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
