Instructional Materials Laboratory

Access Exellence: A Place in Cyberspace for Biology Teaching and Learning.: This site is a national educational program that aids in connecting high school biology teachers with scientists, other colleagues, and sources of scientific information. Realizing that educators are often pressed for time, this searchable site has listings of classroom activities, articles on current science news, and active discussions on many topics.
Birmingham Zoo: This site features pictures and facts about animals. Students can even "Ask the Zoo Keeper."
Chickadee: This page is for children under eight. It is a spin-off from Chickadee, a kids nature magazine. It has a "Tell Me Why" section, along with "Puzzles and Fun," and, of course, jokes.
The Cornell Theory Center: Math and Science Gateway: This site provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12. It covers subject areas of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computing, the environment, health, mathematics, and physics.
EE-Link: This site's mission is to spread information and ideas to help K-12 educators explore the environment and investigate current issues with students. This site provides links to activities and endangered species information.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse(ENC): ENC provides information for grades K-12 mathematics and science teachers, including catalog of curriculum resources, ready-made lessons and activites, online documents, publications, and services.
Exploratorium: From the Exploratorium in San Francisco, this site hosts a museum with interactive electronic exhibits. The Learning Studio houses online science exhibits and a teacher's guide for building experiments.
The Explorer: This is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, etc.) for K-12 math and science education. You can browse or search for specifics, then download what you want. Many tools are in Adobe format.
The Franklin Institute Science Museum: This site offers visitors a host of resources for science education as well as general information about the museum and its programs. Be sure to visit their online exhibits or activities. One of the exhibits is on The Heart.
Human Anatomy On-Line: This site is "the place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body. This program contains over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links." This truly amazing site uses Java addlets to show images and select anatomy parts.
National Science Teachers Association: Teachers' Resources: This site offers links to NSTA journal and publication, conventions, and online resources. The links are divided into some of the following subject areas: Biology, Chemistry, Museums, Science Fairs.
Nine Planets: This site is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
Volcano World: This site has a kids' page, pictures, video clips, and a teaching and learning area filled with lessons plans and activities.
Sea World- Busch Gardens: Students can search for fun facts on this page. It has information on many different animals and should work well with elementary-school children.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: A great site for students and teachers to learn about insects from around the world. Also students can ask Wendell Worm, the Investigtive Science Worm, troubling science questions.