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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/

 

AMSER Science Reader Monthly

 

http://www.amser.org/AMSER--ScienceReader.php

 

Internet Scout is pleased to announce the monthly publication of the AMSER Science Reader Monthly. The AMSER SRM provides readers with a useful online collection of information about a particular topic related to applied math and science by combining freely available articles from popular journals with curriculum, learning objects, and web sites from the AMSER portal.

The AMSER Science Reader Monthly is free to use in the classroom and educators are encouraged to contact AMSER with suggestions for upcoming issues or comments and concerns at info@amser.org.  This month's AMSER Science Monthly Reader topic is Carbon Trading. The AMSER SRM can also be found in the About section on the AMSER (http://amser.org) homepage.

 

Scout report 10/23/09 

 

 Sixty Symbols

http://www.sixtysymbols.com/

 

Ever wondered about the symbols used by scientists? You're probably not alone, and this website created by a team at the University of Nottingham demystifies sixty prominent physics symbols via informative video segments.

The videos are not necessarily meant to be lessons or lectures on the symbols, "The films are just fun chats with men and women who live their subject and know a lot about it!" The videos are quite fun, and the talk on "gamma" includes a discussion of cricket balls, while the "rho" video features paperclips in coffee cups. All of the videos can be accessed via the homepage, and visitors should plan on making several visits to check out all of the clips. At the bottom of the homepage, visitors can also view earlier videos created as part of the project, learn more about their scientists, and take a look at a list of other related sites. [KMG]

 

 

Scout report 10/16/09

 

 

 

 

 updated 12/11/08