This site provides links to science games and accompanying support material. The games include Science Jeopardy, Science Taboo, Science Bingo, Science Pictionary, Science Baseball, What in the World, and Twenty-One Questions. Each game includes the required materials such as templates, instructions, and sample games. Other links lead to sources for Tangrams, computer games and simulations, and stopwatches ... Full description.

After investigating the challenges of living and working in Antarctica and how researchers prepare for them, students evaluate the insulating properties of a variety of fabrics. Throughout this six-day unit, they collect their findings in a portfolio. The curriculum materials contain individually downloadable readings, detailed daily breakdowns of tasks, teacher strategies for using the activities, ... Full description.

This site has a list of references that cover a wide range of information about the sea floor. From the discovery of the Titanic to the undersea riches of black smokers, the list includes a number of magazine articles that have taken a close look at deep sea vents. The list contains articles in publications that range from Boys Life to Science World. The magazine articles look at: the challenges of ... 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.

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 article explains that scientists use evidence to determine the probable age of the Earth and that over time a range of different ideas has been put forward based upon different observations. After reading the article, students will discuss questions about it. This exercise illustrates how people with specific beliefs may select or misinterpret scientific evidence to suit the hypothesis they are ... Full description.

This activity demonstrates that there is not just one correct answer to be found to any particular problem and that there is room for different interpretations of data. In addition it will help students to consider the degree of reliability afforded to different observations and the extent to which science can be certain about the ideas put forward. Finally, it will encourage them to consider social ... Full description.

This site describes the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 301 through the eyes of an eighth grade teacher participating in the Teacher at Sea Program. Expedition 301 is part of a multidisciplinary experiment to evaluate the composition, structure, physical properties, chemistry, fluid flow, and biological communities on the east flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. During the expedition ... Full description.