At the Monday meeting of the Physics and Physical Sciences Group in TappedIn, we had requests for web sites suitable for middle school students. Here are some of the sites we viewed.
The Physics Front.org K-12 resources http://www.compadre.org/precollege/static/topic.cfm?course=1
Science Games.org
http://www.scigames.org/
Science Teaching Tips
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/podcasts/index.php
Exploratorium Snacks
http://exploratorium.edu/snacks/
Physics and Everyday Thinking
http://petproject.sdsu.edu/
Sciencegeekgirl
http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/sciencegeekgirl/
Cool Stuff from Arbor Scientific
http://www.arborsci.com/
Pretty Good Physics Wiki
 http://prettygoodphysics.wikispaces.com/
Discover Science, Technology and the […]

Several televsion stations have developed science portals. The portals have information for both faculty and students. Here are some examples.
KNME developed a Science Central web portal that promotes all KNME Science Central events and outreach activities.
http://www.knme.org/sciencecentral/
WGBH Boston
http://www.wgbh.org/kids/parents/eds
 BBC Schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
Public TV Canada
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/learnres/Edu/TV.html

Yesterday I had the pleasure of demonstrating some web resources, via TappedIn for several elementary school teachers. Some of them expressed interest in science materials for their class rooms which have both English and Spanish speaking students. Here are some sites of interest.
Kids Science News Network
http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/about.asp
Paso Partners (K-3)
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/senses/
National Center for English Language […]

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of touring the Fermi National Lab. I then go thinking about all of the educational resources that reside on web sites at the national labs. Here I will reveal those locations.
Argonne National Lab
http://www.anl.gov/Careers/Education/rube/
Brookhaven National Lab
http://www.bnl.gov/education/
Fermi Lab
http://ed.fnal.gov/index.shtml
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/
Los Alamos National Lab
http://www.lanl.gov/source/orgs/cpo/education_programs/programs_partnerships.shtml
Oak Ridge National Lab
http://www.ornl.gov/ornlhome/education.shtml
Pacific Northwest National Lab
http://science-ed.pnl.gov/

While preparing for a talk on how technology can support new and cross-over physics teachers, I came across the TappedIn system. The purpose of TappedIn is to make it easy for educators to share materials and participate in professional development sessions. I urge you to check it out. http://tappedin.org/tappedin/
Last evening, I spent an interesting hour […]

This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of meeting with biology teachers who were on the Cornell campus for a Cornell Institute of Biology Teachers (CIBT) event. I share with you here that handout that I gave the attendees.
Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers
http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu/
Discovery Channel
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/category/scie1.html
 
Classroom Clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/Science.htm
 
About.com: Chemistry Science Clipart
http://chemistry.about.com/od/imagesclipartstructures/ig/Science-Clipart/
 
Coolclips
http://dir.coolclips.com/Science/Chemistry/
 
Clipart etc.
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm
Awesome Clipart for Educators
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
Connotea is a free […]

This topic is very important, and covers a huge area. I just read an article that I think would be a good starting place for almost any age group. Marlene Thier 2008 “Media and Science: Developing Skepticiam and Crtical Thinking”. Science Scope 32(3): 21-23.
Ms. Thier gives several examples of how media can […]

Frequently I get questions about science books for children. Sometimes the person asking is involved in doing outreach with children. Sometimes the question comes from a teacher who wants to add a language arts component to her science lesson plan. For example, a teacher who participated in the Researach Experience for Teachers (RET)  program spent […]

One of the most useful skills a person can have is the ability to evaluate information. Here are some sources that will help students gain that skill.
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically […]

Are there good, reliable reference resources on the Internet?  Yes.  This list is by no means complete.  It is intended to give you a feel for what’s out there.
American Society for Indexing
http://www.asindexing.org/site/refbooks.shtml 
Council of Science Editors
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/links.cfm
Fact Monster from Information Please
http://www.factmonster.com/science.html 
General Tables of Units of Measurement (NIST)
http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/upload/h4402_appenc.pdf
How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
HyperPhysics, HyperMath, HyperBiology
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
tcaep.co.uk  (constants […]