- 100 Percent! - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
What is Infiltration? Math objectives: 1. Define the term "percent." 2. Solve problems using percentages. Energy objectives: 1. Define infiltration. 2. Describe the major areas of infiltration in the home. An activity guide from the Energy Conservation
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- The Academy of Natural Sciences
Founded in 1812, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is the oldest science research institution in the Western Hemisphere and a world leader in the fields of natural science research, education and exhibition. This site contains on-line exhibits,
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- Acid Rain Simulation (MSTE) - Louie Beuschlein; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
A two-day unit-that uses decision-making ideas from statistics in the science classroom. No previous experience with statistical analysis is necessary. Students make use of sampling to back up a claim, and design (with teacher assistance) a statistical
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- AdventureOnline.com - Learning Outfitters, Inc.
Interdisciplinary curricula that use the Web to connect students to expeditions from around the world, creating motivating, real-time materials for K-12 classrooms. Thematic content includes traditional and online lessons, games, quizzes, research stations,
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- And the Answer is... - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
Comparing cars and the cost of gasoline: a variety of multiplication and division problems. Math objectives: 1. Define terms related to multiplication and division. 2. Accurately complete a variety of multiplication and division problems. 3. Derive and
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- Area: What's a SQUARE Foot? - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
Maximum efficiency glassed area. Math objectives: 1. Define area. 2. Explain how area is computed. 3. Find the area of basic figures and objects (square, rectangle, triangle, circle). Energy objective: 1. Determine the proper amount of glassed area to
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- Ask-A-Scientist Archives - Newton BBS, Argonne National Laboratory
Frequently asked astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental, general, physics, and mathematics question posts, replies from NEWTON, an Electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS) for Science, Math, and Computer Science K-12
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- Calculators On-Line Center - Martindale's Reference Desk
Online software and Java applets that calculate quantities for a number of general and specific uses. Numerous "calculators" available for Code Translators, Distance/How Far is it?, Finance, Taxes, Grade Point Average, Logic & Syllogism, Navigation/GPS,
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- Central Bureau of Statistics - The State of Israel
The Israeli agency in charge of collecting official statistics. Site includes a description of the bureau, its legal basis, and graphs and tables of key economic figures. Tables and timeseries of socio-economic, climate, and environmental data are also
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- Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) - Luxembourg
The agency for official statistics for the country of Luxembourg. Description of the agency and tables, graphs, and brief articles about key social and economic data available in English and German. More information may be found in the French version
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- CLEO: Collaborative Learning Environments On-line (TERC) - Eric Hilfer; Testbed for Telecollaboration
Supports inquiry and collaboration in science and mathematics by publishing classroom investigations on the Web. It promotes the use of real data in the pursuit of research questions by giving students tools to share, analyze and discuss results, as well
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- Climate Classroom - One Million Acts of Green
This curriculum encourages students to analyze the science of global warming and its relevance to current events and their daily lives, through classroom activities, lesson plans, and family and community activities. The One Million Acts of Green Program
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- The Dance of Chance Science Museum Exhibit - Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University
An online version of an exhibit focused on the emergence of patterns in Nature from physical and biological processes that appear to be chaotic. Exhibit kiosks, many of which are fractals, include Music of the Heart, Frozen Lightning, Erosion, Viscous
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- Data: The Tapestry of Nature - Aaron M. Ellison, Mount Holyoke College
A National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) EcoEssay discussing reasons why good data are hard to find in ecology, and drawing attention to mechanisms that can increase data accessibility and sharing within the ecological community.
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- Decimals - Money, For Example - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
How is Energy Measured and Charged For? Math objectives: 1. Define the role of decimals. 2. Write and read decimals in word form. 3. Complete calculations involving decimals in the four basic mathematical functions. Energy objective: 1. Explain how electricity
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- Do You Measure Up? - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
U.S. System of Measurement: Save on Your Energy Bills. Math objectives: Describe U. S. measurements of length, weight, and liquid capacity. Convert units of measurement within the three categories. Accurately complete mathematical problems involving measurement.
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- Economic Research Service (ERS) - U.S. Department of Agriculture
This agency studies agriculture, food and nutrition, the environment, rural development, and international trade. Research reports, press releases, commodities reports, books, and other publications available online or for download in PDF format, with
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- EIA Kid's Page - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Sources and uses of energy. Graphs and tables show where our energy goes (transportation, heating homes, etc.) With Site Visits (class field trips), an Energy Quiz, Fun Facts, and links to online energy education resources.
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- Emilio Segrč Visual Archives - American Institute of Physics (AIP)
A collection of some 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, and other visual materials, focusing on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but including many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other
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- Environmental Responsibility - Beverly Stern - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
A unit designed to bring environmental considerations into a consumer math curriculum, structured around five activities: doing mini-studies on environmental issues; evaluating consumer products from an environmental point of view; graphing and fitting
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- Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
A multidisciplinary research and development organization whose mission is to understand and evaluate how the development and use of energy affect the environment. The division conducts basic and applied research, assesses environmental impacts of projects
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- Exactly How Is Math Used In Technology? - Mathematics Dept., British Columbia Institute of Technology
A table of examples of how various areas of mathematics are applied to various areas of technology. Areas of technology include biomedical engineering, food technology, building technology, chemical sciences, civil and structural engineering, graphics
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- Experiencing Geometry in Euclidean, Spherical, and Hyperbolic Spaces - David W. Henderson; Cornell University
A book that presents a series of problems. Most of the chapters start intuitively and are accessible to a general reader with no particular mathematics background; however, the discussions were written for mathematics majors and mathematics teachers and
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- ExplorA-Pond - UtahLINK
The pond ecology Web site: an online telecommunications project that encourages worldwide, online collaborative mathematics as K-12 students study pond ecology and create a database of pond descriptions. Teachers can register classes and put local ponds
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- Fractals in Science: Simulations - Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University
Hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, and interactive visualization programs that encourage students to explore how fundamentally random microscopic events can give rise to fractal macroscopic patterns. An image gallery and fractal related software
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- Fractions: Parts is Parts - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
Incandescent & fluorescent lighting. Math objectives: 1. Describe the two parts that make up a fraction. 2. Explain mixed numbers and improper fractions. 3. Find the least common denominator. 4. Reduce fractions to lowest terms. Energy objectives:
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- Fractions: The Four Basic Mathematical Functions - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
How is the home energy dollar spent? Math objective: 1. Perform the four basic mathematical functions on problems involving fractions. Energy objectives: 1. Explain how the home energy dollar is spent. 2. Calculate how much is spent on various home energy
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- Graphing Ozone Chemistry - The Exploratorium
A simple "how-to" graphing example followed by other more sophisticated examples of graphing using NASA images and images from the Neumayer Antarctic Station. Also includes additional discussion questions concerning the social and economic aspects of
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- Hillsdale-Lenawee-Monroe Math and Science Center
From eastern Michigan, USA. Interactive sessions and information on water studies for high schools, including data collection on frogs and toads, a virtual marsh tour, water quality studies, TI calculator programs, and links to math/science sites.
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- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine - WWW Virtual Library (WWWVL)
A searchable online service established to keep track of information facilities in the history of science, technology and medicine. Sites are available alphabetically or by scientific field, source, exhibitions, institutions, regions, a historical biographical
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- IDEA: Internet Differential Equations Activities - Thomas LoFaro; College of Sciences, Washington State Univ. (WSU)
Interdisciplinary computer-based activities for differential equations: a database of computer activities illustrating both mathematical concepts and the application of these concepts in a wide variety of disciplines. DynaSys, Java differential equations
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- IMaST: Integrated Mathematics, Science, and Technology - Illinois State Univ.
A two-year middle school program designed to be taught by seventh and eighth grade teachers from each of the three disciplines. This theme-based curriculum promotes experientially based, hands-on, constructivist learning, and was developed in response
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- The Integration of Science and Math through Ecosystems - Elizabeth I. Kryszpin - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
A unit for remedial math students that may also be used for mainstream science and math classes in grades 5-8, using the science-math connection to extract mathematical and arithmetic concepts from the study of ecosystems and ecology. The unit does not
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- Internet Resources for Science and Mathematics Education - Tom O'Haver, Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation
A list of online resources for education;
mathematics,
integrated science and mathematics, other sciences, computers and technology, downloadable software, K-12 school pages, multicultural connections, subject catalogs and indices, search engines,
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- Invasive Weeds: A Growing Pain - Bureau of Land Management
Environmental education resources: activities, guidelines for hands-on learning, the mathematics of population growth, and an example of student action. By Elizabeth Rieben; maintained by Jeremy Brodie.
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- Java Simulations of Cellular Automata Models - Ed Young and L. Charles Biehl
The Forest Fires simulation applet models the spread of fire as a function of the probability that a burning tree will set its neighbor afire, and can include factors of wind and obstacles. The Percolating Oil Spill simulation applet models the percolation
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- Journal Homepages - Kluwer Academic Publishers
A search page for finding journals published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. Each includes past, present, and future article listings, aims and scope, and submission and subscription information. Search the complete catalogue by keyword or view journals
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- Launch into Math - C. Halter
A project created to further student understanding about the Internet, its resources, and the NASA Space Shuttle program. SpaceMath activities are provided for geometry (measure area and distance in space photographs); algebra (use the math that keeps
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- Learning Exchange for Teachers and Students through InterNet (LETSNet) - College of Education, Michigan State University
A collection of interdisciplinary lesson plans - math units, activities and resources including: Earth Day Trash Survey (K-12); Fat Counting (1-6); Destination: Anywhere (4-6); Fact Checking the News (7-12); What's for Dinner?; Food Pyramid (1-6); Bon
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- Maryland Virtual High School of Science and Mathematics (MVHS)
Maryland students and teachers use the Internet to collaborate with peers in carrying out visually compelling, computational science explorations. Classroom projects and ideas include collaborative projects, system dynamics activities, and computational
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- MASTER Tools: Modeling And Simulation Tools for Education Reform - Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
Interactive models and curricular materials, including: a galaxy simulation, fractal modelling tools, an energy minimization program using simulated annealing, biomedical and environmental models, a graphing tool with animation option, and a simulation
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- Math Alive - Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
Materials from a course designed for those who have not had college mathematics but would like to understand some of the mathematical concepts behind important modern applications. Interactive "virtual labs" address cryptography; error correction and
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- Math and Sciences - Canada's SchoolNet
Annotated lists of science and math resources for: biology and health, chemistry, environment and ecology, mathematics, physics, and technology, with an emphasis on Canadian sites.
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- Math Awareness Month (MAM) - Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM)
Mathematics Awareness Month - formerly Math Awareness Week (MAW) - is held each April to increase public understanding of and appreciation for mathematics. Since 1991, yearly themes and activities at the local, state, and regional levels have included
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- Mathematics and Ecology: Through The Window Garden - Hermine E. Smikle - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
A unit designed to use the concepts of ecology and apply them to mathematics, divided into two sections. The first section gives an overview of the topic of ecology and the second section gives lesson plans: examples and ideas for how the readings from
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- Mathematics - Annenberg Media
The video, software, and print guides in the math collection show concrete examples of good teaching and active learning in all sorts of settings: public school classes, multi-age classes in rural areas, bilingual classes, magnet and charter schools,
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- Math WWW VL: Electronic Journals - Dept. of Mathematics, Florida State University
An extensive alphabetical list of electronic math journals for college-level mathematics.
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- Museums in the Classroom - Illinois State Museum and Brookfield Zoo
Students from 25 partner schools throughout Illinois are developing online curriculum projects that explore the diversity of Illinois and world ecosystems, integrating collections, data, images, video, audio, text, and exhibitions and using skills from
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- Network Montana Project (NMP) - Churchill, Thomas
K-12 Earth System Science Curricular Materials that integrate mathematics, science, and technology. Atmosphere: Weather and Climate; Geosphere: Structure and Dynamics of the Solid Earth; Hydrosphere: Water Cycle and Sea Surface Temperature and Phytoplankton;
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- Office for National Statistics - Government Statistical Service, United Kingdom
The United Kingdom agency that coordinates national statistics. Tables of key social, economic, and environmental data, press releases, catalogue of publications, articles, and a newsletter. Information about the British census, including articles in
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