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last updated 06/28/01

Searching for Science-Oriented Web Sites

AltaVista - http://www.altavista.digital.com/ 

Region 20 Math & Science Resources - http://db2.esc20.k12.tx.us:8080/Scimatsit
/FMPro?-db=SciMathsites&-lay=all&-format=search.htm&-view 

Beyond Class

See Science on the Web, Virtual Fieldtrips
http://education.ollusa.edu/iset/science_on_the_web.htm 

Data Sources

Census Data 2000
http://www.geographynetwork.com/data/tiger2000/ 

Census Data 1995
http://www.esri.com/data/online/tiger

Dave Dubois' Collection of Digital Data
http://unr.edu/homepage/daved/gislinks.html

TNRIS Catalog
http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/DigitalData/data_cat.htm

NASA-Life Sciences Data Archive. Available: http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/ 

USGS Index of Data Sources
http://rmmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/rockylink_data.html

USGS Earthshots Satellite Images of Environmental Change
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents

Visualizations/Simulations

Amazing Space. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ 

Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Cosmic Quest. http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/ 

ExploreScience.com. http://www.explorescience.com/ 

GLOBE maps - http://viz.globe.gov/viz-bin/map.cgi?l=en&b=g&rg=n&enc=00 

NOVA

• Bridge a Gap - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/bridge.html 
• Construct an Aquaduct - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueduct.html 
• Destroy the Caslte - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroy.html
• Lever an Obelisk - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/lift.html 

NASA 

• Liftoff home: J-Track 2.5 -  http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html
• Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer - 
  http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/multi/multim.html 

National Geographic Virtual Solar System - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ 

Virtual Roller coaster - http://207.41.118.57/k12/coaster/index.html 

Powers of 10 - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/
scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html 

Resources
Baker, Tom. 1999. The History and Application of GIS in Education [Online]. Available: http://kancrn.org/teachers/gis/gisNed1.cfm [2000, January 17].

Baker, Tom. December 1999. Geographic Information Systems and Inquiry-based Instruction [Online]. Available: http://kancrn.org/gis/ed_docs/gisNinq.cfm [2000, January 17].

Bodzin, Alec M. April 2000. Carolina Coastal Science [Online]. Available: http://www.ncsu.edu/coast/ [2000, May 30]. 

CIESE. (2000). CIESE Classroom: Online Projects [Online]. Available: http://www.ciese.org/currichome.html 

Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, North Carolina State University. 1999. Instructional Materials for Science Educators Net (IMSEnet) [Online]. Available: http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/ [2000, May 30]. 

Deformed Frogs Mystery. Available: http://wise.berkeley.edu/WISE/about/frogs/ 

Ed. Tech Program

Education Week on the Web. 1998. Teachers Find Plenty of Uses For Software That Covers the Map [online]. Available: http://www.edweek.org/ew/1998/31tech.h17 [1999, December 28].

ESRI, Inc. 1999. About GIS  [Online]. Available: http://www.esri.com/library/gis/index.html [1999, Sept. 1].

ESRI, Inc. 1999. Census TIGER 1995 Data [Online]. Available:  http://www.esri.com/data/online/tiger/index.html [1999, Sept. 14].

ESRI, Inc. 2000. ArcVoyager Makes ArcView Easy [Online]. Available: http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/voyager.html [2000, May 29]. 

Flick, L. & Bell, R. (2000). Preparing Tomorrow’s Science Teachers to Use Technology. http://jcots.state.va.us/handouts/00-07-25_FC/Bell/Bell.htm 

Goettlib, Jeff. 2000. "Tech Puts GIS Jobs on the Map,"  Los Angeles Times Online [Online]. Available: http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/20000124/t000007432.html  [2000, Jan. 28].

Harris, Judi. 1999. Curriculum-Based Telecomputing [Online]. Available: http://www.tapr.org/~jbharris/ [2000, Jan. 17].

Harris, Judi. 1999. Virtual Architecture's Home [Online]. Available:  http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/ [2000, Jan. 17].

Journey North. (2001). Available: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ 

Kerski, Joseph. 2000. Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and a Geographic Information System [Online]. Available: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/quakegis/main.html [2000, May 29].

Kerski, Joseph and Steve Wanner. 2000. Mapping a Course in GIS [Online]. Available: http://www.pobonline.com/feature5.htm [2000, January 9].

Knowledge Integration Environment. Available: http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/KIE.html 

Lankes, Anna Maria D. 1995. Electronic Portfolios: A New Idea in Assessment [Online]. Available: http://ericae.net/edo/ED390377.htm [2000, March 27].

Lightspan. (2000). The global schoolhouse [Online]. Available: http://www.gsn.org/default.htm 

McClurg, Patricia and Holly Lerner. 1998. Earth Systems Science Internet Project Widens Wyoming Students' World [Online]. Geo Info Systems. Available: ftp://ftp.esri.com/pub/k12-lib/docs/gw_wync.pdf [1999 December 28]. 

NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Web interface for telescience [Online]. Available: http://wits.jpl.nasa.gov/ 

National Park Service. (n.d.) Research Permit and Reporting System [Online]. Available: http://science.nature.nps.gov/servlet/Prmt_PubIndex 

North Carolina State University. 1999. Science Junction [Online]. Available: http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/ [2000, May 29]. 

OLLU Library. "Citing Internet-Based Resources: Selected Guides." nd. http://lib.ollusa.edu/citing.htm [2000, Aug. 23].

Queen, Anne Marie, Heather Easterling, and Vickie Connors. 1998. Teaching Young

Science Center for Educator Development.  (1997). A Guide to Strategies used in Assessing the Progress of Texas School Students [Online]. Available:  http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/stacks/instruct/strategy.html [2000, March 26].

Tramline, Inc. 1999. Virtual Fieldtrip Site [Online]. Available: http://www.field-guides.com/ [2000, May 29]. 

University of California - Berkeley. (n.d.). Computers, teachers, peers [Online]. Available: http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/CLP/pages/ 

University of California - Berkeley. (2000). The web-based inquiry science environment [Online]. Available: http://wise.berkeley.edu/welcome.php 

University of Colorado at Denver, Education Dept. (2000). Action Research [Online]. Available: http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/act_res.html [2000, March 27].

USGS - Rocky Mountain Mapping Center Outreach Site
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/

Tools

Win Zip

Online Lat Long Conversion
http://www.directionsmag.com/latlong.asp 

Activities

BASINS Activity @ ESRI
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/basins.html

U.S. Census TIGER Data online
http://www.esri.com/data/online/tiger/index.html