A Web site for science educators, which includes a model of how to use the National Science Education Standards in the development of curriculum. Provides an in-depth look at health and demographics covering issues, such as how health risks change with age, diet and ethnicity, and how ethnicity and geography affect risk of death. Audience Teachers and staff developers writing curricula or gathering materials to use in their classrooms can check in with the site periodically and gather the latest research on a host of biology topics, as well as on science pedagogy and curriculum design. Most valuable is the online exchange page which affords busy teachers a chance to converse with their colleagues about problems which arise in the classroom. The information on the site can be used to help teachers plan science units and to introduce students to Web-based research.
Students can link to interactive sites with well-written text and exceptional graphic support.
Contains reports on new and interesting developments from all areas of biology excerpted from journals, conference papers, and Web sites. Explores current issues in curriculum, instruction and assessment by connecting research-based science educators with the practitioners of classroom science education. A collection of science activities developed by Access Excellence and Access Excellence Fellows to help students learn scientific processes and concepts. Offers teachers the opportunity to engage in online exchange about issues and ideas related to science education. A series of lectures through which scientists share their research results with educators.