First, the web provides an exceptional opportunity to provide graphic and animation rich content not typically available through traditional classroom environments. And second, like the common textbook, the web allows for those resources to be explored by the student in an asynchronous manner, or at the student s convenience. While the strength of the web as an educational tool has begun to be explored in primary and secondary education, higher education has yet to make effective use of the web.
Some notable exceptions exist to the aforementioned.
For example, the Periodic Table of Elements at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Virtual Frog Dissection Kit at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provide a level of interaction and self-discovering vital to extending education beyond the classroom. The World Wide Web holds the potential to significantly expand the resources available to students. With this in mind, the author has created The Natural Science pages , an interactive and animation-rich site designed to allow students to explore the wonders of natural science. About the Author Anthony Carpi holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Cornell University. He is currently employed at John Jay College, part of the City University of New York, where he works as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology.