For this animated tour of the lifecycle of the HIV virus, you'll need Macromedia's Shockwave Flash plug-in. Evan Glazer, a math teacher in Glenview, Illinois, has created these mathematics projects, complete with directions and handouts, for high school teachers and students. Based on topics that will interest students, the projects use Internet data and cover subjects like exponential modeling and quadratic functions. These complex projects rely on Web links for data input, and involve students in real problem scenarios on topics as varied as cargo ships at sea and plate tectonics. The NJ NIE provides links to the National Science Education Standards and NCTM Standards supported by each project.
Students use stock market data as they join others in building and tracking their portfolios.
Special CNBC business news segments highlight those portfolios that achieve the highest percentage returns. Join this international academic competition for students aged 12 to 19. In ThinkQuest students work in teams of two or three to produce Web pages as teaching and learning tools for use by teachers and students around the world. This site recently won the Global Information Infrastructure Award for Education. WeatherEye's online lessons are designed to be easily integrated into class schedules, and they put students in real-world situations, like driving through a blizzard or being the 05or of a town threatened by a hurricane.