Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Physics: The Scientific Methods
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain how the methods of science are used to make scientific discoveries; define a scientific model and describe examples of physical and mathematical models used in physics; and compare...
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Eureka Alert: Fear of 'Foreigners' May Slow Scientific Progress
Science is a very important part of social progress. But since 9/11, foreign students, many of whom study science and technology in the United States, have had more difficult times of obtaining and renewing visas. This could lead to a...
University of Oxford (UK)
The History of Scientific Instruments Used in Europe
Medieval and Renaissance-era scientific instruments are catalogued and displayed. Find references to the makers of the instruments and the ways the tools were once used.
Harvard University
Open Collections Program: Expeditions and Discoveries: Modern Age
An inclusive collection of maps, field notes, photos and letters of Harvard sponsored explorations and discoveries during the 19th and 20th centuries.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Milestones in Microbiology
Learners read about six important discoveries in microbiology and put them on a timeline. They develop an understanding of how these discoveries connect to the invention of new scientific tools and technology. The instructional activity...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientists and the Scientific Community
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.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Lewis & Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Go directly to the classroom resources developed in conjunction with the four-part PBS documentary "Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery." Find 17 lesson plans and activities that comprise a multidisciplinary unit on...
Other
Canal Kids: Grandes Ingenerates (Big Inventions)
An exploration of four defining scientific inventions/discoveries of recent history: plastic, laser technology, electricity, and bar codes. The history and development of these technologies, along with examples of their application and...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Creatures of the Skies
This lesson plan explores the scientific and common names of birds, how birds can be identified into a "type" by their size and shape, and how each type of bird has certain physical and behavioral characteristics.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Project Type Investigation
Discover how to approach a scientific question, and learn eight steps students will perform in doing so. Offers suggestions on how to ask a testable question as well as several examples.
Story Behind the Science
Story Behind the Science: The Discovery of Neptune [Pdf]
The scientific history behind the discovery of the planet Neptune.
NASA
Dawn Mission: Dawn Classrooms: The History and Discovery of Asteroids
Student groups explore scientific breakthroughs and the development of technologies that eventually led to asteroid discovery aboard the Dawn space mission. Learning module components include jigsaw reading, model building, math...
NASA
Nasa: Discovery Mission: Messenger
The MESSENGER (MErcury: Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) mission is a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury. This site provides information about its mission objectives and management.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Curiosity, Discovery and Gecko Feet
Robert Full suggests the possibility of finding world-changing results with less formulaic approaches than the scientific method. In his TEDYouth Talk, Full describes the unlikely way he studied gecko's feet and how these beneficial...
Other
Ancient History: 10 Ancient Greek Inventions and Discoveries Still Used Today
Ten of the important inventions and innovations of the ancient Greeks are described. These include the water mill, the odometer, alarm clocks, cartography, the Olympics, geometry, Hippocratic medicine, philosophy, democracy, and...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Proprietary Rights/norms of Science in Biotech Research
This article examines how the commercialization of scientific discoveries leads to conflict between proprietary rights to intellectual property, trade secrecy, and the maintenance of scientific norms. The first two inhibit the...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938
At this site from The Nobel Foundation, read about the life and scientific discoveries of physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), whose work with radiation and "discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" earned him the...
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Scorpion Eating Mice Feel No Sting
Article reports on the scientific discovery that the venom of a scorpion has an unusual reaction in grasshopper mice, actually blocking the mouse from feeling pain instead of inducing it.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 3 10 14: Fingerprinting Clouds
Scientist have recently discovered that clouds possess far more unique traits than just their shapes. Read about the scientific discovery that at least some clouds contain biological particles that can be analyzed to show where the cloud...
Scientific American
Scientific American: Oldest Member of the Human Family
This article, published by Scientific American (July 11, 2002), highlights the discovery of a nearly complete skull of the oldest and most primitive member of the human family known yet. This fossil, found in central Africa, contains a...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Scientific Knowledge Changes
A slideshow tutorial will explain how scientific knowledge can change when new evidence is discovered or new ideas are developed. Take a step back in science history to see some great examples of how scientific knowledge has changed when...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Birds
This lesson plan explores the evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs, as well as how we can make judgments about such issues based on scientific research.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Project Type
For your science fair project, you can try inventing something or you can investigate a scientific issue. Find out whether doing an invention or an investigation is right for you.
Other
Linda Hall Library of Science: Napoleon: Scientific Expedition to Egypt: Rosetta
Illustrated essay about the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta stone.