Want Science Fair Success?
Here's a Science Fair Timeline and Checklist in Microsoft Word™ format which you can download and customize to help your class stay organized and on track.

WEB SITES

NSTA
Resources from the National Science Teachers Association.

Exploratorium Digital Library
Features "digital media and digitized museum materials related to interactive exhibits and scientific phenomena, including images, educational activities in PDF and html formats, QuickTime movies, streaming media, and audio files." Covers astronomy, biology, mathematics, and more. From the Exploratorium, San Francisco.

Science Learning Materials from Britannica
Interactive lessons, animations, study guides and activities.

Middle School Science
Science lessons, projects, activities & news.

Science & Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Hundreds of lesson plans "designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach." From the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Biology Index
Chemistry Index
Physics Index

Windows to the Universe
A unique and fun Web site about the Earth and Space sciences.

Cornell Math and Science Gateway
This Gateway provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12.

New York Times Daily Lesson Plan: Science
"The New York Times Learning Network is a free service for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents. This links directly to science activities.

ONLINE MAGAZINE

Scientific American
Scientific American offers understandable, authoritative reporting on developments in every field of science.
To use Scientific American at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Grolier Online: New Book of Popular Science
The online version of the reference books by the same name.
To use Grolier Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Science Online
Science Online is a complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost every field of science. Categories include: Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, and Experiments and are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are searchable by keyword, topic, and year. In addition, the site includes a Timeline dating from the big bang to the present.
To use Science Online at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Gale Databases (InfoTrac)
A collection of 11 periodical and reference databases. General Reference Center and Health Reference Center are useful for science information.
To use Gale's InfoTrac at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

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updated 07/23/2008