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Resources
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California Laboratory Specialists Program
Enhancing the secondary science teacher's ability to deliver laboratory instruction with the aide of a trained lab assistant.
LessonLab, Inc.
Understanding and improving classroom teaching and learning through
research, consulting, program development, and the application of new
technologies.
WebMedia Solutions, Inc.
Providing customized web solutions for education and business.
Here is a sampling of the many resources the California Science Project will provide in its database (currently in development). Please bookmark this site and check back frequently for an announcement that the database is up.
California Department of Education
www.cde.ca.gov
The California Department of Education’s website provides quick
access to state funding opportunities, STAR data, API scores, the State
Board of Education, and all state programs and resources relating to
education programs. The site also provides research, statistical, and
legislative information.
Science SAT-9 Results from California Department of Education
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest
DataQuest helps you find facts about California Schools and districts.
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
http://www.ctc.ca.gov
The CCTC website has information relating to teacher and administrator
credential and certificates. For National Board Certification, go to
http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ps/te/nbpts.asp.
Funding: Federal Grants in Education
www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements
For the Unified Education Strategy Grand Program go to www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Schools/grants?FY200203.
NASA Update: Astronomy Activities in Spanish
http://www.astrosociety.org/online-store/scstore
A Collection of Hands-on Astronomy Activities in Spanish from the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific.
California Building a Presence
http://www.cabap.org
California is embarking on a new effort to build a statewide network
of classroom science teachers, and provide them with science teaching
resources and professional development opportunities.
Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve
www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp
The Calfiornia Department of Education (CDE) announces the opening of
a new website, Literature for Science and Mathematics.
The site's searchable database contains over 1,400 outstanding selections
of literature recommended for children and adolescents related to the
study of natural sciences and mathematics content.
CABAP Resources
www.cabap.org/pub/cabap_docs/cabap/reshome.html
California Building a Presence for Science (CABAP) has posted a new
web resource that correlates instructional materials with the California
Grade 5 Science Standards.
Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
www.flaguide.org
The FLAG offers broadly applicable, self-contained modular classroom
assessment techniques (CATs) and discipline-specific tools for STEM
instructors interested in new approaches to evaluating student learning,
attitudes and performance.
Bio 12.com
www.bio12.com Windows users only
Invaluable resource for both students and teachers of senior biology,
in particular human physiology and biochemistry.
SCORE Science
http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us
A great science education site maintained by CSU Humboldt. They have
a searchable database of over 500 rated websites.
Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org
Access Excellence is a national educational program that provides high
school biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues,
scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the
internet.
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Interactive Periodic Table
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic
Click on an element and get information including the history, sources,
and properties.
Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/museum/k-12.html
A collection of online activities, resources, and materials for K-12
educators focusing on fossils, evolution, and paleontology.
California State University Campuses
www.calstate.edu/datastore/campus_map.shtml
Direct links to all of the state’s CSU campuses.
University of California Campuses
www.ucop.edu
This site provides direct links to the home pages of the 10 UC campuses
(includes the new Merced campus). The three national laboratories managed
by UC are also found here.
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
www.aiccu.edu
A guide to their member institutions which includes information about
them as well as links to their websites.
California Science Center
www.casciencectr.org
Located in Los Angeles.
Lawrence Hall of Science
www.lhs.berkeley.edu
Located in Berkeley.
Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.org
Located in San Francisco.
Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve
www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp
National Academy of Science
www.nas.edu
Los Angeles Times - Science Page
www.latimes.com/news/science
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Science News & Articles
www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles
Science Magazine
www.sciencemag.org
Awards, Contests, and Grants
http://www.nsta.org/resources
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/grants/index.shtml
CDE Staff Telephone Directory
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/sd
Framework and Materials Adoption and Funding
www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/index.asp
The 2003 Science Framework is available for $17.50 plus tax and shipping,
from CDE Press at (800) 995-4099 or visit online. CDE is still considering
its rollouts. In the meantime, some of the county offices are planning
local rollouts. (Contact Dean Gilbert for LACOE’s plan at Gilbert_Dean@lacoe.edu.)
Contact Chris Dowell at cdowell@cde.ca.gov
for materials adoption or framework information.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
http://www.ed.gov/free
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make
hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier
to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.
Science
Safety Handbook for California Public Schools
Information to help make your K-12 environment safe.
New Draft Guidance "Within Part A of Title II, Improving Teacher
Quality State Grants"
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SIP/TitleIIguidance2002.doc
NSTA Resources for Science
http://www.nsta.org/resources
NASA Education Program
http://education.nasa.gov
Access to NASA’s education program materials and resources.
National Science Resources Center - Smithsonian Institution
www.si.edu/nsrc/start.htm
The NSRC collects and disseminates information about exemplary teaching
resources, develops and disseminates curriculum materials, and sponsors
outreach activities, specifically in the areas of leadership development
and technical assistance, to help school districts develop and sustain
hands-on science programs.
US Geological Survey - Education Page
www.usgs.gov/education.html
Access to the resources, publications, and maps of the USGS.
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Education
Page
www.aaas.org/education
AAAS's Directorate for Education and Human Resources offers some 50
education programs, including the Peabody Award-winning radio program,
Kinetic City Super Crew, a science literacy for health project, and
a wide variety of publications and resources.
JASON Compass
The JASON Compass is a monthly e-newsletter for JASON Project teachers.
http://www.jason.org/jason_compass
Science Olympiad
Exploring the world of science.
http://www.ocde.k12.ca.us/scioly
TIMSS Assessment Frameworks and Specifications 2003
http://timss.bc.edu/timss2003i/framework.html
TIMSS International Study Center has just published the second edition
of the TIMSS Assessment Frameworks and Specifications 2003.
The US Department of Education recently released information about programs that its Expert Panel has designated as being Exemplary & Promising Science Programs. Exemplary Programs have more substantial evaluation data in more different locations/contexts than do Promising Programs.
They designated 2 programs as Exemplary and 7 as Promising. Many programs that you know about are not included, probably because they did not apply to go through the process. The Department does not provide information about which programs applied or about programs that applied and were not designated.
Two of the Promising Science Programs are California-based. These are Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) from the Lawrence Hall of Science, and Science 2000 from Decision Development Corporation in San Ramon.
The complete list and more detailed information can be accessed on
the web at www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ORAD/KAD/expert_panel/newscience_progs.html
The selected Exemplary Science Programs are:
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Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST)
Modeling Instruction in High School Physics
The selected Promising Science Programs are:
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Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) Event-Based
Science
Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS)
Habitat Ecology Learning Program (HELP)
National Science Curriculum for High Ability Learners Project
Science 2000®
Sunflower Science Discovery Curriculum for Children
NASA Education Home Page
http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
In the next twenty to thirty years, NASA has bold plans to unlock some
of the mysteries of our universe. NASA's mission is to answer fundamental
questions of science and research.
NASA Spacelink
http://spacelink.nasa.gov
is the official home to the NASA Education Division's electronic publications
and NASA Television's education schedule. It is also your guide to NASA's
Internet resources with hundreds of subject oriented pages and the capability
to search all of NASA.
NASA CORE (Central Operations of Resources for Educators)
http://core.nasa.gov
serves as the worldwide distributor for NASA produced multimedia materials.
This includes a catalog of more than 200 videocassette, slide and CD-ROM
programs.
The NASA ERCN (Educator Resource Center Network)
http://education.nasa.gov/ercn
find the ERC in your state that provides educators with NASA related
instructional materials suitable for use in the classroom. Much of the
material is free; videotapes and slides may be copied. Resources include:
curriculum materials, classroom activities, Internet access, lesson
plans, computer programs, videos, 35 mm slides and publications.
NASA Quest
http://quest.nasa.gov
connects NASA missions and people with K-12 classrooms via the Internet
using live webcasts, interactive chats, profiles, journals and instructional
materials.
NASA Television
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
This agency wide resource provides mission-related educational programming
for schools via satellite dish and/or cable.
NASA Explorer's School Program
http://explorerschools.nasa.gov
Become a NASA Explorer School and partner with NASA to bring exciting
and unique opportunities to educators, students, and families.
New enhancements to the NAEP website let users view NAEP data in clear,
user-friendly graphics! For an introduction to this new feature, go
to nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/new.asp
Or, access the NAEP Data Tool at:
nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata
and create a data table, click on the "Show Graphics" link,
and be connected to a bar or line graph presentation of the table! Analyzing
and presenting data has never been easier.
There's more! Users can use the new enhancements to explore significant
score differences between states through a colorful, dynamic map of
the United States. Connect to this map in two simple ways: through State
Profiles or the Data Tool. To access a state profile, go to:
nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states
and click on a state, then scroll down and click on the "Cross-state
Comparisons" link. You will be connected to a page where you can
choose to view interactive U.S. maps, showing a stateís performance
compared to the rest of the nation, for a subject and year of interest.
Or, use the Data Tool to check significant score differences between
states, and then click on the "Show Graphic" link to access
an interactive map.
These new graphics are generated using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
technology and are easily printed, saved, or incorporated into your
own documents.
Bad Science
www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html
Common misconceptions in science.
Environmental Education
www.creec.org
For information on environmental education resources, including curriculum,
visit online. This site provides a Statewide Searchable Resource Directory.
To find out how environmental education supports your science program,
contact the CRsEEC Coordinator in your region, listed at www.creec.org.
This site also lists numerous free resources. Contact Bill Andrews at
bandrews@cde.ca.gov for more
information.
Legislative Updates
www.nsta.org/pressrel/lupdate.asp
or www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html
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