Access Excellence: The Mystery Spot
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/
Great online and offline activities that allow you and
your students to solve mysteries using science. Find out
what happened to the local frog population, explore Arctica,
or use a microscope to solve a mystery. These fourteen activities
are designed to show science in a whole new light.
Bridging
the Watershed
http://www.bridgingthewatershed.org/students.html
This Web site features online activities that students can
complete either individually or in groups. While looking at National
Parks in the Washington D.C. area, they can learn the characteristics
that can help them identify plants, macroinvertebrates, and fish.
They also apply this information to learn which plants, macroinvertebrates,
and fish are signs of a healthy watershed. Teachers can use student
service project ideas in their communities, or extend the lesson
by investigating and comparing local watershed areas.
Science Netlinks
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm
Provides a wide range of lessons on science topics such as
endangered species, steam engines, satellite orbits, energy, and
ecosystems.
Using Kites to Study Aerodynamics
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/Aero_p008.shtml?from=Home
Build
a kite and study the effect of the bridle point on the kite’s
flying.
Ecological Footprint
http://www.myfootprint.org/
Students can study their ecological footprint by taking a quiz.
Science
and Technology Concepts for Middle Schools
http://www.stcms.si.edu/stcms.htm
Inquiry-based middle school science curriculum developed
by the National Science Resources Center. Topics include Properties
of Matter, Human Body Systems, Catastrophic Events, Energy, Machines
and Motion, Light, Organisms, Earth and Space, and Electrical Energy
and Circuit Design.
Chemicals, The Environment, and You: Explorations
in Science and Human Health
http://science.education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/MSEnvironment?OpenForm
The National Institute of Health (NIH) Curriculum Supplement
Series are free interactive teaching units that combine
cutting-edge science research discoveries from the National Institutes
of Health with state-of-the-art instructional materials. This
series, which is available for the middle school level, incorporates
real scientific data and is consistent with National Science
Education Standards.
Other series that are available include How
Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears and Understanding
Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior.
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements
