Offering middle and secondary school teachers online resources for math and science teaching

Please contact Prof. Ronald Bieniek (bieniek@mst.edu, (573) 341-7070) – Director of LEAD and New Faculty Programs at Missouri S&T – with any questions or suggestions about this site.

Links to useful resources:

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
            Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)

State Tests: Recent releases of state assessment tests available online (links to individual states)
            Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) - Math
            Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) - Science

Teacher Vision network – Impressive website (free registration) with Lesson Planning Center (by subject and grade level, including sciences and math), Classroom Management tips (art of teaching, teaching methods, special needs, behavior management, ….

Lesson Plans/Planners – for many subjects, many contributed by active teachers

Comprehensive websites for math-science teachers

Interactive Java Applets, Animations, and Simulations – by subject area and subtopics

Online on-demand digital educational video service in all subjects (United Streaming).  Many schools find the annual fee to be cost-effective for easy access to a wealth of the material.

Science for Kids and Teens

How Stuff Works – radios, electromagnets, solar cells, …
            •  Electronics - TV, Radio, Cell phone, VCR, CDs/DVDs
            •  Science and Technology - electromagnets, relays, Van de Graaff generators, laser, solar light
            •  Energy and Electrical Power - solar cells, transformer
            •  Inside - electric motor, smoke detector, cell phone
            •  Digital Technology - Boolean logic, electronic gates, digital clock, microcontrollers
            •  Home Appliances - microwave oven, telephone, Christmas lights
            •  Telecommunications - telephone, cell phone, radio scanner, satellites

General Education Resources
            Physics             Biology            Earth Sciences 
            Mathematics     Chemistry         Engineering and Technology

Tutorials for using Microsoft Office 2000:  Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, FrontPage

How to produce web-active files

Secondary-School Science Coalition
            Workshop2004 (7/18/04-7/30/04)

Middle-School Science Education and Quantitative Literacy Project (SEQL)
            Workshop 2005 (7/25/05-8/5/05)
            Workshop 2006 (7/17/05-7/27/06)