Science Education

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Lesson Plans
Awesome Library - Science, http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Science/Science.html
Science Lesson Plans from AskEric, http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science
Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans, http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
Teachers Helping Teachers, the Best of the Year, Science, http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html
Plate Tectonics from Extreme Science, http://www.extremescience.com/PlateTectonicsmap.htm
Valuable Links
Extreme Science, http://extremescience.com/- Pages presenting largest and smallest features of earth and among creatures.
People Doing Science: Snapshots of Science and Medicine http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots/pds
National Science Teachers Association- http://www.nsta.org/
NASA Quest Site - http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
Includes Wright Flyer Online - Focuses on using the Internet for teaching science in the classroom.
Science Learning Network, http://www.sln.org/ - Explores how telecomputing can support inquiry-based science education.
Teachernet  - Teaching Resources for Science,
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/subjects/science_teaching_resources/
Links to UK resources helpful to science teachers.
Experiments - General and Listings
Reeko’s Mad Scientist Lab,  http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/
Variety of experiments organized by topic and classified as easy, intermediate or advanced.
Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive, http://www.madsci.org/experiments/ - Experiments on astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, math and physics from the Mad Scientist Library.
Science Made Simple, http://www.sciencemadesimple.net
Biology
Access Excellence, http://www.accessexcellence.org/ -
A national education program that puts high school biology teachers in touch with other teachers and scientists.
About.com, Biologyhttp://biology.about.com/ -
Mining Co. links for biology, many K-12 sites.
DNA from the Beginning, http://www.dnalc.org.dnaftb/
Gene Almanac, DNA Learning Center, a multimedia primer on the basics of DNA and heredity.
Yahooligans - Biology Experiments and Activitieshttp://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Oddities/Living_Things/Biology/
Experiments_and_Activities/
Chemistry
Yahooligans - Chemistry Experiments and Activitieshttp://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Oddities/Physical_Sciences/
Chemistry/Experiments_and_Activities/
Plants
Plant Biology Science Fair Ideas
Plant biology science fair ideas for kids from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Hosted by Science Buddies.
Periodic Table
Periodic Table, http://www.webelements.com/
Periodic Table of the Elements, http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/
Visual Elements, http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html
Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Table of the Elements,
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
Sample Experiments
Travelling Education Kits, http://romlx6.rom.on.ca/schools/edukits-boxesC.php
Hot Air Balloon Experiment, http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Aeronautics/Hot_Air_Balloon.html
Simple Flying Machines Theme Page, http://www.cln.org/themes/flying.html