Site 1

http://www.flinnsci.com/

Flinn

Flinn Scientific, Inc. sponsored by Comply Enterprises, Inc.

All teachers who teach science could use this in their classroom.

The Primary use is a teacher resource. Flinn also puts on workshops that are listed on their site that are very good for professional development.

I use the site frequently for a resource. I also call their 1-800 number for immediate assistance. They do an excellent job of trying to meet your needs. If you have a lab and run out of chemical they will try to help you find an alternative chemical or lab to use. If you have a chemical you don’t know how to dispose of they will walk you through the disposal method or help you find a place to dispose the chemical. Flinn also has safety tips that they e-mail out monthly to keep you up to date.

This site gives many different links to other sites specified by the scientific area. All areas are clearly marked for navigating. The site meets many of the needs that a science teacher would need. I do not think the site is encrypted. It isn’t tagged for access for individuals with disabilities. Flinn lists an e-mail, fax and telephone number, and address.

Site 2

http://www.thecatalyst.org/

The Catalyst: Chemistry Resources for the Secondary Education Teacher on the WWW.

Micheal Geyer

Jason Jordan – logo design

Partial funding by the American Chemical society

This site if for high school Chemistry teachers.

The primary use is as a teacher resource and professional development.

This site meets a variety of needs for the high school Chemistry teacher from other links to a question and answer section to job listings. They list conferences that would be helpful to Chemistry teachers.

This site gives many different links. This is one of the purposes for this site. The nice thing about this link is they have a broken link page that allows you to let them know if a site has moved so they can keep the list updated. This site has easy navigation. I am very pleased to find this site. I will use this frequently. There is no encryption or access for disabilities. You can send and receive e-mail from this site. This site gives so much information and if you can’t find it on their site they give you so many other options to other links to find the information. I highly recommend this site.

Site 3

http://www.acs.org/education/curriculum/chemmatt.html

American Chemical Society

This is a useful site for all science teachers.

This site contains information for all aspects of teaching.

This site offers a variety of information for science teachers. There is up to date information on new technology. There is information on activities to do with students. The information is at a reading level for students. It doesn’t get too technical for them.

This site has highly reputable authors. They are current on their information, which is applicable to the science classroom. It is easy to navigate. It applies to the SD standards that deal with:

Analyze how new knowledge and methods emerge from investigations and from public communication among scientists.

Identify questions and concepts to guide the development of hypotheses and of scientific investigations including the analysis of primary sources of information.

Apply appropriate mathematical techniques in evaluating experimental data.

They do provide a secure sockets layer if you want to order anything. So encryption is available. I don’t find anything on disabilities. They have many different ways they can be contacted.
Site 4

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/chem.html

Busy Teachers Website K-12/Chemistry

Carolyn Cole and Andrew Kerr

Site 5

http://wb.chem.lsu.edu/htdocs/people/jchogan/HTML_Files/JS.html

John Hogan’s Chemistry Home Page

John Hogan and Louisiana State University

High School Science

It fits all the primary uses.

This site has excellent video clips to use in the classroom of experiments you talk about but can’t actually do. It has many different links. There is also lesson plans.

A Chemistry professor at LSU developed this site. This site has many different areas and a list of other appropriate links. This site is very easy to navigate. The home page is fun and makes the organizer seem very up beat and excited about what he is doing. The information offered would probably cover just about every standard that a high school Chemistry teacher would have to meet. I haven’t found any encryption but they aren’t selling anything. I haven’t found if there is access for individuals with disabilities. Users can send and receive e-mail.