Ten Resources - how many do you participate in?

1) Connecticut Science Educators Network - moderated by Mariandrea Rae Mueller <mmueller@ctacad.org>
send mail to ct-science-educators@list.terc.edu

2) the Aerospace and Environmental Education Resource Center  http://www.easternct.edu/depts/nasa/
The ASEER Center is a NASA Regional Educator Resource Center.  Our mission from NASA is to provide educators with free and low-cost curriculum materials.  The center is located at Eastern Connecticut State University on the first floor of the new Library.   The center is open by appointment and several times each week.

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3) Connecticut NASA Education Collaborative http://g3.tmsc.org/cnec/index2.htm
CNEC is a collective partnership among leading state educational  institutions, informal education science centers, mathematics, science & technology teacher organizations, and the Connecticut state department of education.

4) Online Learning and Teaching
http://www.ctdlc.org/index.html - Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium
http://onlinecsu.ctstateu.edu/ - OnlineCSU

5) Virtual Communities like
http://www.virtualcommunity.intranets.com/
A virtual community for K16 learning and teaching designed to provide support for educators to develop online learning resources and to discuss issues in educational technology and effective teaching practices.  $300 stipend for participation in this virtual community.  Another community - http://minorityteacher.intranets.com/ .

6)MERLOT, Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
The mission of MERLOT, Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, is to improve the effectiveness
of teaching and learning by expanding the quantity and quality of peer-reviewed online learning materials that can be easily
incorporated into faculty designed courses.  With over 3,700 sites sorted by subject, over 2,000 in science and technology,
MERLOT is an excellent resources for a great variety of topics.   Includes simulations such as The Exploratorium's Cow Eye Dissection - http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html or  AJ's Cosmic Thing - http://www.mindentimes.on.ca/CosmicThing/Main.html, Agripedia http://www.ca.uky.edu/agripedia/ ...

7) National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) http://www.nsta.org/
The National Science Teachers Association homepage - an essential site for science teachers, containing searchable links to
information on science teacher conventions, publications, news/info, online resources, grant competitions, and professional
development opportunities. Includes links to online journals - Journal of College Science Teaching, The Science Teacher,
Science Scope, and Science and Children; recommended websites for all of the sciences; online resources - starting with an
interactive periodic table; reviews of the latest science education media; full text of the National Science Education Standards
and student activities and micro-units connected to these standards; and links to other science and professional organizations.

8) EPA - Kids, Students, & Teachers http://www.epa.gov/epahome/students.htm
The EPA's educational homepage has links to the Explorers' Club (ages 5-12), the EPA Student Center, and the Environmental Education Center (for teachers).  The Explorers' Club has links to art and science activities and games and information on plants and animals, recycling, and the environment.  The EPA Student Center has links to support class and environmental club
projects.   The teacher resources include curriculum activities and ideas for community service projects.

9) The JASON Project  http://www.jasonproject.org/
This website chronicles actual explorations by teams of scientists into volcanoes, the international space station, marine
ecosystems, rainforests, geology, and many other topics. Seven of the 12 JASON expeditions are archived with narratives,
explanations of  data collection, and photos.  The latter expeditions are also correlated with CT Science Content Standards.
For an additional fee, a class may interact online, via videoconferences, and from regional centers, CT's The Maritime
Aquarium at Norwalk and the Mystic Aquarium, with the real-time explorations.

10) TryScience http://www.tryscience.org/home.html
is a gateway to science-related museums around the world, specifically targeting children 8-15 to stimulate their interest in
science.

Other websites discussed during the presentation:

11) Eisenhower National Clearinghouse    http://www.enc.org/
ENC’s mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning.

12) Advance Placement Program listservs http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/listserv/
AP has created a moderated discussion group for each AP subject.

13) Holt, Rinehart and Winston    http://www.hrw.com/index.htm
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, a Harcourt Classroom Education Company, is based in Austin, Texas. Holt is  a recognized leader in secondary educational publishing. Since 1866, we have been in the business of helping teachers teach and students learn. By  providing a wide range of instructional materials that include curriculum-based textbooks, CD-ROMs,  videodiscs, and other support and reference materials, Holt, Rinehart and Winston is creating learning adventures.

14) AP Biology at Guilford High School -  Instructor: Bruce Faitsch http://www.guilford.k12.ct.us/~faitschb/
Welcome! Guilford is on the east shore of Connecticut. Our current school enrollment is about 1230. We have 56 AP Bio students in three sections, and use the Internet often for research, study helps and on-line activities. Campbell's Biology is our text. Our students take AP Bio in grade 11, after having taken Physics in grade 9 and Chemistry in grade 10.

15) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)  http://www.hhmi.org/
A revolution is taking place in biology, one that promises to transform our understanding of the living world and produce major advances in medical care. Among its leaders is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).  Includes BioIntercative http://www.biointeractive.org/ - a virtual lab, animation clips, a virtual museum, and more learning  modules for budding biologists and Ask a Scientist http://www.holidaylectures.org/askascientist/ - get thoughtful, serious answers to your science questions in a wide range of biological disciplines from scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

16) U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
science for a changing world.  Includes information on earthquakes at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and volcanoes http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ .

17)  SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Adventure Parks http://www.seaworld.org/
Permission is granted by SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Adventure Parks for classroom teachers to make reprographic copies of worksheets for noncommercial use.

18) Connecticut Department of Education    http://www.state.ct.us/sde/
Includes access to information about curriculum in Connecticut - http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/index.htm.

19) Meterology Schools' Home Pages http://members.aol.com/monsoonman/schools.html
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/earthsci.htm    EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOLOGY LINKS

20) http://www.aimsmultimedia.com/dct/index.htm Online Curriculum - with a 30 day trial period

21) U.S. Navy http://www.navy.mil/ for Neptune's Web http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/neptune.htm
Welcome to Neptune's Web. Click on any of the topics in the underwater classroom below to explore different sites in our ocean domain.

22) http://harbortides.com/ Tide Tables by Zip Code

23) National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)    http://www.noaa.gov/
and http://www.education.noaa.gov/
NOAA's many educational activities are distributed across the agency. This site has been designed to help students, teachers,  librarians and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced.

24) Boston Museum of Science    http://www.mos.org/
includes online exhibits

25) Florida Online High School http://www.fhs.net/FHSWeb.nsf/Home?Open
an example of growing movement of online high school and resources

26) "RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION" at
http://www.cmich.edu/~franc1m/homepage.htm
includes a weekly "Earth Science Site of the Week" listserv and links to more than 700 resources.