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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Physicist

For Students 9th - 10th
Physicist as a career is a very broad spectrum. This site from Science Buddies relates the general requirements and education needed to be a physicist and lists the many sub-fields in which physicists can specialize. Included is a video...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Interdisciplinary multimedia course, in thirteen units, on environmental science. Each unit encompasses a thirty-minute video, an accompanying textbook chapter, and an array of visuals and animations. With five interactive labs, a...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Fair Project Ideas, Answers, and Tools

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent starting point for any student participating in a science fair, Science Buddies offers over 900 project ideas, which you can access through a "Topic Selection Wizard" or a directory. Once you've chosen an idea, view a guide...
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Science Technicians

For Students 9th - 10th
Review information about what it's like to be a science technician. Includes details about expected salary and working conditions.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Earth & Space Science

For Teachers K - 1st
This course is composed of eight sessions, each with a one-hour video program addressing a topic area in Earth and Space Science that emphasizes the science content that is likely to be part of any elementary school science curriculum.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Ideas in Science: Scientific Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to find out why controversy in science can actually be productive and help science progress.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientific Institutions and Societies

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation on the importance of institutions and professional societies which have led to a great deal of progress in science.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientists and the Scientific Community

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the human side of science. Take a look at how background and motivation can lead to different perspectives, discoveries, and progress in science.
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The College Board

The College Board: Computer Science a Course Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The place to go for all of the information concerning the Advanced Placement Computer Science A exam.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Exponential Equations in Science: Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
Definition of exponential equations and an explanation of how they relate to science.
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Restoring Ea Middle School Science Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Restoring Ea is a place-based middle school science unit exploring management strategies that could be used for the Loko ea fishpond to sustainably feed people and ensure the ecosystem is healthy and pono (balanced). While specifically...
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PBS

Pbs: News Hour Extra: Teachers: Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent teacher resources for current events in the world of science. Sift through many thorough and engaging lesson plans. Lessons are accompanied by videos or other supplemental documentation.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientific Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of why ethics play an important role in science and research.
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Other

Parkinson's Disease Foundation: Science News

For Students 9th - 10th
Science articles helping to bring public awareness to Parkinson's Disease about recent research and advances.
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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: The Science of the Olympic Winter Games

For Students 9th - 10th
A 16-part video series from the partnership of NBC and the National Science Foundation, on the "physics, biology, chemistry, and materials engineering behind the Olympic Winter Games." Exciting and engaging videos give new meaning to...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Science for All Americans Online: The Nature of Science

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of how scientists look at the world. Written in a way that the average person can understand, it opens up the world of science to everyone.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Economist

For Students 9th - 10th
Economists deal with the distribution of resources and how that distribution affects the economy. This lays out the requirements needed to become an economist, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with...
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University of California

Understanding Science: Science at Multiple Levels

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how the process of science works the same whether at the microscopic level or over a long period time. Clearly explains what a theory and a hypothesis are, and what an over-arching theory is.
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Other

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Project Mohole

For Students 9th - 10th
Project Mohole was "the earth sciences' answer to the space program," a project to gain information about the Earth by drilling a hole through the Earth's crust to the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho). This website gives a history of the...
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University of Florida

University of Florida: Episodes in Romantic Science

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the "Episodes in Romantic Science," this is as complete as a biography gets without being a book. Includes great information about Oersted and his electromagnetic work, The definitive source. Heavily footnoted with many additional...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: 3 D Printers Offer Better Way to Make Some Magnets

For Students 9th - 10th
Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has been working on a way to cut back expenses on powerful magnets used in various objects we use every day like computers and cars. Science News for Students probes into the investigation's...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week

For Students 1st - 9th
This site includes learning resources and activities for Earth Science Week 2016. The goal of the week is to "engage young people and others in exploring geoheritage throughout the Earth systems, including the geosphere, hydrosphere,...
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National Institutes of Health

National Institute of General Medical Sciences: Inside the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Very good science e-book that details why cells are the fundamental unit of life and why our health depends on what happens within the many different cells that make up our body. Each chapter is presented separately and the book can also...
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Epigenetics: The Science of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the science of epigenetics, where gene activity can be changed by factors other than genetic code, for example, by environmental pollutants. (Published: August 22, 2011)

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