The site is available for students aged 9-90 and for anyone who
wants to find out more about the many aspects of water, from what it
is to how we use it. I invite you to come and browse. I hope thatthe
Water Science site can become a useful part of yourInternet-based
science education toolkit!
Ask
KidsConnect - is the
question-answering service for K-12 students. All the questions are
answered by volunteer school media specialists. Students can expect
an answer just like the one they would get from any librarian - it'll
include references for books, periodicals, and Internet sites. They
won't "do the homework", but they will provide lots of great
resources. KidsConnect is sponsored by the American Library Assn. and
Microsoft, and it's also free, like AskERIC.
AskERIC - (resources for education information):
- http://ericir.syr.edu (homepage)
- http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/ (virtual library)
- http://ericir.syr.edu/Qa/ (question form)
AIMS
(Activities Integrating Math and Science): A well-known (but expensive) science program. If
your school/group is considering a "kit-based" approach to science
education, you should certainly check out the AIMS program.
American
Museum of Natural History
Classroom
Connect - For a book of educational
sites for kids, and sites for teachers, get a copy of Classroom
Connect's A+ Yellow Pages, for either K-6, or 7-12.
Curriculum - A List of Internet Curriculum Resources
Earth
& Sky Online daily science radio
series Earth & Sky is heard by millions of listeners on over 950
commercial and public stations and their translators throughout the
United States. It can also be heard in Canada, the South Pacific and
on a variety of international networks, including Armed Forces Radio,
World Radio Network and Voice of America. Each day, Deborah Byrd and
Joel Block discuss popular science subjects that affect our everyday
lives. "
EDsOasis - web sites for kids/teachers --Where you will--
Find Education Treasures, Share Effective Strategies, Build
Community....
Encarta
Lesson Collection - Nearly 400
lesson plans and student activity sheets are available for free at
the Encarta Lesson Collection site
eSchool
News web site
Franklin
Institute - Premier Site - Located
in Philadelphia - Exceptional Information
- Hurricanes
K-12 Weather Premiering this
month at Millenaire: http://www.millennaire.com/intro.html
- The Third Millennium Education Project
-- Millenaire teacher-in resident Bonnie Bracey provides a
seasonal curriculum booster on the weather:"Hurricane
Bracey"reports on teaching weather in the classroom, provides
links to some of the net's most outstanding weather sites, and
provides some valuable information on hurricanes.
IMSEnet - continues to review and update links to the best
science instructional materials on the World Wide Web for classroom
instruction as well as a variety of K-12 interdisciplinary web
resources on a monthly basis.
Mr.
Wizard - Everyone should know who he
is or get to know him
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Education
website:--http://www.hq.nasa.gov/education/ NASA On-Line Resources
for Educators provide current educational information and
instructional resource materials to teachers, faculty, and students.
A wide range of information is available, including science,
mathematics, engineering, and technology education plans, historical
information related to the aeronautics and space program, curent
status reports on NASA projects, news releases, information on NASA
educational programs, and useful software and graphics files.
Educators and students can also use NASA resources as learning tools
to explore the Internet, access information about educational grants,
interact with other schools that they are already On-Line.
NASA
Spacelink:--http://spacelink.nasa.gov For additional
information, please send a message to: <comments@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov> NASA Spacelink is one of NASA's electronic
resources specifically developed for use by the educational
community. This comprehensive electronic library contains current and
historical information related to NASA's aeronautics and space
research. Educators can utilize Spacelink which provides electronic
access to NASA educational materials, news, and reference data as
well as educational produtcts, images and computer software that can
be useful to educators, students, and general public. Spacelink also
provides a powerful search feature and links to other NASA
educational sites throughout the Internet.
NASA
Quest: The Internet in the
Classroom:-- http://quest.arc.nasa.gov NASA Quest is an electronic
resource specializing in providing programs, materials, and
opportunities for educators and students to use NASA resources as
learning tools to explore the Internet. Quest is the home of NASA's
K-12 Internet Initiative, one of the electronic resources that the
Agency has developed for the educational community.
Sharing
NASA program, if you want to stay
informed about new opportunities send an E-mail to:
<listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov> In the body of the message,
please write these words: subscribe
sharing-nasa For additional
information, E-mail: <info@quest.arc.nasa.gov>
Videotapes, For information E-mail:
<video-info@quest.arc.nasa.gov>
NASA
Television:--NASA Television (NTV)
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/ntv.html is the Agency's distribution system
for live and taped programs. It offers educators and students a
front-row seat for launches and missions, as well as informational
and educational programming, historical documentaries, and updates on
the latest developments in NASA research.
NASA
NEWS
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.News/ Below you will find NASA mailing
lists you can join.
- NeurON - NASA mailing list with weekly
announcements and activities pertaining to the NeuroLab
space
- shuttle mission that will study the
brain
- to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe updates-nrn
-
- Aero Design Team Online - NASA mailing
list with weekly announcements and activities about
aviation
- and aeronautical design
- to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe updates-aero
-
- Mars Team Online - NASA mailing list
with weekly announcements and activities about Mars
exploration
- and discovery
- to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe updates-mto
-
- Space Team Online - NASA mailing list
with weekly announcement and activities about the men and
- women who make up the U.S. Astronaut
Corps, including training, mission preparation, and the
- missions themselves
- to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe updates-sto
-
- Learning Technologies Online - mailing
list with information on NASA's online workshops and
seminars
- to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe updates-ltc
-
- Space Link Express - announcements of
new NASA materials and opportunities for educators
(replaced
- NASA's Report to Educators
newsletter)
- to: listproc@spacelink.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe EXPRESS firstname
lastname
-
- Women of NASA - NASA mailing list that
highlights the achievement of women at NASA, designed to help
educators encourage young girls to pursue interests in science and
technology
- to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov
- body: subscribe updates-won
-
- ERICnews - the US Department of
Education on line Educational Resources Information Center.
- ERICNews is a bi-monthly read-only news
letter which updates the latest ERIC systemwide
initiatives,
- products, and services
- to: listproc@aspensys.com
- body: SUBSCRIBE ERICNEWS firstname
lastname
-
- Surfing the Net with Kids - Barbara J.
Feldman's weekly column of kid-safe, fun and educational
- surfing spots organized around weekly
topics
- to: join-surfnetkids@s1.net
- body: (blank)
-
- Astronomy/Space Alert for Southern
California - a mailing list of astronomy events,
astrophotography
- tips, sky watching dates, and launch
information for anyone within 400 miles of Vandenberg AFB
- to: 102670.1206@compuserve.com
- body: (blank)
National Air
and Space Museum
National
Science Teachers Association
Neuroscience
for Kids - It's a K-12 site with
lots of resources for students and teachers. It was created by an
anesthesiologist at the University of Washington.
Nickelodeon .The site is "Nickelodeon's online educational
resource for teachers. The purpose of this site is to inform
preschool, elementary, and middle school teachers about Nickelodeon's
daily educational television shows through Cable in the Classroom.
This is where you will find easy to use curriculum based classroom
materials for all Nick's educational shows and initiatives."
Power
Point Slide Show that illustrates a
simple way for Introducing the
Internet to your students. Use this
lesson for training their teachers as well as K-12 students.This
slide show includes safety rules that you should discuss with your
students as well as a simple lesson format to follow. Questions?
Puzzle
Maker -- for teachers to use in
class - great resource
Science
Centers and Science Museums
Science
Center Check out the latest
on-line resource for teachers! The Science Center was launched
earlier this week, and is dedicated to providing teachers with the
materials and resources they need to effectively discuss scientific
and environmental topics in the classroom. The Science Center
features great
lessons plans and classroom
activities, provides educators with a Teacher Lounge where
they can share information and discuss the latest issues and features
an electronic mailing list which keeps teachers up-to-date on the latest news and events. Questions?
Science
Learning Network - "The Science
Learning Network explores how telecomputing can support inquiry-based
science education."
The
Search For Killer Whales
is an internet research activity for
2nd to 4th grade students
Smithsonian
Institute
Teachers
Net occasionally covers science
topics but it may be of more general interest to teachers.
Teachers
Resources A total of 18 web sites
are listed. Many if not all, have sections for lesson plans.
The
Discovery Channel School site will
keep you informed of upcoming science-related programs . The bulletin
board and email lists are appropriate for all teachers. ASSIGNMENT
DISCOVERY: Raging Planet. Tape and use the programs free until June,
1999! For more information see the RAGING
PLANET Theme Page: Don't forget our
NEW Discovery
Channel School web address: Try our
newly updated Resource
Finder, which lets you search for
videos, lesson plans, and classroom activities: For neophytes or for
a general refresher course, see How
To Use Discovery Channel School's Web site
The
Gateway to Educational Materials
(GEM) - sponsoredby the U.S. Department of Education. You can search
for curriculum materials by subject, keyword or grade level.
The Math
Science Nucleus (MSN) has Free
Science Curriculum available online. MSN is a 15 year old Non-profit
group devoted to providing educators with guidelines for science
curriculum.Available as free downloads in PDF (portable document
files) format are: 1. K-6 Curriculum - look under
curriculum\k-6\universe 2. Lesson of the Week - provides graphics
that can be used for all grades.
The
Science Spiders we focus on the
harder-to-teach physical sciences using simplicity and humor.
The
Why Files The site investigates and
reports the science behind the news.
Works4Me
Web
Wonders Lesson plans, lesson plans,
and more lesson plans!
Yuckiest
Site ON THE INTERNET - Keeps kids
very busy - they love it.
