This tutorial provides instruction in algebra and trigonometry. Although intended as a refresher, it should be understandable to students who are new to the material as well as provide new insights to those who are already familiar with it. Full description.

This site is part of a step-by-step process which explores the design elements of a web lesson. The aim of this essay is to make teachers aware of the considerations of learning goals that will influence the shape of their course, and to emphasize that the key to developing effective technology-based learning activities is to start with clear goals about desired outcomes. The site also provides a ... Full description.

This brief tutorial presents information about how students can be supported in acquiring information processing skills as technology, particularly the internet and the web, is integrated into schools and classrooms. The author uses text, slides, exercises, and example resources to discuss how to use scaffolding techniques in web-based learning. He defines scaffolding as supportive, task-oriented, ... Full description.

This Module Maker tutorial uses templates to show users how to build online research modules that structure and guide student research efforts towards higher level thinking. Completed modules should be able to challenge students' critical thinking skills while supplying them with information to support such thinking. The tutorial discusses why strong questioning skills are essential to successful ... Full description.

This introduction to the world's biomes provides brief descriptions and climographs (charts showing average temperatures for each month of the year). It begins with an overview of the biome concept, followed by a summary of climograph structure and use. The remaining pages detail six identified biomes, including: arctic tundra, deciduous forest, desert, taiga, tropical rainforest, and tropical savannah. ... Full description.

This website is a self-guided tutorial about the Sun and its effects on the environment here on Earth. Topics covered include statistics and details about the Sun and its layers, why seasons occur on Earth, the Earth's orbit, solstices and equinoxes, temperatures on Earth and why they vary, solar heating, atmospheric scattering, and Sun angles. Images and animations help to make concepts easy to grasp. ... Full description.

A collaboration between 30 universities, this Virtual Training Suite provides 40 tutorials designed to help students, lecturers, and researchers improve their Internet information skills. Based on a United Kingdom initiative to offer free online training, these tutorials cover specific web skills for those in disciplines such as math, the history and philosophy of science, geography, bioresearch, ... Full description.

This site focuses on salt marsh environments such as beaches, dunes, and estuaries. Specifics include the diversity of flora and fauna in coastal areas, the ecology of these areas, threats to these environments, and habitat information. Designed as an electronic tour, it guides the user through different web sites as stops, providing a comprehensive overview of salt marshes. It outlines teaching objectives, ... Full description.

This tutorial is designed to teach college students about balanced flows and how they are important to winds. The five balanced flows are antitriptic, cyclostrophic, geostrophic, gradient, and inertial. Full description.

This undergraduate meteorology tutorial introduces The Weather Program, available from NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research). The Weather program obtains weather data for requested stations and times. This tutorial provides students with experience with the interfaces, Netscape and a shell window. Students learn to access surface observations both decoded and raw and National Weather ... Full description.