Science Training Programs Directory:

Since 1999, SSP has provided its Science Training Programs Directory for Teachers and Students (STP) as a comprehensive catalog of science, mathematics and engineering enrichment programs for pre-college students and teachers. Updated annually, it is a searchable catalog that provides a short description of programs and contact information.

Science Fair Project Resources:

• Internet Public Library – Science Fair Project Guide - A resource guide providing a variety of excellent web resources.
• Mosaic - An online archive of articles published in the The National Science Foundation's flagship magazine from 1970 to 1992. A background resource for students, teachers, and others in need of a reliable reference for current research.  
• Science Buddies - A non-profit organization providing science fair ideas, resources, answers, and tools. Including a Science Fair Project Guide  and an Ask an Expert online bulletin board, staffed by volunteer scientists and top high school students.

Science News to Inform Science Fair Projects:

• Science News – SSP’s award-winning science news magazine provides readers a fresh, bold, contemporary feel with crisp, concise editorial content and detailed imagery.
• Science News for Kids – SSP’s award-winning website dedicated to children ages 9-14, their teachers and parents. Many younger and older visitors also enjoy its pages. It offers timely, interesting news stories and features, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books and articles to read, and Web resources. SNK attracts over three million visitors annually.

Additional interesting science-focused educational resources:

• The Archimedes Initiative - An effort formed to promote science literacy and increase the number of scientists and engineers in the United States.
• Inspired by Education - Intel's online community of people sharing their stories with the hope of becoming a catalyst for action and a voice for change in global education.
• Lifeworks e-Mentoring - The National Institutes of Health (NIH/DHHS) is offering free career advice and mentoring through its Lifeworks E-mentoring program to U.S. high school and college students who are at least 16 years old and are interested in pursuing a career in biomedical or social science research, medicine, or health care.  
• The National Science Digital Library - An online library for those interested in education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
• USA Science & Engineering Festival - SSP is proud to be an Official Partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in Washington, D.C. The Festival, the country's first national science festival, is a collaboration of over 500 of the country's leading science and engineering organizations and aims to reignite the interest of our nation's youth in the sciences. The culmination of the Festival will be a two-day Expo on the National Mall on October 23-24, 2010, which will give children, teens and adults the opportunity to explore science and engineering through hundreds of fun, hands-on activities. Make sure to visit the SSP booth!