Science Associations

Environmental Science Links

GLOBE (Globe Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
http://globe.fsl.noaa.gov/
GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.

For Students, GLOBE provides the opportunity to learn by:

• Taking scientifically valid measurements in the fields of atmosphere, hydrology, soils, and land cover/phenology - depending upon their local curricula
• Reporting their data through the Internet to the student data archive
• Creating maps and graphs on the free interactive Web site to analyze data sets
• Collaborating with scientists and other GLOBE students around the world

Appropriate Technology Association (ATA)
http://www.ata.or.th/ata/atawelcome.htm
In 1978 a group of lecturers and students of Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, including a number of professional engineers who realized about the important roles of appropriate technology to society, got together to establish a study and research group. Then to disseminate the appropriate technology under the name of the project as Appropriate Technology for local people or Adaptive Technology Group (ATG) in order to strengthen developmental task.The dissemination process was done in the form of training, documentary publication, designing well drilling machine (both rotary rig and percussion types), ferrocement tank with bamboo frame and also wind mill energy.

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - Environmental Education and Training Opportunities
http://www.unep.org/training/
This is an electronic version of the extensively revised and up-dated UNEP Directory ET Worldwide, which gives a listing of environmental education and training (EE&T) opportunities around the world, as well as information on financial assistance for environmental studies abroad.

The Great North American Secchi Dip-In
http://dipin.kent.edu/
The  Secchi Dip-In is a demonstration of the potential of volunteer monitors to gather environmentally important information on our lakes, rivers and estuaries. The concept of the Dip-In is simple: individuals in volunteer monitoring programs take a transparency (usually with a Secchi Disk) measurement on one day in a period surrounding Canada Day and July Fourth.   Individuals may be monitoring lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, rivers, or streams.  These Secchi transparency values are used to assess the transparency of volunteer-monitored lakes in the United States and Canada.

GreenWorks Television
http://www.greenworks.ty/ndex.asp
GreenWorks' mission is to spread one simple message: real people are making a difference to protect our environment-and you can, too! Through a combination of new and old media technologies, we share informative and entertaining stories that explain the many roles that individuals play in caring for our world. By doing so, GreenWorks inspires people every day to take part in the effort to make our planet a cleaner, healthier and happier place for everyone.

Earth Science Links

Geological Society of America
http://www.geosociety.org/educate
The Geological Society of America would encourage all earth science teachers to visit it's newly upgraded education Web site for earth science lesson plans, resources and teacher opportunities. The Subaru Earth Science Educator has developed and collected lesson plans and resource from teachers across the country, and invites you to use them and to contribute your own. GSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
http://www.nagt.org/
Established in 1938, its purpose is to foster improvement in the teaching of earth sciences at all levels of formal and informal instruction, to emphasize the cultural significance of the earth sciences and to disseminate knowledge in this field to the general public. NAGT is organized into 11 sections, encompassing the United States and Canada. NAGT organizes the technical program in geoscience education at every GSA Annual Meeting, and in this context also sponsors numerous technical sessions, workshops, and field trips. The organization also fosters advances in the teaching and learning of geoscience by means of scholarship aid to summer field-camp students, professional workshops for geoscience faculty, its Distinguished Speaker Series, and the Journal of Geoscience Education and through its partnership with the National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists.

American Geophysical Union (AGU)
http://www.agu.edu/homepage.html
AGU provides information for the public on what is known about Earth, its planetary neighbors, and the space around them and how the geophysical sciences are advancing.

National Earth Science Teachers Associaton (NESTA)
http://www.nesta.org/
NESTA is a nonprofit educational organization, founded in 1983, whose purpose is the advancement, stimulation, extension, improvement, and coordination of Earth Science education at all educational levels.

SETI - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
http://www.seti.org/
The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature, prevalence and distribution of life in the universe.

Earth Science Labs
http://www.mallard.geology.union.edu/sciencelabs/index.htm

Physics Links

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
http://www.aapt.org
The AAPT  mission is to "support the advancement of the physics education profession and the quality and effectiveness of physics education in the U.S. and throughout the World." 

American Institute of Physics (AIP)
http://www.aip.org/
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.

Physics Teaching Resource Agents (PTRA)
http://www.aapt.org/programs/ptra/ptra.html
The mission of the PTRA program is to improve the teaching and learning of physics and physical science in precollegiate education for all teachers and students in the United States. PTRA workshops give practicing teachers an opportunity to improve themselves professionally.

The Ultimate Physics Resource
http://www.physlink.com/index.cfm
The PhysLink.com is a comprehensive physics and astronomy online education, research and reference web site.  In addition to providing high-quality content, PhysLink.com is a meeting place for professionals, students and other curious minds.

Asian Physic Education Network (AsPEN)
http://www.swin.edu.au/phyiscs/aspen/
AsPEN has four primary objectives. These being:

• to contribute towards efforts in promoting the overall development of university physics education in the Asian region.
• to establish a programme of cooperation amongst members in physics education and related areas.
• to establish effective channels of communication.
  to disseminate information on physics education and related ideas.

Online educational resources for Physics teachers http://www.ba.infin.it/www/didattica.html

Energy Conservation Links

Department of Energy - Science & Technology
http://www.energy.gov/scitech/index.html
The priorities of the Department's energy programs is to: increase domestic energy production; revolutionize our approach energy conservation and efficiency; and, promote the development of renewable and alternative energy sources. 

Alternative Energy Institute, Inc.
http://www.altenergy.org/
Alternative Energy Institute, Inc. was organized to educate the public about the impending non-renewable energy crisis, the search for solutions, and to improve the climate for development of new energy technologies. We are a group of concerned people who believe solutions can be found when people are aware of the problems facing the world.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
http://www.nrel.gov//
As a leading center for renewable energy and energy efficiency research, NREL is developing new energy technologies to benefit both the environment and the economy.

ButlerLabs.Com
http://www.butlerlabs.com/
Dedicated to the advancement of the alternative energy field.

Teacher Resource Links

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
http://www.nsta.org/
" ... to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all."

NSTA's Guiding Principles

• Model excellence
• Embrace and model diversity through equity, respect, and opportunity for all
• Provide and expand professional development to support standards-based science education
• Serve as the voice for excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning, curriculum and instruction, and assessment
• Promote interest and support for science education, collaboratively and proactively throughout society 
• Exemplify a dynamic organization that values and practices self renewal

• Reflect the unique treasures of Bank Street College
• Advocate for progressive pedagogy
• Showcase special projects that illustrate our pedagogy in practice