Laura E. George
M 2-3:30
November 15, 2001
WWW Scavenger Hunt
Subject Specific Sites
1.) Find two excellent sites in your discipline that have high school level resources. For
each site give the following info:
a. Site name
b. URL
c. Description of what the site includes.
d. What are the key features of this site that would make it a good site for teachers in
your discipline to use?
e. What is the best feature of this site?
BioChem Links
http://biochemlinks.com/bclinks/biology.cfm
The site includes pictures, lectures, links to current technology.
The features teachers could use are lesson ideas and activities and many links.
The best feature is the biology flash cards and on-line quizzes.
Education Index
http://www.educationindex.com/biology/
The site includes a cool weasel character and biology resources.
The features teachers could use are links to current technology and discussions.
The best feature of this site is the on-line discussions.
Professional Organizations
2.) Find the major teacher organization for your field. It will be one of the following
groups: NSTA, NCTM, or ACM
a. Give the URL
b. What services are available to teachers through the organization’s website?
NSTA — National Science Teachers Association
journals, books, news
Resources
3.) Find a grant for a teacher in your field. Give the URL and grant name.
Toyota TAPESTRY Mini-Grants
http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/index.htm
4.) Find a free classroom resource for your field which is provided by the government or
private industry. Give the URL.
http://www.nea.org/grants/free.html
Standards
5.) Find another state’s educational standards for your field. These are often located at the state education agency (or state department of education). Give the URL.
http://www.ode.state.or.us/tls/science/standards/oregonstandards.pdf
6.) Find the national standards for your field. Quote the first line.
In a world filled with the products of scientific inquiry, scientific literacy has become
necessity for everyone.
Museums
7.) Find a museum program that has either on-line activities and/or lesson plans for
teachers in your field. Give the URL and describe one of the activities or lesson plans
in one or two sentences.
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/bio
Students are asked questions about red-eye in photographs. Then have the students
observe each other’s eyes after being closed for 10 seconds to note pupil size.
Television–Public Broadcasting (PBS)
8.) Find a NOVA on-line adventure in your field. [HINT: NOVA is a PBS series
covering math, science and technology topics. It is produced in Boston.] Give the
title. Give an example of how this adventure addresses both math and science
curricula.
"Cracking the Code of Life"
It addresses science because it deals with the human genome and genetic code. Math
is involved because processes of sequencing deal with probabilities and patterns of
base pairs.
9.) What time was Algebra And Functions: Wired For Space shown on KLRU? (HINT:
KLRU is Austin’s PBS station).
Not scheduled. Please check back for more information.
Lessons
10.) Find a lesson on exponential versus linear relationships. Give the URL and lesson
title.
World Population Study
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math51.txt
11.) Find a site that links science or math with multicultural issues (e.g., geometry from a
Native American perspective). Give the URL.
http://204.98.1.2/passport/lessonplan/lessons/quilt.html
12.) Find an on-line project in your discipline in which your students could collaborate
with students at other schools. Give the URL and describe the project in one
sentence.
http://www.onlineclass.com/BI/default.html
Students take a virtual field trip to Antarctica and discuss and work on projects
related either to food webs or weather and climate.