Leading that sharing are sites created by and for science teachers. The science sites that Ken shares in this column are not the only sites out there, but they are a good sampling for science teachers who are pros at surfing the web, and also for those science teachers who have just decided to get their feet wet for the first time. Rainforests By Roger Gottlieb Rainforests are special. Tropical rainforests grow mainly between the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. But civilization, with its deforestation and climatic changes, is rapidly pushing the Rainforest onto the endangered list.
Students enjoy learning about rainforests and there are lots of web sites on the topic.
Roger shares many of his favorites for both teachers and students. If any living thing could be the Internet's mascot, it would probably be the mighty arachnid, commonly known as spider. These eight-legged creatures spin a web to ensnare bugs and other tasty objects. Anyway, for those of you who want information about spiders and want it on the Web, Roger provides the following sites. By Arun Kumar Tripathi Arun offers an assortment of web sites for science educators in a range of science topics.