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Access Excellence, is a national educational program that provides, health, biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists and critical sources of new scientific information via the WWW. |
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Through the Education portal ACS Chemistry for Life promotes excellence in science for all learning levels; including Educational Resources for Secondary and a Science for Kids page. |
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The ATEEC provides for the advancement of environmental and energy technology education through curriculum, professional, and program development and improvement in the nation's community colleges and high schools. |
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The Atoms Family website contains educational activities about energy concepts, the power of the sun, energy conservation, energy transformation, electricity and fossil fuels being presented by famous gothic horror characters. |
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This web site demonstrates how to use modelling balloons to build chemical molecules. Modelling balloons can very well be employed to visualise complex chemical structures. |
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Explore biodiversity in all its forms and learn how to participate in conservation activities that protect our web of life. Downloadable lesson plans address environmental themes facing our planet today. Topics include Climate Change, African Biodiversity, Island Biodiversity, and many more. |
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The BioInteractive site, sponsored through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, includes lectures, animations, virtual labs and teaching resources. |
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The B.C. Science Teachers' Association is a provincial specialist association of the BCTF. This site provides access to resources, links and opportunities for science teachers in British Columbia. |
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The CBCN is a network of people and places in Canada that conserve plant diversity by exchanging ideas and information. The CBCN for Kids: Botanists in Training Program provides information for kids that are interested in botany and preservation of plants. Links to additional websites such as the Royal Botanical Garden site teach about plants in Canada, as well as projects to conserve rare and endangered plants in Canada. |
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With Energy Education's links to classroom learning resources, and publications, Canadian educators are plugged in to the most current energy information. |
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The Canadian Museum of Nature is Canada's leading natural sciences and natural history museum. It includes a Teacher Zone to access activities, lesson plans and other resources. |
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The Catalyst web site has been developed specifically for the secondary education teacher, as a resource for finding relevant information for use in the teaching of chemistry. Students will find the Catalyst to be a valuable web resource, as well as links to additional resources and educational sites. |
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The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) conducts an active research program in planetary and terrestrial geology and geophysics using remote sensing data from Earth-orbiting satellites and space missions. |
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Through funding from NASA, faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the U.S. have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy. |
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Discover a host of educational resources, learning centers, classroom programs, Edventure lab and insight into space science research. |
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Creative Chemistry has worksheets, teaching notes, chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models, and the Sc1 Tune-up Garage to help improve your science investigations. |
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The information in the Earth & Sky web site is developed from interviews with scientists. These individuals observe the world, create hypotheses, make and test predictions. |
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The scope of University of Washington's Department of Earth and extends from the center of Earth to the rim of the solar system, and its activities cut across traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and mathematics. They provide a foundation for interdisciplinary teaching and research that is based on the geologic record, and on rigorous observation and modeling of Earth's present state. |
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Edheads provides quality, free educational activities for the classroom as well as helping students learn through educational games and activities designed to meet state and national standards. |
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The Environment Canada site offers general information on environmental concerns as well as providing links for Educators and Youth. |
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This guide for teachers is designed to assist teachers of all subjects and grade levels to integrate environmental concepts in to their daily lesson plans. |
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This site hosts a network of Environmental Educators sharing information and expertise on Environmental Education curriculum and programs in BC's public schools, in addition to providing links and resources on Environmental Education. |
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E-STAT is an online learning tool specially designed for use by the educational community. With E-STAT you can generate dynamic tables, customize graphs and maps using Statistics Canada's Census of Population and socioeconomic data. |
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The Exploratorium, is a museum of science, art and human perception, located in San Francisco. Included in this site are more than 12,000 web pages and many sound and video files, exploring a wide variety of topics. This site also contains instructions for simple experiments and activities. |
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The ETE online series, features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities. The modules and activities incorporate environmental issues such as water quality, coral reefs, volcanoes, severe weather and global climate change. |
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The Franklin Institute, a national monument to Benjamin Franklin, takes a leadership role in fostering a scientific and technically literate society. Providing online educational materials for the exhibits as well as links to other scientific information this is a valuable site for educators. |
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As a specialist council of the Alberta Teachers' Association, GEOEC promotes quality professional development for teachers in the area of global, environmental and outdoor education. The web site includes identified integrating themes to use in teaching Science, Social Studies and other curricula. Included on the site are free detailed unit and lesson plans and links to useful related resources. |
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide hands-on primary school-based education and science program. For students it provides the opportunity to learn specific science skills. In addition GLOBE provides teacher's guides, how-to videos, and links and resources for teachers and students. |
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| Great Science for Girls | The purpose of the GSG initiative is to broaden and sustain girls' interest and persistence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). |
The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre features five components. In the Planetarium visitors can view the night sky, and enjoy multimedia presentations including original laser musical productions created by the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. The Virtual Simulator combines science and drama animating the excitement of space travel. Groundstation Canada combines live action and audio-visual presentations providing updates of space news and technology, highlighting Canada’s role in space. The Cosmic Courtyard takes visitors through several spheres of the universe, with Earth at the centre and incorporates video games, audio-visual presentations, facts and news updates. The Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory, equipped with a 1/2 metre Cassegrain telescope to explore the day and night skies around Vancouver. |
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Encouraging others to enjoy and create art has been the focus of Marilyn Brackney's career as an artist and teacher. In 1996 she launched The Imagination Factory on the Internet. The purpose of the site is to teach reuse and recycling concepts through art activities using solid waste as a source of free materials. The Factory is recommended by the project team at EE-Link, the University of Michigan's environmental Web site for educators, and it was listed in Yahoo! Internet Life as one of the best art Web sites for kids. |
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Inside Education™ is a nonprofit registered charity that provides natural resources and environment education focused on forests, water, energy and related topics. |
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The purpose of the JASON Project is to inspire in students a life long passion for learning in science, math and technology through hands-on, real-world scientific discovery. Homeschoolers can check out the JASON at Home section of each Expedition for access to additional resources. For educators, JASON provides the content and tools to effectively teach middle-grade science. |
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KidsAstronomy.com, part of the KidsKnowIt Network, is a free astronomy resource designed to teach children, students, and kids of all ages about the exciting world of outer space. |
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This web page is a great resource for students needing explanations on various math and physics concepts. The site, credited to brothers Kenny and Gary Felder, also offers links to additional educational related resources. |
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Interactive Java tutorials (i.e. quarks descending from the Milky Way into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons), optic timelines, teacher resources and student activities are all a part of this very interesting educational site. |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration site provides resources for Kids: games, art, stories, and activities; Students: homework help, learning opportunities, career info, contacts for students; and Educators: learning resources, professional development, and contacts for educators. |
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NASA Quest connects K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission-based interactions and activities. |
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The NSTA is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. Providing links and resources for science educators, this site also provides a wealth of resources available only through membership. |
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Provides links to educational resources for Geography, Geology, Climate Change and Earth Observation. |
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Interactive Frog Dissection provides an on-line tutorial as well as web connections and resources for students and teachers. |
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The mission of the Ontario Science Centre is "to delight, inform and challenge visitors through engaging and thought -provoking experiences in science and technology." The website for the Ontario Science Centre provides resource links, games, and teaching resources. |
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This site contains a great introduction to the principles of optics, light and color for elementary school children, through experiments, games, lesson plans and activities. |
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This site is designed for the use of Canadian teachers and school students, to teach about salmon, their habitat and the story of our relationship with these creatures, which are such an integral part of life on the Pacific Coast. |
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This collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program has been extracted from the interactive program, Welcome to the Planets, formerly distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM. The collection has been updated with the addition of more recent images. |
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Re-Energy.ca is a renewable energy project that explores wind energy, water energy, solar energy, biomass energy and more. Re-Energy.ca provides educators with background information, exciting hands-on learning activities, resources and links on renewable energy and sustainable energy technologies, to facilitate discovery of the fundamental principles of biology, chemistry and physics, and to explore the application of science and technology to social and environmental issues. |
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The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. This site includes great science links and resources. |
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Toronto Public Library and Atomic Energy of Canada provide Science Net as a service to enable teachers and students to find general and K-12 science websites on the Internet. |
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Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students. |
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The Science Spot provides lesson plans, project ideas, resources and links to science sites for teachers and students. |
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Science U is a web site devoted to science, education and fun! Filled with interactive exhibits, online simulations, graphics software, and a library of reference materials, it's guaranteed to make science come alive in new and exciting ways. |
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In addition to the on-site resources described, this site provides downloadable guides, web resources and links relevant to the displays. |
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The SEEDS Foundation provides objective curriculum-fit energy and environmental education resources to Canadian teachers and students. |
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The Sky Watchers Program provides free teaching material on the subject of weather, including explanations, experiments and activities which overlap into related subjects like mathematics and geography. The free downloadable teacher's guide addresses the learning outcomes in the Pan Canadian curriculum. |
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Providing reference resources, space facts calendar, alphabetical subject index among other resources, this is a valuable tool for a space unit in the classroom or general interest. |
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The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum strives to provide the public with unique and compelling teaching and learning experiences that will improve science literacy, spark an interest in careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The Sun-Earth viewer provides images, illustrations and visualizations of the earth and sun. |
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| Thinkfinity | Thinkfinity strongly supports the STEM initiative and offers lesson plans, activities and interactives to help you build a cross-curricular classroom. |
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Educational exhibits sponsored through the official U.S. time website include: A Walk Through Time, Calendars Through the Ages, Daylight Saving Time, Clockworks, Its About Time, and The Quartz Watch. |
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An interactive site for elementary students. |
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The Virtual Body site takes a tour of the Human Brain, Skeleton, Human Heart and Digestive Tract. |
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Canada has examples of almost every type of volcano. Volcanoes of Canada, a web page on the Natural Resources Canada website describes specific Canadian volcanoes and their characteristics, as well as providing links to those that would impact Canadian territory. Although none are erupting now, at least 3 did in the last few hundred years and numerous others have the potential to erupt in the near future. Mt. Baker in particular has the potential to affect the Fraser Valley. In addition, large-magnitude eruptions anywhere in the world may affect our weather. |
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The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where students can give opinions and test their water knowledge. |
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This award winning interactive educational web site focuses on whales and marine research. Sponsored by Wheelock College in Boston, MA the WhaleNet site provides Student, Teacher and Public pages to help select approriate information and activities. |
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Wonderville is a site created to spark the interest of children and give them a greater appreciation of science. On this site they can try science experiments, find cool science facts, download screensavers and learn more about careers in science. Wonderville's scientific activities are based on the Alberta science curriculum targeting grades 3-7. |
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Youth Science Canada plays a vital role in nurturing the scientific impulse among youth - encouraging them to get their hands dirty and develop scientific and technological knowledge and skills through project-based science. YSC sponsors Science Fairs, Science Olympics and Mentoring programs for young scientists. |
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This educational website provides both educational and entertaining items pertaining to physics, to the mathematical sciences and to mathematics in general. |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Descriptions are compiled from information provided within the sites. | |