Free Resources for Science Teachers
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articles, classroom news and tips, lesson plans, product updates, and other
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Court
TV has developed, in cooperation with NSTA, two new online forensic science
units. Download this free standards-based curriculum supplement at http://www.courttv.com/forensics_curriculum.
Jet Stream website by NOAA
is arranged by weather subject; beginning with global and large scale weather
patterns followed by lessons on air masses, wind patterns, cloud formations,
thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornados, tropical storms, cyclones
and flooding. Interspersed in JetStream are "Learning Lessons" which
can be used to enhance the educational experience. Visit http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream
for more information.
National Science Digital Library
(NSDL) is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services,
organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership
of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital
libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused
on digital-library-enabled science education. Visit http://www.nsdl.org
for more information.
Digital Library for Earth Science
Education (DLESE) focuses on Earth sciences. DLESE features the ability
to annotate some of the digital resources with tips, suggestions for how to
use the resources in addressing concerns like diversity and other review-like
comments. Visit http://www.dlese.org for
more information.
Mad Science offers a free
teacher's resource package with each workshop purchased. Enhance your science
curriculum with a hands-on experience for students from preschool to 6th grade.
Visit http://www.madscience.org
for more information.
Conservation Center (National
Zoo) is a habitat education program, presented by Fujifilm, our Partner
in Conservation Education. This program explores the temperate forest, home
of the giant panda and black bear, through the following online activities.
Visit http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral
for more information.
One More Time
Editor's Note: In case you missed last year's Free for All, here's a link to some of the resources we ran in that issue:
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-07/news_stories_high.htm