Science

Annenberg Media Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/index.html
Instructional videos & material supplements. Free to watch over the internet option to buy via DVD set. Covers several disciplines most are 30 minutes long. For example video on vectors linked a California university lecture hall with the naval base in Southern California and how they apply vectors to locate a ship in distress.


Conceptual Learning of Science
www.colos.org/
Conceptual Learning of Science brings together research teams from many Universities. It aims to promote the development of innovative teaching methods in science and technology. The site contains many resources that include simulators for the students to experiment with.

EarthCARE
www.earthcarecanada.com/EarthCARE_Program/EarthCARE_lessons.asp
EarthCARE provides behaviour management programs for school boards that protect the planet; promote environmental stewardship; and save thousands of dollars. This website contains lesson plans and activities that address energy efficiency, water conservation, and waste reduction.

Explore Learning
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=330
Using a graphical medium Explore Learning & Gizmos offer a visual perspective to Science theories. This website offers trial versions for their manipulative animations.

Government of Canada - Science and Technology for Canadians
http://www.science.gc.ca
A Government of Canada website featuring lesson plans and links to resources to various science related educational sites.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
http://www.hhmi.org/
A philanthropy serving society through biomedical research and science education. The Institute has produced a variety of award-winning publications, videos and other free materials that can be ordered online. Also available at this Web site is BioInteractive, a collection of virtual labs, biological animations and other learning modules; an online laboratory safety training program and other interactive sites for curious people of all ages. The News section features the latest developments in biomedical research and related fields. (FREE DVDs)


HyperPhysics
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
HyperPhysics is an exploration environment for concepts in physics which employs concept maps and other linking strategies to facilitate smooth navigation.

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
http://www.participate.net/educators/
The film brings home Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization.

Inspiration Software Inc.
http://www.inspiration.com/
Inspiration® is the essential tool students rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. With the integrated Diagram and Outline Views, they create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. This powerful combination encourages learning in multiple modes. As a result, students gain and retain a better understanding of concepts and demonstrate knowledge, improving their performance across the curriculum. We downloaded the 30 day trial to construct our concept map.

Ontario Science Curriculum - Secondary
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/science.html
Link to the Ministry of Education and electronic copies (pdf) of the expectations for the secondary science curriculum. A must for ever Science teacher in Ontario! Please see The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Science, 1999 and The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Science, 2000

My Ecological Footprint
www.myfootprint.org
A person's ecological footprint can be computed using this website by answering a survey sheet. The "ecological footprint," a concept first created by a Canadian Professor named William Rees. This ecological accounting tool is an innovative method of measuring the environmental impact of human activities. The ecological footprint is the area of biologically productive land and water area needed to supply the resources and assimilate the wastes generated by that population, using the prevailing technology.

The Naked Scientists
www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/
This website gives examples of experiments that can be done using common household items.

Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Default2.html
An excellent resource to learn basic physics concepts through tutorials written especially for high school students. Also includes quizzes for each lesson to check for understanding.

PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS - A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm
Like an online textbook. A wide variety of physics topics are touched upon via demonstrations. Each demo includes a good description and discussion.

Physics Toys
http://fog.ccsf.org/~tbardin
Toys have been widely used as an effective, engaging way of teaching physics and mathematics concepts. This website helps teachers learn how to use easily made toys to teach physics concepts in a more concrete way. Students, from elementary to advanced levels, will have fun building these toys and learning physics. Question sheets accompany the toys to guide and test the student's understanding of how these toy-like devices demonstrate specific physics concepts.

Queen’s University Teaching Science Resource Page
www.educ.queensu.ca/~science/main/mainconcept.htm
This website contains the complete list of the major concepts involved in teaching Science in the Secondary Classroom. The concepts are divided into Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science and Intermediate Science. Each major concept is listed and linked to its list of Concept Development, Demos, Tips and Labs/Activities.

Quirks & Quarks
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/02-03/mar08.html
The CBC radio show provides archives for all their shows. These are available on real time or to download for use while not being connected to the internet. Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald airs each week to find out the latest in science, technology, medicine and the environment. We cover every aspect of science, from the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom...and everything in between. Quirks & Quarks is heard on Saturdays on CBC Radio One from 12:06 - 1pm in Canada.

Steve Spangler
www.stevespanglerscience.com/
A Science geek! He has a library of videos, experiments and products that are fun to do and easy to set up. A great resource!

The Science Bus
www.stanford.edu/group/sciencebus/
The Science Bus is an after-school science curriculum for grade school children at the East Palo Alto Charter School (EPACS), a great school in a low-income part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The program is developed and taught by graduate and undergraduate students at Stanford University. This website contains their Lesson Plans from 2002 – 2005.

Toronto’s Ecological Footprint
www.toronto.ca/eia/footprint/gta_footprint.htm
The website examines Toronto’s ecological footprint and examines way that it can be reduced.

Interdisciplinary

FinBarr O’Reilly
www.finbarroreilly.com
Canadian Artist and Winner of World Press Photo of the Year 2006!

Oracle ThinkQuest
http://www.thinkquest.org/
ThinkQuest inspires students to think, connect, create, and share. Students work in teams to build innovative and educational websites to share with the world. Along the way, they learn research, writing, teamwork, and technology skills and compete for exciting prizes. Sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation, the competition offers a unique project-based learning experience to students and teachers across the globe. Everybody wins by having their completed websites published in the ThinkQuest Library, a rich online resource visited by millions monthly. Great Resource for teachers and students!!

MIT's OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
MIT's OpenCourseWare: a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. MIT OCW: Is a publication of MIT course materials, Does not require any registration, Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity, Does not provide access to MIT faculty

World Vision Canada
http://www.worldvision.ca/home/education-and-justice/teacher-resources/
Teacher’s resources some at a cost some free to download. Covers a range of topics from Community Development to Human Rights to HIV/AIDS to Water and the Environment.

World Vision Canada
http://www.worldvision.ca/home/education-and-justice/teacher-resources/
Teacher’s resources some at a cost some free to download. Covers a range of topics from Community Development to Human Rights to HIV/AIDS to Water and the Environment.

'Global Education Network'
http://www.global-ed.org/english/
A database of Global Ed resources developed by Canadian organizations.

Global Citizens for Change
http://www.citizens4change.org/global/global_education_links.htm
The Global Citizens for Change website has the objective to better inform, educate and prepare educators, their students and prospective volunteers, through virtual means, about global education issues and volunteering in developing countries. Global Citizens for Change promotes volunteering overseas as the ultimate global learning experience.

The Canadian Centre for Teaching Peace
http://www.peace.ca/info.htm
The purpose of PEACE.CA is to bring together all peoples of the world in the promotion of lasting peace through "thinking globally and acting locally", building peace in the community, strategic action planning, networking, information sharing, etc. PEACE.CA should enhance cooperation between nations, cultivate goodwill and peaceful understanding among people, and promote human and economic development.

CTAUN: The Committee on Teaching About the United Nations
http://www.ctaun.org/
CTAUN provides educators worldwide with opportunities to learn about the work of the United Nations and to incorporate this global awareness into curricula and school activities at all levels.

CHEM
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
http://www.anachem.umu.se/eks/pointers.htm
http://chemmovies.unl.edu/
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Chemistry
http://eo.ucar.edu/skymath/tmp2.html