Appropriate Web Sites:

Midwest Massachusettes Regional Library System This is a compilation of websites by topic, including Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Physical Science and Technology/Engineering. A great resource!

WISE: The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment This is a GREAT site that is FREE to use. Teachers and students alike will find this site (along with the science problems) to be both engaging and exciting. As a member, you will gain access to a project library where you will find projects like "How Far Does Light Go?" and "Houses in the Desert." This site desreves a ***** star rating from me! You join as a teacher and set up your class. They can then log in and work on theri own or in groups.

MICLIMB SCIENCE This site was created by the Michigan Department of Education to clarify each core area benchmark. Viewers can search for benchmarks in three different ways: using the Benchmarch Search Box, the Quick Select Box or the Text Search. Once you click the grade level and teh stradn you want to see, the resulting page displays the content standards and benchmarks.

 

Example Lesson Plans:

Atomic Structure WebQuest The general idea of this webquest is for students to role play that they are an author trying to increase the popularity of your children's reference book series. To do this your publisher has indicated that there are entirely too few science books written specifically for children on the topic of the periodic table. Your publisher wants you and your writer friends to write a series of books on the elements that will include all of the basic information about the elements while making the elements appeal to a young audience.

Discovery School.com: Understanding Flight This is an extensive lesson plan that should take two class periods and have studnets understanding the following when done: 1. An increased speed of airflow over a surface results in a decrease in air pressure over that surface. 2. Air moves faster over a cambered, or arched, surface than over a flat surface. 3. Together, these two facts explain how an airplane lifts into the air and stays in the air.This lesson was developed by: Karen K. Kennedy, chemistry and physics teacher, T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia.

The Atmospheric Phenomena Students will investigate and explore some of the many atmospheric phenomena by using the Internet. The exploration of atmospheric phenomena of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles will provide some of the most interesting views. They will be able to identify and model several of these phenomena, such as solar and lunar halos; and rain-, cloud- and dustbows. this lesson was developed by: John S. Jawor, Anaheim Union High School District, Anaheim, CA 92803, USA