1. The Virtual Courseware Project produces interactive, online simulations for the
life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are
designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments.
They can be used by students in middle school or high school.
Virtual Science Coursework Project
2. Links to the search tools which are bookmarked on every student's laptop,
with a short description of each.
Searching Tools
3. Elementary and Middle school science resources
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/vrschool/elem_mid_science.htm
**4. Engaging interactive activities and suggestions for using them in your
classroom. Activities are grouped by Grade level, K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
Science NetLinks
5. NASA's site has news and links on the following science topics: astronomy,
earth science, physical and bio sciences, space science, and living in space.
NASA
6.CHEM4KIDS is not just for kids, it's for everyone. They have information on
matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry.
Well-organized, comprehensive information and quizzes on each topic.
Chem4Kids
7. Internet Public Library's KidSpace links for Science experiments and Science
Fair projects.
Experiments and Science Fair projects
8. Mifflin County School District's list of Science curriculum links.
Science Links
*9. A multitude of online science activities and teaching tools to add variety
to your lessons. Use the digital library to view microscopic images without
the microscopes!
Exploratorium
10. Kathy Schrock's guide to science links and resources to enhance the
curriculum. resources are grouped by subject and include earth science,
environmental science, physics, astronomy, general science, biology and chemistry.
Kathy Schrock's Science
11. The Teaching & Learning Center's Web Quest on Forces & Motion. Subtopics
include unbalanced forces, mass & inertia, gravity, friction, drag and
erosion. Log in is BETHLEHEM No Password. See handouts page for Student Answer
Sheet and Teacher Answer Key.
Forces & Motion Web Quest
12. ThinkQuest: About Forensic Science
Forensic Science
13. Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science. Includes Interactive Crime scene game.
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/en/index.html
14. USGS Biological Resources Learning Room - designed for mid-elementary
school students and older. Includes Links, Teacher Resources and more.
http://biology.usgs.gov/features/learningrm/learning_room.html
15. Energy Education Resources for Teachers, with a link to interactive activities
for students.
Energy Quest
16. Energy resources for elementary teachers and an energy Fun Factory for
students.
K-5 Energy Info Site
17. Energy Information Administration Kids' Page with teacher guide, facts,
classroom activities and related links (K-12).
Energy Information
18. Florida Solar Energy Center's K-12 curriculum materials
Solar Energy Center
19. Multimedia resources for Earth and Space Science, Life Science and Physical
Science.
TeachersDomain
20. Interactive site for Biology
Touchspin Biology
21. Interactive site for Chemistry
Touchspin Chemistry
22. Interactive site on using a triple balance beam.
Triple balance beam
23.The TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested,
standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers to use in science and
math classrooms.
Teach Engineering
24. Science and Math resources
Science Resources
25. The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education's site -
with links to interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world
can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet.
CIESE
26. The goal of the SIMPLE Science project is to is to help overcome barriers
to the use of image
processing and analysis (IPA) in K-12 classrooms by making Image Processing
and Analysis
accessible to mainstream educators and the public as an easy-to-use learning
tool. Includes
real-world activities for Grades 5-8 in Biology, Medicine, Earth and Space
Science, Digital literacy,
and Social Science. The activities use WebImage, a Web-based version of an
image processing
program used by scientists around the world, to view MRIs. satellite images,
x-rays and more.
SImple Science
27. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Links for Students & Teachers
- includes demonstrations, project ideas and more.
UIUC Science Links
28. Science Sites of the Week from 4teachers.org
Science Sites of the Week
Multimedia resources for Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Physical
Science and Engineering
Teachers' Domain
30. TryScience.org is your gateway to experience the excitement of
contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with
science and technology centers worldwide. Includes online experiments, field
trips, live cams and more!
TryScience.org
31. Enter the world of PowerUp, a free, online, multiplayer game that allows
students to experience the excitement and the diversity of modern engineering!
Students work together in teams to investigate the rich, 3D game environment
and learn about the environmental disasters that threaten the game world and
its inhabitants.
Players explore ways engineers design and build systems to harness renewable
energy sources as alternatives to burning fossil fuels.
http://www.powerupthegame.org/teachers.html
32. Unique, educational Web experiences designed to make hard-to-teach
concepts understandable.
Ed Heads
33. National Science Foundation's Multimedia Gallery
NSF Multimedia Gallery
34. The Bugscope project provides free interactive access to a scanning electron
microscope (SEM) so that students anywhere in the world can explore the
microscopic world of insects.
Bugscope
35. Planet 10 Interactive Solar System - Explore the planets, comets and
asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through. Zoom in close on a particular
planet or choose a different orbit view to see the whole system from afar. The
data sheets let you discover more about some of the elements that make up our
Solar System.
Interactive Solar SYstem
36. Under the Microscope - Where Women and Science Connect - a selective and
useful list of websites containing information about all areas of science,
with an emphasis on sites that are targeted to young women.
UnderTheMicroscope
37. FOSS (FULL OPTION SCIENCE SYSTEM) Web
is the official site for the inquiry-based FOSS science curriculum.
A place for support, resources, and fun activities.
FOSS Web