Project S.I.M. -- Simulations, Interdisciplinary Internet and Metacognitive Activities
This project focuses on Simulations Based Education, interdisciplinary Internet activities, metacognitive activities, and multiple intelligence based alternative assessment. (1/1/01-6/1/01)
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12

Online Science Site Teaches Students to Solve Real-Life Problems
The WISE Web site -- created by scientists, researchers, classroom teachers, and technology experts -- guides students and their teachers in investigating scientific problems. The goal of the site is setting students on a course of lifelong scientific learning. INCLUDED: A teacher and his students who have used the WISE approach offer their thoughts.
GRADE LEVEL: 5-12

Online Scienceathon
Science-athon events are easy to implement,fun, and instructive. Each event includes the exploration of questions using displays of student-generated data. (11/1/00-6/30/01)
GRADE LEVEL: 2-8

Science and Math e-Projects Connect Students Worldwide
It’s easy for teachers to integrate science and math projects on the Internet! The Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) provides teachers with the necessary classroom tools for five free projects and for several real-time projects that connect students worldwide. Included: Comments from teachers across the grades who have used the CIESE projects!  (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Jason Project
Areas of the website include: an Expedition Journal, a Student section that allows JASON students to contact one another, a Teachers' Guide with curriculum tips and online projects as well as a section on organizations and schools involved with JASON.  (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Hewlett Packard Email Mentor Program
The HP E-Mail Mentor program creates one-to-one mentor relationships between HP employees (worldwide) and 5-12th grade students and teachers throughout the United States to help motivate students to excel in math and science. HP employees also mentor teachers who seek to incorporate current technology into the classroom.  (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

LIFE SCIENCE PROJECTS

Biology

Search for Columbus
School children worldwide will explore the sunken wrecks of Columbus's fleet via the Internet. The "Search for Columbus(TM)" is an online educational project that invites classrooms to participate with archaeologists as they explore the remains of Columbus's ships from his second voyage.  (4/24-6/1 -- Annual Event)
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Schoolyard Soil Dwellers: What’s Living in Your Schoolyard?
As a part of an online project called Schoolyard Soil Dwellers, students are digging up their playgrounds to uncover critters that make the land their home. Participants in this creative online project are discovering the rewards of getting their hands dirty and comparing data across the miles! Included: Teachers and students share their experiences with the project!  (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: 4-12

Botany

G.A.S.P. (Great Adventure to Scenic Places)
This content-rich curriculum resource takes students on a yearlong bicycle journey to every national park in the contiguous United States. (04/01/00)
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12


Marine & Ocean Sciences

Tracking Sea Turtles: Lessons in Saving an Endangered Species
Put on your scuba gear and grab your camera -- we're going on an undersea adventure! Endangered sea turtles are in need of our attention, and the Internet offers some great activities for learning about sea turtles -- and even tracking their movements! Are you ready to make some turtle "trax"?
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12
Athena engages students in observing natural phenomena using remote-sensed data to learn about the earth and sky. Here students can study ocean currents by tracking the movements of drift buoys, follow the progress of hurricanes and tropical storms from space, monitor earthquake activity with seismographic data from around the globe, or keep track of weather in space. Plenty more too!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking Education Program
This site includes information about sea turtle species, biology, habitat, and migration patterns. Teachers can send away for a free Educator's Guide to the site, which includes lesson plans and activities. Classrooms can adopt a turtle and keep track of its movements using satellite tracking information found on the site.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12+

Zoology

The Wild Ones
The Wild Ones provides a place where students and teachers around the world can share information about endangered species and habitats and develop a positive attitude about helping to preserve them. (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: 3-8

Butterflies On-Line
Third graders at Jack Hulland Elementary School, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, have put together an impressive site on butterfly metamorphosis. It includes video, interactive activities, and educational resources for teachers. (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: K-5

The Eagle Watch
The Eagle Watch Web site, created collaboratively by students at St. George's Day School and at Dyersburg Intermediate School in Dyersburg, Tennessee, focuses on the "life and legend" of the bald eagle.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-K - 6

Red Wolves of Alligator River
If you are looking for a great Internet project to use in your classroom, then you’ll like the Red Wolves of Alligator River. The site critically examines the plight of the endangered red wolf in the Alligator River area of North Carolina. Lesson plans are included.
GRADE LEVEL: K-8+

The Journey North
The Journey North is an outstanding collaborative Internet project that involves classrooms in the study of wildlife migration and the changes to the environment as spring moves north across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A sister site, Journey South, follows the same information in the fall and prepares students for the spring’s Journey North.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Endangered Species Thrive (In Cyberspace)!
While many animal and plant species are in short supply, there is no shortage of Web sites that teachers and students can use to explore this popular classroom topic. This week, Education World explores some of the most valuable "endangered species" sites for teachers and sites for students. Also included, endangered species activities and online projects for students of all ages!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Tracking Sea Turtles: Lessons in Saving an Endangered Species
Put on your scuba gear and grab your camera -- we're going on an undersea adventure! Endangered sea turtles are in need of our attention, and the Internet offers some great activities for learning about sea turtles -- and even tracking their movements! Are you ready to make some turtle "trax"?
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking Education Program
This site includes information about sea turtle species, biology, habitat, and migration patterns. Teachers can send away for a free Educator's Guide to the site, which includes lesson plans and activities. Classrooms can adopt a turtle and keep track of its movements using satellite tracking information found on the site.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12+

Endangered Animals of the World
This is a joint project between a class in the Netherlands and one in Indiana, USA. The site was designed to explore why so many animals are in danger of becoming extinct and how those extinctions might affect the natural balance of the environment.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Endangered Animals
A Web site devoted to endangered animals and to discovering ways to protect them.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12

Monarch Butterflies: Join the Migration!
Millions of monarch butterflies are on their way to Mexico, part of one of the world's most spectacular migrations. And there are almost as many Web sites devoted to these extraordinary insects! We check out a few of the best.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

 

EARTH SCIENCE PROJECTS

The Noon Day Project
Over 2200 years ago Eratosthenes made a remarkably accurate measurement of the earth's circumference. This project offers students an opportunity through collaboration to recreate his amazing experiment using sticks, shadows, and ingenuity. (3/1/00-4/1/00)
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12

Enviromental Science

Teachers Explore Antarctica and the Arctic!
Do you have the spirit of adventure? Would you like to work on a groundbreaking research project with top scientists? Have you ever dreamed of going to the North Pole or the South Pole? Learn about a unique program that gives K-12 teachers the opportunity to travel to the ends of Earth to participate in polar research expeditions! Included: Links to activities inspired by the teachers’ polar experiences and information on how *you* might join the next expedition! (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers

The Global Water Sampling Project
This collaborative project allows students to compare the water quality of their local river, stream, lake or pond with other fresh water sources around the world. Students submit data (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, organism identification, etc.) to the project web site and the results are posted in a database for all participants to examine. During the project, students can discuss their questions, findings, and theories with other participants. Students' final reports are posted on the web site. (9/11/00 - 11/22/00)
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12

Down the Drain
Do you know how much water you use every day? Would you be surprised to learn that the average American uses between 80-100 gallons of water per day? Do you think people in other parts of the world use more or less water than Americans? Well, this collaborative project will help you find the answers to these questions.
GRADE LEVEL: 4-8

ExplorA-Pond
This online collaborative project, sponsored by the Utah Education Network's UtahLINK, provides the framework for students to adopt a pond and explore pond ecology.
GRADE LEVEL: K-6

Education Resources Help Kids ‘Give Water a Hand’
Every teacher knows how much students love to get their hands dirty --- but how about wet? Finding pristine waters in the United States is becoming more difficult, but two organizations are helping teachers bring the plight of national waterways into the classroom. Give Water a Hand and River Watch Network offer support and information for organizing projects that offer meaningful learning experiences for students.  (Ongoing)
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12

Track the Change of Seasons -- On the Internet!
Signs of Autumn/Signs of Spring, a K-6 global Internet project, offers teachers and students a springboard for learning about the changing seasons around the world.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Internet Projects to Celebrate Earth Day!
Looking for cool Earth Day projects on the Internet? You'll find an abundance of interesting projects that involve students in Internet learning -- and saving the Earth!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Globe Program
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Web site is the home base for a network of students, educators, and scientists worldwide devoted to better understanding the global environment.
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

RiverSource
This site is a nice directory of all other links on the web relating to or to assist in the study of rivers.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Geology

Glacier
Have you ever wanted to be involved in a scientific field study? Do you like cold weather? Well, you may want to participate in the Glacier project. Designed to promote awareness of Antarctic and Arctic environmental science in K-12 classrooms, Glacier provides first-class online resources. It also sponsors the Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic (TEA) program that sends lucky teachers into the field to study the remote environments and report back to their students and colleagues.
GRADE LEVEL: 5-12, Teachers

Weather

Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12
Athena engages students in observing natural phenomena using remote-sensed data to learn about the earth and sky. Here students can study ocean currents by tracking the movements of drift buoys, follow the progress of hurricanes and tropical storms from space, monitor earthquake activity with seismographic data from around the globe, or keep track of weather in space. Plenty more too!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Kids "Tune In" to Weather Curriculum
Linda Tripp's Colorado second and third graders are avid weather watchers---and weather forecasters. "Tune in" as they explore TV weather. Also included: A flurry of Internet weather connections to supplement your weather curriculum.
GRADE LEVEL: 1-5

PHYSICAL SCIENCE PROJECTS

Chemistry

The International Boiling Point Project
The International Boiling Point Project is a collaborative project developed and managed by the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), located at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. It runs twice yearly, fall and spring.
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8

Physics

The Sun Times, The Global Sun/Temperature Project
"How does your geographic location affect average daily temperature and hours of sunlight?" Schools from around the world participate in this collaborative project as students measure the local temperature and record the number of minutes of sunlight per day over a specific week. This data is then posted to the web site so that the students can compare and contrast their results with other classes from all over the world.
GRADE LEVEL: 4-8

Space Science

Space Day 2001 Design Challenges
In the Space Day 2001 Global Classroom, K-8th graders can team up with students around the world to tackle the challenges of living and working in space -- problem-solving activities to engage students in meaningful learning experiences, using skills such as critical thinking and teamwork.(11/06/00-3/01/01)
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GRADE LEVEL: K-8

Mission Eros: A Rendezvous with an Asteroid
Have you ever looked up in the sky and seen a shooting star? Have you ever wondered what would happen if such a "star" ever decided to head towards Earth and was big enough to threaten us? This project will help you find out more about these earth asteroids, and how much they might threaten our planet. (1/17/01-2/28/01)
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GRADE LEVEL: 6-12

Mars Millenium Project
The Mars Millenium Project, an official White House Millenium Council Youth Initiative, challenges students across the United States to design an ideal community for the planet Mars that incorporates the best aspects of their own local communities. The project begins in the fall of 1999, but materials to prepare for it should be available this month.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12
Athena engages students in observing natural phenomena using remote-sensed data to learn about the earth and sky. Here students can study ocean currents by tracking the movements of drift buoys, follow the progress of hurricanes and tropical storms from space, monitor earthquake activity with seismographic data from around the globe, or keep track of weather in space. Plenty more too!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

NASA Spacelink Gets a New Look
Have you checked out NASA Spacelink's new look? Spacelink, designed for teachers and students, is better than ever. It's faster, more efficient, and boasts a powerful new search engine.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Ask An Astronaut
Features interactions with a new astronaut each month.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12

NASA Home Page
There is an amazing amount of information on these pages, you will find answers to all your questions relating from earth science to space science to space technology.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12