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 Resources for Teaching in the Sciences
 


The following sources were provided by students in GRAD 5910, The Course
in College Teaching.  The ECTL welcomes the addition of more sources, including those outside the sciences.  Email ellbogenctl@uwyo.edu to
share your favorites.
 

  Online Resources for Physics Educators 
 

The Educator’s Reference Desk is a great source of lesson plans for all subjects and grade levels:  http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi.

The Science Spot has tons of great physics lesson plans: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classphys.html.

The Lesson Plans Page has lesson plans of all subjects for all age levels: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/.

Hyperphysics has great background information on physics with example equations: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html.

The Cartesian Diver Experiment is a great lesson plan to teach about buoyancy and density:  http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/diver/index.htm.

Teachnology has a plethora of basic science principle lesson plans for all ages: http://www.teachnology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/.

Teachnet.com has lots of lesson plans for the sciences: http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/science/.

NASA has a fantastic website for a beginner’s guide to rockets: http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/.

The Bigfoot Water Rocket Launcher Systems has great info on how to build a 2-little water bottle rocket:  http://www.h2orocket.com/topic/configurations/config2.html.

The Water Rocket Book contains a lot of great background info about rocketry: http://bradcalv.customer.netspace.net.au/wrbook.htm.

The Junior Engineering Lesson Plans site has dozens of K-6 physics and engineering lesson plans:  http://juniorengineering.usu.edu/lessons/lessons.html.

 

  Online Resources for Astronomy Educators and Fans 
 

The Old Farmer’s Almanac allows you to enter your date and Zip-code to get accurate times of rising and setting of the Moon and Sun:  http://www.almanac.com/rise/.

The Exploratorium website allows you to calculate a scale model of the solar system and many other objects to any scale with parameters you enter: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/.

Care2 has a witty, really funny flash video covering a lot of mostly accurate astronomical information:  http://www.care2.com/ecards/build/1/6043.

The Size of Our World is a great website to see computerized models of the Sun and planets at correct relative sizes:  http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm.

This is a really cool video of a NASA astronaut dropping a feather and a hammer at the same time on the Moon:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/featherdrop_sound.mov.

Sky Maps offers FREE maps of the stars, constellations, and Deep Space Objects: http://skymaps.com/downloads.html

We Like the Moon is one of the best astronomy related internet videos available:  http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/.

Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a new beautiful picture of some Deep Space Object or astronomical view every day:   http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html.

Astronomy Teacherlink has a plethora of information and resources for teaching about space, physics, and astronomy from NASA:  http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/.

Space Weather has great info about what’s going on up in the sky day and night:           http://www.spaceweather.com.

NASA News proves a listserv to receive weekly e-mailed newsletters about what’s going on in Space:  http://science.nasa.gov/default.htm.

 

  Online Resources for General Science Educators 

 

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has a broad range of educational resources for teachers in all scientific disciplines.  These materials may be accessed at <http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/>.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) provides resources for educators who teach Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, which may be found at <http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/evolution/>.

Invention and Impact:  Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education.  A joint publication of the AAAS and the National Science Foundation.  (ISBN:  0-87168-702-x).  Available as a free download from <http://www.aaas.org/publications/books_ reports/CCLI/>.

 

  Online Resources for Physiology Educators 

 

The American Physiological Society offers a plethora of resources for instructors ranging from K-12 to graduate and professional levels.  These resources may be found at <http://www.the-aps.org/education/>.

The Physiology Education Research Consortium offers everything from educator workshops to software for students and instructors and is available at <http://www.physiologyeducation.org/>.

Advances in Physiological Education.  Quarterly, peer-reviewed publication of The American Physiological Society.  Available in print (ISSN:  1043-4046) and online at <http://advan.physiology.org/>.

Feder, M. (2005).  Aims of Undergraduate Physiology Education:  A View from the University of Chicago.  Advances in Physiological Education 29: 3-10.

Micheal, J.A. and J.A. Rovik.  (1999).  Problem Solving in Physiology.  Prentice Hall:  New Jersey.  ISBN:  0-13-2441047.

 

  Online Resources for Biology Educators 

 

The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology offers links to educational resources on the Internet <http://sicb.org/educators/edulinks.php3> as well as resources submitted by members <http://sicb.org/dl/>.

 

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