Useful Education Resources on the Web
General Education Resources
- The U.S. Department of Education
- NCSA Education Program, The National Center for Supercomputing Applications site with resources for K-12
- NASA's Online Educational Resources, A very useful and up to date list of online Educational Resources.
- UIUC Learning Resource Server The LRS is a suite of servers that distribute and mediate electronic learning resources for K-12 teachers and students
- Classroom Conection On The 'Net, A resource of interesting and useful information available online
- Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23, K-12 Support for Educators
- Kidsweb, A WWW Digital Library for Schoolkid at Syracuse (sometimes takes a while to load)
- Kids' Web, A collection of Internet resources for parents and children to explore together
- FishNet, A site for teens
- Kidopedia, Still under construction, online Encyclopedia written by children for children
- Webs at Other Colleges and Universities
- Canada's SchoolNet, a cooperative initiative to link all of Canada's 16,000 plus school to the electronic highway
Science Education Resources
- Interactive Frog Dissection Kits
- Tredy' House of Herpetology, A nice cite dealing with reptiles and amphibians
- Entomology at Colorado State University, Links to over 40 resources with entomology-related information
- Dinosaur Exibit (Honolulu Comm. College), Exhibit of dinosaur fossils, replicas from the American Museum of Natural History
- Welcome to the planets, explore the planets with NASA
- The Wolf Studies Project, Developed for teachers and students to enhance their study of wolves while also acting as a catalyst for further instructional use on the Internet
- Bill Nye The Science Guy, The website of the Emmy nominated children's educational television show. The mission of the show is to prove to kids that science in fun.
- Questacon, The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra Autralia
- Exploratorium Home Page, Contains a collection of electronic exhibits and resources for teachers, students and science enthusiasts
- MicroWorlds, an interactive tour of current research in the material sciences at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's advanced light source
- Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum, Exibits and resources from the museum
- Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide, Pointers to public museums with an emphasis on interactive science education
- SETI Homepage , Information about scientific research in the general field of Life in the Universe
- Philosophy and Genetics Global Web Conference This site is designed to catalyze discussion of philosophical issues occasioned by the science of genetics
- Ethical, legal, and social issues in science (ELSI), Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's ELSI is science program is a pilot project designed to stimulate discussions on the implications of selected areas of scientific research. Most useful to educators and students at the middle school level
- Access Excellence, puts high school biology teachers in touch with their colleagues, scientists and critical sources of new scientific information
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse DCL, An Internet site for math and science education, designed to assist teachers in locating instructional and other educational resources
- The Hub, an internetworked resource for mathematics and science education funded by the Eisenhower Regional Consortia and operated by TERC on behalf of the Regional Alliance for Mathematics and Science Education Reform
- Science and Mathematics Education Resources, The most organised, quick and complete listing of useful science and math sites on the web, including environmental science, museums and exibitions and everything else
- Discovery Channel School ... "commercial-free; devoted to educational activities and support for K-12 educators, students, and parents; provides support for the Discovery Channel series Assignment Discovery and the Learning Channel's TLC Elementary School and Teacher TV." Under development, see also Discovery Channel Online.
- Science and the Environment - A Learning Tool , a bimonthly magazine for high school and university students and educators. Summaries of current environmental news stories (with graphics) from a variety of sources.
- BEEMNET . The Brain Exchange Electronic Mentorship Network, "a research-oriented, educational organization that connects elementary school children and the their teachers with research neuroscientists".
- Snapshots of Medicine and Health Biomedical information from the National Institutes of Health, targeted at K-12 students. A developing site including sections on "People Doing Science" and "Research in the News" by a skilled science writer.
- CELLS alive! Cells, microbes, and other miscroscopic phenomena in beautiful, easily accessible (and downloadable) stills, videos, and animation.
Math and Computer Science Education Resources