Teachers and Staff:  Science

See also: Class subject resources, Science; Online Subscription Databases

ClassBrain This educational resource site for students, parents, and teachers includes games, homework help, state reports, current news, and a free e-mail newsletter for kids. *Please note: This site contains advertising and links to advertising.  Provide direct links to content for student use. Students may not sign up for email newsletter in school.

http://classbrain.com/

Curricular Integration in grades k-8 is a collection of educational links organized by subject area.  Categories include art, language arts, math, music, physical education, science, social studies and special needs.  

   http://www.teachtech2kids.com/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence  Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government are now easier to find. Subjects include:  Arts, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Health and Safety, Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies and Vocational Education
  http://www.ed.gov/free/

The Franklin Institute Online Search the Learning Resources section for excellent information and materials.

   http://www.fi.edu                              

Funbrain  Sponsored by the Learning Network, Funbrain features a variety of  games and quizzes covering a variety of subjects. 

  http://www.funbrain.com/

Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative educational, scientific and cultural learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become literate and responsible global citizens.  GSN is a not-for-profit 501©(3) organization, that has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984. Global SchoolNet's free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities, lessons and special offers from Global SchoolNet partners.

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

Journey North allows you to track wildlfe migration and Spring's journey north for dozens of migratory species from February 'till June each year.

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/orientation/About.html

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators provides an incredible variety of material for classroom use covering too many topics to list!  Presented in a straight-forward, easy to use format you will find categorized lists of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Sponsored by the Discovery Channel.

 http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

McREL, is a private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. Hot links feature lesson plans, links and resources in the areas of The Arts, Behavioral/Social Sciences, Civics, Economics, Foreign Language, Geography, Health/PE, History, Language Arts (including ESL/ELL), Math, Multi/Interdisciplinary, Science, and Technology.

   http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp

MiddleSchool.Net is dedicated to helping middle school teachers and students integrate technology into their daily classroom activities. It is primarily a collection of links to internet resources in the following areas: Curriculum resources; Administrators and leaders; Support staff; Technology resources; Lesson plans & tutorials; Reference Materials; How to:Your personal and patient tutor; State and Foreign Educational standards; Professional development; Activities; Student test strategies and quizzes and more.

 http://www.middleschool.net/

Monarch Watch sponsors several ongoing research projects that rely on student-scientist partnerships in addition to rearing Monarchs.

http://www.monarchwatch.org/class/studproj/index.htm

National Academy of Science Standards

http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html/

National Association of State Boards of Education

http://www.nasbe.org/

National Council for the Social Studies

http://www.ncss.org/

National Science Digital Library

http://nsdl.org/

Notestar

NoteStar is an Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page.

  http://notestar.4teachers.org/

NETS National Educational Technology Standards for Students have been developed to guide state and local policy in creating a basic framework for what kids should be able to do with technology and know about technology.

http://cnets.iste.org/index.shtml

New York State Department of Education

  http://www.nysed.gov/

The OOPS website is both a Classroom Use and Professional Development website. It offers K-12 educators with Just-In-Time resources for the chaotic or "OOPS" moments of teaching. Here you will also find activities for students, such as I'm Done, Now What, and an online scavenger hunt for early finishers. The site has search options, Bloom's Taxonomy, and curriculum materials in most core subjects.

  http://oops.bizland.com/

PBS TeacherSource includes more than 1,000 free teaching guides, as well as professional development resources like PBS MATHLINE and SCIENCELINE.  Resources are organized into subject areas (Arts & Literature, Health & Vocation, Math, Science, TechKnow), and can be searched by subject, grade level and keyword, and are correlated to 46 sets of national and state educational standards. The site compliments the resources that PBS provides and helps teachers to incorporate video and the Web in the classroom.

  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Science NetLinks provides lessons, links and more for science related topics

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

Stream Study Sites:

Benthic Macro invertebrates chart (PDF doc) courtesy of the Citizen’s Environment Watch in Toronto, Canada

http://www.utoronto.ca/envstudy/cew/resources/BenthicsKey.pdf

Pollution Indicators Table

From the Field Manual for Global Low-cost Water Quality Monitoring by Stapp and Mitchell, 1995

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/LOCAL/Mark_Harsha/pollution_indicators.htm

GLOBE students make a core set of environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data via the Internet. Scientists use this data in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education. Results are posted on the website. Globe is supported by NASA, NSF, EPA and the US Dept. of State.

http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html

Surf Report from the Education Communications Board from Wisconsin state provides lists of online activities that your students can participate in across curriculum areas.

http://www.ecb.org/surf/

TERC is a not for profit educational research and development organization dedicated to the imporvement of mathematics, science and technology

http://www.terc.edu/