Science Education

The purpose of this guide is to point out resources useful in preparing for teaching careers in
the sciences. Disciplines span the sciences from Astronomy through Zoology, with emphasis
on the foundation sciences of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

Background Information (Overview Sources)

Encyclopedias and other reference works are an excellent place to start a research project
or to gather basic information about a topic. They provide summaries and bibliographies while
also placing given topics in context with related areas of inquiry.

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia      (R 591 G929g 2003)
Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals      (R599 G929)
Encyclopedia of Water Science      (R 627.03 En198)
Science in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia      (R 509.03 B9379s)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology      (R 503 M178 2002)
The Encyclopedia of Soil Science      (R 631.403 En192)
Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate      (R 551.603 Al518e)
Encyclopedia of Evolution      (R 576.803 En194)
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia     (R 503 V839 2002)
Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes      (R 551.203 R51e 2001)
Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton      (R 509.403 En197)
Encyclopedia of Environmental Science      (R 363.703 En194)
Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia      (R 502.84 In7)
Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones      (R 551.552 L866)
Q is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics      (R 539.703 G8711q)
History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia      (R 520.3 H629)

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Facts & Figures (Fact Sources)

Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks, and similar works to find and check facts
about topics, people, or events.

International Handbook of Science Education      (R 507 In8)
The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference      (Ref Desk 500 B263n)
The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy      (R 520.321 F119 2000)
The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology     (R 574.03 F119 1999)
The Facts on File Dictionary of Botany      (R 580.3 F1198)
The Facts on File Dictionary of Marine Science      (R 551.46003 F1198 2001)
An A to Z of DNA Science: What Scientists Mean When They Talk About Genes and
      Genomes      (R 576.503 W775a)
Soil and Environmental Science Dictionary      (R 631.405 So341)
A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics      (R 574.50321 L638d2)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics      (R 547.00212 C421)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry      (R 540.3 M178)
Larousse Dictionary of Science and Technology      (R 503 L328 1995)

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Databases

Kent Library subscribes to a wide range of databases which provide access to journal articles
in subjects across the curriculum. The following are particularly useful in science education:

AGRICOLA	The database of the National Agricultural Library, it provides indexing for journal articles, books, and government documents.
Basic BIOSIS	Subsumed under FirstSearch, it indexes core journals in the life sciences.
Wilson Omnifile	A full-text database, it includes indexing, abstracts, and full text for a good share of the articles indexed in the Biological and Agricultural Index and the General Science Index.
CINAHL	Indexes and abstracts the nursing and allied health journal literature.
MEDLINE	The database of the National Library of Medicine, it provides indexing for journals in medicine, nursing, and dentistry.
National Library for the Environment	A freely available database which includes information on EPA Superfund sites and a wide range of other resources. Produced by The National Council for Science and the Environment. Provides access to Congressional Research Service Reports related to the environment. Also includes a variety of other resources, including career information, links to environmentally focused webpages, local to international reports, bulletin boards and more.
GeoBase	Subsumed under FirstSearch, this database indexes the Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library	Full text of 22 IEEE computing journals, and over 150 annual conference proceedings.
ERIC	Subsumed under FirstSearch, ERIC provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967. References to thousands of educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines.

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Periodical Indexes

Kent Library subscribes to periodical indexes and abstracts which provide access to journal
articles in subjects across the curriculum. The following are particularly useful in science
education:

General Science Index
Biological Abstracts
Physics Abstracts
Zoological Record
Education Index
Chemical Abstracts (local holdings end with volume 114, 1991; more recent postings are
available online through the Chemistry Department)

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Books and Other Cataloged Materials

Kent Library's online catalog includes books, government documents, video and audio
recordings, and other types of materials. Examples of Library of Congress subject headings
which are useful in searching for materials related to science education include:

Science -- Study and teaching
Science -- Experiments
Science teachers -- Training of
Biology -- Study and teaching
Chemistry -- Study and teaching
Earth sciences -- Study and teaching
Ecology -- Study and teaching
Physics -- Study and teaching

Books dealing with the sciences will generally be found in the following call number areas:

500      Science
520      Astronomy
530      Physics
540      Chemistry
550      Earth sciences & geology
560      Fossils & prehistoric life
570      Life sciences; biology
580      Plants (Botany)
590      Animals (Zoology)

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People

American Men and Women of Science      (R 925 Am35)
American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary      (R 920.72 B153a)
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: The Lives and
      Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present
      Chronologically Arranged      (R 925 As42a2 1982)
The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists      (R 925 C144)

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Web Resources

Standards

National Science Education Standards
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/

Curriculum Development

AAAS Project 2061
      http://www.project2061.org/default_flash.htm
TTL: The Textbook League
      http://www.textbookleague.org/
Event-Based Science
      http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/
IMSEnet: Instructional Materials in Science Education
      http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/
Community Science Action Guides
      http://www.fi.edu/guide/
C3P: Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics
      http://phys.udallas.edu/
Project ARISE: American Renaissance in Science Education
      http://www-ed.fnal.gov/arise/arise.html
Project Sky Lab
      http://www.projectskylab.org/
National Computational Science Education Consortium
      http://www.ncsec.org/
Girls Tech: Girls, Science, and Technology
      http://www.ncsec.org/
Math/Science Nucleus
      http://www.msnucleus.org/

General

Bad Science
      http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html
National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education
      http://science.education.nih.gov/
National Institute for Science Education
      http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/NISE/
CIESE: Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
      http://www.k12science.org/
Science Jokes
      http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ejcdverha/scijokes/

Environment

Environmental Education
      http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/
FrogWeb: Amphibian Declines and Deformities
      http://www.frogweb.gov/index.html
Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
      http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html
EnviroLink: Educational Resources by Topic
      http://www.envirolink.org/categories.html?catid=1
People and Environmental Change on the Northern Great Plains
      http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/index.html

Meteorology

Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
      http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/
Snow Crystals
      http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
WW2010: Weather World 2010
      http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml
Bad Meteorology
      http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadMeteorology.html
About Rainbows
      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/rnbw.html
The NOAA Central Library: Teachers' and Students' Corner
      http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/education.html
Index to Training Materials and Essays on Storm Chasing and Meteorology
      http://www.k5kj.net/training.htm
Weather One
      http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/weather/
Everything About Teaching Weather
      http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~Eunmi_Lee/index.html

Physics

Amusement Park Physics
      http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
      http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Physics 2000
      http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Contemporary Physics Education project
      http://www.cpepweb.org/
Stephen Hawking's Web Site
      http://www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html
Spacetime Wrinkles
      http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/NumRelHome.html
Web Physics
      http://webphysics.davidson.edu/
How Things Work: Explaining the Physics of Everyday Life
      http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW//
Physics Central
      http://www.physicscentral.org/
Inventor's Toolbox: The Elements of Machines
      http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Physical Sciences Resource Center
      http://psrc.aapt.org/
Numerical Relativity Exhibitions
      http://jean-luc.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Exhibits/
How to Study Physics
      http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/chapman.htm
Physics and Bicycling
      http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans/Teaching/bicycles.html
Motion Mountain--The Physics Textbook
      http://motionmountain.dse.nl/welcome.html
Animations of Wave Motions
      http://physics.usask.ca/~hirose/ep225/anim.htm
The Physics of Learning
      http://icn2.umeche.maine.edu/instruments/PHYSLRNR.html
Bad Physics
      http://www.geoffers2000.freeserve.co.uk/main.htm
Cockpit Physics
      http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfp/cockpit-phys/
ASPIRE: Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education
      http://outreach.physics.utah.edu/
Instructional Cartoons, Movies and Programs
      http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans/Teaching/cartoons/
Physics Simulations in Education
      http://www.clab.unibe.ch/physim/index.htm

Science Fair Resources

Discovery Channel: Science Fair Central
      http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Siemens Westinghouse Competition
      http://www.siemens-foundation.org/science/default.html
The WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs
      http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
Science Fairs Homepage
      http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/
iScience Project
      http://www.iscienceproject.com/
Science Fair Projects
      http://www.jimloy.com/science/sfair.htm
Science Fair Videos for Grades K-12 and Teacher Education
      http://sciencevideos.com/products/fair/fair.html
NSTA Teacher Resources; NSTA Position Statement: Science Competitions
      http://www.nsta.org/positionstatement&psid=3

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Professional Associations

Association for Astronomy Education
      http://solar.physics.montana.edu/aae/
National Science Teachers Association
      http://www.nsta.org/
School Science and Mathematics Association
      http://www.ssma.org/
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
      http://www2.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/
National Earth Science Teachers Association
      http://www.nestanet.org/
National Middle Level Science Teachers' Association
      http://www.nmlsta.org/
Center for Science Teaching and Learning
      http://www.cstl.org/
Society of Physics Students
      http://www.aip.org/education/sps/
American Association of Physics Teachers
      http://www.aapt.org/
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
      http://www.aaas.org/index.shtml
NASSMC: National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions
      http://www.nassmc.org/
National Association of Health Science Education Partnerships
      http://128.2.228.79/
Curriculum Links for Science Teachers
      http://esu8.esu8.k12.ne.us/~esu8web/curriculum/science.html

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Foundations

National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources
      http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/default.asp
National Academy of Sciences
      http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/nashome.nsf
National Youth Science Foundation
      http://www.nysf.com/

2004 PTW
last updated 04/07/05

Science Education

Background Information (Overview Sources)

Facts & Figures (Fact Sources)

Standards

Curriculum Development

General

Astronomy

Biology

Chemistry

Earth Sciences

Environment

Meteorology

Physics

Science Fair Resources