The following equipment has been placed in each of 82 LAUSD middle school mathematics and science classrooms through the MSTP grant:

20 wireless student laptops, either 12" iBooks or 14" Gateway PCs.
Vernier probes, may include temperature, motion, pH,
       and conductivity sensors (selected classrooms)
Activboard electronic whiteboard and wireless slate
LCD projector
Digital camera
Digital camcorder (one per school)
Network laser printer
Scanner
Teacher laptop computer
Eighth grade mathematics classrooms received TI-84+
       graphing calculators
Proscope electronic camera microscope

General Science:

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ - links to lessons, tools, resources and benchmarks for the teaching of science.

http://www.exploratorium.edu - exhibit-based interactive site of the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco; simulations of current exhibits.

http://www.enature.com - National Wildlife Federation site, a searchable database of field guides with information about plants and animals of North America, and a guide to National Parks and Refuges.

http://ology.amnh.org/  - website of the American Museum of Natural History, this site has links to resources on many “ologies” including information on the discipline, a story about a scientist in that discipline, and then an opportunity for the student to practice the skill presented.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm - science home page of the BBC News UK edition. Science current events with links to related articles.

http://www.extremescience.com/. - offers extreme science facts, as well as information on a large variety of topics with links to virtual tours and field trips and to research studies.

http://www.biologycorner.com/ - a searchable life science site with links to lessons plans, web lessons, web quests, and images.

http://www.genlink.wustl.edu/otherlinks/kidscience.html - GenLink's Educational Links to Science Resources

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edsci.htm - Science Resources Page with links to virtually hundreds of resources for all areas of science.

http://www.doscience.com/index.html - links to science activities that can be done at home or in school

http://www.nature.com/ - links to articles from past Nature magazines.

http://www.thetech.org/ - home page of The Tech Museum of Innovation.

http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm - Ask the experts at Scientific American.

http://www.tpt.org/newtons/index.html - home page for Newton’s Apple.

http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html - interactive games and puzzles on general science and the chemical elements (advanced).


Genetics:

http://www.kumc.edu/gec/ - Kansas University Medical Center Genetics Education Center

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/ - DNA from the beginning. The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews, problem, biographies, and links.

http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu /teachers  - Middle grade teachers’ home page of the Genetics Science Learning Center of the University of Utah.

http://www.netspace.org/MendelWeb

http://chroma.gs.washington.edu/outreach/genetics/index.html  - home page of the Genetics Project, which fosters excellence in K-12 genetics education through teacher professional development and instructional design.  There is a link for classroom activities.

http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/terminal/imse/lowres/1/genetics.htm - a list of links about genetics.

http://www.csu.edu.au/learning/ncgr/gpi/grn/edures/index.htm -contains a set of educational tools, programs, and other links for students, educators, and anyone wanting more information about genetic science.

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/education/education.html - Human Genome Project Education Resources

http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/index.htm - I Can Do That  - Eureka! Science offers the I Can Do That! web pages as a painless way to find fun facts about DNA, RNA, cells, protein and cloning

http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/teachgen.html - The New Genetics: A Resource for Students and Teachers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/projects/anthro201/ - has a link to an interactive pea experiment where you can breed your own hybrid pea plants

http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/simulations.html - a few simple simulations (written in Java) for use in teaching principles of population genetics and population ecology in various courses.

http://genetics-education-partnership.mbt.washington.edu/cool/coolgrade.html -  Genetics Education Partnership - Cool Tools Sorted by Grade Level

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/g912/dogsevolution.html -

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/itd/cti/middle_school/m_mac/html/lesson_plans.html - lesson plans for a variety of subjects developed by LAUSD teachers.

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/ - lessons, projects, and links for all curricular areas. Click on “Illuminations” for math interactive teaching tools and “Science NetLinks” for science.

http://media.lacoe.edu - home page for Los Angeles County Office of Education Multimedia Services.

http://www.enc.org/ - The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math & Science Education home page.

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/ - an Internet search guide for the K-12 student. This site has links to all academic areas, lesson plans, and clip art.

http://www.scholastic.com/instructor - links to recent articles in the various Scholastic publications.  Also included are links to classroom activities that can be searched by subject, but not by grade level.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm  - this PBS site has a multitude of resources for teachers including lesson plans, and professional development activities. One can search by subject and grade level. Projects include necessary links, materials lists, and rubrics.

http://www.school.discovery.com/schoolhome.html  - the Discovery educational home page has links to math and science resources.  It has “brain boosters” with some good math activities, a puzzle maker, downloadable clip art gallery, and “study starters” which are “amazing science facts,” meant to stimulate students to think about a particular topic. One drawback: this is a commercial site and they do try to sell you stuff.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/  - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth, updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

http://www.awesomelibrary.org- a searchable website that has links to lesson plans in all academic areas, as well as teacher background information and articles.

http://www.funbrain.com - a subscription site that has some free, but low skill level, math games that can be accessed for free.

http://www.funology.com - used selectively, one could find some good springboards for activities and some activities that students can do at home, especially in the Laboratory section.

http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm - the website of the North Central Region Educational Laboratory that has links to picture resources on the web. This site also has links to sites that deal with other areas of interest to the educator: professional development, teaching and learning, and planning and evaluation.

http://www.educationworld.com - lesson plans, technology integration resources, professional development resources as well as a web site review area for each discipline that lists virtually hundreds of reviewed sites.

http://www.girlsinc.com (site just for girls) –activities and motivation for girls, but mostly non-curricular.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/  - searchable by subject, resource, and grade level, and has links to other sites. Free resources include lesson plans, short downloadable videos, and interactive activities.

http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/index.asp - links to thematic units on many curricular areas, mostly like electronic textbooks with easy reading and lots of pictures and links to related information (sponsored by Teach, Learn, Communicate).

http://www.howstuffworks.com - an informational web site that explains how thousands of things work. Mostly text-based; not interactive.

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/main/default.html/ - curriculum home page of the Utah State Office of Education. Links can be followed to other online resources.

http://genscope.concord.org - GenScope is a learning environment that uses the computer to provide an alternative to text-based science education. It provides teachers and learners with a new tool that enables students to investigate scientific and mathematical concepts through direct manipulation and experimentation.

http://infozone.imcpl.org - homepage of the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library. There are lots of links here; looking under “Find It” takes one to links in many curricular areas.

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/ - This Gateway provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12, although teachers of other levels may find these materials helpful.

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/  - Curriculum Units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute 1978-2003

http://www.eduref.org/ - The Educator’s Reference Desk is the new home of the Ask Eric database, but also has links to resources on all areas of educational interest.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/  - searchable site with links to over 2000 free lesson plans.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/  - NOVA Online – NOVA’s home page.

http://www.carolina.com/ - home page of Carolina Catalogs, this site does offer lesson plans, the materials for which can (of course) be purchased through their catalogs

http://www.k12science.org/ - the Center for Improvement in Engineering and Science Education home page has links to Internet classroom projects.

http://www.iloveteaching.com/ - links to lesson plans as well as other resources you might find useful, encouraging, or just entertaining.

http://www.teach-nology.com/ - offers teachers free access to 19,000 lesson plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher tools for creating classroom instruction.

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ - home page of WNET (NY’s PBS station), which has links to lesson plans in all academic areas that are related to national standards.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html - archive containing hundreds of free lesson plans for grades 6-12. You may perform a keyword search to retrieve a lesson, browse the archive by subject, or scroll down the page to view the most recently published lessons.

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/index.html - SMILE program designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach.

http://www.field-guides.com/ - links to 40 free virtual field trips on a variety of subjects.

http://www.shodor.org/ - links to curricular resources for a number of subject areas.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/ - click the curriculum bar to find links to resources for all curricular areas, although this site concentrates on math.

http://www.factmonster.com/ - online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and atlas.

http://dictionary.com and http://thesaures.com -two sources of vocabulary enhancement for composition.

http://www.taskstream.com/  - Task Stream log in. (subscription service)

http://bic.bigchalk.com/ - Big Chalk log in. (subscription service)

http://vdlhost.com/  - VideoDiscovery log in (subscription service).

http://www.edhelper.com - that has many free downloads that are searchable by subject area (subscription service).

http://digital curriculum.com  - downloadable videos, video clips, encyclopedia articles in all curricular areas plus lesson plan building/sharing  (subscription service).