TEACHER RESOURCES
GENERAL SCIENCE:
State Science Standards: http://www.isbe.net/ils/science/standards.htm
Ask a science question: mailto: science@parkland.edu
ISAT science definitions: http://www.isbe.net/assessment/sperfdef.htm
The latest headlines related to science. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=753&/
An overview of the latest news covering all topics of science. (Full-text of most articles is not available online.) http://www.sciencenews.org/
Astronomy:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific:
http://www.astrosociety.org/
NASA's SpacePlace:
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
Sky & Telescope magazine:
http://skyandtelescope.com
Working group on astronomy education:
http://www.aas.org/~wgae/wgae_index.html
Discovering the Universe, 7th edition http://bcs.whfreeman.com/dtu7e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0
Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Demos and Animations for Teaching Astronomy http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Moon Phase http://users.ameritech.net/paulcarlisle/MoonCalendar.html
ASP Catalog http://www.astrosociety.org/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/shophome.html?E+scstore
Great Lakes Planetary Association http://www.astrosociety.org/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/shophome.html?E+scstore
Biology:
Evolution: http://natsci.parkland.edu/bio/107/evolution
An exhaustive list of links illustrating and describing almost every aspect of General Biology and Anatomy & Physiology. http://www.kensbiorefs.com/
Biology Interactive Images: http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm#protein
Anatomy and Physiology I Links: http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap1.html
Anatomy and Physiology II Links: http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap2.html
Biology Links and Tutorials from North Harris College: http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/tutoria.html#
Chemistry:
General Chemistry: An Integrated Approach, Third Edition, by Hill and Petrucci – General Chemistry text companion website with some excellent animations and video. To access the animations and video, choose a chapter from the drop down menu, then select e-Media Activities in the left hand sidebar. http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/hillchem3/
Essential Chemistry, 2/e by Raymond Chang – Excellent Flash Animations from the Chang text companion website; as an initial sampling, check out the Rutherford Experiment and Hybridization.http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/flash/flash.mhtml
Orbital Images and Animations –
Excellent images and animations of atomic orbitals, including images of “g”
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Periodic Table Online - Everything you ever wanted to know about any element!! http://www.webelements.com/
Class Notes and Practice Exams
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Environmental Sciences:
Global Warming News - The latest headlines related to global warming. http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=global_warming
EPA Global Warming Site - Environmental Protection Agency's Global Warming site. Well-organized and very informative. http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html
EPA Clean Air Market Programs - Read about what the EPA is doing to reduce air pollution. http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/
Physics:
Ask a Physicist:
http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/van/qa/qaform.htm
Fundamentals of Physics: http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471216437,courseCd-PH1200.html
Physics, 6th Edition: http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471151831,courseCd-PH1000.html
How Things Work: Physics of Everyday Life http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
Edmund Scientific: http://scientificsonline.com
American Association of Physics Teachers http://www.isaapt.org
Forensic Links:
The American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Other Science Links: