Science Topics

Lists of web sites categorized by subject areas within science.

Electricity

1. NatureShift!: linking learning to life
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 3 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 028270
   This web site, produced by the North Dakota Science Center, contains hands-on, problem-based activities, which are aligned with the NSES and National Social Studies Standards. The site helps children learn about concepts within science and technology, as well as about North Dakota history and geography.
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2. 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.
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3. Conceptual physics SURF
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 012952
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, developed for high school physics students, contains supplementary simulations and Internet resources that accompany the CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS curriculum. CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS is a physics program that uses simple language and cartoon like sketches to make physics more accessible to students.
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4. IEEE virtual museum: the history of electricity, electronics, and computers
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 2 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 027641
   This Internet site is a virtual museum with exhibits that describe the historical development and uses of technologies based on electricity and magnetism. Exhibits explore five main themes: electricity, microwaves, women and technology; how sounds are recorded and played; and the life and inventions of Thomas Edison.
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5. The physics classroom
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 014539
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 9 to 12 by physics teacher, presents an online physics tutorial. The coverage of topics at The Physics Classroom coincides with the coverage of topics in the Physics 163 class at Glenbrook, Illinois South High School.
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6. The blobz guide to electric circuits
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 5 - 9 Cost: Free ENC#: 029517
   On this Internet site, students work in teams of five or less to learn about circuits through a series of activities, games, and quizzes. This site contains five sections.
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7. Electricity online
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): 5 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 026870
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, part of the THINKQUEST COMPETITION series, contains text-based lessons, online activities, and a customizable classroom interface focused on electricity. ThinkQuest is a worldwide competition that challenges students from around the world to collaborate and create educational resources for the Internet community.
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8. The home page of Peggy E. Schweiger
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 015483
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed as a resource for high school physics teachers and students, contains electronic versions of all of the organizational and content handouts that Peggy E. Schweiger would give her students.
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9. Science hobbyist
   Featured in ENC Focus  
   Date: 1998 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 012431
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by science enthusiast Bill Beaty, offers original content and WWW links to information about science education and home schooling, science projects and museum exhibits, and misconceptions and weird science Visitors can find amateur science resources, electronics hobbyist projects, and science projects for kids. The kids' projects, organized according to level of difficulty, range from blowing underwater antibubbles (simple) and drawing holograms by hand (medium difficulty) to building a home Van de Graff generator (advanced).
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10. Physics 2000
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 9 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 012547
    This Internet site, maintained by University of Colorado in Boulder as part of the Physics 2000 Educational Initiative, offers interactive applets designed to make physics more accessible to students and people of all ages. In addition to countering the negative public image of physics, the goals of the Initiative are to focus public attention on physics research and to develop interdisciplinary undergraduate courses for both majors and non majors.
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11. How stuff works
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 5 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 013629
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site explains and illustrates how a great variety of everyday things work, including diesel engines, cell phones, smoke detectors, and power distribution grids. The site began with one article written by Marshall Brain to explain something to a young friend.
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12. Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1996 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 008389
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 by the Exploratorium, offers online resources to support science education, virtual field trips to the museum, and introduces visitors to on line technologies through special exhibitions. The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 500 interactive hands-on exhibits.
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13. Hands-On Technology Program
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1997 Grade(s): K - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 011636
    This Internet site, designed for students in grades K to 8, consists of activities in the areas of science and math. The science activities are further split into several units such as sound, dinosaurs, and recycling, each of which provides experiments related to a particular subject.
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14. Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience (IPPEX)
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1996 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 010902
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades 8 and up as part of the Internet Plasma Physics Experience (IPPEX) by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), provides interactive modules on electricity, magnetism, energy, and fusion. The site was created to provide general information about the field of fusion research and to engage student through online projects such as IPPEX.
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15. Visual physics
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 1997 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 010906
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed for students in grades 9 to 12, provides basic instruction in physics using manipulated animations. The animations feature physical principles such as force, work, and projectile motion, as well as electricity, kinematics, and momentum.
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16. Theater of electricity
    Featured in ENC Focus  
    Date: 1995 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 009327
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, suitable for all grade levels, explores the topic of electricity as it applies to Van de Graaff generators, Tesla coils, and lightning. Directions are provided for many simple experiments relating to the subject of static electricity, such as making a simple electroscope and determining which objects charged balloons will attract.
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17. How do you get electricity from a cow?
    Date: 2004 Grade(s): 4 - 7 Cost: Free ENC#: 101077
    How can people use cows to generate electricity? Students are given a clue before they select their answer to this riddle. In the text and video clip for the clue, two children share information about their unsuccessful attempt to use a pet cow to spin the metal coil in a generator.
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18. National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 029640
    This Internet site is the home page of the National Energy Education Development Project, which is dedicated to promoting an understanding of the scientific, economic, and environmental impacts of energy. The site provides numerous standards-based curriculum materials to help teach the scientific concepts of energy and provide objective information about energy sources.
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19. Museum of Science, Boston
    Date: 2004 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 010907
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site is the home page of the Boston Museum of Science. In addition to general information about the museum, this site provides a schedule of exhibits, events, and educational programs; a link to additional science related sites; and a collection of interactive on line exhibits.
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20. Fuel cell 2000's career resource center: educational resources
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 029617
    This Internet site, designed for teachers and students of all ages, provides web links to instructional materials for studying fuel cells. Brief descriptions of various careers explain the many professions that work with fuel cells.
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