WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS
WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS
GENERAL
College Board Advanced Placement Program
ENGLISH
Royal High School English Resource Page
EUPOPEAN HISTORY
Advanced Placement European History
Advanced Placement European History Bullard High School
Jay Harmons’ Advanced Placement World History Page
U.S. HISTORY
AP GOVERNMENT
AP Government Links--Fully loaded with links
American Government Source—Professor JeDon Emenhiser, Humboldt State University
BIOLOGY
Advanced Placement Biology at the Univ. of Georgia
Albemarle High School Advanced Placement Biology Page
AP Biology On-Line Syllabus (North Warren Regional High School)
AP Biology at Princeton High School
PHYSICS
Glenbrook South Physics Home Page (not AP, but too good to miss)
CHEMISTRY
MATH
AP Calculus Alvirne High School
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Strategies for AP Spanish language--(be sure and scroll down)
PSYCHOLOGY
GREAT SITES EN ESPANOl
Excellent Spanish Only links for both kids and teens. Teen section features resources on getting a job, staying healthy, going to college, and other topics. Home work help section (Ayuda con las Tareas) links to both general reference materials and to subject-specific sites.
Subject index is a comprehensive homework help site for teens as well as a good place for teachers and home schooling parents to find Spanish resources on lots of subjects.
Nice directory site that offers links to Spanish-only resources on Hispanic culture, history, health, reference, and more. There’s also a Bilingual Tutorials section and links to Spanish-language media, from newspapers to radio and television stations.
Creator is prof. of Art History at the Australian National University. Has assembled this enormous collection of several thousand art and architecture images for use in the classroom. The site is the place to visit for images, not only for art classes, but also for history and social studies, or any time you need to illustrate architectural principles.
The site created by John Menszer, contains the personal stories of six different Holocaust survivors. The text of each story is complemented by original photographs and documents, and by audio files of each survivor’s personal recollections.
Based at the Washington University Medical School this provides answers to any and all scientific questions, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To browse previous questions and answers, visit the archive. For information or help, try the Info Desk.
Represent a massive undertaking by the University of Michigan and Cornell University to put primary source documents, from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, on the Web. Currently, there are well over 3,000,000 pages at the Web site from 50,000 journal articles and 8,500 books in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
Just simply wonderful. Included are a list of words within words, rhyming words, anagrams, oxymoron, and similes. There is even something for the math teachers, too. Check out math-related activities such as Numbletter puzzles and Fractured Fractions, a great interdisciplinary activity in students add fractions of two words to create a third word.
Leader in college search, tech prep and financial aid. College Search—Identify colleges by location, major, tuition, sports and more. Test Prep—Score high with Peterson’s online practice tests. Graduate Program Search—Find accredited programs from leading institutions throughout the U.S. Financial Aid—Research scholarships, loans and other financial information. Also information about Private Secondary Schools, Distance Learning, Corporate Training, Career Education and Study Abroad. Plus there is an on-line bookstore with all of their books.
Big Chalk - The Education Network
Homework Central - A must for all students
Click on High Schools. See all subjects. A free directory of educational web sites created
especially for students and teachers.
ALSO 2 special sections: 1. Success at School—Includes Multimedia Resources, Oral
Presentations; Reference; Research Starters; Study Skills; Tutorials and Writing
Resources. 2. Beyond School Work—Covers Career Planning; Contests
Extracurricular activities; Internships, Personal Skills and Volunteering.
This site is an online graphics generator for Web pages and anywhere else you might want to create your own banners and logos that look great and require little or no previous experience in web graphic design.
Animation software to download for free that is a lot of fun for beginning animators.
What car enthusiast can resist looking at concept cars that may or may not make it into production? This site is heavy with photographs from every car manufacturer on possible looks for the future.
This site was created by Robert Pinsky. It features ordinary Americans reciting the poems they love the most. It is fun to watch 50 Favorite Poem Videos.
Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/ Contains extensive materials collected on AskERIC site. Provides free access to ERIC including free, full-text expert digest reports. Recommend using the “Teaching” link, and “Science” and “Health” categories under the “Subject” link. Provides evaluated, annotated links to lesson plans, archived responses, Web sites, etc.
ENC Online: Science Topics Web Links http://www.enc.org/weblinks/science Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education has collected effective curriculum resource sites and created high-quality professional development materials for teachers. Check out the “Student/Classroom” and “Reference Sources”.
Eric Weisstein’s World of Science http://scienceworld.wolfram.com Contains free full-text “encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics.”
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Free INTERACTIVE site from the San Francisco Exploratorium Museum of Art, Science, & Human Perception, it focuses on “investigating the science behind ordinary subjects and experiences of people’ lives…and looks at historical/social issues surrounding them.
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org Has a “Computers”, “Health” and “Science and Tech” subject collection plus much more.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi This provides access to MEDLINE, including links to full-text articles and related resources. Explore PubMed Central, an e-archive of free, full-text articles from life sciences journals plus a growing collection of full-text biomedical books that can be searched directly.”
Science Teacher’s Resource Center http://chem.lapeer.org For grade 9-12 science teachers to share ideas in the areas of biology, chemistry, physics, and life sciences, including advance placement.
Envision Your World/Science http://www.envisionyourworld.com Educational resource guide for students, educators, and parents. Site’s classroom applications give students the opportunity to participate in a hands-on exploration of the basic scientific concepts relating to measurement, space travel and the nature of light. Also included is an examination, data collection and hypothesis testing. Materials are designed to meet national standards.
NOAA EstuaryLive Curriculum Materials http://www.estuaries.gov/curricula.html A complete Teacher’s Guide assists in leading classrooms through the program—from getting computers prepared to view EstuaryLive to providing suggestions for follow-up activities.
Alliance to Save Energy http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators Site features include multidisciplinary K-12 lesson plans, information on the Alliance’s Green Schools program, and an energy-efficiency Web page for kids.
iEARN Professional Development http://www.iearn.org offers interactive 9-week courses for teachers who want to learn how to integrate an online collaborative project into their teaching. Courses provide a step-by-step guide to using international collaborative projects in the classroom.
INTERNACTIVE WEB SITES COVERING SPECIFIC SCIENCE FIELDS
Chemistry.org http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html American Chemical Society site provides information for professionals, educators, and students at all levels with access to publications, chemistry news, jobs, lesson plans, a “Molecule of the Week” feature, and an interactive periodic table. Check out the “Educators & Students “ tab.
Constellations and Their Stars http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations This site explains what constellations are, lists stars and constellations alphabetically, by month, and by catalog number. It also includes interactive star charts, a bibliography of star myths from various cultures, and a brief explanation of the myths behind the names of constellations.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: BioInteractive http://www.biointeractive.org This site allows you to be the scientist, providing fully interactive medical laboratory simulations, including bacterial identification, cardiology, etc.
Human Genome Project http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml This site by the U.S. Dept of Energy offers a wealth of general research information on genetics and bioethics. Includes a “Genetics 101” intro., a glossary of terms, and “Ethical, Legal, Social Issues” section linking to journal articles on court actions.
NatureServe Explorer http://www.natureserve.org/explorer On line encyclopedia provides authoritative conservation information on 55,000+ plants, animals, and ecological communities” in the U.S. and Canada, with in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience http://ippex.pppl.gov/ Interactive pages on matter, fusion, electricity, magnetism, and energy. Questions can also be e-mailed to Ask a Physicist.
Neuroscience for Kids http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html An interactive site dedicated to improving knowledge of the nervous system, it provides interesting tutorials on the brain and the central nervous system along with experiments and activities for all students.
Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences http://www.sciencecourseware.com California State Univ. site contains Web-based labs that can enhance learning and teaching of environmental sciences in high school and college. The Virtual Earthquake, River, Dating (geologic time), and Global Warming labs are interactive.
SCIENCE PROJECT RESOURCES
IPL Kidspace: Science Fair Project Resource Guide http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide
Planet AG Science Fair Project http://www.fl-ag.com/PlanetAg/ Agricultural ideas for science projects, explanation of scientific method and ideas in the fields of Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Medicine and Health, Microbiology, Zoology.
Science Fair Central http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ Site provides complete guide to science fair projects. “Handbook” section gives information from Janice VanCleave who provides everything you will need for success. Students are even able to ask her questions about projects.
Science Project Handbook http://drscavanaugh.org/Sci_Fair/science_fair_guide.htm
Super Science Fair Projects http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com
School Science Fairs Homepage http://www.cdil.ca/sciencefairs/
Ultimate Science Fair Resource http://www.scifair.org Contains a variety of resources and advice.
Experimental Science Projects: An Introductory Level Guide http://www.isd77.k12mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.html An excellent resource for students doing an experiment-based science fair project. There are links on this page to a more advanced guide and an example of an actual experiment-based project.
Gateway to Educational Materials: Science Fair Projects http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/projects.htm The Gateway to Educational Materials extensive and detailed step-by-step guide to doing a science fair project.
Science Fair Primer http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html A site to help students get started and run a science fair project.
Science Fair Project on the Web: Step by step instructions http://sciencefairproject.virtualave.net/observation.htm A detailed science fair help site. Step by step instructions on the science fair project. Categories include observation, question, hypothesis, method, result, conclusion, presentation.
What Makes a Good Science Fair Project http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Resources/Good_Project.html A website from USC that gives a lot of good tips and ideas to think about regarding what makes a good science fair project. Advice for both students and teachers and also some for parents is included.
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
Be a Popcorn Scientist http://www.popweaver.com Click on Science Projects There are 5 major experiments using popcorn.
BrainPOP Science http://www.brainpop.com/science There are some free experiments here most are by subscription. Even though it is a pay site it looks really interesting.
Exploratorium Science Snacks http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html
Science NetLinks http://www.sciencenetlinks.com
Slinky Science http://www.teachingtools.com/Slinky/slinky.html
The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S Project http://www.twinkiesproject.com/index.html
Wondernet http://chemistry.org/wondernet
CyberBee http://www.cyberbee.com Click on Curriculum Ideas and then go to Science Fair.