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UPDATE
(Understanding and Providing a Developmental Approach to Technology Education)
http://update.jyu.fi/index.php/Main_Page
UPDATE (not to be confused with the ASE's estimable Upd8) stands for Understanding and Providing a Developmental Approach to Technology Education and is a site with a lot of useful and Europe-wide info on STEM engagement. The stated aim of the programme is to "improve science and technology teaching in Europe in order to appeal young people to technology, especially girls. New learning material and methods shall result from the project which is focussing three age-groups mainly: early childhood, elementary school (age 6 to 12) and general education (age 13-18)." In other words, if someone is doing something interesting anywhere in Europe from early years to university study choice, it'll be listed somewhere on this repository of best practice. Definitely worth a look for inspiration.
24 Hour Museum
http://ww.24hourmuseum.org.uk
This site will link you into any museum so use the search engine to find science related museums.
Biology4All
http://www.biology4all.com/web_links.asp
This is a great site hosted by the University of Central Lancashire, and covers all aspects of the post 16 biology Curriculum, with a view to introducing pupils to Biology courses at university. The links page just goes on forever so you’re sure to find what you’re looking for here!
British Nutrition Foundation
http://www.nutrition.org.uk
Good site for adults to get information and lesson ideas. Good nutrition links.
Canadian Association for Girls In Science
http://publish.uwo.ca/~cagis/
Well, didn't get into the clubhouse because we weren’t young enough! This club was started by a young girl who wanted to share her love of science, so try the experiments or check out the links page.
Chemistry Society
http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/
Enter the Chembytes Infozone and you may never get out again for there’s loads to read up on for all you budding chemists out there! It has an incredible amount of useful links to other sites, too.
Energy Matters
http://www.think-energy.com
Is your house full of wasters? Do you go to school with wasters? Energy wasters, we mean, of course! There's only so much energy to go round you know, and this site will point you in the right direction towards becoming someone who uses the minimum, not the maximum amount of juice!
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
Large site for this exciting museum, good experiments and other fun stuff to do. Try the sports science section or explore the science of music. Go to ‘10 cool sites’ for well-chosen links.
Flight Site
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~flight/homepage.html
Clear site about the science of flight. Good links page.
Geological Society
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=geohome
The Geological Society has limited information for teachers, but a useful library of links to more specific information on other sites.
NASA Website
http://www.nasa.gov
Huge website, not very easy to navigate, but once you find what you are looking for good the quality of material is excellent. Amazing space links to be found here.
National Confederation of Parent Teachers Associations
http://www.ncpta.org.uk/
It’s really easy to find your way around this site. If you are not a member then you’ll find all the information you need about the organisation.
PBS Links
http://www.pbs.org/science/
US Public Broadcasting Service links to other websites – very comprehensive.
Science Worlds
http://www.scienceworlds.co.uk
If you are looking for an answer to a tricky question, a good read or the chance to sign up to a free magazine then this is the site for you. The Job World section is very useful if you are looking for in-depth info on specific careers. The profiles on the different industry sectors sheds light on the vast array of career pathways open to a student with science qualifications.
SETNET
http://www.setnet.org.uk
SETNET is the Science Engineering Technology Mathematics Network. It ensures there is a flow of well motivated, high quality people from schools who have an interest in, and an understanding of, engineering related subjects. Check out the links on the site.
Sheffield College Science Links
http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/links/Science/
Really awesome comprehensive site full of categorised links for science (and everything else if you go to the home page and start from there) that would be useful to the college students or staff.
Views of the Solar System
http://www.solarviews.com/eng
You won’t see this by looking out of your window, you need to look at this site instead for pictures of planets and the Sun. Plus many links to academic sites.
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