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Professional Organizations and Kentucky Resources

Last Updated on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 5:02 AM

Professional Organizations and Kentucky Resources for science.

National Science Teachers Association

http://www.nsta.org/

 

Kentucky Science Teachers Association

http://www.ksta.org/

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

http://www.aaas.org/

 

Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation is a private, nonprofit corporation committed to the advancement of science, technology and innovative economic development founded on Kentucky know-how.
http://www.kstc.com

 

Kentucky Virtual Library is a taxpayer-funded research portal to a wide variety of primary sources. To access this resource from a non-school computer you must obtain a password from your school media specialist. This resource is only available to residents of Kentucky.  
http://www.kyvl.org.

 

The Kentucky Academy of Science is an organization created to encourage scientific research and to promote the dissemination of scientific interests of the Commonwealth.
http://kas.wku.edu/kas/default.asp

The Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI) Webpage provides a variety of links and information relevant to science and mathematics teaching in Kentucky.
http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/ARSI/

Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership
http://www.appalmsp.org/

AMSP Content Elaborations for Science
https://www.appalmsp.org/amsp/frame2.aspx?acctId=0&css=news&menuIds=61

Kentucky Virtual High School Online Professional Development
http://www.kvhs.org/

The Commonwealth Map an interactive GIS map of Kentucky
 http://kygeonet.ky.gov/tcm/viewer.htm

The Kentucky Environmental Education Council:  coordinates environmental education in the Commonwealth by providing standards for teaching about the environment and maintaining a database of resources that are available across the state, providing links to valuable national environmental education web sites, curriculum documents, lesson plans, etc.
http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/envred/

 

The East Kentucky Science Center: dedicated to enhancing science education in eastern Kentucky.  The center is located in Prestonsburg, KY. 
http://www.wedoscience.org/

 

Kentucky Science Olympiad:  A program designed improve the quality of K-12 science education throughout the nation to change the way science is perceived and the way it is taught, with an emphasis on problem solving skills and hand-on, minds-on constructivist learning practices.
http://www.jctc.kctcs.net/kso/

 

Kentucky Down Under:  Visitors stroll through an open field where kangaroos, emus, and other Australian natives roam freely. Interpreters discuss the animals' habits and habitat.  It is located in Horse Cave, KY.
http://www.kdu.com/

 

Louisville Science Center:  The Louisville Science Center aims to educate and inspire you, while keeping you entertained and engaged with one of the most unique experiences you will ever have.
http://www.louisvillescience.org/

 

Kentucky Caverns:  Visitors will marvel at the beautiful onyx formations found in the underground chambers of Kentucky Caverns. Included as a part of Kentucky Down Under, Kentucky Caverns (formerly Mammoth Onyx Cave) is one of the gems of Kentucky's "Cave Country."  It is located in Horse Cave, KY.
http://www.kdu.com/links.php

 

Hummel Planetarium:  Located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University, the Hummel Planetarium is one of the largest and most sophisticated planetariums in the United States, especially on a university campus. The Hummel Planetarium has seating for 164 people in very comfortable and generously sized seats.
http://www.planetarium.eku.edu/

 

Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium:  This science center located on the campus of the University of Louisville provides a friendly, comfortable, hi-tech, multi-media, learning venue for the presentation of educational and entertaining programs supporting astronomy and space science education, the arts, humanities, and sciences.
http://www.louisville.edu/planetarium/

 

The Newport Aquarium:  A state-of-the art facility, the Newport Aquarium brings to the banks of the Ohio River some of the world's most advanced, creative technology -- not to mention amazing animals -- all designed to take you around the globe, visiting each continent, every ocean and hundreds of waterways in between.
http://www.newportaquarium.com

Hands-On Virtual Physics Courses for Middle School Teachers  The Virtual Physics Courses offer hands-on physics, delivered in a distance learning format, through the University of Kentucky Distance Learning program. Its elements are a kit of equipment, a manual of activities, a website or CD to provide instruction, and the use of email to communicate with the instructors.
http://www.pa.uky.edu/~sciworks/kntro.htm

Northern KY University's Center for Integrated Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CINSAM)
http://www.cinsam.org/

For more information contact:

Karen Kidwell
500 Mero Street, 18th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-2106 x4133
karen.kidwell@education.ky.gov