Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a hands-on international environmental science and education program. GLOBE links students, teachers, and the scientific research community in an effort to learn more about our environment through student data collection and observation. The website allows students to submit and peruse data in the fields of atmosphere, hydrology, ... Full description.

Approximately 100 students from four classes at John F. Pattie Elementary School, in Dumfries, Virginia participated in the creation of this geology project. They write (and draw) about rocks, volcanoes, tectonic plates, and basic geology. The site includes over 110 pages of information, diagrams, graphics, charts, videos, games, and lesson activities. There is a discussion forum on global sharing ... Full description.

This website hosts an interactive global school project about weather. Classes must be registered to participate, and the project runs twice a year during the school year. Students from around the world track their local weather and share the data with others on the website. This allows them to exchange weather information across climate zones; and predict, track, and research global weather by asking ... Full description.

The astronomy section of the Farmer's Almanac website provides information on the moon, including current moon phases, Native American names for full moons, 'blue moons', and 'harvest moons'. There are also links to data on sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times, dates and times to watch meteor showers, and dates and times of the seasons. Other materials include featured articles on astronomy ... 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 is geared toward amateur paleontologists and discusses shell, shark teeth, ammonite, trilobite, petrified forest, and leaf fossils; plate tectonics; paleontology history; and geological time. It includes information about fossil preparation, identification, and display. A Fossil Collector Forum allows users to post or e-mail images of their finds. Full description.

Journey North is a program designed to engage students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Students track the journeys of a dozen migratory species each spring and share their own field observations with classrooms across the hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations are tracked by ... Full description.

EnviroLink is a non-profit, grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in more than 150 countries. EnviroLink is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news. EnviroLink does not take any positions on any specific environmental issues; it exists solely to act as a clearinghouse on ... Full description.

The Private Universe Teachers Lab enables teachers to practice techniques of identifying student misconceptions and moving toward conceptual change in basic astronomy. This teachers lab contains a survey to identify misconceptions and three in-class activities for grades 4 to 8 that help students gain an understanding of the phases of the Moon. There are teacher discussion forums on planning teaching ... Full description.

This Week In Science (TWIS) is a one hour weekly science/technology radio news show broadcast on KDVS in California. This website contains weekly science news, an archive of audio broadcasts, and a forum for discussion of the latest scientific developments. Full description.