Compelling
National Internet Projects
This list includes links for some
of the most popular and well-supported Internet projects
in the math and science field.
WhaleNet
WhaleNet is dedicated to education while focusing on whales
and whale research. WhaleNet is a unique interdisciplinary,
hands-on, collaborative telecomputing project to foster excitement
and learning about the natural world in schools across the
nation and around the globe. Access to live satellite data
on position of whales, curriculum material and an ask-a-scientist
pages are all available through this great web site!
Journey North:
A Global Study of Wildlife Migration
Join students, teachers and parents across North America
in an Internet-based learning adventure about the global
study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Track a
wide range of animals in real time through the use of satellite
tags, spotter postings and partner classrooms.
Field Trip North
Join the North Carolina Zoo and a team of researchers on
an interactive project to track and study elephants in northern
Cameroon, Atlantic Sea Turtles, and other animals. Read daily
journals, interact with scientists in the field and track
the animals in real time!
The Albatross
Project
Kids from all over are joining with scientists to track ocean-going
albatrosses in Hawaii !!! They are using sensitive satellites
in space, miniature transmitters on birds, and rapid email
communications to investigate the travels of these animals
on the open ocean.
Sea Turtle
Migration-Tracking Education Program
Through this web page, you can view a regularly updated map
showing the migratory movements of endangered sea turtles
being tracked by satellite. It is hoped that by providing
this unique look at the migratory habits of sea turtles,
you will also be compelled to learn more about sea turtle
biology, the threats they face and the ways in which you
can help protect marine turtles.
The
RainForest Connection
Join Dr. Jackie Giacalone Willis as she conducts research
in the rainforest of Panama. Read daily journals and get
to interact with the scientists on a daily basis as they
conduct their research.
NASA Quest Projects
These projects allow students to share in the excitement
of NASA's authentic scientific and engineering pursuits like
flying the shuttle, spacecraft explorations of distant planets,
and space-based life sciences research.
One Sky, Many
Voices
One Sky, Many Voices engages students in 'real-time', inquiry-based
weather projects. Come join students all around the world
and discover the wonders of weather. This is one of
the best and most professional organized weather related
project, don't miss it! SMALL FEE REQUIRED.
VolcanoWorld
VolcanoWorld brings modern and near real time volcano information to specific
target audiences and other users of the Internet. VolcanoWorld draws extensively
on remote sensing images (AVHRR, Landsat TM, Magellan, Gloria, etc.) and other
data collections. This is a MUST visit site for anyone who teachers volcanoes!
Live From Earth and Mars
This project, based at the University of Washington in Seattle and sponsored
by NASA, has developed educational materials based on real time and retrospective
Atmospheric Sciences and Space Sciences data and information. These resources
are provided to K-12 educational systems, museums and the public via the World
Wide Web, with special emphasis being placed on making the resources suitable
for use in science and mathematics instruction in the kindergarten through twelfth
grade. Atmospheric Sciences resources to display and explore the unique meteorology
of the Pacific Northwest and the Puget Sound region with live data are available
in conjunction with LIVE data from the Mars Mission.
Athena
Track drifter buoys in the world's oceans, forecast today's space weather, investigate
tropical storms viewed from space. Project Athena engages students in observing
phenomena using remote-sensed data to construct knowledge about the world. Data
sets and instructional pieces are related to oceans, the atmosphere, Earth resources,
and space/astronomy. Real-time data is used where possible. The material is intended
for direct use by students with appropriate assistance from teachers. The goal
of Athena is to enhance the K-12 science curriculum, and facilitate use of the
powerful computational tools in classrooms networked to the Web.
Classroom Connect Quest Projects
Twice a year, a team of experts - on bicycles - go on a Quest to unravel some
of the greatest mysteries of all time. With millions of students as their guides,
the members of the Quest team travel to distant lands and report on everything
they find. FEE IS REQUIRED.
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab's Interactive
Physics Modules
The Internet Plasma Physics Education eXperience (IPPEX) site on the World Wide
Web allows students and teachers to participate remotely in scientific research
at the country's largest fusion energy laboratory. Students create a knowledge
base that helps them operate a virtual tokamak (a fusion energy device) and analyze
data from the actual experiment in the same way that professional physicists
do.
NCSA ChemViz Project
The Chemistry Visualization program at NCSA (ChemViz) is a program which uses
the power of the World Wide Web in combination with the power of the SGI supercomputer
to generate images of atoms, molecules, and atomic orbitals. The user inputs
a set of parameters as they are prompted and submits these parameters to the
supercomputer. A picture file is generated which the user downloads and views
either in their Web browser or with a visualization program, NCSA Collage, available
for free from this site.
The GLOBE Program
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide
network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand
the global environment. Students and teachers from over 8500 schools in
over 85 countries are working with research scientists to learn more about our
planet. GLOBE students make a core set of environmental observations at or near
their schools and report their data via the Internet. Scientists use GLOBE data
in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science
education. Each day, images created from the GLOBE student data sets are posted
on the World Wide Web, allowing students and visitors to the GLOBE web site to
visualize the student environmental observations.
The Math Forum
There are many good sites. That's the glory and the challenge of the Internet.
Our goal is to build a community that can be a center for teachers, students,
researchers, parents, educators, citizens at all levels who have an interest
in mathematics education. This is a MUST visit site for mathematics teachers.
If you are looking for middle school Internet based math projects at the math
forum CLICK HERE.
Bradford Robotic Telescope
The University of Bradford has been working for a number of years on the development
of low-cost robotic and remote telescopes. Robotic telescopes are also useful
in education where students can send observations to the telescope from their
classroom and pick up the results the next day. This site allows student
to request real time images from the research grade telescope which are available
the next day, a very compelling use of the Internet!
Hands On Universe
The Hands-On Universe is an education program sponsored by the National Science
Foundation and the Department of Energy that helps high school students perform
genuine astronomical research in their classrooms. Students from around the world
can request observations from an automated 30" telescope, select and download
images from an archive of over 1500 images, and learn the math and science involved
in professional astronomy through Hands-On Universe curriculum. NOTE: Teacher
training is required prior to access to curriculum material.
The JASON Project
The JASON Project was founded in 1989 by Dr. Robert D. Ballard following his
discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic. After receiving thousands of letters
from children who were excited by his discovery, Dr. Ballard and a team of associates
dedicated themselves to developing ways that would enable teachers and students
all over the world to take part in global explorations using advanced interactive
telecommunications. Each year a new adventure is available for your students
to take part in via real time interactive activities.
The CoVis Project
The Learning Through Collaborative Visualization (CoVis) Project is thousands
of students, over a hundred teachers, and dozens of researchers and scientists
working to improve science education in middle and high schools. They do this
by approaching the learning of science more like the doing of science, and by
employing a broad range of communication and collaboration technologies. Participating
students study atmospheric and environmental sciences through inquiry-based activities.
Using state of the art scientific visualization software, specially modified
to be appropriate to a learning environment, students have access to the same
research tools and data sets used by leading-edge scientists in the field.
Space Available: Learning
from Satellites
Information and classroom activities that use satellite imagery.
Signals of Spring
The
Signals of Spring curriculum teaches teachers how to use satellite information
with their students to explain the migration of animals. It requires one week
of classroom instruction in winter followed by Research and Analysis components.
Students become Species, Geography, Seasonal Change, or Weather Experts.
Swan Project
Our class
can "Shadow A Swan" on its migration from Alaska to California using
satellite collar tags to follow the Tundra Swans as they migrate. If you participate
in this project your students will also have the chance to communicate with
experts who are involved in the project.
BatNet
BatNet is a network science activity in which students gather data about
bats, and then analyze, synthesize, and electronically share the data with
other students participating in the project. For two nights on a given week
in September, students count the number of bats seen at any one time outside
their home. This information is then entered on the BatNet website. Participating
classes then review all the submitted data in order to make some hypotheses
about the health of the bat population, the relationship between development
and the number of bats seen, etc.
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