Science Links for Better Lessons
Whether you’re teaching in a public high school in Bicol or in Negros Oriental, it is important to remember that with the World Wide Web, the world of science is open to you and your students.
Here are some helpful links that can aid you in preparing for your science lessons, and make it more interactive, updated and relevant.
An inspiring website on the women in science, this is a colorful site with 125 biographies and photographs, and references from books, articles and catalogues. There is also a link called “20th Century Women” highlighting the most recent female contributors to science.
The website was created by two women, one is a professor at the University of Alabama, and the other a scientist at the National Science Foundation.
The website offers archival and interactive services from “Ask a Scientist” to “Labs” (science resources). Even if the website was originally designed for undergraduate classes, it can still be comprehensible and fun for high school students.
For some inquiry-based science resources, this website is the gateway to pass through. A product of the collaboration of six science museums including The Franklin Institute, and the Exploratorium, it allows users to access all the resources of the partner museums and experience 20 online explorations they created for the website.
Although simple in design, the website provides a virtual tour through 97 years of Nobel prizes. It includes announcements about the 2000 prizes in all disciplines, alphabetical listings of the winners by discipline, as well as brief biographical entries about some winners.
Trivia quizzes give the website an interactive spin as users get in the wonderful world of Nobel winners.
A colorful site that provides the user with the latest goings-on in the world of science and technology, this is helpful for teachers who want to be kept up-to-date.
The website’s archive contains past articles easily searchable by topic and author. Meanwhile, the gallery section has a lot of pictures on categories like anthropology, astronomy and technology, among others, that will make excellent visual aids in the classroom.
For more resources and links on science, check out Science NetLinks. It is a part of a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and eight premier educational organizations called Thinkfinity.
The websites above are but samples in a long list of web resources that have been reviewed by the Netlinks board. This is to help users figure out which website can be the most of help to them and their students.
Other links include:
Annenberg Media - for librarians, parents, teachers and students
Lawrence Hall of Science - for the general public
The Why Files - for classroom discussions
Sources:
Clark, William. (n.d.) Science Learning Network. Retrieved January 19, 2008 from http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/resources_individual.cfm?DocID=206&Grade=9-12&Benchmark=1
Kuch, Terence. MadSci Network. Retrieved January 19, 2008 from
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/resources_individual.cfm?DocID=136&Grade=9-12&Benchmark=1
n. a. (n.d.) ScienceNet Links. Retrieved January 19, 2008 from http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm
(Published 28 January 2008, Smart Schools Program)
