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Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum |
| The Adler Planetarium provides exciting hands-on learning for students of all ages. |
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Adventures in Science and Technology |
| The site is laid out nicely. The key areas are physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer science, and science and technology. |
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Amazing Space |
| Amazing Space is one part of the Hubble Telescope educational projects sponsored by the Space Telescope Institute (STScI), operated for NASA. It has some of the most interesting and lively, as well as useful, space information on the Web. |
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American Museum of Natural History |
| This splendid site is user friendly, contains current scientific information and interpretations, and is compelling to audiences from children through senior citizens. |
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Annenberg Media |
| This is the essential website for educators, parents, librarians, and students. |
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AskERIC |
| AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents. |
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Astronomy Cafe |
| This is a vast and well-organized site for astronomy teachers, students, and enthusiasts. The sheer amount of information is breathtaking—a patient explorer could spend years following the many paths into the interstellar wilderness. |
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Athena Project |
| This is a thoughtfully organized location for K-12 science teachers and students. |
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BBC Science & Nature |
| BBC Science& Nature is a website chock-full of science content. |
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Beginner's Guide to Model Rockets |
| This page is a launching pad for a physical science unit on rocketry. All the background information an instructor might need can be found linked through this site. |
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Boston Museum of Science |
| The Boston Museum of Science (MOS) has something for everyone. |
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BrainPOP |
| This site can stimulate independent learning and creativity in students, while it provides teachers with new ideas for their classes. BrainPOP is a first-rate, fun learning experience for visitors. |
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California Academy of Sciences |
| The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is "to shed light on the wonders and value of the natural world" through the sponsorship of expeditions, research, and teaching. |
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Canada Science & Technology Museum |
| This is an easily accessible site with short, illustrated text pages, available (via a choice at the beginning) in either English or French. |
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CERES Project |
| This is an excellent website and has a well-organized first page. |
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Challenger Center for Space Education |
| The Challenger Center provides a useful site to teachers looking for cooperative, hands-on classroom resources. |
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Chemical Heritage Foundation - Classroom Resources |
| Directed to teachers and students, the site’s goal is stated as providing a way to “incorporate the history of the chemistry and molecular sciences into the classroom.” |
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Earth & Sky |
| Teachers should definitely add this site to their resource list. Students should add it to their list of places to look for answers to questions they have about the world. |
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Earth From Space: An Astronaut’s Views of the Home Planet |
| This excellent site, which offers a well-organized library of images of the earth taken by the astronauts from space, is a testament to NASA’s goal of making space imagery accessible to the general public. |
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Energy Quest |
| Energy Quest is a comprehensive energy education resource produced by the The California Energy Commission. |
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ExploreLearning |
| This is a top-of-the-class learning site for anyone curious about scientific concepts and phenomena. |
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Explorezone.com |
| This site is easy to navigate and, I believe, it would be good for use in classroom teaching. |
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Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: Hands on Astronomy Activities for Kids |
| Designed primarily as a resource for teachers, this site is a treasure trove of 75 fun activities in introductory astronomy. |
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Glacier |
| GLACIER is a website devoted to Antarctica and the part Antarctica plays in our global system. |
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Glaciers and the Glacial Ages |
| This is a good site for students to learn more about glaciers. |
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How Stuff Works |
| How Stuff Works (HSW), created by Marshall Brain, a computer scientist and award-winning educator formerly at North Carolina State University, is designed to provide science information and electronic links to science and technology sites, museums, magazines, and other question and answer sites. |
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Jefferson Lab |
| This site has a student zone with "homework helpers" as well as a teacher resource zone. Together they contain: games and puzzles, worksheets for students and teachers, student activities and teacher's notes. |
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Jefferson Lab - Science Education |
| Jefferson lab's long-term commitment to science education focuses on increasing the number of teachers with a substantial background in math and science, strengthening the motivation and preparation of all students, and addressing the serious under representation of minorities and females in science, math, engineering and technology careers. |
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Lawrence Hall of Science |
| There is something for everyone in this site—teachers, students, and the general public. |
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Learning Power |
| Anyone who ever wondered "how the juice gets to the plug" should check this site out! |
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Little Shop of Physics |
| This site, with its collection of hands-on experiments designed to be used by students at all grade levels, is a great place to go to get ideas for physics experiments. |
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Making Science Make Sense |
| This is one of the best sites I have been asked to review. I enjoyed it immensely. |
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MESSENGER |
| The Mars rover Spirit is enthralling people on Earth as it just begins its mission, but the next planetary mission will be to Mercury and the MESSENGER website provides all the information about the mission and the planet. |
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Miami Science Museum |
| The Miami Science Museum website is a very polished, eye-catching representation of activities, outreach programs, and exhibits of the museum. |
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NASA Kids |
| NASA Kids is an excellent site for "kids" of all ages and provides an abundance of information, images, and interesting things to do on astronomy and the space sciences. |
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NASA Quest |
| This is an excellent site for teachers and for a large range of ages of students. The site is a resource for educators and students interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and space science. |
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National Geographic |
| The website is easily accessed, readily navigable, provides an extraordinary variety of up-to-date information, and is recommended to students at all levels and the general public. |
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National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
| This site has excellent resources and ideas for teachers of K-12 students, including comet recipes, crater experiments, and pointers to hands-on activities which drive home the scale of the solar system. |
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National Wildlife Federation |
| This website contains a variety of interesting sections. Two sections are of particular appeal to teachers and their students. |
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Nebraska Earth Science Education Network |
| Nebraska Earth Science Education Network, NESEN, maintains a richly informative Web page designed for "Educators Networking to Improve Earth Science Education." |
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NOVA Online |
| There is something here for everyone with topics ranging from the bugs in your bed to the dinosaur fossils in the bedrock. |
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Nye Labs Online |
| The Bill Nye site has many attractive features; it is well conceived in its design and has a decent amount of buttons to click and things to look at. |
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PBS Science & Nature |
| The science and nature portion of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) website provides an extraordinary educational experience. |
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PlanetScapes |
| “PlanetScapes” is an award-winning site hosted by the Hawaiian Astronomical Society. |
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Science Alberta |
| This site contains science facts and activities for kids. It is a very well-done, Flash-intensive site that should be quite appealing to kids. |
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Science Education Gateway (SEGway) |
| This is one of the most useful sites. I recommend it particularly for parents, teenagers, and science educators. It would also be very useful for researchers, librarians, college professors, and the public. |
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Science for Kids |
| In summary, this website appears to be a valuable resource for teachers in elementary grades, and one that children will enjoy accessing themselves. |
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Science Is Fun |
| Science Is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri is an excellent website describing the chemical education work of Bassam S.Z. Shakhashiri, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Science Learning Network |
| The Science Learning Network(SLN) is a partnership among six science museums and funded by Unisys Corporation and the National Science Foundation. |
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Science Museum of Virginia |
| The Science Museum of Virginia website has much to offer those curious about science. |
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Science News for Kids |
| Science News for Kids is a multifaceted site. Virtually every aspect of science is covered in educational, kid-friendly articles. |
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Smithsonian Institution |
| The Smithsonian Institution site is extremely valuable, easy to use, compelling, and an excellent starting point for anyone seeking to know about science, its processes, outcomes, and history. |
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Space Educators’ Handbook |
| NASA’s Space Educators’ Handbook is a treasure trove of information, visuals, and ideas relating to the space program. |
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Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) |
| Of a number of similar sites that I have reviewed, this is one of the most comprehensive. |
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The Center for Science Education |
| The Center for Science Education is one of a growing number of websites designed as a resource for teachers, students, and parents. The focus of the site is space sciences and astronomy. |
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| This website for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis is designed to supplement the exhibits and activities at the museum, however it stands on its own as an excellent resource for children, parents, and teachers. |
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The Exploratorium |
| The Exploratorium collects and reviews scientific websites. |
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The Franklin Institute Online |
| The Franklin Institute Science Museum website strives for currency and accuracy while preserving the 'entertaining' side of learning for the child in all of us. |
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The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth |
| Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth is just exactly what the title implies. There are many thousands of cataloged images from all or most manned space missions. |
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The JASON Project |
| The JASON Project has tremendous educational value. It is easily navigated by students and has a high interest level for all ages. |
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The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook |
| The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook (K8AIT) is a gold mine of multimedia resources, information, projects, experiments, and lesson plans for students and teachers who are interested in aviation. |
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The Magic School Bus |
| The Magic School Bus website has fun games, riddles, word search, and a mystery name search based on Magic School Bus characters. |
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The National Air and Space Museum |
| The National Air and Space Museum's internet site is organized primarily to highlight the exhibits in the museum. |
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The SolarNow Project |
| The SolarNow Project, funded by the United States Department of Energy, is dedicated to education and research of alternative energy sources, with emphasis on photovoltaics. |
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The Yellowstone Net Geyser Information |
| As part of Yellowstone Online, this page provides teachers, students, and parents with photographs and information about geysers. |
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Toys in Space |
| The Toys in Space webpage is a project of the NASA planetary and deep space exploration programs. |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Page |
| This site doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles. It does, however, contain useful information on what species are currently endangered, which is updated monthly. |
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USA TODAY Weather |
| USA TODAY's online weather site provides much more than daily weather reports and forecasts. As a teaching tool, the site can be used in numerous ways... |
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Utah Science Home Page |
| This resource consists of links and specially designed lessons that correlate with the Utah State science curriculum. |
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Virginia Air & Space Center |
| This website showcases the Virginia Air & Space Center, which is the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center. |
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Windows to the Universe |
| An excellent site for students of all gradeswith over 4,500 pages crammed with information, data, and visuals on all aspects of astronomy. |
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World Wildlife Fund |
| This site is great for anyone who wants to find out more about environmental issues. |
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WW2010 |
| WW2010 strives to integrate current and archived weather data with multimedia instructional resources using new technologies. |
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Zoom Dinosaurs |
| This is the best site I have seen. "Breathtaking" may be stretching it a bit for an adult, but not for the students eager to learn about this ever popular topic. This site is going to be on a lot of "favorites" lists. |
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