Virtual
Knee Surgery
http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/
This totally Flash-driven tutorial allows users to conduct a virtual
knee replacement. You will be guided step by step throughout the
procedure and will have opportunities to interact with various
tools such as the bone saw, a tool for cauterizing veins, and so
forth. Also includes real photos of the procedure in a separate
section which are not too gross.
One Planet Education Network: Teacher Resources - Science and Math Web Links
http://www.oneplaneteducation.com/linkresource.asp
List of Web links for teachers interested in information about the various
fields of science. Links provide general information about each field,
lesson plans, activities, and also other resource sites with additional
Web links in each particular field.
National Geographic Xpeditions
http://ww.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
Addresses the geographic standards through activities and Internet
research focused on a large variety of real issues and topics.
Provides links and video resources for instructional support. Topics
include natural disasters, marine science, pollution, ecology,
and many more.
PBS: Scientific American Frontiers
http://www.pbs.org/saf/educators.htm
Teaching guides associated with their Scientific American Frontiers
program contain hands-on science experiments on topics such as
luminescence, buoyancy, genes and DNA, medicine, and much more.
Forensics
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/whodidit/
Many online curricula exist for teaching students forensics.
This lesson requires two or three periods to create and solve a
fictional crime. GEMS (below) also has some forensic-oriented lessons.
Tramline Virtual Field Trips
http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm OR http://www.tramline.com/trips.htm
This
site has science-related virtual field trips on the topics of
Antarctica, Baking Bread, Deserts, Dinosaurs, Endangered Species,
Getting Green, Hurricanes, Insects & Minibeasts,
Natural Wonders, Oceans, Rainforest, Salt Marshes, Sharks,
Temperate Forest Biome, Tornadoes, Volcanoes, and Wildfires.
