DragonFly
TV SciGirls
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/parentsteachers/scigirls.html
Funded
by NSF, SciGirls will empower your girls to ask questions, communicate,
and encourage one another. This project supports collaborative,
tactile learning, setting girls on the "science fast track" toward
improved critical thinking skills, enhanced problem solving abilities,
and ultimately, career success. Video segments and activities include
kite flying, backyard biology, building a hovercraft, noise pollution,
engineering a robot and more.
GLOBE
http://archive.globe.gov/tctg/globetg.jsp
GLOBE
online curricula provides students an
opportunity
to learn by taking scientifically valid measurements in the fields
of atmosphere, hydrology, soils, and land cover/phenology. Students
report their data through the Internet, and can create maps and
graphs on the free interactive Web site to analyze data sets. Students
can use the Web to collaborate with other scientists and other
GLOBE students around the world. The curricula can be used even
if students do not take part in the online collaboration.
CIESE
Online Classroom Projects
http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects, which teachers
around the world can use to enhance their curriculum through the
use of the Internet. Projects use realtime
data from the Internet, and collaborative
projects take advantage of the Internet's potential to reach
peers and experts around the world. Each project has a brief description
and links to the National
Science Standards and NCTM math standards it supports.
Realtime Data Projects
http://www.k12science.org/realtimeproj.html
Air Pollution:
What’s the Solution?
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj
Through this project, students will focus on ground
level ozone, discovering what ground level ozone is, what factors
contribute to its formation and the health effects from breathing
ozone. Students
will use data and animated maps from the internet and monitor
for the presence of ground level ozone. Students are
challenged to think critically and creatively about the problems
surrounding ground level ozone.
The Stowaway Adventure: Adventure on the High Seas
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/shipproj/
Use live remote sensing data from cargo ships at sea to take your
students on a virtual adventure. Focus is on math concepts and
navigation. Project is ongoing.
Collaborative Projects
http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html
Some of the collaborative projects have specific start and
end dates, because students are collaborating with people from
other schools.
Take a Dip
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/dipproj2/en/
Students are teaming up around the globe to test
fresh water. Join us in this collaborative project, comparing
the water quality of your local river, stream, lake or pond
with other fresh water sources around the world. Available
in Spanish too. Two sessions: Fall 9/12/05-11/18/05 and Spring
3/27/06-6/2/06.
The Sun Times: The Global Sun Temperature Project
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj3/en/
Join schools from around the world as they try to
figure out how proximity to the equator affects average daily
temperature and hours of sunlight. Available in Spanish too.
Two sessions: Fall and Spring.
Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj/
Do
you know how much water you use everyday? Do you think
people in other parts of the world use more or less water than
you? Join this project and find out! (Ongoing
Project)
Projects using Primary Sources and Archived Collections
Population Growth
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/popgrowthproj/
This
series of activities explores the mathematical and environmental
aspects of population growth. Using archived census and demographic
data as well as up-to-the-minute population estimates from the
U.S. Census Bureau, students will learn how to model population
growth and study the implications of a changing population.
