STEM Curriculum
Free 3Doodler lesson plans are made by teachers, for teachers. Filter by grade level, subject, educational standards, and more.
Participate in this scavenger hunt to learn more about space shuttles.
Afterschool Alliance is an organization dedicated to increasing the availability of after school programs. Information is available on policy and research, facts and research, Lights on Afterschool, Advocate Newsletter, and resource links.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Toyota USA Foundation, and the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, Afterschool Math Plus is a thematic lesson plan that covers four themes: ArtMath, Built Environment, Jump Rope Math, and MusicMath. Creating environments that build curiosity and create a love of learning surrounding math, these lesson plans empower students to use math in real world settings while spotlighting leading mathematicians who use arithmetic in creative ways. “When will I use this math in the world?” This question is answered throughout this resource – math is everywhere!
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Afterschool snacks are a compilation of free and low-cost activity guides, books, and resources created to engage youth in STEM by learning from doing, also known as tinkering. These Snacks are a healthy, filling way to satisfy your late-afternoon hunger for science. Try building them with friends! From the California Tinkering Afterschool Network, a project of the Exploratorium.
Online episode guides, question of the week, and do it yourself science demo activities.
Everyone says that necessity is the mother of invention, but at the Cade, we see inventions born from all of these Mothers of Invention: Necessity, Curiosity, Imagination, Iteration, and Serendipity.
For lessons, we’ll include everyday things you can use at home for activities, plus step-by-step videos and instructions to invent and create at home! Let’s get started. Just click one of the images below to see exciting lessons and activities for each age group!
Can’t make it to the Academy? We offer a wide breadth of resources that can impact your teaching from afar. Whether you are looking for kits of classroom materials, lesson plans, science videos, distance learning programs, or full courses, the Academy has science teaching resources galore.
Looking for ideas to spice up your science teaching? Our activity database features full-period lessons to integrate into your normal curriculum, activities to focus your field trip or ideas for extending the museum visit into the classroom.
Based on years of experience training upper elementary school teachers in the Bay Area, we’ve designed a how-to resource for teachers everywhere to illustrate how you can easily and successfully integrate science notebooks into your own classroom.
Get ready to use science notebooks for scientific reasoning and meaning-making, in a way that supports hands-on scientific inquiry!
Devoted to improving PreK-12 STEM learning, Change the Equation provides the latest in STEM research and articles, a STEM program database, as well as a comprehensive overview of each state’s progress in STEM education.
Participate in this Changing of the Seasons Scavenger Hunt to learn about how the Earth’s orbit affects the weather.
This summer, flex your brain with CK-12’s math and science FlexLets™, designed to make sure that you have your bases covered before the next school year begins!
Climate change is an important learning and advocacy initiative for today’s youth. This free PBL curriculum resource is an engaging and interactive curriculum tailored for grades K-12, focusing on climate change education.
In this engaging and influential program, youth will:
Learn about global climate and environmental problems, including the plastic trash crisis, pollution and its effects, the shortage of fresh water, and other health threats.
Discover how these problems affect their communities.
Explore how their personal choices affect the environment.
Create a proposal to solve a problem related to climate change or the environment in their community.
Present the proposal to experts.
Present the final version of their proposal to their peers at a culminating event