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.
