RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL:

IMPORTANT SCIENCE WEBSITES

TAKS PREPARATION WEBSITE RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING SCIENCE

TAKS GRADE 8 SCIENCE OBJECTIVES AND STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

Ø       http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/guides/educator/TEKS_gr8sci.pdf

TAKS SCIENCE REVISED INFORMATION BOOKLET (EDUCATOR GUIDES)

Ø       www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/TAKS/booklets/index.html

TAKS SCIENCE RESULTS:

Ø       www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/reporting/results/swresults/taks/index.html

TAKS RELEASED TESTS, ONLINE TESTS, AND ITEM ANALYSIS

Ø       www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/guides/study/

TAKS SCALE SCORE REPORTS

Ø       www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/scoring/convtables/2004/index.html

RESOURCES ON GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENCE:

Ø       www.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/side1.doc

RESOURCES FOR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PD PROVIDER NUMBER

Ø       www.sbec.state.tx.us

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SCIENCE: SCIENCE CENTER (PHYSICS TUTORIAL) AT REGION IV

Ø       www.texassciencecenter.org

TEACHER TOOLKIT; SAFETY; FACILITIES; TEXTEAMS; CHARLES A. DANA CENTER

Ø       www.tenet.edu/teks/science

TEXAS REGIONAL COLLABORATIVES FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TEACHING

Ø       http://regcol.edb.utexas.edu

SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FO TEXAS CONVENTION: OCTOBER 27-29; HOUSTON, TX; ‘05

Ø       www.statweb.org

RESOURCES FROM ORGANIZATIONS:

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

Ø       www.aaas.org

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS

Ø       www.nabt.org

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ø       www.acs.org

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS

Ø       www.aapt.org

TEXAS EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

Ø       http://statweb.org/TESTA/

TEXAS MARINE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Ø       http://statweb.org/TMEA/

NATIONAL EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

Ø       www.nestanet.org

EISENHOWER NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE (ENC)

Ø       www.enc.org

NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER CONVENTION: DALLAS, TX MARCH 31-APRIL 3, 2005

Ø       www.nsta.org

WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE

Ø       www.w-w-c.org/

UTOPIA-UT WEBSITE FOR EDUCATORS

Ø       www.utopia.utexas.edu

SOUTHWEST EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY

Ø       www.sedl.org

IBM SCIENCE RESOURCE

Ø       www.tryscience.org

NASA’S THE SPACE PLACE

Ø       http://spaceplace.nasa.gov

EARTH SCIENCE WEEK MATERIALS; OCTOBER 9-13, 2005

Ø       http://www.earthscienceworld.org/week

MIDDLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER

Ø       http://www.science-house.org/middleschool/

ONLINE-MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE

Ø       http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/middle/sci.html

MIDDLE WEB—SCIENCE

Ø       http://www.middleweb.com/currscience.html

TERRIFIC WEBSITES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS

Ø       http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/gallery.shtml

NCLB TEACHER TOOLKIT

Ø       http://www.ed.gov/teachers/nclbguide/nclb-teachers-toolkit.pdf