Education Librarian
Subject Expert
Lynnae Daniels
she/her
Contact:
Office:
M14 at the JFK Library
Hours:
Monday through Friday
10 AM to 3 PM
M14 at the JFK Library
Hours:
Monday through Friday
10 AM to 3 PM
Call 509-359-7387
Resources for learning science/social science content
- CK-12 Math/ScienceAn extensive collection of open access curriculum materials for math and science instruction at all ages -- a very rich resource.
- CK-12 PLIX for Math and SciencePLIX are interactive tools designed to communicate, reinforce, and assess understanding of mathematical and scientific concepts.
- California Academy of SciencesFilms, interactive games, and lesson plans designed to develop scientific understanding.
- Concord Consortium STEM ResourcesInteractive STEM activities to build your own understanding, or use in lesson design
- Khan Academy Science videosVideo and review materials that help teach and reinforce scientific concepts
- hhmi's BioInteractiveFree, in-depth approaches to demonstrating how modeling and real world problems interact
- PhET (math and science simulations)Math and science simulations and teaching resources from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Resources for building interdisciplinary math lesson plans
- CK-12 Math/ScienceAn extensive collection of open access curriculum materials for math and science instruction at all ages -- a very rich resource.
- CK-12 PLIX for Math and SciencePLIX are interactive tools designed to communicate, reinforce, and assess mathematical and scientific concepts, and can be integrated into many kinds of instructional units.
- Concord Consortium STEM ResourcesInteractive STEM activities to build your own understanding, or use in lesson design
- GeoGebraFree, open-source math modeling and simulation tools - for teachers to use in building lessons, or for students to learn in creating and exploring their own models
- hhmi's BioInteractiveFree, in-depth approaches to demonstrating how modeling and real world problems interact
- Illustrative Mathematics (Kendall Hunt)Access to the OER math curriculum, Illustrative Mathematics, from a curriculum publisher called Kendall Hunt. You should find that the resources you need are available here for free (let us know if that's not true!).
- PhET (math and science simulations)Math and science simulations and teaching resources from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Article Databases for Background Information
For all Education Databases try:
- Education Databases: Education Research Complete & ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowSimultaneous search option for the two most comprehensive education databases.
For Science related topics try these databases:
- ACS (American Chemical Society) Publications This link opens in a new windowContains the journals of the American Chemical Society such as Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Journal of Physical Chemistry. Includes the ACS Legacy Archives with full coverage of ACS journals back to 1895.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles and analyzes citations from 20,000+ journals in the sciences and social sciences back to 1970, though some are as far back as 1788. Search this database in lieu of Web of Science.
For Environmental Science topics try these databases:
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals and magazines (along with selected books, pamphlets and government reports) relating to human impacts on the environment.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new windowArticles from journals that are mainly scientific and medical back to 1997 with indexing for additional journals, books, and protocols. Includes ebooks in the field of education.
For Social Science topics try these databases:
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowDatabase for sociology, with solid coverage for social work, social psychology, addictions, and criminal justice issues. Full text for journals dating back as far as 1908, with selective text and abstracts for others going back as far as 1895, plus numerous books, conference papers, and other monographs.
Key Journals
While most journals are indexed in databases, sometimes it is worth searching within a particular key journal of the field. It is also sometimes worth scanning recent issues for current topics.
- Teaching Children MathematicsNotice electronic access ends in 2003. We now have paper copies for two years and microfilm access.
Some further information is available on journal web site
http://www.nctm.org/publications/tcm.aspx - Mathematics Teaching in the Middle SchoolOnline access until 2003 and then we have print copies.
Some material at web site http://www.nctm.org/publications/mtms.aspx - Mathematics TeacherOnline access until 2003, then print copies in the library. Further information at journal web site http://www.nctm.org/publications/mt.aspx