Science Topics

Lists of web sites categorized by subject areas within science.

Geology

1. USGS geology
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 027039
   This web site serves as the homepage for the Geology Section of the United States Geological Survey. The resource provides a collection of links to the various science programs of the Survey, including programs about geologic resources, hazards, and landscapes.
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2. Ology
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2001 Grade(s): Pre-K - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 017844
   This Internet site, maintained by the American Museum of Natural History, contains educational activities for students to explore the world of OLogy, the study of various branches of science. The site encourages students to explore OLogies in which they have an interest, from archeology to herpetology, marine biology to volcanology, and geology to entomology.
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3. American field guide: inspiration to explore
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 025369
   This website provides 1,400 narrated video clips of outdoor programming content from nearly 30 Public Broadcasting Stations. Clips may be searched by keyword, or accessed on the homepage under eight topics, including Animals, Human History, and Public Policy.
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4. Smithsonian Education science and technology lesson plans
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 3 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 014836
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the education department of the Smithsonian Institution, presents Web based lesson plans for grades 3 to 8 that offer activities in science. The lesson plans cover a variety of science topics, including the basics of mineral science, how things fly, and how plant and animal partners interact to accomplish pollination, as well as an interdisciplinary marine science in link with social studies.
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5. 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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6. General Certificate of Secondary Education (G.C.S.E.): geography topics
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 016767
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 6 to 12 by a geography teacher in England, presents a wide range of Geography information, featuring a variety of links to other useful geography sites. The site aims to provide the widest range of Geography resources for teachers, students of all ages and anyone else interested in Geography and related scientific information.
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7. High resolution x-ray CT (Computed Tomography) facility
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 11 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 026902
   This web site is the on-line home of the High Resolution X-Ray Computational Topography Facility at the University of Texas at Austin. The Computational Topography Facility is a working research laboratory that generates two and three-dimensional images of opaque solid objects using x-rays.
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8. The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science case collection
   Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2001 Grade(s): 9 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 019214
   This Internet site, maintained by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, offers a collection of case studies for use in undergraduate science classrooms. Designed to humanize science and to illustrate scientific methodology and values, the cases also develop students' skills in group learning, speaking, and critical thinking.
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9. Geologylink
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 8 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 011386
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, suitable for students in grades 8 to postsecondary, supplies information on current geology topics as well as basic physical geology. The Earth Today section posts current information on the latest geologic events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and includes a feature article section that covers topics like Icelandic volcanoes in depth.
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10. Dragonfly
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): Pre-K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 009038
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the National Science Teachers Association and Miami University Ohio, is an online version of the magazine DRAGONFLY and combines text, graphics, and sound. Topics center around scientific research being done by both scientists and school children.
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11. Extreme 2000: voyage to the deep
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 016770
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, sponsored by the University of Delaware College of Marine studies and Sea Grant, invites visitors to take a dive aboard the deep sea submersible vehicle, Alvin. The site contains biological and geological information related to the Extreme 2000 expedition.
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12. WebElements. Scholar edition.
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2001 Grade(s): 8 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 021026
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site provides students with information about elements and properties of the periodic table. Users select an element from the table to explore by clicking on the hyperlinked symbol.
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13. Geology labs on-line
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2000 Grade(s): 8 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 018825
    This Internet site, designed for advanced high school and introductory college level students, provides web-based activities and laboratory exercises intended to enhance the learning and teaching of geology and other Earth and environmental science topics. Topics include earthquakes, geologic dating, and rivers.
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14. Ask the experts
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 020958
    This Internet site, maintained by Scientific American, provides visitors the opportunity to ask questions concerning specific phenomenon in science, mathematics, and technology. Scientific American then passes these queries on to experts in both academia and industry.
    (For more details, see ENC Record.)
    
    
15. Learning from the fossil record
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2000 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 019111
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12, presents articles and activities designed to help teachers use paleontology in the classroom. Written by paleontologists and educators, the articles are divided into two categories: scientific literacy and educational resources.
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16. The cave of Lascaux
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 020862
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, available either in English, German, or Spanish allows visitors to view Paleolithic cave art on a virtual tour of the Cave of Lascaux. Site content is divided into three main areas, including the history of the cave, the techniques and discoveries of archaeologists exploring it, and information regarding how to travel to Lascaux.
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17. Mineral Information Institute (MII)
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 016447
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by The Mineral Information Institute (MII), contains teaching materials and links for student homework help. The MII is a national not for profit organization dedicated to educating youth about the science of minerals and other natural resources as well as their importance in our every day lives.
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18. Geo Mysteries
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2000 Grade(s): 1 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 016974
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 1 to 8 by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, provides scientific background information about rocks and fossils. The site contains lessons in which students solve mysteries about rocks, fossils and minerals as they help Rex (the Dino detective) solve the problems of a floating rock, a broken necklace, and a golden cube.
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19. Newton's Apple
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): 6 - 9 Cost: Free ENC#: 008489
    This Internet site is designed to provide material for science education, such as background information and activities, on various topics including hang gliding, karate, arctic survival, arctic nutrition, the sun, dinosaur extinction, the Hubble telescope, and raptor hospitals. Topics were coordinated with television broadcasts, developed for grades 6 to 9, orginally broadcast on the PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM (PBS).
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20. Virtual earthquake
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 002069
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site is an interactive program designed to introduce students to the ways in which geologists locate earthquake epicenters and determine Richter magnitudes. Users begin the virtual earthquake sequence by selecting a region of initiation such as Southern California, Japan, or Mexico and receiving the seismograms from three remote locations.
    (For more details, see ENC Record.)