Analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural
Focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues.
Detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies
Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, and contemporary stances
Expert perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects
Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations
Full-text international magazines, academic journals, news source, and primary sources
Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
Full-text database providing students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
280+ topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
BioDigital Human
A 3-D model of male and female bodies. Point your mouse at a part of the human body - the mandible - and it will be identified for you in visually and audibly.
Explore with your mouse as this is pretty amazing resource to learn about the human body!
Concord Consortium
High-quality, free activities for science, math and engineering
2,400+ videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history
150 practice exercises to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
Naked Scientist
Media-savvy physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public.
65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos
Tree of Life
Follow evolution and explore the variety of life on the planet with the Interactive Tree of Life. Can also search for specific organism (mite, mole, wolf, etc.)
Blogs
A Blog Around the Clock
"If you were to pick only one person to follow to keep up with new scientific discoveries and the science community, we recommend Bora Zivkovic." Booklist. December 1, 2010. 71.
PLoS
"PLoS Blogs has been set up to bring a select group of independent science and medicine bloggers together with the editors and staff who run our blogs. Our independent network is made up of writers who love science and medicine, and scientists and physicians that love to write."
Science Fair Sites
Digital Bits Science Lab
Digital Bits Science Lab – Science Experiments for Kids, Parents, and Teachers Click on the science concept you want to explore – there’s a list on the left-hand column.
Middle School Science Activities Look toward the top, left of the screen for a tan box that says “Browse Activities by Grade & Topic.”Type in a key word you want to explore (friction, magnets, etc.) There are a lot of advertisements and links to “related websites.”Please ignore these. They often lead to sites where you have to buy things to get the activities/information you want.
Reeko's Mad Scientist lab
On the left column of this home page, click on “Science Experiments.” You can choose experiments by title, topic, difficulty, etc.
Science Databases
PowerKids Life ScienceScience in Context
General Databases
Image QuestTwo million plus rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world (DK Images, Getty, National Geographic, et al).
Global Issues in Context
MAS Ultra
- 500 popular, high school magazines
- 360 full text reference books
- 85,670 biographies
- 107,000+ primary source documents
- 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
Middle Search Plus- 140+ full text middle school magazines.
- 84,774 biographies
- 105,786 primary source documents
- Image collection of photos, maps and flags
Points of ViewSIRs Discoverer
Web Sites
24/7 ScienceProjects and activities from Regents of the University of California
BBC Stargazing Live
Stargazing Live is a BBC programme on air in January 2112. This site has many great resources to help you
understand the night's sky. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
BioDigital Human
A 3-D model of male and female bodies. Point your mouse at a part of the human body - the mandible - and it will be identified for you in visually and audibly.
Explore with your mouse as this is pretty amazing resource to learn about the human body!
Concord Consortium
High-quality, free activities for science, math and engineering
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
How Stuff Works
Kahn Acadamy
Naked Scientist
Media-savvy physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public.
Science Daily
Tree of Life
Follow evolution and explore the variety of life on the planet with the Interactive Tree of Life. Can also search for specific organism (mite, mole, wolf, etc.)
Blogs
A Blog Around the Clock"If you were to pick only one person to follow to keep up with new scientific discoveries and the science community, we recommend Bora Zivkovic." Booklist. December 1, 2010. 71.
PLoS
"PLoS Blogs has been set up to bring a select group of independent science and medicine bloggers together with the editors and staff who run our blogs. Our independent network is made up of writers who love science and medicine, and scientists and physicians that love to write."
Science Fair Sites
Digital Bits Science LabDigital Bits Science Lab – Science Experiments for Kids, Parents, and Teachers
Click on the science concept you want to explore – there’s a list on the left-hand column.
Middle School Science Activities
Look toward the top, left of the screen for a tan box that says “Browse Activities by Grade & Topic.” Type in a key word you want to explore (friction, magnets, etc.) There are a lot of advertisements and links to “related websites.” Please ignore these. They often lead to sites where you have to buy things to get the activities/information you want.
Reeko's Mad Scientist lab
On the left column of this home page, click on “Science Experiments.” You can choose experiments by title, topic, difficulty, etc.
Science Buddies
Over 1,000 science fair Project Ideas in more than 30 different areas of science