Science Resources

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Projects, Publications and Organizations

• Ever wonder how scientists use antibodies to detect a disease? Find out more and test your diagnostic skills in HHMI's Virtual Lab!
• National Science Teacher Association Home Page What's going on with the NSTA: Scope, Sequence, and Coordination Project Standards, resources, and other materials of interest for the science teacher.
• The Why Files Timely science. The Science behind the news. An NSF funded project that examines science topics that give a better understanding of what is happening in the news.
• Projects in Scientific Computing This publication features some of the most exciting research being done today in various fields, and is written at a non-specialist level. Science teachers have told us it is valuable as a teaching tool for high school students and undergraduates.
• UC-Irvine's Great Science and Math K-16 Resources A most comprehensive listing of thousands of resources arranged by subject area and grade level. Indispensable, great!
• The Eisenhower National Clearing House The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse is designed to help educators improve teaching and learning in science and mathematics education. The Digital Curriculum Lab is just one way for teachers to use ENC. Check out the Catalog of Curriculum Resources to find instructional materials for K-12 math and science, or follow hundreds of links to Internet sites for math and science education.
• The Franklin Institute Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The "Virtual Science Museum" offers visitors a host of resources for science education as well as general information about the museum and its programs. Be sure to visit our "virtual exhibits" about Ben Franklin and The Heart. These multimedia presentations support learning through inquiry-based exploration. The doors of wisdom are always open.
• Weekly Science News Hotlist Also from the Franklin Institute. New sites. Weekly updates.
• The Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education maintains pointers to resources for math and science teachers.
• The Explorer is a repository of interdisiciplinary math and science lessons and software from the Great Lakes Telecommunications Collaborative. A great resource.
• Science and Math Education Resources

 

Environmental Science

• Harris County Office of Emergency Management Realtime stream flow data and rainfall data. This site is a wonderful place to go during a big rain to gather data for a project. Watch a front come through, see a flood developing.
• CIESN - Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network has an educator's guide. CIESIN contains data relevant to human interactions with the environment.
• WWF Global Network The World Wildlife Federation's Web Material. An excellent site.
• Planet Earth A good source of reference material.
• Journey North the environment, wildlife migration, different cultures.
• Missouri Botanical Gardens Network Activities especially constructed for the k-5 student and teacher. Hopefully, the age range will be extended.
• National Wildlife Federation Ranger Rick, curriculum on the environment, and activities for kids.
• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research ozone soundings from the Antarctic, coming soon "Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean".
• The WhaleNet Page offers curriculum resources and support, a source of data for interdisciplinary classroom activities, and interactive informational support through WhaleNet/EnviroNet utilizing telecommunications.
• California Academy of Sciences - Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
• EJE Link Environmental Education on the Internet - K12 Resources
• The EnviroLink Network the "world's largest environmental information archive."

 

Space

• NASA Lewis Spacecenter
• Space Educators Handbook from Johnson Space Center.
• Top 20 images from Comet Shoemaker-Levy. The list was determined by the number of accesses to the JPL Comet SL9 Home Page during the month of July 1994.
• Space Simulation Home Page maintained on Armadillo by Chris Rowan from the Brownsville School District. This is THE home page for teachers working with kids on Space Simulation Journeys.

 

Astronomy

• Planetary Society Founded by renowned scientists Carl Sagan and Bruce Murray,THE PLANETARY SOCIETY promotes the exploration of the planets and the search for extraterrestrial life. Join us and scientists, engineers, educators and others as we work to understand our world and reach for worlds beyond our own.
• Welcome to the Planets This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program "Welcome to the Planets" which willbe distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM in January, 1995.
• Images of Planet's captioned images from the major planets, small bodies, and the space craft used for the images.
• Earth and Sky Transcripts of the popular radio program that deals with various popular science subjects, ranging from astronomy and earth science to our environment.
• Northern Lights intends to spread knowledge about nature's own gigantic lightshow; The Northern Lights, also known as The Aurora Borealis
• New York State Ed's Science gopher collection
• Astronomy Servers
• Catania Astrophysical Observatory - Italy
• Williams College Astronomy
• Rice: Space Physics & Astronomy Resources
• Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collision with Jupiter
• Glennbrook, Illinois High School Physics some nice material from an active physics department.

  Geology and Earth Sciences

  • Ask a GeologistA nice service from the University of Houston Geology Department.
  • GeologyLink From Worth Publishers. This is a very nice batch of resources.
  • VolcanoesIncludes a Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World
  • U.S. Bureau of Mines
  • Illinois State Geological Server Lots of information about dinosaurs.
  • US Geological Survey's Education Page Excellent k12 resources. The ask-a-geologist feature looks to be a very good resource.
  • Geological and Geophysical Sciences at Princeton University.
  • Weather Images and Movies

   

  Physics

  • List of Physics Servers
  • Eisenhower Center for Math and Science Education
  • Canadian Meteorological Center weekly weather reports

   

  Chemistry

  • Chemistry Related Resources from Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute. Designed for Universities, this has some good information for the High school teachers and students.

   

  Biology

  • Neuroscience Resources for Kids This home page has been created for elementary and secondary school students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. I hope you enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learn more about the brain and spinal cord. This Home Page is maintained by Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.
  • ACCESS Excellence Lesson plans on a number of Biological Topic including the Heart and Circulatory System, DNA, and influential scientists. A very good resource. Access Excellence is a national educational program sponsored by the biotechnology industry pioneer, Genentech, Inc., that puts high school biology teachers in touch with their colleagues, scientists and critical sources of new scientific information through an online network. It's a virtual beehive of activity! Good for the middle school and elementary school science teacher.
  • The Science Behind Jurassic Park This information from San Deiego Children's Hospital and Apunix Computer Services working in collaboration with Jack Horner, brings you up to date on the real-life research being done on dinosaur fossils.
  • The Interactive Frog Dissection designed for high school biology students.
  • Bears A whole lot of good material on bears.
  • Bees and Other Insects This is a really nifty collection of material primarily on bees, but with more on other insects coming. A very nice site.
  • Dictionary of Cell Biology This search engine allows regular expression searches, and also allows users to submit their own comments, revisions or new entries directly to the editors.
  • Frog Stuff
  • Texas Threatened and Endangered Species
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mendel Web MendelWeb is an educational resource for teachers and students interested in the origins of classical genetics, introductory data analysis, elementary plant science, and the history and literature of science.
  • JASON Project Voyage V: Planet Earth A journey to the rain forest and coral reef of Belize
  • Northwest Fisheries Science Center

   

  Health

  • Health and Clinical Information
  • NIH - National Institute of Health

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