Activities & Resources
Activity 1: Comeback Cans
Amateur Scientist: Vacuum Cleaner Hovercraft
AsapSCIENCE (engaging 1-4 min videos)
Center for Collaborative Action Research
Amazon.com: search for "air-powered puck," "hover air soccer," or "Hover Hockey."
Exploratorium Snackbook: Downhill Race
Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment replicated
How Stuff Works: Hybrid cars
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Mechanics: Concept maps and explanations
Java Applets on Physics: Select Motion with Constant Acceleration and Newton's Second Law
Museum of Science and Industry ( Chicago): Construction of a Comeback Can
Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Resource Center: Commercial applications of NDT
PhET Interactive Simulations: Friction (rubbing of irregular molecular surfaces generates heat)
Physics Demonstration: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics (Julien Sprott/University of WI): http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm and http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/wop.htm (see chapter 1, "Motion," 1.2 Comeback Can)
Rube Goldberg Machines: Humor and Unnecessarily Complex Energy Conversion Systems
- YouTube: search Rube Goldberg
- Wikipedia: Rube Goldberg
Toys in Space II: Video Resource Guide
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Physics Demonstrations: Paint Can Comeback
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstration: Cone Rolling Uphill
University of Michigan: Physics Demonstration Catalog: Cone Rolling Uphill
Wake Forest University Physics Demonstration Videos: Mass and Center of Mass
- Search topics: action research, Galileo (e.g., his work with inclined planes), hybrid vehicles, and Isaac Newton.
Activity 2: The Unnatural Nature and Uncommon Sense of Science
AllPosters.com (search: Science)
Contextual Science Teaching: Contextual-Humanistic Approaches
International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science
International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group
Internet History of Science Sourcebook
MacTutor History of Mathematics
MakeBeliefsComix! (Make your own comic strip generator)
Sources of Science Cartoons (check for copyright and permission to use):
- Mark Anderson
- Ashleigh Brilliant (Brilliant Thoughts, Pot-Shots, and more)
- Nick Downes (see also the books: Big Science and Whatever Happened To 'Eureka'?)
- Benita Epstein
- CartoonStock
- Cartoonist Group: Science
- John Chase: Chasetoons Science Humor
- Randy Glasbergen, The Better Half (and more)
- Sidney Harris at Science Cartoons Plus
- Nick D. Kim Nearing Zero
- Gary Larson, The Far Side
- John McPherson, Close to Home: Physics
- Mark Parisi, Off the Mark
- Physlink.com: Physics and Astronomy Fun
- Tom Swanson
- Bob Thaves: Frank & Earnest
Sources of Science Songs:
- Dr. Chordate (various artists)
- Greg Crowther's Science Song Music
- Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere (MASSIVE) database
- Mike Offutt Science CDs (Chemistry Songbag I and II CDs)
- Neuroscience For Kids: Select: Experiment: Brain Songs
- Science Song Links
- Songs for Teaching: Science Songs
- WIRED Science: Top 10 Scientific Music Videos
- Science Humor—It's Alive
- Story Behind the Science (History of science stories and resources)
Activity 3: Dual-Density Discrepancies
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Conceptual Change Teaching:
- www.ericdigests.org/2004-3/change.html
- http://narst.org/publications/research/concept.cfm
- http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Conceptual_Change
- www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=teaching-conceptual
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Buoyancy and Fluids
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University: Fluids
- Select "Buoyancy" and "Archimedes Principle"
- Select "Buoyant Force in Liquids"
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: A Cool Glass of Water: A Mystery (Will an ice cube melt faster in freshwater or salt water? Why or why not?)
New-Skin Products: Liquid Bandage
- See also Liquid Bandage Wikipedia page
NSTA Reports, April 2012: Which Is Healthier: Diet Soda or Regular?
PhET Interactive Simulations:
SIMetric.Co.UK: Density tables
Steve Spangler Science Experiments: Density
- See "Floating Lemons and Sinking Limes," "Amazing Egg Experiments," and "Seven-Layer Density Column"
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Heat and Fluids
University of Virginia Physics Department: Density HOEs with alcohol, water, salt, and ice plus graphing:
- http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/LayeringDensityFrm.htm
- http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/abcActivitiesList.htm
Wake Forest University Physics Department: Physics of Matter videos
Whelmers (e.g., Potato Float and Liquid Rainbow)
- Search topics: buoyancy, density, estuary, and hydrometer
Activity 4: Inferences, Inquiry, and Insight
American Museum of Natural History: Brain: The Inside Story
Brain Rules: 12 Principles of Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School (Book, DVD, and website by John Medina)
Braingle Teasers, Riddles, Games, Forums, and more
Discovery (Channel) Education: PuzzleMaker
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Planet Perplex: MX GHR TFA puzzle
Serendipity in Science:
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions
Society for Neuroscience: Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System
Terry Stickels: Puzzles, Frame Games & Gallery
Wikipedia:
Wordies on the Web:
- www.runeman.org/wordies
- http://wordgrrls.com/2010/08/wordies-illustrated-word-puzzles
- www.hoagiesgifted.org/brain_teasers.htm
Activity 5: Pseudoscience in the News
Alien Autopsy: Use Google or YouTube.
AsapSCIENCE (engaging 1-4 min videos)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Blick on Flicks feature of NSTA Reports
Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit:
Committee for Scientific Investigations of Claims of the Paranormal (Skeptical Inquirer): (Variety of resources, including Field Guide to Critical Thinking)
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Pseudoscience
Enemies of Reason: Part 1: Astrology
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
James Randi (magician and pseudoscience debunker) Educational Foundation
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the SUNY-Buffalo: Extrasensory Perception: Pseudoscience? A Battle at the Edge of Science
The "Mozart Effect": Psychological Research Methods
Natural History Museum: The Case of the Piltdown Man
NOVA: Secrets of the Psychics
Project Look Sharp Media Literacy: See Media Literacy Handouts, Curriculum Kits, and Research and Assessment
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
Science Hobbyist Weird Science
Science News on the Internet:
- BBC Science and Nature
- CNN Science
- EurekAlert!
- National Public Radio (NPR): Science
- New York Times
- Science Daily
- Science Friday
Scientific American Frontiers Show 802: Beyond Science? (November 1997) (watch/download whole episodes from archives of eight seasons)
Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
The Scientific Method Made Easy #10 (i.e., Galileo, "10 Commandments of Science" & NOS) [9:54 minute]:
- www.federicopistono.org/madeeasyseries
- www.youtube.com/user/madeeasyseries
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcavPAFiG14&feature=g-vrec
The Skeptic's Dictionary: See pseudoscience and other entries.
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions
Snopes.com Urban Legends References Pages
- Search topics: astrology (versus astronomy), cartoon physics, constructivism (learning theory), hoaxes in science, Karl Popper, Occam's Razor, and pseudoscience.
Activity 6: Scientific Reasoning
Biology Corner: Scientific Method
Constructivism and Learning Theories:
- www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory/Constructivism_and_Social_Constructivism_in_the_Classroom
- Concept to Classroom
- Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
- Exploratorium
- Human Intelligence: New and Emerging Theories of Intelligence
- Learning-Theories.com
Discovery (Channel) Education: PuzzleMaker
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: Concept Mapping Tools
MIT Media Lab's Beyond Black Box (BBB) Project
Mystery (Mailing) Tube:
- http://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/mystery_tubes.html
- www.teacherlink.org/content/science/class_examples/Bflypages/timlinepages/nosactivities.htm
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: Thinking Inside the Box
Nine Dots Puzzle:
Research Matters—to the Science Teacher
Rubik's Cube:
Wikipedia:
Richard Feynman on Scientific Method [9:58 min. blackboard lecture on the NOS]
University of Virginia Physics Department: Indirect Measurements and Black Box Experiment
Activity 7: Magic Bus of School Science
Benchmarks for science literacy: http://www.aaas.org/program/project2061 (see Publications)
*American Educator: Why don't students like school? Because the mind is not designed for thinking: www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/WILLINGHAM%282%29.pdf
Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye Labs: www.billnye.com
MythBusters: www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/about-this-show/mythbusters-about.htm
Mealworm Experiments:
www.smithlifescience.com/MLMealworms.htm
http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~courses/Ethology/Labs/Taxis
National science education standards: www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962
The nature of science . An NSTA Position Paper: www.nsta.org/about/positions/natureofscience.aspx.
*Nature of Science (NOS): Student Assessment Instruments: Draw-A-Scientist Test:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sce.3730670213/pdf
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1949-8594.1991.tb12078.x/abstract
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw-a-Scientist_Test
www.jdenuno.com/Resume%20Web/DAST.htm
+ Epistemological Beliefs Assessment for Physical Science: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~elby/EBAPS/home.htm#Items
Nature Of Science Literacy Test: www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/NOSLit.pdf
See also related articles in the Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online by Carl J. Wenning: (a) "A Framework for Teaching the Nature of Science": www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/mar2006.html; and (b) "Assessing Nature-of-Science Literacy as One Component of Scientific Literacy": www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/sum2006.html
Relevance of Science Education (ROSE): www.ils.uio.no/english/rose/about/rose-brief.html
Views on the Nature of Science (VNOS) Questionnaire: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED472901
Views on Science and Education (VOSE) Questionnaire: www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v7_issue2/chensf/index.htm.
View on Science-Technology-Society: www.usask.ca/education/profiles/aikenhead/webpage/index.htm
NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova.
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus
Scientific American Frontiers: www.pbs.org/saf .
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. Search topics: change or inattentional blindness, history and philosophy of science
Activity 8: Reading Between the Lines of the Daily Newspaper
American Forest and Paper Association: www.afandpa.org
Bloom's Taxonomy:
http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html
www.qualityansweringservice.com/resources/answering-questions-using-blooms-taxonomy-learning-domains
Changing Minds: http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm
Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: "Paper Bags" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#paper-bags) and "Toothpicks" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#toothpicks).
Conservatree: www.conservatree.com/index.shtml
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms, Garbage, and Pollution Solutions: http://dep.disney.go.com
Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Position Statements:
Sustainability in Life Science Teaching and Teaching about Environmental Issues: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statements:
Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx
Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of
Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx
P16 Science Education at the Akron Global Polymer Academy: Wait Time: www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=wait-time
Paper Industry Association Council: www.paperrecycles.org
*Scholastic Recycling Starts with You!:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/recycling/resources.htm
*Science NetLinks: Paper Making/Recycling (by hand): http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/paper-production/
Water Soluble Paper: Aquasol Paper: www.aquasolpaper.com
Dissolvo Spy paper—Water Soluble Security Paper: www.kleargear.com/1815.html?gclid=CLjQm_aEzqUCFcbc4AodwW3UlA
Wikipedia: Paper, paper recycling, and Tyvek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyvek
See also: Cross-cut versus rip saw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosscut_saw
Activity 9: Pondering Puzzling Patterns and a Parable Poem
American Educator, "Ask a Cognitive Scientist" column: www.danielwillingham.com
*How Praise Can Motivate—or Stifle: www.aft.org/ae/winter2005-2006/willingham
*Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?: www.aft.org/ae/winter2007-2008/willingham
*Caution: Praise Can Be Dangerous: www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/PraiseSpring99.pdf
BBC Science and Nature:
Prehistoric Life Skeleton: www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/skeleton_jigsaw
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns: http://dep.disney.go.com
Discovery (Channel) Education: www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/
Elephant and the Blind Men Poem:
http://hinduism.about.com/od/hinduismforkids/a/blindmen.htm
www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
Enigma Cipher Machine: www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigma
*Enigma Cipher computer simulator: www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/
NOVA, PBS Show: Decoding Nazi Secrets: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding
"Science Is Like a Puzzle" activity:
www.norwichcsd.org/Downloads/lab%20-%20science%20is%20like%20a%20puzzle.pdf
www.dannascience.com/science%20is%20like%20a%20puzzle%20lab.doc
www.scienceteacherprogram.org/genscience/Choi04.html
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org. Search: change or inattentional blindness, cryptanalysis or code-breaking, expectancy theory, expectancy value theory, and cognitive biases
Activity 10: Follow That Star
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Magnetism: http://dep.disney.go.com
Geocaching—The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site: www.geocaching.com
The Ultimate Guide to Geocaching: www.tripbuzz.com/geocaching-guide/
Maps, Mapping, GPS, and Geocaching: http://expressfreightfinance.com/resources/maps-mapping-gps-geocaching/
Google Earth: www.google.com/earth
How Stuff Works: Compasses: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/compass.htm
GPS Receivers: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm
International and U.S.A. science curriculum standards, assessments, and comparative results:
Achieve Inc.: www.achieve.org
AAAS Benchmarks: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/index.php?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Fpublications%2Fbsl%2Fonline%2Fbolintro.htm
College Board Standards for College Success: Science and Mathematics and Statistics: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/cbscs-science-standards-2009.pdf
Common Core State Standards Initiative: www.corestandards.org
Council of State Science Supervisors' State Science Frameworks: http://cosss.org
Education Commission of the States: www.ecs.org
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): National Educational Technology Standards: www.iste.org/standards.aspx
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association: Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology: www.iteea.org/TAA/Publications/TAA_Publications.html
National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council: Board on Science Education (Framework for Science Education):
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BOSE/index.htm
www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165
National Science Education Standards (1996): http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
Science Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/whatmeasure.asp
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa
See also www.pisa.oecd.org and the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching: Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122604861/issue
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): http://nces.ed.gov/timss
Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC): www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/Interstate_Teacher_Assessment_Consortium_(InTASC).html
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS): www.nbpts.org
National Commission on Excellence in Education. 1983. A nation at risk: The imperative for education reform: http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html
PhET Interactive Simulations: Magnets and compass: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnet-and-compass
University of Virginia Physics Department: Compass Hands-On Explorations (HOEs): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MagnetFrm.htm
Wake Forest University: Magnetism Videos: 3D Compass and other demonstrations: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr8_eandm.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: compass, geocaching, geomagnetic reversal, global positioning system, and Hans Christian Oersted
Activity 11: "Horsing Around"
Chicken Soup and Mousetrap parable: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=14050
*Horse and Rider Puzzle: http://goodreasonblog.com/2006/03/horse-and-rider-puzzle/
SmartKit Puzzle Playground: www.smart-kit.com/s846/horse-riding-puzzle
International and U.S.A. Science Curriculum Standards: See listing in Activity #10.
Riding a Dead Horse: An Educational Policy and Practices Parody: A to Z Home's Cool:
www.allowe.com/laughs/book/When%20Riding%20A%20Dead%20Horse.htm
www.dbrmfg.co.nz/Next%20Step%20Dead%20Horse%20Strategies.htm
Business Performance Improvement Consultancy: www.bpic.co.uk/articles/deadhorse.htm
Thought You Should Know News: www.tysknews.com/LiteStuff/riding_a_dead_horse.htm
Root Cause Analysis as a Problem-Solving Technique: www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/rca/rootcauseppt.pdf
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVeO5_0qD0&feature=related (Titanic sinking)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cause_analysis
The Aims of Education: www.ditext.com/whitehead/aims.html
Activity 12: Magical Signs of Science
About Chemistry
Acid-Base Indicators, their pH ranges, and respective colors: http://chemistry.about.com/od/acidsbases/a/Acid-Base-Indicators.htm
Chemistry Experiments and Demonstrations You Can Do at Home: http://chemistry.about.com/od/homeexperiments
Biology Corner: Scientific Method: Select: Carbon Dioxide Production: www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
Cell Biology Animations: www.johnkyrk.com
Chem Guide: Indicators: www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/acidbaseeqia/indicators.html
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Chemical Reactions: http://dep.disney.go.com
Cabbage juice indicator:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/acidsbase1/a/red-cabbage-ph-indicator.htm
www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/red-cabbage-chemistry/
www.coolscience.org/CoolScience/Teachers/Activities/CabbageJuice.htm
Fun Science Gallery: Experiments with Acids and Bases: www.funsci.com/fun3_en/acids/acids.htm
General Chemistry Online: Indicators and their color changes/pH ranges: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/acidbase/indicators.shtml
Goldenrod Paper as an Acid-Base Indicator
Daryl's Science: www.darylscience.com/Demos/Goldenrod.html
Science Hobbyist: http://amasci.com/amateur/gold.html
Steve Spangler Science: www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/goldenrod-paper-message
International and USA Science Curriculum Standards: See listing in Activity #10.
PhET Interactive Simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/ph-scale
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/acid-base-solutions
Purdue University: Voice-activated chemical reaction: www.chem.purdue.edu/bcce/Voice_Activated_Reaction.pdf
Steve Spangler Science: Do you Have Acid Breath?: www.stevespangler.com/experiments
University of Virginia Physics Dept: Soda Science, Flower Indicators, and Acid-Base Tea Party:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SodaScienceFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/FlowerIndicatorsFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/AcidBaseFrm.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: acid rain, ammonia, Fritz Haber, Haber process, and pH indicators
Activity 13: Verifying Vexing Volumes
AAAS Benchmarks: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/index.php?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Fpublications%2Fbsl%2Fonline%2Fbolintro.htm
+ American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column, "Is It True That Some People Just Can't Do Math?" (www.danielwillingham.com, Winter 2009-2010): https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/willingham.pdf
Archimedes: Biographical Information: See websites in Activity #14, Internet Connections.
+ Common Core State Standards: Mathematics: www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/mathematics-glossary
International and USA Science Curriculum Standards: See websites in Activity #10, Internet Connections.
Java Applets on Mathematics: www.walter-fendt.de/m14e
Select: Circumference of a Circle
MacTutor History of Mathematics: Pythagoras of Samos: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Pythagoras.html
Optical Illusions (sample sites):
www.michaelbach.de/ot
www.illusions.org
www.planetperplex.com/en/category/optical-illusions
PBS/NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova and www.shoppbs.org/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3953968
University of Toronto , Department of Physics: Physics Flash Animations: Miscellaneous: Area of a Circle as a Limit: www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash
Wikipedia: Pythagoras of Samos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras
Activity 14: Archimedes, the Syracuse (Sicily) Scientist
See also the Internet Connections related to density in Activity #3.
Benchmarks for science literacy: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/index.php?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Fpublications%2Fbsl%2Fonline%2Fbolintro.htm.
Archimedes:
www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Archimedes.html
www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lpt/archimedes.htm
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-archimede
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Archimedes.html
Contextual Science Teaching: http://sci-ed.org
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Buoyancy: http://dep.disney.go.com
*History of Science Society: http://hssonline.org
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Mechanics: Fluids: Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle: Explanation and Concept Maps: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Illinois State University Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Select Mechanics—Hydrostatics: http://learning.physics.iastate.edu/DemoRoom/Index.htm#
International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science: www.hopos.org
*Int'l History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group ( SHiPS Resource Center): http://ihpst.net/
Internet History of Science Sourcebook: www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
Java Applets on Physics: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
Select: lever principle, Newton's second law, and buoyant force in liquids
National science education standards: www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962
Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago: See How to Build a Lever: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities
PBS/NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova and www.shoppbs.org/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3953968
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Heat and Fluids: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
University of Michigan: Physics Demonstration Catalog: Archimedes Principle: https://sharepoint.umich.edu/lsa/physics/demolab/SitePages/Home.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Levers, Compound Machines and Mechanical Advantage:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/compoundmachineFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/LeversFrm.htm
Wake Forest University: Newton's Laws Videos: 14 hook balance: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr2_newton.htm
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: Archimedes and the history and philosophy of science
Activity 15: Measurements and Molecules Matter
3-D Molecular Designs: www.3dmoleculardesigns.com/Education-Products/Water-Kit.htm
About.com: Chemistry: Burning Money Demonstration: http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ss/burnmoney.htm
Alcohol + Water: A more complicated perspective on the nonadditivity of volume: www.als.lbl.gov/als/science/sci_archive/70methanolmix.html
America 's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309096715&page=R1
Cell Biology Animations: www.johnkyrk.com
Center for Collaborative Action Research: http://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms and Measurement: http://dep.disney.go.com
National Academy of Sciences: National Research Council: Board on Science Education (Framework for Science Education):
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165 and www.nextgenscience.org/framework-k%E2%80%9312-science-education
National Science Education Standards (1996): www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962
Official M.C. Escher website: www.mcescher.com.
Steve Spangler Science: Vanishing Styrofoam: www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/vanishing-styrofoam
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: action research, ethanol, ethanol fuel, and lesson study
Activity 16: Bottle Band Basics
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/cool
Bottle Boys: Michael Jackson Billie Jean Remix on Bottles! (wind instrument; 1:53):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSX8eX34Hs
Bottle Boys – Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid cover on Beer Bottles; 1:40):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=771injTWvvc
Chrome Music Lab: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Sound and Science of Music: http://dep.disney.go.com
Franklin Institute: Ben Franklin: Musician: www.fi.edu/history-franklin
Glass Armonica: Ben Franklin and the modern music of William Zeitler: www.glassarmonica.com
Sounds of a Glass Armonica (Ben Franklin invention explained; 2:17):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKlRUvk9zc
Classical Music on Glass Harp by Robert Tiso:
Glass harp-Toccata and fugue in D minor-Bach-BWV 565 (7:20):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRj-T4l-e8
Für Elise on glass harp (singing wine glasses; 3:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47TGXJoVhQ8
Moonlight Sonata on glass harp (5:59):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGNnWldhn8
How Stuff Works: Wine Glass "Singing": http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-facts/question603.htm
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Sound and Hearing: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Learning and Teaching Scotland: Sound Animations: www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/s/sound/amplitude.asp?strReferringChannel=educationscotland&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-615801-64
*MacTutor History of Mathematics: Pythagoras of Samos:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/index0.html
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html
PhET Interactive Simulations: Sound: See sound waves and adjust frequency, volume, and location: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics
Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound
Sources of Science Songs:
Dr. Chordate (various artists): http://drchordate.com/ and http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/drchordate
Greg Crowther's Science Song Music: http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs
*Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere (MASSIVE) database: www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE and http://singaboutscience.org/MASSIVE/findandaddsongs.shtml
Mike Offutt Science CDs: www.flinnsci.com/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=16138 (Chemistry Songbag I and II CDs)
www.youtube.com/user/MikeOffutt123/videos (Skylab Song and Element Song)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY0LepL9QxE (A Mole Is a Unit)
Rollerblade Bottle Tune Guy - Michel Lauzière (percussion instrument; 0:40):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePjkCySBCs
Science Song Links: www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/links.html
Skating Bottle music (1:04): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDuUnmzdpA
Songs for Teaching: Science Songs: www.songsforteaching.com/sciencesongs.htm
WIRED Science: Top 10 Scientific Music Videos: www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/sciencemusic
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html
University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Acoustics: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
University of New South Wales , Physics Department: Music Acoustics: www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music
University of Toronto , Department of Physics: Physics Flash Animations: Sound: www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash
University of Virginia Physics Department: Mathematics of Music (a CBL) and Sound Activity Stations:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MusicMathFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SoundStationsFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/WavePitchFrm.htm
Whales Songs and Human Noise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/06/0619_020619_TVwhale.html
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: glass harmonica, musical acoustics, Pythagoras of Samos, and the North Wind and the Sun
Activity 17: Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics
Aims of Education: www.ditext.com/whitehead/aims.html
+ American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column, "Is It True That Some People Just Can't Do Math?" (www.danielwillingham.com, Winter 2009-2010): https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/willingham.pdf
American Society for Microbiology: Classroom Activities: Is It Clean or Just Unseen? Dirty Water and the Naked Eye: www.asm.org/images/Education/K-12/2010%20clean%20or%20unseen.pdf
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: See Measurement: Molecular Monolayers: www.arborsci.com/cool
Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Steps: http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Boeke/frames.html
Cubic Meter Model Instructions: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/Metric_Cube. pdf
Geological Society of America: Geological Time Scale: www.geosociety.org/science/timescale
Google Earth: www.google.com/earth
How Stuff Works: Nanotechnology: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm
*HyperPhysics: Electromagnetic Spectrum: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems1.html
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: http://cmap.ihmc.us
Java Applets on Mathematics: Unit Conversion, Pythagorean Theorem I and II, and the Circumference and Area of the Circle: www.walter-fendt.de/m14e
The Known Universe: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100120.html
m 3 Model: www.phys.unt.edu/~klittler/demo_room/mech_demos/1a10_75.html
Mars Metric Mishap Conversion Calamity: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter
www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02
Metric Conversions: www.metric-conversions.org/volume/cubic-meters-conversion.htm
Microcosm, CERN's Interactive Science Centre: See: e-Microcosm: Powers of Ten: http://collection.europarchive.org/cern/20080520140649/http://outreach.web.cern.ch/outreach/en/exhibitions/microcosm-en.html
NanoScale Science Education Research Group at North Carolina State University: www.ncsu.edu/project/scienceEd
The NanoTechnology Group, Consortium for Global Education: www.tntg.org/documents/home.html
+ National Metric Week (contains 10/10/1X):
www.mathgoodies.com/articles/Metric_Week.html
www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/metric-week.cfm
www.us-metric.org/
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network: Size and (relative) Scale Curriculum Unit: www.nnin.org/education-training/k-12-teachers/nanotechnology-curriculum-materials
NSF's National Nanotechnology Initiative: www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/education/kids.jsp
PhET Interactive Simulations: Estimation (game) for length, surface area, and volume: phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/estimation
*ppb and Ozone Model activity: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/Metric_Cube.pdf
+ Powers of Ten:
http://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/powers-of-ten/
http://blog.powersof10.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
Secret Worlds, the Universe Within: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10
SEPUP's Investigating Wastewater: Solutions and Pollution module:
http://lab-aids.com/kits-and-modules/details/Investigating-Wastewater-Solutions-Pollution-developed-by-sepup
+ University at Albany College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering: www.sunycnse.com/NanoforKids/K12Links.aspx
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Web Geological Time Machine: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
+ University of Texas-Austin, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science: http://tmi.utexas.edu/resources/what-is-nanoscience/
U.S. Census Bureau:
U.S. and World Population Clocks: www.census.gov/population/international/
International Data Base: www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb
U.S. Treasury Department, National Public Debt Report: www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: concept map, Cosmic Voyage (1996 IMAX film; depicts 42 orders of magnitude; similar to Powers of Ten), cubic meter, density of universe is less than 1 atom/m3, metric system, nanotechnology, orders of magnitude (length), parts-per notation, and Powers of Ten film
Activity 18: Medical Metaphor Mixer
All the Virology on the WWW: www.virology.net
*Altoona List of Medical Analogies: www.altoonafp.org/analogies.htm
American Society for Microbiology: www.asm.org.
Bacteria: More than Pathogens: www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wassenaar.html
Blick on Flicks feature of NSTA Reports: www.nsta.org/publications/blickonflicks.aspx
Cells Alive: How big is a … ?: www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Infectious Disease Information Index: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases
*Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers: Classroom Resources: Everyday Biology: HIV Testing and HIV Cocktail downloadable lab simulations: https://blogs.cornell.edu/cibt/labs-activities/labs/hiv-transmission/
Discovery Health: How AIDS Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/aids.htm
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Germs: http://dep.disney.go.com
Educational Innovations: Glo Germ Classroom Kit and related products: http://www.teachersource.com/product/glo-germ
Fankhauser's Cheese Page (and yogurt): http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Cheese.html
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: https://www.imsa.edu/academics/department/science
+ Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth: www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/intimate-strangers-unseen-life-on-earth
Mayo Clinic: Germs: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/in-depth/germs/art-20045289
Hand-washing: Do's and don'ts: www.mayoclinic.com/health/hand-washing/HQ00407
Infectious diseases: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/basics/definition/con-20033534
Microbe World: www.microbeworld.org
Microbiology K–12 Curriculum Outline: www.science-projects.com/classexpts.htm#connections
+ Modeling the Spread of Infectious Disease
www.seplessons.org/node/226
www.all-science-fair-projects.com/project953_110.html
https://www.koshland-science-museum.org/sites/default/files/uploaded-files/ID_Disease_Spread_Activity_FINAL.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-3Li7iMqMM (1:04 min simulation)
National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
The Role of Biology Education in Addressing HIV and AIDS
The Use of Human Body Fluids and Tissue Products in Biology Teaching
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs
Abracadabra: Magic Johnson and Anti-HIV Treatments
The Case of a Tropical Disease and Its Treatment (Chagas): Science, Society & Economics
A Case Study Involving Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine
The Mystery of the Blue Death (cholera): A Case Study in Epidemiology and the History of Science
National Geographic Society: Guns, Germs and Steel: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com
National Science Teachers Association Position Statement: The Teaching of Sexuality and Human Reproduction: www.nsta.org/about/positions/
PBS Evolution, Show #4 The Evolutionary Arms Race: www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/about/show04.html
+ River City: http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject/
Science Buddies: Making yogurt from whole milk: www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/MicroBio_p010.shtml
Serendip: Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron. Search for Human Physiology (Sexual Health and Reproduction) and Evolution and Diversity (Some Similarities Between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth)
Steve Spangler Science: Cover Your Mouth; Germ Science (lotion glows under UV light): www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/glo-germ-and-giantmicrobes
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, Medline Plus: Infectious Diseases: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousdiseases.html
Whyville (site of WhyPox and WhyFlu virtual epidemics): www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: AIDS, bioremediation, decomposition, fermentation (food), germ theory, HIV, infectious disease, influenza pandemic, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and probiotics
World Health Organization: HIV/AIDS: www.who.int/hiv/en
Activity 19: Cookie Mining
AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment: http://atlas.aaas.org/index.php?part=2
Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: "Oil Barrels" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#oil-barrels) and "Cans Seurat" (http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#cans-seurat)
*Cookie Mining and Economics: Simulations and Games:
www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/cookiemining_cont.html
www.coaleducation.org/lessons/primary/summary/economic.htm
Cupcake Core Sampling: www.coaleducation.org/lessons/wim/4.htm
Environmental Defense Fund: www.edf.org
*Environmental Literacy Council: www.enviroliteracy.org/
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html
National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
Sustainability in Life Science Teaching
Teaching About Environmental Issues
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: Watch Your Step: Understanding the Impact of Your Personal Consumption on the Environment: http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/footprint/footprint.html
National Science Teachers Association Position Statements on:
Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx
*Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx
*Population Action International: Search: http://pai.org/climatemap/
Population Connection: www.populationeducation.org
Population Statistics and Resources: http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata
Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions: www.ucsusa.org
USGS Mineral Resources Program: http://minerals.usgs.gov
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: hydraulic fracking, life cycle assessment, mining, and offshore drilling.
World Population: A Guide to the WWW (links): http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/populate.html
World Resources Institute: www.wri.org/publication
World Resources Simulation Center: http://wrsc.org
Activity 20: Making Sense by Spending Dollars
AAAS Project 2061: Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change: www.project2061.org/publications/order.htm#TeachingGuides
About.com: Saving Energy: What Are Compact Fluorescent Bulbs and How Do They Save Energy: http://saveenergy.about.com/od/efficientlighting/a/CFL.htm?iam=sherlock_abc
An Inconvenient Truth: http://www.takepart.com/an-inconvenient-truth/film
Carbon Footprint Ltd.: www.carbonfootprint.com/index.html
Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: " Light Bulbs" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#light-bulbs)
Conservation International: Climate Change: www.conservation.org/what/pages/climate.aspx
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electrical Current: http://dep.disney.go.com
*Energy Star: Compact Fluorescent Bulbs: https://www.energystar.gov/products/lighting_fans/light_bulbs/learn_about_cfls
Environmental Defense Fund:
*Fight Global Warming: www.edf.org/fight-global-warming
Make the Switch, Take the Pledge Campaign: www.edf.org/news/environmental-defense-launches-million-light-bulb-campaign
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect (various sources): www.climatechange.net
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1998/es202/l13.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/global-warming-faq.htmll
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/faq/global-warming.php
How Stuff Works: How much coal is required to run a 100-watt light bulb for a year? http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/question481.htm
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Standby power: http://standby.lbl.gov
National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
Sustainability in Life Science Teaching
Teaching About Environmental Issues
See also:
www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/science/sci1206/unit1.PDF
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/affective/environment.html
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: The Petition: A Global Warming Case: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=403&id=403
National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project: www.need.org
National Public Radio: All Things Considered:
CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7431198
Global Warming: It's All About Carbon: NPR, five-part, online cartoon series: www.npr.org/2007/05/01/9943298/episode-1-its-all-about-carbon
National Research Council: America's Climate Choices: http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/
National Science Teachers Association Position Statements:
Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx
*Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx
Nature Conservancy: Climate Change: What's My Carbon Footprint?: http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm
+ NSDL: https://nsdl.oercommons.org/search?f.search=Global+warming
PhET Interactive Simulations: The Greenhouse Effect: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/greenhouse
*Science Channel: www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/outrageous-acts-of-science/
Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions: Global Warming: www.ucsusa.org/global_warming
U.S. Department of Energy (efficiency): www.energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-efficiency
CFLs: http://energy.gov/public-services/homes/saving-electricity/lighting
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
CFLs and Mercury: www.epa.gov/mercury
Climate Change—Greenhouse Gas Calculator: www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/individual.html
U.S. Green Building Council: www.usgbc.org.
+ Vampire Appliances (or Standby Power):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power
http://www.savewithsrp.com/advice/appliance/energyvampires.aspx
http://abcnews.go.com/US/vampire-appliances-higher-electric-bills-energy-waste/story?id=13846388#.UBdA6kTdm9g
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/unplug-energy-vampire-appliances-electronics-stop-standby-power/story?id=14148929#.UBdBFkTdm9g
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search for: compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), fluorescent, incandescent, LED, and life cycle assessment (cradle-to-grave analysis)
Activity 21: A Terrible Test That Teaches
Alternative Strategies for Science Teaching and Assessment: http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/support/strategy.html
*American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Examinations Institute:
http://uwm.edu/acs-exams/
+ American Educator, Summer 2007, Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?”: www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Crit_Thinking.pdf
American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
"Why Students Think They Understand—When They Don't": www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/winter0304/willingham.cfm
Annenberg/CPB Media: Interactive Workshops: Assessment in Math and Science: What's the Point? www.learner.org/workshops/assessment
Bioliteracy: http://bioliteracy.colorado.edu
Bloom's Taxonomy: http://www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html
Bloom's Taxonomy Revised: http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Buros Center for Testing: Instructional Resources: Standards for teacher competence in educational assessment of students: http://buros.org/
Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES): http://surveylearning.moodle.com/cles
Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS):
Assessment Tools for Professional Development: www.csss-science.org/tools.shtml
State and Territory Science Assessments Information: (Excel download): www.csss-science.org/assess.shtml
Educational Testing Service: www.ets.org
Ericae.net Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation: http://ericae.net
Fair Test. National Center for Fair and Open Testing: www.fairtest.org
Foundation for Critical Thinking: www.criticalthinking.org
*MOSART: Misconception Oriented Standards-based Assessment Resource for Teachers: www.cfa.harvard.edu/smgphp/mosart/aboutmosart_2.html
Multiple Choice Tests: Composition, Assembly and Analysis: www.sfsu.edu/~testing/MCTEST/mainframe.html
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): "The Nation's Report Card":
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science
National Association for Research in Science Teaching: Research Matters to the Science Teacher: www.narst.org/publications/research.cfm
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST): www.cse.ucla.edu
National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996): see Chapter 5, "Assessment": www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4962
National Science Teachers Association Position Statement: Assessment: www.nsta.org/about/positions/assessment.aspx
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) at the U.S. Department of Education: http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
Nature of Science (NOS) Assessments web links: See Internet Connections for Activity #7
NCLB and Humorous Parodies:
*The Football Version:
www.hoagiesgifted.org/nclb_sports.htm
*No Cow Left Behind: http://drsticks.com/No_Cow_Left_Behind.html
*No Dentist Left Behind: www.trelease-on-reading.com/no-dentist.html
Track and Field Parable for NCLB: http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1954698&tstart=105
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS): http://pals.sri.com
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): http://www.oecd.org/pisa and http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa. See also the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching 46 (8): Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tea.v46:8/issuetoc.
*Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP): http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/AZTEC/RTOP/RTOP_full/about_RTOP.html
Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPT): www.scienceteacherprogram.org/SWEPTStudy/instruments.html
+ Table of Specifications: Insuring Accountability in Teacher Made Tests: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ774063
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): http://nces.ed.gov/timss
TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center, Boston College: http://timss.bc.edu
WestEd Partnership for the Assessment of Standards-based Science: www.wested.org/service/pass-science-assessment-partnership-for-the-assessment-of-standards-based-science
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search: Benjamin Bloom, concept inventory (links to downloadable, diagnostic, research-validated inventories in physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, and statistics), NAEP, PISA, scientific misconceptions, and TIMSS.
Activity 22: Diagnostic Assessment
See sites listed in Activity 21 and the following:
*American Society of Plant Biologists: Principles of Plant Biology: www.aspb.org/education-outreach/k12-roots-and-shoots/
+ Cosmos: Original series by Carl Sagan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA8DC67D52968201; and 2014 series by Neil Degrasse Tyson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Flowers and Plants: http://dep.disney.go.com
Flat Earth Society: http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society
www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/FlatHome.htm
In Search of the Edge: An Inquiry Into the Shape of the Earth: www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/search.html
National Science Foundation (NSF), SRS Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science and Technology: www.nsf.gov/statistics/showsrvy.cfm?srvy_CatID=6&srvy_Seri=17 and http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/surveys.cfm (all surveys)
Physics Education Research Group, University of Maryland: Attitude Surveys (links): www.physics.umd.edu/perg/tools/attsur.htm
Physics Education Research Group, University of Colorado: Colorado Learning About Science Survey: Physics, Chemistry and Biology versions: www.colorado.edu/sei/class
Relevance Of Science Education (ROSE): International look at affective factors in learning: www.uv.uio.no/ils/english/research/projects/rose