In this activity, students will learn about the physical science behind marine hazards to shipping as seen in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary of Lake Huron, as they study ways to reduce dangers to ships from natural hazards in the Great Lakes. They will learn to describe at least three major types of vessels that have been used for commercial shipping in the Great Lakes, describe at least three ... Full description.

These teacher tools from the National Science Center (NSC) are categorized by chemistry, air pressure and fluids, electricity, energy, light, magnetism, mathematics, motion, sound, wave phenomena, and science soup (miscellaneous topics). The resources are lesson plans, activities, videos, and opportunities to register for distance learning. There is also a teacher forum to share lessons and activities. ... Full description.

This site describes what early civilizations knew about our solar system and how astronomy developed over the centuries. The early theories describing the movements of the planets, development of the first telescopes, and discoveries of the planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are some of the topics addressed in Discovery. Here you will find the Pluto discovery plate, the photographic plate taken the ... Full description.

At this site, students will learn about the tools used for past, present and future exploration and about the Surveyor spacecraft, five of which landed on the Moon between 1966 and 1968. The Surveyor 3 television camera is on display at the National Air and Space Museum and can be seen in this virtual tour. Also on display are an Apollo 13 rock box used to carry samples back from the moon. This exhibit ... Full description.

This site describes an exhibit that traces the study of comets from the earliest historical observation to the massive international Halley's Comet Watch. The impact of Comet Shoemaker-levy with the planet Jupiter became the first collision between two objects ever observed. Find out what comets are made of and where they come from. Topics included in this site are Historical Records, Origin and Orbits ... Full description.

In this lesson, students review the basics of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and study the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 in order to learn about the early controversy caused by the theory. They then use the Web to explore the various stages of evolution, over geologic time, of organisms such as invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Students create a flow chart illustrating ... Full description.

In this activity, students use an interactive timeline to learn about the history of the exploration and study of the ocean. The timeline includes persons and events in both surface and deep sea exploration, which ranges from the invention of the diving bell through the exploration of William Beebe to Conshelf One. Surface exploration information includes the ancient Phoenicians, Ben Franklin and ... Full description.

This online article reports on a five-week expedition to recover eggs from the emperor penguin that was part of Robert Falcon Scott's failed Antarctic expedition. It discusses the scientific importance of the emperor penguin, what the trip (labeled "the worst journey in the world") was like on a daily basis for the three men who made it, and the frightening and unexpected difficulties Scott and his ... Full description.

This online utility allows teachers to make web lessons for student use. These lessons guide the student through the process of using bibliographic citations to help them analyze photographs. Teachers provide the photographs and bibliographic information. Graphic Sleuth provides editable templates that will help build a complete lesson around the photos and bibiliography information. Examples of four ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the Center for Educational Resources (CERES), a series of web-based astronomy lessons created by a team of master teachers, university faculty, and NASA researchers. It is designed to help students understand that planets travel in nearly circular orbits around the Sun, and that planetary motion obeys laws defined by Kepler and Newton. Students look at websites demonstrating ... Full description.