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The STEM Academy is a national non-profit status organization dedicated to improving STEM literacy for all students. We represent a recognized national next-generation high impact academic model. The practices, strategies, and programming are built upon a foundation of identified national best practices which are designed to improve under-represented minority and low-income student growth, close achievement gaps, decrease dropout rates, increase high school graduation rates and improve teacher and principal effectiveness.

Games offer rewards, challenges and victories that students may not find in the real world, according to researcher Jane McGonigal

The Virtual Reality Education Pathfinder (VREP) is an educational initiative and partnership between government, education, and industry creating an ever-growing consortium of schools and businesses committed to bringing a new kind of learning and teaching to schools across the country.

I am taking several online professional development courses and they are excellent! College credit is available!

Professional development for PreK-12 educators. A service of PBS Teachers.

your gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based resources on instruction. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, COI develops and identifies free resources that Regional Comprehensive Centers and state, district, and local educators can use in their pursuit of high quality instruction.

online science labs

Harness the power of the Internet... wisely. WISE is a simple yet powerful learning environment where students examine real world evidence and analyze current scientific controversies.

Welcome to Engineer Your Life, a guide to engineering careers for high school girls! Imagine what life would be like without pollution controls to preserve the environment, life-saving medical equipment, or low-cost building materials for fighting global poverty.

All the digital materials needed to teach over twenty courses in Mathematics and Science are available for the free use by any student or teacher. These courses are part of the Progressive Mathematics Initiative (PMI) and Progressive Science Initiative (PSI).

Website put together by Intel that contains a vast amount of professional development resources (examples, theories, positive practice) for educators. Below is Intel's description of the page:\n\nIntel® Education enables 21st century teaching and learning through free professional development, tools, and resources that help K-12 teachers engage students with effective use of technology.

Impressive.

Intel® Education enables 21st century teaching and learning through free professional development, tools, and resources that help K-12 teachers engage students with effective use of technology.

Interactive site about the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

40th anniversary of the Apollo11 landing