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Found this while searching the HHMI site and thought everyone might be interested. http://www.k8science.org/

Thanks Kendra. Looks good. I hope others explore this site.

Hi Arlene! Thanks for pointing that out. I'd also recently found out about more (FREE!) online classes from MIT and Harvard as well. MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Harvard: http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative I'm very excited to check some of these out... Kendra

Kendra, Thank you for the information about the http://www.k8science.org/ website. It certainly has a lot of excellent resources. And a note to the other responders....thanks for the MOOC links.

Thanks for the site. There is a lot of neat things for younger students to as well.

Thank you Kendra! This site is absolutely fascinating. I can’t wait to spend a whole bunch more time exploring. One article right off the bat caught my attention. It is called, “Birds May Adapt to Dodge Traffic: Road-kill Numbers Crash as Birds Evolve Shorter More Agile Wings”, http://www.k8science.org/news/news.cfm?art=9649 . I was also fascinated with the “Hot Topics” tab. While there are only five entries, my middle school students would be able to have good in class discussions from the articles and slide sets included in the tab. Then of course I saw the “Slide Set” tab and was immediately taken back by the sheer volume and quality. Downloadable slide sets and .pdf files are available. I only opened a few of the files and all I can say is, “Wow!”

These sites are great. Thanks for your efforts!

I love this site!! There are a lot of opportunities and information. I have this saved to my library for easy access.

For those of you who teach microorganisms there is a great activity at BioEdOnline about the size of microorganisms. The general idea is how big would a microorganism be if a period (.) were blown up. You make a giant circle that represents a period. The circle is 250 cm in diameter. Then using a scale factor you make microorganisms which are scaled to the same size such as a paramecium, amoeba, bacteria etc. If you have time in your curriculum you can have students do the math and determine the size of the microorganisms and create them. http://www.bioedonline.org/lessons-and-more/lessons-by-topic/microorganisms/microbes/ I altered it and made the giant microorganisms myself to save class time but it makes a lasting impression about the scale and size of protists and bacteria.

Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for bringing up BioEd Online! For those of you not familiar with that site, it is not just for biology resources. If you go to the tab 'lessons and more', you will find some cool STEM resources as well. Also, the teacher's guide on rockets is phenomenal! I went to a workshop that was given by BioEd Online and we made the paper rockets using the 2-L pop bottle (and PVC pipe) rocket launcher. It is a favorite!
Carolyn