Science Education Resources for Research
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Science Education Links
Science Adventures – a guide to public science centers, museums, parks and gardens, zoos, aquariums, aviaries, planetariums and observatories
Science supplies – online addresses for companies that sell science materials
SciTechDaily-Digest of most interesting science and technology stories on the web
Science Made Simple-A searchable database of questions and answers and sections on science projects, current science news, unit conversions, and a newsletter
How Stuff Works – thousands of explanations, most with animation and drawings to convey complex ideas
Education Resource Information Center-Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education (ERIC CSMEE)
National Teachers Enhancement Network – courses on-line, resources, connections
Teachnet.com – lesson plan ideas and advice for activities
Education World – big clearinghouse with links to more than 100,000 education-related sites, including lesson planning activities, curriculum ideas, web site reviews, forums and news. Connections to National Standards searchable database of national and state standards categorized by content level and divided into K-4, 5-8, and 9-12
Museum Guide – real and virtual destinations – web links to over 1,700 museums
The Library of Congress – Web site includes an excellent educator guide and index for using primary sources; has suggestions for class activities using primary sources.
PBS – More than 1,500 lesson plans at PBS TeacherSource
ABC Teach-good collection of free printables, forms, calendars, etc., theme ideas for elementary grades
Learning Network (portal site): A community of local education sites, best practices link, electronic grade book, resources for parents, students, teachers, administrators
Global Schoolhouse at Lightspan.com-another portal with many resource links and teacher tools, including project ideas, lesson plans, and a web trip maker
Surfing the net with kids- web resources for educators
Rubric generator and other online tools for educators
Teach-Nology-Other tools such as calendar maker, graphic organizer generator, classroom materials maker at this site
EDHELPER.COM -links to lesson plans for all subjects, worksheet generators, etc.
Educational Press -a database of word lists in various subjects that can be easily manipulated to create flash cards, game boards, bingo cards, word scrambles, signs, etc.
ThinkQuest -library of informational sites created by kids, has info for teachers on creating web pages, citing references, etc.
Internet4classrooms has daily brain teasers, challenging questions, ed resources for all grade levels
Internet4classrooms-lots of good science links for teachers
Achievement Award Certificates-free certificates that use Adobe Acrobat Reader
Blue Web n: Blue Ribbon learning sites on the web, all subjects and grades, lesson plans, resource links with ratings, and more
Northwest Regional Education Laboratory Science Inquiry Model
Teaching K-8 and Ed. Gov-Free education materials available from two sites
Middle School Resource Guide – Complete text of the National Academy Press publication, Resources for teaching middle school science
Ideas for student research – A resource with links for topics, ideas, and how-to for developing a research project
HyperDoc – U.S. Library of Medicine – health and medical education resource – access to The Visible Man (a sampler of fresh cryosections and CAT scans)
News about science – The AAAS calls this site ‘your global gateway to science, medicine and technology news.’ Weekly updates and media and journal links
The National Archives and Records – Useful for primary source material
The Science Spot – aims at the middle school level – well-organized database of lessons, projects, and on-line resources, even includes lesson record sheets, “Science Club” challenges, and daily science trivia
Online Conversion – let’s you convert any unit of measure to any other
Science news at ScienceMaster – for students – http://sciencemaster.com
Massachusetts Institute of Technology web site includes a database of information on American inventions and discoveries:http://web.mit.edu/invent/
More MIT – linked to this site is a hot list of science sites for children: http://web.mit.edu/invent/r-archive-2.html
Science Made Simple – searchable database of questions and answers, also sections on projects, current science news, unit conversions, and a newsletter: http://www.ScienceMadeSimple.com
Minerals by name – a searchable database of rocks and minerals showing class, chemistry, specimens: http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by_name.htm
Virtual cave – caves and caverns around the world: http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave
The Field Museum, Chicago – click on Exhibits to tour different areas, including dinosaurs and fossils. Check out Sue, the big T. rex soon to be on display: http://fieldmuseum.org
Skulls a dazzling look at what scientists can learn about behavior and evolution from an animal’s skull: http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls
Animal Behavior Society (education section) Links to laboratory exercises, teaching and learning resources, images, etc.: http://animalbehaviorsociety.org/
The Animal Diversity Web Animal diversity taxonomically-arranged, from the University of Michigan: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
FDA Kids homepage – The US Food and Drug Administration’s Kids Homepage includes Yorick, a skeleton model which allows users to see the various medical devices and implants that can replace real body parts. Included are a glass eye, a silicon cochlear implant, a hip and a knee, etc.: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/
Chem4Kids – An expansive web site with resources on matter, atoms, elements, reactions, the math in chemistry, as well as a glossary and a quiz section. Written for students, includes clear definitions and fun graphics:http://www.chem4kids.com
TOPS Learning Systems – science with simple things – check out the many neat teacher resource books on hands-on activities: http://topscience.org
American Chemical Society – plenty of links for resources for teaching physical science: http://www.acs.org/
The Comic Book Periodic Table – an interactive periodic table http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
Physical science – Particle Adventure – a lively introduction to subatomic physics: http://www.particleadventure.org
The Little Shop of Physics – collection of experiments; http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu
PBS Online – links to the Web of Life, NOVA, Scientific American Frontiers, Nature, Bill Nye, Newton’s Apple, National Geographic, the Magic School Bus, etc.: http://www.pbs.org/
Geological Sciences Department, University of Manitoba, CA – links to geosciences information: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/geological_sciences/server.html
JASON Project web site: http://www.jasonproject.org
USA Today – Lesson plans for using news in the classroom and a reporter ready for student interaction: http://www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm
Discover Magazine home page: http://discovermagazine.com/
Annenberg Guide to Math and Science Reform – links to model programs, grants:http://www.learner.org/theguide/
Reinventing Schools-the Technology is Now (via National Academy of Sciences):http://www.nas.edu/nap/online/techgap/welcome.html
Science and Math (Minnesota schools) – good links to resources for teaching: http://www.scimathmn.org/
NOVA Online–Teachers – A starting point for lesson plans and scientific activities. Topics include animals, the human body, ancient cultures, space, earth, physics, and an odds and ends compendium. The Hot Science section provides many activities. Lesson Ideas and Teacher’s Exchange allow teachers to share concepts and lesson plans:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/
Journey North – a resource for the study of seasonal change and an opportunity for student participation in adding to a database. Many tracking projects and lesson possibilities: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
National Geographic – Lots of pictures and articles: http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Microscopic and molecular worlds – huge image collection: http://microscopy.fsu.edu/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: http://www.noaa.gov
Jurassic Park Institute: http://www.jpinstitute.com
Scientriffic – an Australian science magazine: http://www.csiro.au/scientriffic
High school science webquests: http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/webquests/science-webquests-index.html
Resources for teaching archaeology the Archaeology Channel http://www..archaeologychannel.org
Weather – Cloud lesson and activities for elementary students http://www2.lhric.org/kat/wq3rd.htm
International Space Station check this site to find out when it will be visible. As the station expands it is growing noticeably brighter when it passes overhead: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings
Go behind A Brief History of Time cosmologist Stephen Hawking tells his life story full text of some lectures, and photos: http://www.hawking.org.uk
Local asteroids see location of known asteroids, extensive background info: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/InnerPlot.html
Nobel Prizes – e-Museum: http://www.nobel.se
HunkinsExperiments – Tim Hunkin works mainly for museums, building interactive exhibits. The site as suggestions for experiment using everyday materials: http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com
Science entertainment from Discovery Kids, the yuckiest site on the internet: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
Science fair project resource guide: http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/
Volcano facts for kids: http://www.fireplacespot.com/kids-volcano-facts