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STEM and career and technical education teachers need to be able to offer hands-on learning experiences in a virtual format. Below is a list of resources compiled by various organizations, including the Technical College System of Georgia, the Association for Career and Technical Education, SREB staff and educator participants in SREB's CTE in a Virtual Setting workshops and webinars. This list includes virtual labs, simulations and interactive learning objects that allow STEM and CTE students to engage with and explore the world of science and technology in an online setting.
General

Merlot virtual labs (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Engineering, Math)

PHET simulations (Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Math, Biology)from the University of Colorado Boulder

EdPuzzle* integrates with learning management systems and can be used to host teacher videos as well as external videos for instruction

CTE teachers who participated in SREB's CTE workshops recommend Screencastify as a tool for capturing teacher videos

Commonlit offers a large library of free non-fiction and disciplinary texts as well as lessons and assessment tools

Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready

KnowItAll.orgfrom the South Carolina ETV Commission offers curricular materials and videos for grades K-13+ in all areas, including CTE. KnowItAll's Let's Go series offers 3D VR tours and field trips.

DitchThatTextbook offers free e-resources, tools and templates for teachers

GetEpic offers a digital library of books and reading resources for educators

Wisc-Online is a repository of high-quality free educational learning materials, organized by Career Cluster, that were created by subject matter experts from the Wisconsin Technical College System and Fox Valley Technical College.

Google's Applied Digital Skills curriculum

Introduction to Biology

Chemistry of Life

Chemistry

The Virtual Lab is an online simulation of a chemistry lab. It is designed to help students link chemical computations with authentic lab chemistry. Students select from hundreds of standard reagents and manipulate them as in a real lab.

Phet chemistry from the University of Colorado Boulder:

Virtual chemistry from the University of Oxford

Computer Science

Cisco Networking Academy

CCNA R&S Curriculum

CCNA Security

Cybersecurity Essentials

Introduction to IoT

Introduction to Packet Tracer

IoT Fundamentals

IT Essentials

Mobility Fundamentals

Networking Essentials

DevNet Sandbox makes Cisco's free spread of technology available to developers and engineers by providing packaged labs we call Sandboxes. There are two types of sandboxes, Always-On and Reservation. Each sandbox typically highlights one Cisco product. Sandboxes can be used for development, testing APIs, learning how to configure a product, training, hack-a-thons, etc.

Environmental Science and Natural Resources

Geology

Human Anatomy

Oceanography

Physics

Electronics, Mechatronics, Robotics and Manufacturing

Welding

Video from Dunwoody College of Technology

Agriculture

Business and Marketing

Engineering and Technology and STEM

Family and Consumer Sciences and Culinary/Hospitality Education

Health Sciences

Heavy Equipment, Trade, Industrial and Manufacturing

Contact local, regional or national heavy equipment companies and inquire about training materials. Many are working closely with educators to provide support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How It's Made has a playlist of heavy machinery and construction videos

National Geographic's Megafactories brings manufacturing giants to life

Construction trades online lesson plan from the National Association of Home Builders. See the directions below for joining the sharing site on Google.

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click "Sign In." Sign in with your Google Account. 2. At the top of the page, click "Add" (or +), then "Join class." 3. Enter the class code - 7zqbfqb - and click "Join."

To add lesson plans, go to the "Classwork" tab, click "+Create," select "Material," and begin to upload your lesson plan and description.

Construction design 3-D modeling software from SketchUp

Cross-Disciplinary Resources, Safety and Career Exploration

Note: Some of the resources below are free and others have offered free access through a certain date.

Free resources from the Association for Career and Technical Education, including CTE Learn Workplace Skills Tutorials and the Career Ed Lounge for communicating with your peers.

SkillsUSA Career Essentials -This fundamental experiences course provides a comprehensive structure for supporting secondary students in exploring, developing and practicing essential career-readiness skills. This can be accomplished as an online course or a hybrid experience.

Skills to Succeed Academy online multimedia experience for student career planning and exploration from Accenture. To access free modules, visit http://s2sacademy.org and register with ACTE Student Code 04ATgl and ACTE Staff Code 04ATgl9999 (this provides additional resources just for teachers and advisers)

Career planning tools about career pathways and the employability skills required for success in the global economy from the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, ACTE and Advance CTE. All materials are available completely free-of-charge thanks to generous support from PMIEF. For more information, contact Heather Singmaster (hsingmaster@asiasociety.org) with any questions.

Nepris offers virtual field trips and other real-world career exploratory experiences as well as a skills-based volunteering platform for organizations to extend education outreach and build a future workforce.

O*Net's Interest Profiler helps students decide what kinds of careers they might want to explore

OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) offers online training materials

CareerSafeOnline provides resources and support to teachers in ensuring all students have a chance to earn their OSHA 10-Hour cards

SkillsUSA CareerSafe online safety training

S/P2 provides industry-specific online training in safety, environmental, ethics, HR and soft skills for businesses and career tech schools

Integrate Ethics into Your Classroom materials from MBA Research

Goodheart-Wilcox Learning Companion digital curriculum and activities

Overcoming Obstacles' Life Skills Lessons for Remote Learning offers educators engaging activities they can use with their secondary school students while they are learning from home. Activities will help students identify their strengths, make better decisions, achieve their goals, develop a positive attitude, respect themselves as well as others, and handle the stress in their lives. To download the free handbook, click here.

Learning Styles Inventories from SREB's Social-Emotional Learning Webinar

Interest Inventories and Aptitude Tests from SREB's Social-Emotional Learning Webinar

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