End of Course Info:
End of Course Info: http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cicurframwkmain.htm This site has both the chemistry and physical science lists of the standards and teacher indicators.
Physical Science Performance Indicators: This is a complete listing of the student performance indicators by standard. The levels for each indicator are labeled.
Chemistry Performance Indicators: This is a complete listing of the student performance indicators by standard. The levels for each indicator are labeled.
Activities, Experiments and Labs:
Stimpsoft! http://www.stimpsoft.com/ A wonderful site with all kinds of terrific downloads. One the site is a periodic table that will sort by gases, alkanes, etc. Also available is the solar system that will load across your screen. Another download is the sun spots. Lots and lots of things but for Mac users only.
How stuff works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Excellent site on how just about everything works.
The Atoms Family: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ Very cute site with a unique way of presenting atomic theory.
Multimedia Physics Studios: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html This site has GIF files that use animation to show physics concepts.
The Discovery Channel: http://www.discovery.com/ This site has links to TLC and a number of links for all of the sciences.
NSTA Recommended Sites: http://www.nsta.org/onlineresources/site/ This site holds many, many on-line sites to help you with activities and planning.
HotBot Directory of PhysicsTopics: http://dir.hotbot.lycos.com/Science/Physics/Education/&MT="Physics+education"&RPN=1&SQ=1 This site has a lot of topics and activities for physics. There is an "Ask the Expert" for tough questions.
Lycos Directory of Chemistry Topics: http://dir.lycos.com/Science/Chemistry/
University of Tennessee at Martin: http://cesme.utm.edu/scilinks/sciencelinks.htm A wonderful site full of excellent resources for all disciplines.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: http://www.ed.gov/free/s-scienc.html This is a major site for all science disciplines. Hundreds and hundreds of sites. Excellent site!
Eisenhower Site: http://www.enc.org:80/index.htm Loads of ideas and suggestions on various activities by grade
Science Topics: http://www.sciencegems.com/ This is Frank Potter's site, and it has the life, earth and physical broken down. It is a very good site.
A sampler of activities: http://cesme.utm.edu/resources/science/sampler.pdf You will need to download a reader to see this site, but it's worth it. Very good ideas!
Experiments galore: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/ agesubject/physicalsciences.html This site is exactly what it says it is, though some difficulties can occur when trying to find a particular experiment.
Ideas from other teachers: http://chem.lapeer.org/ Labs, demos, and basic info for 9-12 science teachers. It has some very good links. Ideas are great and time proven.
Inventors and Inventions: http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/?once=true& Excellent site that has every type of invention and inventor! Site also gives break down by gender, race, etc. of the inventors. Good site!
Duncan Yo-Yo: http://www.yo-yo.com/ This site gives a good history of how the yo-yo developed. Duncan Yo-Yo has a educator package to show how to use the yo-yo in class for science education.