Web Sites

General Resources

• ARTSEDGE
  ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.



• EconEdLink
  A comprehensive guide to teaching economics using the Internet, including model lessons and templates for creating effective lesson plans on your own.



• EDSITEment
  EDSITEment is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities. EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.



• Illuminations
  The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.



• ReadWriteThink
  Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.



• Science NetLinks
  Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.



• Smithsonian's History Explorer
  Your gateway to innovative, standards-based online resources for teaching and learning American history, designed and developed by the National Museum of American History as part of Verizon's thinkfinity.org consortium.



• Xpeditions
  The lesson plans on this site were written by educators and have been tested in the classroom. Together, they address all of the U.S. National Geography Standards, the five geography skills, and the main geographic perspectives.

Ecology : General Resources

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  This site provides games, stories and jokes having to do with environmental science.



• Discovery School
  Discovery School, a section of the discovery.com site, gives students, teachers and parents' wide access to a variety of articles and stories concerning science and discovery.



• Earth and Sky
  The web site for this popular radio program allows you to access both the radio program itself, along with links to other science sites and provides discussion forums for students.



• Energy Quest
  This web site devotes itself to frequently asked questions about energy and conservation. Also featured is the "Ask Professor Quester" section in which common energy questions are answered.



• The National Parks Service: Links to Learning
  The National Parks Service web site provides students with locations and information about the parks nearest to them.

CSI, Forensics : General Resources

• Boy Scouts of America
  The Boy Scouts of America provide excellent information about the science of fingerprinting.



• Cyberbee's Who Dunnit?
  This web site provides information on forensic techniques, the history of forensic science, and additional activities to try at home.



• DNAWebquest
  The webquest allows you to explore the application of DNA technology in the area of forensic science.



• Dragonfly TV
  This PBS web site includes a description of a case, details on how it was solved and suggested activities for the reader.



• Forensic Files
  Tru TV's web site for its popular television show includes forensic techniques, a glossary and a timeline of the field. Also included is a "virtual forensics lab."



• NOVA Science Programming On Air and Online
  If you loved cracking cases at NYSP, you'll want to check out NOVA's web site to determine who licked Jimmy Sweet's prized holographic lollypop.



• Who Stole the Minister's Malibu?
  This Australian web site has information on the field as the stories behind several big forensics cases.