Science Topics

Use science topic words to find web sites with lesson plans and activities.

Earth and Space Science

1. A private universe project
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 4 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 028552
   This web site illustrates the importance of student misconceptions, and provides science teachers with lessons designed to identify and correct misconceptions related to the phases of the moon and the causes of the seasons. The web site provides a background into the importance of identifying misconceptions, and a five-question survey exposes students' or adults' misconceptions on these topics.
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2. NASA's kids science news network
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 5 Cost: Free ENC#: 028718
   This site, developed for grades K to 5, utilizes video, animation, and the Internet to introduced students to concepts in science, technology, engineering, and math. The grades K-2 section of the site presents character animated newsbreaks to introduce students to topics such as magnetism, graphs, and time.
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3. Kids as airborne mission scientists (KaAMS)
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): 6 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 027639
   This Internet site, developed for middle school teachers, provides units of study that utilize NASA Airborne Remote Sensing (ARS) missions as a context to instruct students about environmental phenomena such as volcanic eruptions, coral reef destruction, and hurricanes. Units are designed to be flexible and to supplement the existing science, math, technology, and geography curricula.
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4. Science news for kids
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 3 - 9 Cost: Free ENC#: 028286
   This Internet site, developed for grades 3 to 9, features news articles and activities that explore various aspects of science. Each week, the site presents a science-related article along with a corresponding worksheet for students to complete.
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5. NSTA WebWatchers science guides
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 028328
   This Internet site, maintained by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), features a collection of thematic based guides for science educators. From the homepage, teachers select one of three grade levels: K-4, 5-8, or 9-12.
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6. Reach Out Michigan! Science lessons
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): Pre-K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 009096
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site provides connections to over 300 science activities available over the Internet. Users may search the activities by grade level, subject, and an alphabetical list.
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7. Science Friday kids' connection
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): 5 - 9 Cost: Free ENC#: 008650
   This Internet site is an archived collection of radio broadcasts of the National Public Radio weekly science talk show entitled Talk of the Nation Science Friday. In each show, host Ira Flatow and a panel of experts discuss the science topics making headlines.
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8. Space for species
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 025146
   This interactive World Wide Web (WWW) site allows students in grades 6-9 to track migratory animals and monitor their habitats from space satellites. Developed by the Canadian Space and Wildlife Agencies and the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing, this web-based learning site combines science and technology to help students conduct scientific inquiries.
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9. Cosmic evolution: from big bang to humankind
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 026872
   This Internet site offers background information and resources to help students understand the origins of matter and life in our universe, known as cosmic evolution. Based on a course taught at Harvard University, questions from how the universe began to how humans evolved are addressed, using an interdisciplinary approach between life, Earth, space, and physical sciences.
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10. The Gateway to Educational Materials
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): Pre-K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 016952
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project, features a searchable database of Internet lesson plans, activities, and projects for a variety of subjects, including educational technology, mathematics, and science. The GEM project is a consortium effort funded by the US Department of Education to provide K to 12 educators with access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
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11. PALS performance assessment links in science: an interactive resource bank for science performance assessment tasks
    Featured in ENC Focus  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 024963
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site offers an interactive resource library of science performance assessment tasks for grades K-12 indexed by the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and other standards frameworks. Selecting either specific standards, or a grade level range for multiple content areas creates a chart of corresponding performance assessment tasks.
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12. Newton's Apple
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): 6 - 9 Cost: Free ENC#: 008489
    This Internet site, designed for grades 6-9, offers educational resources for students to explore science in the world around them. The site is based on the television show, Newton's Apple, which airs on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
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13. Scientific American Frontiers
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 012692
    This Internet site, maintained by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), is the companion web site to SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS, a series of science specials hosted by Alan Alda. Each hour-long episode introduces a variety of science stories based on a single theme.
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14. Science and health: resources from the New York Times and Learning Network
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2000 Grade(s): 3 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 020177
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 3 to 12 by the New York Times Learning Network, offers lesson plan units that use recent New York Times articles as springboards for engaging students. Written in partnership with the Bank Street College of Education in New York City, each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use.
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15. The science spot
    Featured in ENC Focus  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): 5 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 015464
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site contains links and information for teachers who are interested in enriching their science classes. They can find lesson plans, activities, and worksheets for five different areas of science.
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16. Adventures in science and technology
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 029146
    This Internet site features information and activities for students to explore the interconnected relationship between science and technology. The site presents five subjects for students to explore: biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science.
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17. Working with maps
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 016246
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 by the US Geological Survey (USGS), contains a collection of activities, lesson plans, and publications that deal with using maps. The purpose of the activities is to increase science literacy and promote interest in the Earth Sciences.
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18. KidScience
    Featured in ENC Focus  
    Date: 2000 Grade(s): 5 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 018342
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, produced by the Hawaii Department of Education and Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, contains the electronic documents that are related to an interactive distance learning science program for students grades in 5 to 8. The lessons that correspond to the online documents are delivered into the classroom via television in either live or taped versions.
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19. NOVA online
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 7 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 012691
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site is maintained by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) as the companion web site to the television science series, NOVA. In addition to broadcast schedules and program synopses, the homepage takes visitors to an additional Web site designed to supplement each NOVA episode.
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20. The Martian Sun-Times
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1997 Grade(s): 5 - 10 Cost: Free ENC#: 011677
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, developed as a part of NASA's Science Online Project, welcomes students to the staff of the MARTIAN SUN TIMES, the first interplanetary internet newspaper. As weather reporters for the MARTIAN SUN TIMES newspaper, students will gather, interpret and compare current weather information for Mars and Earth.
    (For more details, see ENC Record.)