Selected Links:
General Information for the Sciences (good for surveying possible topics of investigation)
Cool Links updated annually (recommended by Dr. Pedersen)
NSTA Recommended searchable science websites list
Science
News Sites (great
sources of articles for your students' expansion/application phases!)
The
Why Files reputable site publishing articles on "hot" topics in
science
Destination: Earth space based research of Earth (articles reviewed by NASA)
Discovery News sponsored by www.discovery.com
Space.com up to the minute space news and events
Noteworthy and Unique Sites of a More Specific Content (great for internet based explorations and generating ideas for new Learning Cycles)
TerraQuest virtual geography (see also TerraServer)
Virtual Sand Laboratory sands are NOT all the same (see also ISCS for more on sands)
SOHO Sun Cam collect real data on the Sun daily
Mesonet collect real data on daily Oklahoma weather
Educator Resources (ranging the gamut from fellow teacher web pages to commercial pages)
Discovery School sponsored by Discovery.com
Project: Wet, Wild, Learning Tree resources for learning environmental issues
National Park Service there's so much more than just Yellowstone and Yosemite
There's so much more to NASA than space shuttles and www.NASA.gov (space science resources)
NASA Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP) Oklahoma resource
NASA Aerospace Professional Development Center (APDC) Oklahoma resource
Education Resource Center Network (ERCN)
Spinoff Online NASA forum on technologies gone commercial (annual publication)