| Hands On |
User can explore topic through an activity.
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| Lesson Plans |
An activity or exploration teachers can plug into their curriculum.
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| Interactive |
Level of interactivity ranges from quizzes to models and simulations
that the user can manipulate.
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| High Graphic |
Might have pix, illustrations, movies. Generally requires plug-ins and
fast connections, but the images/icons are often worth the wait.
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| Questions |
Encourages students to ask questions, plan and conduct investigations,
use appropriate tools and techniques to gather data, think critically
and logically about relationships between evidence and explanations,
analyze alternative explanations, and communicate scientific arguments
for debate and critique.
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| Data Source |
Want to conduct your own research? These troves range from tables of
data to searchable archives.
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| Collaboration |
** Need definition **
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| Science Fair |
** Need definition **
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| Expert |
Get an answer from a scientist. Might be canned from past
questions, or delayed response.
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| News |
Science as recent as yesterday's news. Puts science in the context
of day-to-day events.
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| History |
Science is full of intrigue, missteps, and characters.
Learn more about the stage on which important and not-so-important
discoveries took place.
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| Career |
A glimpse in the career paths of successful scientists and other
who make a living doing science.
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| Core Content |
Examines Earth, Life, and Physical science content in detail, to
re-establish understanding or to introduce new and challenging material.
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| Inquiry |
Encourages students to ask questions, plan and conduct investigations, use
appropriate tools and techniques to gather data, think critically and logically
about relationships between evidence and explanations, analyze alternative
explanations, and communicate scientific arguments for debate and critique.
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| Misconceptions |
Identifies points at which understanding can go awry in science, suggests
ways to avoid these points, and/or offers suggestions for addressing them
when they do occur.
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| Ads |
Identifies web pages, which at the time they were submitted, contained
advertisments for products and/or services. These may be in the form of
pop-up, pop-under, or banner advertisments for products, services, or other
websites.
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