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December 30, 2002
Top 100 Science Stories of 2002
http://www.discover.com/issues/jan-03/
Discover magazine (January 2003
issue) has released its list of the top 100 science stories of 2002. The top story deals with cloning – and based
on events in the last week of the year, it may be the top story of the
century. The stories on this site
explain the top stories in archaeology, astronomy, botany, genetics,
anthropology, mathematics, medicine, paleontology, physics, space, technology,
zoology, the environment, and more.
For students and teachers, this site can emphasize the newest
advancements – and setbacks – of science as a way to understand the status of
significant projects that have been ongoing for years and to understand the
significance of the newest projects that will have impact on the future. The stories can be used to help students
understand the inter-relationships among all areas of science.
December 23, 2002
BioScience
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
This website
is a non-commercial, ad-free, educational web site created to promote
bioscience literacy. To meet these
goals, the website provides articles by scientists, science educators, and
science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges:
environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers
in science, and bioscience education. Each month, feature articles
cover current events. In addition, the
web site provides educators with lessons and resources to enhance bioscience
teaching.
December
16, 2002
The Moonlit Road
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
Ghost stories
haunt the moonlit backroads of the American South. Their roots in Southern culture and
folklore are deep. This website presents these stories and folktales as told
by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
This site lets you read each story – or you can listen to the stories
(Real Player is required). Each story
also comes with a cultural background, which includes the origins of each
story and the historical setting from which each story comes. If you become a member of the site (it’s
free), you have access to the entire archive of stories, which have been
collected here for several years. The Moonlit Road is a member of The Storytelling
Ring, a group of websites dedicated to the art of storytelling.
December 9, 2002
Making of America
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
The
Making of America website is a digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (about
1800-1925). The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of
education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and
technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and
50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The documents have been
scanned to images so that you will see the exact pages as those were
originally printed. You can access
each book through a table of contents (which lets you choose sections of the
book to open and read) or you can open the entire book (which can take a very
long time for the larger volumes).
This is an excellent resource for students learning to use primary
sources in research as well as being an excellent source of the real history
of the United States.
December 2, 2002
Measure 4 Measure
http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm
This
website introduces itself with a quote:
“Computers can figure out all kinds of problems – except the things in
the world that just don’t add up.”
Based on that concept, the site offers a collection of interactive links
on the web that estimate, calculate evaluate, translate, and other work you
might need to do. The links are
organized by subject areas and provide tools for students who are using
mathematics within those subjects.
Under science and math, you can find calculators for everything from
acceleration equivalents, energy/work equivalents, a graphing vector
calculator, weight conversions, and much more. Other areas covered include health,
economics/finance, construction, and others – even a tool for calculating
your bowling scores. There are also
links to word translations and games.
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