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Regional High School
May 21, 2002
Science WebQuests
Purposes of Today's
Workshop
Participants will have the
opportunity to:
- Review a wide variety of online
science resources
- Use some of these resources to
prepare a WebQuest
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WebQuest Basics
Webquest Resources/Examples
Assessment Rubrics
Searching - If you don't find what you want in Science Resources below...
Science Resources
Biology
Environmental Science
- Environmental
Protection Agency -- Great info and lesson plans for air,
water, solid and hazardous waste, radiation, pesticides and many
other topics. Also can do a search by zip code to find
environmental conditions in your community.
- NJ
Department of Environmental Protection -- Terrific site for
local information
- USGS
Earthshots -- Satellite Images of Environmental Change
- USGS
Information on the Environment
- Scorecard
-- Find out about pollutants in your community
- Earth
Day Network
- Environmental
news network -- Daily environmental news items; helpful for
lesson ideas
- Earth
Island Institute -- Resources for environmental action
- Sierra
Club -- Lots of links for environmental education
- Environmental
Defense Fund -- Great links available; lots of info.
- Stream
Study - Water Quality and Macroinvertebrates
- Zero
Waste America - Issues in reaching "no waste" goal
- Environmental
Organization Web Directory -- Incredible directory of links
for environmental science education (not accessible 2-02)
- Energy
links - Thousands of energy sites
- Energy
and the Environment Resources -- Great environmental science
links
- EE-Link
-- Resources for environmental education
- EnviroLink
-- On-line environmental resources
- USGS
Water Education Resources
- USGS
Water Science for Schools
- EPA
Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
- Surf
Your Watershed
- Safe
Drinking Water Information -- Find out if your local water
utility is meeting EPA standards for safe drinking water
- Water
Utility Homepages
- The
SOS Macroinvertebrate Key
- FloodCast
-- Flood forecast maps
- NWS
Office of Hydrology -- Current and historical hydrologic
conditions
- River
Network - Helping people understand, protect and restore their
watersheds
- AIRSData
-- Air monitoring reports
- EPA
Ozone Information
- Antarctic
Ozone Soundings
- Air
Quality Lesson Plans and Data
- Air
Pollution FAQ's and Facts
- Global
Warming Central
- EPA
Acid Rain Program
- pH
Factor -- Activities for the classroom
- Acid
Rain Hotlist -- Lesson plans and resources
- Acid
Rain Frequently Asked Questions
- Acid
Rain Background Information
- U.S.
Census Bureau International Database -- Summary of demographic
data worldwide
- EPA
Human Health -- Curriculum, activities related to health
- Enviromine
-- Acid rock drainage
- National
Institute of Environment Health Sciences -- Many links to a
wide variety of issues
- AAAS
Atlas of Population and Environment - Relationships between
human population and the environment. Illustrating through text,
maps, and diagrams how population affect the world's ecosystems
and natural resources
- Household
Product Fact Sheet -- Neat fact sheet on indoor environmental
health
- Environmental
Defense Fund -- Great links available; lots of info.
- Earthways
-- Making environmentally sound decisions
- Building
Environmental Education Solutions -- Includes activities for
environmentally conscious students
- Center
for Environmental Health -- Learn here how the public is being
protected from environmental health hazards
- Environmental
Clearinghouse -- Information on a variety of environmental
health issues
- National
Library of Medicine -- Quality Information on Environmental
Health, Toxicology, and HIV/AIDS
- Lighting
Up the Ecosphere
- Oilspills
-- EPA information site
- Earth
911 - Making every day Earth Day
- Population
Growth Project - How will a growing population affect the
environment?
- The
Science of Energy -- Lots of energy information plus
activities and lessons for the classroom.
- Energy
Quest -- Energy information, activities for science education
- Energy
Net Energy Resources
- EnergyFiles
-- Dept. of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical
Information
- Earth
Observatory: Power to the People - Satellites and renewable
energy resources
- National
Wildlife Federation -- Information on endangered species and
other environmental issues
- U.S
Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Page -
temporarily unavailable
- Global
Awareness Project -- Students can submit web pages with their
reports on endangered species
- The
Endangered Species and Nature Project
- Bagheera
-- Endangered species information
- General
Recycling Info (Looking in the Reference Library section)
- Plastics
Resource Plastics recycling information.
- Garbage
-- Info on solid waste, hazardous waste, recycling etc.
- Hands-on
Plastic
- Plant
National Database
- Environmental
Justice Information Page
- Wild
World - Interactive maps and information about world
ecoregions
Physical
Science
Physics
Resources
Chemistry
Resources
Space
Science/Astronomy Resources
Earth
Science
Geology Resources
Meteorology
Resources
Oceanography Resources
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