Science and Technology/Engineering
Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Environmental Resources for Educators
The Effects of Wind and Water Movement on Earth’s Landscape (Grade 2)
STE Educator Resources - Science, Technology/Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
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| PreK-5 Earth & Space Science | 1-pg PDF | Multi-pg PDF | ||
| PreK-5 Life Science | 1-pg PDF | Multi-pg PDF | ||
| PreK-5 Physical Science and Technology/Engineering | 1-pg PDF | Multi-pg PDF |
| PreK-12 Flow of Energy in Biological Systems | 1-pg PDF | Multi-pg PDF | ||
| PreK-12 Weather and Climate | 1-pg PDF | Multi-pg PDF | ||
| PreK-12 States of Matter: Phase Change | 1-pg PDF | Multi-pg PDF |
Many, many apps created by NASA on this webpage! Your students will love “NASA Selfies” which lets you generate snapshots of yourself in a virtual space suit, posing in front of gorgeous cosmic locations! This simple interface means you just snap of photo of yourself, pick your background, and share on social media!
"NASA Kids’ Club – a place to play games and learn about NASA!" -- From NASA's Kids Club web page.
Divided by K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Search hundreds of resources. Lesson plans and teaching materials to support STEM curriculum.
Toolkits are compilations of free downloadable resources with various science themes. For example, toolkits may contain ready-to-print posters, social media graphics, or bookmark templates. Topics include Mars, total solar eclipses, and science calendars. Explore and download resources today!
NTRS provides access to NASA full-text online documents, images, and videos. The types of information included are conference papers, journal articles, meeting papers, patents, research reports, images, movies, and technical videos – scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA.
Launched in 1998, NASA Space Place's mission is to inspire and enrich upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos. With material in both English and Spanish and resources for parents and teachers, NASA Space Place has something for everyone.
STEM resources that connect educators, students, parents and caregivers to the inspiring work at NASA
NASA site: "Welcome to Imagine the Universe! This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe."
This information is from the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) Libguide.
With NOAA’s Data in the Classroom, students use real-time ocean data to explore today’s most pressing environmental issues, and develop problem-solving skills employed by scientists. Access online and classroom-ready curriculum activities with a scaled approach to learning and easy-to-use data exploration tools.
The National Climate Assessment offers information about the causes, effects, risks and possible responses to human-caused climate change. This guide for educators was developed by the NOAA, the NCAnet Education Affinity Group, and members of the CLEAN Network. Lesson plans focus on key regions in the report and climate issues in each region. As of March 2025, this page is not available. These resources are available on https://cleanet.org/index.html.
Education resources are distributed across many websites and program offices at NOAA and on NOAA partner websites. This portal is designed to assist educators in accessing these materials from one centralized interface. The content here is a sampling of NOAA's education resources and more can be found at each linked location.
This section provides direct access to lesson plans developed by scientists and educators in conjunction with expeditions supported by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. These lessons are geared toward students in Grades 5-12. Presented here as web-based education materials, each lesson plan corresponds with a specific ocean exploration and can be supplemented with daily logs prepared by scientists and educators during each mission at sea. Images and video captured in the daily logs provide an invaluable resource for teachers and students as they explore these lessons.
Comprehensive lesson plans present NOAA science through activities using online data from NOAA, and other trusted Web sites. The lessons are correlated to National Science Education Standards and the Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts. The Lessons are designed to supplement existing curricula at the middle and high school levels.
Beautiful and educational videos about marine life and our oceans. These videos were created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Science On a Sphere® (SOS) is a room sized, global display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe. Researchers at NOAA developed Science On a Sphere® as an educational tool to help illustrate Earth System science to people of all ages. Animated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, and ocean temperature can be shown on the sphere, which is used to explain what are sometimes complex environmental processes, in a way that is simultaneously intuitive and captivating. SOS Explorer™ (SOSx) is a flat screen version of the widely popular Science On a Sphere® (SOS). The revolutionary software takes SOS datasets (over 400), usually only seen on a 6-foot sphere in large museum spaces, and makes them more accessible. The visualizations show information provided by satellites, ground observations and computer models.
SciJinks is all about weather! Short for Science Hijinks, it is a joint NOAA and NASA educational website that puts fun and adventure into learning about weather, satellite meteorology, and Earth science. It is geared toward middle- and high-school aged kids and their educators.
NOAA Climate.gov has a variety of resources for teachers including information on teaching climate literacy as well as a variety of lesson plans.
Educational resources from National Marine Sanctuaries, with sections for teachers, students, games
National Marine Sanctuaries: "Games, coloring pages, and fun activities to help you learn about the national marine sanctuaries." Including virtual reality dives.
This information is from the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) Libguide.