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SCIENCE EDUCATION

INTERNET RESOURCES 

WhyFiles

http://whyfiles.org/

 

Virtual Field Guides

http://www.field-guides.com/

 

Yahoo Kids

http://kids.yahoo.com/learn

 

Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

 

Learningscience.org

http://www.learningscience.org/index.htm

 

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

 

BBC Science and Nature

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/

 

Discovery Channel

http://dsc.discovery.com/

 

National Science Digital Library

http://nsdl.org/

 

Natural History Reference Sources

http://www.lib.washington.edu/sla/ref.htm#General

 

Eurekalert! Science reporting for kids 

http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/

 

Science at a Distance: E-Learning Modules

http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/Modules/Modules_HP.html 

Professor John Blamire has crafted this very fine set of online learning modules for students interested in learning about everything from the properties of proteins to Mendelian genetics.

scout report 2/6/09

 

BIOLOGY

Forest Service--Natural Inquirer

http://www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov/

 

ANIMALS

The Electronic Zoo 

http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm

 

Animal Diversity Web

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

 

Field Trip Earth

http://www.fieldtripearth.org/

 

Extreme Mammals

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/extrememammals/

Companion to a 2009 exhibition that "examines the ancestry and evolution of numerous species, ranging from huge to tiny, from speedy to sloth-like, and displays animals with oversized claws, fangs, snouts, and horns." Features articles, stories, fun facts, photos, video clips, interactive features, classroom resources, and related material about "the biggest, smallest, and most amazing mammals of all time." From the American Museum of Natural History.

LII 6/18/09 

 

PLANTS 

Celebrating Wildflowers

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/

 

Just for Kids from University of Illinois Extension

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/kids/index.html

 

HUMANS 

Virtual body

http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody.asp

 

DINOSAURS 

Dinobase

http://dinobase.gly.bris.ac.uk/

 

The Paleontology Portal

http://www.paleoportal.org/

 

ASTRONOMY

Windows to the universe

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

 

Space Weather

http://www.spaceweather.com/

 

EARTH SCIENCE

Radar's Geography4kids

http://www.geography4kids.com/

 

National Atlas

http://nationalatlas.gov/index.html

 

Dynamic Earth

http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html

 

Geology.com

http://geology.com/

 

Bridge-Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center

http://www.marine-ed.org/bridge/

 

 

 

 

 updated 12/11/08