This page and its resources were created as part of the Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh Fall Institute. Science teachers in the Pittsburgh Public Schools are using the Internet in a variety of ways. Some of these include:

Using the Internet to Support Science Research

Students in the Westinghouse SAM Program

Data Collection

The December Solstice Project

Internet Projects

The Journey North

Online Mentors

CoVis Telecomputing Mentors

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Museums and Collections | Planet Earth | Programs and Projects
Weather | Plants, Animals and Humans | Astronomy | Newsgroups | Magazines

Museums and Collections

• Yahoo Math and Science
• The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
  
• The Cornell Theory Center - Math and Science Gateway
• Visit Our Museums - The Science Learning Network
  
• The Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum
  
• National Museum of Natural History
  
• The National Air and Space Museum
  

Planet Earth

• Converting Weights and Measures
  
• Periodic Table of Elements
  
• Earth Viewer
  
• Earth and Environmental Sciences Center
  
• Environmental Education on the Internet
  
• Volcanoes
  
• Seismology
  
• United States Geological Survey
  
• Physics Around the World
  
• Wat's Up - Earth Science Newsletter
  

Programs and Projects

• Collaborative Visualization
  
• The Science Learning Network
  
• The Chemistry Tutor
  
• The Why Files - Science Behind the News
  
• Academy One Science Center
  
• The USGS Learning WEB
  
• Global Online Adventure Learning
  
• Lawrence Hall of Science
  
• Frank Potter's Science Gems
• Ask an Engineer
  
• Science Projects for the Family
  
• National Science Teachers Association
• Odyssey of the Mind
• National Academy of Science
  
• The National Library of Medicine
  
• NCSA Superquest for Math and Science Teachers
  
• Division of Educational Programs - Newton
  
• The Los Alamos Science and Mathematics Initiative
  
• The Jason Project: Student Expeditions
  
• The International Arctic Project
  

Weather

• The Weather Channel
  
• Weather Information Superhighway
  
• The Daily Planet
  
• Interactive Weather Browser
  
• Weather
  
• Current Weather
  
• Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
  
• The Weather Underground
  

Plants, Animals and Humans

• Human Genome Mapping
• The Visible Human Project
• The Tree of Life
• Whales
  
• The Heart: A virtual exploration
  
• Seaworld/Busch Gardens Information Database
  
• Plant Fossil Record Database
  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  
• The Interactive Frog Dissection - This is time consuming
  
• Whole Frog Project
  
• UC Museum of Paleontology
  
• Paleontology Public Exhibits
  
• Nutrition Expedition
  

Astronomy

• Night of the Comet
  
• Live from the Hubble Telescope Project
  
• Space Shuttle
  
• The Nine Planets
  
• Welcome to Planets
  
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  
• NASA K-12 Resources
  
• Jupiter Comet Impact Images
  
• Space Movie Archive
  
• Eclipse Images
  

Magazines

• Popular Science Magazine

Newsgroups

• K12.ed.science
  
• Sci.fractals
  
• Sci.math
  
• Sci.chem
  
• Sci.environment
  

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