Compiled by Russell Agne January 8, 1999
National Science Teachers Association
NSTA is the most prominent professional association for science teachers. It publishes The Science Teacher, Science Scope, and Science and Children. Lots of resource publications. Site includes science teacher certification criteria: http://www.nsta.org
Vermont Education Resources
The State of Vermont maintains a home page with a wealth of information of interest to Vermont teachers. http://www.cit.state.vt.us/educ.htm
The Vermont Science Teachers Association
VSTA represents Vermont's Science teachers as an affiliate of NSTA. It publishes a newsletter, holds an annual convention in October, and supports the science teaching profession in a variety of ways: http://dauntless.smcvt.edu/vsta/sites.html
American Association of Physics Teachers
Physics teachers who excel at their profession are active members of the AAPT and receive their journals: http://www.aapt.org
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Earth Science and geology teachers belong to this organization which publishes a monthly journal, Journal of Geoscience Education http://rustam.uwp.edu/JGE
College of Education and Social Services at UVM
Curriculum information for science (and other) teacher licensure programs, checklists of courses required to become a science teacher: http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/stservices/
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH supports school reform. Here, science teachers are given an overview of schooling practices in history, English, foreign language, and other humanities subjects. The New Millennial Schools Project involves considerable technology: http://www.neh.gov
Hughes Endeavor for Life Science Excellence (Helix)
This UVM-based program has a long history of support for life science teaching in Vermont secondary schools and also supports undergraduate college science. http://www.uvm.edu/~helix
The Eisenhower Regional Alliance for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Supports K-12 education reform by providing professional development opportunities, technical assistance, curriculum materials, and other resources. Directed by TERC: http://www.ra.terc.edu
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study provided a data-based picture of K-12 student performance in science and mathematics. The TIMSS assessment has attracted considerable press coverage and raised serious questions about the quality of science and mathematics instruction in the United States: http://www.ed.gov/NCES/timss
Vermont Department of Education's Collection of Standards Based Units
Vee One. While the server may be slow to respond, VeeOne continues to be the place to sample K-12 standards-based units developed by Vermont teachers. Future plans include having all postings be peer reviewed. This site will test your patience as it is very slow to bring up stuff. http://www.floodbrook.k12.vt.us/veeone/folders/curriculum/earthscience.
ERIC
The long-time best guide to the science education literature.....To access the Educational Resources Information Center for substantial science education research tools, and lesson plans : http://ericir.syr.edu
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. Kathy lives on Cape Cod, MA Her web site is popular with K-12 teachers for its value in enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. Fun to scan." http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/index.htm
The American Library Association has recommended 50 sites to parents and children. Many of them are science related . http://www.ssdesign.com/parentspage/greatsites/50.html#parents
Environmental Protection issues/policies for the United States from the EPA: http://www.epa.gov
Joe Abruscato, a UVM colleague, has a home page with links to wonderful science teaching resources: http://www.uvm.edu/~jabrusca
Newton's Apple Ties to the popular PBS Newton's Apple science television show, with lessons and curriculum ideas: http://www.askeric.org/Projects/Newton
Earthwatch Opportunities for K-12 educators to participate in two-week field research expeditions throughout the world during the summer: http://www.earthwatch.org
NASCO This company is a long-time supplier of science teaching supplies and equipment. For all K-12 science subjects: http://www.nascofa.com
Carolina Scientific. Carolina Science and Math is a giant among science supply houses, with rich variety of inventory in biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, earth and space science. http://www.carolina.com
Arbor Scientific This science supplier (Ann Arbor, MI) has a strong catalog in physics: http://www.arborsci.com
National Gardening Association. NSF supported horticulturally based curriculum (Grow Lab) for creating a living laboratory in the classroom http://www.garden.org
Science Disciplines (overall)
Science Daily: The latest research news in science, a "current science" resource to articles in the top science journals such as Science, and Nature: http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Astronomy/Earth Science
El Nino Lots of new sites on this timely weather phenomenon. NOAA has this offering that is quite useful as a starting point. Includes real time data from ocean buoys: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/home.html
The Solar system and planets are pictured with text, pictures, and sounds: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/
Welcome to the Planets A collection of images and information about the planets: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets
Several on-line (distance learning) courses for college credit are available through Antioch University and they are described here: http://www.hol.edu/courses/CrsDesc4a.htm
WIND and SEA If oceanic and atmospheric information is your desire this library of over 750 sites compiled by NOAA should whet your appetite.: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/
Information on aeronautics, earth and space science from NASA: http://bolero.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Current earthquake information, maps: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/QUAKES/CURRENT/current.html
Volcano World. Information about the why and where of volcanoes: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
If your computer can take advantage of sites that have camera's shooting 24-hours a day, these Earth Science sites may be of interest:
NASA's views from or in space : http://www.ambitweb.com/nasacams/nasacams.html
Beaches and Bays--this one on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware: http://www.beachcam.com
Paleontology Without Walls The University of California has public exhibits that feature phylogeny, geologic time and evolutionary thought. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/exhibits.html
A fossil collection in a museum tour at University of California at Berkeley: http://ucmpl.berkeley.edu
Viking Voyage 100 Join a voyage from Greenland to Newfoundland duplicating one made 1000 years ago. Visit the archive for other adventures such as the Iditarod Sled Dog Race (Lands End Clothes sponsored) http://www.viking1000.org
To access current U.S. Weather here is one of many sites where latest images from orbiting satellites can be found: http://www.mit.edu:8001/usa.html
Space Shuttle. Follow the progress of the United Space Alliance and launches to support the International Space Station. Realtime data available and requires plug-ins. http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/live/nasatrack.html
Digress into sailing (physics?) and try the Sailing Source: http://www.paw.com/Sail
Life Science (Zoology/Botany)
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Resources on fish and wildlife; forests, parks and recreation; environmental conservation: http://www.anr.state.vt.us/
This Electronic Zoo will refer you to plenty of links about animals: http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
Whales. This award winning site called WhaleNet lets students monitor whale populations. It gives access to EnviroNet!, a network to monitor environmental syslems. [Wheelock College, Boston--Spanish available] http://whale.wheelock.edu
Journey North A Global Study of Wildlife Migration. Join with K-12 students in tracking the seasonal migration of birds, whales and other animals: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/jnorth.html
The Telegarden A bit off the beaten (garden) path. A tele-robotic installation lets you interact with a remote garden filled with living plants. [U. Caliofornia, Berkeley] http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/garden
Chemistry
The Virtual Library of Chemistry is located at UCLA and connects to many university-level chemistry sites: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html
Frog Dissection Dissect a frog online (video included): http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html
Online Museum. Try the Theater of Electricity. Then view fractals (The Dance of Chance) from Boston's Museum of Science. http://www.mos.org/mos/onlinemuseum.html
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