Internet Links For Science Education: Student-scientist Partnerships (innovations In Science Education And Technology)

Internet Lin ks for Science Education Student-Scientist Partnerships INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY Series Editor: Karen C. Cohen, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts The Hidden Curriculum-Faculty-Made Tests in Science Part 1: Lower-Division Courses Part 2: Upper-Division Courses Sheila Tobias and Jacqueline Raphael Internet Links for Science Education: Student-Scientist Partnerships Edited by Karen C. Cohen Web-Teaching: A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web David W. Brooks A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Internet Links for Science Education Student-Sc ientist Partnersh ips Edited by Karen C. Cohen Harvard University Graduate School of Education Cambridge, Massachusetts PLENUM PRESS· NEW YORK AND LONDON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Internet llnks for SClence education student-scientist partnerships edlted by Karen C. Cohen. p. em. -- (Innovations In SClence education and technology) Includes bibl iographical references and lndex. ISBN 0-306-45558-7 1. SClence--Study and teachlng. 2. Educational innovations. 4. Internet (Computer network) I. Cohen. Karen C. II. Series. 3. Computer network resources. LB1585.I52 1997 372.3'5'044--dc21 97-5780 CIP Further information on student-scientist partnerships, can be found at the TERC web site-http://www.terc.edu/ssp/ssp.html ISBN 0-306-45558-7 © 1997 Plenum Press, New York A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 http://www.plenum.com 10987654321 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher Contributors Ivar G. Babb National Undersea Research Center, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton, CT 06340 Dan iel Barstow, TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 Mimi L. Becker, Department of Natural Resources, 215 James Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Tommie R. Blackwell, The Space Camp Program, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL 35807 Rick Bonney, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 Thomas G. Carter, ADA Technologies, 304 Inverness Way, South, Suite 365, Englewood, CO 80112 Karen C. Cohen, Educational Technology Center, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 02138 Russell G. Congalton Department of Natural Resources, 215 James Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Andre A. Dhondt, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 Cheick Diarra, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 Daniel C. Edelson, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60204 v vi Internet Links for Science Education Barry J. Fishman, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 6020