Library Instruction for Education

Education Resources

MATH

• American Mathematical Society (http://e-math.ams.org/) includes math and mathematics education links.

• Math Magic (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/) provides a number of math activities for grades K-12.

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (http://www.nctm.org) includes curriculum and evaluation standards, discussion groups, NCTM's News Bulletin and job listings.

SCIENCE

• Access Excellence (http://www.accessexcellence.org/) is a national educational program that provides high school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the Information Highway.

• Educational in Nature (http://www.gp.com/EducationalinNature/) lists sites useful in engancing curriculum and professiona growth.

• Frank Potter's Science Gems (http://www.sciencegems.com/) provides useful resources for k_16 science subjects. It's an easy format to follow if you know the topic.

• NASA Quest (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov) has a mission to provide support and services for schools, teachers and students to fully utilize the Internet, and its underlying information technologies, as a basic tool for learning.

• The National Science Digital Library ( http://nsdl.org/) The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

• National Science Teachers Association (http://www.nsta.org) has links to state, national, and international science education organizations, an on-line catalog of publications, and two "discussion rooms" to foster interaction and ongoing conversations about science education.

• US Geological Survey's Learning Web (http://www.usgs.gov/education) is dedicated to K-12 education, exploration, and life-long learning in the earth sciences.