WEB PORTALS

Name	Randy Kludt
Date	6/7/01
URL	http://acept.la.asu.edu/courses/phs110/ds/toc.html
Web title	Doing Science: An introduction to Physical Science
Web Site Author	Susan Wyckoff- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University
AppropriateGrade/ Content Area	High School – College
SD Science Standard	demonstrate the relationships between force and motion in Newton’s laws.
Primary Use	Teacher and Student resource
Educational Value	This text concerns learning the fundamentals of physical science by doing science as science is done. Learning science is a process of synthesizing new experiences into what one already knows and understands. In doing science there are no right or wrong answers, only defendable answers constructed from experiments and from what a person already knows. The Personal Labs in this manual are designed to accompany an introductory physical science course. These labs are intended to complement, not to replace, formal laboratory experiments and other course work. The aim of the Personal Labs is to extend the laboratory experiences of students, to better familiarize them with observational and experimental techniques, as well as to enhance their understanding of the basics laws of physics.
Strengths/Weaknesses	Very good as it gives the history of the discovery of the concept being taught. The scientific explanation and then a hands on lab to compliment the concept.

Name	Randy Kludt
Date	6/8/01
URL	http://homeschooling.about.com
Web title	Dirtmeisters Science Reporters
Web Site Author	Scholastic
AppropriateGrade/ Content Area	Middle School-High School
SD Science Standard	Apply the quantitative relationships among force, distance, work, time,and power to solve problems
Primary Use	Teacher and Student resource
Educational Value	It leads the student to learn about simple machine in a four step process. 1.Investigate the facts 2.Observe and record their observations 3.Report their findings 4.Read other students reports on the same task
Strengths/ Weaknesses	Best Science teaching web site I’ve seen. Has a list of links to Science teachers web pages around the country.

Name	Randy Kludt
Date	6/8/01
URL	http://www.middleschoolscience.com/
Web title	Middle School Science . Com
Web Site Author	E.S. Belasic
AppropriateGrade/ Content Area	Middle School-High School
SD Science Standard	Numerous, as all lesson plans and assignments for the year are on the site
Primary Use	Teacher and Student resource
Educational Value	Has all teaching concepts, activities for the year. The entire curriculum is here
Strengths/ Weaknesses	Best Science teaching web site I’ve seen. Has a list of links to Science teachers web pages around the country.

Name	Randy Kludt
Date	6/11/01
URL	http://www.nap.edu/html/rtmss/1.9.html
Web title	Resources for teaching Middle School Science
Web Site Author	Nation Academy Press
AppropriateGrade/ Content Area	Middle School-High School-
SD Science Standard	Properties and changes of properties in matter.
Primary Use	Teacher and Curriculum Directors
Educational Value	This site is an overview of the Prentice Hall Physical Science book.
Strengths/ Weaknesses	Would be a great help in textbook selection process. Also has links to other textbooks sites. These are crosslinked by subject area topics.

Name	Randy Kludt
Date	6/11/01
URL	http://www.webelements.com
Web title	WebElements TM Professional edition
Web Site Author	Mark Winter
AppropriateGrade/ Content Area	Middle School-High School-College
SD Science Standard	Analyze how placement of elements on the periodic table is a function of atomic structure
Primary Use	Teacher and Student resource
Educational Value	Shows graphics of element structures and properties
Strengths/ Weaknesses	When you pick an element it gives you all the factual information but also has many pictures of the element and movies that show you what happens during a chemical reaction.. It also gives you list of compounds made with the element.