Uniondale High School Library Media Center

 

Websites for Science Professionals
What you will find below is a sampling of sites that we feel may be of interest to teachers of Science.

At all times, computers in the library and at home link to an extensive collection of web sites that support your practice.  (Go to any computer…click on the Internet icon…go to http://www.uniondale.k12.ny.us/cybrary…click on Teacher Tips…explore the links listed (Backflip, Teacher Resources Page, Resources for Teachers by Department).

 

General: (include links to lesson plans)

AskERIC Searchable Lesson Plans

http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science

Large database, can keyword search lesson plans  Keyword water produced 100 lesson plans.

 

Columbia University Summer Research Program

http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/

Resources for K-12 science educators.

 

Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway

http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/Edu/MathSciGateway

Links to resources in subject areas in mathematics and science for educators, grades 9-12, information on curriculum, lesson plans, and software for the classroom

 

The Explorer Page for Science

http://unite.ukans.edu or http://server2.greatlakes.k12.mi.us

Science section is divided into the areas of natural science and then into grade-level approporiateness.  Teacher resources available are: lesson plans, computer software, news resources, thematic units, lab activities, professional development, field trips, guest speakers and student-created material resources.

 

Medline

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Huge database of citations to medical, dental, nursing, veterinary, pharmacological and related information.

 

The National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov

In addition to information appropriate to this government organization, links are provided to other science resources on the Internet, such as national supercomputer centers, other federal agencies, NSF tip sheets, news releases, and more.

 

Science Learning Network Home Page

http://www.sln.org/

Students can explore resources and see inquiry in action through investigations.  Teacher background information is provided for each investigation.

 

Science Resources from StfX

http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/sciences.htm

Resources from all science disciplines are listed by subject.

 

Scientists on the WWW

http://WWW.mwrn.com/feature/people.htm

Collection of searchable Internet sites that contain directory information about scientists working in the areas of biology, chemistry, virology, and microscopy.

 

Museums and Exhibits:

Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/virtual/vir-summ.html

In addition to promoting an understanding of science, this site provides teacher resources and activity lesson plans.

 

Question and Answer Services:

Ask a Scientist/Expert Page

http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html

Series of links allows students to pose questions directly to scientists and experts in a field.  Also links to Dr. Math and Ask the Engineer, as well as other experts in math, science and technology.

 

MAD Scientist Network

http://www.madsci.org/

Allows users to ask questions, view recently submitted questions and answers, or search the archive of more than 2,000 question and answer files.  More than 500 scientists from around the world answer questions in 25 areas of scientific study.

 

Interactive Learning and Collaborative Projects

Athena: Earth and Space Science for K-12

http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov or http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001

Project Athena, one of NASA's Public Use of Earth and Space Science Data Over the Internet projects in cooperation with Science Applications International, engages students in observing phenomena using remote-sensed data to construct knowledge about the world.  Curriculum materials on many topics are available, as well as lesson plans.

 

CoVis K-12 Web Server

http://www.covis.nwu.edu

Focuses on innovative high school science education through collaborative projects involving advanced networking, collaborative software and visualization tools, i.e. video teleconferencing, scientific visualization software, a multimedia scientist's notebook, access to the resources of the Internet, real-time collaboration and shared software environments.

 

Integrating the Internet Into the Secondary Science Classroom

http://www.4forefront.com/scimath.html and http://www.laep.org/target/technology/secondary/

Created to help science teachers see the possibilities for using the Internet as a communication tool in their classrooms to enhance science instruction. 

 

Passport to Knowledge

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/passport.html

Ongoing series of electronic field trips to scientific frontiers.  Encourages and permits students to interact with real science, real scientists, real locations, and real time.  Can be geared to high school students.

 

WebQuests

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/index.html

Integrate the web into the classroom.