- Whyville
*Cool Site* - A free website dedicated to learning
through exploration and communication.
- All
Science Stuff.com - Articles about many topics in science including molecular
biology, physics. Some include Flash animations to help explain concepts.
- American Communications Foundation Newsource: Science
& Technology - Assists the commercial broadcast news media in its coverage
of science and technology, which is often under-reported because of staffing and
budgetary restraints. Enhances the coverage by providing research, development
and production of news stories free of charge to commercial news outlets.
- Ask Dr.
Jekyl and Mr. Hyde - Answers to a variety of science and technology questions,
including questions you never thought to ask.
- Assignments 'R' Us - Offers mathematics, physics
and chemistry assignment assistance.
- Athena - Earth and space science resources for
K-12 from NASA.
- Attaining Excellence Through TIMSS - Resources
for learning about and discussing the Third International Mathematics and Science
Study, including related reports, data and commentaries.
- BBC
Science - A resource to many science topics currently in the news and links
to sites on topics such as cloning, genetics, and electricity.
- BETR
World Science and Computer Education - Offering information on classes and
camps for science and computer education in Maryland and Virginia.
-
Beyond Discovery
- A series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological
and medical advances. Each story reveals the crucial role played by basic science.
- Bill Nye
the Science Guy - Online science laboratory. Includes learning activities
and show information.
- Brainium
- A curriculum-based, online environment where teachers and students can share
ideas, experiments and activities.
- Candis Mitchell's Science Teacher's Site - Designed
to help educators search for internet material appropriate for their classrooms.
- Computers and Assessment in Science Education. ERIC
Digest ED395770 - Discusses types of software applications used in scientific
evaluations, underlying assumptions, issues which relate to validity, gender equity,
instructional delivery, mode of user interface, and responsibility to the public.
- Cornell Theory Center Math/Science Gateway - Links
to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12.
- Creation Wonders - Creating wonder in the classroom
by teaching amazing facts about animals, earth, space, and the human body. Provides
factual information, lesson plans, along with ideas and resources for teachers.
- Cute Science
- Learning materials for include coloring books, audio lectures, videos and workbooks.
Subjects covered are math, science, and HTML. Includes product list and online
order form.
- Department of Energy Science Education Programs
- Internship and fellowship opportunities for undergraduate students and teachers
related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- Did
You Ever Wonder? - Each month a dozen questions are posed and answered by
lab scientists on various topics on how things work in the natural world.
- Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor
- An interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse your students
in the exciting process of deep-sea research and exploration.
- Ed
Quest - Includes guided links for students, lesson plans and references for
teachers, as well as collaborative projects directed towards the middle school
level.
- Education Planet - Top rated science sites as
picked by educator/reviewers.
- Educational Resources Catalog - In addition to
the catalog itself, links are provided to curriculum materials, professional development,
software, visual and audiovisual classroom support, print material and online
resources.
- Educational Resources in Physics, Astronomy, and Related
Fields - Annotated list of links to internet resources.
- Elementary Science Program - A science activity
of the month for students and teachers of elementary science, plus an archive
of past activities, and resources for a variety of science units.
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The ENC
Digital Dozen - Each month the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse selects a
dozen useful math and science sites for teachers and students. Includes archives.
- EOA Scientific Internet Campus - Find educational
information and interactive multimedia resources in earth science,geology,oceanography,space
science, astronomy, physical science, and remote sensing.
- ERIC
Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education - Goal
is to provide access to information for teaching and learning about science, mathematics,
and the environment.
- ESL and Science Education - This site provides
various resources for educators that want to integrate science content with English
language skill development.
- European Science & Technology Week - Demonstrates
and explains the impact of science, its uses, and its applications in the daily
lives of European citizens. Activities and events, aims and objectives, and news
and press releases.
- Every Child a Scientist - For those who want to
take an active role in improving the science program in their schools.
- Experiences of the Twentieth Century Saga - The
site provides useful resources on mathematics and physics.
- The
Exploration Network (EXN) - Discovery Channel Canada Online covers science,
technology, nature and adventure.
- ExpoDream: Science Expo - Free portfolios and
projects posting for amateur and professional scientists and science researchers
to exhibit their works online. Also providing resources, science forum and scientist
message board.
- Extreme
Science - Science news and activities with an emphasis on extremes.
- Field Trips
Site - The Field Trips site has virtual science tours on nature topics visiting
some of the best sites on a subject. Teacher's resources are included.
- Frank Potter's
Science Gems - Science resources are sorted by category and grade level.
- Free Science Worksheets - Features over science
labs for biology, chemistry, and physics, and numerous other printable note skeletons,
graphic organizers, and worksheets.
- Fun
With Science - A professional geophysicist maintains this collection of resources
for classroom demonstrations and hands-on exercises about physics, earth science,
earthquakes, math and fun illusions. Includes videos of earthquake shake tables.
- The Gender &
Science Digital Library (GSDL) - Aims to provide high-quality digital resources
to 1) help educators promote interest and engagement with STEM (science, technology,
engineering and mathematics) education by learners of all ages, particularly females,
2) encourage learners to pursue science education and future careers in science,
3) provide an inter-disciplinary examination of the role of gender in the creation,
teaching and learning of science, and 4) build community among all interested
users for the purposes of inquiry, information exchange, best practices development
and mentoring.
- The GLOBE Program - A worldwide hands-on, primary
and secondary school-based education and science program.
- The Great Web of Science - Providing links for
science, astronomy, biology, chemistry, electronics, medicine, meteorology, oceanography,physics
and space.
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics - Science
Education Department - Develops curricula, videos and activities to enhance
learning of scientific topics. Includes list of projects and staff.
-
How Stuff
Works - Explanations about form and function in science and technology.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Publications,
lab safety training videos, biomedical research and science education multi-media
resources.
- Hyperlinks (Science Education) - Science education
links.
- Ig Nobel Prizes - Awards are intended to celebrate
the unusual, the imaginative and spur people's interest in science, medicine,
and technology. Includes list of winners, and information on publications and
annual ceremony.
- Illusion Works - A multimedia museum of optical
and sensory illusions, with on-line demonstrations and explanations.
-
Implementing Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- In addressing standards for science education, the North Central Regional Educational
Laboratory discusses the critical issues involved. Includes overview, goals, strategies
and pitfalls.
- Instructional Materials for Science Educators
- IMSE is sponsored by the SERVIT Group, part of the Department of Mathematics,
Science, and Technology Education, North Carolina State University.
-
Journal of Young Investigators
- Online journal dedicated to the presentation of undergraduate research in science,
mathematics, and engineering.
- K-12 Science Education Resources - From teacher
Bill Beaty's homepages. Includes links, projects and lesson plans.
-
K-12 Traveling Science Programs - Find a science
assembly, workshop, exhibit, or mobile laboratory that can come to your school
wherever you are.
- Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center - The
centerpiece for education at Fermilab. Over twenty-five education programs aiming
to develop habits of mind through inquiry.
- Microscopy Educational Resources for K-12 Education
- These sites are especially helpful for bringing the Microworld into the class
room. Many other resources are listed in the Guide to Microscopy.
-
Middle School Physical Science Resource Center
- Reviews of textbooks and other teaching materials, essays, newsletter, and forums.
Suggestions for site improvements and future reviews welcomed. A project of North
Carolina State University.
- Mike's
Notes - In ezine format, the site provides a searchable database of back issues.
Provides content on multiple science fields, together with hyperlinks for each
topic.
- MIT Council
on Primary and Secondary Education - Offers programs for K-12 students and
MIT students, and resources for parents and teachers as well as MIT alumni.
- MSNucleus - Access to the K-12 Integrating Science,
Math, and Technology Reference Curriculum is now FREE.
- NASA
Education - Links to all aspects of NASA's extensive education resources,
including news, programs for children and adults, student resources, and calendar
of events.
- NASA's Space Science Activities for Students -
Space science activities for elementary and secondary students in astronomy, physics,
life sciences, and space technology.
- Negashte - A student magazine from Tehran, with
mathematics and physics content. In both Iranian and English.
- Oak
Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) - Education and training
programs in science.
- Parent Patch - Large collection of science websites
that are educational and fun and links to virtual science tours.
- PathFinder Science Network - Science education
programs for students of all ages in biology, chemistry, and earth science. GIS
and modeling technologies are used to study student collected data.
-
Physchem - Activities, lesson outline and assignments
for level 10 to level 12 physics and chemistry classes (in high school).
- Planet
Science - Designed to stimulate the imagination about science and technology.
Provides science resources for primary and secondary school students and their
teachers.
- Powers of Ten - Start 10 million light-years from
the Milky Way galaxy and wind up face to face with a proton in Florida.
- Project
2061 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science's site on reforms
of science, mathematics, and technology education.
- QEC
Science Education - A diverse set of resources for science students and science
educators dedicated to improving learning outcomes.
- Resources for Scientists Teaching Science - Creative
teaching ideas from scientists who teach science. Designed for instructors who
are interested in teaching courses that use writing as a tool to engage students
in active learning.
- Royal Science - Learn about the various fields
of science, what they are, and where to find more fun information about them.
- Sandlot
Science - Interactive optical illusions, games, science projects, fun puzzles,
and distortions.
- 101
Science & Technology for Amateurs - Science and other technology subjects
for home learning centers, amateur radio operators, and amateur scientists.
- Science Activities Manual: K-8 - "Hands-on" activities
based on the National Science Education Standards. Covers many science topics.
- Science Books
and Films - The AAAS review journal for science materials for all ages, including
reviews and recommendations for books, videos, software, and web sites.
- The Science
Education Centre at Funda College, Soweto - Provides innovative learning and
teaching materials for physics, chemistry, biology and math. Includes sample exams,
tutorials, puzzles, labs or experiments to do at home, and many photographs and
diagrams to assist in understanding.
- Science Education Links - References, resources
and annotated links for secondary school science teachers and trainees. University
of Sydney.
- Science Explained - Online science lessons on
a wide variety of subjects, including the cloning of Dolly the sheep, the Montserrat
volcano, water on the Moon, Martian fossils, and the "chicken flu."
-
The Science Eye
- Science and environmental education specialists offer science awareness through
simulated classroom safaris for all ages.
- Science Friday Kids' Connection - Hyperlinked
lesson plans, summaries, and related materials to topics previously discussed
on the show.
- The
Science House at North Carolina State University - A learning outreach program
with a mission to work with K-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands-on learning
activities in science and mathematics. Forum; annotated directory of links; and
searchable resources for science, math and for hands-on activities in general.
- Science Learning
Network - Community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other
institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. Site contains
a variety of inquiry-posed problems, information, demonstrations, and labs.
- Science Links - Reviews of a wide range of science-related
sites for science students and teachers. Reviews indicate curriculum relevance
of sites, age suitability and suggestions for use of sites in teaching science.
- Science Master Image Galleries - Picture galleries
containing a collection of images relating to science and nature topics.
- Science Math Technology - Contains student homework
and test preparation help links. And, offers teaching professionals curriculum
pages and summer research openings. Includes listings to state departments of
education.
- Science Olympiad - Purchase an instructional video
that details essential elements of Science Olympiad's Wright Stuff (rubber band-propelled
airplanes) competition.
- Science Online - Fee-based subscription site,
providing a free tour of the resources available. These include an information
bank, animated models, simulations, professional development, experiments online,
and teacher presentations.
- Science Online - Dictionary of scientific terms
and scientists and science news. In French but with access from English terms.
- Science Resources - Large index of science related
internet resources created by Nerd World Media.
- Science Shack at BBC Online - Get answers to your
science questions, look for experiments you to do, and visit our multimedia area
to learn more about current science topics in the news.
- The
Science Spot - Resource for educators and students. The Science Classroom
and the Kid Zone are to make learning fun.
- Science Teacher Stuff - Resources for K - 12 science
education; lessons plans, webquests, background information, research, and education
reform.
- Science
Teachers' Resource Center - Site is for science teachers to share ideas such
as labs, demonstrations and any other information to which teachers wish to grant
public access.
- Science Technologies - Our company develops multimedia
instructional technologies for the sciences. This includes CDs and websites for
textbooks. We specialize in Flash and Chime.
- Science, Technology and How Things Work - Science
foundations and all aspects of scientific education, for K-12 students to advanced
experts.
- Science
U - Interactive exhibits and multimedia articles and activities.
-
ScienceAware - Offering downloadable safety checklists,
quizzes, and other handouts, as well as access to other free lab-safety materials
developed especially for high school science teachers and students.
-
ScienceDaily Magazine - Free, advertising-supported
online magazine that provides news about the latest discoveries and hottest research
projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology.
- Sciencefinder - A wealth of information for teachers
and students of science, especially but not exclusively for British high schools.
- ScienceIQ.com - A science fact sent by email each
workday. Large online archive. Free trial subscription.
- ScienceMaster - Links to specific scientific disciplines.
Offers features, columnists articles, homework helper, science topics for discussion,
books and software links, downloads, and email.
- ScienceNetLinks - Resource for K-12 science educators.
- The Sciences Explorer - Learn something new about
math, biology, chemistry, and physics, and try innovative activities that introduce
key concepts. An entry in the Thinkquest 97 contest.
- Sci-Journal - Gives school and college students
the chance to publish work they've done in their science classes so that other
students around the world can read about it. A discussion list allows messages
about each article to be posted on the site.
- Sci-Math WORLD: An Interactive Internet Workshop
- Provides annotated Web links to relevant science and math subjects arranged
as directories and portals, searchable sites, search engines, and interactive
Web sites.
- SCORE Science - In addition to the Teacher's Place
resources for teachers,the Kid's Corner has HOT links to science activities, and
Ask A Scientist provides additional science resources for students.
-
Sheppard's Science Resources - Over 800 links
organized alphabetically in over 40 categories.
- Solution Archive Solutions of College Level Science
Problems - Worked out answers to science problems, including advanced mathematics,
physics, dynamics, computer science and chemistry.
- The
Subaru National Science Teaching Awards - Designed to celebrate science educators
who are catalysts in the classroom. Site also has science news,teaching resources,
an idea exchange, and a science teacher survey.
- SwRI's Lighter Side - Engineers and scientists
are available to answer questions. The site also features an archive of past enquiries.
- Teachers Experiencing
Antarctica and the Arctic - Program that sponsors research experiences in
the polar regions for U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers. Includes
program information, journals and other reports from current and past participants,
and related classroom activities.
- TeachOne - Has links for science teachers, biology
teachers in particular, as well as general education links. Includes useful sites
for lesson planning and searching the internet.
- The
Third International Mathematics and Science Study - Responses to issues regarding
12th-Grade TIMSS.
- Toyota TAPESTRY Grant - Each year, the Toyota
TAPESTRY Grants for Teachers program awards 50 grants of up to $10,000 each to
K-12 teachers of science in the fields of environmental science and physical science
applications. Toyota TAPESTRY projects demonstrate creativity, involve risk-taking,
possess a visionary quality, and model a new way of presenting science.
- TryScience.org - Content is contributed by science
centers and museums worldwide and constantly changes.
- UniServe Science - Disseminate information and
innovative materials relating to science teaching throughout Australia. Contains
tertiary and secondary school resources, publications, information on academic
courses and professional development workshops, and discussion mailing lists.
- U.S. Department of Energy - A friendly portal
through which energy and science education resources can be accessed and enjoyed.
- UVM Design
Tasc Competition - Annual competition for high school students, in which math
and physics concepts are put into practice.
- Virtual
World of Animated Gifs and Java Applets for Education - Promoting the use
of animated gifs and Java applets in the teaching of science. The site has samples
and shows how these may be incorporated into websites and PowerPoint slides for
use in education.
- The Visible Human Explorer - This demonstration
exhibits the user interface for remote access to the National Library of Medicine's
Visible Human digital image library. Users can visualize the library, browse contents,
locate data of interest, and retrieve desired images.
- Whelmers - Science activities that will catch
the eye and mind of even the most indifferent student.
- World
Wide Web Instructional Committee - An ad hoc group of North Dakota State University
faculty dedicated to developing internet-based educational sites. This website
details the efforts of our group. Current projects include visual educational
research in computer science, biology, geology, and anthropology.
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