Teachers' Lounge

Web Connections

The following sites have in the past provided consistently good resources:

National Science Teachers Association
www.nsta.org
Visit their calendars for upcoming national or regional conventions in your area.
Lists compiled by the NSTA Standing Committee on Student Programs. Two that stand out are national clubs and organizations for students and national competitions. NSTA provides names and fairly current addresses for each name on each of these lists. This site is chock-full of information, so visit it periodically to get the most benefit.

American Gas Association
www.aga.org
Good for statistics and information on natural gas.

Engineering Weekly
www.eweek.org
This site has interesting lessons.
Lists of videos on engineering, etc.
Case study on roller coasters - ways to give science of physics a twist.

Junior Engineering Technical Society
www.jets.org

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
www.abet.org/
For older students interested in pursuing these fields.

Classroom of the Future
www.cotf.edu
This program is NASA's premier Research and Development program for educational technologies.

U.S. Geological Survey
www.usgs.gov
Geological information.

National Geophysical Data Center
www.ngdc.noaa.gov
Relates to the work of the geoscientists mentioned in Energy Underground.

National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov
Sponsor of Magic School Bus and Bill Nye, the Science Guy.
Information on National Science and Technology Week.
Grants, science news and general data.