Seven Magic Mountains, a two-year public art installation, is located approximately 10 miles south of the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and St. Rose Parkway in Henderson, Nevada. Discover how to apply themes present in Seven Magic Mountains to various disciplines including common science core standards.
Educator Online STEM Resources
As schools look for innovative ways to bring in STEM learning, here’s a possible road map for how to galvanize a school community.
Active learning begins with curiosity! The Curious George STEM Collection is a great way to help young children understand science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts, such as measuring, building, and simple machines.
The mission of Understanding Science is to provide a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works.
Real estate is a complex field that requires skills in math, science, English, social studies and home economics.
The Concord Consortium hosts a vast number resources from research in science, mathematics, and engineering education to teacher ready resources for discipline specific instruction. Lessons, aligned to the new science standards, include online simulations and student directions. These resources are offered open source and free of charge.
The Education Development Center (EDC) is developing, field-testing, and disseminating professional development materials for mathematics teachers in grades 6-12. These materials highlight connections between important mathematics, effective teaching practices, and the implementation of innovative instructional materials for students.
This STEM site has tools that can help you teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We are currently focused on supporting the teaching of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Next Generation Science Standards - is an updated approach to teaching science that reflects our modern world.
PHet - An interactive simulations site hosted by the University of Colorado, Boulder. Educators can provide access to student-friendly, scientifically, and mathematically appropriate simulations. In these simulations the students (or teacher if a demo) can manipulate variables and run multiple experiments.