Your Source for High school and College level Biology, Earth science, and Geology on the Web. Athro, Limited is dedicated to providing educational materials on the Internet. Athro is a for profit corporation supported primarily by advertising revenues. Athro's target audience is high school and college age students with interests in the sciences. Materials on this site are intended to be used both as supplements for courses and for independent pursuit of knowledge.
CIESEThe Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education. Includes teacher resources, online classroom project files, and more.
Cogito.orgThis site offers resources for youth interested in math and science fields, such as math and science news, guides to websites, interviews, and listings for events such as academic competitions and summer programs. Content can be filtered (using the "Current Channel" drop-down menu) by subjects such as astronomy, computer science, and engineering. Additional site features are restricted to members, who must be nominated by participating organizations. From Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
DragonFly TVWeb site to accompany the PBS Science Series. Investigate, Know How?, Do it, Get to It, and Talk about It are the headings for activities for kids. PBS kids has a nice site that provides simple experiments and discussion boards for the things curious kids want to discuss.
Education SitesU.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Sites that promote scientific literacy in all ages.
Features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.
Everyday MysteriesLibrary of Congress
Did you ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena that we often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically.Everyday Mysteries will help you get the answers to these and many other of life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry.
This provides illustrations and explanations to help us understand: Why are summers hot and winters cold? What does "the universe is expanding" mean? How does GPS work? Why do boomerangs come back? How does static electricity work? What causes the sound of thunder? How does sunscreen work? Why does hair turn gray? Why does chopping an onion make you cry? Why and how do cats purr? (Library of Congress)
Frank Potter's Science GemsFor students, parents, teachers, scientists, engineers and mathematicians. More than 14,000 Science Resources sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level.
Genomic RevolutionAmerican Museum of Natural History online exhibit.
Intute: Science, Engineering and TechnologyThe physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN), a JISC funded service. An annotated directory of Internet resources for the physical sciences, including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, materials, science policy,and science history. From the Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester, England. Searchable.
Inventors Online MuseumThis online resource has different categories than other inventor sites. African American, Colonial, and women inventors are featured, as are communication inventions, earth science, medical inventions, and transportation technology.
Kid Info (Student Index)Designed to provide students with links to homework help resources, this directory is organized into twelve subject areas: American history, art, computers, current events and newspapers, foreign languages, geography and social studies, health, English language skills, mathematics, music, sciences, and world history. Also includes reference resources: almanacs, atlases, calendars, career information, dictionaries, encyclopedias, library and ask-an-expert sites, museums, quotations, and study skills. Other sections include search engines for kids and fun sites (comics, hobbies, games, etc.).
Lesson Plans LibraryAs part of Discovery.com and DiscoverySchool.com, the Lesson Plans Library gives educators a collection of "hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers." The plans can be searched by grade, subject, or both and are presented in an easy and consistent format with sections on lesson objectives, needed materials, procedures, etc. Printable versions of each lesson plan are available as well as a teaching tools link to create custom worksheets, puzzles and quizzes about each topic.
Mad Scientist NetworkThis Web site unites hundreds of scientists in a forum where people can ask questions and learn more about the world around them. The question-and-answer archives extend back to 1995 and can be searched by subject, keyword, and grade level. An excellent source for science project ideas, classroom activities, and trivia.
Math And Science Song InformationMath And Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere, or MASSIVE, is a database containing information on more than 1700 science and math songs. The songs, suitable for a variety of ages and of varying sound quality, are both silly and serious. Visitors can search on a song or listen to MASSIVE radio, "an Internet radio station devoted entirely to science/math songs." (Note that the radio station requires a connection speed of at least 64 kilobits per second). The database includes the name of the performer, songwriter, the album title, lyrics, and links to sample files along with purchasing information. The database is maintained by Greg Crowther, who is affiliated with the University of Washington, Science Groove, and the Science Songwriters' Association. The project is part of the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library."
Mathematical ideas in scienceThis series of animated tutorials and simulations will help students and teachers understand some complex ideas in math and science. In addition to the animated demonstrations, this site provides descriptive information about the concepts being illustrated, as well as instructions for manipulating the models. Concepts include vectors, algebra, quantum mechanics, and waves. You will need Shockwave plugins to use this site.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionIncludes links to information about exhibits, a virtual tour of the Museum, virtual field trips, educational resources and more.
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) (Teaching Objects)National Science Teachers Association provides online learning activities on key science ideas. Designed for teachers, activities include simulations, embedded questions, and common student misconceptions with practical ideas for addressing them. Newton's three laws of motion comprise one featured topic. Another focuses on the universe: how we know what we know, the sun as a star, the life and death of stars, beyond our solar system, the origin and evolution of the universe.
Practical Uses of Math and Science (PUMAS)NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
offers over 60 one-page examples of how science and math can be used in interesting settings and everyday life. Topics include clouds (why they float), social security benefits (algebra), Pythagoras theorem (cabinet corners), ice sheets and sea level, logarithm, matching birthdays (statistics), natural selection and a scavenger hunt, photons, traffic signals (probability, seasons (causes), volcanic clouds, wind chill (algebra), and more.
The Sci-Math World workshop is designed for all teachers and librarians who wish to expand their knowledge of science and math education Web resources. The accompanying Web site contains many resources that today's searchers need, whether they are K-12 or higher education students, educators, or parents.
SEGway: Science Education GatewayNASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The Science Education Gateway (formerly SII) is a collaborative NASA project which brings together the expertise of NASA scientists, science museums, and K-12 educators to produce NASA science-based Earth and space science curricula for classroom and public use via the World Wide Web. SEGway materials are produced by teachers in locally-grown collaborations with program staff at nearby partnering science museums. The partnerships support teacher-developers in achieving the goals of teaching Earth and space science online, and provide them with the training technical support needed for their curriculum projects. A gateway to the wonders of astronomy and space science for students, educators, and the public. Includes lesson plans with links to Science Standards. There is a catalog arranged by grade level.
An annotated directory of nearly 700 science and technology resources on U.S. government sites. Browse by agency and/or search by subject, agency, and resource type (including bibliographic databases, computer software, current research, laboratories, maps, photographs, research and development, publications, and satellite data). From the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical and Information Service (NTIS).
Tapped In™The online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues. Membership is free, owned by SRI and sponsored by NFS.
The National Science Digital Library"The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education." (from NSDL mission statement)
UCSB ScienceLine"UCSB ScienceLine is an innovative 'Ask a Scientist' program where students and teachers primarily from our local K-12 schools can submit science and engineering questions. The scientists usually send their responses back within one week. All questions and answers are posted in our archive." Archives are searchable, or browsable by topic such as astronomy, physics, and geology. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Virtual Field TripsJourney with your students to places heretofore unattainable in your classroom! presented by Walter McKenzie - Creative Classroom Consulting.
Weather Education ResourcesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA's many educational activities are distributed across the agency. This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced.
Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology
Designed by Michael C. Veres, Student Library Assistant
Page updated: April 18, 2007