1. 1 STEM Resources for Teachers George W. Stickel Supervisor Cobb County Public Schools May 16, 2009

2. 2 GPS is based on NSES  AAAS & NSES 1st place to look  http://www.aaas.org/publications/ http://www.aaas.org/publications/  http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962

3. 3 National Science Education Standards

4. 4 The climate of science and technology in the United States  National Science Board’s report to Congress and the Nation: America’s Pressing Challenge— Building A Stronger Foundation

5. 5 Response to National Standards  Inquiry and the National Standards  Appendix B  Establish criteria

6. 6 The System of Science Education (Based upon National Science Education Standards)

7. 7 Science Inquiry Map K-12

8. 8 Science Knowledge Map of Matter K-12

9. 9 Georgia DOE  GaDoe, 2nd place to look  www.gadoe.org www.gadoe.org

10. 10 Georgia Performance Standards  Testing  Standards

11. 11 DOE Classroom support

12. 12 Three key websites  National Science Education Standards http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962  Georgia Performance Standards  http://www.gadoe.org/  Cobb County Public Schools  http://www.cobbk12.org/hr/index.htm http://www.cobbk12.org/hr/index.htm  Your local school website

13. 13 Where next?  People  Places  Publications  Products  Organizations  References  Competitions

14. 14 People  Elementary school science teacher  Middle school science teacher  High school science teacher  Higher education  Technical college professors  Local college or university professors  Textbook authors

15. 15 People continued  Professional STEM & medical people  Trade professionals  Plumbers  Carpenters  Electricians  Agricultural employees  Manufacturing professionals  http://www.georgiamaw.org/

16. 16 Publications  National Geographic  Smithsonian  National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/ http://www.nwf.org/  Related to organizations

17. 17 Organizations  NSTA, http://www.nsta.org/  GSTA http://www.georgiascienceteacher.org/

18. 18 Other Science Ed Organizations  National Assoc. of Biology Teachers http://www.nabt.org/ http://www.nabt.org/  Etc.

19. 19 Government Organizations  NASA, nasa.gov  NOAA, noaa.gov  USGS, usgs,gov  Globe Program, http://www.globe.gov/r

20. 20 The Globe Program  Teachers Guide  Protocols  Atmosphere/climate  Soil  Hydrology  Land cover/biology  General  Phenology

21. 21 References  http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/  http://bartleby.com/ http://bartleby.com/  Dictionaries, Thesauruses  Anthologies  Quotations

22. 22 Competitions  FIRST Robotics  Best Robotics  F1  Science Olympiad  Science Bowl

23. 23 My Home  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/statepar ks/parks/mcconnellsmill.aspx http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/statepar ks/parks/mcconnellsmill.aspx

24. 24 McConnell’s Mills State Park  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo /ParkGuides/pg4_9/indexmap.aspx http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo /ParkGuides/pg4_9/indexmap.aspx

25. 25 The Glacier

26. 26 Georgia Resources  http://www.gadnr.org/ Department of Natural Resources http://www.gadnr.org/

27. 27 Grand Canyon

28. 28 You don’t know a national park?  Nps.gov/findapark

29. 29 Chemistry  http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/con tent American Chemical Society http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/con tent  http://www.chemed.org/ Chem Ed Foundation http://www.chemed.org/  http://www.chemcollective.org/ Chemistry Collective http://www.chemcollective.org/  http://www.rpc.msoe.edu/cbm/ Center for Biomolecular Modeling http://www.rpc.msoe.edu/cbm/

30. 30 Green Chemistry  MKC http://www.mkcenterprises.com/index.htmhttp://www.mkcenterprises.com/index.htm  Occipational Safety and Health document Download NIOSHSchoolSafetyLabGuide Download NIOSHSchoolSafetyLabGuide  on "Green Chemistry"--see also Download ChemicalInventory_GreenTnStUDownload ChemicalInventory_GreenTnStU  Download Appendix A - Prohibited Chemicals and Download HighrisktableMKCrecommends Download Appendix A - Prohibited Chemicals Download HighrisktableMKCrecommends

31. 31 Physics  http://www.aps.org/ American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/

32. 32 Biotechnology  http://www.ellyndaugherty.com/

33. 33 Assessments  http://sciencescass.org/ Science Assessment Project http://sciencescass.org/  http://pals.sri.com/ Performance Assessment Links in Science http://pals.sri.com/

34. 34 General data  http://2000survey.horizon-research.com/ National Math & Science Survey information http://2000survey.horizon-research.com/

35. 35 ESOL  New York Science Teacher: http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/index.php Click on "ESL/Bilingual Glossaries" for terms in various languages.  Cobb County ESOL Blog: http://flesolcobbcentral.typepad.com/esol/

36. 36 Thank you  george.stickel@cobbk12.org george.stickel@cobbk12.org  www.cicobb.typepad.com/sciences/ www.cicobb.typepad.com/sciences/