internetscout|439869|ncs-NSDL-COLLECTION-000-003-112-055
The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. has developed Project Interactive for the "creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of interactive java-based courseware for exploration in science and mathematics." They offer over 70 lessons geared towards grades 6 through 8, a separate section of activities and lessons for grades 3 - 5, and a section that lists the over 100 java-based activities by topic. Some activities are supported best by additional tools, which are provided in the Tools section. A discussion section provides teachers ideas for how to introduce or explain a concept, informal and formal definitions of concepts as well as some common student misconceptions. The What's New section lists the recent additions to the website. Teachers may want to start with the Teacher Resources section, which provides some helpful suggestions for how to use this expansive website. Another section highlights the resources available on the website that are specifically designed for students, such as activities, a dictionary, and text on mathematics topics.
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| Subject keyword(s) | Algebra, algebra tools, computational collection, Computational Physics, Computational Science, digital tools, Educational technology, Educational Technology, Educational technology -- Study and teaching, Educational Technology -- Technology, General Physics, geometry tools, high school math, Java computational tools, Java math, Java tools, Mathematical Tools, Mathematics, math tools, Measurement/Units, middle school math, modeling tools, Other Sciences, Probability, probability tools, Scaling, Statistics, statistics tools, Trig and Pre-cal, Units and Dimensional Analysis |
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| Grade level | Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Higher Education, Informal Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education |
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| Intended audience | Administrator, Educator, General Public, Learner, Parent/Guardian, Professional/Practitioner, Researcher |
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| Resource type | Collection, Instructional Material, Reference Material, Tool |
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| Resource format | text, text/html |
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| Rights | Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Copyright by the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. |
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| Title | Internet Scout Project |
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| Link | http://scout.wisc.edu/ |
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| Description | The Internet Scout Report provides evaluation and annotation of high-quality online resources, particularly those that will be of value to the education community. Each resource is selected, researched, and annotated by a team of professional librarians and subject-matter experts, who evaluate sites on the basis of their content, authority, upkeep, presentation, availability, and cost. Published since 1994, the Report is one of the internet's oldest and most respected publications. The Internet Scout Project is part of the College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| Title | ComPADRE: Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education |
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| Link | http://www.compadre.org/ |
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| Description | ComPADRE is a set of communities of teachers and students in physics and astronomy and web-based collections of resources to support their needs. The communities supported by ComPADRE are groups that can benefit from the sharing of materials, information, and experiences in a web environment. Example communities include teachers of specific physics or astronomy courses, societies of undergraduate physics and astronomy students, and teachers addressing specific grade levels, such as high-school or middle-school teachers. Resources included in the collections are chosen to enhance the teaching and learning experience, and include multimedia learning objects, lesson plans, tutorials, laboratories and other student activities, and discussion forums on the use of these materials. The different collections are organized under the ComPADRE umbrella, which provides a central database (the Physical Sciences Resource Center), technical support, support for collection editors and community leaders, and the means to coordinate efforts across the communities. |
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| Title | CSERD: Computational Science Education Reference Desk |
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| Link | http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/ |
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| Description | The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) features resources to help students learn about computational science and to help teachers incorporate it into the classroom. Computational science involves the appropriate use of a computational architecture or computing environment (a computer, calculator, abacus, dice, or the like) to apply some algorithm, or mathematical method, to solve some scientific application, or problem. This combination of application, algorithm, and architecture results in a model that can be used as a scientific tool. The Resources section of the CSERD site provides a permanent collection of materials developed especially for CSERD, including models (pieces of scientific software), activities (lessons or lesson plans that use models), tutorials (short courses designed to teach a specific topic), applications, algorithms, architectures, and several other categories. The Resources form part of a larger catalogue of computational science items gathered by CSERD from around the internet. The catalogue can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword, education level, audience, and resource type. The record for each item includes a link to the resource, title, brief description, education level, and other information. |
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Interactivate Jump To:ActivitiesDiscussionsLessons--------ToolsAssessmentsDictionaryTextbooksStandards--------Version 1.0 Browse:By Subject (broad)By Topic (specific)By AudienceBy Resource Type Shodor > Interactivate > Home Page Site Map | Guide to Interactivate | What's New? ©1994-2012 Shodor Website Feedback
