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A
Family Guide to Science
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TryScience.org
is your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science
and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and
technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for everyone!
That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide invite
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Find
advice on every aspect of education and learning, discover parent-approved
entertainment ideas, and learn how to handle the many life issues
of your third through fifth grader.
http://familyeducation.com/age/0,3598,2,00.html
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Committee
on Science Education K-12
Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education
National Research Council
http://books.nap.edu/html/evchild/index.html
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This
All Info-About Science for Families site is written and compiled by
the Olson's.
http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/
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What
is Physiology?
Check out the APS Careers web site find out what physiology is and
what physiologists do.
http://www.the-aps.org/education/k-12misc/careers.htm
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Doing Science with Your Children
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Doing.Science.with.child.html
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Science
Toys You Can Make With Your Kids
http://www.scitoys.com/ |
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Bill Nye's Advice to Parents
Straight Talk from America's Science Guy
The following article is based on an exclusive ENC interview with
Bill Nye.
http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/family/document.shtm?input=FOC-000723-index
Giving Our Daughters Every Opportunity
http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/family/document.shtm?input=FOC-000727-index
Parents: How to Help When You Don’t Know How
http://www.enc.org/web_graphics/documents/FOC/003640/graphics/helpers.pdf
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Parent
Handbook for Science
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/pf/pf/ |
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TryScience.org is your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary
science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science
and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for
everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide
invite you to investigate, discover, and try science yourself.
http://www.tryscience.org/home.html
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http://www.royalcross.lancs.sch.uk/about_rcps/parents/home_science.htm |
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Educational
REALMS (Resources for Engaging Active Learners in Mathematics and
Science) is a new organization created in 2004 after the discontinuation
of the federally funded ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics
and Environmental Education (ERIC/CSMEE). Educational REALMS hopes
to pick up where ERIC/CSMEE left off by providing many of the same
services and offering a variety of resources to anyone interested
in science, mathematics, technology, and environmental education at
all levels.
http://www.stemworks.org/digests/dse98-1.html
http://www.stemworks.org/digests/dse96-9.html
http://www.stemworks.org/digests/dse99-09.html
http://www.stemworks.org/digests/dse99-03.html
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MadSci
Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers
to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities
and other ends as well.
http://www.madsci.org/ |
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Scientific
American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S.,
has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in
science and technology for more than 150 years.
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
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http://www.scicentral.com/index.html |
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Fun
Science Gallery was born in 1995, it suggests experimental activities,
it addresses Amateur Scientists and it can be useful in school too.
In fact, experimental activities have important didactic functions
in making the comprehension of abstract concepts easier, in motivating
inattentive boys and girls toward scientific study.
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Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science
museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. This site now contains
over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/
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U.S.
EPA's website for kids. Get ready to explore your environment and
learn about neat things you can do to protect it. There are games,
pictures, and stories and other fun things.
http://epa.gov/kids/ |
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HowStuffWorks is widely recognized as the leading source for clear,
reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works.
Through the flagship Web site HowStuffWorks.com, a popular series
of books, an acclaimed kids' magazine, as well as many other ventures,
the award-winning company has helped demystify the world for millions
of curious people.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
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The
Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology...
on screen, off screen, and in between.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
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The
Science Museum of Minnesota, founded in 1907, is a large regional
science museum located on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown
St. Paul. The Science Museum's programs combine research and collection
facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education
and school outreach programs, and an Imax Convertible Dome Omnitheater
to provide science education to our audience of more than a million
people per year. This is a link to a connected site for science for
families.
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/
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Science
in the Home School. ERIC Digest.
by Lorson, Mark
http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-1/home.html
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An
National Science Teachers Association Position Statement
The National Science Teachers Association strongly advocates parent
involvement in science education. Parents play an essential role in
the success of students in schools. Parents who encourage the daily
use of science concepts and process skills enhance their child's ability
to learn the skills necessary for success.
http://edstar.ncrel.org/mn/ViewEssay.asp?IssueID=37&EssayID=110
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The
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and
headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization
in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science
teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of more than
55,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators,
scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved
in and committed to science education.
http://www.nsta.org/positionstatement&psid=26&print=y
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A
website on how parents can help children with science fair ideas (but
not do the actual exhibit themselves!)
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/parents.html |
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From
the National Science Foundation -- some information on parent involvement
http://www.human.cornell.edu/txa/extension/intouch/modules/parent-involvement.html |
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Information
on Family Science resources, curriculum, and workshops from Rutgers
University
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfis/fs.html
Family Tools & Technology -- more information on encouraging academic
achievement in science
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfis/ftt.html
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Easy
tips for promoting science exploration
The SEE (Science and Everyday Experiences) program offers easy tips
for parents and guardians who want to foster informal science learning.
http://www.deltasee.org/families/family_tips.htm
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