National Science Digital Library

http://msteacher.org/science.aspx

Simple Machines

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/javalabs/java12/machine/index.htm

Did I give you this one before? This is a site that lets you change the parameters as you test some simple machines. There are lesson plans as well as interactive labs where your students can change the variables and observe how simple machines make work easier.

Learning About Topographic Maps

http://education.usgs.gov/common/lessons/map_mysteries.html

Another example of your tax dollars ar work! This site contains some ideas for both specific and general questions and activities relating to topographic map exercises.

While you are at it, check out other resources at the USGS site.

Resources from Glencoe

As the major supplier of materials for the NYC science spiral curriculum, Glencoe also has a wealth of material on line. Some of it is animated; much of it is visual.
Earth Science
Here is a link to their newest Earth Science Regents level textbook, but you will also be able to find links here to materials from all of the texts that we will now be using.

JetStream - An On Line School For Weather

Again, your tax dollars at work. This site, sponsored by NOAA, is a wealth of resources for teaching about weather.
JetStream

NASA Glenn Center

This is another great example of your tax dollars at work. Aside from videoconferencing opportunities, there are all sorts of animations and other great classroom activities available at this site, named after John Glenn

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/education/index.html

A Field Guide to The Geology of the NYC Region

From Hofstra University, this comprehensive guide will take you from Long Island to the wilds of NJ

Hofstra NYC Regional Geology Field Guide

G-116 Our Planet and its Future

This is a great interactive intro geology course!!!

An Introductory Geology Course Course for Non-science Majors

Professor Jeremy Dunning dunning@indiana.edu

Winner of the UCEA Distinguished Course Award*

*Given each year to the best distance or technology-mediated course in the U.S

G-116 at Indiana U

A Great Earth Science Resource

There is a gentleman at Cochise College who has posted an amazing website that is just a goldmine of information and images. His name is Roger Weller, and he has made all of this available for educational use.

Cochise College Geology

The Dynamic Earth

This link is to a site that covers quite a lot of information in a very visual form....specifically Plate Tectonics, Minerals and Rocks, and the Solar System. The GeoGallery section has great pictures and a lot of information about rocks and minerals, and the Gem section has some REALLY beautiful stuff, as well as information about how gemstones are cut. It is posted by the Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution...your tax dollars at work!

The Dynamic Earth

Locating Earthquake Epicenters

This site has an activity where you read the P-S wave time differences and use the information to locate the epicenter of an earthquake. You can also determine the magnitude of the quake.
Virtual Earthquake

Rock and Mineral Catalog

This site, sponsored by Cochise college, has a great collection of mineral and rock photos, as well as a discussion of identification properties.



Chochise College Virtual Geology Museum

Age of Atlantic Ocean-Interactive

This is a great activity to use in understanding the relatively recent formation of the Atlantic Ocean.


http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0802/es0802page01.cfm

Lesson Plans On Line From NOAA

Here is a lesson plan related to Plate Tectonics and Physical Science . It deals with the relationships between pressure and phase change as related to how volcanoes form at subducting plates. There are many other great resources at the NOAA site.


http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire/background/edu/media/rof05_gas.pdf

Minerals

This site has lots of information about minerals, and lots of pictures of minerals and gemstones.

http://www.khulsey.com/jewelry/mineral_classification.html

Lots of Rocks

This site has a simple yet comprehensive catalog of the basic properties of rocks and minerals
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/interest.htm

How To Measure the Earth With Only a Stick

Check out how Erastosthenes did it 2000 years age
http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/wmhs/Departments/Math/OBrien/eros2.html
All you need is a little geometry, and, by the way, ancient scientists DID know that the earth was round. There are several simple ways to demonstrate this. One way is to think of a ship sailing away from shore. What part of the ship vanishes first?
What did Erastosthenes know, what assumptions did he have to make, and what did he have to find out to do this amazing work?

Sing Along With the Elements

I bet that none of you are old enough (or hip enough) to remember Tom Lehrer, but you might still enjoy his take on the periodic table
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html

Science Fair Projects on School Web Site

As an alternative to a poster board, (or in addition to one) think about having your students display their projects on the school web site. Speak to me if you are interested in this. To see an example of how this might look, go to www.is204.org/enriquez/science