Resources: Curriculum Resources - Science

Archaeology Magazine

An Official Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America. Includes links to interactive digs.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Delightful new photo each day. Especially interesting was the photo of the world at night showing all the electric lights! Lights of the World Photo.

Biological Basis of Heredity

An Introduction to Basic Cell Structures Related to Genetic Inheritance

CELLS Alive!

Biology images, photos and animations!

Center of rEducational Technologies

Erma Ora Byrd Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University. They provide solutions that enhance lifelong learning and teaching. Using state-of-the-art educational technology, they create professional development programs, online curriculum, and various other tools and resources.

Chem4Kids

Chemistry basics along with safe chemistry experiments.

Chemistry Delights

Includes photo libraries and more that 250 demonstrations and experiments.

CHEMystery: An Interactive Guide to Chemistry

We have created CHEMystery, a virtual chemistry textbook, to provide an interactive guide for high school chemistry students. In addition, CHEMystery allows you to further expand your chemistry knowledge by letting you interact with other Internet resources.

COSI

COSI Columbus exhibits

Cow's Eye Disection

Watch a disection online, learn more about eyes, and do your own disection.

CyberFair

Created for and by students in grades 3 through 6. Students and teachers the world-over are welcome to visit this site to read the results of student science fair projects, look for ideas for their own projects, share the results of their projects with other students.

Discover Magazine

Current news, Web features, News Flashes, and a monthly Educator's Guide.

DiscoverySchool

The DiscoverySchool's lesson plan page. Links to lessons in all areas of science.

European Space Agency

ESA wants to use young people's curiosity about space to interest them in the world of science and technology, and to demonstrate how interesting and rewarding these subject areas can be.

EuroTurtle

EuroTurtle : A Mediterranaen Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Web Site for Science and Education.

Evolution from NECSI

The New England Complex Systems Institute ( NECSI ) is an independent educational and research institution dedicated to advancing the study of complex systems. The purpose of this web site is to teach and explain what evolution is and how it works. This web site is designed for children, but can be used by teachers or by anyone who wants to learn about this amazing process of life.

Fizzics Fizzle

Fizzics Fizzle is a comprehensive guide to understanding the world of physics. It offers content on three difficulty levels: Beginner - for students who have never been exposed to the world of physics before (appropriate for elementary or junior high school/middle school students); requires no math; Intermediate - covers the physics curriculum generally taught in high schools across the United States; requires algebra and basic trigonometry and Advanced - covers the physics curriculum generally taught in introductory college physics classes and high school Advanced Placement Physics C classes; requires basic calculus.

Fossil Hominids

These web pages are intended to refute creationist claims that there is no evidence for human evolution. To do this, it is first necessary to summarize the current thinking about human evolution and the fossil evidence supporting it. If you are not interested in creationism, you can read only those pages. If you are only interested in creationism, you can skip to the pages on creationist arguments; they will contain links to the fossils under discussion when necessary.

How to Use Movie Physics in the Classroom

Hollywood sometimes defies the laws of physics - movie physics can provide a bonanza of enrichment activities for both high school physics students and first year physics students in college. These generally require nothing more than a VCR and stopwatch. Some movie scenes provide examples of good physics and others bad physics but all can be analyzed and used as topics of discussion.

Imagine the Universe

Welcome to Imagine the Universe! This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe.

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the Olympics, the World Cup and the World Series of science competitions. Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together over 1,200 students from 48 states and 40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prize.

Kodak's Science Lesson Plans

K-12 lesson plans from Kodak focusing on Science and photography.

Mad Sci Network

MadSci Network is a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well.

NASA CORE

Links to NASA videotapes, CD-ROMs, software, and slides for educators.

NASA for Kids

Planetary science and space exploration for kids.

NASA Global Change Master Directory

Comprehensive directory on earth science and global change.

NASA Image Exchange Web Site

Links to more than 300,000 archived pictures.

NASA Spacelink

An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Education Since 1988

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NOAA's Mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth's environment, and conserve and wisely manage the Nation's coastal and marine resources. NOAA's strategy consists of seven interrelated Strategic Goals for environmental assessment, prediction and stewardship, which are presented here as theme pages for the World Wide Web.

National Science Teachers Association

National science Teachers Association home page. Great resources for teachers, parents and students. K-12

National Space Science and Data Center

The history of space missions told through photos, images, audio clips, factoids, timelines, and articles.

National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network

Find historical climatic data for every state in the U.S.

Natural Resources, The Environment and Ecosystems

This site from the University of Illinois Extension contains several activities that can be used by students to become more aware of how plants, animals, and humans interact within ecosystems, and how one influences the other. The activities can be used singly with other projects. Teacher guides are included.

Neanderthal Museum in Germany

In October 1996 a new museum was opened at this key historical location, a fitting monument to its evolutionary significance. The museum, which is operated by the Neanderthal Museum Foundation, could never have been built without the support of two powerful sponsors: the Nordrhein-Westfalen-Stiftung Naturschutz, Heimat- und Kulturpflege (North Rhine-Westphalian Foundation for Conservation, Preservation and Culture) - and the energy and telecommunications provider RWE. In agreeing to act as patron to the Neanderthal Museum Foundation, Mettmann District Council is pursuing its aim of maintaining and popularizing the cultural heritage of the Neanderthal valley and all it signifies.

NetFrog

Interactive frog dissection, an on-line tutorial. 7-12

NOVA

An award-winning Web site where students can check in on scientists and explorers reporting on science as it happens!

Nova Online: Methulelah Tree | Illuminating Photosyntheis

Flash interactive diagrams will help young students understand the process of photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis

Well presented information complete with diagrams.

Physics 2000

Welcome to Physics 2000, an interactive journey through modern physics! Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices. Sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder. 9-12

Popular Science

Science in the news - today's applications.

Prentice Hall: Middle Grades Science

Links to exciting science sites , activities that bring the resources of the Internet to your study of science, Self-Tests for students, Teaching ideas for teachers.

Project Learning Tree

PLT is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.

Project Wild

Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school.  Project WILD is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world.  The program emphasizes wildlife because of its intrinsic and ecological values, as well as its importance as a basis for teaching how ecosystems function.  In the face of competing needs and pressures affecting the quality and sustainability of life on earth, Project WILD addresses the need for human beings to develop as responsible citizens of our planet.

Quia - Mendel's Laws of Heredity

Java based, choose matching, concentration, bflashcard or wordsearch activities.

Rain Bird Rain Forest Curriculum

Rain Bird Rain Forest Curriculum web site! Using this site, you can access activities and demonstrations to use in your classroom for teaching scientific aspects of the Earth's endangered rain forests. K-8

Regents Prep Living Environment: Reproduction and Development

This page and the links at the left are designed to aid students in reviewing theİfollowing topics which will appear on the New York State Living EnvironmentİRegents Examination; asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, and human reproduction and development.İİ In addition, students may test their knowledgeİof the material presented here by accessing multiple-choice questions fromİpast Regents Exams.

Science and Technology Education from Flying Turtle Exploring

Photosynthesis, the beginning of energy's flow through life; Food chains and energy pyramids; Energy changes and heat flow in Nature - from FT Exploring. Links to lots of lesson plans...

Science Fair Central

Science Fair Resources from DiscoverySchool.Com. DiscoverySchool.com is dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting, rewarding adventure for students, teachers, and parents. To that end we provide innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and an entire store full of helpful learning products for parents to share with their children.

Scientific American Web Site

Features articles and interviews, Ask An Expert, exhibits, and hotlinks. Virtual field trips to a variety of museums and exhibits.

Smithsonian's National Zoo

Easy to use picture index of animals at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.

Star Child

Information on our solar system for young children.

Successful Science Fair Projects

By Lynne Bleeker (Science teacher, former science fair organizer and judge, and parent) - a great site!

Syracuse University Physics Department: Educational Modules and Simulations

Includes virtual reality models.

T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S.

Have fun at The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project Page teaching your students the scientific method. T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. stands for Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes in Extreme Situations.

The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements

From the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky - a novel method of presenting the periodic table!!

The Environmental Protection Agency

Links to teacher and student environmental education centers.

The Knowledge Integration Environment (KIE) Project

Lots of fun!

The Mars Exploration Program

A link to the "Mars Millennium Project" that challenges students to design an outer-space community.

The Physics Zone

Student tutorials for nuclear physics, motion, and electromagnetism.

The San Francisco Exploratorium

A comprehensive virtual museum providing interactive science exhibits.

The Ultimate Science Fair Resource

Welcome to The Ultimate Science Fair Resource, the Internet's premiere resource for science fair. Whether you are a student trying to find an idea for a project, a parent or teacher looking for information on building displays, or for the delight of experimentation you'll find it here.

The United States Geological Survey Learning Web

Welcome to the Learning Web, a portion of the USGS web dedicated to K-12 education, exploration, and life-long learning. Visit often and explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps. Learn how Biology, Geology, Hydrology, and Geography can help us understand our changing world.

Women in Science

"Women in Science" homepage. Here you can get an overview of several women of past and present who are involved in science. 4-12

World of Trees

Domtar Inc., in cooperation with the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-‘les, is proud to present an entirely new educational project on the Internet for students in the second half of elementary school (grades 4, 5, and 6).