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Internet Science Resources

Purposes of Today's Workshop

You will search for likely projects to implement and become familiar with strategies used to evaluate Internet such projects. In addition, you will prepare for the next workshop by planning for meetings with district/school administrators. At these meetings, you will discuss and formulate plans for turn-key training.

Evaluating Web Sites

Using a Rubric
 

• HYPERhurricanes

Examining Web Site Evaluation Tools
 

• ED's Oasis Online Web Site Evaluation for Educators

• Recommended Web Resources: Web Site Evaluation Tools.

• Evaluation of information sources

Projects on the Web

Finding Projects



• The CIESE Collaborative Project, Listserv, and Keypals Web Page

• IKE - Middle School Projects

• ScienceLINK Middle School Projects

Real Time Data for Projects 

• U.S. Radar Image: Look at the latest precipitation data

• N.J. Air Monitoring Site: Find info on air quality in your area

• Recent Earthquake Events: Earthquake info from the National Earthquake Information Service

• Weather Watchers: Young students learn about weather in all parts of the world

• Track the Elephants of Cameroon -- Follow near real-time data of tagged elephants

• CIESE Real Time Data Resource Page - Here you can find other real time data resources

• Real Time Flight Data - Track any domestic flight

Life Science Projects

Collaborative
 

• The Waksman Challenge

• The Morgan Tutorial (Great Reference Guide)

• Internet resources for conducting research for challenge

• Schoolyard Pitfall Trap Experiment

• The Rainforest Connection

• The Bones Project

• The World Wide Biome Project

• BugScope

• Site-A-Phage: The Culturing, Viewing, and Identification of a Virus using a SEM

• Roadkill 2001


 Real Time Data

• Whale Net

• Biological Timing - Online Science Experiment

• The Albatross Project

• Journey North

Environmental Science Projects

   Collaborative
 

• CIESE Down the Drain: Water Use Survey

• CIESE Global  Water Sampling  Project

• Estuary-Net Project

• Kansas Collaborative Research Network -- Variety of Environmental Projects

• TERC's Community Web Projects -- Energy, Ozone and Atmospheric, and Birding Projects

• Worldwide Biome Project

• One Sky, Many Voices -- Subscription required

• GLOBE Project (Requires purchase of instruments and teacher training)

    Real Time Data
 

• Oil Spills, Thrills and Chills -- Teacher-developed project in conjunction with Stevens

• Journey North -- Track the migrations of birds, butterflies, and whales

• EPA SunWise School Project --Interpret daily UV data, weather conditions, etc. regarding daily sun protection practices.

Physical Science Projects

     Collaborative 

• International Boiling Point Experiment

• Physics Park: Building Rides Online

• MagNet

• Live from the Sun - NASA Passport to Knowledge program

• Scanning Electron Microscope Application

• The Great Stain Remover Hunt

       Real Time Data
 

• Navigational Vectors - Use real time flight information in your vector lessons!

• Stowaway Adventure - Use real time data from cargo ships to find your speed and direction

• Bradford Robotic Telescope - Users can specify coordinates for celestial objects

• IPPEX - Learn about fusion using actual data from PPPL's Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor.

• Princeton Earth Physics Project (PEPP) - Students use in-school seismic recording stations to study real earthquakes

• Carbon Monoxide Project - Teacher-developed project as part of Stevens NJSSI Cohort 5 Program

    Earth Science Projects

    Geology
 

• Musical Plates -- Using real time earthquake data available from the Internet, explore the relationship between earthquakes and plate tectonics

• Volcano World Online Education Project - volcano lessons using real world information

• Earthquake! -- Teacher-developed Internet project as part of Stevens SSI Cohort 5 program

• Princeton Earth Physics Project (PEPP) -- Students use in-school seismic recording stations to study real earthquakes

• Sands of the World

• Rock and Mineral Exchange

• Rock Swap Collaborative Project

• Faubion's Middle School's Noon Project - Eratosthenes' Method

• The Sensational Soil Sampling Project


Meteorology
 

• The Global Sun/Temperature Project - What's the relationship between temperature, sunlight, and the equator?

• Rolling Thunder - Predict the path of thunder storms

• Kids as Global Scientists

• The Datastreme Project

• Blue Ice: Focus On Antarctica $ - Resuming in fall

Oceanography
 

• El Nino Webquest

Other Compelling Projects/Resources
 

• CIESE Classroom Projects Page - Look here for other great science and math curriculum projects.

• Compelling Projects Page - Links to some of the best Internet-based projects in the world.

• Well Organized Lists of Educational Links - Need help finding lessons/resources for your classes? Look here! (scroll about halfway down page)

• Real Time Data Internet Based Projects

Preparing for Meetings with Administrators

• Training Management Toolkit, Passaic, NJ

• Sample Needs Assessments

  • Internet Resources for Administrators 

  • Konawaena Elementary Technology Needs Assessment

  • Bristol Tennessee City Schools:Assessing Teachers' Technology Skills

  • Assessment Tools - Scroll down to "TEACHER TECHNOLOGY SURVEY"

  • Mankato Survey

  • Technology Needs Assessment Survey - General, but format might be useful

   

   

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