| Biome
Exchange - Collect and exchange climatic data with other schools for
a month to learn about different biomes. |
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| Down the
Drain - an ongoing project collecting data on water usage from
people around the world. See how your water use compares to others and
determine what you might do to use less. |
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| Earth & Sky - an
NSF-funded show on natural science, airing daily on more than 800 public
and commercial radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. The Young Producers
Contest encourages teams of K-12 students to create science radio
programs for Earth & Sky broadcasts. |
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| Frog
Force - kids are invited to help
scientists solve the mystery of what's causing widespread disappearance
and deformities among the world's frogs. Minnesota middle school students
discovered this problem in 1995; your students can help solve it by
adopting a frog pond and reporting their sightings. |
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| Global
Sun/Temperature Project - students aged 9-12 submit local temperature
and sunlight data during a specific week each semester, producing a
database that allows exploration of relationships between average
temperature and amount of sunlight and proximity to the equator. |
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| Global Water
Sampling Project - middle and high school students can compare the
water quality of their local river, stream, lake, or pond with other
fresh water sources around the world and submit their own data and
reports. |
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| The
GLOBE Program - how you and your students can participate in
environmental research |
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| International
Boiling Point Project - middle school students worldwide can discover
which factor (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating
device) has the greatest influence on boiling point by performing the
same experiment and submitting their results. |
|
| Jason Project - annual expeditions
that complement year-long curricula. Bring real science into the
classroom via satellite or Internet. |
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| Journey North -
a global study of wildlife migration. Depending on where you live, your
students can help to track the migration of bald eagles, hummingbirds,
loons, manatees, monarch butterflies, orioles, robins, whooping cranes,
humpback whales, right whales, or gray whales. Or, use several
indicators to track the progress of spring across the northern
hemisphere. |
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| NASA Quest -
Satellite Town Meetings, WebChats, and WebCasts allow you and your
classroom to join in on NASA events (check the current schedule. Also,
projects that let kids meet (not just read about) NASA experts:
Solar System
Online, Deep Space
Online, Space
Team Online, Aerospace Team Online,
Wright Flyer
Online, Women
of NASA, and archives of past projects. |
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| National Sky
Awareness Week - how your school can participate |
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| One Sky, Many
Voices - innovative and inquiry-based science programs utilizing
CD-ROM's and the Web. May be used in classrooms, at home, with scouts
and other after-school programs. Register for 4 or 8 week programs
dealing with environmental themes. Examples are Kids as Global
Scientists, BioKids, and Hurricanes. |
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| Planet
Earth - a suite of interactive learning activities on ecology |
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| Project
Starshine - Anyone can sight this small satellite, given tracking information. Read about Starshine
3 at Science@NASA. Teachers can sign up their schools or classrooms
to participate in tracking this "disco ball in space" or in polishing
mirrors for its successors, at www.azinet.com/starshine/starform.htm. |
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| Remote
Access Online Real-time Science Experiments - on biological timing
for middle school and for K-4 students |
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| Road Scholars
Online - upper elementary and middle school classrooms are asked to
join in investigating real world issues and environmental dilemmas, with
help from Jeeves, the Internet butler. |
|
| SETI at
Home - be part of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected
computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Get and
run this program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data when
you would normally be running a screen saver. There's a small but
captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint
murmur of a civilization beyond Earth. |
| Access
Excellence - A place in cyberspace for biology teaching and
learning. Includes news updates, teaching communities, an activities
exchange, collaboration opportunities, and much more! |
|
| Amazing
Environmental Organization Web Directory - the Earth's biggest
environmental search engine! |
|
| Animal Diversity
Web from U. Michigan - searchable database of mammals, birds,
amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony fishes, mollusks, arthropods, and
echinoderms, with images and some sounds |
|
| Animal
Information Database from Sea World - Animal info, training, careers,
educational resources |
|
| Arthropods of La Selva -
a database of Costa Rican flies, ants, beetles, katydids, and
arachnids |
|
| Athena
Earth & Space Science projects and lessons using NASA's Remote
Sensing Data |
|
| Atomic
Force/Scanning Probe Microscopes - A video animation and clear
explanation of how they work from the UVA Virtual Lab.  |
|
| Bad Science -
Examples of common misconceptions and misrepresentations, including Bad
Astronomy, Bad Chemistry, Bad Meteorology, and Bad Physics |
|
| BioChemLinks - links to
biology and chemistry sites, science centers, and career info; also,
terrific links on
Teaching Science |
|
| Biological Collections
from U. Connecticut - searchable databases of birds, mammals, fish,
parasites, insects, plants, and plant fossils |
|
|
BioPoint Hotlist - Find online exhibits, news, references, and links
dedicated to biology. Topics include the Origin of Life, Viruses,
Genetics, and Anatomy - to name a few! |
|
| Cell and Molecular
Biology - How and where to search the Internet for literature |
|
| Cells Alive -
tons of info on all kinds of cells |
|
| Chemistry: Interactive
Table of Elements - includes characteristics, history, and uses of
each |
|
| Cornell Theory Center Math
and Science Gateway - links for high school students to tutorials
and on-line help in astronomy, agriculture, biology, chemistry,
computers, earth & environmental science, engineering, health and
medicine, mathematics, meteorology, and physics |
|
| Disaster Finder
- a complete index to the best disaster Web sites [from NASA] |
|
| Discovery Channel
Online - Feature stories, real time adventures, TV programs, virtual
expeditions |
|
| Earth and Moon
Viewer - View a map of the Earth at the current time or
choose to view the Earth or the Moon from various locations,
including a satellite orbiting the Earth. |
|
| Earth
Science Australia - great background information on geological
structures and processes, mineral deposits, gemstones, oil, and how we
mine some of these resources; also on paleontology and fossils, energy
resources, and space science. |
|
|
Earth Science Resources - from the Franklin Institute. Directory
of links and online exhibits for topics ranging from volcanoes,
ecosystems, to rocks and minerals. |
|
| Earth's
Fidgeting Climate - Science@NASA discusses evidence regarding human
impact upon our climate. |
|
| Frank
Potter's Science Gems - tons of WWW resources dealing with Physical
Science, Earth Science, Life Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and
Health. All sites sorted by subject and "minimum" grade level. |
|
| Gem and Mineral
Collection - virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institution |
|
| Geography -
Electronic Resources - geography standards, virtual tours and field
trips, games & quizzes, teaching geography to special needs kids, and
much more! |
|
| Geology Link -
from Houghton Mifflin Company, includes virtual field trips,
hot topics and news involving geology, a glossary, other links and
much more! |
|
| Inventure Place -
the National Inventors Hall of Fame - a hands-on, interactive museum
presenting the great inventors of our time and unique exhibits featuring
fiber optics, lasers, videos and more |
|
| Insect Identification -
Insectclopedia's dozens of links to "bug ID" resources |
|
| The
Invisible Web: Database contents rarely found in search engines
|
|
| Learning Technologies
Channel - live and archived audio/video programs over the Internet,
including monthly tours of the International Space Station, a four-part
hurricane series starting in September 1998, and eight lectures on
astrobiology [from NASA] |
|
|
Live from the Stratosphere - Take an interactive tour of the
Kuiper Airborne Observatory and learn about its contributions to
astronomy. Also includes photos from KAO and K-12 lesson plans. |
|
| Missouri
Botanical Garden: Exploring the
Tropics, an overview of tropical climate, vegetation, plant and
animal interactions, biodiversity, and threats to tropical rain forests;
A Tropical Feast, telling all about tropical fruits, nuts,
vegetables, edible roots, oils, and spices; and Plant Map of Costa
Rica, a database of plant life and botanical research there. |
|
| National Biological
Information Infrastructure - an electronic gateway to biological
data and information maintained by federal, state, and local government
agencies; private sector organizations; and other partners around the
world |
|
|
The Nine Planets - a multimedia tour of the solar system,
complete with the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge
of each of the planets. |
|
| NIST
Chemistry Web Book - This comprehensive reference includes
thermodynamic data for over 5,000 chemical compounds and ion-energetics
data for over 10,000 chemical compounds. Compounds can be searched by
name, chemical formula, or CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) registry
number. Includes info on enthalpy of formation, heat capacity, entropy,
ionization potential, and appearance potential. |
|
| NIST Physical
Reference Data - From the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, this site links to physical constants, units, conversion
factors, spectroscopic data, and much more. |
|
| Orthoptera Species File
Online - a taxonomic database of over 25,000 crickets, locusts,
grasshoppers, and katydids, including images and many sounds |
|
| Periodic
Table of Elements - interactive chart giving atomic weight and
number, melting and boiling point, density, phase at room temperature,
explanation of name, history and uses |
|
| The Physics Page -
links to numerous physics websites |
|
| Piezoelectric
Crystals - An animation and explanation from the UVA Virtual
Lab of how the peizoelectrics in a scanning Probe microscope work.
|
|
|
Rocks and Minerals - from the Franklin Institute. General
overview of rocks, minerals, crystals, mining, and other topics in
geology. Provides more in depth links for each topic. |
|
| Scanning
Electron Microscopes - A video animation and clear explanation
of how they work from the UVA Virtual Lab. |
|
| Scanning
Probe Microscopes - A video animation and clear explanation
of how they work from the UVA Virtual Lab. |
|
| Science Learning
Network - excellent K - 8 inquiry-based science resources developed
by several prominent science museums around the country and the world.
Also offers science hotlists and news, collaborative investigations with
schools around the country, and links to SLN's network of museums. |
|
| Science
News Online - weekly science news articles, plus MathTrek,
Science Safari in Cyberspace, 70 Years Ago in Science News, and Food for
Thought news on nutrition and health |
|
| Science Update
and Why Is It? - 100% of your daily science requirement, from
the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science |
|
| Scientific American's Ask the Experts - ask experts
any question about the areas of Astronomy, Biology,
Chemistry, computers, our environment, Geology, Mathematics,
Medicine and Physics. Or check out the Ask the Experts archive and
see what others have asked! |
|
| Seeing, Hearing,
and Smelling the World - from the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, great information about our senses and how they work. |
|
| Semiconductors
& transistors - A video animation and clear explanation
of how they work from the UVA Virtual Lab. |
|
| Solar System Live - view
the entire solar system, complete with the history, mythology, and
current scientific knowledge of each of the planets. |
|
| Tree
Identification from MSU Extension Service - gives several places to
start in identifying species. Specifically designed for Michigan's Upper
Peninsula but useful for others, too. |
|
| University Of Colorado
Health Sciences Center:
The Visible Human Database -
database of human anatomy; 3D visuals and simulations for both middle
school science students and practicing surgeons!
The Visible Human Male
The Visible
Human Female |
|
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District -
gives data on water levels and forecasts for the Great Lakes, updated
several times daily; pictorial tour of Soo Locks; animation of lock
operation; graphical explanation of various Great Lakes and ocean
ships, including types, masts and flags; much more! |
|
| U.S. Geological Survey - Adventures in The Learning
Web - information on volcanoes, marine geology, acid rain, plate
tectonics, maps—and lots of satellite images of Earth |
|
| Virtual Autopsy
- See a "Virtual Autopsy" (annotated images of computed tomography (CT)
scans) of the 5,000 year old preserved body of an Incan teenage girl.
Scientist have used CT scan to gain information about her DNA, possible
links to living relatives, as well as details of her death that provide
new insights into Incan ritual and religion. |
|
| Virtual Field Trips - a list
of Web-based experiences |
|
| The Visible
Embryo - Follow the development of a human embryo from fertilization
to birth.
|
|
| Whale Net -
about whales and marine research; links to other whale sites |
|
| Whale
Watching Web - from Finland, virtual whale watching and more! |
|
| Whales
on the Net - from Australia, virtual dives, a photo gallery, whale
research and current issues, and links to other whale sites. Note: this
link is to the text-only version; from there, you can try the graphic and
sound enhanced version, but it is very slow to load. |
|
| Your Genes, Your
Choices, an on-line book describing the Human Genome Project,
the science behind it, and the ethical, legal, and social issues
(illustrated by examples) that are raised by the project |
|
| Your Sky - use this interactive
planetarium to produce sky maps for any time, date, viewpoint, and
observation location. Students can also track asteroids or
comets. |