From: John Cafarella (sygnus@bestweb.net)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2000 - 16:13:11 PDT
Message-ID: <002b01c02e58$b986e8c0$5c02b3d8@sygnus> From: "John Cafarella" <sygnus@bestweb.net> Subject: Fw: Digital Dozen: October 2000 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 19:13:11 -0400
Hi folks
Stu Charlip hit the jackpot with this site.
John Caf
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From: S2RT <S2RT@email.msn.com>
To: John Cafarella <sygnus@bestweb.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 11:21 PM
Subject: Fw: Digital Dozen: October 2000
John,
I was sent this by joining the mail list at ENC. I thought there might be others who would like to check some of them out. The can be sent the monthly list by joining ENC.
Stuart
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Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: ENC: Digital Dozen: October 2000
Digital Dozen
Every month, ENC Online highlights thirteen exemplary math and science web sites. Through this message and at http://enc.org, you can connect directly to the web sites or go to ENC's catalog records with complete descriptions and links. ENC Online also has a search engine for locating additional web sites and other teaching materials.
This month, you'll find a number of sites for middle and high school math and science, with activities for biology teachers, a physics tutorial, and sites on vectors and calculus. Plus, for teachers of all levels, a wonderful mathematics encyclopedia to bone up on all kinds of topics!
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October 2000
1 Biology lessons for prospective and practicing teachers
Grade: 9 - 12
Synopsis: Here’s a great one for teachers to really delve into both content and pedagogy for biology. The site contains biology lesson plans and activities with related materials to facilitate students' learning about population biology and molecules and cells. Other features include knowledge mapping exercises and tables with common student alternative conceptions. Visitors can also learn about the educational philosophy that supports the constructivist methods suggested on the site.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
2 Encouraging mathematical thinking
Grade: Kindergarten - Post-secondary
Synopsis: This videopaper, created by The Math Forum's Bridging Research and Practice (BRAP) group, presents a discussion illustrated with classroom video clips that focus on the value of discourse in encouraging students' mathematical thinking and supporting teachers' professional growth. BRAP, a collaboration of teacher practitioners and Math Forum staff, aims to help integrate practice and research by reporting on findings from discussions of research articles, classroom practice, and videotapes of classroom teaching.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
3 Eric Weisstein's world of mathematics
Grade: 8 - Post-secondary
Synopsis: Hosted by the developers of MATHEMATICA, this web site is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia. Entries offer an interlinked framework of mathematical explanations and illustrative examples covering everything from current mathematics research to classroom topics. The interactive illustrations explain mathematics topics such as the Whitney Umbrella, a self-intersecting rectangle.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
4 Genome Gateway news
Grade: 9 - Post-secondary
Synopsis: Read about the latest developments in genome research here! This site contains news articles, written in laymen's terms, from the journals Nature and Nature Genetics. The articles cover research progress, policy issues, and funding and ethical considerations. Current topics include the sequencing of nonhuman genes, national genome projects, and the Human Genome Project.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
5 KanCRN
Grade: Kindergarten - 12
Synopsis: You may not be in Kansas anymore, but you should still check out this site! The Kansas Collaborative Research Network (KanCRN), offers online opportunities for student and scientist collaborations across the country. The site supports the collaborations by providing a forum for structured research projects, student-mentor communications, and mentor feedback about student generated research topics. Current research projects include ozone monitoring, spot removal, and trace gas sampling, with background information, experimental protocols, data submission forms, and linked databases for collected data storage.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
6 Microscopic water organisms in 3D
Grade: 6 - Post-secondary
Synopsis: You probably haven’t had a chance to join the Institute for the Promotion of the Less than One Millimetre, have you? Well, now you can see what everyone’s talking about—that’s right, microscopic aquatic organisms. With color, 3D photographs of oft-neglected organisms such as iatoms, bryozoans, and a starfish larva, this site offers information and stunning images to educate us about the micro-cosmos. Dig up a pair of 3D glasses for this one—it will be worth it!
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
7 OLogy
Grade: Pre-kindergarten - Post-secondary
Synopsis: Did you know this is the national month of the dinosaur? Celebrate with this kid’s site from the American Museum of Natural History. The word Ology means the study of…and this site intends to offer information on all kinds of science. The first Ology covers paleontology, with information about fossils and expeditions in the Gobi desert. Review questions and activities are included in different areas, not to mention a whole section on T. Rex.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
8 The physics classroom
Grade: 9 - 12
Synopsis: Thanks to a high school physics teacher in Glenbrook, Illinois, this web site offers an online physics tutorial covering many key topics. Topics include Newton's laws, momentum and its conservation, and circular motion/planetary motion, as well as Einstein's theory of special relativity, waves and light waves and color. Sections for assessing student understanding and illustrative graphics help to round out this classroom resource.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
9 Plus
Grade: 9 - 12
Synopsis: The Millennium Mathematics Project presents this online magazine about applications of mathematics. Current articles discuss compound interest, continued fractions, and fractals found in modern art. The Millennium Mathematics Project is a long-term national initiative, based in Cambridge, UK. The project's goal is to share the excitement of mathematics and to help people understand the range and importance of its applications to science and commerce.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
10 Population growth and balance
Grade: 5 - 10
Synopsis: How many acorns does it take to sustain a squirrel? Use the information and mathematical model on this site to find the answer. The site contains background information about oak trees, squirrels, and red-tailed hawks and emphasizes the ways that the three organisms interact. The site also explains the mathematics involved in modeling population dynamics as it discusses exponential and logistic growth curves.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
11 Sport! science @ the Exploratorium
Grade: 9 - 12
Synopsis: Where science and sport meet—right here! This Exploratorium web site helps students investigate science concepts through hockey, baseball, skateboarding, and bicycling. With background information and interactive activities, the site covers physiological factors, science in equipment design, and lots of physics.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
12 VectorLand
Grade: 11 - Post-secondary
Synopsis: ENC has to admit that not everyone gets as excited about vectors as we do, but this site is a great way to learn more about them. This online course from the UK includes definitions, illustrations, and proofs related to vectors in three dimensions. You’ll also find descriptions of spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems and an introduction to parametric curves and surfaces. Look for the JAVA Applets to help visualize vector concepts.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
13 Visual calculus
Grade: 11 - Post-secondary
Synopsis: Comparisons between this site and sliced bread are bouncing around ENC these days. Use this site to integrate technology in your class while teaching calculus. Topics include precalculus concepts, limits and continuity, applications, and sequences and series. Detailed instructions for using various public domain, shareware, and commercial software packages are provided. The collection also includes interactive modules (MathView, Java, and Javascript), that can be used by either students or instructors to explore calculus content.
(For more details see Brief ENC Record or Full ENC Record)
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