The Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF) is an online community of K-12 math and science educators working together to share, improve, reflect, and create learner-centered classrooms. You can obtain or share lesson plans, view video examples of fellow teachers, engage in online discussions, and work online with groups focused around a particular topic or idea.

The I-STEM Resource Network is a partnership of Indiana’s public and private higher education institutions, K-12 schools, business, and government. It supports K–12 teachers and leaders working to implement high academic standards towards STEM literacy for all students. It also provides Indiana education leaders with new knowledge about teaching and learning.

The Futures Channel connects learning to the real world by using new media technologies to create a channel between the scientists, engineers, explorers and visionaries who are shaping the future, and today's learners who will one day succeed them.  Features include videos, lesson plans, activities and more!

PULSE is an interdisciplinary curriculum for high schools based on biomedical research and environmental health science topics that identify the connections between human health and the health of the environment. Includes lesson plans and projects that emphasize finding answers through scientific processes, library research, the Internet, and from other people.

BioWorksU.com introduces young people to exciting careers in the life sciences industry.

Fujifilm's Products for Learning program rewards the creativity of individual educators who understand the value of integrating imaging and information technology into everyday classroom lessons. Check to see if your class qualifies for a Fujifilm product donation.

Intel honors U.S. schools that have demonstrated excellence in math and science education as Intel Schools of Distinction. One elementary, one middle, and one high school in each of two categories, math and science, receive $10,000 cash grants and more than $100,000 in products and services from sponsors.

The DuPont Challenge(c) offers students an opportunity to write a 700-1000-word essay discussing a scientific discovery, theory, event, or technological application that has captured their interest. More than $25,000 in awards PLUS expenses paid trip and more!

Igniting Creative Energy (ICE) is a national student challenge to motivate learning, ignite the imagination, and fuel the creative potential in youth.

Enter for your chance to win one of five Grand Prize packages including a 21st Century Classroom and a $5,000 digital media grant from Discovery Education.

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.

Einstein Fellows are brought to Washington, DC with the goal of improving communication between the K-12 STEM education community and those in federal offices working on education issues. Fellows must have 5 years of teaching experience as an elementary teacher or as a science, technology and/or math teacher at the middle or high school level. Apply by January 13, 2008.  The application can be found online at
https://applicationlink.labworks.org/applicationlink/default.htm.

Each year, the President of the United States recognizes outstanding kindergarten-6th grade or 7th-12th grade mathematics and science teachers with the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST program is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the White House. In 2008 the PAEMST program will receive applications from kindergarten through 6th grade mathematics and science teachers. In 2009 the PAEMST program will receive applications from 7th through 12th grade mathematics and science teachers. Nominations are due by March 1; applications are due May 1.

Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship recruits talented college graduates and midcareer professionals to teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math (the STEM fields). The WW Teaching Fellowship offers rigorous teaching preparation, extensive clinical experience, and ongoing mentoring, as well as a $30,000 stipend.
Applications are due by December 15, 2008.

"The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world."

Kinetic City: Mission to Vearth is a "after-school standards-based science program in which kids complete activities in conjunction with a dynamic website." With a focus on minority and female students, this site engages students in science through interactive games, experiments, and other activities.

This camp, located at the Indiana University Bloomington campus, is designed to give high school students the chance to interact with IU faculty and staff and learn about the latest trends in information technology, the internet and Web design, networking, new media, databases, gaming, and more. June 15 - 19, 2008.

This week-long academy teaches 2nd - 4th grade educators teams how to develop innovative methods for integrating engineering thinking into your classroom. The interdisciplinary educator teams must comprise a minimum of seven teachers from up to three buildings in the same school district/corporation. July 27 – August 1, 2008

The JASON Project, a nonprofit National Geographic Society subsidiary, offers free inquiry-based science curriculum and professional development. The curriculum units are designed to fit within school districts’ fifth- to 10th-grade core curricula, and each unit is aligned to state and national science standards.

This resource is hosted by Apple Computers, and offers educators the chance to post and exchange new and innovative ideas to bring new life to their curriculum.  There is also a variety of podcasts, as well as virtual field trips and lesson plans to help jump start new ideas for students to learn required material.

Invent Now is an organization sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation.  Have you ever had a great idea, but was not sure how to showcase it?  Look no further!  Invent Now is a website that allows students to share their innovative ideas and provides guidance on how to patent project ideas.  This is a great way to encourage creative thinking!  Who knows, the students idea may just be the next BIG thing!

Grants are open to 6-12th Grade Schools currently participating in or interested in beginning to participate in Science Olympiad in Indiana.Grants will be awarded up to $500.  Deadline to Apply: Oct 31, 2008.

For more information or questions please contact Mindy Hart at
1-800-320-6132 or mhart@cs.purdue.edu. This grant program is sponsored by the I-STEM Resource Network and Purdue University Office of Engagement.

The Educational Equity Center at the Academy for Educational Development (EEC/AED) has developed an innovative program known as Great Science for Girls.  Great Science for Girls is an initiative that aims to provide lesson plans and creative ideas for educators to encourage the STEM fields (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) for girls.  Even though many girls are interested in these types of topics, they are flooded with media messages that girls are not supposed to be good at the topics reserved for boys.  Great Science for Girls attempts to break the barriers of gender norms and provides quality materials that are sure to spark the interest of any girl!

The GREENS is a website designed to educate kids about the importance of sustainability and green living.  With interactive lesson plans and stories, kids are able to learn about what they can do to help sustain the environment.  By utilizing pop culture, the GREEN project gives kids a glimpse of what Green living can look like in their own home.  This is a great source for all children wanting to learn how they can help better the environment!

Crayon Physics is an interactive site which allows particpants to create simple line drawings.  Though simple in the nature, the site allows you to interact and create images which move and transform into real physical objects. Crayon Physics is fun for all ages, and is a great outlet for expanding imaginations!

Marian College hosts the AIMS program for students looking to get a head start in college, and more specifically for students looking to get a head start in their math and science curriculum.  AIMS is a four-week summer residential program for a maximum of forty-eight students entering grades 10th, 11th, and 12th.  Stipends will be paid for each level of math curriculum developed.  Also, AIMS is seeking secondary teachers to partake in the summer program.  For more information and the downloadable application for summer employment, please visit the website at www.marian.edu/AIMS.

The Indiana Department of Education hosts a wide variety of resources for educators.  This specific weblink is a portal for web resources updated monthly.  The resources on the portal are meant to assist teachers in updating curriculums, as well as meant to promote employment opportunities and career development.