- 42eXplore New
Why start with a search engine,
when you can find a pathfinder to fit your needs
at 42eXplore? When learning something new, it's nice
to have more than one resource to explore. This web
project provides "four to eXplore" for
each topic. On each page you'll find definitions,
activities, the 4 good starting points, and many
more links and resources for the thematic topic.
Go to the About Site page for more information about
the website.
- American Museum of
Natural History
This splendid
site is user friendly, contains current scientific
information and interpretations, and is compelling
to audiences from children through senior citizens.
The main menu has more than 90 links grouped within
categories entitled: The Museum, Exhibitions, Science
and Research, Education, and Just for Kids.
- BBC Science and Nature New
Outstanding This site
links to BBC's Science and Nature page. The site
has a lot of good information, videos, etc.
- 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.
- Bitesize New
This site has all content areas with
powerpoints, simulations, webquests, activities and
animations K-12, virtual field trips, rubrics, and
many additional resources for teachers.
- 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.
- Dragonfly
TV from PBS Kids
A website with
science video, activities, scigirls, and podcasts. "Real
Kids, Real Science." Also available as free
video podcasts on iTunes.
- Discovery
Education
Outstanding -
The Discovery Channel School site is a large collection
of pages
and links that can be used by anyone on any level
to research and explore numerous areas of science.
The structure of the site allows it to be used by
the teacher, the parent, or the student. The wealth
of information presented was accurate, well documented.
- Educational Simulations New
This site has all content
areas with powerpoints, simulations, webquests, activities
and animations K-12, virtual field trips, rubrics,
and many additional resources for teachers.
- Education
World Eduction Center
- General site for resources for science students
and teachers.
- Elementary Science New
This site provides
many general and grade specific (K - 5) science links.
- Energy Kids- US Energy Information Administration New
This site has lesson plans, games, activities,
and information on Energy.
- Fact Monster New
Broad based site includes encyclopedias,
games, homework help, etc.
- 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.
- Forensic
Science
This site describes lesson
plans and lab activities using forensic applications
for blood analysis, hair analysis and DNA typing.
It lists materials and estimated time needed for
each activity. These activities would work best for
biology, chemistry and physics classes.
- 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.
- Green Cardinal Initiative-Saginaw Valley State
University New
The Green Cardinal Initiative is a
group of students, faculty, and staff at Saginaw
Valley State University who are interested in creating
a more sustainable future. This website allows students,
alumni, faculty, staff and community members to sign
up to be a Green Cardinal and to join in the conversation.
- 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.
- Jason Project New
Outstanding Free Registration
Required; Aligned with National Geographic Explorer,
NOAA, NASA, Dr. Ballard Include numerous research
articles, hands-on lab activities, videos, games,
and multimedia resources
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Includes suggested lesson plans, extensions, interdisciplinary
connections, and teacher resources for alignment,
assessment, and classroom management.
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Designed for 5-8 grade but can be adjusted.
- Jefferson County Schools Science Presentations New
This site has many different power point
presentation created by the science department of
Jefferson County. For grade K-5.
- Jefferson County Schools Science Presentations New
This site has many different power point presentation
created by the science department of Jefferson County.
For grades 6-12.
- Learning
Point Associates
This is the Great Lakes East Comprehensive Center home page. It contains numerous
links to a large variety of information devoted to the increased use of technology
to improve instruction.
- 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.
- Learning
Point Associates
This is the Great Lakes East Comprehensive Center
home page. It contains numerous links to a large
variety of information devoted to the increased
use of technology
to improve instruction.
- Ology
This site was created by the American
Museum of Natural History. It includes activities,
videos, book lists, etc. to cover a wide variety
of science concepts. It would be appropriate for
use at a wide variety of grade levels.
- 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.
- PhET - Interactive Simulation New
Outstanding This a site full of interactive simuations for students
at the high school levels. It covers multiple area
of science including: Physics, Biology, Earth Science,
Chemistry and Math.
- Purpose Games New
PurposeGames.com is host to
educational quiz and trivia games created by its
members. In just a few minutes, you can create your
very own game to share with your friends! It has
a number of interactive games that deal directly
with science subjects. This site is appropriate for
upper middle to high school.
- Resources
Helping Students to Connect
Outstanding - The Discovery Channel School site is a large collection
of pages and links that can be used by anyone on
any level to research and explore numerous areas
of science. The structure of the site allows it to
be used by the teacher, the parent, or the student.
The wealth of information presented was accurate,
well documented, and highly usable.
- 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 Clarified New
This is a general science
site that has information on many different science
topics: Science and Technology; Science of Everyday
Things; Science in Dispute; Landforms and Other Geologic
Features as well as links to other sites that feature
science related activities.
- Science-Class.net New
Outstanding Within this
site teachers can find a variety of power point presentations
on various science topics.
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- Science
DailyOutstanding - Site that contains
up-to-date science informaiton.
- Science Clips New
This site has Interactive sites,
games, links, and activities for students and teachers
5-12 in science, mathematics, and English.
- Science
Friday
Outstanding. This website has
multiple downloads and videos about current science
issues. There is also a teacher resource section
for ideas on implementation into the classroom.
- Science
Inquiry
Multiple links to many science
as well as math sites, includes student interactive
games, virtual activities along with srudent and
teacher resources.
- Science Labs - Learning Zone New
Here, you'll find
links to great websites to help your science learning.
Many different science topics are covered, a lot
of great animations and interactive games.
- Science Learning
Network
The site is the product
of a partnership among six science museums and is
funded by Unisys and the National Science Foundation.
These resources cover a broad range of topics, many
of which are guaranteed to appeal to middle-school
and high-school students. But anyone can learn a
great deal through these resources.
- 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.
- Science Review Games New
Welcome to ScienceReviewGames.com,
your FREE, fun and interactive site to help you study
for science exams! Here you can play games such as
basketball, soccer and deal or no deal all while
reviewing science topics! Test review just got fun!
- Science
Teacher Program from Columbia University
This site is from Columbia University. It is
a research based website where lesson plans, lab
activities and general information are held. This
is an excellent resource for teachers looking for
lesson plan or lab ideas in all areas of science.
- Sengi Outwits Hungry Lizard New
This site
provides a Discovery Channel Video of the Sengi Outwits
Hungry Lizard.
- 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 experiMENTALS New
This site is full of videos
and simple science experiments that elementary teachers
can use in the classroom. The videos and experiments
cover a variety of science topic, are easy to follow,
and for the most part use inexpensive materials.
- The Online Teacher Resource-tEach-nology New
Outstanding:
This site has all the resources a teacher needs in
all content areas. It has lesson, rubrics, worksheets,
etc.
- The Science Classroom New
Cruise through
a sampling of science activities covering a range
of topics (chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science,
astronomy) and created for use in the middle school
classroom.
- 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.
- WolframAlpha
- Computational Knowledge EngineOutstanding Today's
Wolfram Alpha is the first step in an ambitious,
long-term project to make all systematic knowledge
immediately computable by anyone. Enter your question
or calculation,and Wolfram Alpha uses its built-in
algorithms and a growing collection of data to
compute the answer.
- 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.
- zeroBio - Mixed flash Animations New
This site
has multiple animations for students and teachers
on a variety of science related topics. Grade levels
covered by the website are 9th - 12th grade.
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