BCPS OFFICE OF SCIENCE
The official website for the office of Science Secondary Education.
http://www.bcps.org/officedirectory/Science Secondary Ed.html
BCPS COUNTY 5 E MODEL LESSON FORM
Use this "pdf" file to plan your science lessons for our Baltimore County students. This type of file can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader
5-E Model for Science PDF file
NATIONAL LESSON PLANNING WEBSITE
In an effort to make finding lesson plans and instructional resources on the Internet easier for educators, the U.S. Department of Education set up this "Gateway to Educational Materials.
NSTA NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
This is the official site for this national organization of science teachers. Has many resources listed.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S VIRTUAL SOLAR SYSTEM
Discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment. Take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, observe close-up views of the planets, extraterrestrial weather patterns, and more.
BIZARRE STUFF YOU CAN MAKE IN YOUR KITCHEN
A museum of classic home science experiments, mainly from the 1930's to 60's. It contains detailed plans for construction of scientific favorites such as soda-can steam engines, pinhole cameras, etc.
EXPLORE SCIENCE
This site offers a multitude of interactive shockwaves on many subjects. Make sure that you have the Shockwave plugin to take advantage of this site
BRAIN POP
This is another site that has a large selection of shockwave files. Provides a high level of motivation for students and numerous science topics. Make sure you have the Macromedia plugins for Shockwave and Flash to take advantage of this site.
ASK-A-SCIENTIST ARCHIVE
The information found in these archives is outstanding. Covers many science topics including astronomy, biology, and chemistry.
ELEMENT HANGMAN
The computer will randomly pick the name of one of the elements from the periodic table. Use the clue to discover which element the computer picked.
HOW THINGS WORK
A physics professor's compilation of his students' frequently asked questions. A rich resource for students explaining why and how things work.
MAD SCIENTIST NETWORK
Great "library" collections. Search the archives for previously asked questions. Try the labs!
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM'S INTERACTIVE ONLINE EXHIBITS
This site has a variety of interactive exhibits and some VRML with accompanying software.
NASA
Visit this site when you have a question or research topic about space. Link to pages about Mars, the space shuttle, and the MIR space station. Search NASA's hot topics.NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS
Resources about the brain and spinal cord. Written with kids in mind.
NINE PLANETS: MULTIMEDIA TOUR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Images and information about the solar system, planets and their moons, and other celestial systems.
MULTIMEDIA PHYSICS STUDIOS
Energy Transformation on a Roller Coaster - watch an animated gif to get a better understanding of potential and kinetic energy
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION ON THE SUN
An excellent introduction to the sun and associated vocabulary. This presentation takes about 20 minutes to view.
SOHO MISSION DAILY IMAGES
Up to date images used for scientific data from SOHO missions use for Remote Sensing
STARCHILD
StarChild: A learning center for young astronomers. Has explanations about the Sun, planets, etc. -- Start out in level 1 and then go to level 2.
EXPLORATION IN EDUCATION
ExInEd is a program of the Special Studies Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Contains self contained hypercard multimedia presentations for download
FREEBIES FROM FLINN SCIENTIFIC -
This site has many ideas, and materials offered free to teachers - Register on line.
MICROBE ZOO
Microbe Zoo from the Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology - Discover worlds of hidden microbes.. selections are information, dirtland, animal pavillion, snack bar, space adventure, waterworld, safarihut.
VIRTUAL BODYIncludes interesting information about the brain, the digestive system, the heart, and the skeleton in a highly interactive format. At this site, every page provides a new adventure. Students can learn the names and functions of each part of the brain, build a human skeleton from a friendly pile of bones, organize the digestive organs, or take a narrated tour of the human heart. You'll have a hard time dragging yourself or your students (upper elementary grades and above) away from this colorful and imaginative site, but be sure to wait for each page to fully load before choosing an activity. Otherwise you'll miss half the fun. (Requires Shockwave.)
OCEAN COLOR DATA & RESOURCES
The remote sensing of ocean color from space provides information on the abundance of phytoplankton and the concentration of dissolved and particulate material in surface ocean waters. Use to investigate biological productivity, etc.
ON-LINE RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION MODULE
Teaches basics of renewable energy. Topics include solar, wind power, small hydro, geothermal, biomass, etc.
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
Los Alamos National Lab provides chemical information including uses, sources, and history of elements.
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT GUIDE
A collection of sites, resources, and project ideas for science fairs. From The Internet Public Library.
SCIENCE MONSTER.COM
Has a nice selection of activities, including information on the solar system, virtual mars, stars, virtual globe, virtual world, gravity and inertia, etc. Check it out.
SEA WORLD/BUSCH GARDENS ANIMAL RESOURCES
Animal Information Database. Presents reliable information about marine and land animals and conservation.
SKELETON - INTERACTIVE
Get a close up view of a variety of bones that compose the skeleton. Specimens can be changed to enable comparative anatomy. Currently available are the human skeleton, baboon skeleton, and gorilla skeleton.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Provides the answers to students' questions about common research topics including science and social science.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-
News, fact sheets, and other resources about biology, geology, mapping and water.
VOLCANOWORLD
The best resource for volcano information on the Web. Images, answers to questions, and factual data from real volcanologists. Written for students and teachers.
