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Making Connections through Science and Math Activities
Non-formal education organizations fined themselves in a position of supporting the academic system to help children meet the standards set by the No Child Left Behind legislation. The disciplines of math and science are coming to the fore front as states must meet these assessment standards. This month’s Hot Topics focus on resources related to math and science. These are suggested resources and additional resources may be found on CYFERnet.
Science Activities for children, youth and families
- 4-H Aerospace Education
- E-SET, Extension-Science, Engineering, & Technology: This is the place for you if you're interested in science and technology education for youth! Explore this site to find science activities, educator workshops and links to other resources.
- goCYBERCamp: An online camp for children age 8 to 12, using Internet applications to provide interactive games and resources to teach science and the arts while providing opportunities for youth to interact with other youth and adult Camp Counselors.
- The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
- SpaceDay.org: Space Day is celebrated the first Monday in May. See how to celebrate within your community the exploration of space.
- Air Travelers: This site is an introduction to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning.
- Amazing Space
- Bubbles
Resources for parents and professionals:
- International Children’s Digital Library: Search the ICDL for children’s books related to science.
- Access Excellence at the National Health Museum: Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides health, biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web.
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
- KinderNature: Resources for early childhood educators
- National Science Education Standards
- Science Guidelines for Nonformal Education: The purpose of the science guidelines is to encourage understanding of science and technology, address guidelines from a nonformal perspective, and assure that nonformal guidelines are compatible with other science standards.
- Ready, Set, Go ... Getting Children Ready for School: This is a series of four educational bulletins about school readiness for parents of children aged three to six. The purpose of the bulletins is to help parents prepare their young child to enter school. The bulletins focus on four areas: language/reading, math, science, and art.
- Math And Parent Partnerships: A MAPPS Program engages parents of K-12 children in the mathematics of the schools. The program empowers parents with new mathematical knowledge and with new self-confidence about learning mathematics, creates families that learn mathematics together, improves children's competencies in mathematics, and gets the broader community embracing mathematics as something everybody can do and enjoy.
- Gender Equity in Mathematics Education: Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000
For Other Hot Topics, check here.
