If you have any sites to add to this list please contact Matt and
they'll be added.
Here is the list so far:
"HOT" Links
IPPEX : The Internet Plasma Physics Education eXperience maintained by
the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. If you enjoyed the field trip you'll
love this site. The Plasma Simulator and Virtual Tokamak arehighly
recommended. (http://ippex.pppl.gov/ippex/)
NJNIE Projects: Online projects using real time data from the internet,
and collaborative projects using email.
(http://k12science.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/currichome.html)
Dejanews: A site that searches the huge information database of the
internet newsgroups. Works best when doing a power search on one or two
specific newsgroups (for example: k12.ed.science).
(http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml)
NJNIE Resources : A great list of web sites. Many have real time or
near real time data available.
(http://k12science.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/resources.html)
Classroom Connect: A nice web site, and they publish a great monthly
newsletter about the internet and education.
(http://www.classroom.net/)
Web 66: Tools for school web pages including an international registry
of school web pages. See what other schools are doing!
(http://web66.umn.edu/)
Rutgers Marine Sciences Lab: This web site includes all the data we saw
on our field trip, including ocean
temperatures, the Gulf Stream, etc. (http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/)
National Hurricane Center: The latest info on hurricanes as well as the
tracks for past hurricanes going back to 1921!
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)
Volcano World: Past and present volcanoes. They have a silly looking
logo, but a lot of good information.
(http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/)
USGS Earthquake Page: Includes a list of the most recent earthquakes
around the world including the latitude, longitude, and magnitude.
(http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/)
The Sun: Current images of the sun at several wavelengths. You can see
the sunspots, prominences, etc. They also have an archive of images
going back several years.
(http://www.sel.noaa.gov/solar_images/ImageIndex.cgi)
ScienceDaily: A daily magazine about the latest news in science
research. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/_
BadScience: An interesting site that debunks various scientific myths
and misconceptions. This link was recommended by Steve Carson.
(http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html)
WeatherNet: A great starting place for weather information including
forecasts, radar maps, other links, etc.
(http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/)
Kennedy Space Center: Everything you want to know about space
exploration. Highlights include a virtual tour of the space shuttle,
live camera views of the space station processing facility (updated
every 90 seconds), and archive of data and images for all the manned
space flights. (http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ksc.html)
Some more good sites from Rich (All of these sites have some sort of
interactive components where students need to think, type, and click,
rather than just read).
Virtual Earthquake - Calcluate magnitude and epicenter of a real
earthquake.
(http://vflylab.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VirtualEarthQuake/VQuakeIntro.html)
Chem4Kids - Interactive chemistry activities.
(http://www.chem4kids.com/)
Making a weather map -
(http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/activities/sfcwxmaps/activ1b.html )
The Weather Channel - Good real time data, great general weather
resource. http://www.weather.com/homepage.html)
American Forest Service - Calculate your own carbon debt at this site.
(http://www.amfor.org/climate/amforcalc.html)
Nova Hot Science - Lots of fun, interactive activities here.
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hotscience.html )
The Exploratorium - Lots of fun, interactive activities here as well,
similar to the activities available at the actual Exploratorium in San
Francico. (http://www.exploratorium.edu/ )