Useful Websites

Chapter 2: Science for All

High Schools for the New Millennium
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/nr/downloads/ed/edwhitepaper.pdf
This paper describes the Gates Foundation's efforts to radically change American high schools by providing grants to public school systems to reduce the size of high schools (200 - 600 students), provide a more challenging and intimate school environment, and improve the success of all students. ��A new set of R's are emphasized in these new high schools: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships. Although the results are mixed, this is one of the most significant efforts to date to improve high school education for urban school districts.

International Education and Resource Network
http://www.iearn.org
Since 1988, iEARN has pioneered on-line school linkages to enable students to engage in meaningful educational projects with peers in their countries and around the world.

The American Forum for Global Education
http://www.globaled.org/
For over thirty years, the American Forum has been nationally recognized for providing leadership and assistance to school systems, state departments of education, and colleges and universities, by initiating hundreds of programs and developing educational materials, teacher training seminars and publications to guide and implement these programs. Its goal is promoting the education of our nation's youth for responsible citizenship in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/CReSPaR.html
The Center, at Johns Hopkins and Howard University, conducts research and promotes programs to transform schooling for students placed at risk.

Center for Talent Development
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/
Located at Northwestern University, the Talent Development Center serves gifted students and their families through a program of research and programming.

Federal Resource Center for Special Education
http://www.dssc.org/frc/
The FRC supports a nationwide technical assistance network to respond to the needs of students with disabilities, especially students from under-represented populations. Through its work with the RRCs and the technical assistance networks, the FRC provides a national perspective for establishing technical assistance activities within and across regions by identifying and synthesizing emerging issues and trends.

All Kinds of Minds
http://www.allkindsofminds.org/
All Kinds of Minds provides programs, tools, and a common language for parents, educators, and clinicians to help students with differences in learning achieve success in the classroom and in life. Founded in 1995, All Kinds of Minds is a private non-profit Institute, affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, that offers a powerful system of programs for helping kids succeed.

Office of Special Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr
OSEP is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth wit disabilities ages� birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.

Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
http://seriweb.com/
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location.

Chapter 3. Facilitating Science Learning

Science Equipment and Science Teaching Suppliers
At the following sites you will find science teaching equipment, science kits and all of the science teaching materials needed for middle and high school science.

• Carolina Biological Supply Co.
  https://www2.carolina.com
• Fisher Scientific-EMD
  https://new.fishersci.com/
• Frey Scientific
  http://www.freyscientific.com/
• Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories
  http://sciencekit.com/

Teachers Gazette
http://teachers.net/gazette
At this site you will find articles and resources dealing with classroom management, and a collection of articles by Harry Wong.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.aspca.org
ASPCA exists to promote humane principles, prevent cruelty, and alleviate fear, pain, and suffering in animals. There are links to the humane use of animals in the classroom, as well as lesson plans and activities.

The Laboratory Safety Institute
http://www.labsafety.org/
The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) is a non-profit national center for health, safety and environmental affairs. The Institute�s mission is to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, our work, and our lives.

Articles on Safety and Science Teaching
http://www.ase.org.uk/safety/safety0.html
From the U.K.�s Association for Science Education, a collection of articles written by science teachers about safety issues and examples.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/
The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million workingmen and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Chapter 4. On the History of Science Education

Project 2061
http://www.project2061.org/default.htm
Visit the home page of Project 2061 and connect to links that allow you to read their publications online, including Science for All Americans, Benchmarks and Blueprints for Reform.

The National Science Education Standards Online
http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html
This site will enable you to have access to the complete published version of the Standards.

Scope, Sequence and Coordination Project
http://www.nsta.org
At this site you will teach and learning resources that emerged as a result of the project. You will find detailed lesson plans, investigations, and student handouts for activities in life and physical science.

The History of Education and Childhood
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index2.html
This powerful site will bring you resources on the history of education and childhood in most countries around the world.

Thinkers in Education
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/Publications/Thinkers/thinhome.htm
A series of profiles of 100 famous educators-philosophers, statesmen, politicians, journalists, psychologists, poets, men and women of religion-drawn from many parts of the world.

Gallery of Educational Theorists
http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Gallery.html
This gallery of profiles on educational thinkers will provide you with insight on theorists including Adler, Confucius, Dewey, Gardner, Piaget, Plato, Sartre, and Vygotsky.

Chapter 5. Science in the School Curriculum

High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
The High School Hub is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online academic resources for high school students. It features learning activities, an ongoing teen poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, arts, health, music, and technology.

EDC K-12 Science Curriculum Center
http://www2.edc.org/cse/work/k12dissem/materials.asp
The curriculum center is a library of the featured K-12 science curricula. Each curriculum at the site is linked to a brief description; a longer, more substantial profile of the curriculum; and publication information. From this site you will come in contact with dozens of K � 12 science curricula and be directed to the curriculum website.

National Science Education Standards
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/
You can access the Standards at this site and read them online.

Middle School Resources
http://ericeece.org/midlink.html
This page lists Internet sites that focus on (or have some section that focuses on) middle level education or the development of adolescents

BSCS Science and Technology:
http://www.bscs.org/curriculumdevelopment/middle/comprehensive/scitech/
This is a multi-level, thematic middle school program integrating life, earth-space and physical sciences in the context of themes and issues that have meaning for science students.

Investigating Earth Systems:
http://www.agiweb.org/ies/
IES is a standards-based, Earth science curriculum for the middle grades developed by the American Geological Institute.

Chapter 6. Science, Technology and Society in the Science Classroom

EarthCom
http://www.agiweb.org/earthcomm/
An NSF supported project developed by the American Geological Institute to teach students the principles and practices of Earth science and to demonstrate the relevance of Earth science to their life and environment. 

Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/health/environm.htm
A page at the Centers for Disease Control focusing on environmental health concerns.

STS Links Page
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/mds/stslinks.html
A comprehensive set of links to STS sites including activists, environmental and ecology, genetics and biotechnology, ethics in STS, and women and minorities in STS.

Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/index.html
The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies.

Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org/
ESR's mission is to make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education so that young people develop the convictions and skills needed to shape a safe, sustainable, democratic, and just world.

The EE-Link
http://eelink.net/
EE-Link is a participant in the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The site provides links to professional resources, class resources, organizations and projects, and grants and jobs.

ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education
http://www.ericse.org/
Resources on science, mathematics and environmental education.� Link directly to the environment at http://www.ericse.org/eeindex.html.

National Center for Case Study Teaching In Science
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm
This site contains a large collection of cases including the environment, medicine, nutrition, health, and engineering.

Shallow Footprints Links
http://www.iwla.org/sep/links_footprint.html
The links at this site can help you learn more about our individual and cumulative impacts on the Earth.� The concept of ecological footprint is referenced here as well as a link to the ecological footprints calculator.

Chapter 7. How Adolescents Learn Science

Apple Learning Interchange, K-12.
http://ali.apple.com/
The Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is an online resource for teaching, learning, research, and collaboration.

Learning Style Network
http://www.learningstyles.net/
The Learning-Styles Network fosters life-long academic, intellectual, and personal success through the promotion and dissemination of research, information, publications and other resources focusing on learning, teaching, and productivity styles.

Science Learning Network
http://www.sln.org/
The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education.

Web Page of Ernst von Glasersfeld
http://www.vonglasersfeld.com/
Here you will information about von Glasersfeld, including links to some of his important papers.

Constructivist Foundations
http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/journal/2.2/
This is a link to one of the issues of Constructivist Foundations, a journal that focuses on constructivism.� This particular issue is about von Glasersfeld, and includes papers by some of the leading constructivist educators around the world.

Chapter 8. Models of Science Teaching

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org
This site provides a wealth of resources on science teaching including lessons plans and project ideas.

Institute for Inquiry
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/index.html
The Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry provides workshops, programs, on-line support, and an intellectual community of practice, which afford science reform educators a deep and rich experience of how inquiry learning looks and feels.

Science Links
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/index.cfm
Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.

Kathy Schrock�s Guide for Educators
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide
This guide features "a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth." The site is updated daily and is searchable.

Cornell Theory Center Math Science Gateway
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/
This Gateway provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12, although teachers of other levels may find these materials helpful.

Cooperative Learning Center, University of Minnesota
http://www.co-operation.org/
At this site you have access to the work of the Roger and David Johnson, and their research on cooperative learning.

Cultivating Communities of Practice: Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2855.html
Excerpt from a book on Cultivating Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder, which provides practical knowledge on communities of practice.

Chapter 9. Designs for Learning

Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides high school biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. The program was originally developed and launched by Genentech Inc., a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human pharmaceuticals for significant unmet medical needs.

American Association for Physics Teachers
http://www.aapt.org/
AAPT site contains resources for physical science teachers and an invitation to join the AAPT. One link on the site is the Physical Sciences Resource Center, which contains a wealth of resources, lesson plans, demonstrations and activities.

American Chemical Society
http://www.acs.org/portal/Chemistry
ACS website contains resources for chemistry teachers including access to current events, lesson plans and projects.

American Geological Institute
http://www.agiweb.org/
The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 40 geoscientific and professional associations that represent more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in mankind's use of resources and interaction with the environment.

Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy
http://www.project2061.org/tools/benchol/bolframe.htm
The Benchmarks will help you as you define the scope of your teaching plans, and provide you with examples of concepts that might be presented to students that you will teach.

Dynamic Earth
http://www.agiweb.org/earthsystems/dynamic.html
Resources sponsored by the American Geological Institute on plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes and other earth science topics.

Forefront Curriculum
http://www.4forefront.com/
Technology-based activities and resources to help you develop powerful units of science teaching.

Matrix of Science Lesson, K-12
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm
A collection of science lessons and activities maintained by the AAAS.

National Association of Biology Teachers
http://www.nabt.org/
The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) is "the leader in life science education." To date, more than 9,000 educators have joined NABT to share experiences and expertise with colleagues from around the globe; keep up with trends and developments in the field; and grow professionally.

National Science Education Standards
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/
You will find Chapter 5 (Assessment Standards) and Chapter 6 (Content Standards) very helpful as you develop lesson plans and activities for you teaching units.

Chapter 10. Assessing Active Learning

Eric Clearinghouse On Assessment And Evaluation
http://ericae.net/
This site provides balanced information concerning educational assessment, evaluation, research methodology, and resources to encourage the responsible use of educational data.

The Nation�s Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Here are the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP, also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas.

ROSE: The Relevance of Science Education
http://www.ils.uio.no/english/rose/
ROSE is an international comparative research project the importance of learning science and technology (S&T). Key international research institutions and individuals work jointly on the development of theoretical perspectives, research instruments, data collection and analysis.

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
http://timss.bc.edu/
The site provides details concerning the largest international comparative study of mathematics and science education in the world.

Chapter 11. Strategies Fostering Thinking In The Science Classroom

Creative Writing for Teens
http://kidswriting.about.com/
Resources that focus on the process of writing

DiscoverySchool.com
http://www.discovery.com
This outstanding site (for teachers, students and parents) will bring you in touch with activities, projects and resources for teaching.

Learning to Read
http://www.toreead.com
Links to developments in literacy, professional materials, research and critical issues in the area of reading

Lev Vygotsky Page
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~alock//virtual/project2.htm
Papers, articles and biographical information about Vygotsky.

National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org
At NSTA�s site you can access the key science teaching journals (Science Scope for middle school, and the Science Teacher for high school) that contain articles by teachers describing outstanding teaching strategies.� You can also brose the NSTA bookstore and find excellent sourcebooks of science teaching strategies.

Science Fair Central
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
At this site, which is within the DiscoverySchool.com site, you will find a rich collection of resources about science fairs, including project ideas, how to organize fairs, and key resources for your students.

Chapter 12. The Internet: Learning Science with Online Resources

CERES Astronomy Education Website
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/
A collection of astronomy activities, as well a library of on-line and interactive science teaching materials.

Education Week On the Web
http://www.edweek.org/
Keep up-to-date on education and educational technology and Internet issues.

Explorer
http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/
This is a collection of resources including software, lab activities, lesson plans, and teaching materials for K-12 math and science education.

Microsoft Encarta Lesson Collection
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
This is a compendium of teacher-designed lesson plans focusing on research and critical-thinking skills.

Vision Learning
http://www.visionlearning.com/
Visionlearning provides free, award-winning instructional lessons in modular form.  This allows any instructor to link together the lessons of their choice with personal web pages such as a course homepage or syllabus page.