NJSSI
South Jersey Specialty Site Program
Site
Visit |
Toms River
Regional High
Schools
March 1, 2002
Internet
Science Resources
Purposes of Today's
Workshop
Participants will have the
opportunity to:
- Sign up for saving favorites from any
computer
- Review a wide variety of online
science resources
- Plan how to use such resources in
your classroom
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Online Bookmarking
Projects on the Web
Finding Projects
Real Time Data for
Projects
Biology
Collaborative Projects
Real Time Data
Projects
Premier Resources
Environmental Science
Collaborative Projects
Real
Time Data Projects
Resources
- 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
Collaborative Projects
Real
Time Data Projects
Physics
Resources
Chemistry
Resources
Space
Science/Astronomy Resources
Earth
Science
Geology Projects
Geology
Resources
Meteorology Projects
Meteorology
Resources
Oceanography
Collaborative Projects
Oceanography
Real
Time Data Projects
Oceanography Resources
Online Resources
Webquest Resources
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