Summer Institute for Philadelphia Teachers: Resources for Science Teachers

Resources For Science Teachers

From the Science Library, Bryn Mawr College. Prepared for the 2001 Summer Institute on Science As Exploration.

Al Bodzin's Home Page for Science Educators
http://www.ncsu.edu/servit/bodzin/
Al Bodzin, an Assistant Professor of Science Education at Lehigh University, has put together a wonderful collection of web-based science activities.

AskERIC
http://ericir.syr.edu/
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally-funded national information system providing a variety of education-related services and products. AskERIC includes lesson plans, internet sites and educational resources. You can also search the ERIC database which includes more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org/
ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. The website includes education news, curriculum resources, web links and professional resources.

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
This “museum of science, art and human perception” lets you explore a wide range of topics in an interactive and unique way.

Exworthy Educational Links
http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/
A great site. Includes lesson plans and hands-on activities in many subject areas.

Frank Potter's Science Gems
http://www.sciencegems.com/
Well organized index to thousands of science resources for K-16 science educators.

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
An award-winning site for anyone who wants to know how anything works! A fascinating way to learn about the world we live in.

Instructional Materials for Science Education
http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/
Extensive collection of resources for science teachers. Covers different subject areas as well as links to internet science projects, science magazines and journals, science education organizations, visual instructional materials resources, and more.

K-12 Science Links from Science Central
http://www.sciquestfoundation.org/k12/index.html
Includes science news, lesson plans and experiments, how things work, science fair projects, girls in science and ask a scientist.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
This award-winning Web site is maintained by Kathy Schrock, a former Library Media Specialist and now Technology Department Head for the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It is an excellent collection of hundreds of Internet sites found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.

Organization for Community Networks Curriculum Exchange
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/
The Curriculum Exchange is an area where teachers can find a variety of lesson plans. The original group of 700 lesson plans came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. These lessons were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western United States, particularly the quality of math and science education. These lesson plans are available with permission from Big Sky Telegraph, which distributed these lesson plans.

Achieving scientific literacy: from purposes to practice
Rodger W. Bybee
National Science Teachers Association Press, 1997

Assessing student understanding in science: a standards-based K-12 handbook
Sandra K. Enger and Robert E. Yager
National Science Teachers Association Press, 2001

Atlas of science literacy
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Science Teachers Association Press, 2001

Becoming a secondary school science teacher
Jazlin V. Ebenezer, Sharon M. Haggerty
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Merrill, c1999

Biology teacher's survival guide : tips, techniques & materials for success in the classroom
Michael F. Fleming
West Nyack, N.Y. : Center for Applied Research in Education, c1993

Chemistry in the national science education standards : a reader and resource manual for high school teachers
Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, Education Division, c1997

Classroom assessment and the National Science Education Standards
Committee on Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards; J. Myron Atkin, Paul Black, Janet Coffey, editors.
Washington, DC : Center for Education, National Research Council, National Academy Press, c2001

Coaching science stars: pep talk and play book for real-world problem solving
Robert C. Barkman
Tucson, AZ : Zephyr, c1991

Collaborative inquiry in science, math, and technology
Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm.
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c1998

Community connections for science education: history and theory you can use
Eleanor D. Siebert and William J McIntosh, editors
National Science Teachers Association Press, 2001

Community connections for science education: building successful partnerships
William C. Robertson
National Science Teachers Association Press, 2001

Connected knowledge: science, philosophy, and education
Alan Cromer
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997

Constructing science in middle and secondary school classrooms
Dale R. Baker, Michael D. Piburn
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1997

Designing for learning: six elements in constructivist classrooms
George W. Gagnon, Jr., Michelle Collay
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, c2001

Education for a sustainable future: a paradigm of hope for the 21st century
Keith A. Wheeler and Anne Perraca Bijur, editors
New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2000

ENC Focus Magazine
Columbus, OH: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
available online at: http://www.enc.org/focus/

Facing the consequences: using TIMSS for a closer look at U.S. mathematics and science education
William H. Schmidt et al., editors
Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1999

Free-choice science education: how we learn science outside of school
John H. Falk, editor
New York: Teachers College Press, 2001.

Girls can succeed in science: antidotes for science phobia in boys and girls
Linda S. Samuels
National Science Teachers Association Press, 1999

The guidebook of federal resources for K-12 mathematics and science
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
available online at: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS129

How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and school
John D. Bransford et al., editors
Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning and Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, c2000

How students learn: reforming schools through learner-centered education
Nadine M. Lambert and Barbara L. McCombs, editors
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c1998

How students (mis-) understand science and mathematics: intuitive rules
Ruth Stavy and Dina Tirosh
New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.

How the brain learns: a classroom teacher's guide
David A. Sousa
2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, c2001

Ideas that work: science professional development
Columbus, OH: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education;
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, 1999

Improving mathematics in middle school: lessons from TIMSS and research
Edward A. Silver
Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement

Innovative curriculum materials
Columbus, Ohio: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, 1999

Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: a guide for teaching and learning
Committee on Development of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards on Scientific Inquiry, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education, National Research Council.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, c2000.

Inquiry-based experiments in chemistry
Valerie Ludwig Lechtanski
Washington, DC: American Chemical Society; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

Inventing science education for the new millennium
Paul DeHart Hurd
New York: Teachers College Press, c1997

Learning to teach science: activities for student teachers and mentors
Martin Monk and Justin Dillon, editors
London; Washington, D.C.: Falmer Press, 1995

Making new connections in science education: casting a wider net
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, Maryland: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, c1997

Mathematics, science & technology education programs that work: a collection of exemplary educational programs and practices in the National Diffusion Network
Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Programs for the Improvement of Practice, 1994

The new science teacher: cultivating good practice
Deborah J. Trumbull
New York: Teachers College Press, 1999

Of bugs and beasts: fact, folklore, and activities
Lauren J. Livo, Glenn McGlathery, Norma J. Livo
Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1995

Resources for teaching middle school science
National Science Resources Center
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998

Science curriculum resource handbook: a practical guide for K-12 science curriculum
Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, c1992

Student work and teacher practices in science: a report on what students know and can do
Christine Y. O'Sullivan, Andrew R. Weiss
Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999

Students as researchers: creating classrooms that matter
Shirley R. Steinberg and Joe L. Kincheloe, editors
London; Bristol, PA : Falmer Press, 1998

Students learning science: a report on policies and practices in U.S. schools
Christine Y. O'Sullivan, Andrew R. Weiss, and Janice M. Askew
Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, 1998
Also available online at: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=98493

Teaching about evolution and the nature of science
Working Group on Teaching Evolution, National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC: National Academy Press, c1998

Teaching science for understanding: a human constructivist view
Joel J. Mintzes, James H. Wandersee, Joseph D. Novak, editors
San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1998

Teaching with the brain in mind
Eric Jensen
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1998

Transforming middle school science education
Paul DeHart Hurd; foreword by James J. Gallagher.
New York: Teachers College Press, c2000

Prepared by Terri Freedman
for the Summer Institute for Philadelphia Teachers
June 27, 2001