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SCIENCE SITES FOR EXPLORATION
Gene Almanac (www.dnalc.org/home.htm)
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A student friendly site that allows students to explor the study of human
evolution through animation and text resources.
The Atoms Family
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/)-
While spoofing the Addams family sitcom provides an explorative site for
energy atoms, light, waves, and particles. There are instructions for
hands-on experiments. Very student friendly
the Field Museum (www.fieldmuseum.org)
an online museum of exhibits that cover topics of Javanese Masks,
butterflies, women in science and more
The Virtual Cave
(www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave)
Explore lava, tube, sea, and glacier caves.
NASA ISSEarthKAM
(www.earthkam.ucsd.edu) -
houses a range of satellite images from space
eNature (http://enature.com/home)
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This site has an abundance of information on over 5,500 species of plants
and animals in North America.
Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org)
- this is a cool site that allows you to download a program that will turn
your computer into a virtual planetarium.
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MATHEMATICAL FUN AND LEARNING
A Maths Dictionary for
Kids (www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com)
Over 500 mathematical terms defined on an easy to navigate site. Ages
elementary through high school.
Cool Math 4 Kids (http://www.coolmath4kids.com)
Ages 13-100, an eye-catching site that includes algebra and geometry.
Includes brain benders, puzzles, games, and lessons.
Interactive
(http://www.shodor.org/interactivate)
this is portal to over 100 interactive java-based activities to help
students improve their math skills.
Figure This
(http://www.figurethis.org)
Here is one for the Everyday math/Connected Math concepts. This site
focuses on helping students learn the importance of math in everyday life as
well as improving math skills. Provides a "think about this" section
that will improve critical thinking skills.
MegaMath (http://www.ccs3lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html)
This site is sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory with activities for
maps, graphs, knots and various other concepts.
Archimedes' Laboratory (http://www.archimedes-lab.org)
A site with brain teasers, puzzles for logic and math. Also includes a
monthly puzzle in English, Italian, German, and French. Additionally
there are optical illusions, and tangrams.
Algebra.help (http://www.algebrahelp.com)
With an easy to navigate design information is accessed via the
subject-based index.
Math for Morons Like Us
(http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/home.html)
This site was part of the thinkquest competition which recognizes websites
created by students. It includes prealgebra, algebra, geometry,
algebra II, precalculus, and calculus. One bonus is the formula
database that will offer students a quick reference during homework
sessions.
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SITES FOR GLOBAL
EXPLORATION
Discovery
Atlas (http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence.atlas/atlas.html)
An interactive site that allows students to explore various parts of the
world from a Chinese kung fu master to Australian aboriginal performer.
The History of Mexico
(http://www.history.com/minisites/mexico)
sponsored by the history channel, this site includes video clips about the
various Mexican celebrations, the ancient and Mayan and Aztec cultures, as
well as maps and facts about this country.
My Wonderful World (http://mywonderfulworld.org)
sponsored by National Georgraphic, students can take a geography quiz and
then access resources (3D globe, quizzes, map games etc.) Lesson plans
are available for teachers.
Cultures on the Edge (http://culturesontheedge.com)
An online magazine that showcases photo essays and life in such places as
India and Bolivia.
Maps.com (http://www.maps.com/funfacts.aspx?nav=ff)
Map games to aid students in learning geography the fun way. |
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