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Curriculum
Links
Math
http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/pi/
All about pi, or at
least a piece of the Pi. A history of the development of Pi and why it
remains a subject of inquiry in the mathematical community.
http://socrates.berkeley.edu:3333/budget/budget.html
Ever thought you could
fix the national budget if you were given a chance? Now you can! This
site allows users to reallocate funds and construct a new budget based
on their preferred spending priorities. A great exploration in proportions
with a real life application!
http://www.7stones.com/Homepage/Publisher/Tut02.html
A great advanced math
site with many interactive tutorials beginning with linear algebra and
continuing to physics up through and including relativity. A favorite
game (uh… tutorial?) handball vectors and linear algebra…
http://www.mathacademy.com/cgi-bin/quotes.cgi?quotesp.txt
Great math quotes
reflecting thinking on mathematics from mathematicians. They would make
wonderful classroom posters! An example from Rozso Peter: "I love mathematics
. . . principally because it is beautiful, because man has breathed his
spirit of play into it, and because it has given him his greatest game
— the encompassing of the infinite."
http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/examples/titlef10_1_1_1.htm
If you have been searching
for text with embedded mathematics to read with students, this site is
worth exploring! Outstanding math stories from current events and real
life followed by sets of related problems! Check this one out!
http://142.3.219.38/index.html
Check this out for
problems of the month!
Math Central is an
Internet service provided by faculty and students in the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics and the Faculty of Education at the University
of Regina. A Canadian site with great science fair ideas, a new problem
of the month each month, and lots more!
Science
Physical Science
http://www.sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm
This website allows participants to construct
models of moving "creatures" using springs, masses and muscles.
Imagine a unit on simple machines…or even complex mechanics.
http://simscience.org/membranes/intermediate/page5.html
Searching for good science readings? Text online
about bubbles and membranes, a great intermediate level reading. Great
companion reading for an interactive lab unit such as the GEMS bubble
unit from the Lawrence Hall of Science.
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=30
Multimedia interactive lessons on bouancy and
density, that might be integrated into an oceanography unit or…?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/multimedia/wavemachine.html
Users create animated waves… lots of fun
and a great exploration of simple wave mechanics!
Earth
Science
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/oceans/waver.html
users can locate bouys and ships in ocaens around
the world and track information on wave height and wind speed, then analyze
the data to track weather patterns and wave energy.
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/index.html
another site monitoring ocean weather.
Life Science
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/May/hour2_052600.html
A science Friday radio program featuring paleontologists
discussing their recent findings of the T-Rex dinosaur named Sue. Includes
calls from young listeners which the scientists respond to with great
respect and support. A great model of kids involved in real discussion
with Scientists.
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/hot/frogs.html
About deformed frogs in Minnesota and the questions
that these findings raise in terms of causal relationships with global
warming, pollution, and other factors affecting amphibians.
Teacher Resources
Math
http://www.teachtci.com/default.asp
Teachers' Curriculum Institute publishes a series
of history curricula, but their publications on Interactive Notebooks
are among the best in the business, and have great potential adaptations
for math and science.
http://www.mathsolutions.com/
Marilyn Burns has done a great deal of work
using the writing process in mathematics classrooms. Much of her work
is based on metacognition. The newsletter is full of teaching ideas. Her
published books are great resources for supplementary inquiry based lessons
and problems of the week.
http://142.3.219.38/index.html
Math Central is an Internet service provided
by faculty and students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
and the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. A Canadian site
with great science fair ideas, a new problem of the month each month,
and lots more!!
Science
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/edu.html
This site contains links to listserves where
teachers share lessons and discuss the teaching of science, as well as
links to lesson plans and research.
General
http://www.edgate.com/ed_index.html
Edgate runs this site with resources in all
subjects for teachers, parents and students. The teacher site includes
research links, lessons based on standards developed and posted by teachers,
an SAT question of the day, and ideas for incorporating current events.
Homework assignments can be posted to the student site.
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html
Links to sites about women in math and science.
girls rock!
http://www.excite.com/education/science_and_nature/?search=science+education
Excites’ list of valuable links such as
NSF, Discovery channel, libraries.
http://www.projectmathematics.com/index.htm
A site with creative, inquiry based multimedia
and interactive lessons to purchase. Units are based on various mathematical
topics such as the Pythagorean Theorem.
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/
A great Bay Area resource with national publications
in highly prized interactive math and science curricula. A small bookstore
with an incredible wealth of great math and science books and resources
such as games and demonstrations.
http://www.historians.org/
The Historians
Committee for Open Debate is an organization of leading historians around
the world engaged in activities to promote historical knowledge and understanding
in contemporary public discourse. The Committee began as an ad hoc group
of historians and scholars organized in January 1995 to address concerns
over the character of public discourse surrounding the Smithsonian
National Air & Space Museum's exhibit on the Enola Gay and the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As a standing organization, the Committee
seeks to promote historical knowledge and foster collaboration between
historians on an ad hoc basis on a broad range of contemporary issues
and debates.
This information can be found at
http://www.wested.org /stratlit/research/curriculumlinks.shtml
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