Arty the Part Time
Astronaut
This site has great games and instructional materials
for teaching about space.
Citadel's
Sexual Harassment Tutorial
An example of a web-based tutorial
The Mining
Companies Special Education Resources
Links to papers and information about inclusion and
IDEA law
Professional
Development Guidelines for NCREL
A guide and resources for effective professional development
Inspiration Website
A concept mapping software program
Read this: Nancy's ideas on using the web to teach science
The
Interactive Frog Dissection (http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/)
THE example of an instructional website. The technology used is old (it
was created in 1994), but none-the-less, a
terrific example of a complete instructional sequence, appropriate graphics,
and feedback.
Yuckiest Site on the Internet (http://www.yucky.com/)
TOO funny!Science Learning Network (http://www.sln.org/)
Great resources!US Geological Survey (http://www.usgs.gov/education/)
Committed to the idea of exploration -- using the internet!Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (http://www.enc.org/)
Great materials and opportunities for networking with other schools.Frank Potter's Science Gems (http://www.sciencegems.com/)
Check this out!
A Dynamic Demonstration of the Pythagoreon Theory http://standards.nctm.org/protoFINAL/ee/chapter6/6.5/index.htmlLearn2.com (http://learn2.com/index.php3)
A nice example of an interactive figure that demonstrates how the pythagoream theory works.
Netscape
Composer Tutorial (http://www.msubillings.edu/tool/tutorial/index.htm)
A nice six-step tutorial that shows the basics of creating a web page with
Netscape. I HIGHLY recommend it!
ISTE Technology Standards (http://www.iste.org/Standards/index.html)
This website, from the International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE) has information about technology standards for students
in pre-K to 12th grade.
1999
Secretary of Education's Conference on Educational Technology (http://www.ed.gov/Technology/TechConf/1999/)
The U.S. Department of Education website for the 1999 conference on Educational
Technology.
KidsDomain
(http://www.kidsdomain.com/)
A wealth of demos of software for your project proposal.
The
Starbright Foundation (http://www.starbright.org)
A program for seriously ill children to interact with others through VR
technology.
As Mentioned on the Computer Guys (http://www.wamu.org/computerguys/amotcg.html)Science Websites can be used in a variety of ways:
A great resource for fixing up common computer problems and for new on "whatz next?" in technology
Here are some examples........
http://www.janecky.com/runyen/bio554/cat.html
This is the cat genetics site. The genetic make-up of many different
cats
is explained. This site would be difficult to use with middle
schoolers
unless there was a written exercise to supplement its use. Then
it might
work as a homework assignment that supported what was learned in class.
The words and photos are a little difficult to see clearly with our
browser.
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/index.htm
This site is a good example of how science can be over-simplified
for
younger kids ro the point of confusion. It consists of a cartoon
with Gene
and Polly characters which is too cutesy. Kids will miss the
real science
trying to figure out what the cartoon characters represent.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/seq/
This is a scientific tool of NIH
primarily for researchers. It has many wonderful searches including
a
search of any DNA sequence. This would have to have a written supplement
which would guide the teachers and students's use. A second
part of this
site,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/NEWS/human_genome_facts.html,
has a good report about the human genome project which could serve
as a
resource for teachers/students.
http://www.flinnsci.com/homepage/bio/dnaisol.html
This is a great lab exercise for extracting DNA from cheek cells.
I have
asked for and received permission to use it for our Workshop.
This is an
example of finding wonderful information that can be used in the classroom.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/about.html
An advertisement for a series of PBS shows on TV for next Fall.
Evolution
will premiere on PBS September 24-27, 2001 (check local listings).
These
shows will be excellent and I would assign my students to watch and
report
on them. Again a source of information and follow-up study that
reinforces
the classroom activities.
http://www.neuro.uoregon.edu/k12/zfk12.html
Very fun zebrafish site but not good for Genetics
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
I am very excited about this site. It is an experiment that is
done online
and illustrates mitosis. I heard about it from an 8th grade teacher
who
has used it in his classes. So this is an example of an exercise
that is
done right on the computer.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/default.html
More general things with genetics problem solving but not so interactive.
Could be used as a reinforcing homework assignment.