Science Education Internet Resource Sites

Website that features links to resources highlighting the contributions of women to science, mathematics, and technology. Visit the page at www.ericse.org/whm2000.html.

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

Grades 5-12

http://www.parentsplace.com/readroom/explorer/

Family Explorer

Monthly hands-on science newsletter

Grades K-6

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/

Helping Your Child Learn Science

Hands-on activities for parents, teacher, students

Ages 6-12

http://www.npr.org/programs/sfkids/

National Public Radio/s Science Friday—Kids Connection

Grades 4-8

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/

Newton’s Apple: Science

Try Its Collection of science experiments

Middle Grades

[Home]

Science Class and Lab Unit Planning, Facilities, and Management

http://minot.com/~nansen/links/tech/change.html

The more things change

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/

Newton’s Apple

A collection of science lessons

Grades 4-8

http://intergate.humboldt.k12.ca.ua/score/

SCORE Science

Lesson plans, student projects, and lesson activities

K-12

http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/

The Hands-On Technology Program

Science experiments and other hands-on activities

Grades K-8

http://www.nsta.org/

National Science Teacher’s Association

Improving teaching of science

Grades K-12

http://nyelabs.kcts.org/

Nye Labs Online

Hands-on science activities and experiments

Grades 4-8

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/

Online Educational Resources

Grades K-12

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

Quest: Home of NASA’s K-12 Internet Initiative

Classroom activities

Grades K-12

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Exploratorium

A collection of online interactive exhibits and resources

Grades K-12

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/!mvm/sci.html

Hands-On Science Centers Worldwide

A collection of interactive, public science museums

Grades K-12

http://www.msichicago.org/

Museum of Science and Industry

Online exhibits and educational resources

Grades 4-8

http://www.aps.edu/HTMLPages/NMMNH.html

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Resources for students

Grades K-12

http://www.sln.org/

Science Learning Network

Hands-on science activities

Grades K-8

http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Museums_and_Exhibits/

Yahoo!: Science Museums and Exhibits

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Planning Science Lessons

http://www.thegateway.org

Access to 140+ websites for information by topic, grade level, and other criteria

lesson plans, units and other materials

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/

lesson plans and online projects

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/IMAGES/MOVIES.html

Here is a web site that many of you might interested in using with your students, when discussing visualizations.

The page contains several MPG movie files of the Earth, showing a variety of features from satellite information.

http://www.lessonlab.com/

This is the URL for Jim Stigler's website

Gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/Educational_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Big9620Sky/science

More than 200 science lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/

Connections

Science and Astronomy, Primates, Chemistry, Life on Mars, all about insects, the Third Domain, and Genetics and Disease

Grades K-12

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/galileo.html

Galileo

Ball bounce, potential and kinetic energy, animals and their habitats, mining a chocolate chip cookie, wind activities

Grades K-12

http://www.solutions.ibm.com/k12/teacher/activity.html

IBM Internet Activities

Lesson plans and activities encouraging the use of internet to do research in various subject areas.

Grades 4-12

http://www.sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS/

K-12 Science Lesson Plans

Internet-based lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~kyle/edu.html

The Lesson Plans Page

Science lesson plans

Grades K-6

http://www.nwrel.org/sky/

The Library in the Sky

Astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth sciences, general science, and physics lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/lesson.html

McREL: Lesson Plans and Activities

Collection of K-12 lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.miamisci.org/

Miami Museum of Science

To find the guides, click pH Factor, Hurricane, and Pigeons.

Grades 3-6

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/index.shtml

Minnetonka Elementary Science Center

Science Enrichment/Lesson Plans

Grades K-5

http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/html/Instructional.Materials.html

SpaceLink Instructional Materials

Space-related lesson plans and activities

Grades K-12

http://chem.ps.uci.edu/~mtaagepe/SciEd/SEPmain.html

University of California at Irvine Science Education Programs

Science Lesson Plans

Grades K-12

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/k12/

Urbana-Champaign Curriculum Guides and Lesson Plans

Grades K-9

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/yip/96-97/

The Year-Long Project

Elementary student teaching program

Lessons include insects, dinosaurs, vertebrates, and simple machines.

Grades K-8

http://www.enc.org/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Resources include lessons, online publications, and services

Grades K-12

http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/

McREL’s Whelmers

Science demonstrations for students and teachers

Grades K-12

http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/Questacon/index.html

Questacon

Hands-on science and technology museum

Grades K-6

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act-summ.html

Science Activities Index

Science Activities

Grades K-8

http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/

Thinking Fountain

Interactive mural containing science activities and experiments

Grades K-6

http://www.youcan.com/

You Can

Science activities

Grades K-8

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Physical Sciences

http://bamaed.ua.edu/sciteach/energy

Energy science planning and teaching resources

http://www.hood-consulting.com/amazing/qt-amazing/asr.html

Amazing Science at the Roxy

Physical science lesson plans and activities

Grades 5-12

http://www.sln.org/resources

Explore Our Resources

Science lessons and activities on acids and bases, science of balloons, physics of water fountains, hurricanes, wind, light, shadow, and images.

Grades K-6

http://schoolnet2.carleton.ca/english/math_sci/phys/electric-club/

The Electric Club

Experiments and projects on electricity and electronics

Grades 5-12

http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/index.html

Energy Quest

Activities organized by difficulty levels for teaching about energy with other topics available

Grades K-12

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html

A Collection of experiments designed by science teachers.

Grades 4-12

http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/murray/Light/How_Light_Works.html

How Light Works

Grades 4-5

http://cwis.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/K_12html]

MathMol K-12: Mathematics and Molecules

Molecular modeling

Grades K-12

http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html#StartKidOptxl

Optics for Kids

For understanding the basics of light and lasers

Grades 5-8

http://www.omsi.edu/sln/ww/waterworks.html

WaterWorks

Activities for teaching about water pumps, siphons, and the operation of fountains.

Grades 5-8

http://www.schoolnet.ca/math_sci/phys/worldinmotion/

World in Motion

Created by Society of Automotive Engineers

Grades 4-8

http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/exper.html

Paper by Art Ellis and others regarding ConcepTests in

Chemistry classes. This is from the ICE group at the University of Wisconsin.

http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/ http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/

"The ConcepTest" in Chemistry website. This is a great overview of much of what has been done. Be sure to read the "Using ConcepTests" section accessible on the left side.

http://newtraditions.chem.wisc.edu/index.htm

"Establishing New Traditions: Revitalizing the Chemistry Curriculum"

http://128.118.58.11/~jfs10/f1/pictures.html

Formula One Race Car Pictures

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/Education/TeacherWork/RaceCar/

The Physics of Racing

http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Imagenet.html

Magnetism

http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Intro.html

Exploration of the Earth’s Magnetosphere

http://www.cwru.edu/CWRU/Dept/Artsci/phys/courses/demos/projmot.htm

Projectile Motion Demo

http://www-pdg.lbl.gov/cpep/adventure_home_html

Chemistry - The Particle Adventure

http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements

Periodic Table of the Elements

More...

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html (try technology in education)

http://ceps.nasm.edu

http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/homepage.html

http://www.seanet.com/HTML/Vendors/billnye/search/search.html

http://www-c81an1.gov/infosys/html/periodic/peroidic-main.html

http://soundprint.brandywine.american.edu/~nstw/

http://www.si.edu (a future location under construction)

http://www.seanet.com/HTML/Vendors/billnye/search/search.html

[Home]

Biological Sciences

http://public.sdsu.edu/NaturalSciences/

Biology Lessons for Teachers

Grades K-6

http://www.schoolnet.ca/vp/ladybettle/ludybuge/

Canadian Nature Federation Lady Beetle Survey

Lesson plans and activities on lady beetles

Grades 4-8

http://nceet.snre.umich.edu/

EE Link: Environmental Education on the Internet

Grades K-8

http://www.envirolink.org/

EnviroLink

Lesson plans for environmental education

Grades K-8

http://www2.sptimes.com/aquarium/FA.4.html

Florida Aquarium: Hands On

Hands-on lessons for wannabe marine biologists

Grades K-8

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/groveland/insect.proj/insects.html

Insects!

Grades K-5

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

Marine Life

Grades K-8

http://kids.osd.wednet.edu/Marshall/rainjforest_home_page.html

The Rainforest Workshop

Tropical rain forests for middle school students

Middle grades

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~coalitn/sciedoutreach/funexperiments/agesubject/subject.html

Science Lessons by Subject

Grades K-12

http://educate.si.edu/intro.html

Smithsonian Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Lesson Plans

Grades K-6

http://stellar.arc.nasa.gov/stellar/

Stellar

Study of space life sciences

Middle Grades

http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/welcome.html

Bug Club

Invertebrates

Grades K-8

http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

The Electronic Zoo

Comprehensive catalog of pictures and information about animals

Grades K-8

http://www.fmnh.org

The Field Museum

Classroom activities about dinosaurs.

Grades K-6

http://frog.simplenet.com/froggy/

The Froggy Page

Comprehensive collection of resources about frogs.

Grades K-8

http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html

The Heart Preview Gallery

How the heart works

Grades 4-8

http://cissus.mobot.org/MBGnet/lesson/index.htm

MBG Learning Packages

Making Rain, Osmosis, and Ink and lesson plans from the garden’s study units

Grades 2-5

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~chudler/neurok.html

Neuroscience for Kids

About the nervous system

Middle Grades

http://www.wh.whoi.edu/noaa.html

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Resources for conserving our nation’s living oceans

Middle Grades

http://www.ran.org/ran/

Rainforest Action Network

Grades K-8

http://oberon.educ.sfu.ca/splash/tank.htm

Safari Touch Tank

Hands-on aquarium

Middle Grades

http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html

Sounds of the World’s Animals

Explores the sounds of the world’s languages through the sounds of the world’s animals.

Middle Grades

http://sin.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/animals.html

Vertebrate Animals Hotlist

Facts and pictures about animals

Grades K-8

http://whale.wheelock.edu

WhaleNet

About whales and other marine animals

Grades K-8

http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Schools/Hisdzoo/

Wildlife Discovery Program

Activities for teacher about endangered animals

Grades 3-6

http://www.nj.com/yucky/

Features the worlds of worms and cockroaches

Grades K-8

http://mars.poly.edu/zooary/

Zooary

Interactive zoo

Grades K-6

http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~carl/cellhome.htm

Cells. . . The Home Page

http://www.comet.chv.va.us/quill/

Cells Alive

http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~carl/cellmain.htm

The Cell Navigator, important cell parts

http://www.ampere.scale.uiuc.edu/~m-lexa/cell/cell.html

Virtual Cell

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/project/hgp.html

About the Human Genome Project

http://www.ppsa.com/ppsa/science/mouse.html

Introduction to Genetics

http://violet.berkeley.edu/~deban/

Website of Salamander Research

http://www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog/movie.announce.html

Virtual Frog: Movies

http://cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/loosemore-sandra/frog.html

The Froggy Page

http://www.si.edu/natzoo/

National Zoological Park Home Page

http://ape.apenet.it/EDV/ZOO/e_ind.html

Zoo in the Wild

http://www.neaq.org/

New England Aquarium

http://www.mindspring.com/~zoonet/

Zoonet

More...

http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu./welcome.html

http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html

http://soundprint.brandywine.american.edu/~nstw/

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html

http://www.seanet.com/HTML/vendors/billnye/search/search.html

[Home]

Earth and Space Sciences

www.Landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov

First landsat pictures released

http://www.bester.com/satpasses.htm

Data for passes of MIR, the Hubble, and other larger

objects that are visible from the ground, for a number of US cities.

http://www.newscientist.com/ns/20000108/lightfanta.html

New Scientist magazine; Tired of the Himalayas, the Taj Mahal and the plains of Africa? Why not head for the biggest spectacle in the Solar System.

http://athena.wednet.edu/

Athena

Oceans, earth, weather, atmosphere, apace and astronomy

Grades K-8

http://library.advanced/org/10568/

The Hitchhikers Guide to Model Rocketry

Designing first rockets

Middle Grades

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lessons plans for earth and space science

Grades K-8

http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/curriculum/

K-12 Weather Curriculum

Grades K-8

http://onesky.engin.umich.edu/

Kids as Global Scientists Weather Curriculum

Middle Grades

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/windtunnel.html

LeRC K-12 Wind Tunnel Home Page

Aeronautics/Rocket Activities

Middle Grades

http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc.html

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Space-related lesson plans

Grades K-8

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/

Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth

Lessons and activities on the spacecraft probe, scroll and select Online from Jupiter

Middle Grades

http://www.seti-inst.edu/Welcome-page.html

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute

Life in the Universe Curriculum Project

Middle Grades

http://w3.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/lessons/lessons_teacherdeveloped.html

Teacher-Developed Earth and Space Science Lessons and Classroom Activities

Weather, satellites, auroras, and earthquakes

Grades 4-12

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Volcano World

Volcano-related lessons

Middle Grades

Http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEred/WeatherHome.html

Weather Here and There

Grades 4-6

http://faldo.atmos/uiuc.edu/w_unit/weather.html

The Weather Unit

Integrates the study of weather into all curricular areas.

Grades 2-4

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/wind.html

Wind: Our Fierce Friend

The science of wind energy

Grades 4-6

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Features a different image or photo of the universe each day.

Grades K-8

http://fly.hiwaay.net:80/~palmer/motor.html

Beakman’s Electric Motor

How to make an electric motor from ordinary household items

Middle Grades

http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/clouds/html/cloud.home.html

Cloud Catalog

Cloud formations

Middle Grades

http://medicine.wustl.edu/~kronkg/

Comets and Meteor Showers

Information and pictures of comets and meteors

Middle Grades

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SPACEGRANT/class_acts/

Exploring Planets in the Classroom

Middle Grades

http://www.stsci.edu/EPA/Pictures.html

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures

Grades K-8

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/fosrec.html

Learning from the Fossil Record

Paleontology activities

Grades K-8

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/TRC/TRCactivities.html

NASA Lewis Teacher Resource Center

Aeronautics

Middle Grades

http://www.nasa.gov/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Includes links to 12 NASA centers

Middle Grades

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/

NSSDC Photo Gallery

Photos of planetary, astronomical, and related objects

Middle Grades

http://www.ou.edu/tornado/CAPS.WWW/teacher.html

Rain or Shine: Explorations in Meteorology

Grades K-8

http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/sol/sol_toolkits.html

Science Online: Science Resource Toolkit

Middle Grades

http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc/education/saer/southern_aer.html

Southern AER

Southeast Regional Climate Center interactive weather activities

Middle Grades

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html

SpaceLink

Grades K-8

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

StarChild

Astronomy resource

Grades K-8

http://www.seds.org/

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Middle Grades

http://www.usgs.gov/education/

U.S. Geological Survey’s Learning Web

Grades K-8

http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/

Views of the Solar System

Middle Grades

http://www.nasm.edu/

National Air and Space Museum

Aviation and Space Science

Grades K-8

http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/lacmnh

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Grades K-8

http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/app_soil/hmsoil.htm

Soil science, K-8

http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/MESSENGER/

Mission to Mercury in 2008

http://144.26.13.136.

Education Ctr. for earth Observation

http://www.agu.org

American Geophysical Union

http://geology.wisc.edu/~museum/index.html

Geology Museum

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/geology.html

UC Museum of Paleontology, Geology Entrance

http://www.usgs.gov

U. S. Geological Survey Home Page

http://www.mines.edu/

Colorado School of Mines

http://geology.wisc.edu/~museum/minerals.html

Rocks & Minerals

http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/s/rock_cycle/rockcycle.

Rock Cycle

http://vflylab.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VirtualEarthQuake/VQuakeIntro.html

Virtual Earthquake

http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/earthint.htm

Earth’s Interior and Plate Techtonics

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes

MTU Volcanoes Page

http://topex~www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

Ocean Systems—Topex/Poseidon Home Page

http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/tpxim/TPX505A.html

Ocean Dynamic Topography

http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/AMS

American meteorological Society

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm

USA Today Weather (from around the world)

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wforcst0.htm

Weather Forecasting

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/askjack/wjack1.htm

Web Earth Science for Teachers

http://www-wilson.ucsd.edu/education/airpollution/airpollution.html

Air Pollution

http://www.wilson.ucsd.edu/education/airpollution/airpollution.html

Sources of Air Pollution

http://newscientist.com/pstourist/limit/mars/web.html

Planet Science: Mars Links

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp

The Nine Planets

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/overview.html

Overview of the Solar System

http://www.nasa.gov/hqpao/library.html

NASA Gallery

http://www.nasm.edu/

National Air and Space Museum

http://www.astro.uva.nl/michielb/sun/kaft.htm

The Virtual Sun

http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/homepage.htm

Views of the Solar System

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Stars/color.html

Star Color

More...

http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu./welcome.html

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu

http://red.www.nsf.gov/

http://www.seanet.com/HTML/Vendors/billnye/search/search.html

http://www.as.ua.edu

http://www.usgs.gov/

http://www.usbm.gov/

http://sair019.energylan.sandia.gov:70/0/Sandia Geosciences/center.html

http://www.nkw.ac.uk/bgs/home.html.BGS

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdcmain.html

http://www.aescon.com/geosociety/index.html

NASA Headquarters News Releases

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/

1--- NEAR BEGINS LOOKING CLOSELY AT EROS

2---NEWFOUND QUASAR WINS TITLE "MOST DISTANT IN THE UNIVERSE"

3---CREWS NAMED TO CONTINUE SPACE STATION ASSEMBLY

4---TINY HEARTS MONITORED BY NASA TECHNOLOGY

NASA Headquarters History Office News Releases

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/current.htm

1---HISTORICAL SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

2---Two New NASA History Publications

3---New Website Devoted to the X-15 Research Aircraft

4---Apollo 15 Flight Journal Updated

NASA Ames Research Center News Releases

http://george.arc.nasa.gov/dx/

1---NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT TO SUPPORT COMPUTATIONAL

SCIENCES RESEARCH

2---NASA COMPUTER ROCKET SCIENCE HELPS DEBAKEY HEART PUMP TEAM

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center News Releases

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/PAO/PressReleases/

1--- DRYDEN F-18s FLY AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY OCCULTATION EXPERIMENT

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission Status Reports

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

1--- Galileo Millennium Mission Status

NASA Kennedy Space Center News Releases

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/

1---SKIN CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAM TO KICK-OFF AT KSC

2---KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center News Releases

http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news

1--- Chandra Reads the Cosmic Bar Code of Gas Around a Black Hole

2---'Planet in a Test Tube' Provides Valuable Data on Atmospheres of Planets and Stars

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/12/0

IDEA OF ALIEN LIFE GAINING CREDIBILITY

from The San Francisco Chronicle

With the increasing prevalence of the idea that the cosmos is "life friendly," scientists are now debating the societal implications of such a discovery. NASA's Ames Resarch Center in California is now primarily focused on the possibility of extraterrerstrial life, and scientists recently gathered there to debate the many-sided point. For instance, is it ethical to infect Mars with life from Earth? As one scientist put it, if Mars is dead, as he expects, then why not?

http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/map.html

To identify the contacts for all

of the other NASA-related activities in your state, check out the

NASA State Directory. It can be accessed directly at

http://education.nasa.gov/

NASA Headquarters maintains the NASA Education Web page

From this site, you can find out about all of NASA's Education Programs, link to the NASA Centers' Education Web pages, and also access the NASA State Directory.

www.ericse.org

The ERIC Review is a quarterly publication of the ERIC system, and the most recent issue focuses on K-8 science and mathematics education. This issue is intended primarily for parents and other care givers, but you may find the articles useful for preservice teachers as well. The issue is available online at our Website, just click the icon] or you can obtain hard copies from us while supplies last at no charge (other than shipping). Send requests by e-mail to ericse@osu.edu, or call 1-800-276-0462.

http://www.ericse.org

http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/prepsheet/prepsheet.htm

Many of you have been trained using the "Julia Child" method of soil science. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, the "Julia Child" method was developed in order to make it easier to train all of the soil protocols at GLOBE workshops. Since the workshops are typically very intense, certain things have to be prepared ahead of time to be used by the participants during the training. Thus, all of the protocols are trained without the waiting time that's necessary to conduct the protocols in the "real" world. A number of folks have expressed a desire to see what goes into preparing a "Julia Child" soil training and so, I've written up a prepsheet/guide of how to prepare for training soils using this method. This prep sheet details the setup of equipment (for a sample workshop of 50 participants), the preparation of all of the supplementary training materials (e.g. potting soil and baking soda mixture to show Free Carbonates) and a suggested preparation/training schedule. The url for accessing the prep sheet is below.

http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/drsoil/drsoil.htm