Resources for High School Science Teachers

 

Case Study Collection This Internet site, maintained by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, offers a collection of case studies for use in undergraduate science classrooms. Designed to humanize science and to illustrate scientific methodology and values, the cases also develop students' skills in group learning, speaking, and critical thinking.

ThinkQuest : Library : The Sciences Explorer This World Wide Web (WWW) site, created for grades 9 to 12 by three high school students as part of ThinkQuest's First Annual Web Site Creation Contest, offers a variety of Internet resources for biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. The biology page contains an virtual cell where visitors may view three dimensional representations of the organelles, an essay on cloning, and information of the different fields within biology.

Aeronautics Activities and Lessons This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed for grades 7 through 12, provides hands-on learning on rockets. Included are background information about the history of rocketry and the application of Isaac Newton's Three laws of Motion in practical rocketry; and a series of physical science activities demonstrating the basic science of rocketry.

The Science Spot This World Wide Web (WWW) site contains links and information for teachers who are interested in enriching their science classes. They can find lesson plans, activities, and worksheets for five different areas of science.

FieldMap.org Main Menu This Internet site contains guides for five projects that engage students in biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and meteorology. While completing these projects, students gather data on the type of rocks, species of trees, and direction of the prevailing winds in their area.

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab - Educational Science This Internet site provides simple chemistry and physics experiments for students to perform with adults. The site features Reeko, the Mad Scientist, as the narrator who encourages student learning through his comical writing and interesting experiments.

Chemistry This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 1 to 12 by the Southeastern Michigan Math-Science Learning Coalition, contains chemistry lessons and activities. The Southeastern Michigan Math-Science Learning Coalition provides a clearinghouse of lessons that can be done at home or in a classroom.

Hummingbirds: Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project is a cross-disciplinary international initiative in which people collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

  

A Collection of Secondary Math Units This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 9 to 12 by Margaret Sinclair, contains Mathmatic units (using Spreadsheets).

Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math This World Wide Web (WWW) site contains a variety of specific matchmatics questions and answers. This site lists all sorts of math problems asked by students, and it is a lot fun to read the questions and see the answers.

A Gallery of Interactive On-Line geometry   This web site, developed by National Science and Technology Research Center, is intended as an educational resource for students and teachers. It provides detailed information on Computation and Visualization of Geometric Structures. It needs graphics capability and interactive web applications.

TeacherSource-Math | PBS   This web site is developed and maintained by PBS TeacherLine. The site provides lessons plans and activities in different topics and for various grade ranges.

Geometry - Java Applets  This web site use Java Applet to demonstrate how to sovle geometry problems in a visual way. It includes a variety of geometry topics: Angle and Parallel Lines, Congruent figures and Triangles, Quadrilaterals and Conservation of Area, Similar Figures, Circles, and Pythagorean Theorem.

Visual Calculus  This web site contains a collection of modules that can be used in teaching and studying calculus. For each section, it provides Tutorial, followed by specific problems and solutions.

  

Physical Science Activity Manual This Internet site contains 34 hands-on physical science-based activities that were developed in 1995 by a group of Tennessee teachers. These activities can be downloaded in MS Word, Wordperfect, or pdf format.

Curricular Companions and Kits This Internet site provides a connection of links to curricula resources for technology, life, Earth, and physical science teachers in grades K-8. Developed by the Keystone Science Network, the site is intended to supplement national standards-based science kits, including Science and Technology for Children (STC), FOSS, and Insights; but all teachers will be able to use the resources to support their teaching.

Virtual Labs and Simulations This Internet site, designed for grades 9 to 12, provides over 500 web links to applets, simulations, and virtual labs that illustrate visually difficult physics concepts. The purpose of the Website is to provide science students a means of using the Internet as a source of useful information, especially science information and homework assistance.

Visual Physics This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed for students in grades 9 to 12, provides basic instruction in physics using manipulated animations. The animations feature physical principles such as force, work, and projectile motion, as well as electricity, kinematics, and momentum.

The Catalyst: Chemistry Resources For Teachers This site has been developed specifically for the secondary education / high school level teacher, as a resource for finding relevant information for use in the classrooms.

Primary and Secondary Education Schools face a growing demand for information technology with ever shrinking budgets. Bringing the Internet to all classrooms and providing access to educational resources requires advanced IP communications. Integrated voice, data and video networking can eliminate complexity, improve reliability and reduce operational costs.

  

Science Fun with Airplanes  Learn about the principles of flight and why planes fly the way they do with our Science of Flight 4-H Project Book. This manual provides over 20 hands-on experiments to help youth learn about this fascinating subject.

THE K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook

NASA Quest: Space Who is the man for whom the KAO has been named? The Kuiper Airborne Observatory was dedicated in May of 1975 in honor of a man who many today regard as the father of modern planetary science. Born in the Netherlands ninety years ago (12/7/05) and educa ted at Leiden University as an astronomer, Kuiper came to the US in 1933. During his lifetime he worked at Lick Observatory, Harvard, Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, and the University of Arizona.

Dryden Education Resources for Educators

Beginner's Guide to Model RocketsAt this Web site you can study how model rockets operate at your own pace and to your own level of interest.

Aerodynamics General Information What is aerodynamics? The word comes from two Greek words: aerios concerning the air, and dynamismeaning powerful. Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.

LDAPS: LEGO Design and Programming System> Engineering and Science: A curriculum for K-12.

How Things Fly Home PageThis web site, produced by NASA, explains the forces needed to achieve flight. A series of interactive demonstrations, combined with short explanatory paragraphs, allow the student to explore how flight is achieved, discover that air is a fluid, and study the four forces that affect flight. Students extend their learning by using several supplementary pages including Show Me More pages that provide detailed explanations and photographs, a glossary page, and an activity page containing a lab that can be tried at home.