The following page lists some resources that the department feels could be helpful to both teachers and students. Below you will find a list of links that will take you to these resources. Note that these websites are outside of PWCS's website.
National Science Standards
National Science Education Standards National Research Council, (1996). National Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press Benchmarks for Science Literacy American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993) Benchmarks for Science Literacy, New York: Oxford University Press
National Science Education Standards
Benchmarks for Science Literacy
Virginia Standards of Learning
Science Standards of Learning Science SOL (2003) Science Curriculum Framework Science Curriculum Framework (2003) All Virginia Standards K-12 Virginia SOL's Instructional Resources http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/sol.html
Science Standards of Learning
Science Curriculum Framework
All Virginia Standards
Instructional Resources
Probeware
Vernier Texas Instruments Casio Hewlett Packard Pasco
Simulation Software
Riverdeep Tom Synder Video Discovery Hands on Universe
EDUCATION RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONS
HIGH SCHOOL
Biology
Alternatives to Animal Dissections: Virtual Dissections
Frog Dissection www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Whole.Frog/Whole.Frog.html Fetal Pig Dissection mail.fkchs.sad27.k12.me.us/fkchs/vpig/default.htm Earthworm Dissection biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/earthworm.html Grasshopper Dissection entomology.unl.edu/charts/refchrts.htm
Frog Dissection
Fetal Pig Dissection
Earthworm Dissection
Grasshopper Dissection
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Physics
6th Grade
7th Life Science
8th Grade: Physical Science
Updated 9/26/08