Internet Resources and Web 2.0 Tools for Science K-12 Educators - Web Resources

• NetTrekker
  • http://middle.nettrekker.com/userinfo/pa.epl Create a NetTrekker Account
  • http://www.nettrekker.com
• Tutorials
  • http://www.internettutorials.net Basic Internet Tutorial site
  • del.icio.us tutorials
    • http://etc.usf.edu/te_mac/movies/delicious.html del.icio.us Tutorial by Tech Ease
    • http://feeds.feedburner.com/connectlearning Episode 87 David Warlick teaches del.icio.us
    • http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7598df815abe79dda4b9
• Website evaluation
  • http://www.2learn.ca/nkh/nkhSRevaluate.html
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf
  • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
  • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm_General_Barker.pdf Checklist
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html Printable student surveys by grade level and type
• iPods to learn science
  • http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Science Some are free
• Misconceptions in science textbooks
  • http://amasci.com/miscon/miscon.html
• Interactive microscopes
  • http://davesolon.com/scopetrain/scopeRO.swf
  • http://davesolon.com/scopetrain/interactive.html
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/interact/vemwindow.html Virtual electron microscope
  • http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/electronmicroscopy/magnify1/index.html
  • http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/CellBio/CellBioHP.html Build a microscope
  • http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html Virtual compound microscope
• Science resource sites
  • http://www.awesomelibrary.org All subject Internet resource
  • http://www.thinkfinity.org/teacher/teacher_index.aspx Thinkfinity resource page
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ Great all around site
  • http://etc.usf.edu/science/index.htm Science resource index
  • http://www.aea10.k12.ia.us/instruct/science.html Resource page
  • http://www.arkiveeducation.org/about.html Multimedia resource
  • http://www.2learn.ca/search/default.html A Canadian site searchable by grade level and subject
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
  • http://www.mysciencesite.com
  • http://www.exploratorium.org
  • http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science+Lab&COOK Interactive science site
  • http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/ Hands on science activities
  • http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm Science animation site
  • http://nsdl.org National Science digital library
  • http://www.wondernet.com
  • http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
  • http://www.ftexploring.com Making science fun
  • http://arcytech.org/java/population/ Population growth and balance
  • http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ Cool Science for curious kids
  • http://www.livescience.com For older students has pop ups
  • http://www.extremescience.net Extreme Science feed your brain
  • http://www.learningscience.org Science interactives
  • http://brainbites.nasa.gov Short science videos
  • http://www.pitt.edu/~nasa/ NASA's Pittsburgh resource center
  • http://www.wheresciencehappens.org/edu_resource.html Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center resource page
  • http://www.engineeringinteract.org Interactive Science and engineering games for 9-11 year olds
  • http://www.wheresciencehappens.org/edu_resource.html#4 Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh Teacher resource page
  • http://www.gm.com/explore/education/ General Motors education site
  • http://www.nsta.org/store/bestsellers.aspx?type=Objects Free resources
  • http://www.bayerus.com/MSMS/MSMS_Home.aspx Making Science Make Sense
  • Astronomy
    • http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu
    • http://www.windows.ucar.edu
    • http://www.nineplanets.org
    • http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
    • http://vis.sdsc.edu/research/orion.html
  • Biology
    • http://www.johnkyrk.com Cell biology animation
    • http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb DNA animations
    • http://www.biologyinmotion.com
    • http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/ Interactive human body
    • http://www.innerbody.com Human anatomy online
    • http://www.le.ac.uk/pathology/teach/va/titlpag1.html Virtual Autopsy 18 cases
    • http://www.actionbioscience.org
    • http://www.insects.org Bug bios
    • http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/biology.jsp
    • http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/neato.htm Grade 4 Neato Mosquito
    • http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomy.html Anatomy of the human face interactive
    • http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!3F!A1!C8056DCE07F2/Velpics/HUM/ Photo story of a hummingbird
    • http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamations.html Biological animations
    • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04.html Stem cell site
    • http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/media.html Harvard's multimedia site
    • http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_innerlife_hi.html Inner life of a cell Harvard
    • http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/CellBio/CellBioHP.html Cell biology interactive
    • http://www.biology.arizona.edu Online interactive resource for learning biology
  • Life Science
    • http://www.enature.com/home/
    • http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/ Science and Nature
    • http://www.chemcollective.org/vlab/vlab.php Virtual lab
    • http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/ Underwater observations
    • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html Photosynthesis
    • http://arcytech.org/java/population/ Animal population growth and balance
    • http://www.sciencecourseware.org Life science simulations
    • http://www.oiseaux.net/index.en.html Birds (a French site), but has English version
  • Chemistry
    • http://www.touchspin.com/chem/DisplayTable.html Interactive periodic table
    • http://www.chemsense.org Visualizing Chemistry
    • http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey/ The science of hockey
    • http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html Virtual Chemistry textbook
    • http://www.chemcollective.org/tutorials.php Carnegie Mellon's Chemistry resource site
  • Geology
    • http://geology.com
    • http://www.sciencecourseware.org/GLOL/
  • Environmental Science
    • http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/matrix.htm Online school for weather
    • http://weatherbonk.com/weather/ All about weather and geography
  • Physics
    • http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html
    • http://www.awim.org A World in Motions
    • http://phet-web.colorado.edu/new Interactive simuations
    • http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey The science of hockey
    • http://brainbites.nasa.gov NASA short videos
    • http://www.howstuffworks.com Grades 7-12
    • http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mjcarlso/ST/index.html Videos many for physics
• Simulation lists
  • http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/Search_Results.asp?orgn_id=2&log_type=1&hdnFilter=+AND+%28%7Bsubject_science%241%7D%29&hdnPerPage=15&txtSearchFor=Simulations&selUsing=all Thinkfinity simulations
  • http://www.edtechoutreach.umd.edu/simulations.html
  • http://www.techtrekers.com/sim.htm
  • http://www.shambles.net/pages/students/simulation/
  • Specific simulations
    • http://www.biomotionlab.ca/demos.php Bio motion
    • http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/zootycoon.aspx Build a zoo
    • http://test.weathereye.org Weather simulations
    • http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/scimethod Scientific method
    • http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/chemo/home.htm Students take on the role of cancer researchers
    • http://www.genesismission.org/educate/scimodule/cosmic/ptable.html Create a periodic table
    • http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/aerosim/ Aerodynamics
    • http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu Chickscope
    • http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html The Heart
    • http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/ Frog dissection simulation
    • http://www.cprsim.com CPR simulations
    • http://www.gardenwithinsight.com Planting a garden
    • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project
    • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html Illuminating photosynthesis
    • http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/venn/ Interactive Venn diagram
    • http://phet-web.colorado.edu/new Physics simulations
    • http://www.sciencecourseware.org Life science and earth science simulations
    • http://www.nasa-inspired.org/glimpse/glimpse.html Glimpse into history see what the scientists saw
    • http://www.nasa-inspired.org/orbit/innovation_orbit.html Interactive scientific timeline
    • http://www.nasa-inspired.org/orbit/innovation_orbit.html Link to several labs
    • http://www.sciencecourseware.org/GLOL/ Geology Labs online
    • http://nemo.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/ Virtual Earthquake
    • http://nemo.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualRiver/ Virtual River (Discharge and Flooding)
    • http://nemo.sciencecourseware.org/eec/GlobalWarming/ Global Warming
    • http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/animationsindex.htm Chemistry animations and simulations
• Webquests
  • http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/
  • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html and http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
  • http://www.webquest.org
  • http://www.ettc.net/tech/tips/webquests.htm Inclusive site for information
  • http://www.zunal.com Free webquest creation and storage site
  • http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml Webquest 101
    • Example: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/scimethod Scientific method for Middle School

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