Science Topics

Use science topic words to find web sites with lesson plans and activities.

Behavior

1. Teacher's domain: multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 026871
   This Internet site features a multimedia library for K-12 teachers and students. It contains classroom-ready resources and multimedia lesson plans for high school and middle school life science units.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
2. Dragonfly
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): Pre-K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 009038
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the National Science Teachers Association and Miami University Ohio, is an online version of the magazine DRAGONFLY and combines text, graphics, and sound. Topics center around scientific research being done by both scientists and school children.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
3. Bat quest: in search of Stellaluna
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): 2 - 3 Cost: Free ENC#: 015668
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed for students and teachers in grades 2 to 3, contains explorations and activities that are integrated with the book STELLALUNA, by Jannell Cannon. The site invites visitors to help Stellaluna learn more about bats.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
4. Journey north: a global study of wildlife migration
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1996 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 004101
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site is host to an annual Internet based learning adventure in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Beginning on Groundhog's Day (February second) students relay migrational data on different animals and the arrival of spring when tulips bloom in their communities.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
5. The Tiger Information Center
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1995 Grade(s): 5 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 008595
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, sponsored by Save the Tiger Fund, is dedicated to providing information to help preserve the remaining five subspecies of tigers. From the homepage, users can read about the natural history of the tiger as well as the ecology, behavioral and physical characteristics of tigers, and threats to the tiger population.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
6. Global SchoolNet Foundation: linking kids around the world
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1994 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 002570
   The Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN) is a World Wide Web (WWW) site designed as an educational information network. At GSN, the GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE is defined as a global, multi dimensional community, comprised of educators, businesses, government, and community organizations collaborating across time and space to transform working, living, and learning conditions.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
7. SeaWorld, Busch Gardens teacher guides
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 027362
   This Internet site, from the Education Department at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, provides a number of teacher guides with hands-on activities that teach students in grades K-12 about animals and the environment. Each guide contains background information for teachers, vocabulary, a list of additional resources, and activities that integrate other disciplines, such as mathematics, language arts, and geography.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
8. Spider enemies
   Date: 2001 Grade: K Cost: Free ENC#: 100871
   In this activity, kindergarten students observe how spiders in a classroom vivarium respond to noise, light, and vibration. The activity begins with a discussion of things that might frighten a spider.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
9. ChimpanZoo: research, education, and enrichment
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 020174
   This Internet site, developed for grades K to 12, features information and lesson plans about chimpanzees. Established as a collective effort between the Jane Goodall Institute, zoological facilities and universities, the mission of Chimpanzoo is to apply uniform research methods to learn more about chimpanzees and their psychological and behavioral responses to a captive environment.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)