Science
Curriculum Standards - Tennessee curriculum standards divided by subject and grade
Agriculture in the Classroom - historical timeline of American agriculture, K-12 resource directory, state agricultural profiles, lesson plans, grants, and more from the USDA
Animal Search - a family-safe search engine for animal related web sites, browse by animal type, group, related issues, or geographic regions
Animals A to Zoo - interactives, videos, photo galleries, fact sheets and more on various categories of animals, from Animal Planet
Cells Alive! - interactive diagrams of animal and plant cells, animations of mitosis and other cell processes, may require Shockwave or other free plug-in
Chemistry.org - resources for educators and students, small K-8 section
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy Education resources - links to photo galleries and other sites about microscopes
Electronic Naturalist - provides weekly environmental education units with artwork, text, activities, additional web links, and online access to professional naturalists, available in reading levels for K-3 and 4-8, previous topics available in the site archives, sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
ENC Online - a K-12 math and science teacher center, includes lessons and activities, web links, curriculum resources, education topics, and professional development resources, many resources may be searched by topic or grade level
Exploratorium - tools for teaching from the museum of science, art, and human perception, includes hands-on activities, webcasts, cool sites, publications, and more
Inside Einstein's Universe - educational, visual, and web resources from the Universe Forum in celebration of 2005 as the Einstein Centennial and World Year of Physics, includes printed guides, lesson plans, interactive web features, images, animations, and more
Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame, features inventor profiles, specific inventions, links to the US Patent and Trademark Office, and more
NASA - information and resources for educators of grades 5-8 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSTA - information and resources for middle school educators from the National Science Teachers Association
The Nine Planets - a multimedia tour of the solar system, also has links to external resources about the solar system, individual planets, and astronomy in general
RESGI - Resources for Earth Sciences and Geography Instruction, includes earth science animations, links to sites on various topics, lesson plans, images, trivia, general reference, and more, from Central Michigan University
Schoolyard Habitats - resources and programs for K-12 teachers from the National Wildlife Federation
Spatulatta - Cooking 4 Kids online, video recipes
TryScience - links to science museums, science fair project ideas, and experiments
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit - click on an organ to see its name and function, remove check next to an organ name to remove that organ from the image, available in both English and Spanish, as well as several other languages
Why Files - the science behind the news, selected links for educators of grades 5-8
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