Teaching Tools for Teachers

• Organizations
• Lesson Resources
• Time Conversions
• Weather Related

Organizations

• Building a Presence for Science in Nebraska, a collaborate project by teachers of ESU #3.
• Earthweek from Universal Press Syndicate is a weekly log of events with a map of world locations.
• Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that runs summer professional development travel programs designed for teachers. 

Lesson Resources

• Facts and Information All About Energy- from EasyApplianceParts.com, defines energy and its alternative uses.
• NASA Innovations in Climate Change- Climate education tools for teachers.
• Climate Adaptation Mitigation E-Learning (CAMEL) - A free, comprehensive, interdiscplinary, multi-media resource for educators.
• Earth Systems Connection - Elementary School Curricula
• Campus Based Learning from the Science Education Resource Center shows you how to turn your school campus into a laboratory.
• I Was Wondering: A Curious Look at Women's Adventures in Science is designed for 7th through 9th graders and includes articles, games, and comics.
• Meteorological Education Secondary-School Outreach (MESO) site features information for students and lessons for teachers.
• Earth Science Power Point Presentations from the Club For Advancing Technology at Arkansas Virtual High School.
• Teaching Recurrence Intervals from the Science Education Resource Center.
• Earth Science Extra Credit Website features short activities for students.
• For Kids Only from NASA introduces K-8 students to remote sensing for land, air, and water.
• Teachers Domain from the WGBH Educational Foundation has a new Earth and Space Science Collection with over 200 media rich resources and 20 lesson plans for K-12 classrooms.
• Constraints, Units, and Uncertainty; guidelines for expressing uncertainty in measurements.  For High school or above from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Indigenous Science Resources from DLESE explores ways indigenous cultures teach science.
• Earth Science Review Games from Regentsearthscience.com.
• Guide to Energy Resources, Lesson Plans.
• Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence is a new collection providing access to ocean sciences education materials with particular emphasis on K-12 audiences and instructional materials from DLESE.

Time Conversions

• Standard - Conversion between Universal Standard Time (UTC) and the four major time zones of the United States for Standard Time.
• Daylight Savings - Conversion between Universal Standard Time (UTC) and the four major time zones of the United States for Daylight Savings Time.
• Common Time Zone Abbreviations- Lists of all the common time zones and their abbreviations.

Weather Related

• Relative Humidity - Using wet and dry bulb temperatures in both Fahrenheit and Celsius, from a psychrometer you can calculate relative humidity.
• Dew Point Temperature - Using wet and dry bulb temperatures in Fahrenheit degrees from a psychrometer you can calculate dew point temperature.