, written by renowned popular-science writer Jack Challoner, makes “hard” science easy, interesting, and relevant to our daily lives.
    The Invention that Changed the World
    In this book, author Robert Buderi chronicles the previously untold story of radar, one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the last century. He presents in-depth, completely accessible descriptions of the triumphs and technological advances and introduces the brilliant band of scientists, many of them Nobel Prize winners, who carried out this revolution.
    The Kids' Natural History Book: Making Dinos, Fossils, Mammoths & More!
    For ages 4-8, this book is well-organized with scientific information, attention-grabbing facts and accessible procedures for activities and projects. Chock-full of entertaining activities that will help inspire enthusiasm for the natural sciences, this is a terrific way to introduce kids to the real-life meaning of scientific concepts.
    The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics
    The Moravian monk and naturalist Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) labored quietly over the years in his abbey's garden, becoming known locally as a reliable meteorologist with an unusually green thumb. He was much more than that, of course, but his transforming experiments in what a later acolyte would call "genetics" were less well known.
    The New Way Things Work
    For ages 9-12, this book boasts a richly illustrated 80-page section that wrenches us all (including the wooly mammoth who ambles along with the reader) into the digital age of modems, digital cameras, compact discs, bits and bytes. Readers can glory in gears in "The Mechanics of Movement," investigate flying in "Harnessing the Elements," demystify the sound of music in "Working with Waves," marvel at magnetism in "Electricity & Automation," and examine e-mail in "The Digital Domain."
    The New World of Mr Tompkins
    Decades ago physicist Gamow presented scientific ideas to the layperson through a fictional character, C.G.H. Tompkins, a bank clerk interested in modern science. Gamow produced two popular books featuring Tompkins and then combined them in one paperback. Now science writer Stannard presents a revised version of that book. Tompkins is still a willing if rather dim learner in his associations with a physicist identified only as 'the professor.' Gamow and Stannard deal with such concepts as relativity, quantum theory and the structure of the atom.
    The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
    This book, written by Nobel Prize-winning physicist M. Gell-Mann, is an engaging introduction to the life's work of one of this century's most accomplished and influential scientists. This is Gell-Mann's own story of finding the connections between the basic laws of physics and the complexity and diversity of the natural world. From the simple, a quark inside an atom, to the complex, a jaguar prowling its jungle territory. Exploring the relationship between them becomes a series of exciting intellectual adventures.
    The Science Class You Wish You Had
    This book is an overview of the findings of Einstein, Newton, Bohr, Hubble, Darwin, Watson, Crick, Flemming, and Mendel that most will find useful if they are not familiar with their lives and work. All these units are free standing essays on a particular discovery and its discoverer(s), and can be used individually.
    The Secret of Teaching Science & Math Through Music
    Dr. Frank's thought-provoking book provides evidence that children that are given the opportunity to play a musical instrument tend to do better scholastically.
    The Sky is not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
    Inspiring memoir by the Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York. He is a wonderful role model for young people considering a career in science. This book is very readable and humorous.
    The Society of Mind
    For some artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, this book is too removed from hard science, but for others, its high-level approach makes it a gold mine of ideas. The author, one of the fathers of AI, sets out to provide an abstract model of how the human mind works.
    The Story of Science Series by Joy Hakim
    The Story of Science series by Joy Hakim begins with The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way. Readers of this book will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt and Greece to meet the world's first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists, and explore the lives and ideas of such famous people as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Ptolemy, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle.
    The Time and Space of Uncle Albert (Book Series)
    This is a kid-friendly series that explains Einstein's three main laws. Uncle Albert, the famous scientist, has got stuck. To unlock the deep mysteries of space and time someone must agree to be beamed up into the unknown world of the thought bubble. His brave niece, Gadanken, decides to risk it and so begins her exciting and astonishing adventures. There are three different books, one for every law.
    Twisted True Tales From Science - Prufrock series
    Mummies made of honey, needles stuck in eyeballs, and murderous fog. It sounds like a science-fiction movie, but these are all true stories found in the Twisted True Tales From Science series for kids ages 9–12. Learning about science has never been so gross, or so much fun. Books in this series include "Disaster Discoveries", "Explosive Experiments", "Insane Inventors" and "Medical Mayhem".
    Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science
    A science dictionary worth poring over for hours. The concise, well-written text and amazing photos and drawings this book provide an overview of nine major fields of science. The strength of the visual dictionary is its images, including intricate cross sections, explanatory diagrams, and fascinating photos.
    Using the Next Generation Science Standards with Gifted and Advanced Learners
    By authors Cheryll M. Adams Ph.D., Alicia Cotabish Ed.D., Mary Cay Ricci, this book provides teachers and administrators examples and strategies to implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) with gifted and advanced learners at all stages of development in K–12 schools. The book describes—and demonstrates with specific examples from the NGSS—what effective differentiated activities in science look like for high-ability learners. It shares how educators can provide rigor within the new standards to allow students to demonstrate higher level thinking, reasoning, problem solving, passion, and inventiveness in science.
    Watersheds 2: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics
    Newton and Dillingham's Watersheds 2 is the only environmental casebook of its kind. This book offers discourse on environmental issues from the Exxon Valdez to the population explosion, and includes study questions at the end of each chapter. The authors present cases of immediate interest in a balanced and impartial manner, with an engaging style that will encourage critical thinking and discussion.
    Weather from the Nature Company Discovery Series
    This book presents an overview of various weather topics including the explanation of weather phenomena, climate and how humans and animals adapt, the history of forecasting, weather myths, and more. Each topic is illustrated with explanatory diagrams and photographs.
    Young Women of Achievement: A Resource for Girls in Science, Math, and Technology
    This useful guide will provide motivation for girls considering careers in science, mathematics, and technology. If you are a girl or young woman who has an interest in science or think you might, this excellent guide, full of highly useful information, will start you on the path toward realizing your career dreams.

  • Printed Materials: Online Documents

    Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools
    The full text of this book is available online through the National Academies Press website. This book assesses programs for advanced studies for high-school students in the United States and examines the impact of advanced studies programs on the educational system, such as how they are key to admission at higher education institutes and how the quality of these programs can be enhanced.

  • Printed Materials: Periodicals/Reports & Studies

    ASK Magazine
    When gifted students ask “Why?”, ASK magazine may be the answer. Designed for 6 to 9 year olds, ASK answers all sorts of questions including: Why do animals sleep? Why are there tides? and How was the solar system formed? Full of fun facts, informative scientific articles, and hands-on activities, ASK magazine will enhance students' sense of wonder, boost imagination, and position them for a lifetime of exploration.
    Astronomy Magazine
    This best-selling astronomy magazine includes articles on celestial objects, astronomical history, cosmology, and more. There is also an "Astronomy 101" section for beginning astronomers.
    Kid's Discover Magazine
    Each Kid's Discover Magazine is focused on a specific topic like major historical time periods, science topics, and interest areas for children. The resources section points kids to more information about specific subjects.
    MUSE Magazine
    MUSE magazine, for ages 9 to 14, is the science and arts magazine for kids that’s spot on with the facts, but off-kilter with the jokes. Kids who can't help wondering whether video games really kill their brain cells, or what a gentleman ladybug is called, will find the answers here, in articles written by award-winning authors and accompanied by high-quality illustration and photography. MUSE magazine makes a perfect gift for readers who are outgrowing ASK magazine or are interested in science, history, and the arts.
    National Geographic Kids
    National Geographic Kids is an interactive, multitopic magazine covering animals, entertainment, science, technology, current events and cultures from around the world. The magazine has articles, puzzles, and contests, and a "Kids Did It" department featuring children's accomplishments.
    Nature Journal
    Nature Journal is a great resource for students, teachers, and parents who have an interest in science, genetics, physics, evolution, and many more exciting topics.
    Science News
    Science News is a weekly magazine targeted at adults with a significant background in science. It is very concise with about twelve pages of articles per issue and limited advertising.
    Scientific American
    This magazine is full of interesting articles on biology, cosmology, computer science, technology and more. Although written for adults, most gifted young people from middle school age and older can probably comprehend the contents.
    Sky and Telescope
    This magazine contains a news section with the latest astronomy related news, archives of old stories, an email news service, special reports and a SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) section. They also have a sights section with monthly sky highlights, special sky events and much more.
    Smithsonian Magazine
    This magazine is published by the Smithsonian Institution. Its subject matter is eclectic, though mostly centered around history of cultures, art, language, geography, and sciences. Though targeted at adults, many articles are suitable for intelligent children as well.

  • Schools & Programs: College Affiliated

    Center for Precollegiate Education and Training - University of Florida (UF-CPET) (Gainesville, FL)
    This program promotes interaction between teachers, students, graduate students, researchers and industry stakeholders in science and technology education and training. Some programs include: Dual Credit Enrollment, Excursions in Science, Mini Medical School, Science Information for Teachers, Summer Science Institute and more.
    Florida Polytechnic University (Lakeland, FL)
    The mission of Florida Polytechnic University is to prepare 21st century learners in advanced fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to become innovative problem-solvers and high-tech professionals through interdisciplinary teaching, leading-edge research, and collaborative local, regional and global partnerships.
    Gifted & Talented Education (GATE), The Honors College at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
    The various Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programs offered through Michigan State University (MSU) are dedicated to promoting differentiated educational programs for students in grades 7-12. Mathematics Science and Technology (MST) is a two-week residential program for academically talented students. CHAMP is a regional program for students highly gifted in mathematics. ISHALL is an accelerated, intensive two-year course in literature and language designed to meet the curricular goals and merit standards of high school English, grades 7-10, in two years. Plus, there is also a dual enrollment program, a Michigan-Shiga Exchange program, a CSI Forensic Science program and several others listed on the website.
    Glenn T. Seaborg Center at Northern Michigan University (Marquette, MI)
    The Center is both a department in the Northern Michigan University College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Michigan Network of Mathematics and Science Centers funded by the Michigan legislature. A major component of the Center’s activities are in programs for K-12 students, teachers, and the community. As a Michigan mathematics and science center, the Seaborg Center is accountable in six areas: leadership, student services, professional development, curriculum support, resource clearinghouse services, and community outreach.
    MIT PRIMES (Cambridge, MA)
    MIT PRIMES (Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science for High School Students) is a free, year-long after-school research program serving high school students who live within driving distance from Boston. Program participants work with MIT researchers on exciting unsolved problems in mathematics and computer science.
    MIT PRIMES-USA (Cambridge, MA)
    PRIMES-USA (Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science for U.S.A. high school students) is a free, year-long research program for high school juniors from across the United States. PRIMES-USA students will work on original research projects in mathematics provided by MIT faculty. Projects will be mentored by MIT graduate students via the Internet, using software and hardware tools for online collaboration.
    Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP) (Washington, DC)
    The Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP) for high school students places academically talented apprentices with interest and ability in science and mathematics in Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories for eight continuous weeks during the summer. These students work with scientists and engineers who act as mentors. The program offers students a unique and positive experience in their fields of interest, thus encouraging them to pursue careers in science and engineering.
    Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (Stanford, CA)
    The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program is an annual five-week summer residential program for science- and medicine-based enrichment held on the Stanford University campus. The program is open to low-income and ethnically diverse high school sophomores and juniors who live in northern and central California. Please check website for program dates.
    Stanford Science Circle (Stanford, CA)
    The Stanford Science Circle offers quarter-long classes for high and middle school students who are interested in exploring the vast and exciting world of scientific research. Weekly sessions are held at Stanford throughout the academic quarter. The Science Circle promots science interest and career awareness through engaging lectures and hands-on activities. Students learn directly from faculty, researchers, and post-doctooral scholars in the Stanford science community.
    Stanford Science Conference (Stanford, CA)
    The Stanford Pre-Collegiate Science Conference aims to highlight current reasearch from the perspective of Stanford scholars as well as the incredible work being done in science by young scholars across the country. Goals of the conference are to enhance and sustain student interest in science, and promote the importance of scientific exploration by all students, regardless of academic and socio-economic status. The 2014 Science Conference was held in mid-Marc at Stanford University.
    University of Colorado - Science Discovery (Boulder, CO)
    Science Discovery, established in 1983, is an experience-based educational outreach program of the University of Colorado in Boulder. Science Discovery's mission is to stimulate scientific interest, understanding, and literacy among Colorado's youth, teachers, and families by interfacing with university resources and academic expertise. Science Discovery is dedicated to engaging the whole person in the journey of learning, and strengthening individual capacities to participate actively in local and world communities. Programs include after-school classes, homeschool classes, summer programs, and wilderness camps. They also offer professional development programs for teachers.
    University of Wisconsin, Regional Center for Math and Science (RCMS) (Green Bay, WI)
    The RCMS is a federally funded, six week residential pre-college program, designed to enhance and enrich high school students' understanding of science, mathematics, and the nature of scientific research. The Center's emphasis is on the health sciences. Careers in medicine, nursing, physical therapy, medical research, and the like, will be explored.
    Wake Early College of Health and Sciences (Raleigh, NC)
    Wake Early College allows students to graduate from high school in four or five years with a diploma and college credits. Graduates typically earn enough credits to secure an associate's degree and/or be able to enter a four-year college as a junior.

  • Schools & Programs: Independent

    Edhesive
    This organization combines online instruction from nationally recognized experts with the personal touch of local coaches, who offer students face-to-face guidance and support. Nationally recognized computer science educators provide online, College Board-approved instruction. Their AP Computer Science course includes a complete, year-long curriculum that includes video lessons and interactive, automatically graded assessments.
    Fulton Science Academy Private School (Alpharetta, GA)
    This school serves advanced and gifted students. While adhering to high entrance standards, grade level and course level placement decisions are mufti-faceted, weighted more on student ability and social maturity than their age. FSAPS offers a S.T.E.A.M. Education providing daily core classes of math, science, social studies, reading, language arts, foreign language as well as P.E., art, music, robotics, and computer classes for all grades on a weekly basis. FSAPS provides many award winning academic teams to further develop student potential.
    Talcott Mountain Academy for Science, Math & Technology (Avon, CT)
    This small private school is for "intellectually excited" students and focuses on science, math & technology. It has its own weather station including Doppler, TV station, hypospherium, planetarium, observatory and state of the art computer labs. The 4th through 8th grade program has been well established for over 15 years, and the Primary school (grades K-3) opened in 2000.
    The Episcopal Academy (Newtown Square, PA)
    The goal of this school is to provide students with a challenging curriculum designed to develop their intellectual powers. It is intellectually challenging; it requires integrity, a strong work ethic, motivation, and a willingness to seek help when needed.

  • Schools & Programs: Math & Science Programs

    AlphaStar Academy (Santa Clara, CA)
    AlphaStar Academy offers year-round courses and winter/summer camps in math, computer science and physics for gifted students in Bay Area, California. The program mainly focuses on problem solving skills for 4-12 grade students.
    Areteem Institute
    Areteem Institute is an educational institution that develops and provides in-depth and advanced math and science programs for K-14 (High School, Middle School, Elementary School, and 2-year college) students and teachers. The Areteem Institute offers online classes, summer programs and teacher training. Students may attend the Areteem Institute part time or fulltime through these options: live and real-time face-to-face online classes; self-paced classes by watching the recordings of the live classes;
    and summer intensive and winter boot camps.
    Arizona Academy of Science Phoenix Charter School
    Located in Phoenix, AZ, this charter school uses the latest in technology and a hands-on approach to cater to middle and high school students. Using small class sizes, this school places an emphasis on math and science while focusing on individual learning needs.
    Art of Inquiry
    Art of Inquiry is an online school that presents unique interactive, multi-year astrobiology curriculum for bright 9-12 yr old students. Students are welcomed into an open field of space science, fostering their curiosity and sense of wonder. The courses are developed and taught by Julia Brodsky, an astrophysicist by training with many years of experience teaching International Space Station astronauts and flight controllers as well as K-12 students.
    Biotechnology High School (Freehold, NJ)
    This public preparatory high school focuses on preparing students for a future in higher education, with an emphasis on biotechnology and other life sciences.
    Catalyst Project - American Psychological Association’s (APA) Center for Gifted Education Policy
    The American Psychological Association’s (APA) Center for Gifted Education Policy organized the Catalyst Project. Catalyst is a year-long mentorship program for high school juniors and seniors to work alongside Masters in the fields of chemistry and art. The program, funded by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, focused on providing top-notch research experience, guidance and peer support for talented students with a demonstrated interest in these fields.
    Chesapeake Math Program
    This program offers math and science clubs, classes, and contest opportunities to students in Maryland, D.C., and northern Virginia. They sponsor teams for many programs, both national and local, at the high school, middle school, and elementary school levels, and we offer scholarships or small grants in math and the sciences. Began as the Howard Area Homeschoolers in 2001, the program soon expanded to include students from all types of schools, including public, private, and charter schools.
    Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology (Alexandria, VA)
    Cora Kelly School for Math, Science, and Technology offers exciting and challenging instructional programs. The school curriculum is organized around mathematics, science and technology laboratories and reading/language arts department that focuses on the Four Block Balanced Literacy. Though we are a math, science and technology magnet school, our "foundation program" is Four Blocks. Our belief is that literacy is the gateway to success in every other curriculum area.
    DeBakey High School for Health Professions (Houston, TX)
    Designed in partnership with the Baylor College of Medicine as a rigorous four-year health professions magnet program, this school is designed to prepare students to go to top universities. A five year mathematics sequence and competitive AP program develops students with an essential academic foundation. The four year health sciences program gives students practical experience with health professionals in the Texas Medical Center and in the classroom.
    Georgia Academy of Arts, Mathematics, Engineering and Sciences (Cochran, GA)
    This is an exclusive 2-year Dual Enrollment residential program that allows high school students the opportunity to simultaneously earn a high school diploma from their home high school as well as a possible associate's degree from Middle Georgia State University (MGA), while experiencing dorm living and integrating within our inclusive university community on the Cochran Campus.
    High Technology High School (Lincroft, NJ)
    The curriculum emphasized at this public high school includes mathematics, science and technology.
    Ideaventions Academy for Mathematics and Science (Reston, VA)
    This is an independent school for the gifted offering grades 4th–12th, where passionate teachers help intellectually-curious students with an interest in math and science pursue their interests as part of a lively community ​and through engaging experiences.
    J. Craig Venter Internship Program (Rockville, MD and San Diego, CA)
    JCVI provides students (high school through graduate) and educators opportunities to be a part of groundbreaking science. The Institute offers a summer internship program that begins each May and ends in August. The internships run between 8-12 weeks (college internships begin in May; high school begin in June). Internship positions are posted on our career page starting in February of each year.
    Maine School of Science and Mathematics (Limestone, ME)
    The Maine School of Science and Math is simply unlike any other school in the state. At the MSSM you can learn science from practicing scientists, be part of a math department that has nearly a 100% pass rate on Advanced Placement Exams, get two semesters of college credit in computer science while still in high school, learn how to build (and sleep out in) a snow shelter during our Sub-Arctic Themed Weekend, attend lectures given by archeologists from the Smithsonian Institution, get published in a literary or math journal, sit up nights discussing the different sizes of infinity with your friends, . . .
    Ocean Exploration Trust - Science & Engineering Internship Program (Old Lyme, CT)
    The Nautilus Science and Engineering Internship Program aims to train undergraduate and graduate students studying ocean science, engineering and video/film in the at-sea environment. Intern positions entail two to five week periods working aboard E/V Nautilus as Data Loggers, ROV Pilots, or Video Engineers. All interns spend their time on Nautilus working with a wide array of scientists, engineers, students and educators. All interns gain experience in communications and leadership, including participating in educational outreach activities, such as live interviews with shore.
    Science Leadership Academy (Philadelphia, PA)
    The Science Leadership Academy is a partnership high school between the School District of Philadelphia and The Franklin Institute. SLA is an inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on 21st century learning that provides a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum with a focus on science, technology, mathematics and entrepreneurship. Students at SLA learn in a project-based environment where the core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection are emphasized in all classes.
    STEM High and Academy (Highlands Ranch, CO)
    This small charter school is designed to offer a new and innovative opportunity for students. The goal is to become a premier public high school for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Colorado and the nation.
    Treasure Valley Mathematics & Science Center (TVMSC) (Boise, ID)
    The Treasure Valley Mathematics & Science Center (TVMSC) is a unique learning community that offers opportunities in mathematics and science education unlike those found in traditional school settings. The curriculum is specifically designed for students with a strong interest/desire to excel in mathematics and science. A key focal point of the instructional program will be activities that require students to work as a member of a research team. Students will collaborate in posing questions, designing experiments, acquiring and analyzing data, and finally, presenting their findings. The Center will run a half-day junior high program and a half-day senior high program.

  • Schools & Programs: Public

    Academy of Science (St. Louis, MO)
    Founded for the advancement of science, the Junior Academy of Science of St. Louis is a special program for all students in the 7th through 12th grades whom are interested in science. The program is sponsored by the Academy of Science of St. Louis. The Junior Academy encourages students to explore various branches of science as they plan their future careers.
    Army Educational Outreach Program
    Through AEOP, the Army continues its long tradition and strong commitment to the advancement of STEM education and literacy. Leveraging its most valuable assets – world-class scientists and engineers and research facilities – AEOP offers our nation’s youth and teachers a collaborative, cohesive portfolio of opportunities that effectively engage future workforce generations in meaningful, real-world STEM experiences, competitions and paid internships. From elementary school through graduate school, students of all proficiency levels, interests, social and economic backgrounds are encouraged to participate in real-world STEM experiences while also engaging with Army-sponsored mentors.
    Blair Science Magnet (Silver Spring, MD)
    The Magnet Program is designed to offer accelerated, interdisciplinary courses in science, mathematics, and computer science for highly able students particularly interested in these subjects.
    Central Virginia Governor's School (Lynchburg, VA)
    Central Virginia Governor's School (CVGS) is a public coeducational high school for juniors and seniors from Amherst County, Appomattox County, Bedford County, Campbell County, and the City of Lynchburg. Tuition is paid for by local school divisions. Students take mathematics and science courses at CVGS in the morning and return to their home high schools in the afternoon for the remainder of their classes. CVGS is good college prepartion due to the college type environment, the research experience, the technology exposure, and the internship program.
    G·tec Kids (New Rochelle, NY)
    Students attend G·tec once a week for approximately 1 1/2 hours after school. The curriculum has been carefully developed by the director, in consultation with a team of dedicated and respected leaders affiliated with higher learning institutions such as Columbia University, Wayne State University, Pace University, Pratt University, Whitney Museum, New York Botanical Garden, Mystic Life Aquarium, Eastchester High School, and more! Students are exposed to a balanced program of visual arts, history, science, and computer literacy.
    Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC)
    The Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC) delivers a challenging, accelerated education in mathematics, science and technology to selected students, grades 9 - 12 in Kalamazoo County. Students can apply to the program in the eighth grade, and if accepted, spend a half-day at KAMSC in intensive mathematics, sciences and/or computer courses.
    Saturday School For Scholars and Leaders - Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
    This summer program is for grades K-8 and is taught by educators from the Atlanta, Georgia area.
    Saturday is not your typical day for school but participants in Georgia State University's Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders are not your typical students. Since 1975, parents and school personnel have identified scholars and leaders to participate in this special Saturday program. Each session, Atlanta area educators teach a variety of enrichment classes, ranging from the fine and applied arts to math and science, designed to challenge participants at all levels.
    The Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter in Massachusetts (Marlborough, MA)
    This charter school offers students the opportunity of a classical education experience with an emphasis on technology, science and math. Students are held to high standards in a rigorous academic setting.
    Union County Magnet High School (Scotch Plains, NJ)
    The curriculum emphasized at this public high school includes science, mathematics and technology. The school attempts to help students become self-directed, responsible, and productive individuals within the changing landscape of society.

  • Summer Programs: International

    Boston Leadership Institute (Boston, MA)
    The Boston Leadership Institute selects outstanding high school students for three-week programs each summer. Students develop high-level research skills and subject matter expertise that strengthen credentials valuable for college admission. Boston Leadership Institute programs are led by top teachers from leading high schools with experience teaching high-achieving students. Many of these teachers have won major teaching awards and/or hold advanced degrees. Students may apply online or request a phone interview. Students excelling in honors or advanced STEM classes are encouraged to apply.
    Earthwatch Expeditions
    EarthWatch Expeditions are run by the EarthWatch Institute. The expeditions offer individuals the opportunity to come alongside scientists and researchers around the world to work on research projects. Research opportunities are offered in the following topics: archaeology and culture, climate change, ocean health, and wildlife and ecosystems. High school group expeditions are available, and teens 16 and older are often eligible to participate in many additional expeditions. No previous experience is required.

  • Summer Programs: MidAtlantic Region

    Advanced Studies Leadership Program (Buzzards Bay, MA)
    A 3-week summer college-like residential experience that emphasizes leadership and development and project oriented instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) areas and the humanities for high achieving students from the Cape Cod Collaborative member districts.
    Appalachian Summer Regional Governor's School (Wytheville, VA)
    Funded and coordinated by local public schools and Wytheville Community College, This Governor's School has two primary focus areas. One is to provide a variety of academic experiences in arts, science, and technology to a diverse group of academically gifted high school students. The second focus is to provide a summer enrichment experience that is academically and intellectually challenging for gifted students.
    NASA SHARP Program
    Students will do apprentice work with industry- or university-based mathematics, science, and engineering (MSE) professionals and participate in "hands-on" research. They will live on a college campus, participate in enrichment activities and meet other NASA SHARP apprentices from diverse backgrounds. NASA SHARP aims to establish individual working relationships between students and active researchers in aerospace-related fields, and to strengthen the nation's and the government's efforts to recruit and sustain underrepresented students in science and engineering fields. The Program offers aerospace-focused researchers and other science and engineering professionals the opportunity to serve as mentors to such students (16 years of age or older) who are rising eleventh and twelfth graders with interest and potential in science and engineering.
    Rockefeller University's Summer Science Program (New York, NY)
    This program (SSRP) is designed to offer intellectually curious, highly motivated high school students with a strong aptitude in the life or physical sciences a total-immersion experience in laboratory research. Students are matched to a lab according to their stated field of interest and are individually mentored by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or lab heads. These mentors volunteer to design and supervise individualized summer projects for their students.
    Virginia Governor's School for Math, Science & Technology
    Governor’s School programs are summer programs that last for four weeks at different college campuses. The purpose of Governor’s School is to provide not only an academically enriching experience. but also one that fosters personal growth and development.
    West Virginia Governor's STEM Institute (GSI) (Charleston, WV)
    Formerly the West Virginia Governor's School for Mathematics and Science (GSMS). Recognizing that the scientific and mathematic discoveries have made a difference in the world were developed over long periods of time by motivated, dedicated, thorough, and creative minds, the State of West Virginia offers the Governor's STEM Institute, inviting students to delve into projects that allow them the time and opportunity to think and work like scientists and engineers, using high level mathematics and thinking skills while employing the latest technology.
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute Frontiers in Science, Math, and Engineering (MA)
    This residential, on-campus summer program is for high school students in Grades 10-11, with a duration of 1-2 weeks. Students choose an area of STEM and participate in related coursework, humanities and arts workshops, and field trips.

  • Summer Programs: Midwestern Region

    College of Mount St. Joseph Honors Program (Cincinnati, OH)
    This three-week summer honors institute provides students with the opportunity to explore the areas of mathematics, physics and computer science in a college setting. The program is offered to gifted Ohio high school sophomores and juniors. College credit may be available.
    Cranbrook Institute of Science Summer Camps (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
    Cranbook Institute of Science offers summer camps for children grades PK-6. The camps offer children an opportunity to meet new friends, explore the natural world and become creative problem solvers while learning how everything in the universe is connected. Fast-paced daily sessions are supervised by museum educators and designed to ensure that every child has an extraordinary time. Choose from the following: Little Explorer Camp; Beginner Explorer Camp; Physics Explorer Camp; Anthropology Camp; Dinosaur Camp;Future Frontiers Camp.
    Fermilab Target Program (Batavia, IL)
    Fermilab’s TARGET: Science and Engineering Program is a highly competitive paid summer internship opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors who have strong interest and demonstrated aptitude for mathematics and the sciences, physics, in particular.
    Frontiers of Science Institute (Greeley, CO)
    The Frontiers of Science Institute is a six week residential camp at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. High school students in their sophomore or junior year are eligible to apply. The camp has a strong focus on STEM subjects and gives students the opportunity to take the six week course for college credit.
    Gifted Resource Council Summer Academies (St. Louis, MO)
    The Gifted Resource Council’s Summer Academies offer a variety of two-week academic day camps in the St. Louis area. Children interact cooperatively with other academically talented children during hands-on, thought-provoking camp sessions. Choose from six Summer Academies: Academy Americana re-creates a significant period of time from American history; Ancient Academy re-visits exciting eras of ancient history; ECO Academy entrepreneurs create and run an environmentally friendly business; Space Academy cadets launch their own rockets and explore the significance of robotics as they study space; and in Jr. Science Searchers and Math, Marvels & More students delve into oceans, rainforests, math, science and creative expression. These full-day sessions are for students completing kindergarten through eighth grade. Participants may attend two, four or all six weeks. Before/after care is available.
    Girls' Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Camp (GAMES), University of Illinois, (Urbana, IL)
    Rising 9th through 12th grade girls are eligible to attend this one week residential camp at the University of Illinois. Eight tracks are available for students to select from, with each track focusing on a different scientific field. Students gain hands-on experience in their field of choice, attend presentations and demonstrations, and work with professionals in the field.
    High School Marine Biology Program (Chicago, IL)
    Shedd Aquarium’s High School Marine Biology program allows high school students to work with Shedd experts, learn about Bahamian flora and fauna, research techniques and environmental issues. Students begin their camp experience at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, followed by time spent aboard the Shedd’s research vessel in the Bahamas. High school students fourteen years-old and up, and who have completed at least one year of high school biology, are eligible to apply.
    Michigan Math and Science Scholars (MMSS), (Ann Arbor, MI)
    Designed to expose high school students to current developments and research, the MMSS program is hosted by the Department of Mathematics and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan and features small classes taught by University of Michigan professors. Two 2 week sessions are offered and students are able to attend one or both. Students spend time in research and computer laboratories, doing field work with their professors
    Michigan State University (MSU) - Crime Scene Investigation Forensic Science Program (East Lansing, MI)
    The CSI Forensic Science Crime Scene Program at Michigan State University is a residential and commuter program. The curriculum is intended for academically able students who are currently in 7th, 8th, or 9th grade and at least 12 years old. Students will be working in a university setting with professionals who work in the field of forensic science.
    Michigan State University (MSU) - Future DOcs (East Lansing, MI)
    Future DOcs–GATE is a one-week summer commuter camp held on the campus of Michigan State University in partnership with the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The camp is intended for academically able students, who are currently in grades 7, 8, or 9.
    Michigan State University (MSU) - Mathematics Science and Technology (MST) (East Lansing, MI)
    This Michigan State University (MSU) Mathematics Science and Technology (MST) program is a two-week residential program for academically talented students who are currently in Grade 7, 8, or 9. The goal is to match the intellectual abilities of talented adolescents with rigorous and challenging course work which provides enrichment, but does not duplicate or accelerate course work in the K-12 curriculum. The program is held each July and financial assistance is available.
    Morton Arboretum's Summer Science Camp (Lisle, IL)
    Students in grades K-8 can attend attend week-long science camps throughout the summer at this Chicagoland location. Camps range in many topics related to science and nature.
    Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (PGSS) at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
    The Pennsylvania Department of Education established the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (PGSS) in order to provide a summer enrichment experience in the sciences and mathematics for talented Pennsylvania high school students, and to encourage them to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). The PGSS program provides instruction in biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science, with emphasis on collaborative learning and team research.
    Summer Science Camps, Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI)
    Hillsdale College offers Summer Science Camps to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors. These residential programs aim to promote scientific literacy and explore the exciting and practical aspects of science. Three different camps are offered including Molecular Biology Camp, Chemistry and Physics Camp, and Mathematics Camp.
    Summer@IMSA - Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Aurora, IL)
    Science, mathematics and technology take the center stage in Summer@IMSA programs as students utilize discovery, exploration and problem-solving in innovative ways. Programs are being planned for numerous locations in Illinois. These programs are for all students entering grades 3 through 10, who have an interest or passion for math and science.
    University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering Summer Camps (Minneapolis, MN)
    University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering offers a number of summer programs for different age ranges on numerous topics. Summer camps include: Discover STEM; Girls Solve It! With Mathematical Biology; Eureka!; IMA-MathCEP Math Modeling Camp; National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI); Technology Day Camp; and, Summer Computer Academy.
    Young Women's Summer Institute (Columbus, OH)
    YWSI is a response to girls’ lack of interest in math, science and engineering and women’s low participation in the science, engineering and technology fields, and in particular, information technology. YWSI introduces girls to exciting careers and job opportunities. FOR OHIO STUDENTS ONLY

  • Summer Programs: National

    AIM: Academically Interested Minds (Flint, MI)
    AIM (Academically Interested Minds) is a five-week residential pre-college summer program which began in 1984 and has continued to thrive over the years. The program is designed to augment Kettering University's efforts to reach a greater number of multicultural students who have a strong interest in the areas of engineering, math, science and business. There is no cost to the student.
    Camp Invention
    Camp Invention is a nationally recognized summer day camp that integrates science, math, history, and the arts. This one-week program fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive thinking skills, and science literacy by enabling children to learn through fun hands-on experiences, subject immersion, and discovery. The enrichment program consists of five activity-oriented thematic modules designed to enhance the students' learning and understanding.
    CDC Disease Detective Camp (Atlanta, GA)
    CDC Disease Detective Camp (DDC) is an educational program started by CDC′s David J. Sencer CDC Museum in 2005 as a mechanism for developing a public health camp curriculum for state and county health departments. The camp is open to upcoming high school juniors and seniors and is held at CDC's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Destination Science Camp (CA & FL)
    Destination Science Camp is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increase science literacy among children by providing exciting, cutting-edge, hands-on science projects in a kid-friendly, summer day camp environment. Camps are located throughout California and Florida and meet weekly.
    National Institutes of Health - Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) (Multiple Locations)
    Summer programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research.
    Project SEED
    Project SEED is an eight to ten week summer program geared towards serving economically disadvantaged students. The program aims to give students exposure to scientific careers through providing the opportunity for them to work with scientists to conduct research and develop laboratory, written, and oral skills. Rising high school juniors and seniors who have taken at least one high school chemistry course and meet the financial standards are eligible to apply.

  • Summer Programs: Northeastern Region

    Acera Summer STEAM Camp (Winchester, MA)
    Launched in 2015, the Acera summer program extends rich STEAM learning experiences available at the school to the summer months. Open to both Acera and non-Acera students in elementary and middle school, this program offers unique opportunities for STEAM exploration and growth, and engages students in hands-on, contextual learning across disciplines.
    Boston Museum of Science - Day/Summer Programs (Boston, MA)
    Summer courses at the Museum of Science now offered exclusively to museum members. From the aspiring biologist to the future technology wizard, every science-minded child will have something to look forward to this summer at the Museum of Science.
    College of the Atlantic - High School Student Programs (Bar Harbor, ME)
    College of the Atlantic offers two summer program opportunities for rising juniors and seniors - "Islands Through Time" and "Rivers Through Time". Through experiential learning and interdisciplinary studies, participants can earn a degree in human ecology in an ecologically diverse location, develop an appreciation for environmental sustainability, and enjoy a beautiful, scenic location.
    Explorations in Forensics (Stony Brook, NY)
    This five day camp is run as a day program though Stony Brook University. Students who have completed ninth grade and have not previously taken a formal forensics class are eligible to attend. Throughout the camp, students use biology, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, and earth science to develop skills and techniques used in forensics science.
    Hollingworth Science Camp - Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY)
    Recognizing that the development of exemplary science curricula for young children and talent development in science are often neglected areas in the early grades, the Hollingworth Center designs and field tests innovative, hands-on, developmentally appropriate science curriculum for young children in kindergarten through the fourth grade at the Hollingworth Science Camp. Each summer 200 learners from a wide range of schools and neighborhoods participate in this enriched curriculum. While at Columbia University's Teachers College, the children are afforded the opportunity to develop their scientific interests.
    Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (Bar Harbor, ME)
    High school students who have completed 11th or 12th grade (16 years and older), or undergraduate college students are invited to apply for this nine week residential experience at The Jackson Laboratory. Students join an ongoing research team and develop their own independent research project. Research focuses on advancing knowledge in mammalian genetics with specific research areas available. Students receive a $4,500 stipend.
    Leap @ CMU (Pittsburgh, PA)
    Through special classes and guest faculty presentations, this program allows students to discover the exciting and vast possibilities of computer science. Students interact with notable scientists, visit cool, leading-edge local companies and dive into their own projects.
    Lehigh University Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) (Bethlehem, PA)
    Open to residents of PA, NJ, NY, VA, OH, MD, or DE, this is a four-week summer residential program of intensive classroom study and research for exceptionally talented, rising high school juniors and seniors. SEI provides enrichment experiences in the fields of engineering and technology. A major goal of the program is to encourage young talent to pursue careers in these areas and other STEM disciplines, thereby fostering global competitiveness in engineering and technology and other STEM disciplines.
    Magee-Womens - High School Summer Internship Program in Research (Pittsburgh, PA)
    This program provides current high school juniors and seniors with the opportunity to participate in basic or clinical research projects with the goal of promoting interest in biomedical research as a potential career. This is a highly competitive program based on academic criteria and less than 10 percent of the students who apply are chosen.
    MDI Biological Laboratory - Summer Research Fellowship (Bar Harbor, ME)
    This high school summer research fellowship program welcomes applicants who desire a hands-on, research training experience within an advanced laboratory that complements current resident research programs. High school students become a summer cohort with each student assigned and supervised by a senior scientist mentor as well as residential life staff. Applicants from under-served populations are encouraged to apply. Summer high school fellows live on campus in a structured and supervised living-learning environment.
    MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) (Cambridge, MA)
    Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous academic enrichment program for promising high school juniors interested in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. During six weeks in the summer before their senior year, participants tackle advanced academic challenges, develop the skills necessary to achieve success in an increasingly globalized economy, and forge relationships with individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The program is scholarship-based, with students paying only for transportation to and from MIT.
    Science Outreach Program (New York, NY)
    Each summer at the Rockefeller University the cultures of the research laboratory and the classroom merge. The Science Outreach program gives high school students and K-12 teachers a rare opportunity to experience the content, methods, culture and ethos of modern research through immersion in the process of scientific inquiry. Students gain mentored research experience in laboratories while also learning, through weekly seminars, the basics of communicating with their scientific peers and the lay public. Some are even included as co-authors on peer-reviewed journal articles.
    Smith Summer Science and Engineering Program (SSEP) (Northampton, MA)
    SSEP is a four-week residential program for exceptional young women with strong interests in science, engineering and medicine. Each July, select high school students from across the country and abroad come to Smith College to do hands-on research with Smith faculty in the life and physical sciences and in engineering.
    SPARK - Science for Middle School, Brown University (Providence, RI)
    This pre-College summer experience is where 7th and 8th grade students live on campus, take courses and participate in activities related to their interest and abilities in science. The courses are designed to provide an exposure to intellectual concepts.
    Talcott Mountain Science Center - Summer Program (Avon, CT)
    In addition to a school and saturday programs for "intellectually excited" students, the Talcott Mountain Science Center also offers a summer day camp. The summer program theme varies each year.
    Vermont Governor's Institute on Environmental Science & Technology (Burlington, VT)
    Located at the University of Vermont, Burlington, this program is a science summer program in which students investigate human impact on Vermont’s environment in this week-long “environmental CSI.” The student is the specialist - collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental data from local communities using professional-grade laboratory and field instrumentation. They are asked questions, such as what is in the air, water, and soil and what are the potential impacts for public health and the environment?

  • Summer Programs: Northwestern Region

    Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) - Young Scholars Program (Seattle, WA)
    The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) at the University of Washington sponsors a 10-week Young Scholars Program on the university's Seattle campus each summer. High school students will be involved in ongoing research projects with researchers, and will have the opportunity to take part in workshop training sessions in ethics, communication skills, and scientific presentation skills designed to provide the student scientist with a solid foundation for future study.
    University of Washington College of Engineering - DawgBytes (Seattle, WA)
    UW CSE's K-12 outreach program, DawgBytes, introduces middle and high school students and teachers to the exciting world of computer science and engineering through a fun, inclusive week of learning. Camps include Web Design, Mindstorms Robotics, Computer Programming, Girls' Creative Project and Career Exploration, and Google Apps.

  • Summer Programs: Southern Region

    Accelerator - North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (Durham & Brevard, NC)
    The Accelerator summer program at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) offers advanced science and math courses enabling students to explore biotechnology, aerospace engineering, automation, and more. Early Accelerator courses are offered for 7th- through 9th-grade students, and involve a one-week residential experience at NCSSM. Accelerator courses are offered to 10th- through 12th-grade students, and begin with two weeks of online study followed by one-week on campus. Over 30 exciting courses are offered each summer in two locations; their Durham, NC campus and Brevard College in Brevard, NC.
    Bio@Tech (Atlanta, GA)
    Georgia Tech School and Center for Education Integrating Science, Math, and Computing offers a three-week summer residential program focused on biological sciences. The camp is geared towards high school juniors and seniors, but exceptional sophomores will also be considered.
    Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies (BCWS) (Capon Bridge, WV)
    The purpose of the camp is to nurture in children and teens a respect and sensitivity to the natural world through greater knowledge of self and nature. The campers develop this through direct interactions with nature and the staff, learning scientific information, and through gaining experiences as part of a community.
    Clemson University - Summer Science, Engineering and Architecture Enrichment Programs (Clemson, SC)
    For the past 28 years, Clemson University has offered a summer enrichment program for gifted middle and high school students. In addition to challenging courses, students are provided with opportunities for fun, friendship and a Clemson experience. This enrichment program is for rising seventh through 12th grade students.
    Coast Trek (NC) - Summer Program (Wilmington, NC)
    Join MarineQuest to travel back in time to the age of giant prehistoric sharks and discover how North Carolina’s coast has changed over the years. While time traveling through their coastal habitats back to the future, Trekkies will use the tools of oceanography, meteorology and paleontology to experience first-hand how hurricanes and other forces of nature have created the coastline that we see today. The program is for students ages 10-12; participants must have completed 4th grade and turn 10 by May 1st. Residential and commuter programs are available.
    Energetic Einsteins (Clearwater, FL)
    Energetic Einsteins offers a number of opportunities for gifted students and their families including summer camps, near-peer intern opportunities, and game days. Programs utilize current scientific content and are directed by doctoral level faculty committed to improving scientific literacy by facilitating the translation of knowledge from the research community.
    Seacamp (Big Pine Key, FL)
    Seacamp is a non-profit, marine science education facility located in the Florida Keys. Founded in 1966, Seacamp offers marine science education and summer camp experiences including SCUBA, sailing, board sailing, and arts & crafts to students from 12-17 years of age.
    Summer Mathematics Research Training (SMaRT) (College Station, TX)
    SMaRT is a new National Science Foundation supported two-week summer program at Texas A&M University. It is intended to facilitate interest in mathematics of advanced high school students. High school students of age 14-18 are eligible to apply.
    Tennessee Governor's School for Emerging Technologies at Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville (Cookeville, TN)
    The Governor’s School for Emerging Technologies is designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through study of current topics in biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, and other emerging technologies. The school capitalizes on partnerships with a unique array of high technology research and development organizations located across the State of Tennessee to provide students with the opportunity to learn from leading researchers and experience cutting-edge research facilities through weekly field trips.
    Tennessee Governor's Schools Sciences at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
    The Governor’s School for the Sciences will introduce students to a wide variety of scientific disciplines and provide the opportunity to learn and apply problem-solving methods that are common to all scientific disciplines.
    Tennessee Governor's Schools Scientific Models and Data Analysis at East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN)
    The Governor’s School for Scientific Models and Data Analysis provides a program of advanced scholarly engagement for some of the most academically able students in the state who demonstrate an interest, talent and passion in the pursuit of mathematics and science.

  • Summer Programs: Southwestern Region

    Astronomy Camp
    Astronomy Camp is a unique involvement in science and engineering offered through the Travel program of The University of Arizona's Alumni Association. These camps emphasize hands-on learning experiences. Astronomy Camp also offers a Camp for educators who wish to acquire firsthand knowledge in the fascinating field of astronomy. In addition, schools are invited to inquire about arranging special Camp experiences throughout the year.
    Helios Scholars at TGen (Phoenix, AZ)
    This paid, eight-week summer internship program in biomedical research is open to Arizona high school, undergraduate, graduate and medical school students. Interns work full-time on a research project under the mentorship of a TGen scientist to unravel the genetic components of diabetes, neurological disease and cancer. At TGen North in Flagstaff, interns focus their summer research on public health and pathogens such as Valley Fever and antibiotic resistant bacteria.

  • Summer Programs: Western Region

    Adventures in Nature, Natural History Museum - Summer Camp (Los Angeles County, CA)
    Explore Earth's features, creatures, and cultures in a one week long day camp program offered in the summer at the Natural History Museum (ages 3-13) or the at the Page Museum at the Tar Pits (ages 7-13). Hands-on experiences and behind the scenes tours and fun activities for children. Full day or half day option.
    American Academy of Medicine & Surgery (Maui, HI & Los Angeles, CA)
    The Cardiothoracic Surgical Skills Internship is a two week course of study for High School and Pre-Med students to initiate the steps towards mastering basic and advanced cardiothoracic surgery. Upon completion of the basic-intermediate program, students will be eligible to apply for the advanced program. Through these programs, students will progress from basic surgical skills to completing advanced cardiothoracic procedures normally performed at an attending level.
    Astrocamp (Idyllwild, CA)
    Located in the San Jacinto Mountains, AstroCamp is a mountain adventure, physical science and traditional camp program located in Idyllwild, California. Boys and girls ages 8 to 17 have fun while participating in a variety of activities like space exploration, rock climbing, mountain biking, rocketry, astronomy, craftsmanship and summer camp fun.
    Bioscience Summer Research Program for High School Students (Salt Lake City, UT)
    This program seeks to increase the participation of students in biological research and to encourage them to prepare for careers in research, medicine, and education. To this end the Program sponsors an eight-week Bioscience High School Summer Research Program through which students receive training and research experience in a university setting.
    California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) (Muliple Locations, CA)
    COSMOS is a four week intensive science and mathematics enrichment program. Each student chooses one 4-week core course and two 2-week supplemental courses along with a science writing course. Courses offered at COSMOS are designed to introduce students to subjects that are typically not offered in high school, such as, automotive engineering, optical science, and number theory. On a typical day, students attend courses, participate in labs or course-related field trips and attend their selected courses. COSMOS is available on the following University of California campuses: Davis, Irvine, and Santa Cruz.
    Idaho Junior Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (JEMS) Summer Workshop (Moscow, ID)
    The University of Idaho College of Engineering sponsors the annual Idaho Junior Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (JEMS) Summer Workshop for students who have completed their junior or senior year of high school. The focus of the workshop is to expose students to engineering problems within technical and social contexts, and to encourage them to enroll in college. Students will participate in lab exercises, field trips, computer exercises, and recreational activities.
    Lawrence Hall of Science Summer Camps (Berkeley, CA)
    The Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, offers half-day, full-day, and overnight summer programs for students in Pre-K through High School. The programs are science focused and cover a broad range of topics including Lego Technology, Food and Plant Chemistry, The Art of Math, Nanotechnology and Marine Biology Research, and more!
    Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (CA)
    This is an eight-week program in which high school students from diverse backgrounds are invited to perform basic research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students and researchers on a medically-oriented project. The goals of the program include increasing interest in biological sciences and medicine in high school students, helping students to understand how scientific research is performed, and increasing diversity of students and researchers in the sciences.
    The Summer Science Program (SSP) (CA & NM)
    The Summer Science Program (SSP) is a residential enrichment program in which gifted high school students complete a challenging, hands-on research project in celestial mechanics.
    UC Davis Young Scholars Program (Davis, CA)
    The UC Davis Young Scholars Program is a six week residential research program. Rising high school juniors and seniors are eligible to apply. Throughout the program, students work one-on-one with research faculty and research groups on an individual project focused on the natural sciences.
    Vision Tech Camps (Danville, CA)
    This camp offers summer tech camps and after school activities. Campers cover topics including video game design, 3d printing, programming, robotics, web design, & more.

  • Websites & Other Media: Apps

    Efofex - EmPower Program
    Many students with physical disabilities find mathematics and science extremely difficult to write. The equations and graphics are too difficult to construct with standard tools. Efofex products are designed to make the jobs of mathematics and science teachers easier, but many students with special needs have found that they also provide the assistance they need.

  • Websites & Other Media: Commercial

    American Science and Surplus
    American Science & Surplus offers a unique mix of industrial, military and educational items, with an emphasis on science and education. They supply a wide range of unusual and hard to find items (some say bizarre stuff) to the hobbyist, tinkerer, artist, experimenter, home educator, do-it-yourselfer, and bargain hunter. Some items include speakers, bearings & bushings, magnifying lenses, boxes of bones and more.
    Butterfly Pavilion
    Watch as caterpillars demonstrate the miracle of metamorphosis. Butterfly Pavilion Kit comes with a certificate for 10 painted lady caterpillars, a 2' hanging butterfly pavilion, feeding eyedropper, and helpful guide.
    Carolina Biological Supply Co.
    Carolina Biological Supply Co. provides supplies, educational resources and lab aids for the instruction of math and science. Sections of the site include; Worlds of Science such as, Anthropology and Archaeology, Biotechnology and Genetics, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Ecology, K-6 Science, Mathematics, Physics, Software, etc.
    Cobblestone Magazine for Kids
    Cobblestone has been telling America's story since 1980 and is the recognized leader in the study of American history for children. Kids ages 9 to 14 will enjoy reading about important American events and places, from colonial Williamsburg to famous battles of the Civil War to the Gold Rush to the Korean War.
    CybeRShala
    This online Singapore Math and Science Tutoring company conducts live interactive classes using video conferencing technology to teach students mathematics and science from the comforts of their homes. All teachers are highly qualified and well trained in these curriculums.
    Daigger Lab Equipment & Supplies
    Daigger is an online catalog of over 75,000 quality lab equipment and supplies at discount prices. This company features four exclusive lines of products: LabGenius, AvitroLab, Excelleron, and FINEPCR.
    You must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to use the Virtual Catalog in PDF format.
    Discovery Education
    The Discovery Education website is composed of three different sub-sections - Discovery School, unitedstreaming, and Discovery Health Connection. The Discovery School offers free teaching tools, more than 750 videos, DVD's, learning books and teaching tools that can be purchased in their online store. One of these teaching tools is Discovery Health Connection, which features more than 5,000 videos to teach children about health education and the body. Unitedstreaming allows homeschooling parents and educators the ability to choose from 4,000 quality media streaming videos to teach about various areas, such as math, science, and social sciences.
    Discovery for Credit
    This distance learning program offers students the opportunity to earn high school credit through its Discovery for Credit. Once a school or class has decided to experience one of the innovative educational travel programs listed, registered participants may apply for this program. This online course gives students the opportunity to apply what they have learned on a WorldStrides Discovery Course and earn high school credit. This Web-based course requires a high degree of learning independence as students investigate four or more focus topics.
    Edmund Scientific
    "Edmund Scientific's" is a catalog for science and engineering enthusiasts. It contains materials for every age, from kits, scientific toys, games, and puzzles, to high-quality telescopes, microscopes and miscellaneous lab equipment. Items are available to order online as well.
    Exemplars
    Exemplars offers differentiated, classroom-tested, standards-based assessment and instruction materials. Exemplars pioneered the field of providing performance assessment tasks that meet national standards to improve assessment AND instruction.
    Experiland
    This website and online store has science books for parents and students trying to find ideas for science projects; for teachers looking for classroom ideas; for science enthusiasts who enjoy the delight of experimentation. Enjoy and learn about the amazing world of science with this database of more than 300 fun, tried and tested science projects. Experiland offers hands-on science projects in a variety of science experiment e-book ranges suitable and safe for elementary and middle school students.
    ExploreLearning
    This website contains hundreds of interactive math and science activities. The simulations, called Gizmos, are for teachers and students grades 6-12 and are designed to supplement pre-existing state and national curriculum standards. There is also an ExploreLearning newsletter. The cost of each specific workshop varies; however, a 30-day trial period is offered.
    Hands-on Science
    A free catalogue that contains materials for use in the science classroom, including acid rain test kits, video microscopes, videos, models, and guide books.
    Home Science Tools
    This online store provides effective ways to teach science at home. Products include: microscopes, science kits, curriculum, books and more. The site also includes a Teaching Tips section.
    Homeschool Microscopes - LGS
    The mission of this website is to provide high quality, low cost microscopes to homeschool families.
    Homeschool Scopes
    This website offers a variety of microscopes for homeschooled students.
    Information Unlimited: The World of Science and Technology for Everyone!
    Information Unlimited is a New Hampshire corporation dedicated to the experimenter and technology enthusiast. Formed in 1974, this highly creative company holds many patents ranging from weapons development to children's toys. Their website provides many products, including lasers, for those who want to build, experiment, or use new innovative ideas and devices.
    It's About Time
    It's About Time is a leading educational publisher of middle and high school inquiry-based science and math programs supported by the National Science Foundation. These challenge-driven programs increase student achievement because they motivate and engage, develop critical thinking, give students the skills to work collaboratively, and the ability to apply what they have learned.
    Key Curriculum Press and Geometer’s Sketchpad®
    Key Curriculum Press, now known as Geometer’s Sketchpad®, offers a wide variety of resources for middle and high School math and science including: supplemental materials, puzzles and posters, professional resources, software, and textbooks.
    K'NEX Education: DNA Replication & Transcription Set
    For grades 5 through 12, the K'NEX DNA Replication and Transcription set is designed to aid in teaching the structure and function of the nucleic acid molecules that make up DNA (deoxyribonucleic acids) and RNA (ribonucleic acids).
    Lab-Aids, Incorporated
    This line of science kits is available in Biology/Life Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Science, Chemistry and Elementary Science. Complete hands-on activities provides all the material needed and allows students to individually participate, making science experiments a personal and living experience every time!
    LeapFrog and LeapPad
    Interactive toys that teach children basic skills, this mixed media line of learning tools uses printed books and electronic gadgetry to help early readers. They have a read aloud feature for children who are still developing reading vocabulary.
    LGS Microscopes
    This company provides high-quality microscopes that satisfy the requirements of any K-12 curriculum.
    NerdKit
    A NerdKit is a combination of electronic parts and wisdom, which together will teach you about digital electronics, embedded systems, and how to bridge computers with the "real world". A NerdKit's microcontroller kit is appropriate for hobbyists, and has educational material to allow even middle-schoolers and high-schoolers (ages 12+) looking for a fun challenge to learn by doing, especially with the help of a techie parent! A microcontroller is a small computer on a single chip, including processing, memory, and inputs and outputs.
    NEXUS Research Group
    This website is the online home of the Nexus Research group. Established in 2002, the Nexus Research Group Charitable Trust is building upon the achievements of New Zealand's only school based not-for-profit research organization, formerly known as the Nexus Research Group. The NRG was founded in 1997, run on a voluntary basis by scientists Christine and Michael Fenton, dedicated to providing students of all ages with enough detailed "how-to" secrets of research to allow ambitious amateurs to make original discoveries. The NRG reported its findings at conferences, in journals and on its website.
    PCS Edventures Online
    PCS Edventures! is the educational adventure where kids discover how things work using exciting hands-on projects, safe and secure communication tools, and a powerful reward system to motivate students. Subject areas are diverse ranging from art to engineering and there is a strong emphasis on technological skills, computer and Internet use, and design skills.
    Pieces of Learning
    Pieces of Learning staff, with expertise in Differentiation, Standards-Based Teaching Activities, Assessment, Underachievement, and Gifted and Talented Education, publish supplemental Activity Books to improve student thinking and questioning skills, encourage creativity in the language arts, promote critical thinking in math and science, explore character education, present research skills and provide enrichment in social studies. Teacher Resource book topics include differentiation, assessment, achievement, motivation, and teaching strategies.
    Play & Freeze Ice Cream Maker
    Kids learn about heat transfer and freezing points as they make frozen treats. The One-Pint Play & Freeze Ice Cream Maker has two compartments: one for ice and rock salt, the other for ice cream ingredients.
    Singapore Math & Science Books
    Singapore Math offers series of books on both math and science appropriate for classroom use and homeschooling. There are six different series of math programs from pre-school to college and two levels of science: primary and lower secondary. They offer textbooks and workbooks as well as teacher's guides. Offers placement tests, placement guides, scope and sequence, answer keys and online forum help.
    Steve Spangler Science
    Steve Spangler is a cross between a scientific gadgeteer, a teacher, and an enthusiastic five year old who has a passion for learning. This is Steve Spangler's online store where you can buy his exciting science kits and supplies to recreate his own unique science activities. It is guaranteed to get ooohs & ahhhs!
    Studyworks
    Discover the math and science behind everyday activities. Meet people who use math and science as they work and play. Delve into algebra, geometry, or precalculus. Enjoy our online games and puzzles. Keep up with the latest news. Explore all we have to offer at StudyWorks! Online.
    The Critical Thinking Company
    The Critical Thinking Company's products help students achieve better grades and higher test scores through critical thinking exercises in reading, writing, math and science lessons. Students carefully analyze what they are learning, producing deeper understanding. Over time, students who practice critical thinking learn to apply it throughout their education and life.
    The Great Courses
    The more than 500 Great Courses are crafted for lifelong learners with engaging, immersive learning experiences in a wide variety of subjects from science and mathematics to philosophy, history, literature and economics to cooking and photography. The world’s greatest teachers have a team of experts who collaborate on crafting a customized and entertaining educational journey that’s both comprehensive and fascinating. There are no exams. No homework assignments. No prerequisites. Customers can choose the format that fits their life: video or audio, discs or digital. Watch on a television, laptop or tablet, or listen to audio files on a mobile device.
    The Lesson Machine
    An online monthly subscription service offering comprehensive language arts curriculum from a multicultural perspective. Sign up for the free monthly newsletter with cost-saving tips and information about the latest free samples and member updates. Everything you need for language arts is here!
    Thinkin' Science
    This is another of Edmark's clever computer learning games, especially good for the younger set. It demonstrates visually principles of physics, light cycles on earth, and gives you a chance to match animals with their tracks while learning some basic biology and ecology about those animals. Nice graphics.
    Ward's Natural Science Establishment
    A lab and classroom supply catalogue selling everything from lifesized, scientifically correct human skeleton models to rare and unusual insects, as well as microscopes and microscope supplies, creatures for dissection, all equipment needed for any and all science experiments at home, in the lab or in the classroom. Ward's Scientific supplies most major labs in the US.

  • Websites & Other Media: For Educators

    Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Accelerated Model Course Pathways
    This resource offers guidance to schools and districts seeking to organize NGSS performance expectations into a compressed time frame. The NGSS Accelerated Model Course Pathways are designed for high-achieving students who want or need to pursue advanced level science courses earlier in middle or high school, and at a more rapid pace. Key components of this resource are three NGSS Accelerated Model Course Maps, which outline examples for how schools and districts might reorganize NGSS performance expectations into fewer courses - without omitting any.
    NOVA Education - Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
    NOVA Education tailors NOVA's digital resources for educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics including life science, earth and space science, and physical science. The free educator library is produced according to teaching standards and includes videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives designed to facilitate effective classroom integration.
    PhysicsQuest
    PhysicsQuest is a story-based activity that exposes middle school students to the fun and relevance of science. PhysicsQuest aims to teach middle school students physics concepts, but its overarching goal is to give them a positive experience with physics. A free PhysicsQuest kit will be sent to registered 6-9th grade physical science classes, home school groups, science clubs, and after-school programs. The kit includes a user's manual and materials for four physics experiments.
    The Starting Point--Teaching entry level geoscience
    This site is designed for faculty and graduate students teaching undergraduate entry-level geoscience, environmental science, or related courses. Each section describes a teaching method, its usefulness, how it can be implemented, and a set of examples spanning the Earth system that can be used in your class.

  • Websites & Other Media: For Fun

    Broadcom MASTERS Competition - Society for Science and the Public (SSP)
    The national science, technology, engineering, and math competition for U.S. 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, the Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars), a program of Society for Science & the Public, inspires and encourages the nation's young scientists, engineers and innovators. Students must attend and be nominated by an SSP-Affiliated Science Fair in order to apply.
    Dr. Brain Series
    A series of computer games that teach different subjects. The series includes The Castle of Dr. Brain, The Island of Dr. Brain, The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, Dr. Brain's IQ Adventure, Action Reaction, Puzzleopolis, Mindventure, and The Time Warp of Dr. Brain. Subjects covered range from math to antonyms and synonyms, logic and reasoning, astronomy, weights and measures.
    Earth and Moon Viewer
    This site is fun for anyone interested in viewing the earth or moon. Includes graphics and filters to view topography, weather, and more.
    Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio
    Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio is an experimental public multimedia space combining learning resources with science, art, technology and ideas. Resources connect to exhibits at the museum and interesting videos.
    ExZOOberance
    This site features information and pictures of animals. There is a virtual zoo, animal photo gallery, animal news, magazines, games, prints and posters, animal webcams, articles and research, animal quotes, zoos and aquariums directory and a page of related links.
    Genius Games
    Genius Games creates educational games focused on making learning fun. Their two card games are listed as: Peptide: A Protein Building Game (Biology in a Game Box!); and Linkage: A DNA Card Game. They are requesting submissions for new games ideas, especially in the areas of physics and astronomy.
    Girl Scouts - Girls Go Tech
    Girls Go Tech combines math, science, and technology to provide girls with the resources to explore career options, play educational games, and understand the role these subjects have in the world and their direct environment.
    Invention Stories
    The Invention at Play exhibit is housed in the Lemelson Hall of Invention, a 3,500 square-foot gallery located on the first floor, west wing, of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. A smaller version of the exhibition (1700 sq. ft) continues to travel throughout the country under the auspices of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC).
    Kids Know It Network
    Kids Know It Network's mission is to provide quality educational activities, products, movies, music, games, articles, textbooks, learning programs, lesson plans, worksheets and distribute them free of charge.
    Kids Talk Radio
    Kids Talk Radio is all about STEM, STEAM and STEAM++ (science, technology, engineering, visual and performing arts, mathematics, computer languages and foreign languages). Kids Talk Radio aims to provide workshops, afterschool and distance programs dedicated to helping students in grades 5 through 12 participate in high-motivational project-based learning. These services are provided at school sites and or through distance learning to local, national and international students and teachers. This site is also the home of "The Occupy Mars Learning Adventures."
    Kids.gov
    Brought to you by USA.gov, Kids.gov is the official kids' portal for the U.S. government. This site links kids, parents and teachers to U.S. government information and services on the web from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, all geared to the learning level and interest of kids. Kids.gov is organized into three audiences: Grades K-5, Grades 6-8, and Educators. Each audience tab is divided into educational subjects like Arts, Math, and History. Within each subject, the websites are grouped as either government sites (Federal, state, military) or other resources (commercial, non-profit, educational). The sites listed under the other resources category are maintained by other public and private organizations. When users click on these links, they are leaving Kids.gov and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside websites.
    Maryland Science Center (Baltimore, MD)
    Located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, this Science center features three floors of exhibits and demonstrations, as well as the Davis Planetarium and an IMAX theatre. Exhibits rotate seasonally, and many of the exhibits feature hands-on and interactive demonstrations.
    MIT Museum
    MIT Museum houses several permanent collections of art, artifacts, drawings, photographs, and holograms including the Science and Technology Collection, the Hart Nautical Collection, and the Holography Collection, the world's largest (from the web site). The web site provides information about programs offered at the museum. It also provides an on-line catalogue of educational toys and books (some exclusive).
    Mount Washington Observatory
    "The Mount Washington Observatory is a non-profit scientific and educational institution whose purpose is to maintain a permanently staffed observatory atop Mount Washington and to use this unique station and other facilities to conduct programs of environmental observation and technical research, and to develop educational programs to advance public knowledge of the unique meteorology, natural sub-artic environment, and human history of the Mount Washington region."
    Museum Madness
    The Science and History Museum is closed for repairs, and the user's job is to fix problems with the exhibits in the 25 different galleries, such as the solar system, rockets and computers, Ellis Island, machines, etc. This combines science and history.
    Rocketry Forum
    Rocketry Forum features the most current information about model, high power and amateur rocketry. It also has information about rocketry-related school and university programs and other rocketry and space-related websites.
    Roots & Shoots - A program of the Jane Goodall Institute
    Roots & Shoots enables young people from the pre-school to university level to continue to coordinate projects locally that promote care and concern for the environment, animals, and human communities. Through constructive activities, the participants of Roots & Shoots groups all over the world become more aware of how their actions that affect their local community and the environment as a whole. Roots & Shoots provides resources with suggestions for starting a club, for appropriate projects at different grade levels, encourages activity reports and portfolio submissions, celebrates club projects in their newsletter, and offers to connect clubs in different parts of the world to promote cultural understanding.
    Science Toys
    This website offers a fun way to "make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles."
    Science4Fun
    This website is about teaching students science with interesting articles on animals, chemistry, physics, plants, Earth science, planets and many more topics, as well as easy-to-do experiments and projects. The mission is to provide science education for free without any ads.
    Stellarium
    Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
    Weather Underground
    This website allows users to locate current weather conditions for just about anywhere in the world.
    Whyville
    This is an interactive "live" website where users and guests create a drawing to represent themselves as they move around "Whyville." In Whyville, they interact with other participants, as they learn about science topics in an open-ended, exploratory way, invent things and have the ability to do hands-on activities at home and post their results on the site.
    Zometool
    Zome is a unique 31-zone system that takes ball-and-stick construction to its highest level. It models spatial structures representing hyperspaces of up to 31 dimensions, geodesic space-frame structures and molecular models, including quasicrystals and Fullerenes.

  • Websites & Other Media: Informational

    Adventures of Science Bob
    This site belongs to Science Bob, a science teacher who includes links to other science sites, experiments, projects and answers to many science questions.
    Albert Einstein Online
    Albert Einstein Online has all you need to know about Albert Einstein, including: Einsten moments; physics; "In His Own Words"; and pictures.
    Alien Earths
    This website examines the formation of stars and planets and the quest for a habitable planet. Create a virtual community of microorganisms. See how planets react with one another, and how some planets help keep our solar system stable.
    All Science Fair Projects
    This site is designed to help you and your child search for useful ideas and tips for your experiments. Here, you will find literally hundreds of experiments of every kind in every discipline of science from chemistry, biology, physics to even human psychology. We're confident that our powerful color-coded search tool will help quicken your research tremendously. Also, experience shows that many people find it helpful to learn from what others already know. This site strongly suggests that instead of copying these experiments blindly, you try to understand the principles demonstrated and then take those principles and apply them to your own experiment in a different and more creative way.
    Astronomy.com
    This site includes science and hobby news and features, a photo gallery, discussion forums and astronomy quiz.
    Astro-Venture
    This is an educational, interactive, multimedia environment highlighting NASA careers and research in Astronomy, Geology, Biology and Atmospheric Science. Students in grades 5-8 can see NASA occupations and use scientific inquiry to search for and build a planet with characteristics for human habitation. Supporting activities include chats with NASA scientists, online collaborations, classroom lessons, student publishing area and occupations fact sheets and trading cards.
    Bad Astronomy
    This site is devoted to correcting misconceptions about astronomy. Includes explanations of scientific errors presented in the news, movies, TV and classrooms. There is a section called "Bite-size" astronomy with concise, informal explanations of different concepts.
    Bad Science
    This site is devoted to correcting misconceptions about science, as presented in various media and in the classroom. It contains subsections Bad Astronomy, Bad Chemistry, and Bad Meteorology.
    Bill Nye: The Science Guy
    This site by Bill Nye: The Science Guy gives younger kids fun things to do with science such as home science experiments and a question of the week. The episode guide gives access to all of his shows and what was learned.
    Chem Collective at Carnegie Mellon University
    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.
    Children's Museum Database
    This interactive website sponsored by the Association of Children's Museums contains a searchable database of national and international children's museums.
    Cool Science for Curious Kids
    This website is designed to help your children appreciate science. We looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then we adapted them for the Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Your child will do everything on screen. Others require you to go to your kitchen or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through second or third grade.
    Corrosion Doctors
    This website was designed to improve the general awareness of corrosion causes and solutions. Corrosion is often perceived as a curse we have to endure helplessly and it is a shock to many to learn that there are many ways to prevent and control this natural force. The Corrosion Doctors' educational focus is centered on a series of Information Modules designed for training in corrosion science and engineering.
    Department of Energy Genome Project
    This website contains information about the Human Genome Project, a 13-year effort coordinated by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The Genomes to Life program is DOE's next step in genomics--building on data and resources from the Human Genome Project, the Microbial Genome Program, and systems biology to accelerate understanding of dynamic living systems for energy and environmental applications.
    Discovery Channel's discover.com
    This website is the online presence of the Discovery Channel featuring popular TV programs.
    Discovery Kids
    This a fun, interactive site for kids by the Discovery Channel. It has links to their tv shows and interactive games and show clips from the tv shows. It also has a Discovery Channel store that sells educational games and materials.
    DNA From the Beginning
    This site provides an overview of genetics for children. It contains concise explanations of basic theory under the categories of "Classical Genetics", "Molecules of Genetics" and "Genetic Organization and Control."
    Earthwatch Institute
    "Earthwatch Institute engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment."
    Electronic Teaching Assistance Program (eTAP)
    eTAP is a non-profit education corp., whose purpose is to provide K-12 curriculum for the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Science, and History on the world wide Internet. The instructional material is designed to assist students, teachers and parents. The Lessons can be used for students’ instruction and for parents and teachers as an aid to help their children and students.
    Energy Quest
    Energy education website of the California Energy Commission. Uses games, stories and graphics to educate on use, conservation and history of energy and energy sources.
    EnvironmentalScience.org
    EnvironmentalScience.org's mission is to be the most reliable and expansive advocate for environmental science education and careers. Environmental science is the study of the effects of natural and unnatural processes, and of interactions of the physical components of the planet on the environment. This website lists internships, scholarships, degrees and careers in environmental science.
    EqWorld
    This international, scientific educational website presents information on solutions to various classes of ordinary differential, partial differential, integral, functional and other mathematical equations. It also outlines some methods for solving equations, includes interesting articles, gives links to mathematical websites, lists useful handbooks and monographs, and refers to scientific publishers, journals, etc.
    EurekAlert
    EurekAlert is a well organized online news site brought by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The site is categorized by subject, which makes it convienent for those who have a particular interest. Subjects include math, social science, space, engineering and more. Articles are typically brief, but cover a wide variety of current topics. In addition most offer contacts for ambitious students who want to pursue further information.
    Evolution Series on PBS
    This website details a television program series focusing on evolutionary theory, diversity, extinctions, competition, reproductive strategies and the development of Homo sapiens.
    Extreme Science
    The information on this site is presented in an interesting and exciting manner. Includes world records in natural science, science concepts, links to other science resources and more. The Amazon River, Antarctica, earthquakes and tsunamis are just some of the topics covered by Extreme Science.
    From Stargazers to Starships

    This is an online book that covers Astronomy of the Earth's Motion in Space, Newtonian Mechanics, The Sun, Spaceflight and Spacecraft, and a Math Refresher. It was originally intended for high schoolers, but the author has fleshed out many sections and some information is at the college level. The author also has a number of resources at this link: http://www.phy6.org/readfirst.htm

    Frost Science
    The Frost Science website is a Science Learning Network resource sponsored by The Miami Museum of Science. This resource contains educational activities relating to different forms of energy, and are being presented by famous gothic horror characters. In order to experience the full capabilities of this site, please make sure that you have javascript turned on in your browser.
    GiftedSources.com
    This website provides links to a number of gifted websites, including a listing of professional associations and news publications. There is also a listing of specific subject matter links on such topics as math, science and social studies.
    GLOBE Program
    The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment is for students and teachers around the world. This hands-on program is useful for improving student's understanding of science by involving them in real science by taking measurements, analyzing data and participating in research in collaboration with actual scientists. GLOBE provides teachers with workshops, a teacher's guide and how-to videos, help-desk support from scientists and an online community. This program is funded by NASA and NSF.
    Healthline Human BodyMaps
    BodyMaps is an interactive visual search tool that allows users to explore the human body in 3-D. With easy-to-use navigation, users can search multiple layers of the human anatomy, view systems and organs down to their smallest parts, and understand in detail how the human body works.
    How Stuff Works
    This website is a place where students can find information on almost everything such as computers & the Internet, engines & automotive, electronics & communications, science & technology, aviation & transportation, living & entertainment, body & health, around the house and machines. Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes your refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place for you.
    How to Teach Science
    This website offers free science lessons, materials to teach children in science, worksheets, help in addressing fear of teaching science, and science curriculum for Homeschool and teachers.
    HubbleSite
    This website offers photos, information, facts, games and discoveries from and about the Hubble space telescope.
    Human Genome Project Information Archive
    The Human Genome Project Information Archive website is a resource for a variety of science topics relating to Genetics, including: Human Chromosomes, Genomics:GTL, Microbial Genome Program, Human Genome Project Information and Genome-Related Meetings and Reports.
    IDEAL Solutions for STEM Acceleration
    The Inventory for Decisions about Educational Acceleration and Learning (IDEAL) Solutions for STEM Acceleration is a web-based system that provides student-centered feedback to inform decisions about academic acceleration in STEM fields. The program draws upon their expertise in the area of academic acceleration and have capitalized specifically upon the wide-ranging information available through the Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA). IRPA is part of the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.
    Internet Public Library: Science Fair Project Resource Guide
    This site contains information to help anyone interested in science fairs. Links to "Scientific Method," "Choosing a topic," and "Sample Projects" help get you started, and offers outside links to the best science fair sites.
    Internet Scout Project
    Internet Scout Project has focused on research and development projects that provide better tools and services for finding, filtering and delivering online information and metadata. Reference over 20,000 reports on Science, Language, Research, Education, Geology and more.
    Jason Project
    This online curriculum details the multi-disciplinary scientific expedition projects by researchers affiliated with the Jason Institute. Jason offers curriculum packages for instructors and homeschoolers with students in 4-9th grades, with online access and live video interactions between students and the researchers in the field. The projects look at Earth's physical systems and the technology that we use to study those systems.
    Jefferson Lab: Science Education
    This website is the online home of Jefferson Lab -- a valued partner to the local, regional and national education community. Jefferson Lab's long-term commitment to science education continues to focus on increasing the number of teachers with a substantial background in math and science, strengthening the motivation and preparation of all students, especially minorities and females, and addressing the serious under representation of minorities and females in science, math, engineering and technology careers.
    JP Aerospace
    This site is home to JP Aerospace, an independent space program that touts itself as "America's OTHER Space Program." Its purpose is to promote space exploration through innovative development of low cost space systems.
    Kapili Islands
    This site contains overviews of sciences (research labs), programming basic and html (technology campus), and descriptions of plants and animals (gardens). Each area is written in a simple, direct style with clean graphics presenting complex concepts.
    KidsAstronomy.com
    This site about astronomy is designed for kids. It's easy to navigate and answers frequently asked questions such as, "How big is the universe?" or general information about the solar system, deep space, and space exploration. This is a good starting point for any kid interested in astronomy with interactive information, news, games and puzzles in addition to an area for teachers with lesson plans for different areas of science.
    Kidspace: Science Fair Project Resource Guide
    Internet Public Library has put together a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. Science Fair Project guidelines include: Getting Started; Choosing a Topic; Completing the Project; Displaying Your Project.
    Learn: Atmospheric Science Explorers
    LEARN: Atmospheric Science Explorers (LEARN) began in 1991 with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help fill the critical need of science teacher professional development. NSF funded two versions of LEARN. The fundamental goal of both LEARN programs was to increase middle school science teacher knowledge of and interest in the atmospheric sciences.
    MadSci Network
    The MadSci Network is an educational website devoted to all things science. MadSci Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well. Visit the Mad Labs page for some fun experiments and the FAQ page for common science questions. Still have a question? Use the "Ask-a-Scientist" feature!
    Martindale's The Reference Desk
    This site offers an extensive collection of both scientific and non-scientific reference links.
    Mobius Spokane
    Mobius Spokane is an educational center with a mission of stimulating minds, inspiring careers and instilling wonder across the Inland Northwest with entertaining and experiential science programs and exhibits. It offers programs such as daily demonstrations and exhibits, a teen docent program, speaker series, camps, classes, workshops, competitions, and conferences. It also has a club for gifted students, as well as summer and holiday camps.
    NASA
    This site is the Internet presence for NASA, with news, information and interactive features about the space program. They have a NASA for Kids section that has features such as New Frontiers and Brain Terrain with interactive stories, projects and games.
    NASA - For Educators
    This section of the NASA website is dedicated to educators. Search hundreds of resources by subject, grade level, type and keyword. These lesson plans and teaching materials support a STEM curriculum. Also, browse STEM-related professional development opportunities, webinars, workshops, and ways for educators and their students to get involved with NASA.
    NASA Earth Observatory
    The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible online publication where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change.
    NASA Education
    NASA's education program strives to "inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics" by supporting education in the Nation's schools and to "engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery" by supporting informal education and public outreach efforts. NASA's commitment to education places special emphasis on these goals by increasing elementary and secondary education participation in NASA projects; enhancing higher education capability in STEM disciplines; increasing participation by underrepresented and underserved communities; expanding e-Education; and expanding NASA's participation with the informal education community.
    NASA Quest
    NASA Quest is a rich resource for educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program. NASA Quest allows the public to share the excitement of NASA's authentic scientific and engineering pursuits like flying in the Shuttle and the International Space Station, exploring distant planets with amazing spacecraft, and building the aircraft of the future.
    NASA SciFiles
    The NASA SciFiles™ is a series of instructional programs consisting of broadcast, print, and online elements. Emphasizing standards-based instruction, problem-based learning, and science as inquiry, the series seeks to motivate students in grades 3-5 to become critical thinkers and active problem solvers.
    NASA: The Space Place
    This site targets elementary school students with information about science, technology and learning about space. There are hands-on projects, games & puzzles, interactive demonstrations, and many other activities; it is also for teachers with a "Goodies for Teachers" section with printable pictures and classroom activities.
    NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology
    This website is home to the Jet Propultion Laboratory (JPL), NASA's lead center for robotic exploration of the solar system and managed by the California Institute of Technology. Our spacecraft have visited all the planets in our solar system and telescopes are observing distant galaxies in the universe to study how our solar system was formed. We also manage the worldwide Deep Space Network, which communicates with spacecraft and conducts scientific investigations from its complexes in California's Mojave Desert near Goldstone; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia.
    National Association of Rocketry (NAR) - Educational Resources
    The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) helps teachers engage and energize students with educational resources and 40+ years of model rocket expertise.
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    This website offers a variety of links to entertain the science lover in all of us. It has resource links and links to fun games. Everything on this website is related to science.
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Inside the Cell
    This website from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, explores the smallest form of life: the cell. Discover what's happening inside your body. See basic structures that let your cells accomplish their tasks. Learn about functions shared by virtually all cells: making fuel and proteins, transporting materials, and disposing of wastes.
    National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
    "NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education."
    National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Learning Center
    Science educators can use the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Learning Center as a resource when developing curriculum and lesson plans. Thsi website also contains professional development opportunities, forums and events.
    National Space Society
    This website is home to the National Space Society. The NSS is an independent, international, educational, grassroots nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization. The ultimate goal for the NSS is people living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth.
    Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
    This site is for serious students of astronomy and, more especially, cosmology. There are several main subsections to this site, including News of the Universe, Cosmology FAQ, and a Tutorial.
    Nine Planets
    This site offers an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, and most provide references to related information.
    Nobelprize.org
    This site is an introduction to past and present Nobel Laureates with articles written by Laureates, biographies, autobiographical essays and photos and video footage. Fascinating information into the lives of these accomplished intellectuals.
    Nova Online
    This site changes weekly, corresponding with the weekly program. Includes extension activities, games and printable materials. The activities for a single program are: Take a Tour of Mir - click through a layout of the space station, complete with walk-through video of each module's interior; Day in the Life - find out what a typical day is like on Mir; The Next Space Station - get a sneak preview of the 16-nation venture to build the International Space Station;Mishaps of the Space Age - some of the worst space-related accidents of the past four decades; Q&A with Astronaut Jerry Linenger - find out what the man who survived nearly five months 300 miles up thinks about everything from space exploration to the best way to wash your hair.
    Official String Theory Web Site
    This site provides an overview of string theory and other advanced physics topics. The topics are clearly illustrated with simple diagrams and animations and it also gets into some of the math.
    One Look - Dictionary Search
    This site links to other dictionary websites, including medical and scientific dictionaries. When you enter a word, you get a list of dictionary definitions to choose from.
    Optics For Kids: The Science and Engineering Behind It
    Elementary school children will learn some fun and interesting things about OPTICS on this website. Optics is the science of light, and one of the most important fields of physics. Interactive activities, downloadable word searches, and web and book resources are all a part of this informative site recommended by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    Paper Plate Education
    Paper Plate Education is an initiative to reduce complex notions to simple paper plate explanations. It promotes innovative hands-on activities that you can experience across a range of interests, at varying degrees of complexity, and at a low price—all with common paper plates.
    Particle Adventure
    This site offers a description of elementary particle physics from the scientists who are working with it. Using MacroMedia Flash animations (and no math), quarks, leptons, baryons and neutrinos are all explained.
    PhysicsCentral
    PhysicsCentral is a website devoted to communicating the importance and excitement of physics. The website offers information and lessons about different aspects of physics, and also allows users to ask their own questions. The website also maintains a blog, and posts updates about physics in the news.
    Physlink
    This site is a comprehensive physics and astronomy education, research and reference resource. In addition to providing high-quality content, PhysLink.com is a meeting place for professionals, students and other curious minds.
    Planet Science
    This site provides resources stimulate the imagination of students about science and technology with games, research, science updates and more. Its vision is for students to engage with science and recognize it as a creative, inclusive and representative field of study with exciting rewards and career opportunities.
    Planetary Society
    This site has information and news about the planets. Sections include Taking Action, Headlines, Other Recent Stories and Planetary Radio.
    Project 2061
    This website by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science is based on the initiative to advance literacy in science, mathematics and technology. Featured are sections on Curriculum Materials; Testing & Assessment; Research on Teaching & Learning; and Family & Community. It includes an array of resources such as curriculum and textbook evaluations, article links, and suggestions for reform.
    Project Exploration
    This website is a "living classroom" that involves students and the public in scientific discovery by connecting kids and families to interactive exhibits, labs, unique science programs and real scientists.
    Public Library of Science
    This website for the Public Library of Science (PLoS) provides online journals containing ideas, discoveries, and research results in the fields of life sciences and medicine. PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. The goal of the organization is to offer unlimited, free access to the latest scientific research.
    Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
    Welcome to Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab, your source of free science experiments for parents, teachers, and students. Kick off your shoes. Pull up a chair. Make yourself comfortable. Oh yeah, did we mention that protective goggles are required...
    Sci4Kids - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
    This site explores the field of agricultural science, including careers and other agricultural topics.
    Science @ NASA
    This site, hosted by NASA, features basic research in astronomy, astrophysics, solar and space plasma (auroral) physics, earth science (climate studies), and low-gravity materials science. Frequent science headlines are posted highlighting the latest research.
    Science Buddies
    "Science Buddies offers a pyramid of online programs that maximize the value and student enjoyment of science research projects. Building on a solid base of content that describes how to do a science fair project, Science Buddies engages science and technical professionals in student mentoring. Science Buddies uses its knowledge of specific student needs to develop sophisticated online tools that enable students to "reach higher" as they prepare their projects."
    Science Buddies - How to Find a Mentor
    This article on the Science Buddies website provides advice on finding a mentor, particularly from a science perspective.
    Science Daily
    This site is a leading online magazine devoted to science, technology and medicine. It brings breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology.
    Science Learning Network (SLN)
    The Science Learning Network (SLN) is where science and education come together to help preserve and protect areas of national significance. Its mission is to integrate research and education to better communicate park science to the public and other NPS staff.
    Science Made Simple
    Science Made Simple contains ideas for children's science projects, simple science experiments, and science questions answered by Science Made Simple staff. Get fun science projects & great experiments using household materials. Clear, detailed answers to childrens science questions. Science News. And more!
    Science Master
    This site features science learning resources for students, parents and teachers. ScienceMaster is chock-full of information, news, links, pictures, products and services, with the best content from NASA, the USGS, the EPA, NOAA and leading colleges and universities.
    Science NetLinks
    This website, part of MarcoPolo, has a number of useful resources related to science. Standards-based lesson plans are useful for teachers and in homeschooling. There is a collection of Web resources, a list of "Benchmarks for Science Literacy", and numerous updates from the world of science. ScienceNetLinks also provides an online comprehensive newsletter.
    Science News for Students
    This website is devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. The goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, web resources, and other useful materials.
    Science U
    The website devoted to science, education, and fun! Filled with interactive exhibits, online simulations, graphics software, and a library of reference materials, it's guaranteed to make science come alive in new and exciting ways! Other pages on the site include: The Geometry Center, Observatory, Science U Studio, and Library.
    ScienceIQ.com
    This site delivers science facts daily to your email and offers an extensive archive of online science facts. Topics range from the human mind to nanotechnology, and basic scientific concepts to the latest discoveries. The content is for teachers, students, parents, hobbyists and lifelong learners, ages 5 to 105.
    SCORE Science - Kid's Corner
    This website has a variety of resources that will connect you to other fun websites for biology, chemistry, astronomy and more!
    Shmoop
    The Shmoop website offers free learning guides, online courses, college readiness prep, and test prep. The website also provides subscription-based test preparatory services and practice examinations. They also offer a Careers page and College 101 section. Thousands of schools around the world use Shmoop as part of their curriculum.
    Smithsonian Education
    This website has information for educators, families and students on a large variety of topics. The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian and produces a variety of programs, services, and resources for the education and museum communities. The Center studies education at the Institution and builds consensus on standards for strengthening its educational programs, publications, and websites.
    Socratic.org
    This website is a free, open resource designed to make learning easier, with access to great, contextual teaching when needed. Socratic allows users to ask and answer questions around the world, earn karma for answers and get thanked, and level up and unlock badges along the way.
    Space.com
    This website offers current news on the topic of space as well as complete coverage of worldwide launch operations, with mission archives and more.
    Up-to-date information is also available regarding the fields of science and technology.
    Spaceflight Now
    This site offers all news about space flights, rocket launches, funding and other breaking stories. It feature stories on human space flight, communications, launches, astronomy, earth imaging and more.
    SpaceWeather.com
    This website offers science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment. You can get up to date information on Solar Winds, the Northern Lights and Eclipses.
    STEMtube
    STEMtube is a website where students can post their science, technology, engineering, and math photos and video links to share with each other. It can help students develop projects and expand on their ideas.
    STEMworks at WestEd
    STEMworks is your go-to resource for finding and investing in the nation’s leading STEM education programs.
    Stephen Hawking's Universe - PBS Online
    Stephen Hawking's genius is fully revealed in this series that treats you to advances in cosmological thought. Encompassing Hawking's matchless point of view, these six programs spin an intergalactic detective story, rich with mystery, twists and revelations.
    Strobel's Astronomy Notes
    This site is a series of comprehensive and well-written lectures for the intelligent beginner in astronomy. Topics include the solar system, galaxies, cosmology, Newton, Einstein, relativity, light, telescopes, lives of stars, etc.
    Teachers Try Science
    This site provides free and engaging lessons, along with teaching strategies and resources, which are designed to spark students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Teachers TryScience is a web site for teachers with STEM lessons and resources for educators. The site also features collaboration tools to enable teachers to discuss and share effective instructional practices.
    The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
    This alphabetical guide to the living universe is a great resource for those curious about astrobiology, astronomy, and spaceflight.
    The Planetary Society
    This site offers information with images and video clips about the planets, featuring in-depth explorations of Planetary Missions; The Mars Microphone; Red Rover, Red Rover; Challenger Center Online; Bill Nye The Science Guy; Planetary Image Gallery; Views of Mars from Pathfinder; and Planetary Art Gallery.
    Thinking Fountain
    This Science site provides simple experiments and lesson plans for kids who homeschool or want to do their own experiments for fun. While this site is quite enjoyable it is most appropriate for the very young.
    TI Calc
    This is a great site for owners of Texas Instruments graphing calculators. The archive includes games, math and science programs and utilities. Ticalc.org also includes links to other websites about TI calculators.
    Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
    The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study was developed to gauge how close the U.S. was to its goal of being first in the world in math and science achievement by investigating the math and science progress of eighth grade students in 38 countries. Preliminary results suggest that although the U.S. is trailing many industrialized countries, the U.S. does have some of the best schools in the world. The study also points to a wide disparity in achievement between suburban and low income urban schools.
    U.S. Space & Rocket Center - Space Camp (Huntsville, AL)
    This is a five-day camp designed to show young people what it is like to be an astronaut. Training includes simulated space shuttle missions, rocket building and launches, and training simulators. It also offers Brightest Stars program for GT.
    Virtual Library: Science Fairs
    This is an attempt to provide a single comprehensive list of all science fairs, whether of global or local scope.
    Weather for Kids
    This website is designed to teach students about the fascinating weather that affects us day to day. This is a great learning resource for parents and teachers.
    Wonderville
    This site takes you to Wonderville, an interactive "town" where you can participate in and learn about science-related activities. Some examples are fingerprinting, water treatment, wetlands activity, and more.
    World Science Festival (WSF)
    The World Science Festival brings together great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that presents the wonders of science and the drama of scientific discovery to a broad general audience. The Festival’s flagship live event is an annual weeklong celebration and exploration of science in New York City. World Science U is the Foundation’s online education arm where students and lifelong learners can dive more deeply through artfully produced digital education content presented by world-renowned scientists.
    World Science U
    Providing education for everyone at all levels of interest and knowledge, World Science U is for high school students, science majors in college and lifelong learners to explore the wonders of science guided by leading researchers and educators. World Science U offers Science Unplugged, which provides hundreds of short video answers to a wide range of questions. Master Classes designed by prestigious scientists from leading research universities are also offered, as well as university-level classes. Students work at their own pace and can earn World Science U certification upon successful course completion.
    Zooniverse
    The Zooniverse is home to the Internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. The primary motivation behind Zooniverse projects is to collect data on well-defined research questions, however with hundreds of thousands of people worldwide participating in these projects, it generates amazing potential for education. Projects within the Zooniverse provide an excellent resource for inquiry-based learning within the classroom or at home.

  • Websites & Other Media: Learning Tools

    Boomerang! The Audio Magazine
    BOOMERANG! is a monthly 70-minute audiocassette in the format of a "magazine." Designed for ages 6-12, BOOMERANG! introduces kids to the world of big ideas -- science, current events, economics, history, poetry, geography. Jokes, mysteries, music, and interviews combine to make this monthly cassette a child's own personal window to the world at large.
    Brown University - Science Cartoons Program (Sci-Toons)
    The Science Cartoons (Sci-Toons) initiative was developed to engage STEM and non-STEM students and faculty in the creation of science animation. The Sci-Toons model is a new approach for communicating scientific research and concepts to broad audience via storytelling, animation, high-quality multimedia and art to conceptualize and communicate science. The final Sci-Toon videos are very compelling and engaging to a broad range of audiences.
    Center for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER), (Berkeley, CA)
    This site contains informative content on extra terrestrial research, including papers written about CASPER projects and technologies. Find out more about a workshop CASPER offers to teach people how to use their open source hardware and software libraries to build instrumentation such as correlators, beam formers and spectrometers.
    Earth Quest
    An Eyewitness Virtual Reality CD-Rom with terrific graphics. Learn to classify rocks, minerals and metals, and learn about volcanoes and earthquakes. There is a virtual gallery of rocks, minerals, and gems. A console lets you create your own volcanos and earthquakes and watch the results. 3D panoramas show how earth's landscapes were formed.
    Frankenstein200
    Frankenstein200 is a multi­media project designed by researchers at Arizona State University and funded through a grant by the National Science Foundation. It uses Shelley’s tale of scientific hubris to get children thinking about such things as robotics, bioengineering and why humans create.
    Hippocampus
    HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges and universities in the world and contributed to the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC), another MITE project.
    I Love Science!
    An interactive science lab that allows kids to experiment with the principles of science. Three sections focus on biology, physics, and chemistry. There are experiments, activities, and questions and answer sections. The graphics/animations are very kid friendly.
    Intel Play QX3 Computer Microscope
    This computer microscope allows amateur scientists to explore their environment with optical microscopy at magnifications up to 200x. The accompanying software package provides an interface with excellent graphics and audio clips that are presented through a kid-friendly layout.
    MIT-K12
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created this project containing numerous videos full of educational content, driven by a series of questions: How can we change the perception of the role of engineers and scientists in the world? What can MIT do, right now, to improve STEM education at the K12 level? What if MIT became a publicly accessible “experiential partner” to the country’s K12 educators? What if MIT students generated short-form videos to complement the work those educators are already doing in their classrooms and homes? MIT seeks to illustrate that the best spokespeople in the battle to engage young people in science and engineering are other young people.
    Open Culture
    Open Culture compiles free cultural and educational media resources for public use. Some resources include over 950 free online courses, 550 free audio books, 600 free eBooks, free language learning resources, and more.
    PongSat
    A PongSat is an experiment that fits inside of a ping pong ball. These ping pong ball 'satellites' are flown to the edge of space by balloon or launched in sounding rockets. The PongSats are then returned to the student. It's an easy and inexpensive way to get students excited about science and engineering.
    Rock-It Science - Sparking Enthusiasm & Creating Excellence In Science Education
    The primary focus of this non-profit organization is to provide science enrichment classes to underserved and at-risk youth. Rock-It Science offers three programs: In-Class Instruction; Summer Programs and Camps; and, Homeschool Science Classes.
    Science Class: Free Chemistry and Physics Lessons
    This website provides free online resources for students interested in chemistry, physics and other scientific disciplines. The information on this website is aimed at elementary, middle and high school students.
    Science Take-Out
    Science Take-Out develops, manufactures and sells innovative and easy-to-use hands-on science activity kits designed for use by an individual student or small group of students. The science kits are pre-packaged for individual student use and are ready-to-go, with no teacher prep required.
    Thames and Kosmos Science Kits
    Thames & Kosmos (T&K) was founded in 2001 with the mission of improving informal science education by publishing high-quality science and technology related educational products for children of all ages. Thames & Kosmos operates as the exclusive North American distributor for the science kit line of our partner company — the 187-year-old, German-based publishing house, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH.
    The Khan Academy
    Khan Academy offers hundreds of free practice exercises and instructional videos for differentiated learning. Their personalized learning dashboard empowers students to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. KA tackles math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Their math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. KA has also partnered with institutions like NASA, Pixar, The College Board, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.
    The Quirkles
    The Quirkles® are 26 imaginary scientists that help children everyday, all over the world, develop a love and appreciation for science. They offer a fresh new way to integrate literacy and science at school, for educational programs, or at home. Vocabulary builders, two related science experiments, and a character education lesson are also included in each of the 26 alphabet-series books. For a complete introduction and to get to know each Quirkle, start with "About The Quirkles" and work your way across the main menu bar above. Have fun exploring and please contact us with any questions you may have!
    Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
    In video download or DVD format, this visually rich course is designed to provide a nontechnical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the Universe as a whole. It includes almost all of the material in the first two astronomy courses for The Teaching Company, produced in 1998 and 2003, but with a large number of new images, diagrams, and animations. The discoveries reported in the 2003 course are integrated throughout these new lectures, and more recent findings (through mid-2006) are included, as well.
    Whelmers
    This website contains dynamic science activities, known as Whelmers. Each Whelmer has a materials list, video demonstrations, science content correlated to the National Science Education Standards and assessments for each activity. It will assist even the most inexperienced teacher to “whelm” their students (not over Whelm them!) in basic physics, chemistry, air pressure, density and waves.
    ZoomSci: Science and Engineering Projects for Kids
    ZoomSci is a fun science website based on the PBS television show Zoom. The site includes a Parents/Teachers section as well as fun experiments for students. Supply lists and instructions are provided and the experiments are the same ones conducted on the Zoom show.