This website was created by Cornell University's Department of Education to help teachers as well as students from grades 9 through 12 broaden their understanding of various math and science related subjects. This website has helpful tips for lesson planning, it provides a list of math and science links, and posts detailed information on future conferences.
Based on the family science program on PBS, Ask Eric is an excellent Web site for teachers to find very interesting and educational information that can be incorporated in lesson plans. Easy to navigate and all lessons are indexed in alphabetical order.
This section of the Study Works Online site, features an eight-part series investigating Global Warming. It includes answers to the following questions:
- What is Global Warming?
- Is human activity partly responsible for current warming trends?
- Why are we hearing so much about it in the media?
- What's the Global Warming "debate" all about?
K-12 teachers attending the UCI Summer Science Institute at the University California at Irvine have developed Web Quests that engage students in on-line instruction in various science topics.
* Some of the web quests are traditional in approach, while others are more innovative and interactive in scope.
* Each lesson follows a general format with links to WWW resources.
Check out Fun Science Gallery at http://www.funsci.com to find fun, simple and inexpensive science experiments.
You'll find instructions showing you how to build scientific equipment, like telescopes, microscopes, batteries, sidereal indicators, and several other instruments.
*Click on ENGLISH to find the list of experiments.
This Canadian Nature Federation/Environment Canada project invites volunteers to contribute to a database to research how the climate will change in different regions of Canada, or how ecosystems will react to the change.
Your class can become scientists by contributing their
observations by watching for the winter "freeze up" and spring "break up" on a nearby lake, bay, or river. Their information will be entered into a database and they will be able to view a map showing their observation location and the location of other Icewatch volunteers in
Canada. Cool, eh?
Another volunteer program from CNF in which participants of all ages can help scientists monitor Canada's frog populations. A guide is being developed for grades 7-12 which will be available in November.
WormWatch is designed to help scientists learn more about earthworm populations and distribution in Canada. This knowledge will be useful in determining the health of our soils, and in tracking changes and reclaiming degraded sites. Volunteers of all ages can help monitor Canada’s worm populations. All you have to do is find a cool, moist spot and dig in!
Follow the progress of the Mars Odyssey satellite which went into orbit October 24, 2001. There are lots of resources and suggestions for teachers on the web site. The video "Live for Mars 2001" is available from Télé-Québec. Call Carole Forget at (514) 521-2424 ext. 4219 or by e-mail at:
Hey, add a big pinch of spices to all of your meals!
Did you know there are some highly scientific and beneficial reasons to eat spices? According to research, spices have a wide range of medicinal properties. Click on:
When the symptoms of inhaled Anthrax appear, the disease may be un-treatable. Scientists have found the molecule that lets anthrax toxin inside cells. Blocking that receptor could save lives. To learn more about Anthrax, the bacterial disease that continues to claim victims in the United States, click on:
Explorit Science Center, a non-profit, independent California Corporation has put together a number of interesting and educational science facts that are worth checking out. Click on:
Find fun and interesting agricultural stories about insects, soil, plants, transportation and more. Visit the site and click on a picture to get started:
What's to blame for the major fluctuations in population of sockeye salmon in Alaska over the past 2,200 years? Is overfishing to blame, or changes in climate? Perhaps an increase in predators?
Well, a new study points a finger not at people but at climate! To learn more about this topic, read the following article featured on The Why Files:
