Chemistry Resources For The Secondary Education Teacher On The WWW

Apex Learning
"Apex Learning offers online learning products and services designed to help K-12 institutions expand educational opportunities for their students and teachers." We've talked with teachers who are using their services and are very impressed in all aspects. They offer general chemistry and AP chemistry.
http://www.apexlearning.com/

AskERIC
AskERIC is the internet-based education information service of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) System.
http://ericir.syr.edu/

bigchalk
bigchalk.com is a premier education site "committed to providing teachers, students, parents, and their surrounding community with the very best applications, products, and services available." They have a lofty goal: "Our goal is to be the single education destination that's trusted by teachers, used by students, and relied on by parents." The services they offer include the ability for teachers to create a web site, online research and reference services, test preparation and evaluation, professional development, and homework help.
http://www.bigchalk.com/

Blackboard.com
Blackboard.com is a FREE service that enables instructors to add an online component to their classes, or even host an entire course on the Web. Without knowing any HTML, you can quickly create your own CourseSite - a Web site that brings your learning materials, class discussions, and even tests online. Blackboard.com is a premier education site.
http://www.blackboard.com/
http://coursesites.blackboard.com/

Bloom's Taxonomy's Model Questions and Key Words
Bloom's Taxonomy may not be of any interest to you, but this site might prove useful to some for evaluating currently used tests or helping to write new ones.
http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1414.html

Chemistry Online Homework System
The Chemistry Online Homework System is "an automated system for delivering, collecting, and grading homework and quizzes for chemistry students and teachers. You [the teacher] set up assignments and quizzes by picking questions from a question bank (just like you would from a textbook), set submission deadlines, and define the scoring policy. Every question is randomly varied each time it is sent out from the server to minimize cheating. You and your students can access the system through the Internet. A student gets instant feedback (correct or wrong, no explanations) and monitor his/her scores in real time. You can monitor all student work in real time. Retrieving scores is simple. You get a column of student IDs and a matching column of scores that you can 'Copy and Paste' from your browser to your spreadsheet or word processor." If you would like to try it out, you can login to the Teacher Guide using the Guest account (username and password are both Guest). For more information visit the "HELP" page.
http://chem.nich.edu/ohw/

Citing Internet Sources
Classroom Connect has provided a page of information which will help anybody properly cite the information they obtain via the internet. (This information is part of their free community resource for educators called Connected Teacher.)
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml

Corporation For Public Broadcasting
This is the site for the CPB which created the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1969. Any chemistry teacher who has seen 'The World of Chemistry' video series will know why this link is here.
http://www.cpb.org/

Education Index
The Education Index is an annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the WWW.
http://www.educationindex.com/

Education Week on the Web
Their goal is nothing short of being the place on the world wide web for people interested in education reform, schools, and the policies that guide them.
http://www.edweek.org/

Education World
This site is listed as an educational search engine. It contains a good deal of information about all aspects of teaching.
http://www.education-world.com/

EduNET
EduNET is a very nice education web site, containing a considerable amount of information about all aspects of teaching.
http://www.edunetconnect.com/

ePALS Classroom Exchange
The ePALS Classroom Exchange provides a way for students, educators, and classes to meet and correspond with other students from around the World.
http://www.epals.com

HighWired.com
HighWired.com provides free web-publishing tools for teachers, principals, technology coordinators, and staff. You can build a web site for your classroom, student activity or club, school newspaper, or school. One teacher, an administrator, a student organization, or an entire faculty can use the services. Included in this service is the ability for teachers to put their classrooms online. HighWired.com is another premier education site.
http://www.highwired.com/

Homework Service
"The University of Texas provides a WWW Interactive Homework Service for chemistry, mathematica, physical science, and physics classes. This system is used 24 hours a day for homework and exams in our college, in other colleges, and in high schools. Instructions and documentation are online. There is no cost." With the Homework Service, "Instructors select problems, then let the Homework Service do the delivery, grading, and bookkeeping, all under their control." Some teachers even use this service to create and grade tests for their students. To find out more about this service, check out their Homework Service Description and Homework Service Overview for Instructors pages.
https://hw.utexas.edu/hw.html

Hypertext Webster's Dictionary Interface
This hypertext Webster interface provides a point-and-click client interface for accessing the various Webster's dictionary services on the Internet.
http://smac.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/http_webster?

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators has links to some very useful information that isn't normally found at other web sites, such as assessment and rubric information, critical evaluation tools, and more. There are even some subject area links.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Lightspan.com
Lightspan.com is a premier K-8 classroom and education site with numerous features, including: content, instructional tools and resources, and professional development. The site is for teachers, students, administrators, and families. Lightspan is subscription-based.
http://www.lightspan.com

Merriam-Webster Online
This online version of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary allows you to look up a definition, pronunciation, etymology, spelling, or usage point. Also contains a thesaurus.
http://www.m-w.com/

PBS TeacherSource
This web site helps teachers plan the use of PBS programs by providing a planning calander, lesson plans, activities, and interactive web content. In addition to this, PBS provides educational resources, hosts online forums, and offers additional teacher-related information through this site.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Project Integration and Visualization Tool (PIViT)
The PIViT software (for Windows or Mac) is a flexible design tool to be used for planning complex, integrated curricula. This software is free.
http://www.umich.edu/~pbsgroup/PIViT.html

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http://www.schoolgrants.org/