- BBC-Space
Articles, games and audio-visual animation
about space and the solar system.
- Best
Animations
Variety of gifs animations for science. The
site gives you access to hundreds of Clip Art Images,
Unique Icons, Freemovingclipart.com, Free Animated
Clip Art, Photographs, 3-D, Animated Clipart, and
Original High Quality Color Clipart.
- Blue
Web'n Homepage
Blue Web'n (a word play of blue ribbon) is an online
library of educational resources. It's 1200+
sites are catagorized by subject, grade level, and
format. The library is searchable and being
expanded all the time.
- Digital
Library for Earth System Education
Outstanding: DLESE is the Digital
Library for Earth System Education, a geoscience community
resource that supports teaching and learning about
the Earth system. DLESE is funded by the National
Science Foundation and is being built by a distributed
community of educators, students, and scientists to
support Earth system education at all levels. DLESE
provides: 1. Easy access to quality teaching and learning
resources about the Earth as a system for a wide range
of learners 2. Services to help users effectively
create, use and evaluate digital learning resources.
3. Interfaces and tools to allow student exploration
of Earth data. 4. A community center that fosters
interaction, collaboration and sharing.
- Education
World Eduction Center
- General site for resources for science students
and teachers.
- Encarta
This is an encyclopedia of multiple subject areas
in science and it also includes other areas of information
for various disciplines.
- First Gov for
Science
This site is a gateway to numerous links provided
by U.S. government agencies. The information found
here is carefully selected by known authorities of
scientific information.
- Free
Animated Science Gifs, Clipart and Science Animations
Hundreds of gifs, clipart and science animations.
- FREE
(Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
Database for free teaching and learning resources
from Federal Agencies. New sites are added regularly.
- GetSmarter.org
Need some help with math? Want to brush up on science?
You can warm up first with math and science practice
quizzes. When you're ready, try The REAL Challenge!
When you finish, you can see your results compared
to those of all the students around the world who
answered the same questions in 1995-99 as part of
the Third International Mathematics and Science Study
(TIMSS).
- Hands-on
Science Centers Worldwide
This site is a directory of Hands-on Science Centers
around the world. Gives links to centers in
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and
South America.
- Internet
Travels in the Life Sciences
- This general science site contains numerous links
to a variety of Life Science topics found on the
Internet. The site is organized into major Life
Science links listed under topics such as: Bio Ethics;
BioTech & BioChem; Cell Biology; Chemistry;
Microbiology; Plant Biology; & etc.
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- Intute
Intute is a free online database providing access
to the very best web resources for education and research.
All material is evaluated and selected by a network
of subject specialists to create the Intute database.
The database contains 116943 records.
It allows access to both subject-specific and cross-subject
resources, all of which have been evaluated for their
quality and relevance.
- Learningscience.org
- Outstanding
Learningscience.org is an organization dedicated
to sharing the newer and emerging "learning
tools" of science education. Tools such as
real-time data collection, simulations, inquiry
based lessons, interactive web lessons, micro-worlds,
and imaging, among others, can help make teaching
science an exciting and engaging endeavor.
- Martindale's
The Reference Desk
Site is all-inclusive. Not just science, but every
topic you can think of. Easy to navigate, lots
of information. A very good reference.
- MEL
Databases by Topic
This is a list of databases for teachers and students
to use. A link to the best of the internet is
given for multiple subjects.
- Michigan
eLibrary
Michigan eLibrary supports Michigan K-12 educators
in the successful use of technology by providing best
practices, professional developemnt, and evaluated
curriculum resources. Educator-reviewed activities,
lesson plans, and resources are provided for a variety
of subjects and educational levels, including all
core areas.
- Michigan
Electronic Library
This is a great place to start your search for information
of all kinds. Provides access to magazine articles,
lesson plans, information about our state and more
- National
Geographic
Perhaps no one has documented the natural and cultural
diversity of our planet more thoroughly and lushly
than the National Geographic Society. This site brings
the content of its magazines (including the maps),
TV shows, and more to the Web. Its archive of online
features is an adventuresome resource.
- NCREL
This is the North Central Regional Education Laboratory
home page. It contains numerous links to a large variety
of information devoted to the increased use of technology
to improve instruction. Contains many links.
- Oracle
ThinkQuest Education Foundation
ThinkQuest is all about students thinking and learning
together. Students work in teams to create the best
educational websites and compete for exciting prizes.
The teams' websites are published for the world to
see in the ThinkQuest Library. This rich online resource
contains over 5,500 educational websites, created
by students for students. Search the library and you'll
be sure to find a site that intrigues you.
- Pathfinder
Science
This is an excellent resource for any teacher looking
for projects to interest students in science. There
are projects sponsored by the DOE and other governmental
agencies.
- RubiStar
Outstanding
RubiStar can help the teacher who wants to
use rubrics but does not have the time to develop
them from scratch. While many teachers want to use
rubrics or are experimenting with writing them, they
can be quite time-consuming to develop. RubiStar provides
generic rubrics that can simply be printed and used
for many typical projects and research assignments.
RubiStar is unique because it provides these generic
rubrics in a format that can be customized: Teachers
can change almost all suggested text in the rubric
to make it fit their own projects.
- Science
and Environment Collection
This is a list of links for teachers and older students
to use. A link to the best of the internet is
given for Science related topics.
- Science-Class.net
New
Outstanding!
This is a terrific site for all aspects of science
that has a middle school focus but can be adapted
to upper-el. Everything you need to carry out a unit
of study.
- Science
NetLinks
The site provides a wealth of resources for K-12 science
educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful
standards-based Internet experiences for students.
- Shodor Education
Foundation, Inc.
The site's purpose to advance science and math education
through the use of computational science, modeling
and technology. Interactive activities and instruc-
tional materials for students, educators, and parents;
faculty development, and student enrichment are all
part of this outstanding site.
- Smart Tools for
Busy Teachers
- This site is a resource for teachers. There are
numerous lessons in all subject areas including
math and science. There are how-to for teachers:
from organizing the classroom to doing a fundraiser.
It is important for teachers to have sites to help
them in areas such as these.
- The
Source Book for Teaching Science
Outstanding!
The Sourcebook for Teaching Science: Strategies, Activities,
and Internet Resources, provides new and experienced
teachers with a wealth of useful teaching strategies,
resources, lessons, activities, and ideas to enhance
science teaching and learning. All ideas and activities
are based upon learning theory.
The Sourcebook for Teaching Science is designed to
compliment any secondary school science curricula.
Science teachers will find ready-to-use demonstrations,
experiments, illustrations, games, puzzles, analogies,
lessons, activities, and strategies, as well as explanations
of how to adapt these for various student populations.
- Venn
Diagram
This is a source for teachers or students to learn
more about Venn diagrams.The site includes ways to
use Venns and how to create your own. There
is a database of Venn Diagrams to view also.
- Yahoo
Science Directory
This site has identified many links to various science
web sites. The links are informational and/or
student interactive. The links cover a multitude
of topics in every science area.
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