Using the Internet as an Effective Science Teaching Tool

NSTA Presentation, Boston, MA. March 28, 1999
Jack Hassard
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303
http://www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh
http://www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/nsta.html (this seminar)

Interpersonal Exchange Activities

Pitsco's Ask-An-Expert (www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/)

Set up your own Bulletin Board (www.beseen.com)

Practice Science Board Room

Activities

Mentors for Research Projects

Fuzzy Situations---a strategy to stimulate web discussions Discussions Online

Check out a Bulletin Board being used by science teachers

Information Collections

Global School Net (www.gsn.org)

Global Thinking Project (www.gtp.org)

CLEO

Pooled Data Analysis Activity

Project River Keepers (http://cleo.terc.edu/cleo/cleo-home.cfm)

Problem Solving

IEARN (www.iearn.org)

Expeditions (www.discovery.com/exp/exp.html)

Social Action Projects

Topics 

Video Clip

Collaborative Projects

EnviroNet (earth.simmons.edu)

Globe (www.globe.gov)

Clearinghouses

Forefront Curriculum (www.4forefront.com)

Telecollaborative Learning Around the World (www1.minn.net:80/~schubert/NickNacks.html/

Web-Based Lessons--link here for all the lessons in:

Biology

Chemistry

Earth Science

Physics

Sample Activities & Sites

Virtual Fly Lab (and Earthquake, too!)

The Biomes Activity---Expeditions (Journey North)

The Gravitational Force---Weight on Planets

Web-Building Resources

www.nicenet.net---a website for each class you teach!

www.beseen.com---add bulletin boards, e-groups, chat rooms to your site

www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/berseminar.html--links used in another seminar.

Other Resources

Astrocappella (www2.smart.net/~ksmale/astrocappella/)

Shock Wave Science (www.explorescience.com/)

Web Sites by Science Topic(www.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/page5.htm)