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Here are some great educational resources I've come along on my journey so far! I'll keep updating this page as I find more things.

According to their website, "SMART Exchange is a one-stop destination designed to provide teachers with access to all of SMART's learning resources and the opportunity to connect with colleagues in a professional community. Custom-designed searches save time by delivering relevant results and a full visual preview of all SMART Notebook files, so teachers can easily evaluate a lesson before downloading it.

MERLOT is a "free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community."

Brain Pop is used extensively in middle schools for reinforcement for lessons. It is an animated educational site for kids in all subject areas for K-12. Kids enjoy the fun cartoons that help explain complex concepts in an engaging way. Students can also use this for clarification of topics, research or homework help. It also has many educational activities, games and movies.

Science Daily is a science news website. It contains breaking news about the latest scientific discoveries. It has a user-friendly format and is freely accessible with no subscription fees, which makes student access convenient. Students can do their own research using the site’s extensive archive of stories, topics, articles, videos, images and books. The site contains stories that are filled with photos, links to outside resources such as journals, academic studies, videos and relevant information from all scientific fields. This website could be used for student’s to use when conducting research and reviews, or even during a lesson, making use of the videos and photographs.

National Geographic, with the slogan, “Inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888” provides free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures, and history. They also have an interactive kids page. Although it may be too young for highschool, the more youthful middle schoolers (6th & 7th grades) would find the resources right up their alley. With videos and games, even fun and interesting articles for kids this website is perfect for teaching lessons and reinforcing content already taught. Games listed are great for rewards activities when kids are done doing their work on either research projects or critical thinking questions that require sources to back up claims.

The National Science Teachers Association was designed by science teachers, for science teachers. The site provides free science resources for all grades including higher education. It contains PDF’s, news, activities and more, sorted by age categories.