RESOURCES FOR PARENTS & EDUCATORS

Curriculum Bibliography - UPDATED! an annotated bibliography of curriculum materials available in the Academy's Library. Most of these resources are in the Member Lending Collection.

ABC Scavenger Hunt - PDF documents that can be used for Academy visits by school groups of any grade level. In the Academy's exhibits, find objects or animals that start with each letter of the alphabet. A cover sheet, the A-Z form, and a clue sheet are available.

Children's Book Bibliographies - the children's books in the Academy Library are available for loan to Academy members. Bibliographies are compiled by subject, such as insects, sharks and dinosaurs!

Resources for Teachers from the Academy Library - What kind of things can the Academy Library do for teachers? Would you like to set up an orientation for you or your class, see bibliographies, or examine the video collection? This pages highlights some of the ways that the Library and Biodiversity Resource Center are available to you. Access this document in PDF or html.

Video Resources for Kids - Each video has been annotated and assigned a grade level so that teacher's know exactly what they're getting.

The Manzanita Project - an imaging initiative preserving and enhancing access to images in the Library’s Special Collections. These images provide visual documentation of California’s natural history, Academy expeditions, and the history of science in the West dating back to the Academy’s inception in 1853.

Teacher Services at CAS - Workshops, Self-guided tours, and Study guides from the Academy's Education Department. Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to access some of these items.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) - is an online collection of math and science resources available to educators through the Internet. The collection contains a wide range of useful curriculum resources covering a variety of subject matter within the domain of mathematics and the natural sciences. Some of the resources include: teacher and student guides, sourcebooks, reference materials, activity guides, program descriptions, and many other valuable curriculum materials. The Biodiversity Resource Center is one of twelve ENC demonstration sites where users can access ENC services using the center's computers and can obtain ENC publications.

Bay Area Science Alliance (BASA)- NEW! helps you find educational and enjoyable science places and resources in the Bay Area. Check out this week's highlights, or use the links to explore BASA's comprehensive calendars and catalogs

California Regional Environmental Educaiton Community (CREEC) - an educational project whose mission is:To develop a
communication network which provides educators with access to High Quality environmental education resources to enhance the
environmental literacy of California Students.

Science Related Internet Resources for Kids! - a dynamic list of web sites of games, activities and information especially for kids!

Earth & Environmental Education Resources - offers links to local Bay Area community organizations that have an environmental focus.

By Your Own Design - This project from ENC and NSDC is designed to help you create and implement an individual professional learning
plan. Includes links to articles on different aspects of professional development.

Literature for Science and Mathematics: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve - is a collection of outstanding science- and mathematics-related literature for children and adolescents from the California Department of Education. The recommended titles reflect the quality and the complexity of the types of materials students should be reading at school and outside of class.

Highwired - offering web-building tools to High Schools through partnerships with leading education and technology companies. Highwired creates solutions for schools to integrate technology into the classroom in ways that engage and improve performance of the entire school community--teachers, administrators, students, parents, and alumni.

The Seeing Math Telecommunications Project - aims to improve elementary mathematics teaching through innovative, standards-based professional development using video case studies. Links to streamlined videos of real teachers teaching units in their classrooms.

Teachscape - educators, staff developers, multimedia producers, technologists, and researchers dedicated to working with school districts and other educational institutions to provide the highest-quality teacher professional development.

The Keystone Science Network - from the Franklin Institute in PA, provides web-based support for K-8 teachers using inquiry science kits in their classroom. This link leads to their evaluation of all of the current commercially available kits and other curriculum companions.

Tapped In - the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues. Guests are welcome, and membership is free.