Education URLs

EDUCATION URLs

K-12 RESOURCES

Chemistry - Companies - Earth Science - Math - Organizations - Periodicals - Physics - UCB - Videos

2061 -- Project 2061 -- https://www.aaas.org/programs/project-2061 -- Science Literacy 

AIMS Education Foundation http://www.AIMSedu.org/

Air Quality -- California Air Resources Board education web site http://www.arb.ca.gov/knowzone/knowzone.htm

ANIMATIONS

• • VARIETY OF SCIENCE VIDEOS, sciencehack, (suggested by Keith A. McKain), there is no earth science category but there are a variety of YouTube videos here that will interest anyone interested in science. http://sciencehack.com/

  • CLASSACTION, NSF CCLI-ASA, (suggested by David Doe), Interactive Classroom Materials for Introductory Astronomy, University of Nebraska, find a variety of highly interactive animations dealing with astronomy. Instructor’s manuals and PowerPoints are available. http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/

Archaeology--http://www.learningsites.com -- 3D Renderings of archaeological sites

Astrobiology http://astrobio.terc.edu/ -- at TERC

ATT education support http://www.att.com/foundation/

Authorea - https://www.authorea.com- word processor for LaTeX

Automobiles - Car Facts for Kids: Simple Machines Used in Automobiles - https://www.kanetix.ca/simple-machines-in-cars

Brain - http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-strategies/ - an interactive infographic with explanations of different brain areas.

Britannica http://www.eb.com/

Bubbles http://bubbles.org/

Calculators

• • CBL Calculator Based Laboratory (Texas instruments) http://www.ti.com/calc/

  • Calculators on loan from Texas instruments http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/loan.htm If you are a teacher, you may borrow calculators, at no charge, from TI for teacher workshops or in-service training. You may also borrow individual calculators so that you and other teachers in your department can review them.

  • Dog-years-to-human-years calculator (Science magazine) - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/here-s-better-way-convert-dog-years-human-years-scientists-say

  • Mortgage calculator - http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/

  • TI 84 Online Calculator - https://ti84onlinecalculator.com/)

California Standards for Public Schools K-12 -- http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/ 

California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) http://www.cascience.org/

Camera Obscura for smart phone - http://cheezburger.com/7026443008

Careers--

• • Career Resources for Scientists http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/

  • Women In Engineering Organization -- http://www.WIEO.org

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

CHEMISTRY

• • Chemistry Behind Cleaning - http://www.bbcleaningservice.com/office/chemistry-behind-cleaning.html

  • CHEMISTRY WEBERCISES DIRECTORY http://www.wiley.com/college/webercises/

  • Periodic Tables

    • • Periodic Table (LANL) https://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml

      • http://dayah.com/periodic/

      • 1001 Periodic Table Quiz Questions -- http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/

      • Videos - The Periodic Table of Videos, http://www.periodicvideos.com . 118 videos, each about 2 minutes long. Scientists perform experiments with the elements or describe unusual properties of each one.

Choices for the 21st Century Education Project http://www.choices.edu/ Global Environmental Problems

Citizen Science

• https://www.zooniverse.org

Closeminded Science http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/weird/wclose.html

COLORCUBE: 3D Color Puzzle made of plastic cubes and nylon rods (176 pieces) in a 9" cube. It's a teaching tool for learning the advanced principles of color that govern the human eye, television, computers, and digital printing.

Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) http://www.csicop.org

COMMON CORE

• • Common Core State Standards Initiative - http://www.corestandards.org/

  • FormSwift - tool for creating common core lesson plans - http://formswift.com/common-core-lesson-plans

COMPANIES

• • Accent Science http://www.accentscience.com/

  • Educational Innovations http://www.teachersource.com

  • The Educators Market () http://www.educatorsmarket.com/

  • MMI http://members.aol.com/mmicorp

  • PITSCO http://www.shop-pitsco.com/ has Aquaport Bottle Rocket Launcher (W55499; $139); also W54976 Economy Rocket Pack (50 black powder rockets) $175

  • Science Master http://www.sciencemaster.com/

  • Sensing Science Laboratory Software (Data Harvest) http://www.dataharvest.com/

  • Spectroscopy - Real-time Classroom Gas-tube Spectroscopy - http://www.fieldtestedsystems.com

Computers

• • Computer Haves and Have-Nots in the Schools (NY Times article, October 22, 1998) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/10/circuits/articles/22have.html

  • Cybersecurity - https://cybersecurityguide.org/

    • Cybersecurity Courses Online - https://cybersecurityguide.org/resources/online-cybersecurity-courses/

    • Women in Cybersecurity - https://cybersecurityguide.org/resources/women-in-cybersecurity/

    • Cybersecurity for K-12 - https://cybersecurityguide.org/resources/k-12-guide/

Constants -- Fundamental Constants -- http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html -- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

The Constitution of the United States http://www.constitution.org/wr/rawle-00.htm

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

Dive and Discover http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ -- brings you right on board a series of research cruises to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Discovery Channel -- http://discoveryschool.com/ programs, lesson plans

Discovery Education | Classroom Resources - http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/

Distance Learning -- Online Courses

• • Curtin University of Technology - Australia -- http://www.curtin.edu.au/

  • Swinburne Astronomy Online http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/sao/

  • 10 Design Guidelines For Developing Online Interactive Learning Web Pages http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/lessons_learned.html - Steve Ackerman

  • World Science U - http://worldscienceu.com

Driving - AARP Driver safety - http://www.aarp.org/auto/driver-safety

Earth and Sky radio program -- http://earthsky.org/

EarthKam - https://www.earthkam.org/home - middle schools can request Earth images be taken with the International Space Station’s Sally Ride EarthKAM camera.

Earthquakes - latest earthquakes - https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquakes

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

EARTH SCIENCE

• • American Geophysical Union (AGU) http://www.agu.org/ 

  • Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium http://www.wested.org/werc/

  • Earth Science Picture of the Day - http://epod.usra.edu

  • Global Systems Science (GSS) integrated high school science course - https://gss.lawrencehallofscience.org/

  • Google Earth teacher manual - http://stevekluge.com/geoscience/ges

  • Mineral Information Institute - http://www.mii.org/

  • National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) http://www.nestanet.org - The Earth Scientist magazine

Feinman Anecdotes https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-Richard-Feynman-anecdotes

First Amendment Schools -- http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/ -- "Schools must not only teach the First Amendment; they must also find ways to model and apply the democratic first principles that they are charged with teaching."

FlexMath -- free Algebra 1 curriculum http://flexmath.ck12.org

Forestry

• • Forestry Institute for Teachers http://www.forestryinstitute.org/ -- 1-800-738-8733 (TREE) Year 2001 Institutes: June 17-23; July 15-21; July 29-Aug 4.

Fuel Cells

• • Fuel Cell Learning Kit http://e1ps.tripod.com

  • Fuel Cell Store http://www.fuelcellstore.com/

  • Heliocentris http://www.heliocentris.com/

Gardening

• • The Great Plant Escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ Univ of Illinois

  • An Introduction To Hydroponics for Kids

  • National Gardening Association http://www.garden.org/

  • Urban Agriculture Notes http://www.cityfarmer.org/ by City Farmer--Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org/ sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology.

GLOBE--Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment; http://www.globe.gov a Global Lab Project from TERC: worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. GLOBE students make environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data through the Internet. Scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education.

Global Schoolhouse http://gsn.org

Google 

• • For Education - https://edu.google.com

  • Scholar - http://scholar.google.com provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Grants

• • Federal Money Retriever http://www.federalgrants.com/

  • Philanthropy links http://www.philanthropy-journal.org/

  • U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov

Green Teacher Magazine http://www.greenteacher.com/

History

• • BBC History Page http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

  • Winston Churchill speech http://www.winstonchurchill.org/

  • History Net http://www.thehistorynet.com/

  • History Wiz

Hotmath--Math Problem help http://hotmath.com/

How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Image Processing -- Center for Image Processing and Education (CIPE) http://cipe.com/ uses NIH Image

Insects - The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss - http://microsculpture.net/

Jason Project http://www.jasonproject.org/ Explore life undersea via robot submersibles. 

KidZone: Worksheets for Children - http://www.kidzone.ws/

LESSON PLANS/ACTIVITIES

• • Brain activities http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html

  • Franklin Institute http://www.fi.edu/ 

• http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/

• http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/

• http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/tricks.htm

Little Shop of Physics -- Colorado State University hands-on science outreach program http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/

Logistics Career Exploration Guide for Kids and Students - http://www.camcode.com/asset-tags/logistics-guide-for-kids/ 0

Mad Scientist Network http://www.madsci.org/ --" ask a scientist" type site.

Massage therapy schools - http://MassageSchool.org

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

MATHEMATICS

• • Cube root calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/cuberootcubecalc.html

  • Math Homework Help -- http://hotmath.com/

  • Math/Science Nucleus http://msnucleus.org/-- cycles are in "Curriculum" -- "K-6"

  • National Math Trail -- http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/ K-12 teachers and students discover and share the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore their communities and create one or more math problems that relate to what they find. Teachers submit the problems to the National Math Trail site, along with photos, drawings, sound recordings, videos--whatever can be adapted to the Internet.

Mentoring http://www.edc.org/CCT/telementoring/ Telementoring Young Women in Science, Engineering, and Computing, is a project of EDC/Center for Children & Technology and is funded by the National Science Foundation,

Mindful Education

• • Association for Mindfulness in Education - http://www.mindfuleducation.org/

Misconceptions

• • Children's Misconceptions about Science - http://amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

• Coursera - https://www.coursera.org

• EdX - https://www.edx.org

• Udacity - https://www.udacity.com

Mrs Silverman's Second Grade Class http://www.kids-learn.org/class98/

Museums and Science Centers

• • Guide to Informal Science Centers http://www.scienceadventures.org/

  • Museum educator's listserve: museum-ed; sign up by sending an e-mail to: listproc@mtn.org; In the body of the message, type: subscribe museum-ed [name] where [name] is your own name - not your e-mail address. (Do not use brackets.) Leave the subject line blank. To submit a message, send it to: museum-ed@mtn.org

National Science Education Standards (NSES) http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/ published by National Academy of Sciences

National Science Foundation (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/

National Sky Awareness Week -- sky data exchange http://www.weatherworks.com

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com

NASA Education Links

• • Space Science Education Resource Directory (NASA Office of Space Science) http://teachspacescience.org

National Center on Education and the Economy --Performance Standardshttp://www.ncee.org

National Chemistry Week http://www.acs.org/ncw/

NOVA (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) - http://www.topnursing.org

On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research http://www.nas.edu

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

ORGANIZATIONS

• • American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/

  • American Association of Physics Teachers http://aapt.org

  • American Institute of Physics (AIP) http://www.aip.org/

  • American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/

  • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) http://www.aapt.org/

  • American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/

  • California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) http://www.cascience.org

  • National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu National Academy Press http://www.nap.edu/index.html

  • National Association of Biology Teachers http://www.nabt.org/

  • National Association of Secondary School Principals http://www.nassp.org/

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/

  • National Center for Science Education -- https://ncse.ngo/ -- improving and supporting education in evolution and the nature of science, and increasing public understanding of these subjects

  • National Education Association http://www.nea.org/

  • National Mining Association (NMA) http://www.nma.org/

  • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory http://www.nwrel.org/ -- Science Inquiry Model http://www.nwrel.org/msec/science_inq/index.html

  • NRC--Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education, Professional Development Guide (1999) -- http://www.nap.edu/books/0309067804/html/

  • NSTA--National Science Teachers Association

    • http://www.nsta.org/

      • SciLinks http://www.scilinks.org/ Example codes: HE084 (Temperate forests); hw116 (alternative fuels); hw182 (nuclear reactions); he100 (lakes and savannas); he123 (watersheds)

  • National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/ has Educator's Activity Guide, Animal Tracks

  • TIMSS -- TIMSS-R: Highlights of the report & the *full* report --"Pursuing Excellence: Comparisons of International Eighth-Grade Mathematics & Science Achievement from a U.S. Perspective, 1995 & 1999" -- are at

  • http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001028

  • http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001027

PBS http://www.pbs.org/ Most of these links have classroom activities...

• • A Science Odyssey http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/

  • Faith and Reason http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/

  • Live Satellite Events--http://www.pbs.org/learn/als/programs/live/

  • Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/ Interactive game that demonstrates how time determines longitude

  • Mysteries of Deep Space http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/ -- Interactive timeline and classroom activities. Also how to purchase the show

  • TeacherSource Website http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

  • The Living Edens: Madagascar:A World Apart http://www.pbs.org/edens/madagascar/

  • The Perfect Pearl http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pearl/

  • Tracking El Nino http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

PERIODICALS

• • Education Week http://www.edweek.org/ education magazine for people interested in education reform, schools, and the policies that guide them

  • Education World magazine http://www.education-world.com/ -- has searchable database of 115,000 education-related web sites Green Teacher Magazine http://www.greenteacher.com/

  • New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/

  • Popular Science http://www.popsci.com/

  • Science (magazine) http://www.sciencemag.org/ ScienceWeek http://scienceweek.com/ science newletter.

  • Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/

  • ScienceDaily http://www.sciencedaily.com latest research news

  • Science News http://www.sciencenews.org/

Peterson's Guides, Inc. http://www.petersons.com

searchable data on education instututions

Chemistry -- Companies -- Earth Science -- Math -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Physics

PHYSICS

• • Atmospheric Optics http://www.atoptics.co.uk

  • Bernouli - Airfoil Lifting Force Misconception Widespread in K-6 Textbooks - http://amasci.com/wing/airfoil.html

  • Fermi national Accelerator Lab http://www.fnal.gov/

  • Fun Physics For Teens - http://kids.usa.gov/teens-home/science/physics/index.shtml

  • Gravity games (applets, java, flash, ...)

    • • Attractors & boards http://www.thecleverest.com/content/attractors.html?

      • NetLogo Models Library: N-Bodies http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/N-Bodies

      • NetLogo Models Library: Gravitation http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Gravitation

  • Hyperphysics, Rod Nave, Georgia State University, An exploration environment for concepts in physics. Site has concept maps for navigation. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

  • Interactive Physics -- http://www.interactivephysics.com/

  • Internet Plasma Physics Educational Experience (IPPEX) http://ippex.pppl.gov/ excellent animations to teach concepts in physics on matter, atoms, etc.

  • Open Source Physics (Nov 2011) http://www.compadre.org/osp/index.cfm

  • Optics activities from Astronomy Department, University of Texas at Austin, Mary Kay Hemenway at http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/marykay/optics.html

  • PhET - Physics Education Technology - Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world - https://phet.colorado.edu/

  • Physics--Static Electricity http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/emotor/statelec.html

Physiology

• • Human Body Interactive - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml

Pinhole Cameras http://www.paintcancamera.com/

Powers of Ten

• • http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University)

  • http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/scale/ (Genetic Science Learning Center)

Problem-Based Learning

• • University of Delaware -- http://www.udel.edu/pbl/

PLNs - References from Social Media for Professional Learning Networks by Cheska Robinson, in Oct 2014 NSTA Reports

• • Twitter "think tanks"

  • News aggregator tools: Flipboard and Feedly

  • Social Bookmarking: Diigo

  • The Educator's PLN (Personal Learning Network) [ning]

  • Classroom 2.0 (social network for those interested in Web 2.0, Social Media, and Participative Technologies in the classroom)

Practical Uses of Math and Science http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/

Questions and Answers in science

• • Online Quizzes in Math and Science at all grade levels http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true

Quizmaker software - ProProfs.com

Science Education Newsgroup: news://schl.call.mathsci

Science Fair

• • How-To Guide for Students and Educators: Science Fair Displays - http://www.iconicdisplays.com/Science-Fair-Display-Guide.html

  • How to -- http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

  • Projects for science fair - http://www.experiland.com - Science projects and science experiments for kid’s grades 1 to 8. Details available in e-books for sale.

  • Science Fair Primer http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html by Ted Rowan

Science Friday - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/583350334/science-friday - Talk of the Nation: Science Friday is a science talk-show which can be heard each Friday afternoon over National Public Radio (NPR).

Science Learning Network http://www.sln.org/

Science on a Sphere (SOS) - formerly "The Blue Marble" - http://sos.noaa.gov

Schoolwork.ugh! http://www.schoolwork.org/ -- geared toward helping older students, grades 7 and up, with schoolwork.

Glenn Seaborg http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/seaborg.html

Seasons

• • SEPUP seasons interactive http://sepuplhs.org/students/iaes/simulations/SEPUP_Seasons_Interactive.swf

Skeptical Inquirer -- put out by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) -- http://www.csicop.org/

Songs http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/

Space Science Education Resource Directory (NASA Office of Space Science) http://teachspacescience.org

Spaceweek http://www.spaceweek.org

Standards

• • National Science Education Standards (NSES) http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/ published by National Academy of Sciences

  • Standards for Technology Education http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/TAA/TAA.html

Stereotypes -- "Psychological Science" article: Positive stereotypes can raise academic performance http://www.psychologicalscience.org

Sunwise http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/ an environmental and health education program (K-8) that aims to teach children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun. UV Measurement and Reporting (UV measurement device loaned to interested schools)

TeachNet http://TeachNet.org -- IMPACT IIÑThe Teachers Network, a national nonprofit organization that supports classroom teachers in the United States. Daily Classroom Specials; Teacher-Designed Projects and Activities by Subject; Talk with Teachers; Grants/Resources for Teachers; TeachNet Store; Technology How-to

TechGuide - https://techguide.org/

• A Complete Guide to K-12 STEM Resources - https://techguide.org/resources/k-12-stem-guide/

• How to Find a Tech Career with Numbers - https://techguide.org/resources/career-with-numbers/

Telementoring Women http://www.edc.org/CCT/telementoring/

TERC http://www.terc.edu/--a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. Science-a-thon -- http://scithon.terc.edu/

Test Preparation and Academic Tutoring 

• http://www.varsitytutors.com - free practice tests.

• http://www.onlinecollegeplan.com/sat-act-prep-guide/

The Internet and School: A Survey of Networking Activities http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/tracy-article.html

Textbooks Online

• • Global Systems Science -- http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/gss

TIMSS--Third International Mathematics & Science Study - see 

• • Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education, Professional Development Guide (1999) -- http://www.nap.edu/books/0309067804/html/ (National Academies Press)

  • Mathematics and Science in the 8th Grade--Findings from TIMSS http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000014.pdf

Typing - Dancemap Typing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

University of California, Berkeley http://www.berkeley.edu

• • Interactive University Project http://iu.berkeley.edu/iu. This page also has a link to the Berkeley Pledge Home Page.

US Dept of Education (DoEd) http://www.ed.gov/

and Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) ftp: ftp.ed.gov --- gopher: gopher.ed.gov

Videos

• • Crash Course Videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse/videos

  • Khan Academy  - http://www.khanacademy.org/ - - 1000+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan

Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/ -- US Dept of Ed

A Walk Through Time -- http://www.globalcommunity.org/wtt/ -- Foundation for Global Community, http://www.globalcommunity.org

WestEd http://www.wested.org/ WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium http://www.wested.org/werc/ -- teacher resources and lesson plan searches; WestEd links http://www.wested.org/werc/links.html

WhaleNet http://whale.wheelock.edu/

Wolfram|Alpha Reference Site: - http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - a free online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data. Subject areas include Mathematics, Statistics & Data Analysis, Physics, Chemistry, Material Properties, Engineering, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Transportation, Web & Computer System, Units & Measures, Finance, Dates & Times, Places & Geography, Socioeconomic Data, Weather, Health & Medicine, Food & Nutrition, Words & Linguistics, Culture & Media, People & History, Education, Organizations, Sports & Games, Music, Colors. See examples at http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples

Women in Science

• • Important Women in Science http://www.medicalandnursing-training.com/medic/important-women-in-science.html

  • Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide to Materials in English. by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & Astronomical Society of the Pacific) - http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html

Worksheets

• • Worksheet Library - http://www.worksheetlibrary.com - home to over 5,000 printable K-6 worksheets for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers. Many

  • available at no charge. Also offer a free extensive library of teaching tip articles at http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/teachingtips/