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• ALPS: Active Learning Practice for Schools
  ALPS, Active Learning Practice for Schools, is an electronic community dedicated to the improvement and advancement of educational instruction and practice. The mission is to create an on-line collaborative between teachers and administrators from around the world with educational researchers, professors, and curriculum designers at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
• Amusement Park Physics
  This interactive exhibit, part of the Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection, explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Activities in the exhibit invite visitors to design a roller coaster and determine the outcomes of bumper car collisions.
• Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory
  Awesome Library organizes 16,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It includes a search engine.
• Best Online Resources For Women and Minorities in Science and Technology
  Extensive list of projects, research, non-profits and programs related to women and minorities in science and technology. Links provide easy access to resources.
• CIESE Online Classroom Projects
  CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet.
• Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher - Lesson Plans
  Printable documents of standards-based curriculum resources and assessment tools organized by subjects (math,language arts,American history,sciences, and social studies) and grade level. Additional classroom learning and professional learning resources.
• Collaborative Lesson Archive
  A web site repository devoted to the creation and collaboration of educational lessons and curriculum. Search by grade level and submit lessons.
• Convergent Learning
  The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators. Site contains a Software Reviews and Announcement Database, articles from Technology&Learning Magazine, articles from Educators in Educators' Outlook, Events and Contests listings, Reader suggested Web sites, and weekly news updates on education technology leaders.
• Dewey Browse
  The Dewey Browse contains web sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System, for K-12 Curriculum Resources.
• DNA from the beginning
  An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity. Includes sections on classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control.
• E-Math: A Guide to E-mail Based Volunteer Programs
  This Guide includes descriptions of e-mail based programs that connect students and professional adults in order to improve education. Chapters are included on telementoring programs, Question&Answer e-mail programs, and other e-mail based programs.
• FIRST
  FIRST is committed to reaching as many students as possible to create excitement for science and technology.They provide resources for organizing robotics competition.
• Intel Education: Unit & Project Plans
  Get ideas to engage students from unit and project plans developed by teachers in the Intel_ Teach to the Future program.
• Land of Plenty: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology
  To better meet the needs of the U.S. economy, the Commission makes recommendations for removing barriers that impede many Americans from filling science, engineering and technology jobs.
• Lego Robolab
  The ROBOLAB software, jointly developed by National Instruments, Tufts University, and LEGO Dacta, is engineered for the classroom and teaches basic computer programming, robotics, and automation skills.
• Making Educational Software Accessible
  Includes guidelines for making software accessible to persons with disabilities.Also includes a description of an inclusive classroom.
• MASTER Tools
  MASTER Tools(Modeling And Simulation Tools for Education Reform)are designed to be interactive tools and simulation environments that enable and encourage exploration and discovery through observation, conjecture, and modeling activities. Instructional materials currently available are for GalaxSee, SimSurface, and the Fractal Microscope.
• NASA - MSU/Bozeman CERES Project
  Faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from across the nation have developed an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy.
• NET Database
  A comprehensive database of Lessons and Units designed to help students learn how to find, access, and assess information to address issues, some of which are yet to be defined. Database can be searched by lesson title, grade level, subject area and key words.
• NSC Teacher Resources
  Science education programs aligned with National Science Standards, and supported by multiple formats and resource files for use in classrooms.
• Ology
  A cleaver, animated site with activities related to "ology", the study of something. Website includes activities about genetics, paleontology,astronomy and biodiversity.
• Paul Griffith's Middle School Math and Science Site
  Developed by a teacher, this site contains mathematics, science and technology resources and links for students, parents, teachers, and educators in general. All entries annotated.
• Science&Technology Education Program
  STEP is designed to be a resource to students and teachers by facilitating research interaction with Lab facilities and staff.
• Secondary School Educators Homepage
  Your secondary school educational gateway. Find lesson plans, share teaching techniques, discuss reform issues, find out about learning strategies or read about the latest happenings in education.
• Teacher's Lab
  Teachers Lab; a place for teachers to explore new ideas in learning Science, and Math.
• Teaching High School Science in the
  A report reviewing programs designed to improve scientific inquiry in high school classes and identifies promising curricular materials.
• Teaching Tomorrow's Technology Today
  Project Lead the Way provides resources for schools to prepare diverse students to be successful in engineering and engineering technology programs. Resources include high school curriculum,staff development for teachers and counselors,newsletter and partnerships.
• Technology Education Research Center (TERC)
  TERC is a not-for-profit education research and development organization dedicated to improving mathematics, science, and technology teaching and learning.
• The Annenberg/CPB Channel
  The Annenberg/CPB Channel is a digital satellite channel of free educational programming for schools, colleges, and communities. The Channel is produced by Annenberg/CPB in association with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  This collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.
• The FUTURES Channel
  The FUTURES Channel is a content service for educators which gives users direct access to outstanding video, sound, image and print resources. The FUTURES Channel is an extremely powerful and convenient tool for creating and delivering effective, exciting lessons.
• The Vermont Institute for Science Math and Technology
  Vermont Institue for Science Math and Technology. An initiative funded by the NSF and located in Montpelier, Vermont.
• Thirteen Ed Online
  Starting with tried-and-true lessons that work in the classroom, Web-savvy teachers have built Web-based activities that use the rich resources of Thirteen/WNET New York and the Internet.
• Women's Equity Resource Center - WEEA
  The Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Equity Resource Center was established more than 20 years ago to bring support and resources to the many exceptional efforts that are improving the education of girls and women in the United States. The WEEA Center is a national project that promotes bias-free education, believing that gender equity works for everyone--for girls and women, men and boys.