The General Science Sites found here
are Internet sites that do not meet specific science
benchmarks. The links are organized in the following
categories: (click on the selected category to view
that section): (1) Teaching Units / Lesson
Plans; (2) Student Activities / Projects
/ Interactive Sites; (3) Information
/ Facts / Data / Reports; (4) Videos
/ Movies / Animations; (5) Photographs
/ Slides / Diagrams / Graphics; (6) Periodicals
/ Journals / Newspapers; (7) Searches
/ Explorations / Investigations
Teaching Units/Lesson
Plans
- Athena:
Teacher Resources (MS)
This is a K-12 site loaded with info., lesson plans,
and activities for use by students and teachers. This
site contains multiple links to other sites.
- Athena:
Earth & Space Science for K-12
This site offers several links to various earth
science topics. The links take students and teachers
to information, games and quizzes, and document files.
Easy to navigate. There is something for students
in all grades. Younger students will need help with
reading.
- Bridge:
Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center
A very encompassing and comprehensive information
and lesson resource on ocean science. It has a "Teachers'
Top Picks" section and it's own search engine
broken down by topic.
- Discovering
Dinosaurs
This site has many different activities for students
to explore the possibilities of finding a dinosaur
of their own. They explore the questions of
where did dinosaurs go?; did you eat a dinosaur for
dinner? and what would you do if you adopted a dinosaur?.
There are teacher resources and lesson plans.
The site is easy to navigate through and very user
friendly.
- Educating
Young People About Water
This site prvides links for teachers to order materials
about water, watersheds and water quality. Many of
the materials are free.
- Ground
Water Foundations Kids Corner
This is an excellent site for teachers and
students covering every topic concerning water. The
site has games and puzzles, coloring sheets, ground
water basics, and activities.
- Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory -Geosphere (EL)
USGS web site monitoring Hawaiian volcanoes. This
site contains teachers lesson plans.
- Imagine
the Universe! Lesson Plans
This is a list of lesson plans by subject.
- NASA
Education
This NASA site has various teaching and learning
activities and provides information and links for
students and teachers to learn about NASA. The site
also contains links to a variety of activities and
games for kids. The NASA Education Enterprise has
the lead role in the accomplishment of the goal to
"inspire and motivate students to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics".
- Space
Place
This site is geared for Grades 4 to 8. Some materials
could be adapted for high school. The Space Place
includes activities and information related to the
exploration of outer space, as well as Earth from
space. Site contains printable images of Earth and
Space. Dr. Marc's amazing facts tie space science
into their everyday lives. The teacher's section has
lesson plans and ideas. The activities support Standards
for Technology Literacy as developed by ITEA.
- Space
Science Hotlist
Lists a variety of space science websites on topics
ranging from the solar system, the stars, and the
planets, to space travel and space images. Teacher
resources, as well as basckground astronomical information,
are provided.
- Student
Activities/Projects/Interactive Sites
- Athena:
Teacher Resources (MS)
This is a K-12 site loaded with info., lesson plans,
and activities for use by students and teachers. This
site contains multiple links to other sites.
- Bridges
to Classroom
This site is an interactive bridge building activity.
Students can read about people involved in the construction
of a bridge. Then they build a bridge, add safety
features and test it with quakes from different faults
and various magnitudes. It provides background
information on earthquakes.
- ESA-kids-
our- universe
This is an interactive site
covering Geosphere, Hydrospere, Weather and the Solar
System. There are some acivities and games.
- Exploring
Earth
This is a great site adapted from a textbook that
has very nice investigations and visualizations of
all earth and space science topics. Nearly every page
is interactive and animated.
- Ground
Water Foundations Kids Corner
This is an excellent site for teachers and
students covering every topic concerning water. The
site has games and puzzles, coloring sheets, ground
water basics, and activities.
- Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality - Environmental
Education
The site contains the following links: Kids Corner
(games and activities), Student Center, Educators,
General Public, Special Events, Ways to Care for our
Environment, and External Fun Links. This site
contains brocures, lessons, games and activities dealing
with the hydrosphere.
- NASA
Education
This NASA site has various teaching and learning
activities and provides information and links for
students and teachers to learn about NASA. The site
also contains links to a variety of activities and
games for kids. The NASA Education Enterprise has
the lead role in the accomplishment of the goal to
"inspire and motivate students to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics".
- National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
This is a great source for elementary students.
This site has space related games, projects, animations,
cool subjects, amazing facts and friends share.
- Rocks
for Kids-Teacher Resource
This site has many different activities and lessons
plans for teachers to use. There are several
topics to choose from including quizzes, hands on
experience lab activities, careers, and playing with
rock activities. There are other web site resources
listed. Very user friendly and easy to navigate
through.
- Space
Place
This site is geared for Grades 4 to 8. Some materials
could be adapted for high school. The Space Place
includes activities and information related to the
exploration of outer space, as well as Earth from
space. Site contains printable images of Earth and
Space. Dr. Marc's amazing facts tie space science
into their everyday lives. The teacher's section has
lesson plans and ideas. The activities support Standards
for Technology Literacy as developed by ITEA.
- Teaching
in The Learning Web at the USGS (Contains activities
on Earth S. and Global Change)
This site has several links to information on topics
such as global change, learning with maps, and earth
science. The site contains activities, maps, pictures,
and covers current events dealing with global change.
Appropriate for use with elementary students.
- What
on Earth?
This is a jeopardy game for students, designed by
NASA, which has questions on concepts about air, land,
and water. Students answer the multiple choice questions
and then find out the answers, while the computer
keeps their score.
- Wonderful
World of Weather New
By using hands-on
activities and real-time data investigations, the
students will develop a basic understanding of how
weather can be described in measurable quantities,
such as temperature, wind and precipitation. This
is an interactive project that allows students to
investigate weather locally and around the world.
Information/Facts/Data/Reports
- Bridge:
Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center
A very encompassing and comprehensive information
and lesson resource on ocean science. It has a "Teachers'
Top Picks" section and it's own search engine
broken down by topic.
- Dinosaur
Eggs-National Geographic
Great photos and information about dinosaur eggs are
included. Hunt dino eggs around the world and
visit the museum to learn more about dinosaur babies
and parents.
- Monitoring
Glaciers to Watch Global Changes in Climate
This site which is text, pictures, and descriptions
explains how climatologists monitor glaciers to track
climatic changes. Includes the following topics: Monitoring
glaciers to watch climatic change; Types of glaciers;
Challenges to detecting glacial change; Using satellites
to measure glaciers; and Implications of glacial shrinkage.
- National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
This is a great source for elementary students. This
site has space related games, projects, animations,
cool subjects, amazing facts and friends share.
- National
Watershed Network
The National Watershed Network is a registry of locally
led watershed partnerships working to meet local goals
through voluntary actions. This site enables you to
access different watershed site for information.
- Space
Place
This site is geared for Grades 4 to 8. Some materials
could be adapted for high school. The Space Place
includes activities and information related to the
exploration of outer space, as well as Earth from
space. Site contains printable images of Earth and
Space. Dr. Marc's amazing facts tie space science
into their everyday lives. The teacher's section has
lesson plans and ideas. The activities support Standards
for Technology Literacy as developed by ITEA.
- Studying
Earth's Environment From Space
This site contains loads of quality general
information. It's best features are the excellent
figures, graphs, and diagrams of the main topics.
These topics include: stratospheric ozone, global
land vegetation, oceanography, and polar sea ice processes.
- The
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope Home Page has a 24-7 look
into the control room of the Hubble Telescope located
in MD. It also has live webcasts. It is a very cool
site. Appropriate for grades 5-12.
- Volcano
World
Despite a rather low-tech design, this site lives
up to its billing as the Web's premier source of volcano
information. Check out the currently erupting volcanoes
page to catch up with the dozens of mountains around
the world that are blowing their stacks. There are
pictures and videos, and even a section about volcanoes
on other planets.
Videos/Movies/Animations
- Earth
Science Animations
Outstanding:
This site from CMU has many animations for teachers
to use in instruction. They are all earth science
sites.
- Earth
Science Animations New
This site has animations on the following topic:Block
Diagram, Plate Tectonics, Mineralogy, Volcanoes, Sedimentary
Geology, Glaciers, Groundwater and Hydrogeology, Mass
Wasting, Fluvial Processes, and Earthquakes and Seismology.
- Earth
Science Visualizations
This site has links to numerous visualizations of
earth science processes that students can use to help
understand the various earth science processes that
change the earth. Visualization cover a variety of
topics: Volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building,
weathering processes, glaciers, atmospheric changes,
weather, and many more topics.
- Exploring
Earth
This is a great site adapted from a textbook
that has very nice investigations and visualizations
of all earth and space science topics. Nearly every
page is interactive and animated.
- JPL
NASA Multimedia: Video Site
Video shorts on a variety of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
topics. A library of real and simulated clips (mostly
large files) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs
- Longshore
Drift and Depositional Landforms
This site shows animations of beach drift,
wave patterns, and bar formations.
- National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
This is a great source for elementary students.
This site has space related games, projects, animations,
cool subjects, amazing facts and friends share.
- Earth
Science Animations-Portrait of a Planet New
A list of animations in earth science on the following
topics: Our Island in Space, Earth Materials, Tectonic
Activity of a Dynamic Planet, History Before History,
Earth Resources, and Processes and Problems at Earth's
Surface.
- Resources
for Earth Science and Geography Instruction
This site has a table with a large number of
links to resources that can be used to teach earth
science, and environmental sciences. In addition it
contains other general links that contain information
related to the above topics. Of particular interest
is a site link to over 200 earth science animations
that could be used to teach major concepts in your
classroom.
- Savage
Earth
This site contains information from the PBS
Series "Savage Earth". The site has information,
animations, movies, about the earth's seismic activity.
Major topics that are included: (1) Hell's Crust:
Our Everchanging Planet; (2) The Restless Planet:
Earthquakes; (3) Out of the Inferno: Volcanoes; (4)
Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis. This is an excellent
site for general information for teachers and students
about the earth's seismic activity.
- Solar
System Simulator
Pick your planet, position, date, time, and field
of view, and the simulator will show what it's like
to see the universe from your own special standpoint.
- Teaching
Geoscience with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations,
and Models Effectively
This site has a great animation of the development
of a waterfall.
- The
Inner Solar System
This site gives a animation of the planets
orbiting the sun.
- Volcano
World
Despite a rather low-tech design, this site lives
up to its billing as the Web's premier source of volcano
information. Check out the currently erupting volcanoes
page to catch up with the dozens of mountains around
the world that are blowing their stacks. There are
pictures and videos, and even a section about volcanoes
on other planets.
- Water
on the Web
This site discusses real world environmental problems
dealing with water. It contains a lot of water science
information and data from many regional lakes and
rivers. It is not very interactive, but it has very
nice pictures, graphs, pop-downs, and some movies.
Also included are teacher lessons with connecting
student pages.
Photographs/Slides/Diagrams/Graphics
- CCD
Images From A Galilian Telescope
This website presents digital images taken
through an approximate optical replica of that used
by Galileo Galilei for his astronomical discoveries
of 1609-1611. Good links. Useable for all levels.
- Earth
from Space: An Astronaut's view
A small slice of a database containing more than 250,000
photographs of Earth, taken from beyond the bird's
eye.
- Earth
Science World ImageBank
The Earth Science World ImageBank is a service provided
by the American Geological Institute (AGI). This ImageBank
is designed to provide quality geoscience images to
the public, educators, and the geoscience community.
- Geosphere
New
This site has awsome pictures of the
geosphere and a good discription of the geosphere.
- Great
South Gems and Minerals
This site is an on-line collector's store for gems,
minerals, and fossils. It has wonderful photographs
that can be enlarged and shown to a classroom.
It also has great descriptions of the items including
dates and places regarding the fossils and chemical
components of the crystals.
- Hurricane
Hunters
Fly into the eye of a hurricane with the 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron, better known as the Hurricane
Hunters of the Air Force Reserve. No video, but this
site takes you along for the cyber-flight in words
and stills, and posts insider photos of the latest
hurricanes as they come along.
- TeraServer
Microsoft's TerraServer serves up an astonishingly
rich collection of aerial and satellite images of
places on Earth. Simply type in or click on a location,
then check out the bird-eye views and street maps.
- The
Nine Planets - Earth and Space
The Nine Planets is a great site to learning information
about our solar system. Detailed information and numerous
pictures showing features of the nine planets can
be found at this site. Best used with students K-8.
- Volcano
World
Despite a rather low-tech design, this site lives
up to its billing as the Web's premier source of volcano
information. Check out the currently erupting volcanoes
page to catch up with the dozens of mountains around
the world that are blowing their stacks. There are
pictures and videos, and even a section about volcanoes
on other planets.
Periodicals/Journals/Newspapers
- Asteroids
and Comet Impact Hazard
Forget the movies, here's the real deal. Includes
the latest scientific thinking on the 1997XF11 asteroid
that will zip (relatively close) by Earth in 30 years.
For high school students. This site is for the more
advanced students.
- Earth and Sky
Daily Radio Program
This site provides access to the text and audio
(using RealPlayer) of the Earth & Sky daily radio
program. Enhancements include feature articles on
astronomical topics, resources for teachers, and a
daily guide to viewing the sky.
- Goddard
Space Flight Center HOT Topics
This frequently updated and searchable roster of NASA
news releases and images is a must for space junkies.
- Great
Lakes Information Network
A general site for Earth Science. The site is designed
and maintained by the Great Lakes Commission. There
are links to the Great Lakes: Great Lakes, Environment,
Economy, Education, Maps & GIS and Tourism. This
is a good general site for studies of the Great Lakes.
- IITA
K-12 Home Page (NASA Projects Home Page)
This site contains many links to other NASA sites
which have a vast amount of information dealing with
K-12 science. Contains science lesson plans and activities.
- K-12
Earth Systems Science Project of the Network Montana
Project
This is a K-12 earth systems science project of the
Network Montana Project. It includes online lessons
in Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, and Mountain
Environments. This site features a desert plant of
the month and discusses what it requires to survive.
The site features an archive of desert plants. This
archive is categorized by Wild Flowers, Cacti, Trees/Shrubs/Grasses,
Poisonous Plants, and information. Includes links
to desert life, maps, and index. Full color, loads
fast.
- MarsNews
MarsNews brings a daily dose of updates on the red
planet, from new NASA images to the status of would-be
expeditions. Its sections on Mars missions, planetology,
and life possibilities can bring a novice up to speed.
Lots of information on the red planet.
- NASA
Observatorium
Drop off the planet! Nothing but stunning pictures
of the universe, and the facts and stories behind
those images.
- NASA
Human Spaceflight
Read the latest news, meet the crew, chart their assembly
progress, see the pictures, and peruses 3-D renditions
of the station.
- NASA
Spacelink
Outstanding site! Everything you ever wanted to know
about space and space research. Includes sections
for educators, of projects, of current issues, and
lots of links.
- Real
Time Weather Information
This site has a variety of links to real time weather
information. It also includes links to weather projects
and weather related lesson plans.
- SETI
At Home
At this stage of our technology, there's only one
practical way to comb the cosmos for intelligent life:
listen. At least that's the theory behind the Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence project, and you
may be able to help.
- Science
Out of This World
A Direct line (with search engine) to 1312 pages of
Space and Science Content! Video examples and
many links.
- Smithsonian
National Air & Space Museum Education Links
This site contains numerous links to various Earth
and Space topics: Aeronautics; Astronautics; Astronomy;
Earth Science/Geography; Rocketry; Planetary Science;
Space Exploration; and General Math & Science.
- The NASA Homepage
This is NASA's homepage. It contains numerous links
to science topics. An excellent site devoted to the
exploration of space.
- U.S.
Global Change Research Program
Outstanding -
Each year a report, (Our Changing Planet) is published
by this program . The latest year's version is downloadable
from this site. The report is about 75 pages
but it can be printed off all at once or in sections.
The report includes how the changing geosphere affects
the atmosphere and weather. There are six focus
areas on the site; Atmospheric Composition, Changes
in Ecosystems, Global Carbon Cycle, Human Dimensions,
Climate Variability and Change, and Global Water Cycle.
Information on El Nino with daily graphs of the temperature
of the Pacific Ocean is included Highlights section.
- USGS
- Water Science for Schools
This USGS site offers information on many aspects
of water, along with pictures, data, maps and an interactive
center where you can give opinions and test your water
knowledge.
- Weather
You can learn what causes rain, thunder, tornadoes,
and more. Some of the links give good background
or general resource information in the following catagories:
atmosphere, water cycle, powerful storms, ice/snow,
forcasting, changing climate and ozone. Students
act as storm chasersby using guides to identify tornadoes
and other weather events.
Searches/Explorations/Investigations
- Athena:
Teacher Resources (MS)
This is a K-12 site loaded with info., lesson plans,
and activities for use by students and teachers. This
site contains multiple links to other sites.
- Athena:
Earth & Space Science for K-12
This site offers several links to various earth
science topics. The links take students and teachers
to information, games and quizzes, and document files.
Easy to navigate. There is something for students
in all grades. Younger students will need help with
reading.
- CIESE
ONLINE Classroom Projects
There are four project areas on this site; Collaborative
Projects, Real Time Data Projects, Projects Primary
Sources and Archived collections, Partner Projects
and Past Projects. Students can do the projects
on-line. Hyperlinks are given to students to
go and find the data. There are water projects,
math projects, astronomy projects, population growth
projects, Gulf Stream projects, weather projects and
more.
- CIESE
On Line Classroom Projects - Down the Drain
The site has an on-line collaborative project where
students can compare their water usage with water
usage in different parts of the world. Data
to complete this project is found on the site.
There is a Teacher Area, that gives directions for
the project and ideas on how to use it and a Student
Area, where directions for the project are given right
on-line. There is also a place for students
to submit their work and they will have an opportunity
to have it placed on-line.
- Dinosaur
Eggs-National Geographic
Great photos and information about dinosaur eggs are
included. Hunt dino eggs around the world and
visit the museum to learn more about dinosaur babies
and parents.
- Earth
Observatory
You can read about them, or you can investigate changes
in our climate and environment for yourself at Earth
Observatory. An "observation deck" lets you see changes
on Earth from the vantage point of outer space thanks
to satellite imagery; at a "Lab" you can do some hands-on
(or mouse-on) experiments in earth science.
- Glacier
Think that Antarctica has nothing to do with you?
Think again. Antarctica plays a big role in our global
climate, oceans, and geology. Here you can check out
the weather and tag along on an expedition.
- San
Franciso Exploratorium
The San Franciso Exploratorium has a home page with
links to a Solar Eclipse Webcast, Science Wire, Hubble
Space Telescope, Live Webcasts, Iron Science Teacher,
The Learning Studio, and Observatory and a Sport Science
link.
- Space
Science Hotlist
Lists a variety of space science websites on topics
ranging from the solar system, the stars, and the
planets, to space travel and space images. Teacher
resources, as well as basckground astronomical information,
are provided.
- Underground
Adventure
Students take a virtual tour of soil and participate
in experiments along the way. This is a great site
for upper elementary students.
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