New: Supplements are now aligned to state standards. Download the alignment of a supplement to individual state standards in science, mathematics, English Language Arts, and (when available) health. More state alignments will be added as they are completed. More...

The NIH Curriculum Supplements are interactive teaching units that combine cutting-edge science research discoveries from the National Institutes of Health, one of the world's foremost medical research centers, with state-of-the-art instructional materials. Each supplement is a teacher’s guide to two weeks’ of lessons on science and human health. This series (is):

• FREE to Science Teachers and School Administrators
• Consistent with National Science Education Standards
• Targets grades K-12
• Incorporates real scientific data
• Supplement Features
  

New supplements will be released each year. Each unit results from the collaborative efforts of the Office of Science Education (OSE); one NIH institute, center, or office; and highly respected curriculum developers such as, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) and Videodiscovery.

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Curriculum Supplements
(Choose grade level appropriate supplements)

• High School
• Middle School
• Elementary School

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