Science Resources
Science Resources
Here are some links to curriculum resources and information for science teachers. Please take some time to explore the various links to the resources. If you have other helpful links you would like to see added to this page, please contact us.
ODE’s Science Page
This page contains links to the model curriculum resources aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards for science. This page contains specific links to the grade specific science model curricula.
2018 Revised Science Standards documents
Released Assessments
2015 Assessments
2016 Assessments
2017 Assessments
2018 Assessments
2019 Assessments
Student Science Assessment Tools
Performance Level Descriptors
Concord Consortia
This is a great site with interactive, inquiry based activities which prepare students for the Next Generation Science Assessments here in Ohio. You can filter the activities by grade and subject to narrow the topics you are looking for.
PhET Interactive Simulations
This site contain many interactive simulations that students can engage in and manipulate. Many allow students to explore concepts and do investigations that would be difficult or impossible to do in the actual classroom.
Create-a-Graph
Great site for students to create a variety of graphs online and then print or save graphs.
Interactives for Grades 3-6
This site contains interactive activities that address many topics and concepts. The site is from Utah, so the topics may be in different grade levels than Ohio.
Interactive Activities
This site has links to several virtual labs that are powerful interactive tools to incorporate into your classroom instruction.
Go Lab
This is a great site of free virtual labs, experiments and data sets.
HHMI Biointeractives
This site has some great free instructional and interactive resources.
Science Netlinks
This national site is a collection of high quality science lessons for grades K-12. Because it is aligned nationally, you may need to check the lesson alignment with Ohio standards. Use the filtering system to narrow your search for the concept you are looking for.
Columbus City Schools Resources
Columbus City Schools has some great resources that can help science teachers to plan and prepare their instruction. Click the grade level link to the right side of the window to view specific instructional resources. To view specific Science assessment resources from Columbus City Schools, CLICK HERE.
Project WISE
This free resource contains many inquiry-based lessons developed by teachers. To use the full scope of the site you must register. It is free.
SAS Curriculum Pathways
This free resource has multiple resources to support sound science instruction. Explore and check out the numerous FREE resources.
Annenberg Interactive Collection
Annenberg has a vast collection of interactive activities that cover a variety of concepts and topics. Explore the interactives and the lessons on this site.
K-6 Grade Level Science Lessons
This lesson collection is from Utah, so again the alignment must be checked to Ohio standards. The lessons are very well done and include all of the support necessary to do the lessons.
Secondary Science Lessons
This lesson collection is from Utah, so again the alignment must be checked to Ohio standards. The lessons are very well done and include all of the support necessary to do the lessons.
PBS Learning Media
The PBS site has several multimedia lessons and resources that can be useful to teach many science topics. You need to click the “Browse by Subject and Grade” tab to select the grade and subject you want to search.
Real Time Data Activities
This site has a collection of real time data activities that cover several different topics. These are great inquiry activities that reinforce the scientific practices and prepare students for the next generation assessments. Check out the activities and see which align to the standards you teach.
Online Collaborative Projects
This site has several online collaborative projects that you and your students can participate in and collaborate with other schools. This is a great way to engage students in the scientific process and be able to use data from other sources. Check out the projects and see which align to the standards you teach.
Unit Planning Resources
This page contains links to the model curriculum resources aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards for science. This page contains specific links to the grade specific science model curricula.
