Purpose
Today's workshop will serve as an introduction to various unique and compelling Internet resources, particularly in the areas of science and mathematics. Participants will see examples of collaborative and real time data projects, as well as places to publish student work online.

Collaborative Projects

• Square of Life
• 1995 Water Sampling Project
• Bucket Buddies
• Take A Dip
• Mighty m&m Math Project
• The Global Sun/Temperature Project
• The International Boiling Point Project
• Human Genetics: A World Wide Search for the Dominant Trait
• Mind's Eye Monster Project
• Flat Stanley
• National Pet Census

Real Time Data Projects and Sites

• Using Real-Time Data in the Classroom: An Overview
• Interpreting Weather Symbols
• Weather Symbol Activity
• Musical Plates
• Wonderful World of Weather
• The Weather Underground
• Interactive Weather (National Weather Service)
• N.J. Air Monitoring Site
• Earthquakes for Kids (USGS site)
• The Elephants of Cameroon
• Sea Turtle Tracking
• WhaleNet
• The COOLroom - Rutgers University Marine Science
• NASA Natural Hazards Site
• Earth and Moon Viewer

Sites that Publish Student Work

• Young Writer  International online magazine featuring creative writing of students aged 6-16
• KidsOnline Accepts fiction, essays, movie reviews and more
• Story Book
• Wacky Web Tales - For Grade 3 and up
• KidBooks Story books written and illustrated by students
• ZuZu

 

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