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Science Topics
Lists of web sites categorized by subject areas within science.
Animals
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EstuaryLIVE
 ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2004 Grade(s): 3 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 016992
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, produced by the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Program, has materials designed for grade K to 12 students to explore an estuary and are related to a live Internet broadcast from the Rachel Carson Reserve. The broadcast allows participants to interact during their reserved time with a scientist at the research site.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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The electronic naturalist
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2004 Grade(s): K - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 029145
This Internet site features environmental education units for grades K-8. Units cover insects, amphibians, birds, and mammals, as well as plants and environmental issues.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Kit and curricular companions
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2002 Grade(s): K - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 026393
This Internet site provides a connection of links to curricula resources for technology, life, Earth, and physical science teachers in grades K-8. Developed by the Keystone Science Network, the site is intended to supplement national standards-based science kits, including Science and Technology for Children (STC), FOSS, and Insights; but all teachers will be able to use the resources to support their teaching.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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ARKive: images of life on Earth
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 027474
This Internet site, maintained by the British educational charity The Wildscreen Trust, provides color photographs and videos as part of a digital conservation effort to highlight Earth's most endangered plants and animals. The site is intended to be an archive for the twenty-first century by offering scientific and historical records to inform the public about endangered species.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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National Wildlife Federation
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2003 Grade(s): Pre-K - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 008654
This Internet site serves as the homepage of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a conservation group dedicated to the protection and conservation of the environment, wildlife, and other natural resources. In addition to general information about the organization, the site contains sections on Conservation, Education, and Take Action, as well as a section just for Kids and Teens.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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PathFinder science
Featured in ENC Focus ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2002 Grade(s): 5 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 026972
This Internet site is a portal to all the research projects from the PathFinder Science Collaborative Research program. The program is founded on the national standards and benchmarks that call for students to better understand the process of science by actually doing science.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Online expeditions
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 019298
This Internet site follows the live, field-based expeditions of teachers from Chicago as they explore various locations around the globe. Journals, photographs, and QuickTime movies describe the native cultures and customs encountered each day as well as the local weather, landscape, and wildlife.
While following the journey, students have an opportunity to participate in a live chat with the explorers, to e-mail questions to science experts, and to email schoolchildren from the region under study.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Birmingham Zoo
Featured in ENC Focus
Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 008642
This web site describes the educational programs operated by the Birmingham Zoo, including activities and handouts for visiting students, as well as general information. The zoo offers several outreach programs designed to teach a specific topic.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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American field guide: inspiration to explore
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 025369
This website provides 1,400 narrated video clips of outdoor programming content from nearly 30 Public Broadcasting Stations. Clips may be searched by keyword, or accessed on the homepage under eight topics, including Animals, Human History, and Public Policy.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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4-H virtual farm
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 026938
This Internet site provides virtual field trips to six different types of farms: horse, aquaculture, beef, dairy, poultry, and wheat. After choosing one of the farms, students are presented with a list of choices that explore different aspects of the chosen type of farming.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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The living Edens
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2002 Grade(s): 4 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 026382
This Internet site provides background information and teacher resources for grades 4-8 that support the PBS ONLINE series, The Living Edens, which currently features a documentary on Glacier Bay, Alaska. Students can read basic ecological information and view color photographs of six different animals that live in this national park, including the humpback whale, harbor seal, and the Alaskan brown bear as well as learn about the climate and geology of the area.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Square of life: studies in local and global environments
Featured in ENC Focus
Date: 2002 Grade(s): 1 - 5 Cost: Free ENC#: 026056
This Internet site provides a collaborative online project for elementary school students to learn what living and nonliving things are found in different locations around the world. The project is performed in both the fall and spring of each school year, and registration in the form of a letter of introduction about the school and town is required for participation.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Animal information database
Featured in ENC Focus ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2002 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 002381
This World Wide Web (WWW) site for K-12 students and teachers features information about marine and terrestrial animals. The site aims to increase awareness of the interrelationships of humans and the marine environment, to build students' basic competencies in science and other disciplines, and to provide an educational resource for the entire community.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Cyberspace farm
ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2002 Grade(s): K - 6 Cost: Free ENC#: 025621
This website provides a perspective on farming and farm life in rural Kansas. The site is sponsored by Kansas WIFE, Kansas Women Involved in Farm Economics, and includes many personal accounts from women involved in agriculture.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Natural Inquirer
Featured in ENC Focus
Date: 2001 Grade(s): 5 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 020184
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 5 and up by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the homepage of a science education resource journal designed to promote critical thinking, scientific inquiry, and investigation while helping students learn about our natural resources and the environment.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Science Museum of Minnesota
Featured in ENC Focus
Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 011381
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Science Museum of Minnesota, provides information about the museum and its educational programs. In addition to general visitors' information, a schedule of OmniMax movies, and links to science related Web sites, the site also offers information about a variety of educational resources.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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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.)
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WWF field expeditions: Central African Republic (C.A.R.)
Featured in ENC Focus ENC Digital Dozen Site
Date: 2001 Grade(s): 4 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 020408
This Internet site, developed by the World Wildlife Federation (WWF), follows a team of top biologists from the around the world as they perform a biological inventory in the Southwestern Central African Republic (CAR). Located in the lowland tropical forest of the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, the expedition's goals are to learn about the biodiversity of the region, analyze outside threats to the ecosystem, and to use this information to design conservation efforts with local cultures.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Biology lessons
Featured in ENC Focus
Date: 2002 Grade(s): 1 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 017384
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Southeastern Michigan Math-Science Learning Coalition, contains hyperlinks to biology lesson plans organized by grade level. The lessons come from different coalition partners.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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Plants and animals: partners in pollination
Featured in ENC Focus
Date: 2001 Grade(s): 4 - 9 Cost: Free ENC#: 021012
This World Wide Web (WWW) site, created by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, offers an online unit that explores the theme of plant and animal interaction during the pollination process. The unit presents information about pollination and provides three lessons based on that information.
(For more details, see ENC Record.)
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