Welcome!

Carol Minton MorrisCommunications DirectorNSDL Core IntegrationCornell

Mike LubyNSDL Publisher RelationsNSDL Core IntegrationColumbia

The National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Education Digital Library

The National Science Foundation’s online library of resources for education

and research …

…established to catalyze and support continual improvements in STEM education at all levels (K-12, Higher Education, and Lifelong Learning).

. . . And has become a nexus for STEM educators, researchers, resource creators, policy makers and the public . . .

. . .That seeks to build bridges between and among stakeholders . . .

. . . Enabling a complex ecosystem of people, technology, software, resources, events, activities, tasks, policies and their associated environments interacting as an educational digital library.

The National Science Digital Library Network

9 NSDL Pathways:

Discipline or Audience -

Specific Portals

Other NSF-funded

Resource Providers

202NSDL-funded

Collections and Services

External Resource Providers, including Publishers

K-12 Teachers College and

Digital Library

Librarians

Developers

University

Faculty

Informal

Educators

Res

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National Visiting

CommitteeSTEM

Education and

Research Community

Materials from NSDL-funded projects and other resource and data providers included:

584 unique collections of resources

1,084,715 individual items

As of February 1, 2006…

Annals of Research on Engineering Education Are you into heavy metals? Online Research Model Chemcases - General Chemistry Case Studies Earth to the Edge of the Universe Exploratorium Digital Library: Welcome Educator! Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered Investigating Isotopes Online Research Model Live Animal Kits from Nature Gift Store! Mathematical Equations - EqWorld NanoHub- Online simulations and More Online Psychology Laboratory (OPL) Powerhouse Museum | Sydney Australia PubMed Central SPACE TODAY ONLINEThe Arizona Electronic Atlas Home Page The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Digital Library The Macaulay Library The Science Inquiry Toolkit. A Facilitator's Guide to Professional Development in Inquiry Teaching. The Splice of Life Online Research Model Total Solar Eclipse: Live from Turkey in 2006 Trinity RememberedWhat's in a Wave? Online Research Model  

Sample of Recent Aquisitions

NSDL Pathways

Educational level and discipline specific views of NSDL

Built by leading organizations trusted by target audience

Provide resources, tools, services, and professional development

Lead Ed Level DisciplineMathematical Association of America

Undergraduate Mathematics

Shodor Education Foundation

Undergraduate and High School

Computational Science

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Community Colleges Applied Mathematics and Science

WGBH Public Television

K-12 Life, Earth, Space, and Physical Sciences

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Middle Grades Science, Mathematics, and Technology

ComPADRE Undergraduate and High School

Physics and Astronomy

American Association for the Advancement of Sci

Undergraduate and High School

Biology

Kent State University Undergraduate and Up Materials Science

UC Berkeley Undergraduate and K-12

Engineering

Digital Library for Earth System Education

K-12 and Up Earth Systems Science

Linking NSDL to McGraw-Hill texts Focus on teachers’ need for additional

content knowledge NSDL Pathways and other project

partners will help select and maintain content

Embed URL into texts Persistent URL will link to special section

of NSDL.org Can be organized by key concept,

subject, grade level, textbook, and/or unit

Linking NSDL to McGraw-Hill texts

Articles Tutorials Simulations and virtual labs Peer-to-peer and ask-an-expert

services Links to current research Teaching tips

Linking NSDL to McGraw-Hill texts

Potential to include instructional resources and student materials

Promote student learning by encouraging exploration of NSDL based on concepts linked to text