General Science and Science Education Links

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Science Standards

Science Teacher Organizations

National Science Teachers Association
Science and Mathematics Achievement Required for Tomorrow (SMART) Consortium
Center for Mathematics & Science Education, Teaching & Technology (CMSETT) 
Cleveland Regional Council of Science Teachers (CRCST)
Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO)
Michigan Science Teachers Association

Regional Science Resources

Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Healthspace Cleveland, formely The Health Museum of Cleveland) merged with Cleveland Museum of Natural History Jan. 2007.
Great Lakes Science Center
Steamer William G Mather Museum
 

Science Supplies & Books

Vernier
Pasco
Texas Instruments
TinkerPlots (Key Press)

Fathom Dynamic Data Software (Key Press)
Flinn Scientific, Inc. Distributor of Science Supplies
Educational Innovations
Incredible Stuff at Unbelievable Prices: American Science & Surplus
WARD'S Natural Science Establishment, Inc.
Carolina Biological

Biology/LifeScience

The Sciences Explorer - Taxonomy Table
Online Biology text
Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOL) Classroom

DNA Interactive (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell Biology Animation (John Kyrk)

General or Misc. Science

Singing Science Records

Edheads

Microscopes

Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Anatomy of the Microscope - Java Tutorials
OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange - Microscopes

Earth & Space Science

Free K-12 teachers resources, lesson plans, geology & minerals.
Project CLEA
Moon Phases Java Applet
NASA K-12 Space Education Outreach
    Scale Model Demonstrations of the Solar System
USA Today Weather Almanac - With information about records, weather and temperature patterns for various US cities, states and regions
Weather Underground
Buckeye Traffic
Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District

Physical Science

Hands On Plastics - www.HandsOnPlastics.com
The Macrogalleria - a cyberwonderland of polymer fun
WebElements periodic table of the elements
Chemistry Teaching Resources
EPA Air Pollutant Monitor Values
Chemfinder
Online Chemistry
Virtual Physics Lab
My Physics Lab
 
 

 
 

General Science Resources
for Teachers

Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading.
MarcoPolo
ScienceNetLinks
Sharon J. Sherman
Annenberg/CPB Exhibits
Chemistry resources from ACS
The Educator's Reference Desk

Here's a site with a PowerPoint tutorial
The WebQuest Page
A WebQuest about WebQuests
MURL - My URL free service
 

Government

Ohio Department of Education Home Page 
U.S. Department of Education

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