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General Science

Advanced Placement from Rice University - a grant-funded site which lists quality information suitable for the AP classroom in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

CIESE (Center for Improved Engineering & Science Education) - One of the most useful sites available today for interdisciplinary projects utilizing and integrating technology into the curriculum.  Under the "Classroom Projects" link, you'll find the heart of this site. 

Developing Virtual Trips in Science - part of this new, FREE site! Virtual Field Trips - This Web page for K-12 educators contains a wide range of subjects: science, social studies, literature, and other educational areas.  The trips are arranged by grade levels.  This is a free resource for educators and is a great supplemental resource for all levels.

Exploratorium - Filled with science experiments that are both fun and educational. It also features online viewing of current exhibits at the San Francisco-based museum that sponsors the site. 

Explore Science- Finding great teaching resources on the Internet is difficult and time consuming. Dynamic multimedia activities are scarce. This is a problem we aim to solve.  Find Many activities at this site! Highly recommended for both math and science.  

Frank Potter's Science Gems - Click on the subject in this link and you might find science lessons, interactive projects, "ask the experts" links, and "clickable" maps and other pictures to view - all organized by grade level. 

Math and Science Gateway - Sponsored by Cornell University's Cornell Theory Center, this web site provides information for math and science educators and students, primarily in grades 9 to 12.  

Mathematics and Science Teacher Site

NSDL - National Science Digital Library - a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. 

National Science Foundation - this will take you to the site map for funding/grant information, publications, news, etc.

Online Science Activities - The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Web site provides 18 online exhibits ranging from aging and chemistry to flight and energy.  The grade levels for the activities are 4-10.

Science Education from California State Univ. At Northridge - Attractive, well-designed and well-organized.

Science Fair Aids - Science Fair Handbook - see teacher links | Teachers' Science Fair Checklist | 

Science.Gov - Science.gov contains reliable information resources selected by the respective agencies as their best science information. Two major types of information are included—selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials. (The specific content varies by database.) The selected Web sites can be explored from the science.gov homepage. The Web pages and the databases can be searched individually or simultaneously from the search page.

Science Learning Network - The Science Learning Network explores how telecomputing can support inquiry-based science education.  Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

Science Links from KATE (Kentucky Assoc. of Technology Education)  Huge alphabetical listing of links 

Science NetLinks - Part of the MarcoPolo site - Science NetLinks strives to be a comprehensive “homepage” for K-12 science educators. Search our library of reviewed websites and lessons by selecting a science Benchmark topic.  All sites are reviewed for content and accuracy.  

Teachers Domain - High-quality multimedia resources from public television.  Correlations to national and state curriculum standards.  Required log-in which is free.

Biology  ( top)

Access Excellence - Biology Teacher Site - A fantastic site rich with lessons, ideas, new approaches to science education, current news and interviews with scientists, and more. This site is updated frequently and has an easy-to-use search tool for finding topics of interest.  Listings for Science, Math and Health Education

Anatomy - Do you know about Anatomy?

bioed online     Biology teacher resources from Baylor College of Medicine. 

BIODIDAC - A bank of digital resources for teaching biology. 

Biology - From Cell to DNA - a talking lesson.  Lesson plan for Meiosis

Biology in Motion - Dr. Leif Saul presents these simulations and activities designed to promote understanding of living things using his own graphics and multimedia to provide an original look at the life sciences.  He even offers the opportunity to contact him personally to help you find biology-oriented materials to use in instruction!

The Biology Place - from Pearson Prentice Hall, offers free, interactive life-science tutorials.  A new web portal that gives students free access to BioCoach which includes activities to help students visualize and apply their understanding of biological concepts; LabBench which provides students with pre-and post-lab reviews (designed for advanced students); Glossary which provides accessible definitions and relevant terms.   The activities correspond to the Advanced Placement Lab Manual and include sections on key concepts, experiment design, analysis of results, and a lab quiz.

BioZone - hosted by a New Zealnad publishing house that offers high quality teaching materials to teachers and students.  Resources are updated annually and include a comprehensive collection of hotlists of resources from animal behavior to space biology with subcategories and a search function for ease of use.

Forensics in the Classroom - Free materials available on request!  Court TV is pleased to bring forensics to high school science classrooms nationwide. This FREE, exciting new program conforms to nationally recognized standards and was developed as part of a continuing educational partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.  New for this year we are proud to add two units - one for middle school, the other for high school - that were also developed in collaboration with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). 

Genetics Lessons On-Line

Genetic Science Research Center - Helping people understand how genetics affects their lives and society. A teacher corner with lesson plans

Graphics - Many, many diagrams to choose from.  From atoms to molecules and cells to tissues, a study of structure and function

Human Body Systems - Excellent project materials complete with rubrics, links and bibliographies for all of the body systems.

IN-VSEE - is a consortium of university and industry scientists and engineers, community college and high school science faculty and museum educators with a common vision of creating an interactive World Wide Web (WWW) site to develop a new educational thrust based on remote operation of advanced microscopes and nano-fabrication tools coupled to powerful surface characterization  methods. Interactive modules are provided, excellent links, a gallery of pictures and illustrations, and a news archive of information in the field.

Microscopy Education Web Page - Dennis Kunkel - Students and teachers can search for photomicrographs taken by Dennis Kunkel, an award-winning photomicrographer.  All users need to do is send in a form indicating how they'll use the pictures.  Any info is kept confidential.  Categories include viruses, bacteria, plants, fungi, arachnids, and more.  Other useful sections are available at this site to explore. To go with this:    Scanning Electron Microscope - from the Museum of Science, Boston - If you have ever wondered how a scanning electron microscope (SM) works, you will appreciate this site.  See the Teacher's Resource Section for experiments to try in the classroom.

NIH Curriculum Units - This series tackles topics ranging from cell biology, cancer and infectious diseases to human genetic variation, sleep disorders, neurobiology, addiction, chemicals, the environment, and more.  Each unit's lesson are aligned with the National Science Education Standards.  Each unit includes inquiry-based activities and extensive background materials for teachers.  High School Supplements Link.  Student Activity Portal

Chemistry   ( top)

Chemical Earth - an Australian site with hundreds of links to resources.

chemcollective - ChemCollective's goals are to support a community of instructors interested in improving chemistry education through interactive and engaging online activities. We invite Instructors to use the materials, and contribute by providing comments and feedback on the activities, sharing classroom experiences, and participating in discussions.  The Chemistry Collective project is currently funded by the National Science Foundation, so our software is available free of charge to all educators and students. You and your students can use it on the web immediately without any licensing requirements. We only ask that you let us know that you are using it, along with the number of students involved, so that we can report data about the overall use to our funders. Additional comments are also welcome to help improve all of the activities in this collection.

Chemistry Teaching Resources - Extensive hotlist of resources!  Check out the Matters of Public Concern for relevant issues and Related to Chemistry for some fun enrichment ideas.

Creative Chemistry  Creative Chemistry offers worksheets, teaching notes, and fun activities. There are over two hundred pages of question sheets and practical guides, chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models, and the "Tune-up Garage" to help improve science investigations. Nigel Saunders, Harrogate Granby High School, North Yorkshire. Requires Java.

Jefferson Lab Teacher Resources - Have students choose from 16 activities.  Covers the atom, the elements, and other science related information.

Molecule of the Month - "Each month... links will take you to a page at one of the Web sites at a University Chemistry Department or commercial site in the UK, the US, or anywhere in the world, where useful (and hopefully entertaining!), information can be found about a particularly interesting molecule." 

Physical Science Information Gateway - is the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network.

Earth Science & Environment   ( top)

Agriculture - Academic Info of Agriculture Resources

CERES Project - Center for Educational resources Project - Through funding from NASA, faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the nation have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy. Closely aligned with the NRC National Science Education Standards, these web based lessons make maximum use of exciting on-line NASA resources, data, and images. In addition to classroom-ready materials using contemporary teaching strategies, CERES has developed several on-line NASA data search engines and two graduate level distance learning courses, available over the internet to K-12 teachers.

Discovery Kit from NOAA that is designed to help students explore geodesy - the science that measures and monitors the size and shape of the Earth.  Contains a 10-chapter tutorial explaining the science and history of geodesy; a list of online resources where educators and students can view specific geodesic data; and lesson plans correlated with Nat. Science Ed Standards at the high school level.

Earth System Science Education - The goal of this site is to serve as a repository for Earth System Science education and research resources - a starting point for your reference as you explore this expanding interdisciplinary field, or a place to look for the latest ESS developments.

EcoHealth - created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and focuses on global warming and other environmental threats and their links to human health problems.  Features photos, diagrams, maps and video clips, standards-based lesson plans, a news page, and a glossary with many terms not yet found in household dictionaries.  

ESSEA - Earth Science Systems Education Alliance - offers three earth science courses for teachers. The courses are delivered over the Internet for teachers of grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. A master teacher mentors 20-24 teachers; an Earth scientist assists with science content. Teachers collaborate and earn graduate or continuing education credit while solving problems, building models, and designing classroom activities. (Center for Educational Technologies, supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

EIA Page (Energy Information Administration) - Curriculum guides, science fair project ideas, and energy conversion chart and more.  Click on the Text Page Site Map to see what is available. 

Environmental Education Network - The Environmental Education Network (EEN) is a collaborative effort among educators, the EnviroLink Network and the environmental community to bring environmental education on-line and into a multimedia format. The EEN will act as the clearinghouse for all environmental education information, materials and ideas on the Internet.

epa Environmental Teacher Resources for the Curriculum -excellent place to look for additional classroom resources.

Galileo K-12 Educator's Resources

NASA Education Gateway  Also Galileo Outreach Education Resources

Hands on the Land - encourages learning through the environment.  Contains teaching materials, educational programs, and projects for lessons on the ecosystem, andimal habitats and more.  Has interactive project sites for K-12 students.  

The Jason Project - The JASON Project is a multi-disciplinary program that sparks the imagination of students and enhances the classroom experience. From oceans to rain forests, from polar regions to volcanoes, the JASON Project explores Planet Earth and exposes students to leading scientists who work with them to examine its biological and geological development.  From the depths of dark oceans to the heights of wet rain forests, from icy Polar Regions to red-hot volcanoes, the JASON Project travels the world, taking students and teachers on an exciting educational adventure.

Oceanus Magazine Online - features on ocean life, climate change, and exploration.

Physical Science Information Gateway - is the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network.

Physical Sciences Resource Center - is a web-based databank that provides K-20 teachers links to a wide range of teaching and learning resources in the physical sciences. All materials are classified by their grade level, topic, and activity type, and have descriptions outlining their content. Information about authors, publishers, costs, and copyright is also provided

Space - order videos from NASA by supplying a blank tape.

Weather Science - Hands-on weather project - from the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at the Stevens Institute of technology in New Jersey, A project that couples real-time weather conditions as temperature, wind, and precipitation.  Students will be asked to construct graphs, analyze complex barometric charts, and give local weather reports based on what they’ve learned.  Students will learn how to create weather instruments and how to locate real-time weather information from around the world using the internet, and lessons will help students understand the difference between weather and climate, explain cloud classification, and explore the nature of severe storms.  Detailed teachers guide included with a list of curriculum standards. Also a reference section with related links.

Windows on the Universe - Earth Science Site for grades 3-12. Very graphics intensive

U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) The Learning Web - Designed for K-12.  Teacher packets approiate for various grade levels come with instructional booklets, fact sheets, links to credible sites, suggestions for helpful books and articles, posters, and project ideas. 

Physics    ( top)

Fear of Physics - Explains the basic laws and theories of physics in easy-to-understand language and multimedia clips.  Topics covered include speed and accelerations, collisions, rollerc coasters, seesaws, planet rotation, friction, sound, Doppler effect, zero gravity, atams, and more.  Also contains an online quiz generator. to assess students' knowledge.

GE Light Site - Learning United entitled "Longing to Learn about Light.

Golden Gate Bridge - a PBS site which explores the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in detail. Teacher's Guide includes ideas for using the site in the classroom

Physical Science Information Gateway - is the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network.

Physics - Pilot to Physics - this resource includes an Educational resources section.

General Math/Science Sites:    ( top)

Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project - Helping schools improve their math and science program

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Curriculum materials for K-12 math and science.  ENC : This Week : Calendar - In this calendar, you'll find entries that contain background information, ready-to-go activities, and other suggested curriculum materials related to math and science topics. Use the entries to supplement and enrich your lessons. And use them--or any part of them--on any date that suits your needs. The entries contain direct links to carefully chosen Internet sources and are correlated to national science and mathematics standards. Watch the calendar throughout the year as we continue to add new entries and update others.  Links to Products and Resources

ENC Source:  Real World Math & Science - a good starting point for exploring Internet projects to bring the real world into the classroom.

TERC Resources for Mathematics and Science - TERC is a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. Founded in 1965, TERC is internationally recognized for creating innovative curricula, fostering teacher professional development, pioneering creative uses of technology in education, contributing to educators' understanding of learning and teaching, and developing equitable opportunities for under served learners.

Games for Science    ( top)

Games and Puzzles from the Jefferson Lab - math games, elements-based and scientific games.  Excellent quality.

The Science Game: Who Wants To Win a Million Dollars?

Jefferson Labs has created a fun way to test students' knowledge of math and science. Choose the answer from a multiple-choice selection and win (fake) cash!

Check out the quizzes about plants, geology, animal classifications, ecosystems, forces and motion, and body systems.

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