Internet Resources for Science and Mathematics Education,
      collected by Tom O'Haver. 
    
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      - Simple Machines Used in Elevators (New)
 http://www.elevators.com/simple-machines-used-in-elevators/
 A set of web pages related to elevators, including the metal box
        or “car” a user rides in, counterweights for balance, an
        electric motor and braking system, pulleys with cables that run
        between the motors, and a safety system in case a cable
        breaks.
 
 
- Science Education Resource Page
 http://educ.queensu.ca/~science/
          Complete list of the major concepts involved in teaching
          Science in the Secondary Classroom. The concepts are divided
          into Biology, Chemistry, Physics and General Science. Each
          major concept is listed and linked to its list of Concept
          Development, Demos, Tips and Labs/Activites.
         
- Science Inquiry
 http://www.scienceinquiry.com/
          Commercial books and videotape that teaches science through
          the use of discrepant event demonstrations and activities.
          These are demonstrations that have very unexpected results,
          causing those observing to ask questions that will eventually
          lead them to the understanding of the science concepts being
          presented. Several free
            examples are available.
         
- EduWeb Science and Nature adventures
 http://www.eduweb.com/adventure.html#science
          Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail; Be a Spacecraft Engineer;
          Build-A-Prairie; CosmicQuest; Geo Mysteries; The Children's
          Museum of Indianapolis; The Watershed Game; Who's Out There? A
          Space Science Adventure; Digital Lab: Observing a Coral Reef;
          Tiger Adventures and Activities; Amazon Interactive.
         
- Review of Middle School Physical Science Texts
 http://www.psrc-online.org/curriculum/book.html
          Review and critique of physical science in Middle School
          science textbooks with regard to the scientific accuracy,
          adherence to an accurate portrayal of the scientific approach,
          and the appropriateness and pedagogic effectiveness of the
          material presented for the particular grade level.
         
- Interactive music and math manipulative
 http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/play_a_piano.html
          Play a piano is an interactive Web site where students
          can play a piano
          using the mouse or the computer keyboard. The frequency of
          each note (in Hz or cycles per
          second) and its waveform and envelope are displayed. Helps
          students understand the relationship between the sounds, music
          theory, musical scales, and the underlying math and physics of
          how sounds are produced and perceived.
         
- ScienceMaster - the science and technology network
 http://www.ScienceMaster.com
          ScienceMaster.com is a science/education portal for students
          and
          teachers. We provide news, information, links, columns, and
          homework
          help. Focus - 6-12 graders.
         
- The Science House Curriculum Closet 
 http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/science_house/learn/index.html
          Solvents Outreach;
          Laboratories from the EMPOWER and Rural Schools Project;
          Countertop Chemistry; EarthCycle Activities;
          Astronomy in the Classroom Curriculum Guide;
          Physics in the Classroom Curriculum Guide; The Science of
          Sports Activities;
          The Science of Flight Activities;
          Chaos and Fractals Activities;
          A Myriad of Demonstrations Using a Van de Graaff Generator;
          Schools Are For Fish.
         
- Graphing Calculators & Calculator Based Laboratory
 http://dwb.unl.edu/calculators/
          High school chemistry-math activities; science-math
          activities; calculator help; CBL help;
          calculator programs.
         
- The Straight Dope Archives
 http://www.straightdope.com/columns/index.html
          Reasonable answers to puzzling questions: Why do wet things
          look darker than dry things? Why do bubbles stream from fixed
          spots in glasses of beer or soda pop? Is the earth getting
          heavier or lighter? How do scientists go about calculating pi
          to umpteen decimal places? If you lit a match in zero gravity,
          would it smother in its own smoke?
         
- Middle School Lessons
 http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/middleschool.html
          Science lessons by Southeastern Michigan Math-Science Learning
          Coalition. Lessons by Subject, Alphabetical List of Lessons,
          Lessons by Age Group.
         
- The Last Word
 http://www.last-word.com/
          Collection of everyday science questions and answers drawn
          from the pages of New Scientist, the world's leading weekly
          science and technology magazine. This archive contains over
          600 questions on scientific phenomena, with answers provided
          by our readers.
         
- Donald Simanek's Pages
 http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/
          Extensive and excellent collection of original documents and
          links by
          a Professor of Physics at Lock Haven University of
          Pennsylvania. Skepticism, Critiques of Pseudoscience, and
          Urban Legends. Science and Religion. Pseudoscience, Weird
          Science, Kookiness and Quackery. Classic examples of mistakes
          in science. History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
          Humor, Satire, Parody. Physics, Astronomy and other Sciences.
          Laboratory: Reports, Error Analysis. Etc.
         
- Sandlot Science: Optical Illusions
 http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm
          An interactive Guide to Optical Illusions. Explore interactive
          optical effects, illusions, distortions, animations, artwork,
          stories, Adobe® PDF projects, games and more. Choose a
          category and start exploring over seventy-five exhibits and
          activities.
         
- The Moon Illusion Explained
 http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/
          Why the Moon Looks Big at the Horizon and Smaller When Higher
          Up. An explanation based on geometry and physiology.
         
- Examination of free energy claims 
 http://www.phact.org/e/dennis.html
          Skeptical examination of the claims, made by an outfit called
          "Better World Technology"
          that energy-creating, perpetual motion machines can be built
          to provide free energy.
         
- ENC Digital Dozen
 http://www.enc.org/classroom/dd/index.htm
          Each month the ENC selects and reviews 12 new and fascinating
          resources for math and science--check here monthly for great
          links. Archive of past months' picks.
         
- Publications from the Mathematics and Science Education
          Center
 http://www.nwrel.org/msec/pub.html
          The Inclusive Classroom: Mathematics and Science Instruction
          for Students with Learning Disabilities; Science and
          Mathematics for All Students;
          Inquiry Strategies for Science and Mathematics Learning. To
          view the Portable Document Format files (PDFs) on this site,
          download a free Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
         
- ENC Focus
 http://www.enc.org/focus/
          A magazine for classroom innovators striving to improve
          mathematics and science education.
         
- High School Integrated Science Units
 http://WWW.BHS.BERKELEY.K12.CA.US/departments/science/integratedscience/index.html
          9th and 10th grade units on ecology, physics, space science,
          energy. Some examples: Paint lab (file size 129 kb; examines
          colors using tempera paints; includes explanation of
          differences between how computer monitors and printers create
          colors). Sound lab (file size 162 kb; based on a old Golden
          State Exam coordinated science test, this lab examines sound
          waves using simple, cheap materials). Waves lab (file size 47
          kb; examines properties of waves in springs; we use 2 meter
          long spring about 2 cm wide). Cow eye lab (file size 46 kb;
          instructions for dissecting a cow eye with times for students
          to call teacher over to show specified parts of eye).
          Examining Gases of Photosynthesis (file size 63 kb; elodea and
          BTB lab in which student observe differences between aquatic
          plants growing in light and darkness).
         
- Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation 
 http://www.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
          Determine the distance between two points on the earth given
          their latitudes and longitudes.
          Links to a description to the math behind the calculation.
         
- A Science Odyssey
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/
          Based on the PBS series, discusses some of the more
          important scientific discoveries that have happened in the
          last century. Complete with Shockwave learning games,
          a made-for-the-Web game show, and comic-book style stories
          that show how some of these important discoveries came to be.
         
- Beyond Discovery - The Path From Research to Human Benefit
        
 http://www4.nationalacademies.org/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/homepage?OpenDocument  
          This project of the National Academy of Sciences is a series
          of case studies that identify and trace origins of important
          recent technological and medical advances. Each case
          study reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the
          applications of which could not have been anticipated at the
          time the
          original research was conducted.
         
- Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement
          (SMILE)
 http://www.iit.edu/~smile/index.html
          The SMILE program is designed to enhance the elementary and
          high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the
          use of the phenomenological approach. Participants have been
          asked to create and publish a single concept lesson plan.
          These lesson plans include the materials needed, a suggested
          strategy and expected outcomes. There are currently almost 800
          lesson plans available.
         
- Science Junction
 http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction
          The Science Junction is an interactive web site that promotes
          inquiry and provides resources to promote teaching in the
          context of
          the National Science Education Standards. Activities and
          resources include: network science projects in which students
          collect data to help answer science questions; a "Game
          Room" of science-based active games, a clearinghouse of online
          science education web resources and lesson plans; an
          interactive
          discovery area of science ideas for kids to try; an online
          meeting place for novice and veteran science teachers to share
          ideas; a
          "Collaborative Connections" database designed to help teachers
          find collaborators for classroom projects
         
- SCUBA Diving Explained
 http://www.mtsinai.org/pulmonary/books/scuba/welcome.htm
          On on-line book covering the concept of pressure, the four
          major gas laws as they apply to diving, composition of air,
          changes in gas pressures with depth, ear and sinus squeeze,
          lung barotrauma, air embolism, decompression sickness,
          nitrogen narcosis, oxygen toxicity, carbon monoxide and carbon
          dioxide toxicity, stress, hypothermia, hyperventilation, and
          oxygen therapy.
         
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse home page
 http://www.enc.org/classroom/index.htm
          The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and
          Science Education (ENC) is funded through a contract with the
          U. S.
          Department of Education to provide K-12 teachers with a
          central source of information on mathematics and science
          curriculum materials.
         
- Science in the Marketplace
 http://members.home.net:80/hkorchin/index.html
          A reference book for students searching for research or
          science fair projects, and a teacher resource for lab
          activities for all science classes. This book contains over 60
          lab activities based on everyday consumer topics. Suitable for
          grades 7-12.
         
- Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
 http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/  
          Free science experiments for parents, teachers, and children
          of all ages. Slick.
         
- Insanely Great Science Links
 http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amateur/coolsci.html
          Great Big List of Various Cool Science Places.
         
- The Bubbleshpere
 http://bubbles.org/
          Everything about bubbles and bubble science activities.
         
- Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering 
 http://www.mse.uiuc.edu/info/mse182/overheads.html
          Slide show from a college course: History of materials,
          Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Electronic Materials, Composites.
         
- Physical Sciences Resource Center
 http://www.psrc-online.org
          The Physical Sciences Resource Center is a project of the
          American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) with financial
          support from the Campaign for Physics. The PSRC provides
          teacher resources for the entire spectrum of learners.
         
- Magnetic water treatment and other scams
 http://www.sfu.ca/chemcai/magscams/magscams.html
          Hucksters and scam artists (and maybe even some sincere but
          ignorant individuals) are having
          a field day promoting magnetic devices as a new form of snake
          oil to a North American public that is generally unable to
          distinguish science
          from pseudoscience
         
- OMEGAweb™ Technical Reference
 http://www.omega.com/techref/  
          Measurement instrument manufacturer's technical/engineering
          reference collection, dealing with the measurement of
          Temperature, Pressure, Strain and Force, Flow and Level, pH
          and Conductivity/Environmental.
         
- History and Philosophy in Science Teaching: Curriculum
          Modules K-12
 http://www1.umn.edu/ships/#modules  
          One of the most exciting aspects of teaching science is
          conveying how science is done and engaging students in the
          process of discovery for themselves. History of science is one
          of the best resources for this. Here you have access to
          several ready-to-use curriculum modules created by a group of
          Minnesota teachers
         
- The Science Education Gateway
 http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SEGway
          he Science Education Gateway (formerly SII) is a collaborative
          NASA project which brings together the expertise of NASA
          scientists, science museums, and K-12 educators to produce
          NASA science-based Earth and space science curricula for
          classroom and public use via the World Wide Web. SEGway
          materials are produced by teachers in locally-grown
          collaborations with program staff at nearby partnering science
          museums.
         
- K-6 Textbooks and "Science myths" in Popular culture
 http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/miscon/miscon.html
          The complex and abstract nature of Science makes the subject
          difficult to understand. But
          complexity is not the only reason that Science is hard. The
          subject is made much more
          difficult by the presence of numerous, misleading "Science
          Myths." These Science Myths
          circulate in the popular culture, are handed down from parents
          to children, and have
          become so common and widespread that they even appear in
          science textbooks and are
          taught as facts in elementary school.
         
- Science Learning Network class projects
 http://www.sln.org/
          The Science Learning Network explores how telecomputing can
          support inquiry-based science education. Investigate "The
          Unisys Prize" and the Public Science Day 2000 program. Learn
          how to exterminate "The Millennium Bug." Go on a "ZooWatch" or
          fly away with "Flights of Inspiration." Test the "pH
          Factor"...in English, Chinese, or Japanese! Meet teachers who
          are "Wired@School."
         
- Science Kits from Rockville Creative Learning, Inc. 
 http://www.sciencekits.com
          Rockville Creative Learning has a huge selection of science
          kits including chemistry kits, electronic kits, robots,
          dinosaurs, crystal growing kits, models and so much more. They
          also have activity kits, educational books and workbooks.
          Their Parenting Guides section has books that can help you to
          become a better parent and includes a selection of books for
          children with special needs. A great site for families!
         
- Carnegie Science Center
 http://www.csc.clpgh.org/
          Online Telerobot, The Magic of Flight,
          Carnegie Science Academy
         
- Chicago Academy of Sciences
 http://www.chias.org/
          The Nature Museum; Virtual Exhibit: The Laflin Building Nature
          Dioramas;
          CAoS Club Live Science Demonstrations and Hands-on Science
          Activities; Let's Talk Science! - Education Department; Museum
          in the Classroom; America Goes Back to School.
         
- Science Adventures
 http://www.scienceadventures.org
          Online directory of organizations and centers
          offering informal science learning opportunities. Science
          Adventures includes
          over 1,200 science centers and museums, zoos, aviaries and
          aquariums, nature
          centers, parks and reserves, and planetariums and
          observatories. Each entry in
          the directory includes contact information and a description
          of both the on-site
          and off-site programs offered to schools, classes, youth
          groups, teachers, and
          families. The directory is searchable by type of center, by
          keyword, and by
          geographic location.
         
- Project SkyMath: Making Mathematical Connections Using the
          Science and Language of Patterns to Explore the Weather 
 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/Skymath.html
          This Web Page is designed for middle school mathematics
          teachers. It contains all of the information needed
          for teachers to use the 15 classroom activities of SkyMath,
          including the module itself. We believe that it is an
          effective and innovative way to present elements of the middle
          school mathematics curriculum.
         
-  A network of Instructional Materials for Science Educators
 http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/
          The IMSEnet web site contains
          many annotated web links to the best science instructional
          materials on the World Wide Web for K-12
          classroom instruction as well as a variety of K-12
          interdisciplinary web resources. IMSEnet is developed by
          the SERVIT Group, (Science Education Research in Visual
          Instructional Technology) at North Carolina State
          University and is used in staff development and teacher
          training with both preservice and inservice K-12
          science teachers.
         
- Science Teaching Forum
 http://www.forum.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/netforum/sciteach/a/1
          The SciTeach web forum is a place where science teachers can
          share ideas, reflections and conversations on
          teaching and implementation of technology in the classroom,
          while also providing support for each other as
          members of an electronic professional community. An area of
          the SciTeach forum has been designated for
          use exclusively for preservice science teachers. Student
          teachers are encouraged to use this area to speak
          freely about their experiences.
         
- Electronic Journal of Science Education 
 http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/ejse.html
          The Electronic Journal of Science Education is the first peer
          reviewed electronic journal of its kind devoted to the timely
          sharing of science education information via the World Wide
          Web. Using communications technology, information and research
          related to science education issues, K-16, are addressed. All
          reviewing, editing, and publishing is done via e-mail and the
          Web, allowing for both quality of product and increased speed
          and availability to all readers free of charge.
         
- Extend simulation system
 http://www.imaginethatinc.com
          Extend is a dynamic, iconic simulation environment with a
          built-in
          development system for extensibility. It enables you to
          simulate discrete event,
          continuous, and combined discrete event/continuous processes
          and systems.
          Virtually anything you could possibly imagine can easily be
          built by using Extend's
          libraries of pre-built blocks. No programming is necessary;
          however, you may if
          you so desire. Everything you need to for model building is
          here...the authoring
          environment and development system are built right in!
         
- Diffusion, Osmosis, and Cell Membranes: An Integrated
          Science Instructional Unit
 http://biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/lessons/mccandless/default.html
          In this unit, the students will explore some of the properties
          and processes of the cell
          membrane including permeability, passive transport,
          equilibrium, diffusion, osmosis,
          cell tonicity and rates of diffusion. The students perform a
          number of laboratory
          activities intended to lead them, through exploration and
          analysis, to a thorough
          understanding of the importance of a cell membrane and the
          physical processes of
          diffusion and osmosis.
          The unit includes both teacher and student materials. Teacher
          materials include
          background information, scheduling suggestions, preparation
          instructions, evaluation
          keys, and a resource list. Student materials include a
          background reading sheet,
          several exploratory activities with evaluation questions, a
          culminating experiment, and
          a quiz.
         
- Thinkquest winners
 http://www.thinkquest.org/  
          An international project competition for students. Search
          their library of over 1000
          student-created entries.
         
- Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
 http://www.pkal.org/
          is an informal national alliance of individuals, institutions,
          and organizations committed to strengthening undergraduate
          science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education.
         
- Science 2000 (Activities and Lesson Plans)
 http://www.luc.edu/schools/education/science/frame.htm
          Lesson Plans and Activities For Elementary K-8 Science.
          Astronomy, biology, chemistry. earth science, physics.
         
- National Science and Technology Week
 http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nstw/start.htm
          The National Science & Technology Week (NSTW) program was
          once the main outreach campaign for the Special Projects
          Section to convey NSF's role in the informal education arena.
          The NSTW program served this purpose for 14 years, before the
          Section was charged with evaluating NSF's outreach efforts to
          more ably meet the challenges of the 21st century. Find Out
          Why was conceived and it is the appropriate vehicle that
          incorporates many aspects from NSTW and also replaces it,
          affording NSF the opportunity to extend its outreach efforts
          and impact that an on-going yearlong campaign can offer
          instead of the restrictions of a one-week celebration held
          annually.
         
- Invention Dimension
 http://web.mit.edu/invent/
          This MIT inventors site profiles a different creative
          innovator every week, in breezy, picture-filled bios. The
          Invention Dimension series introduces the world of inventors
          to students -- or anyone else interested -- and helps paint a
          portrait of how their inventions have affected our lives. The
          great names are here, from Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney
          to Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. But so are the
          lesser-known inventors -- geniuses such as Norbert Rillieux,
          the son of a black slave and a white plantation owner who grew
          up to invent the sugar processing evaporator.
         
- Science On-Line Resource Toolkits 
 http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/sol/imagemap_txt.html
          ready-made classroom activities developed by your colleagues,
          as
          well as images, interactive tools, text, and other resources
          to help you build your own Internet-based
          classroom resource.
         
- 21st Century Problem Solving
 http://www2.hawaii.edu/suremath/home.html
          An online "Journal of Modern Problem Solving". These Web pages
          provide examples of problems solved using reliable problem
          solving methods, discussion of the principles of reliable
          problem solving and an evolving encyclopedia of solved
          problems in mathematics, physics and chemistry. The main focus
          is on pre-college algebra.
         
- Classroom Projects
 http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/projects/projects.html
          TEAMS studio instructors design Internet projects to involve
          students in collaborative
          activities that extend and enhance student understanding of
          the concepts they are teaching.
          Take a look at our projects and get involved! Math, science,
          Integrated Ecology, etc.
         
- The Explorer Project (U. Kansas)
 http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/
          Explorer is a collection of educational resources
          (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student
          created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science
          education. You may browse through mathematics and science
          education curricula (we plan to expand to other curricula) or
          conduct searches that focus on specific interests. Many
          resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format that is
          readable by Macintosh, Windows and other OSs.
         
- PBS TeacherSource
 http://www.pbs.org/tconnex/index.html
          PBS TeacherSource - a service of the Public Broadcasting
          Service and participating public television stations -
          offers information about programs from the PBS National
          Program Service schedule with extended videotaping
          rights for pre K-12 educators in the United States. These
          programs, while originally designed for the general
          audience, have curriculum applications and are often used by
          teachers in the classroom. PBS TeacherSource
          seeks to reach U.S. teachers with valuable program
          information, as well as
          
          - cross-curricular applications, teacher
            resources, video offers and links to related resources on
            the Internet.
          
 
- Science Resource Center
 http://chem.lapeer.org/  
          Labs and demonstrations for chemistry, biology, physics.
         
- Science And Math Initiatives and The Teacher Help Service
 http://sami.lanl.gov/  
          SAMI is a clearing house of resources, funding, and curriculum
          for rural math and science teachers.
         
- Integrating the Internet
 http://integratingtheinternet.com/  
          Use this page to find primary resources, projects, a weekly
          newsletter, units of study, and a tutorial to help you plan
          projects and class homepages. Tales from the Electronic
          Frontier Stories of how teachers use the Internet
          to enhance Math and Science learning.
         
- StudyWorks
 http://www.mathsoft.com/studyworks/
          Commercial integrated science and math toolkit software for
          high school and college students!
         
- Understanding the Physical Universe
 http://www.uky.edu/~holler/msc/scioutln.html
          The first semester of a two-semester multidisciplinary course
          on the origin, nature, and evolution of the universe.
          This course explores the relationships among astronomy,
          biology, chemistry, geology, and physics in historical,
          cultural, and environmental contexts. Student activities and
          experiments.
         
- Science Resources - Mid-continent Regional Educational
          Laboratory
 http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/science.asp
          Earth & Space, General Science Resources, Life Sciences,
          Physical Sciences, Science & Technology.
         
- Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and
          Science Education
 http://www2.rbs.org/
          Consortium supporting systemic school reform in Maryland,
          Delaware, the
          District of Columbia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
         
- The Why Files (National Institute for Science Education)
 http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu
          The Why Files, a product of the National Institute for Science
          Education,
          is an effort to illuminate the science, math and technology
          that lurk
          such issues as diet and blindness, the hunt for cosmic
          neutrinos, ancient
          life in amber and the pros and cons of electric cars. It also
          features
          cool science images and science-related sports information.
          The page is
          for the curious, students and teachers. We hope to inspire
          people to see
          science as a process that is important to everybody.
         
- Web sites and resources for teaching science
 http://www.sitesforteachers.com/  
          Lesson Plans For A Variety of Science Topics; Ideas And
          Activities; Resources For Teaching Science;
          Space And Astronomy Resources; Online Science Museums and
          Exhibits;
          Major Science Education Organizations. (Drs. Vicki F. Sharp
          and Richard M. Sharp, Professors of Elementary
          Education at California State University, Northridge.)
         
- PROBLEM - SOLVING in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING
 http://www.umr.edu/~gbert/probsolv.html
          Brief paper on problem-solving techniques.
         
- UnCover 
 http://uncweb.carl.org/
          UnCover is a database of current article information from more
          than 15,000 journals in all disciplines. UnCover contains
          brief descriptions of over 5 million articles published since
          Autumn 1988. The UnCover database can be accessed via the
          Internet at no cost. UnCover is also a document delivery
          system which allows you to order copies of articles. However
          document delivery
          is not a free service. The subject coverage of UnCover is:
          Science & Technology - 53%; Social Sciences - 33%;
          Humanities - 14%.
         
- Horizon
 http://horizon.unc.edu/
          Horizon's mission is to inform educators about the challenges
          that they will face in a changing world and steps they can
          take to meet these challenges. We strive to accomplish this
          mission by using the HORIZON site in conjuction with OTH
          On-Line (the on-line version of the print publication, On The
          Horizon), the HORIZON mailing list, seminars and workshops,
          conferences, and presentations to explore and extend our
          thinking as an educational community about the implications of
          a rapidly changing world and what we can do to make
          educational organizations and programs more effective in the
          future.
         
- Windows to the Universe
 http://www.windows.umich.edu/
          Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system on
          the Earth and Space Sciences for the use of
          the general public. The objective of this project, funded by
          NASA, is to develop an innovative and engaging
          Web-site that spans the Earth and Space sciences. Our goal is
          to build a site that includes a rich array of
          documents, including images, movies, animations, and data
          sets, that explore the Earth and space sciences
          and the historical and cultural ties between science,
          exploration, and the human experience. Our site is being
          developed with the goal of being appropriate for use in
          museums and libraries, and to be a resource for
          students in their studies of the Earth and space sciences.
         
- Scientific American
 http://www.sciam.com/
          Yep, it's the famous magazine's Web site, with Quick Article
          Summaries; Selected Articles; News and Analysis; Reviews and
          Commentary; 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago,
          on-line exhibits; Ask the Experts; Interviews; Letters to the
          Editors.
         
- AIMS Foundation Home Page 
 http://www.aimsedu.org/
          AIMS is the acronym for "Activities Integrating Mathematics
          and Science." The mission of
          the AIMS Education Foundation is to enrich the education of
          students in K-9 through
          hands-on activities that integrate mathematics, science, and
          other disciplines. AIMS
          implements the recommendations put forth in reform documents
          such as Science for All
          Americans (American Association for the Advancement of
          Science), Curriculum and
          Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (National Council
          of Teachers of
          Mathematics) and the National Science Education Standards
          (National Research Council of
          the National Academy of Sciences.) AIMS is nationally
          recognized for its leadership in
          developing an integrated science/mathematics curriculum.
          What's New!; About the AIMS Magazine; Online AIMS Workshop
          Information; Online AIMS Catalog; Online Discussion Area;
          Mathematics History; Puzzle Corner
         
- AskERIC Science sites
 http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Subjects/Science
          Agriculture, Animals, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering,
          Entomology, Environmental Education, Genetics, Geology,
          Inventors, Meteorology, Oceanography, Paleontology, Physics,
          Space Sciences.
         
- Bill Nye, Science Guy
 http://billnye.com/flash_go.html  
          Web site for one of the most popular science guys on
          television, Bill
          Nye. Activities, links to information about the latest
          episodes, and more.
         
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
 http://www.enc.org/
          The Digital Curriculum Laboratory (DCL), ENC's online
          component, is a comprehensive Internet site for math and
          science education. It is designed to assist teachers in
          locating instructional and other educational resources. The
          DCL includes links to Internet resources for science and math
          teaching as well as the ENC Catalog of Curriculum Resources.
         
- INFOMINE:Selected Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computer
          Science and Math Resources
 http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/physcisearch.phtml  
          A showcase of highly relevant Internet/Web resources which
          include databases, electronic journals
          and books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card
          catalogs, articles and directories of
          researchers, among many other types of information.
         
- DISCOVER magazine
 http://www.discover.com/
          Selected articles from DISCOVER, the monthly magazine of
          science and technology for the general reader.
         
- Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Science 
 http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
          Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's ELSI in Science program is a
          pilot project designed to stimulate discussions on the
          implications of selected areas of scientific research. These
          modules probably will be most useful to educators and students
          at the middle school level. However, older students may
          benefit from some of the information as well
         
- The Franklin Institute Science Museum.
 http://sln.fi.edu:80/tfi/welcome.html
          We bring the exhibits,
          resources, and fun of a museum visit right to your desktop.
          Visit our publications library, where you'll find other
          science news, activities, and
          resources. Use our units of study to support your science
          curriculum. Sample
          some interesting science programs and demonstrations. Find out
          what's new at The Franklin Institute by reading our monthly
          online
          magazine for "inQuiring" minds: "inQuiry Almanack"
         
- National Public Radio Science and Health programs
 http://www.npr.org/inside/transcripts/seriesedit.html
          Special programs on PBS in the area of science and health.
          Frequently uodated.
         
- Computers, Peers, Teachers (was: Computer as Learning
          Partner) 
 http://www.clp.berkeley.edu/CLP.html
          This project is an on-going educational research effort is
          dedicated to informing and improving middle school science
          instruction. CLP Curriculum describes the middle school
          thermodynamics, light and sound curriculum
         
- Frank Potter's Science Gems
 http://www.sciencegems.com/  
          Listing of science teaching materials on the Internet using
          the California Science Framework Categories. Resources are
          sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level
         
- NSTA's Scope, Sequence & Coordination Project 
 http://dev.nsta.org/ssc/  
          Detailed explanations of the National Science Education
          Content Standards, listings of
          applicable concepts, laws, and theories, and materials
          presented as Micro-Units designed to achieve the NSE
          Standards offered for download and free use in your science
          class.The individual science Micro-Units are arranged
          within grade level by Content Standards and sub-topics of the
          NSES.
          Student
            Assessments to meet the National Science Education Standards
          
         
- Smithsonian Photographs Online 
 http://photo2.si.edu/
          The photographic resources of the Smithsonian available on
          picture pages. Butterflies attracted to the National Museum of
          Natural
          History's new Butterfly Habitat Garden; Science Defined by the
          Hands of a Book Artist;
          Studying the Jungle Canopy in Panama; Dinosaur Hall; Green Sea
          Turtles nesting;
          a Total Eclipse of the Sun; Information Age exhibit;
          Underwater photography; photographs of objects in the National
          Museum of American History's exhibit "It's A Material World:
          What Things Are Made of and Why"; and many more.
         
- Newspapers Online
 http://www.hotcc.com/newspapr.html
          This single Web page contains links to more than 200
          newspapers who have
          set up Web sites--worldwide.