More Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning with Discrepant Events
Thomas O'Brien
Internet connections
* denotes corrected typos or updated URL
+ denotes new websites not listed in book
Activity 1: Comeback Cans
Amateur Scientist: Vacuum Cleaner Hovercraft: http://amasci.com/amateur/hovercft.html. See also Leaf Blower video: www.break.com/index/how-to-build-a-hovercraft.html
Center for Collaborative Action Research: http://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Energy, Friction, Gravity, and Motion: http://dep.disney.go.com
4Kidz Inc.: http://4kidzinc.com/air_puck.htm
Exploratorium Snackbook: Downhill Race: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks
Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment replicated:
http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/experiment95/inclined_plane.html
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L278
www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.galileoplane
How Stuff Works: Hybrid cars: www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Mechanics: Concept maps and explanations: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Java Applets on Physics: Select Motion with Constant Acceleration and Newton's Second Law: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
Museum of Science and Industry ( Chicago): Construction of a Comeback Can: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities/activity-detail/activities/make-a-comeback-can/browseactivities/0
*Mystery Mailing Tubes: http://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/mystery_tubes.html and www.teacherlink.org/content/science/class_examples/Bflypages/timlinepages/nosactivities.htm
Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Resource Center: Commercial applications of NDT: www.ndt-ed.org/AboutNDT/aboutndt.htm
PhET Interactive Simulations: Friction (rubbing of irregular molecular surfaces generates heat): http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Friction
Physics Demonstration: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics (Julien Sprott/University of WI): http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm(see chapter 1, "Motion," 1.2 Comeback Can)
Rube Goldberg Machines: Humor and Unnecessarily Complex Energy Conversion Systems:
Official Website (products and competition): www.rubegoldberg.com
YouTube: search Rube Goldberg: www.youtube.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg
Teacher Tube: 5th graders construct a Comeback Can: www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=1471&title=Comeback_can
Toys in Space II: Video Resource Guide: w ww.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Toys_In_Space_II.html; Online video: http://quest.nasa.gov/content/rafiles/space/toys.rm
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Physics Demonstrations: Paint Can Comeback: http://demo.physics.uiuc.edu/LectDemo/scripts/demo_descript.idc?DemoID=790
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstration: Cone Rolling Uphill: MPEG movie: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/mech/1J11.50.htm
University of Michigan: Physics Demonstration Catalog: Cone Rolling Uphill: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/demo.aspx?id=318
Wake Forest University: Physics Demonstration Videos: Mass and Center of Mass: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr2_newton.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: action research, Galileo (e.g., his work with inclined planes), hybrid vehicles, and Isaac Newton.
Activity 2: The Unnatural Nature and Uncommon Sense of Science
AllPosters.com (search: Science): www.allposters.com
Centre for Science Stories (HOS): http://science-stories.org
+ Contextual Science Teaching: Contextual-Humanistic Approaches: http://sci-ed.org/
*History of Science Society: www.hssonline.org/index.html
International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science: www.hopos.org
International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group: http://www1.umn.edu/ships/hpst
Internet History of Science Sourcebook: www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
Jokes and Science: www.juliantrubin.com/sciencejokes.html
MacTutor History of Mathematics: www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk
MakeBeliefsComix! Make your own comic strip generator: www.makebeliefscomix.com
PBS Teachers Resource Roundups: Developing Scientific Thinking: www.pbs.org/teachers/resourceroundups
Pseudoscience Sites: See Activity #5 for websites
Sciencemall-usa: www.sciencemall-usa.com
*Science Posters Plus: www.super-science-fair-projects.com/science-posters-plus.html
Sources of Science Cartoons (check for copyright and permission to use):
Mark Anderson: www.andertoons.com/cartoons/science
Ashleigh Brilliant (Brilliant Thoughts, Pot-Shots, and more): www.ashleighbrilliant.com
*Nick Downes: www.cartoonstock.com/portfolios/Nick_Downes.asp(see also the books: Big Science and Whatever Happened To 'Eureka'?)
Benita Epstein: www.benitaepstein.com
CartoonStock/science: www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/science.asp
Cartoonist Group: Science: www.cartoonistgroup.com/bysubject/subjectcartoonists.php?sid=1020
John Chase: Chasetoons Science Humor: www.chasetoons.com/schum.html
Randy Glasbergen, The Better Half (and more): www.glasbergen.com
Sidney Harris at Science Cartoons Plus: www.sciencecartoonsplus.com
Nick D. Kim Nearing Zero: www.nearingzero.net/index.html
Gary Larson, The Far Side: www.thefarside.com
John McPherson, Close to Home: Physics: www.physlink.com/Fun/McPherson.cfm and www.gocomics.com/closetohome
Mark Parisi, Off the Mark: www.offthemark.com/science/science.htm
Physlink.com: Physics and Astronomy Fun: www.physlink.com/FUN/index.cfm
Tom Swanson: http://home.netcom.com/~swansont/index.html
Bob Thaves: Frank & Earnest: www.frankandernest.com
Sources of Science Songs:
Dr. Chordate (various artists): www.tranquility.net/~scimusic/notochordsproducts.html
Greg Crowther's Science Song Music: http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs
Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere (MASSIVE) database: www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE
Mike Offutt Science CDs: www.teachersource.com/Chemistry/ChemistryResources/Songs%20By%20Mike%20Offutt.aspx
Neuroscience For Kids: Select: Experiment: Brain Songs: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Science Song Links: www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/links.html
Songs for Teaching: Science Songs: www.songsforteaching.com/sciencesongs.htm
WIRED Science: Top 10 Scientific Music Videos: www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/sciencemusic
Science Humor—It's Alive: www.sciencehumor.org
+ Story Behind the Science (History of science stories and resources): www.storybehindthescience.org/support.html
Activity 3: Dual-Density Discrepancies
Becker Demonstrations and Experiments:
#26 Sucrose Density: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD026.html
#25: Densi-Tee: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD025.html
Center for Science in the Public Interest: www.cspinet.org
Conceptual Change Teaching:
www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jossem/ICPE/C5.html
www.ericdigests.org/2004-3/change.html
http://narst.org/publications/research/concept.cfm
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Conceptual_Change
www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=teaching-conceptual (contains a number of links)
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Buoyancy and Fluids: http://dep.disney.go.com
Doing Chemistry: Density of Methanol versus Water (in a U-tube): http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem002.html
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University: Fluids: Select "Buoyancy" and "Archimedes Principle": http://hyperphysics.phy-str.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Java Applets on Physics: Select "Buoyant Force in Liquids": www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: A Cool Glass of Water: A Mystery (Will an ice cube melt faster in freshwater or salt water? Why or why not?): www.sciencecases.org/melting_ice/melting_ice.asp
*New-Skin Products: http://newskinproducts.com/en/Products/Liquid_Bandage.aspx
See also Liquid Bandage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Bandage
+ NSTA Reports, April 2012: Which Is Healthier: Diet Soda or Regular?: www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=59344
PhET Interactive Simulations:
States of Matter and Phase Changes: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=States_of_Matter
Density: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/density
Eating and Exercise: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Eating_and_Exercise
SIMetric.Co.UK: Density tables: www.simetric.co.uk/si_materials.htm
*Steve Spangler Science Experiments: Density: See "Floating Lemons and Sinking Limes," "Amazing Egg Experiments," and "Seven-Layer Density Column": www.stevespanglerscience.com/search/1/density.html?sClass=Cms_Content&sType=experiment&viewall=0
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Heat and Fluids: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
University of Virginia Physics Department: Density HOEs with alcohol, water, salt, and ice plus graphing:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/InvestigatDensityFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/LayeringDensityFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/DensityLiquidFrm.htm
Wake Forest University Physics Department: Physics of Matter videos: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr4_matter.htm
Whelmers #49: Potato Float: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm49.asp
Whelmers #64: Liquid Rainbow: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm64.asp
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: buoyancy, density, estuary, and hydrometer
Activity 4: Inferences, Inquiry, and Insight
American Museum of Natural History: Brain: The Inside Story: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/brain/index.php
Bills.Games.com: www.billsgames.com/brain-teasers
Brain Rules: 12 Principles of Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School . Book, DVD, and website (by John Medina): http://brainrules.net
Braingle Teasers, Riddles, Games, Forums, and more: www.braingle.com
Cognitive load theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load_theory
Discovery (Channel) Education: PuzzleMaker: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns: http://dep.disney.go.com
Droodles: Search Google
Eustress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustress
MakeBeliefsComix!: www.makebeliefscomix.com
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs
+ PBS Teachers Resource Roundups: Developing scientific thinking (PDF download): www.pbs.org/teachers/resourceroundups
Planet Perplex: MX GHR TFA puzzle: http://planetperplex.com/en/item151
Serendipity in Science:
Access Excellence: Discovery, Chance & the Scientific Method: www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/chance.html
Wikipedia: (links to many examples): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions: www.sleightsofmind.com
Society for Neuroscience: Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System:: www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfacts
Terry Stickels: Puzzles, Frame Games & Gallery: www.terrystickels.com/puzzles.html
Wordies on the Web: www.wordies.ca
Zone of Proximal Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Proximal_Development
Activity 5: Pseudoscience in the News
AFU and Urban Legends Archive: http://tafkac.org
Alien Autopsy: Use Google or YouTube.
Astrology.com: www.astrology.com
Astronomical Society of the Pacific: www.astrosociety.org
Bad Astronomy: www.badastronomy.com/index.html
Biology Corner: www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
Blick on Flicks feature of NSTA Reports: www.nsta.org/blickonflicks
*Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit:
www.skepticreport.com/sr/?p=152
http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html
Committee for Scientific Investigations of Claims of the Paranormal (Skeptical Inquirer): www.csicop.org(Variety of resources, including Field Guide to Critical Thinking: www.csicop.org/si/show/field_guide_to_critical_thinking)
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Pseudoscience: http://dep.disney.go.com
DMOZ: www.dmoz.org/Society/Paranormal
*Enemies of Reason: Part 1: Astrology:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/enemies-reason
Heavenly Errors: www.physics.umaine.edu/ncomins
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics: http://intuitor.com/moviephysics
James Randi (magician and pseudoscience debunker) Educational Foundation: www.randi.org
Junk Science Home Page: www.junkscience.com
Museum of Hoaxes: www.museumofhoaxes.com
MythBusters: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/about/about.html
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the SUNY-Buffalo: Extrasensory Perception: Pseudoscience? A Battle at the Edge of Science: www.sciencecases.org/esp/esp.asp
The "Mozart Effect": Psychological Research Methods: www.sciencecases.org/psych_research/psych_research.asp
*Natural History Museum: The Case of the Piltdown Man: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/the-scientific-process/bad-science/piltdown-man/
NOVA: Secrets of the Psychics: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/2012_psychics.html
PBS Teachers Resource Roundups: Developing Scientific Thinking: www.pbs.org/teachers/resourceroundups
Project Look Sharp Media Literacy: See Media Literacy Handouts, Curriculum Kits, and Research and Assessment: www.ithaca.edu/looksharp
QuackWatch: www.quackwatch.com
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science: http://richarddawkins.net
Science Hobbyist Weird Science: www.amasci.com/weird.html
Science Humor—It's Alive: www.sciencehumor.org
Science News on the Internet:
BBC Science and Nature: www.bbc.co.uk/sn
CNN: www.cnn.com/TECH/science/archive/index.html
EurekAlert!: www.eurekalert.org
National Public Radio: www.npr.org/sections/science
New York Times: www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Science Daily: www.sciencedaily.com
Science Friday: www.sciencefriday.com
Scientific American Frontiers Show 802: Beyond Science? (November 1997): w ww.pbs.org/safarchive/4_class/45_pguides/pguide_1005/44105_catalog.html
Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science: http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.htm
+ The Scientific Method Made Easy #10 (i.e., Galileo, "10 Commandments of Science" & NOS) [9:54 minute]:
www.federicopistono.org/madeeasyseries
www.youtube.com/user/madeeasyseries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcavPAFiG14&feature=g-vrec
The Skeptic's Dictionary: www.skepdic.com. See pseudoscience and other entries.
The Skeptics Society: http://skeptic.com
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions: www.sleightsofmind.com
Snopes.com Urban Legends References Pages: www.snopes.com/snopes.asp
TruthorFiction.com: www.truthorfiction.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: astrology (versus astronomy), cartoon physics, constructivism (learning theory), hoaxes in science, Karl Popper, Occam's Razor, and pseudoscience.
Activity 6: Scientific Reasoning
Biology Corner: Scientific Method: www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
Constructivism and Learning Theories: http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc/constructivism.html
Concept to Classroom: www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index_sub5.html
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology: http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki/index.php/Main_Page
Exploratorium: www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html
Human Intelligence: New and Emerging Theories of Intelligence: www.indiana.edu/~intell/emerging.shtml#intro
Learning-Theories.com: www.learning-theories.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism
Discovery (Channel) Education: PuzzleMaker: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns: http://dep.disney.go.com
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: Concept Mapping Tools: http://cmap.ihmc.us
MakeBeliefsComix!: www.makebeliefscomix.com
MIT Media Lab's Beyond Black Box (BBB) Project: http://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/bbb
Mystery (Mailing) Tube:
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/mystery_tubes.html
www.teacherlink.org/content/science/class_examples/Bflypages/timlinepages/nosactivities.htm
NASA: A Black Box for People: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/07apr_blackbox.htm
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: Thinking Inside the Box: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/box/box1.html
Nine Dots Puzzle:
Brainstorming.co.uk: www.brainstorming.co.uk/puzzles/lateralthinkingpuzzles.html
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_the_box
Research Matters—to the Science Teacher: http://narst.org/publications/research.cfm
Rubik's Cube:
Rubik's Official Online Site: www.rubiks.com
You Can Do the Rubik's Cube: www.youcandothecube.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube
+ Richard Feynman on Scientific Method [9:58 min. blackboard lecture on the NOS]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPapE-3FRw&feature=endscreen&NR=1
University of Virginia Physics Department: Indirect Measurements and Black Box Experiment: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/IndirectMeasure1Frm.htm
Activity 7: Magic Bus of School Science
Benchmarks for science literacy: http://project2061.aaas.org.
American Educator: Why don't students like school? Because the mind is not designed for thinking: www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/spring2009/index.htm
Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye Labs: www.billnye.com
http://dep.disney.go.com/educational/search?form.keywords=Bill+Nye
MythBuster: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/about/about.html
Mealworm Experiments:
www.smithlifescience.com/MLMealworms.htm
http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~courses/Ethology/Labs/Taxis
National science education standards: www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962
The nature of science . An NSTA Position Paper: www.nsta.org/about/positions/natureofscience.aspx.
*Nature of Science (NOS): Student Assessment Instruments: Draw-A-Scientist Test:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sce.3730670213/pdf
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1949-8594.1991.tb12078.x/abstract
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw-a-Scientist_Test
www.jdenuno.com/Resume%20Web/DAST.htm
+ Epistemological Beliefs Assessment for Physical Science: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~elby/EBAPS/home.htm#Items
Nature Of Science Literacy Test: www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/NOSLit.pdf
See also related articles in the Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online by Carl J. Wenning: (a) "A Framework for Teaching the Nature of Science": www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/mar2006.html; and (b) "Assessing Nature-of-Science Literacy as One Component of Scientific Literacy": www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/sum2006.html
Relevance of Science Education (ROSE): www.ils.uio.no/english/rose/about/rose-brief.html
Views on the Nature of Science (VNOS) Questionnaire: www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED472901&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED472901
Views on Science and Education (VOSE) Questionnaire: www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v7_issue2/chensf/index.htm.
View on Science-Technology-Society:
www.usask.ca /education/people/aikenhead/vosts.pdf
www.usask.ca/education/people/aikenhead/vosts_2.pdf
NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova.
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus
Scientific American Frontiers: www.pbs.org/saf .
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. Search topics: change or inattentional blindness, history and philosophy of science
Activity 8: Reading Between the Lines of the Daily Newspaper
American Forest and Paper Association: www.afandpa.org
Bloom's Taxonomy:
www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.htm
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html
www.qualityansweringservice.com/resources/answering-questions-using-blooms-taxonomy-learning-domains
Changing Minds: http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm
Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: "Paper Bags" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#paper-bags) and "Toothpicks" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#toothpicks).
Conservatree: www.conservatree.com/index.shtml
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms, Garbage, and Pollution Solutions: http://dep.disney.go.com
Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Position Statements:
Sustainability in Life Science Teaching and Teaching about Environmental Issues: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statements:
Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx
Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of
Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx
P16 Science Education at the Akron Global Polymer Academy: Wait Time: www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=wait-time
Paper Industry Association Council: www.paperrecycles.org
*Scholastic Recycling Starts with You!:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/recycling/resources.htm
www.paperrecycles.org/school_recycling/index.html
*Science NetLinks: Paper Making/Recycling (by hand): http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/paper-production/
Water Soluble Paper: Aquasol Paper: www.aquasolpaper.com
Dissolvo Spy paper—Water Soluble Security Paper: www.kleargear.com/1815.html?gclid=CLjQm_aEzqUCFcbc4AodwW3UlA
*Edmund Scientific's: www.scientificsonline.com/aquasol-water-soluble-paper.html
Wikipedia: Paper, paper recycling, and Tyvek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyvek
See also: Cross-cut versus rip saw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosscut_saw
Activity 9: Pondering Puzzling Patterns and a Parable Poem
American Educator, "Ask a Cognitive Scientist" column: www.danielwillingham.com
How Praise Can Motivate—or Stifle: www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/winter05-06/cogsci.htm
*Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/winter0708/willingham.cfm
Caution: Praise Can Be Dangerous: www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring99/index.html
BBC Science and Nature:
Prehistoric Life Skeleton: www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/skeleton_jigsaw
Solar System: www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games/jigsaw/jigsaw.shtml
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns: http://dep.disney.go.com
Discovery (Channel) Education:
http://science.discovery.com/puzzles/puzzles.html
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com
Elephant and the Blind Men Poem:
http://hinduism.about.com/od/hinduismforkids/a/blindmen.htm
www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
Enigma Cipher Machine: www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigma
*Enigma Cipher computer simulator: www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/
National Science Center: Science Soup: Secret Codes and Ciphers: www.nscdiscovery.org/TeacherTools/topic_details.asp?ID=295
NOVA, PBS Show: Decoding Nazi Secrets: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding
The Earth to Class, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Lab:
"Science Is Like a Puzzle" activity: www.earth2class.org/docs/tchrlessonplans/sherwood/science_is_like_a_puzzle.php
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org. Search: change or inattentional blindness, cryptanalysis or code-breaking, expectancy theory, expectancy value theory, and cognitive biases
Activity 10: Follow That Star
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Magnetism: http://dep.disney.go.com
Geocaching—The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site: www.geocaching.com
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com
How Stuff Works: Compasses: www.howstuffworks.com/compass.htm
GPS Receivers: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm
International and U.S.A. science curriculum standards, assessments, and comparative results:
Achieve Inc.: www.achieve.org
AAAS Benchmarks: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/bolintro.htm
College Board Standards for College Success: Science and Mathematics and Statistics: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/standards
Common Core State Standards Initiative: www.corestandards.org
Council of State Science Supervisors' State Science Frameworks: www.csss-science.org/frame.shtml
Education Commission of the States: www.ecs.org
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): National Educational Technology Standards: www.iste.org/standards.aspx
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association: Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology: www.iteea.org/TAA/Publications/TAA_Publications.html
National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council: Board on Science Education (Framework for Science Education): http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html
National Science Education Standards (1996): www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/overview.html
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
Science Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/whatmeasure.asp
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa
See also www.pisa.oecd.organd the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching: Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122604861/issue
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): http://nces.ed.gov/timss
Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC): www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/Interstate_Teacher_Assessment_Consortium_(InTASC).html
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS): www.nbpts.org
National Commission on Excellence in Education. 1983. A nation at risk: The imperative for education reform: www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html
PhET Interactive Simulations: Magnets and compass: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Magnet_and_Compass
University of Virginia Physics Department: Compass Hands-On Explorations (HOEs): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MagnetFrm.htm
Wake Forest University: Magnetism Videos: 3D Compass and other demonstrations: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr8_eandm.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: compass, geocaching, geomagnetic reversal, global positioning system, and Hans Christian Oersted
Activity 11: "Horsing Around"
Chicken Soup and Mousetrap parable: www.wow4u.com/mousetrap/index.html and http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=14050
Horse and Rider Puzzle: http://goodreasonblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/horse-and-rider-puzzle.html
SmartKit Puzzle Playground: www.smart-kit.com/s846/horse-riding-puzzle
International and U.S.A. Science Curriculum Standards: See listing in Activity #10.
Riding a Dead Horse: An Educational Policy and Practices Parody: A to Z Home's Cool: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/humor/056.htm
Business Performance Improvement Consultancy: www.bpic.co.uk/articles/deadhorse.htm
Native American Wisdom: www.mississippiwebsite.com/humor.htm
Thought You Should Know News: www.tysknews.com/LiteStuff/riding_a_dead_horse.htm
Root Cause Analysis as a Problem-Solving Technique: http://process.nasa.gov/documents/RootCauseAnalysis.pdf
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVeO5_0qD0&feature=related (Titanic sinking)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cause_analysis
The Aims of Education: www.ditext.com/whitehead/aims.html
Activity 12: Magical Signs of Science
About Chemistry
Acid-Base Indicators, their pH ranges, and respective colors: http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa112201a.htm
Chemistry Experiments and Demonstrations You Can Do at Home: http://chemistry.about.com/od/homeexperiments
Biology Corner: Scientific Method: Select: Carbon Dioxide Production: www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
Cell Biology Animations: www.johnkyrk.com
Chem Guide: Indicators: www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/acidbaseeqia/indicators.html
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Chemical Reactions: http://dep.disney.go.com
Doing Chemistry:
Colorful reactions of red cabbage juice: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem098.html
Cabbage juice indicator: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem099.html
Fun Science Gallery: Experiments with Acids and Bases: www.funsci.com/fun3_en/acids/acids.htm
General Chemistry Online: Indicators and their color changes/pH ranges: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/acidbase/indicators.shtml
Goldenrod Paper as an Acid-Base Indicator
Becker Demonstrations: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD022.html
Daryl's Science: www.darylscience.com/Demos/Goldenrod.html
Science Hobbyist: http://amasci.com/amateur/gold.html
Steve Spangler Science: www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000040
International and USA Science Curriculum Standards: See listing in Activity #10.
PhET Interactive Simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=pH_Scale
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/acid-base-solutions
Purdue University: Voice-activated chemical reaction: www.chem.purdue.edu/bcce/Voice_Activated_Reaction.pdf
Steve Spangler Science: Do you Have Acid Breath?: www.stevespangler.com/experiments
University of Virginia Physics Dept: Soda Science, Flower Indicators, and Acid-Base Tea Party:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SodaScienceFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/FlowerIndicatorsFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/AcidBaseFrm.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: acid rain, ammonia, Fritz Haber, Haber process, and pH indicators
Activity 13: Verifying Vexing Volumes
AAAS Benchmarks: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/bolintro.htm
+ American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column, "Is It True That Some People Just Can't Do Math?" (www.danielwillingham.com, Winter 2009-2010): www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
Archimedes: Biographical Information: See websites in Activity #14, Internet Connections.
+ Common Core State Standards: Mathematics: www.corestandards.org/the-standards/mathematics/
International and USA Science Curriculum Standards: See websites in Activity #10, Internet Connections.
Java Applets on Mathematics: www.walter-fendt.de/m14e
Select: Circumference of a Circle
MacTutor History of Mathematics: Pythagoras of Samos: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Pythagoras.html
Optical Illusions (sample sites):
www.michaelbach.de/ot
www.optillusions.com
www.planetperplex.com/en/optical_illusions.html
PBS/NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/novaand http://shop.wgbh.org
University of Toronto , Department of Physics: Physics Flash Animations: Miscellaneous: Area of a Circle as a Limit: www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash
Wikipedia: Pythagoras of Samos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras
Activity 14: Archimedes, the Syracuse ( Sicily) Scientist
See also the Internet Connections related to density in Activity #3.
Benchmarks for science literacy: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/bolintro.htm.
Archimedes:
www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
www.gap-system.org/~history/Mathematicians/Archimedes.html
www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lpt/archimedes.htm
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-archimede
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Archimedes.html
Contextual Science Teaching: http://sci-ed.org
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Buoyancy: http://dep.disney.go.com
*History of Science Society: www.hssonline.org/index.html
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Mechanics: Fluids: Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle: Explanation and Concept Maps: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Illinois State University Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Select Mechanics—Hydrostatics: http://learning.physics.iastate.edu/DemoRoom/Index.htm#
International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science: www.hopos.org
Int'l History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group ( SHiPS Resource Center): http://www1.umn.edu/ships/hpst
Internet History of Science Sourcebook: www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
Java Applets on Physics: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
Select: lever principle, Newton's second law, and buoyant force in liquids
National science education standards: www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/overview.html
Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago: See How to Build a Lever: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities
PBS/NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/novaand http://shop.wgbh.org
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Heat and Fluids: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
University of Michigan: Physics Demonstration Catalog: Archimedes Principle: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/demo.aspx?id=19
University of Virginia Physics Department: Levers, Compound Machines and Mechanical Advantage:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/compoundmachineFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/LeversFrm.htm
Wake Forest University: Newton's Laws Videos: 14 hook balance: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr2_newton.htm
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: Archimedes and the history and philosophy of science
Activity 15: Measurements and Molecules Matter
3-D Molecular Designs: www.3dmoleculardesigns.com/news2.php#water
About.com: Chemistry: Burning Money Demonstration: http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ss/burnmoney.htm
Alcohol + Water: A more complicated perspective on the nonadditivity of volume: www.als.lbl.gov/als/science/sci_archive/70methanolmix.html
America 's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science: www.nap.edu/books/0309096715/html/R1.html
Cell Biology Animations: www.johnkyrk.com
Center for Collaborative Action Research: http://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms and Measurement: http://dep.disney.go.com
Doing Chemistry: Movies of chemical demonstrations: Mixing alcohol and water in a long tube: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem070.html
Kansas City Public Television's e-Eats program: Ecofoam versus Styrofoam: www.kcpt.org/eats
National Academy of Sciences: National Research Council: Board on Science Education (Framework for Science Education)
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html
National Science Education Standards (1996): www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/overview.html
Official M.C. Escher website: www.mcescher.com.
Steve Spangler Science: Vanishing Styrofoam: www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000046
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: action research, ehanol, ethanol fuel, and lesson study
Activity 16: Bottle Band Basics
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Sound and Science of Music: http://dep.disney.go.com
Franklin Institute: Ben Franklin: Musician: www.fi.edu/franklin/musician/musician.html
Glass Armonica: Ben Franklin and the modern music of William Zeitler: www.glassarmonica.com
How Stuff Works: Wine Glass "Singing": http://science.howstuffworks.com/question603.htm
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Sound and Hearing: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Learning and Teaching Scotland: www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/resources/science/sound/index.asp
*MacTutor History of Mathematics: Pythagoras of Samos:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/index0.html
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html
Pacific Science Center: Music Physics and Instruments: http://exhibits.pacsci.org/music
PhET Interactive Simulations: Sound: See sound waves and adjust frequency, volume, and location: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Physics
Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound
Sources of Science Songs:
Dr. Chordate (various artists): www.tranquility.net/~scimusic/notochordsproducts.html
Greg Crowther's Science Song Music: http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs
*Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere (MASSIVE) database: http://singaboutscience.org/MASSIVE/findandaddsongs.shtml
Mike Offutt Science CDs (for sale): www.teachersource.com/Chemistry/ChemistryResources/Songs%20By%20Mike%20Offutt.aspx
Science Song Links: www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/links.html
Songs for Teaching: Science Songs: www.songsforteaching.com/sciencesongs.htm
WIRED Science: Top 10 Scientific Music Videos: www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/sciencemusic
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html
University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Acoustics: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
University of New South Wales , Physics Department: Music Acoustics: www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music
University of Toronto , Department of Physics: Physics Flash Animations: Sound: www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash
University of Virginia Physics Department: Mathematics of Music (a CBL) and Sound Activity Stations:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MusicMathFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SoundStationsFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/WavePitchFrm.htm
Whales Songs and Human Noise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/06/0619_020619_TVwhale.html
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: glass harmonica, musical acoustics, Pythagoras of Samos, and the North Wind and the Sun
Activity 17: Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics
Aims of Education: www.ditext.com/whitehead/aims.html
+ American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column, "Is It True That Some People Just Can't Do Math?" (www.danielwillingham.com, Winter 2009-2010): www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
American Society for Microbiology: Classroom Activities: Is It Clean or Just Unseen? Dirty Water and the Naked Eye: www.asm.org/index.php/education/classroom-activities.html
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: See Measurement: Molecular Monolayers: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Steps: http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Boeke/frames.html
Cubic Meter Model Instructions: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/Metric_Cube. pdf
Geological Society of America: Geological Time Scale: www.geosociety.org/science/timescale
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com
How Stuff Works: Nanotechnology: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm
*HyperPhysics: Electromagnetic Spectrum: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems1.html
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: http://cmap.ihmc.us
Java Applets on Mathematics: Unit Conversion, Pythagorean Theorem I and II, and the Circumference and Area of the Circle: www.walter-fendt.de/m14e
The Known Universe: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100120.html
m 3 Model: www.phys.unt.edu/~klittler/demo_room/mech_demos/1a10_75.html
Mars Metric Mishap Conversion Calamity: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter
www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02
Metric Conversions: www.metric-conversions.org/volume/cubic-meterconversion.htm
Microcosm , CERN's Interactive Science Centre: http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/Microcosm/P10/english/welcome.html
NanoScale Science Education Research Group at North Carolina State University: http://ced.ncsu.edu/nanoscale
The NanoTechnology Group, Consortium for Global Education: www.tntg.org/documents/home.html
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: National Metric Week (10/10/10): www.nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=10248
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network: Size and (relative) Scale Curriculum Unit: www.nnin.org/nnin_k12sizeandscale.html
NSF's National Nanotechnology Initiative: www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/education/kids.jsp
PhET Interactive Simulations: Estimation (game) for length, surface area, and volume: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Estimation
*ppb and Ozone Model activity: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/Metric_Cube.pdf
Powers of Ten: http://powersof10.com
Secret Worlds, the Universe Within: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10
SEPUP's Investigating Wastewater: Solutions and Pollution module:
www.sepup.com/catalog.php?item=SP-2
+ University at Albany College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering: http://cnse.albany.edu/NanoforKids/K12Links.aspx
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Web Geological
+ University of Texas-Austin, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science: http://tmi.utexas.edu/resources/what-is-nanoscience/
Time Machine: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
U.S. Census Bureau:
U.S. and World Population Clocks: www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
International Data Base: www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb
U.S. Treasury Department, National Public Debt Report: www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: concept map, Cosmic Voyage (1996 IMAX film; depicts 42 orders of magnitude; similar to Powers of Ten), cubic meter, density of universe is less than 1 atom/m3, metric system, nanotechnology, orders of magnitude (length), parts-per notation, and Powers of Ten film
Activity 18: Medical Metaphor Mixer
Access Excellence: www.accessexcellence.org/AE
All the Virology on the WWW: www.virology.net
*Altoona List of Medical Analogies: www.altoonafp.org/analogies.htm
American Society for Microbiology: www.asm.org.
Bacteria: More than Pathogens: www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wassenaar.html
Blick on Flicks feature of NSTA Reports: www.nsta.org/blickonflicks
Cells Alive: How big is a … ?: www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Infectious Disease Information Index: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases
*Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers: Classroom Resources: Everyday Biology: HIV Testing and HIV Cocktail downloadable lab simulations: http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu/labs_and_activities/images/HIV_Transmission.pdf
Discovery Health: How AIDS Works: http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/infectious/aids.htm
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Germs: http://dep.disney.go.com
Educational Innovations: Glo Germ Classroom Kit and related products: www.teachersource.com/BiologyLifeScience/Germs/GloGerm.aspx
Fankhauser's Cheese Page (and yogurt): http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Cheese.html
Kansas City Public Television's e-Eats program: Keep Your Hands to Yourself: www.kcpt.org/eats
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: http://pbln.imsa.edu/index.html
Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth: www.pbs.org/opb/intimatestrangers
Mayo Clinic: Germs: www.mayoclinic.com/health/germs/ID00002
Hand-washing: Do's and don't's: www.mayoclinic.com/health/hand-washing/HQ00407
Infectious diseases: www.mayoclinic.com/health/infectiousdiseases/DS01145
Microbe World: www.microbeworld.org
Microbiology K–12 Curriculum Outline: www.science-projects.com/classexpts.htm#connections
National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
The Role of Biology Education in Addressing HIV and AIDS
The Use of Human Body Fluids and Tissue Products in Biology Teaching
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs
Abracadabra: Magic Johnson and Anti-HIV Treatments
The Case of a Tropical Disease and Its Treatment (Chagas): Science, Society & Economics
A Case Study Involving Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine
The Mystery of the Blue Death (cholera): A Case Study in Epidemiology and the History of Science
National Geographic Society: Guns, Germs and Steel: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com
National Science Teachers Association Position Statement: The Teaching of Sexuality and Human Reproduction: www.nsta.org/about/positions/sexuality.aspx
PBS Evolution, Show #4 The Evolutionary Arms Race: www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/about/show04.html
River City: http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject
Science Buddies: Making yogurt from whole milk: www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/MicroBio_p010.shtml
Serendip: Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron. Search for Human Physiology (Sexual Health and Reproduction) and Evolution and Diversity (Some Similarities Between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth)
Steve Spangler Science: Cover Your Mouth; Germ Science (lotion glows under UV light): www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/glo-germ-and-giantmicrobes
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, Medline Plus: Infectious Diseases: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousdiseases.html
Whyville (site of WhyPox and WhyFlu virtual epidemics): www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: AIDS, bioremediation, decomposition, fermentation (food), germ theory, HIV, infectious disease, influenza pandemic, Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, and probiotics
World Health Organization: HIV/AIDS: www.who.int/hiv/en
Activity 19: Cookie Mining
AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment: http://atlas.aaas.org/index.php?part=2
Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: "Oil Barrels" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#oil-barrels) and "Cans Seurat" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#cansseurat )
*Cookie Mining and Economics: Simulations and Games:
www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/cookiemining_cont.html
www.coaleducation.org/lessons/primary/summary/economic.htm
www.mtascience.com/cookiemining.pdf
www.iu29.org/resources/Documents/CoalSecondary.pdf
www.msichicago.org/education/educator-resources/classroom-activities/educator-info/activities/cookie-mining-1/
Cupcake Core Sampling: www.coaleducation.org/lessons/wim/4.htm
Environmental Defense Fund: www.edf.org/home.cfm
*Environmental Literacy Council: www.enviroliteracy.org/
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: http://pbln.imsa.edu/index.html
National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
Sustainability in Life Science Teaching
Teaching About Environmental Issues
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: Watch Your Step: Understanding the Impact of Your Personal Consumption on the Environment: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/footprint/footprint.html
National Science Teachers Association Position Statements on:
Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx
*Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx
Population Action International: Search: Mapping the Future of World Population: www.populationaction.org
Population Connection: www.populationeducation.org
Population Statistics and Resources: http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata
Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions: www.ucsusa.org
USGS Mineral Resources Program: http://minerals.usgs.gov
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: hydraulic fracking, life cycle assessment, mining, and offshore drilling.
World Population: A Guide to the WWW (links): http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/populate.html
World Resources Institute: http://water.wri.org/worldresources2005-pub-4073.html
World Resources Simulation Center: http://wrsc.org
Activity 20: Making Sense by Spending Dollars
AAAS Project 2061: Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change: www.project2061.org/publications/order.htm#TeachingGuides
About.com: Saving Energy: What Are Compact Fluorescent Bulbs and How Do They Save Energy: http://saveenergy.about.com/od/efficientlighting/a/CFL.htm?iam=sherlock_abc
An Inconvenient Truth: www.climatecrisis.net
Carbon Footprint Ltd.: www.carbonfootprint.com/index.html
*Centre for Science Stories: Earth Sciences: The Realization of Global Warming: http://science-stories.org/category/approach/earth-sciences/
Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: " Light Bulbs" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#light-bulbs )
Conservation International: Climate Change: www.conservation.org/learn/climate/Pages/overview.aspx
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electrical Current: http://dep.disney.go.com
Energy Star: Compact Fluorescent Bulbs: www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls
Environmental Defense Fund:
*Fight Global Warming: www.edf.org/fight-global-warming
Make the Switch, Take the Pledge Campaign: www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=608
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect (various sources): www.climatechange.net
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1998/es202/l13.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/global-warming-faq.html
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
How Stuff Works: How much coal is required to run a 100-watt lightbulb for a year? http://science.howstuffworks.com/question481.htm
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: http://pbln.imsa.edu/index.html
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Standby power: http://standby.lbl.gov
National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35
Sustainability in Life Science Teaching
Teaching About Environmental Issues
See also:
www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/science/sci1206/unit1.PDF
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/affective/environment.html
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: The Petition: A Global Warming Case: www.sciencecases.org/petition/petition.asp
National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project: www.need.org
National Public Radio: All Things Considered:
CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7431198
Global Warming: It's All About Carbon: NPR, five-part, online cartoon series: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9943298
National Resource Council: America's Climate Choices: http://americasclimatechoices.org
National Science Teachers Association Position Statements:
Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx
*Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx
Nature Conservancy: Climate Change: What's My Carbon Footprint?: www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/?src=f1
NSDL Wiki: http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/PALE:ClassicArticles/GlobalWarming
PhET Interactive Simulations: The Greenhouse Effect: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=The_Greenhouse_Effect
Science Channel: http://science.discovery.com/videos/deconstructed
Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions: Global Warming: www.ucsusa.org/global_warming
U.S. Department of Energy (efficiency): www.energy.gov/energyefficiency/index.htm
CFLs: www.energysavers.gov/your_home/lighting_daylighting/index.cfm/mytopic=12050
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
CFLs and Mercury: www.epa.gov/mercury
Climate Change—Greenhouse Gas Emissions: www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/individual.html
U.S. Green Building Council: www.usgbc.org.
+ Vampire Appliances (or Standby Power):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power
http://www.srpnet.com/energy/powerwise/savewithsrp/EnergyVampires.aspx
http://abcnews.go.com/US/vampire-appliances-higher-electric-bills-energy-waste/story?id=13846388#.UBdA6kTdm9g
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/unplug-energy-vampire-appliances-electronics-stop-standby-power/story?id=14148929#.UBdBFkTdm9g
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search for: compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), fluorescent, incandescent, LED, and life cycle assessment (cradle-to-grave analysis)
Activity 21: A Terrible Test That Teaches
Alternative Strategies for Science Teaching and Assessment: http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/support/strategy.html
American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Examinations Institute:
http://chemexams.chem.iastate.edu/materials/exams.cfm
American Educator, Summer 2007, "Can Critical Thinking Be Taught": www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/summer07/index.htm
American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
"Why Students Think They Understand—When They Don't": www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/winter0304/willingham.cfm
Annenberg/CPB Media: Interactive Workshops: Assessment in Math and Science: What's the Point? www.learner.org/workshops/assessment
Bioliteracy: http://bioliteracy.colorado.edu
Bloom's Taxonomy: http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom1.html
Bloom's Taxonomy Revised: http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Buros Center for Testing: Instructional Resources: Standards for teacher competence in educational assessment of students: www.unl.edu/buros
Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES): http://surveylearning.moodle.com/cles
Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS):
Assessment Tools for Professional Development: www.csss-science.org/tools.shtml
State and Territory Science Assessments Information: (Excel download): www.csss-science.org/assess.shtml
Educational Testing Service: www.ets.org
Ericae.net Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation: http://ericae.net
Fair Test. National Center for Fair and Open Testing: www.fairtest.org
Foundation for Critical Thinking: www.criticalthinking.org
Learning Point Associates: Multiple Dimensions of Assessment That Support Student Progress in Science and Mathematics: www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/science/sc700.htm#sciencestd
*MOSART: Misconception Oriented Standards-based Assessment Resource for Teachers: www.cfa.harvard.edu/smgphp/mosart/aboutmosart_2.html
Multiple Choice Tests: Composition, Assembly and Analysis: www.sfsu.edu/~testing/MCTEST/mainframe.html
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): "The Nation's Report Card":
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science
National Association for Research in Science Teaching: Research Matters to the Science Teacher: www.narst.org/publications/research.cfm
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST): www.cse.ucla.edu
National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996): see Chapter 5, "Assessment": www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4962
National Science Teachers Association Position Statement: Assessment: www.nsta.org/about/positions/assessment.aspx
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) at the U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
Nature of Science (NOS) Assessments web links: See Internet Connections for Activity #7
NCLB and Humorous Parodies:
*The Football Version:
www.hoagiesgifted.org/nclb_sports.htm
www.janebluestein.com/articles/football.html
*No Cow Left Behind: http://drsticks.com/No_Cow_Left_Behind.html
*No Dentist Left Behind: www.trelease-on-reading.com/no-dentist.html
Track and Field Parable for NCLB: http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1954698&tstart=105
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS): http://pals.sri.com
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): www.pisa.oecd.organd http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa. See also the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching 46 (8): Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122604861/issue.
*Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP): http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/AZTEC/RTOP/RTOP_full/about_RTOP.html
Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPT): www.sweptstudy.org/instruments.html
Table of Specifications: Insuring Accountability in Teacher Made Tests: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCG/is_2_31/ai_n6130123
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): http://nces.ed.gov/timss
TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center, Boston College: http://timss.bc.edu
WestEd Partnership for the Assessment of Standards-based Science: www.wested.org/cs/we/view/serv/84
WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search: Benjamin Bloom, concept inventory (links to downloadable, diagnostic, research-validated inventories in physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, and statistics), NAEP, PISA, scientific misconceptions, and TIMSS.
Activity 22: Diagnostic Assessment
See sites listed in Activity 21 and the following:
American Society of Plant Biologists: Principles of Plant Biology: www.aspb.org/education/foundation/principles.cfm
Cosmos: www.hulu.com/cosmos
Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Flowers and Plants: http://dep.disney.go.com
Flat Earth Society: http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society
www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/FlatHome.htm
In Search of the Edge: An Inquiry Into the Shape of the Earth: www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/search.html
National Science Foundation (NSF), SRS Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science and Technology: www.nsf.gov/statistics/showsrvy.cfm?srvy_CatID=6&srvy_Seri=17
Physics Education Research Group, University of Maryland: Attitude Surveys (links): www.physics.umd.edu/perg/tools/attsur.htm
Physics Education Research Group, University of Colorado: Colorado Learning About Science Survey: Physics, Chemistry and Biology versions: www.colorado.edu/sei/class
Relevance Of Science Education (ROSE): International look at affective factors in learning: www.uv.uio.no/ils/english/research/projects/rose