Journal 8

T.H.E. Journal
Spotlight: Free Science Resources Online
by Dave Nagel

In this short article the author briefly describes some resources available to secondary science teachers. A major university in MIT, NASA, and the Smithsonian Institution offer resources to anyone online for free. I was most impressed with the materials offered by MIT. There resource offers "15,000 lecture notes; 1,800 syllabi; 2,600 videos, audio clips, and animations taken from actual MIT courses; 9,000 assignments; and 900 assessments." That's an entire college education pretty much for free, and its from one of the most revered colleges in the world. The videos look very informative and I am just astonished that they offer something like this for free.

Questions:

1. I was wondering as I read the article, how can i find the material i need that is offered when there is so much information? After browsing the site, i saw they made it very easy to find information with its categorized system.

2. Because MIT is offering all of this information i honestly was thinking to myself, is there a way i can contribute or donate to this cause because i think this concept is great. I then saw a big "Donations" button on the site so it answered that question.