Other+Resources+from+Discovery+Education

Presented By: Lynn Ann Wiscount

Discovery Education has partnered with several companies over the years to provide additional resources free of charge to schools, parents and students. Below are some of the wonderful resources that were produced by these partnerships

= Science =

=**Curiosity in the Classroom**= @http://curiosityintheclassroom.com Grade: 6-12 Partner: Intel Discovery Education and Intel have teamed up to create a program that is designed to guide teachers and students on a journey through the biggest questions in life. The teacher area contains standards-aligned lessons. These lessons introduce the students to cutting-edge careers in the science and technology fields. In addition to the lesson plans, you will discover profiles of modern day visionaries. The student area contains videos on cool careers in Science and quizzes. .

=**Siemens Science Day**= @http://siemensscienceday.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm Grade: K-6 Partner: Siemens Foundation Tools and resources provided on this website will help you reinvent your science class. Included you will find hands-on activities, videos, monthly themes, and a support center of best practice guides built especially for teachers. This site includes activities for Earth Science, Life Science and Physical Science. Each activity is assign a level of difficulty (1 being the easiest and 5 the most difficult). Within the teacher support center you can download student certificates, and access additional websites. This resource was created through a partnership of Discovery Education and the Siemens Foundation.

=**Science of Everyday Life**= @http://scienceofeverydaylife.discoveryeducation.com/?campaign=com_fpl_soel Grade: K-12 Partner: 3M This website, developed by Discocery Education and 3M, allow students to discover and explore the science of everyday. This web resource is broken down into 4 sections titled Innovation HQ, Teachers, Families and Students. Innovation HQ is where you want to go if you want to access science fun activities, meet the 3M scientists and travel through time. Lesson Plans, Videos, Interactives and Virtual Labs can be found in the teacher section. The families link provides tools and resources to help connect their learning with home interactions. The students are provides a central location for the students to access the Innovation resources, and the virtual labs.

=**Science Fair Central**= @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/?campaign=SFC Grade: K-8 Partner: Elmers Science Fair Central has everything a teacher needs to prepare for this year's science fair. This site is divided into sections. These sections help you come up with project ideas, produce shopping lists for supply kits, and has resources to help prepare the student to deliver a good oral presentation. There is also a checklist for the coordinators of the science fair. This resource was developed through a partnership with Elmers and Discovery Education.

=**Nature Works Everywhere**= @http://www.natureworkseverywhere.org/ Grade: 6-8 Partner: The Nature Conservancy Discovery Education partnered with The Nature Conservancy to produce the Nature Works Everywhere resource. This resource gives teachers and students everything they need to start exploring and understanding nature's fantastic factory. Lesson plans on this site are available in PDF and also include related interactive presentations to help engage the students. The plans are broken down by theme including food, water, stuff, clean air and protection.

= Environment =

=**Explore the Blue**= @http://exploretheblue.discoveryeducation.com/?campaign=com_fpl_etb Grade: K-8 Partner: Recreation Boating and Fishing Foundation With Explore the Blue, you'll find additional resources include Grades K-5 cross-curricular lesson plans for Science, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts and Health/Physical Education plus for grades 6-8 there are Earth and Life Science lessons. All plans are aligned to the standards and feature videos and other multimedia content on conservation, aquatic habitats, boating and fishing. Thrill of the Catch is an exciting virtual game where you are invited to create and feed you fish as well as become an angler. This was developed in partnership with Takemefishing and the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation.

=**TurfMutt**= @http://turfmutt.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm Grade: K-5 Partner: Outdoor Power Equipment Institute TurfMutt's educational tools will inspire students to take an interest in their environment and realize the effects and benefits of the turf that surrounds them. This site created by Discovery Education and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) contains standards aligned science lesson plans, educational videos, activities, puzzles and more to help promote appreciation of the green space that surrounds us every day.

=Siemens We Can Change the World= @http://wecanchange.discoveryeducation.com/elementary-school/ Grade: K-12 Partner: The Siemens Foundation This site developed by Discovery Education and the Siemens Foundation to teach students in grades K-12 to be stewards of the environment while empowering them to enhance their fundamental and 21st century skills. The resource section includes a variety of enriching tools to integrate into your classroom instruction. These tools include lesson plans, videos, e-books and more.

=**Water Planet Challenge**= @http://www.waterplanetchallenge.org/wpc/ Grade: 6-12 Partner: EarthEcho The Water Planet Challenge will give you the information and materials you need to help your middle and high school students take action to protect and restore our planet's natural resources while teaching to key standards. This site contains service learning action guides, classroom lesson plans, videos and other resources. This resource was developed with a partnership between Discovery Education and EarthEcho.

= Health =

=**Together Counts / Energy Balance 101**= @http://www.togethercounts.com/ Grade: K-5 Partner: Healthy Weight Commitment A one stop resource for teachers, nurses and school health professionals to help teach students the importance of Energy Balance.

=**USDA**= @http://usada.discoveryeducation.com/ Grade: 6-12 Partner: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USASA) This site tackles issues on sports ethics and decision making. Includes an interactive curriculum that help teach students how to safely improve their athletic performance.

=**Education Station**= @http://educationstation.discoveryeducation.com/?campaign=fp_aeb Grade: K-5 Partner: The American Egg Board Provides teachers with classroom resources that stress the importance of healthy eating and introduces students to the farm to table journey.

=**Fit 4 the Classroom**= @http://www.fit4theclassroom.com/?campaign=fp_fit4 Grade: K-5 Partner: Web MD and Sanford Health This program equips elementary teachers with free standards aligned STEM lesson plans, videos and activities that engage and inspire students to live a healthy, balanced life.

= Other Resources =

=**Discovery Student Adventures**= Grade: 5-12 When you see the world through the eyes of Discovery, you see the world through the eyes of an explorer, a scientist and an adventurer. Use the Lesson Plans and Videos on this site to explore hidden treasures few tourists ever see.
 * @http://www.discoverystudentadventures.com/**

=**Toyota Teen Driver**= @http://toyotateendriver.discoveryeducation.com/?campaign=com_fpl_ttd Grade: 9-12 Partner: Toyota The Toyota Teen Driver website provides the resources you need to make sure your students stay safe behind the wheel. Included in this resource are lesson plans, webinars, and other resource to help you teach your students how to avoid distractions and stay safe behind the wheel.

= Teacher Resources =

=**STEM Academy**= Grade: K-12 Partner: Siemens Foundation The STEM Academy allows you as an education to share your favorite lesson plans, tips, tricks, ideas and presentation with other teachers around the world. The site also allows you to search for resources by grade and subject.
 * @http://stem.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?event=showHome&c=29**

=**New Teacher Survival Central**= @http://www.discoveryeducation.com/survival/index.cfm Grade: K-12 Partner: Elmer's and the University of Southern California Rossier A resource that provides free creative ideas and time saving tips to help the new instructor through their first year of teaching.

=**Web 20.12 Tech Tune Up**= @http://web2012.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm Grade: K-12 Each year Discovery Education puts together a resource that provides a single place to keep up with the ever changing online landscape of technology tools. This collection of web 2.0 tools and online apps with have you talking and teaching tech in no time.

=**Homework Help**= @http://www.discoveryeducation.com/students/index.cfm?campaign=DE&CFID=58282923&CFTOKEN=82966908 Grade: K-12 Students need help every so often with their homework. Whether it's earth science or subtraction the homework help area of Discovery Education contains helpful links broken down by subject area.

=**Web Math**= @http://www.webmath.com/ Grade: K-12 Need help on a math problem? Discovery Education's WebMATH resource can help provide the answer you are looking for. This site is broken down into categories such as math for everyone, general math, algebra, geometry and other stuff.

=**Puzzle Maker**= @http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers_puzzle Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word searches, criss-cross, math puzzles and more using your own words.

=**Lesson Plan Library**= @http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers_lesson This portal provides free lesson plans written by teachers for teachers. Here you will find hundreds of original plans for elementary, middle and high school students. You can use them as is or modify them to make each plan your own.

=**Brain Boosters**= @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/brainboosters/?campaign=DE&CFID=58282923&CFTOKEN=82966908 Brain Boosters are online activities for your students including educational games and brain teasers.

=**Worksheets to Go**= @http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-worksheets/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers_additional_ws Worksheet to go are worksheets that have been created by teachers. These worksheets are orginazed by category and listed by title and grade level. First select a category and then click on the title of the worksheet you are interested in.

=**Discovery Education Clip Art Gallery**= @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/?campaign=DE To save any of the clip art images, right click the image and select save picture as. Permission is granted to download no more than ten different clip art images for non-revenue-producing use on hard copy documents or on the Web. The images must be credited and linked to Discoveryschool.com and they may not be altered from its original form.

=**Kathy Schrock Guide**= @http://www.schrockguide.net/ Kathy has been an active participant with Discovery Education with the Schrockguide since 1995. This new guide includes tons of resources on current education topics such as authentic learning, Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, iPads, Twitter, and many more.