Free Curriculum and Field Trips
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A sortable database for free curriculum and field trip ideas.
Animalearn Loan Program
Borrow plastic animals to dissect or learn about critter insides
with software. Credit card insures against loss. You pay only
return shipping.
Energenius
Learn about our energy and environmental classroom lessons. No
cost! Must live in PG&E territory.
Fantastic Flinn Freebies
You'll need to have a name for your homeschool before you apply
for these science supplies.
Findings
Findings magazine showcases diverse scientists who do cutting-edge research and lead interesting lives. Each issue also contains brief research highlights, a puzzle or other activity, and online extras. Published twice yearly. Free subscription for both print and RSS feeds. Free slide kits. From the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
FoldIt
A free game in which players around the world compete to design proteins. The real world benefit:
Scientists will test proteins designed by the game's players to see if they make viable candidate compounds for new drugs.
Free Educational
Materials from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
CD rom series of virtual labs. You can try
these out online first. From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Most likely of interest to high school-level biology students.
Geology discovery kits
The kits are loaned to local K-12 teachers, homeschool groups and Scout troops, free-of-charge, on a weekly basis. Limited to those living near the Fryxell Geology Museum, Rock Island IL.
Human
Physiology in Space
A 396-page curriculum supplement for secondary schools available
in teacher and student editions. This supplement will focus on
some of the primary space life sciences investigations that were
designed and carried out to examine the human body's adaptation
to microgravity. NASA.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Posters, Brochures, and CDs
This section contains some of our most popular "Ocean" education products. Not all products remain available as hardcopy - however, links give you access to PDF versions of posters, book marks and brochures.
Lemelson
Center Education Materials
Lemelson Center educators have developed resources for teachers,
parents, and kids who want to explore the exciting world of invention.
Life of the
Forest
International Paper is pleased to present our exciting "Life
of the Forest" educational materials for your use as research
and study sources or as teaching guides.
National
Arbor Day Foundation Merchandise
Free educational material about trees, rainforests, etc.
The
New Genetics
Explains how genes affect your health, and its companion poster,
Living Laboratories, presents a captivating, full-color
overview of how scientists are using model organisms for medical
research. Get free print copies of The New Genetics
and other educational publications using the online
order form. The National Institutes of Health.
Science Project Index
A bibliography of science experiment books for young folks. Includes
their Dewey Decimal System number for library location. If you
can't find the book in your library, please support A to Z by
ordering your book here through Amazon.
Spectroscopes
From the Solar Center at Stanford University. Charges for shipping. Please allow 5-6 months for delivery.
SPiE's Free CDs & Videos
Light in Action: Lasers, Cameras & Other Cool Stuff; Optics: Light at Work; and Careers in Optics.
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