Science EDUCATION and the INTERNET

RESEARCH and RESOURCES in the MODERN CLASSROOM

DR. CHRIS GREER GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY

The Internet

Excellent Supplement to traditional classroom instruction

Very little Equipment is necessary to take advantage of the myriad resources

Allows for inquiry - oriented activities that can be an engaging experience for students

Nova

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Wonderful Resource for SCience and other Subject areas

Professional simulations and learning activities

Updated quite often

National Geographic Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Excellent resource for younger students

Interactive Games

Videos

Teacher Tube

http://www.teachertube.com/

Wonderful visual elements to aid with learning

Free for all to use

Can upload student research projects to share with classrooms around the world

Visible Earth

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Excellent Repository of NASA images

High-resolution and current

The Field Museum

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/online_exhib.htm

Variety of online exhibits

Interactive Periodic Table

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html

Allows for in-Depth exploration of many elements

Webquest.org

http://www.webquest.org/

Excellent inquiry-oriented projects to use in class

Promotes collaboration and critical thinking within a role-playing context

Chem4KIDS

http://www.chem4kids.com/

Simple yet thorough look into chemistry

Quizzes for review

Google SCholar

http://scholar.google.com/

Access to Journals and magazines around the world

Provides Abstracts as well as Some full text

Google Images is also quite helpful

Galileo

http://galileo.usg.edu/

Accessible by Teachers in the state of Georgia

Includes multiple Databases and indexes

Provides a wonderful mechanism for internet research

The Jason Project

http://www.jason.org/Public/Curriculum/

Wonderful site for learning about storms and natural disasters

EXPLORESCIENCE.com

http://www.explorescience.com/

Excellent interactive games and simulations

Free Access is Time-Limited

NASA.GOV

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html

Excellent curriculum for teachers and students

Covers a variety of difference science fields

USGS.GOV

http://education.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey is great for exploring natural resources

Provides Podcasts

ITunes

Use your itunes software

Contains a vast array of science-related podcasts

can provide auditory as well as visual learning

MERLOT

http://www.merlot.org

Massive resource for multimedia-based learning

Geared towards higher education, but can be adapted for 11-12 grades

Ikeepbookmarks.com

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/

Excellent resource for your classroom

Allows all of your students to access a list of sites you have bookmarked

THank you!

This Presentation will be available for download:

http://hercules.gcsu.edu/~cgreer/