Educational Resources: Technology

This collection of lessons, videos and web resources is aimed at classroom teachers, their students and students' families, offering valuable insights into foundational and innovative technology concepts.

Lessons and activities

Scratch

For educators, parents and students (grades 2–12) 

Learn the fundamentals of coding language and build mathematics, computation and problem-solving skills.

ARIN-561 

For students (grades 9–12) 

This game allows players to explore a strange new planet as a crash-landed astronaut while also introducing them to foundational artificial intelligence concepts through visual and interactive tutorials.

TeachEngineering

For educators (grades K–12)

Explore a comprehensive suite of K-12 curriculum resources that integrate hands-on engineering design with technology concepts to enrich student engagement and learning. Popular lessons include "Red Rover Robotics" and "Circuits," designed to foster critical thinking and innovation.

Code.org

For educators and students (grades K–12)

Code.org offers free, high-quality curriculum resources for K–12 classrooms focusing on computer science and coding skills. Through engaging exercises and games, students learn essential skills like problem-solving, algorithms and basic programming languages.

FIRST Robotics

For educators (grades 9–12)

The FIRST Robotics program brings students and educators together to design, build and program robots in a competitive and collaborative environment. Students develop hands-on tech and engineering skills and cultivate teamwork and creativity, making real-world connections in STEM.

Videos

What is Artificial Intelligence?

AI is becoming a way of life, with new systems and uses popping up every day. Michael Littman, division director for Information and Intelligent Systems at the U.S. National Science Foundation, talks about the early days of the field and how humanity has a role to play in developing the AI of the future.

Quantum — Unlocking the Power

Quantum science has the potential to revolutionize the world. Explore qubits, entanglement, super position and quantum computing and learn how quantum computers can solve countless problems. 

What is a Robot?

What could be a robot? How is soft robotics changing our viewpoint of what is considered robotics? Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, an engineer working in robotics at Yale University, discusses her work in soft robotics.

Explaining Nuclear Fusion

What is nuclear fusion? What is its potential? Vyacheslav (Slava) Lukin, program director for the NSF Plasma Physics program explains how the Department of Energy's recent nuclear fusion breakthrough could impact our future.

Explore more NSF science and engineering videos

Images

Microscopic image of finely layered spherical metal objects called MXenes

This colorized scanning electron microscope image shows MXenes, tiny, layered metal structures that can hold different ions. Developed using a simplified and less toxic method, they promise advancements in high-tech electronics and energy storage.

Credit: Di Wang and Dmitri Talapin/University of Chicago

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An artist's interpretation of the brain-like computing power behind a new synaptic transistor developed by researchers. Experiments show the transistor goes beyond simple machine-learning tasks to categorize data and is capable of performing associative learning.

An artist's portrayal of a new synaptic transistor shows its brain-like computing power. Experiments reveal that it surpasses basic machine-learning tasks, allowing data categorization and associative learning.

Credit: Xiaodong Yan/Northwestern University

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