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Top 10 STEM sites

Collection of 10 web pages for implementing STEM

different activities and games geared towards different STEM topics.

This site provides resources for various grade .levels on STEM

This is a great tool for STEM and has awesome projects to build.

"Edheads is an online educational resource that provides free science and math games and activities that promote critical thinking. Choose from Simple Machines, Virtual Knee Surgery or Stem Cell Heart Repair, among others. All activities meet state and national standards."

This site has Seven Essentials For Project Based Learning and what to do with them.

This is a free download that allows students to digitally design different things.

Every NGSS standard has three dimensions: disciplinary core ideas (content), and engineering practices, and cross-cutting concepts. Currently, most state and district standards express these dimensions as separate entities, leading to their separation in both instruction and assessment. The integration of rigorous content and application reflects how science and engineering is practiced in the real world.

Creative Educator focuses on effective ideas and strategies to foster creativity and engage students in the curriculum. Articles are designed to provide you with an informed and diverse view of today's educational technology field, including fresh ideas about project-based learning, classroom management, and creativity. The classroom stories illustrate how educators are already utilizing creativity tools in their classrooms and the lesson plans provide specific ideas, resources, and directions that make implementing creative work with technology even easier.

Teachers TryScience is a web site for teachers. 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). What's more, the site features collaboration tools to enable teachers to discuss and share effective instructional practices.

"Design thinking is a methodology for creative problem solving. You can use it to inform your own teaching practice, or you can teach it to your students as a framework for real-world projects."