Welcome!
Carol Minton Morris
Communications Director
NSDL Core Integration
Cornell
Mike Luby
NSDL Publisher Relations
NSDL Core Integration
Columbia
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
National
Visiting
Committee
9 NSDL
Pathways:
Discipline or
Audience Specific
Portals
STEM
Education
and
Research
Community
202
NSDL-funded
Collections
and Services
External
Resource
Providers,
including
Publishers
Other NSFfunded
Resource
Providers
As of February 1, 2006…
Materials from NSDL-funded projects and
other resource and data providers
included:
584 unique collections of resources
1,084,715 individual items
Sample of Recent Aquisitions
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 ONLINE
The 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 Remembered
What's in a Wave? Online Research Model
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
Discipline
Mathematical
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 Undergraduate and High
the Advancement of Sci 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
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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