Bagheera:
A Web Site for Endangered Species Classroom: http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/classroom.htm
This interactive classroom teaches students about endangered species. The
classroom is a part of the Bagheera Endangered Species web site.
Boise
State University: http://www.boisestate.edu/
Home page for Boise State University.
Educating Young People
About Water: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/ywc/
Great resource for teachers and others interested in educational materials for
kids. Material ranges from the kindergarten to 12th grade level.
Searchable database offered to connect educators around the country teaching
kids about water.
High Country News: http://www.hcn.org/
Small newspaper dedicated to issues prevalent in the West. Includes water issues,
damns, water quality, mining, public land use, ranching and more.
Idaho Department of Fish
& Game Educational Resources: http://www2.state.id.us/fishgame/info/education/education.htm
Great links and resources for teachers, and those who just want to learn more
about Idaho's wildlife. included information on workshops and curent events.
Idaho
Museum of Natural History: http://www.isu.edu/departments/museum/
Home page of the Idaho Museum of Natural History which acquires, preserves,
studies, interprets and displays objects relating to the natural history of
Idaho and the Northern Intermountain West for research and education purposes.
Idaho
State University: http://www.isu.edu/
Home page for Idaho State University.
Idaho
State University, College of Education: http://ed.isu.edu/
This site is designed for the support of Idaho teachers, students, and school
leaders who are using the Internet, computers, networks, and other resources
to enhance education. Access up to date information about the College,
and its educational outreach programs, as well as some of the best educational
resources on the Internet.
Idaho
Virtual Campus (IVC): http://wapi.isu.edu/
Home page for the IVC at Idaho State University. IVC is the gateway to a variety
of interactive Internet courses in the upper division Geosciences. Many classes
can be accessed by the public, and an excellent array of material is available
on-line.
IMNH Public Programs & Educational Resources: http://www.isu.edu/departments/museum/education/EducResc/mm_pg.html
Montana Natural Heritage
Project: http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/
The Montana Natural Heritage Program systematically collects information on
Montana's sensitive, threatened, and endangered plants, animals, plant communities
and other biological features of Montana.
National Library for
the Environment: http://www.cnie.org/nle/
Searchable index for government documents. Reports and data on environmental
issues. General resource for literature about the environment.
Natural Heritage Network:
http://www.abi.org/
Natural Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centres represent the largest
ongoing effort in the western hemisphere to gather standardized data on endangered
plants, animals, and ecosystems.
Natural Heritage Project
(Idaho): //http://imnh.isu.edu/naturalheritage/
An excellent source of additional educational materials on the natural history
and biodiversity of Idaho and the intermountain west.
Nature
Mapping Program in Washington: http://www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/
Home page of the Nature Mapping Program in the state of Washington. This is
a good place to learn about native terrestrial and aquatic species in that state,
as well as to see the educational outreach capabilities of the Internet in practice.
Sawtooth
Science Institute: http://imnh.isu.edu/SSI/
Located in the heart of Central Idaho, the Sawtooth Science Institute is an
outreach field study center of the ISU College of Education and the Idaho Museum
of Natural History. The Institute is dedicated to the study of the natural history
of the northern Rockies and offers "hands-on" workshops to Idaho educators in
many areas of scientific interest.
Soil
Science Education Page: http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/index.htm
A NASA education site for younger people, but full of useful information and
excellent photographs.
The Virtual
Geosciences Professor: http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/coursesandresources.html
3,600 resources in the Geosciences. Available in a File Maker Pro database for
ease of distribution.
University
of Idaho, Moscow: http://www.uidaho.edu/
Home page for U of I.
USDA's S.K.Worm Soil
Site: http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/squirm/skworm.html
his is great for kids, take a look! S.K.Worm, the official annelid, or worm,
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service
answers students questions about soil.
USGS
Kids Corner: http://biology.usgs.gov/features/kidscorner/kidscrnr.html
An interactive section of the USGS biological information site. Activities and
learning exercises cover a wide range of subjects from butterflies to lichens.
WebElements 2000 Periodic
Table - Scholar edition: http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.htm
WebElements was the first periodic table on the WWW, and it an excellent resource
for elemental chemistry information.
Yogi's Behemoth Periodic
Table of Elements: http://klbproductions.com/yogi/periodic/
This is an excellent site for discovering the concepts of chemistry and
the periodic table of elements.