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An article from the Washington Post discussing how to prepare teachers for the challenges of STEM. I feel the article touched on the importance of the teachers' preparation along with the need to help future students.

An older article discussing the allocation of funds to further STEM in Indiana schools. I chose the article because it highlights what teachers will need to learn and will hopefully lead the way for more funding in STEM education.

The Children's Museum site allowing teachers the opportunity to prepare and use the museum for teaching. The site allows students and teachers the benefits of the museum and learning from others.

What is meant by “high-quality professional development”? The term high-quality professional development” means professional development that meets the criteria contained in the definition of professional development in Title IX, Section 9101(34) of ESEA

An excellent site for teaching science to any elementary grade. A free site but requires signup to utilize all the features. 

This site gives thousands of lessons on many. many different subjects that are all seachable. You only have to choose your state to see which standards go with your lessons. From there you can build on your lesson as you please. This site offers interactive games and activities for students in order to help them learn the subject area more effectively.

Adaptive learning technology and software programs for math Thousands of lessons available This software is not free but there are free samples of the software and teachers can buy the software sets for $20 per child or the school system can pay to have unlimited software for the year.

Lessons that teach students how to use the computer and the internet. Lessons include such topics as cyber bullying, research and information fluency and online safety. There are also many more lessons to choose from.

Thousands of resources for teachers including: lesson plans, curriculum builders, activities, etc.

Lesson Plans that coincide with curriculum for multiple grade levels.