My recommendation for any level of SCIENCE is to start at this first site, then check out her links and work from there. However, below are also other links set into categories. The newest are the birdwatching links and -- for fun, check out the New Zealand volcano!
http://www.steelcreek.com/hownottoteachscience.htm
"... At the college level, students ... are counseled to take chemistry first then biology, physics, earth sciences... assumed they have the basics necessary to know where to put the advanced knowledge gained in these classrooms. Sadly, many don't and so they struggle through and are discouraged..." (The links from this page are awesome! Watch for Teresa's books and presentations in the future, too!)
http://www.steelcreek.com/homeschoollinks.htm
Teresa痴 gr-r-reat list of SCIENCE! links.
Robert Krampf's Experiment of the Week comes to my e-mail box!
www.funwithscience.com
Misc. science facts and information
http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/index.asp?option=404
Science activities that will catch the eye and mind!
http://rudolphranch.tripod.com/science-experiment.html
Science worksheets
http://rudolphranch.tripod.com/microscope.html
Microscope Log
http://www.biorap.org/tg/tgsuncontents.html
Unit Study Plan: Info about the effects of sun on human skin.
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html
This page is maintained by Alistair B. Fraser in an attempt to sensitize teachers and students to examples of the bad science often taught in schools, universities, and offered in popular articles and even textbooks.
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com
"Fighting fashionable nonsense"
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/badmoves.php
"Fighting fashionable nonsense ... Bad Moves is a fortnightly series by philosopher Julian Baggini detailing the various ways in which arguments or points are made badly, but often persuasively. Julian Baggini is editor of The Philosophers' Magazine ."
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/farm/
At the Farm A great site with activities, bulletin board ideas, language ideas, and much more!
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/102.html
"Make a Farm" lesson plan might be fun to adapt.
http://www.ualr.edu/~teachered/farm/
The Farm Unit Ideas and Books.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/flightsc.htm
Science of Flight
http://www.mcshane.org/planes/
Mcshane's Planes: This designer of paper airplanes, who originally learned to make origami, has decided to share six of his designs over the Internet. He includes instructions on how to build and fly them.
www.paperplane.org
Paper Airplanes: Main web site of Ken Blackburn, aeronautical engineer, author of 3 paper airplane books, and leading authority on paper airplanes. This web site is full of information.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/roto-copter.html
Roto-Copter: Similar to some of the airplanes, this plan allows students to easily experiment with different design characteristics. The page includes an explanation of how it works with air and how to play a game with roto-copters.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/spinning_blimps.html
Spinning Blimps: The spinning blimp is a simple design of flying aircraft and allows students to quickly and easily test a hypothesis. Make a change on the blimp, predict how it might fly, and then test it.
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/WindTunnel/Activities/aeroactivities.html
Aeronautics Related Activities, Experiments, and Lesson Plans.
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Summer_Training/Elementary97/IsAirSomething.html
Air is matter, has properties, and can do work. Approximately 24 class periods of 45 minutes each to complete the whole unit.
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq85/
Aviation! Our Planes will deliver - Students learn about airplanes and how they work, about three pioneers in aviation, and what each did to help this new form of transportation succeed.
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk
FirstFlight - An online simulation of the Wright Brother's 1903 Flyer and two Quicktime movies.
http://education.lanl.gov/RESOURCES/Science_at_home/SAH.rocket.html
Seltzer Tablet Rocket - Students construct a rocket that is fueled by a seltzer tablet and observe types of chemical changes with this activity. Includes short history of rocketry
Space.com
There has been a lot of fun for sky-watchers recently! This will tell you when to look where, and show you photos if you missed something. It's often quoted on other news sites.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/teachers/stellar/index.html
NeurOn Lesson Plans: STELLAR Activities for the K-14 Classroom developed by the STELLAR Program at NASA Ames Research Center in Collaboration with UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science.
http://www.usno.navy.mil/home.shtml
Web site for the United States Naval Observatory. Lots of info, great links.
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/visit/lesson/lesson_links1.html
Astronomy, Space, and Physics: elementary grade levels.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lesson_plans.html
NASA site: Imagine The Universe Lesson Plans (requires using a LOT of math skills).
http://insected.arizona.edu/lessons.htm
Using Live Insect in Elementary Classrooms (Gr. K-3) 20 lesson plans and activity sheets.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/insectbook/
Insect Coloring Book - Choose from more than thirty insect pictures to print out and color to make an informational insect color book.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/Units/Mini_Units/94-95/Griffin.Insects/index.html
Insect Mini-Unit - (PRIMARY) An integrated unit on insects.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cwe/wwwtest/collect/HTML/d1.html
How to collect and study insects.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/whaledots/
Whale and Dolphin Connect the Dot Book - Young children count numbers, color the pictures, and read informational paragraphs about whales and dolphins as they make this connect-the-dots coloring book.
http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/lesson/lesson.htm
Oceanography Lesson Plans: Lesson plans designed to help introduce oceanography concepts into the classroom for students in elementary school through high school.
http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters/index.html
Lobsters - Detailed information about lobsters, includes few activities.
http://learningpage.com/free_pages/menu_wkshts/fact_oceans.html
Oceans Theme Sheets - Ocean theme worksheets includes Fact Files, Funsheets, Murals, Cut Outs, Lesson Plans, Teaching Notes, and Recommended Reading (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html
Treasures@Sea - Students read ocean storybooks and complete creative writing activities, art activities, and experiments matched to each book.
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/classes/lab1/index.html
Properties of Water (Gr. 4-8) Constructivist lessons on water.
http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/intheschool/index.html
Secrets of the Ocean Realm (Gr. 5-7) Oceanography, marine biology, ecology, physics, conservation, and scuba diving.
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/whales.htm
Whales Thematic Unit - Students explore whales and expand their knowledge to include different types of whales, whale behavior, whale communication, and whale preservation.
http://www.vims.edu/bridge/index.html
Welcome to the Bridge, where teachers will find a selection of the best online resources for marine science education. Educators and scientists are building the Bridge.
http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/main.html
The Smithsonian Institution created the exhibition Ocean Planet to share with the public what recent research has revealed about the oceans and to encourage ocean conservation. This online booklet of lessons and activities adapts several themes of the exhibition for use in the middle and high school classroom.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Oceandiorama.shtml
Ocean Diorama
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Whalemobile.shtml
Make a whale mobile
http://www.makingfriends.com/nature%20crafts.htm#Everlasting
From Friends...Make a Everlasting Sand Castle
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/disaster/monster.html
Monster Waves- Math/Science; Grades 4-6: In this activity, students will build a tabletop village and use it to visualize the relative height and affects of gigantic waves called tsunamis.
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/cycle/index.htm
The Water Cycle- Complete explanation of the Water Cycle, terms and cloud formation.
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/penguins/
Perfectly Penguins: Learn about five different kinds of penguins and their habitat, diet and special features.
http://www.ed.uri.edu/unitweb/PAULL/TurtleTales.htm
Turtle Tales (K-2): Good lesson plan on this unit. Has many pictures, even a turtle hatching. Links to other turtle sites.
www.marinebiology.org
Marine science online classes. Marine Biology Learning Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing insight and leadership to the stewardship of our ocean planet.
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~kawski/mastergardener/mgwildflowers.htm
Wildflowers
http://www.creationsensation.com/plants/
Plants from Creation Sensation, Christian.
http://www.sage.edu/divisions/education/plants/genec.html
Plants for Kids: This unit is designed for primary grade students.
http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/index.htm
Wildflowers Coloring Book.
http://www.bigelow.org/virtual/handson/create_weather_map.html
Create your own weather map.
http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/~mnikkane/index.html
Students can learn about the basics of snow, snow art, and how to build a snow castle.
http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/PolarRegions.shtml
How Do Polar Bears Keep Warm? Read Little Polar Bear by Hans deBeer. Then, students will participate in an experiment to learn about the blubber that protects a polar bear.
http://www.benmeadows.com/ResourceLibrary/igloo.html
How to build an Igloo.
http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/blizzard/index.html
In this interactive lesson, grade 7-12 students make a fictitious journey between two cities during adverse weather conditions and learn some of the basic skills needed to stay safe during winter storms. A teacher's guide is available.
http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/
Feeder watch site
www.ebird.org/content
A reporting and personal tracking site
www.birdsource.org
A general info page on past and current projects; there should be a link
allowing you to ask for e-mails notifying you of upcoming projects.
These sites are decent commercial sites and very good info site with
many related articles.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide
http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/EggCamera.htm
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/illinois/midwestgen
Falcon Cam
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml;jsessionid=CVSM2OPYTFXJLQHIO3PHWLQ?pq-path=2017&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=175163
Kodak Birdcam
http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/eaglecam/index.html
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci014.html
BIRD STUDY: Appropriate for grades 3-6.
http://www.chartingnature.com/birds.cfm
Wild bird posters and identification charts.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/virtualbird/educational.html
Lesson plans: These educational materials are part of the Illinois Birds education kit developed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/crystal_gardens.htm
Making Crystal Gardens, Crystals on a String, Crystal growing recipes.
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/biolinde.html
Smile Biology Lessons: A collection of almost 200 single concept lessons.
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/
Biology lessons for Prospective and Practicing Teachers.
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classbio.html
General biology lesson plans, worksheets, labs, etc.
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/lesson.html
many many links to websites containing lessons plans, labs, experiments, and much more.
http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/05/24/211220.shtml?tid=133&tid=134&tid=186
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/whiteis.jpg
Dinosaur Sighting in Active New Zealand Volcano?
This prank is quite a sight! I hope the news article (first link above) is still up and that it痴 daylight in NZ when you go for a look! Yet, it's a great volcano site and last I knew (June 2004) the White Island volcano (second link) is having some activity.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rock.htm
Rocks and Minerals Themes: Includes rock collecting, types of rocks, minerals, mining, and teacher resources.
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/coe/details.html
Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes Provides lessons and worksheets.
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html
More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom- ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology, and space sciences.
www.timberdoodle.com
Supplier of science kits
www.hometrainingtools.com
"We are pleased to help families, through science, develop an understanding and a love for God's creation. Specifically, we provide families access to a great variety of affordable, and hard-to-find educational science products and curricula."
www.highschoolscience.com
Supplier of science curriculum (Apologia) for grades 7-12
http://www.ghbooks.com/subjects.cfm?code=SCIENCE
Elementary science books
