http://www.euroturtle.org/

The award-winning EuroTurtle website, which provides information about the biology and conservation of sea turtles, is supported by Exeter University, King's College Taunton, and the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles. EuroTurtle provides students and others with opportunities to learn about sea turtle skeletons, life cycle, classification, species distribution, and more. The website also offers a traditional Scientific Key, and a more basic Graphic Key, for identifying sea turtle species. In addition, site visitors will learn about threats facing sea turtles, and can experience life as a sea turtle conservation volunteer at a virtual field station in the Mediterranean Sea. [NL]

http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/high_school/index.cfm

From WWF, this website offers high school students a collection of online resources regarding endangered animal species, conservation, and other environmental topics. The Homework Help section contains links to project ideas such as Recycling Greywater for Gardening; a number of downloadable factsheet documents concerning different animals around the world; annotated links to informative websites organized around themes like Soil Types, Major Biomes of the World, and Biopesticides; and a directory of websites relating to ecology and human-environment interactions. The site also offers information about a variety of endangered carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. In addition, students will find concise sections about conservation issues and major habitats as well as image galleries, links to information about educational grants, and a list of universities around the globe that offer courses relating to the environment. [NL]

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/schoolyard/

From the highly regarded Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this online Educator's Guide offers "activity ideas and support materials to learn about birds and conduct inquiry-based research." The Guide contains 10 introductory activities that encourage students to become a species specialist, go on a bird walk, set up a bird feeder, color in a downloadable Bird Coloring Book, and more. The website also offers ideas for student research with concise sections addressing the scientific method, suggested research questions, research project design, data analysis, and writing a scientific paper. In addition, the Guide provides information about innovative Citizen Science Projects; a helpful collection of bird-related resources and activity ideas for teachers; educational outreach ideas; and information about a Home Study Course in Bird Biology from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [NL]

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html

This Amazing Insects website was created by Ed Koday, the technology director at Ivy Hall School, an elementary school located in Buffalo Grove, Ill. Notably, Koday's site was recognized as a Best of the Bugs website by a committee of professional nematologists and entomologists at the University of Florida. Amazing Insects features good-quality photographs and descriptions of numerous insects including aphids, fireflies, swallowtail butterflies, spittle bugs, giraffe weevils, walking sticks, and many more. Specific insect pages include links to related websites as well. This kid-friendly website is a great resource for young students interested in learning about insects. [NL]

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/

From PBS, this Dragonfly TV website offers a collection of activities and resources aimed at getting kids psyched about science. A wide variety of site offerings include: matching games featuring animal tracks, and types of fruit; riddles about things like wart removal, cow-derived electricity, and weighing whales; video clips about bugs, and archaeology; and experiment ideas involving a fish mummy, an egg in a bottle, and breathing leaves. The Dragonfly website also hosts a number of message boards for kids. For teachers and parents, the site supplies a range of downloadable, inquiry-based activities in the following subject areas: Body and Brain; Living Things; Earth and Space; Matter and Motion; and Technology and Invention. The site also offers downloadable issues of My Science Journal, a magazine from Dragonfly. [NL]

http://www.jmgkids.com/

Junior Master Gardener (JMG) is an innovative national program that exposes young people to gardening, service learning, skill development, group learning, and more. The headquarters for the National JMG Program Office is at Texas A&M University, and, nationally, 28 universities implement the program at the state level. The JMG website provides information about starting and registering a JMG group, ordering curricula, and becoming a state partner (including a list of contacts at participating universities). The site also has a resource page for teachers and leaders; a Kids Zone section with online learning activities; a special Wildlife Gardener section with resources for teachers and kids; monthly JMG newsletters; and information about the JMG Specialist Training. [NL]

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/welcome.html

This well-designed website was developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service (NOS) to educate high school students and others about coral reefs. The site contains the following three main components: a tutorial providing an overview of coral reefs; two downloadable lesson plans; and links to a variety of online information about coral reefs from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The tutorial contains 11 concise sections about topics such as: threats to coral reefs, coral reef formation, stony corals, coral diseases, and coral reef protection. The two lesson plans focus on coral reef bleaching, and coral reef management. The plans include National Science Education Standards, Learning Objectives, Teaching Time, Learning Procedures, Background Information, Resources, and more. [NL]

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20050208tuesday.html

This one-hour lesson, developed collaboratively by Priscilla Chan of The New York Times Learning Network and Bridget Anderson of The Bank Street College of Education in New York City, encourages sixth- to twelfth-grade students to consider the nutritional qualities of dried and fresh fruits. The lesson is inspired by a very brief New York Times Q & A article and in addition to discussing the nutritional values of fruit students are asked to develop their own food science-related questions and answers using the article as a model. The website includes a lesson description; academic content standards; and concise sections that address objectives, evaluation, extension and interdisciplinary activities, and necessary materials. [NL]