Open Educational Resources (OER) and Creative Commons

syllabi, lectures, exams, and other course resources from universities all over the world. Including MIT, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Tufts University, UMass Boston, University of California Irvine, University of Notre Dame, Utah State University, and many more from Austrailia, China, Columbia, France, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam. Most in English, but some in Spanish, Chinese, French, and Dutch.

Creative Commons licensed eduational "modules", sponsored by Rice University

Tens of thousands of learning modules, tutorials, readings, videos, textbooks, etc., all available (check licensing) for educational use.

K-12 and college lesson plans and courseware.

Biology Teacher Resources from Baylor College of Medicine. Includes presentations, PowerPoint slides, news, resources, and "hot topic" guides.

audio collections, some including lesson plans and educational exercises.

links to projects using Creative Commons licensing for educational materials

"The Chemistry Collective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams. It is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon University for college and high school teachers who are interested in using, assessing, and/or creating engaging online activities for chemistry education."

Online modules for grade 5-12 level science education. Requires teacher and student signup.

Curricula from Gen Ed to Mechanical Engineering using open educational resources. Now includes a Media Library of open educational resources.

Free registration required to access the video, audio, and other resources at this preK-16 learning from the Public Broadcasting Service.

Short videos on everything from math and finance to French history.

A blog covering teaching ideas with the Library of Congress' online collections.

Online study groups, based on MIT's Open Courseware materials

Open courses developed and adapted by Washington State Colleges (and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

Wisconsin's state learning object collection

Free standards based online social studies curriculum. Includes peripheral materials, teacher/student accounts.

Audiobook versions of literature specifically arranged and categorized for teachers of literature. Some reading strategy/lesson plan materials available as well.

Lesson plans, videos, and more for teachers and students. Also available are podcasts of the weekly show, videos, and blog posts on pretty much anything to do with science.