Making Best Use of the Net to Enhance Science Instruction
Internet Training & Curriculum Development for K-12 Educators    
Sarah DiRuscio can provide outstanding "hands-on" technology training at your school.
Learn more about how she can motivate your teachers to use computers on a daily basis!


Print Out the PDF versions of these Great Handouts-
What's New in Technology & Science 2004

K-6 Grade Handout or 7-12 Grade Handout

Guided Activity Sites
CST Periodic Chart
     mwanal.lanl.gov/CST/
     imagemap/periodic
Chemicool Periodic Chart
     the-tech.mit.edu/
     Chemicool/
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/

jobe/earthday99/main.html
Exploratorium Museum
    www.exploratorium.edu
Funny Frog Facts
   www.csu.edu.au/faculty/
   commerce/account/frogs/
   frog.htm
Leonardo da Vinci Museum
   www.mos.org/leonardo

NASA Corona Mission
  observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/
Monterey Bay Aquarium
   www.mbayaq.org
Second Hand Smoke Proj.
   www.biology.arizona.edu
Why Files
   whyfiles.news.wisc.edu

Lesson Plan Databases
Access Excellence (genes)
     www.gene.com/ae/
Ask Eric Digest
  ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
Blue_Swirl5342.gif (899 bytes)Blue Web'n Lesson Plans
     www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/
     bluewebn
Covis Meteorology Guide
     ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/
Earth & Space Lessons
     www.cea.berkeley.edu/
     Education/lessons/
Internet Based Sci. Lessons       www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/
     berseminar.html
Blue_Swirl5342.gif (899 bytes)Microsoft's Encarta Lessons
     encarta.msn.com/
     schoolhouse/
NASA Lesson Database
     observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/

     education/edu/edu.html
Blue_Swirl5342.gif (899 bytes)Science Lessons (INET)
    www.inet-edu.com/lessons/
SCORE-CA Online Resources
     www.score.k12.ca.us/
USGS Net Activities
     www.usgs.gov/education/
     learnweb/

Evaluation & Research
Homework Central
     www.nosweat.com
Research Paper
     www.researchpaper.com
Science Central
     www.scicentral.com

Search Tools
Ask Jeeves
     www.aj.com
Dogpile
     www.dogpile.com
Yahooligans
     www.yahooligans.com
Magellan
     www.mckinley.com

Outstanding Lessons

Alien Autopsy
     www.primenet.com/~jllarsen/
Endangered Species Lesson
     www.microsoft.com/education/
     curric/activity/species.htm
LBL-Ethical, Legal & Social 
Issues in Science (Breast Cancer)
     www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/
My Hero
     myhero.com
NASA Shuttle Improvement
     quest.arc.nasa.gov
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
     www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/berseminar.html
TWINKIES Project
     www.twinkiesproject.com
USGS Three Faults Model Lesson
     www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb
Waves (Sound) Internet Lesson
     www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/berseminar.html
What Do You Want to Be? (click-Voc Ed)
     encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/
Why is Mona Smiling?      (click on Arts)
     encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/
Science Sites/Resources
Beakman & Jax
     www.youcan.com
Biology Project (U of Arizona)
    www.biology.arizona.edu
EBay Auction-
      www.ebay.com
El Nino-Athena Lessons
     athena.wednet.edu/curric/
     oceans/elnino/

Exploratorium's Top Sites
     www.exploratorium.edu/
     learning_studio
Forefront Curriculum (Sarah's)
     www.4forefront.com
Blue_Swirl5342.gif (899 bytes)Frank Potter's Science Gems
     www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/
     SEP.html
Girls & Technology
     www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/
     Women/GirlTECH/Lessons
Heart Surgery Video
     www.fi.edu/biosci/healthy/
     openheart.html
Internet Karaoke
     www.geocities.com/Broadway/
     3386
Learning Disabilities Online
     www.ldonline.org
Life Science Online Dictionary
      biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
     pages/dictionary.html
Natural History of Genes
     raven.umnh.utah.edu
Physics World
     physicsweb.org
SAMI (Science & Math)
     www.learner.org/sami/
Universe in the Classroom
     www.aspsky.org    
Vincent Voice Library
     www.msu.edu/vincent
Virology on the WWW
    
www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/
      garryfavweb.html
Visual Physics Simulations
      library.advanced.org/10170/
      main.htm

Making Best Use of the Net to Enhance Science Instruction
© 1999 Sarah A. DiRuscio, Forefront Curriculum-     www.4forefront.com/berscience.html
(page two)

Free Electronic Mail
Excite Mail
     www.excite.com
Hot Mail
     www.hotmail.com
Juno Mail
     www.juno.com
Yahoo Mail
     www.yahoo.com

Plagiarism Sites
School Sucks
     www.schoolsucks.com
Cheater
     www.cheater.com


Multimedia Sites

Internet Karaoke
     www.geocities.com/
     Broadway/3386
Midi Music Files
     www.midi.com
MP3 CD Quality Sound Files
     www.mp3.com
Web Camera Collection
     www.rainer.net/~larry/
     web-voyeur
Collaborative Projects
Biological Online Collab Experiments
     (Sleep Experiments for Students)
     www.cbt.virginia.edu/Olh/exp.html
EnviroNet Group Monitoring Projects
     earth.simmons.edu
Global School Net
     www.gsn.org
NASA's Online Projects
     quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/
     index.html

Silver & Black Career Attack (Quest)
     http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/
       fil/pages/websilverb.html

Web Quests (Bernie Dodge)
    edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/
      webquest.html
Web Quest-Hello Dolly Activity
     powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/
     dolly/default.htm

Science Fair Sites
Science Fair Project Site
     www.stemnet.nf.ca/
     ~jbarron/scifair.html
More Science Fair Ideas
     www.eduzone.com/tips/
     science.asp


Sites for Students
Biology 4 Kids
     www.biology4kids.com
Chem 4 Kids
     www.chem4kids.com

P.H. Factor Web Site
     www.miamisci.org/ph

Second Hand Smoke Proj.
     www.biology.arizona.edu

Virology Tutorials
     www.tulane.edu/
     ~dmsander/Tutorials.html

Volcano World
     volcano.und.nodak.edu/
Publishing Student Work
Capital High School         
     www.chsscimath.

     osd.wednet.edu:82
Learn Physics Today
      library.advanced.org/10796/
Think Quest Contest-

     www.advanced.org

Your Web Site Here Free!

Classroom Connect
     www.classroom.com
Blue_Swirl5342.gif (899 bytes)Filamentality
     www.kn.pacbell.com/
     wired/fil/
Geocities
     www.geocities.com
Global School Net
     www.gsn.org

Great Examples
of Teacher Created Sites

Cyberspace Middle School
     www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/
     CMS/activity/activity.html

Internet Science Room (9-12)
     pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/
     science/hsci.htm

Web 66 Registry of Schools
      web66.coled.umn.edu/
      schools.html




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