National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org/
National Academy of Sciences
http://www.nas.edu/
American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org/
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
http://www2.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/
National Middle Level Science Teachers Association
http://www.nmlsta.org/
American Association of Physics Teachers
http://www.aapt.org/
National Association of Biology Teachers
http://www.nabt.org/
The American Chemical Society
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html
Chemical Heritage Foundation
http://www.chemheritage.org/
American Institute of Physics
http://www.aip.org/
American Society of Plant Biologists
http://www.aspb.org/
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
http://www.nagt.org/
National Earth Science Teachers Association
http://www.nesta.org/
The Geological Society of America
http://www.geosociety.org/educate
History of Science Society
http://www.hssonline.org/
Project 2061 Benchmarks
http://www.project2061.org/tools/benchol/bolintro.htm
The National Science Education Standards
http://stills.nap.edu/html/nses/
INTASC Standards for Science Teacher Education
http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/ScienceStandards.pdf
State standards
http://edstandards.org/Standards.html
http://www.aligntoachieve.org/AchievePhaseII/basic-search.cfm
ERIC
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
GEM
http://www.thegateway.org/browse
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EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES
Content Background Information
The Sourcebook for Teaching Science
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/chapters/thinking/index.html
Eric Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Exploring the Environment
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/introduction.html
Astronomy.com
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx
PhysLink.com
http://www.physlink.com/Education/Astronomy.cfm
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1
Geology.com
http://geology.com/
Meteorology A to Z
http://www.wxdude.com/topics.html
Newton’s Apple
http://www.tpt.org/newtons/alpha.html
NESTAnet
http://www.nestanet.org/
The Great Idea Finder
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.htm
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
The Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/learn.html
Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html
Smithsonian’s Ocean Planet
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/search_educational_materials.html
Newton’s Apple
http://www.tpt.org/newtons/alpha.html
Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/
Digital Library for Earth System Education
http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp
Exploring Planets in the Classroom Hands-on Activities
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/
National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
The Weather Unit
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/weather.html
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kids_k-3.html
Colorful Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
Astronomy for Kids
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/
Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
NASA for Kids
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
KidsAstronomy.com
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Scientific American.com—Ask the Experts
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
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LIFE SCIENCES
Content Background Information
The Biology Place
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/index.html
Human Biology
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/humbiol993.html
Marine Biology Web
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html
NABT Resource Links
http://www.nabt.org/sub/links_generalbio.asp
Genetics: Children Resemble Their Parents
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/
Endangered Species Themes Page
http://www.cln.org/themes/endangered.html
Botany.com Encyclopedia of Plants
http://www.botany.com/
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
Biology Lesson Plans for Elementary School Teachers
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/about/index.html
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/
DiscoverySchool.com—Human Body
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/body.html
eNature
http://www.enature.com/home/
American Society of Plant Biologists—K-12 Resources
http://www.aspb.org/education/NEWK12.CFM
American Museum of Natural History
http://amnh.org/education/resources/rfl.php?set=b&intro=true
Education Planet
http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Science
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Scott’s Botanical Links
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/subject/
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com/
Kids Do Ecology
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
Rader’s Biology4Kids, Chemistry4Kids, and Geography4kids
http://www.biology4kids.com/
http://www.chem4kids.com/
http://www.geography4kids.com/
Bucket Buddies
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/index.html
EstuaryLIVE
http://www.estuarylive.org/
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Content Background Information
Physics 2000
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Chemistry Resources
http://people.clarkson.edu/~rosen2/webwork.htm
Famous Inventions: A to Z
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm
A Century of Physics
http://timeline.aps.org/APS/
Physics for Beginners
http://physics.webplasma.com/physicstoc.html
Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials
Elementary School Lesson Plans
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/visit/lesson/lesson_links1.html
Physical Sciences Resource Center
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/search/browse.cfm?browse=gs
Physical Science Activity Manual
http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/cesme/PSAM/PSAM.shtml
TryScience
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_home.html
BOCES Science Activities
http://www.monroe2boces.org/programs.cfm?sublevel=350&subsubpage=82&subpage=54&master=3
Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children
Thinking Fountain
http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/nav/tfatoz.html
Science Toys
http://scitoys.com/
The History of Invention
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
The Atoms Family
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
Sci4Kids
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
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Bonus Links
Astronomy for Kids II
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
The U.S. Geological Survey Resources for Teachers about Water
http://water.usgs.gov/education.html
Space Simulation
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Simulations/simserver.html
The Nine Planets for Kids
http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm
Guide to Clouds
http://www.uen.org/weather/clouds/cloud_id.shtml
Plant Images
http://www.botany.org/plantimages/
What Is Ecology?
http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org/generalecology.htm#GENERAL%20ECOLOGY-%20basics%20and%20definitions
Center for Innovative Teaching Activities in Science
http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
The Adventures of Cyberbee (innovative lesson plans in science)
http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html
Human Genetics Activity
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/genproj/
Bill Wasserman's Developmental Biology Page
http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/dev.htm
DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/index.htm
Fetal Pig Dissection
http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html
Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
The Center for Science Education
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/educators.html
Bill Nye Home Experiments
http://www.billnye.com/flash.html
Volcano & Earth Science Lessons
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/lesson.html
Earth and Space Science lesson plans
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/lessons_teacherdeveloped.html
Teacher Developed Science Activities
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/science.html
The Mineral Institutes lesson plans
http://www.mii.org/teacherhelpers.html
The Science Page lesson plans
http://sciencepage.org/lessons.htm
A gateway website for teaching science
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002
The Clickable Periodic Table
http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/magnus/PeriodicTable.html
The Virtual Body
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Middle School Science
http://www.middleschoolscience.com
History of Inventions
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml
History of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
Greek and Roman Science and Technology
http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/ter/grst/Home%20Page%20G&RS&T.htm
Virtual historical exhibits of scientists and sciences
http://www.aip.org/history/index.html
Alexander Graham Bell's Invention of the Telephone
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/albell/homepage.html
The National Air and Space Museum
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
The Life and Times of Galileo
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/
Technology of Roman Life
http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/art_handbook.html
Museum of Ancient Inventions
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/home.htm
Recreating Galileo's telescope experiments
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Student_Work/Astronomy96/
The Lawnmower Museum and History
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/gf86/
The History of Photography and Cameras
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm
U.S. EPA Environmental Education Center
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
Earth Guide
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu
U.S. EPA Global Warming for Kids
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/index.html
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