GENERAL SCIENCE WEBSITES

1) http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/ is under constant construction. Everything you ever

wanted to know about AP and then some. There will be a student and a teacher level access

for this site. The latest course descriptions and free response questions with rubrics and sample

student responses for the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 (including "B form") exams are available

here. Most AP subjects have list serves which may be subscribed to here. The "Teachers'

Corner" contains all kinds of interesting information including reviews of print and web resources.

Professional development opportunities are updated and displayed daily.

2) The B.C. ministry of education site is www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams. This site includes B.C.

Provincial Exams in all subjects, including chemistry, biology and physics. It also provides for

the download of a very nice chemistry "data booklet" which includes seven different tables. The

B.C. exams are written four times a year (Jan, June, Nov or Apr and Aug). Exams and keys

for several years along with their statistics may be downloaded and printed. Topic areas for

chemistry include kinetics, equilibrium, solutions and solubility, acids and bases, and electrochem-

istry. Exams include multiple choice and written response questions. This site has won

international acclaim.

3) The staff and students from Heritage Park Secondary in Mission B.C. have created a site for

practice with the B.C. grade 12 curriculum in biology, chemistry, physics and math. It allows

students to take mini-tests on specific topic areas from each of these provincially examinable

courses. The address for the site is www.quizmebc.ca.

4) The U.S. science supply company, Flinn Scientific hosts www.flinnsci.com. This is an

awesome site with links to Chemistry, Biology, Earth/Enviro, Physics and General Science.

The chemistry page links to great demonstrations, common chemistry questions, Mole Day

ideas and teachers' favorite web sites. There are also loads of great products you can order

through Flinn. Unfortunately, virtually none of their products involving chemicals are allowed

across the border.

5) What's That Stuff? can be found at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html/.

This interesting site is sponsored by the American Chemical Society and contains interesting

information for students from elementary through AP levels.

6) A wonderful resource for middle school teachers is www.funbrain.com. There are loads

of resources for parents students and teachers. Teachers may design and submit on line

quizzes which are graded by the site. There is an annual fee associated with this site of

$29.95 U.S. (thirty day free trial).

7) WOW - Quia (key-ah) Web is an awesome resource for elementary, middle and junior

secondary students and teachers. Like Funbrain, it allows you to design quizzes which may

be written, scored and tracked on-line. It also allows you to create educational activities and

games using Jeopardy or Pyramid type formats. You can also make web pages and post

surveys. There is an annual fee of $49 U.S. Sign up for thirty days free at www.quia.com

8) Loads of great ideas for in-class demonstrations can be found at Bassam Shakhashiri's site,

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu. A special section covers demo's that can be done at home.

9) Purchase all kinds of unique science stuff from Educational Innovations. Their web site is

www.teachersource.com. The site also features some good links, including one to the

Grand Illusions.

10)  Pete's Power Point Station is loaded with free power point presentations, many of which

are useful for middle school and junior science, along with some great senior stuff as well. 

There are also lots of worksheets and interactive tools.  A veritable plethora of materials for

teachers of any subject.  (Social studies, math and language teachers just click on the home

link and start all over again!).