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An example of an integrated online STEM Unit for elementary school 4th 5th grade

PBS Teachers provides PreK-12 educational resources and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards and professional development opportunities delivered online.

This URL is from About.com, so it does not have lesson plans or activities. However, my LEA e-mail today mentioned the need for young girls to be aware of female professions in the STEM program, particularly in Math. So, I thought why not include this website. Students can do a little research of their own on Hypatia of Alexandria, Mary Fairfax Somerville, and Alicia Stott to name a few. Under each of the ten females is a little background information. Underneath that is a link that takes you to more in-depth information and even other websites!!

TryEngineering is a portal about engineering and engineering careers, developed to help young people understand what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be part of their future."> stylesheet

Presented by ASEE and its partners, eGFI is the best resource available for students and teachers to learn about engineering.

Just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympiad taking place in Vancouver, BC this February, NBC Universal (NBCU) has teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to produce "The Science of the Olympic Winter Games," a 16-part educational video series that gives students extensive insight into the physics, physiology, and related science of sports like figure and speed skating, ice hockey, slalom-course skiing, and even curling.

Explore activities, exhibitions, Webcasts, and other Exploratorium online content.

Resources for teaching science. Connections to mathematics.

This is a website that provides many different lesson plans for all subjects. You can get so many different ideas for your class and lessons. I used it specifically for Geometry and it gave some great lesson plans.

This is a site that has different posts and online discussions with other teachers around the world. As a future teacher this would be very helpful to see what works and what does not always work for some teachers. It provides different ideas for all teachers and is a great resource.