http://www.geology.wisc.edu/%7Emuseum/hughes/stu-act.html

The Paleontological Experiences course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides great hands-on experiments that have been submitted by teachers across Wisconsin. The fun exercises are divided into three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Through the activities, students will dig for fossils, map sites, learn about geological time scale, and much more. The Teacher Notes link offers a brief, yet comprehensive, summary of cladistics and diagrams. Users can find descriptions of latex molds, cast-making, and other techniques. This website is sure to excite students about paleontology. [RME]

http://www.hull.ac.uk/mri/lectures/Gpl%20web%20page/gpl_page.html

Gary P. Liney, at the University of Hull, offers an introduction to magnetic resonance physics and techniques. Users can download presentations about spin-echo and Fourier Transformation. The website discusses a host of artifacts such as Gibbs Ringing, chemical shift, and susceptibility. Students and educators can learn about the magnet, RF Coils, gradients, and other instruments used to produce MRIs. The many animations and figures help users learn about the difficult physical concepts. [RME]

http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/fischer/429_info/429trips/NIF/Glaciers.htm#_Foreword_1

Northern Illinois University offers illustrative summary of glaciers and glacial processes. The website provides a timeline of the glacial advances into Illinois. Students and educators can learn a few of the landscape features that scientists use to interpret geologic history. Users can learn how glaciers affected Illinois's topography and waterbodies. The site furnishes educational maps of Illinois's bedrock geology and shaded relief. The text is linked to a glossary to assist users with glacial terminology. While this website does concentrate on the state of Illinois, everyone can learn basic characteristics of glacial movements. [RME]

http://msowww.anu.edu.au/library/thesaurus/

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the extensive amount of jargon used in astronomy? This web site may offer visitors with an easy way to compare astronomy material from different authors. The Astronomy Thesaurus, created by Robyn M. Shobbrook of the Anglo-Australian Observatory and Robert R. Shobbrook of Sydney University, provides a way to standardize the terminology in the field of astronomy. Users can search through the web site alphabetically or by keywords. By supplying the thesaurus in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, this web site may also help individuals communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds. [RME]

http://www.chemcollective.org/

"The Chemistry Collective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams." The website, created by Carnegie Mellon University for college and high school teachers, allows users to easily find activities to use in the classroom, modify or create activities, submit activities and websites, and discuss issues in improving teaching and learning in chemistry. Educators can determine which activities are right for their classroom with the provided difficulty ranking and instructor comments. Students can enjoy learning about chemistry by solving a murder mystery and participating in the countless other excellent virtual activities. In order to take part in the virtual laboratories, users do have to download the free virtual lab. [RME]

http://cmb.physics.wisc.edu/tutorial/

This website, created by Molly Read for the Observational Cosmology Group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses the ancient questions about the development of the universe, its limits, and its fate. After reading a brief history of the field of cosmology, students and educators can learn about Olbers' Paradox, Hubble Expansion, the big bang theory, electromagnetic spectrum, and cosmic microwave background. The text contains many helpful diagrams, images, short videos, and links to a glossary. Novices interested in cosmology can find plenty of educational materials at this site. [RME]

http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/e_teach.htm

Environment Canada's Freshwater web site offers primary to post secondary teachers with water - related educational materials to supplement their curriculum. This site supplies seven tutorials, which incorporate presentations, activity books, experiments, and problem sets. Users can find nine water fact sheets covering topics in water supply; pollution, distribution, and conservation problems; and Canada's freshwater. While all of the publications are available on the web, teachers can also order some of the materials in print, free of charge. [RME]

http://geology.asu.edu/~reynolds/home.htm

"This web site of Steve Reynolds, geology professor at Arizona State University, contains numerous color photographs, 3D perspectives, and information about the Geology of Arizona, Landscapes of the Southwest, structural geology, science-education reform, and using Bryce5 to illustrate geology." Through the use of QuickTime, students and educators can take a tour of topography of a landscape, explore geologic structures, observe panoramas of painted caves, and much more. The site features an excellent tutorial about geologic maps. Educators can learn about an experiment testing the role of spatial abilities of college students in geology. With so many visualization tools available, everyone involved with geology education will benefit by visiting this site. [RME]