Learning science on-line

Studies in Science Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-92

  Scanlon, Eileen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2942528573     PISSN: 03057267     EISSN: 19408412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057269708560103     Document Type: Note

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108. The following is a listing of websites mentiofted in the text in order of appearance, accurate at the time of writing: GLOBE project http://www.globe.gov/
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116. Earthwatch http://earthwatch.org Jtlexpeditions.html.
117. Calgary virtual laboratory http://www.cpsc.calgary.ca/projects/bmv/vlab/vlab.html
118. Carnegie-Mellon University virtual laboratory http://www.ece.cmu/afs/ece/usr/stancil/web/virtual-lab/concept.html
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120. Science learning network http://www.sln.org.
121. Ask a Geologist program http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docks/ask-a
122. Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/
123. Franklin Institute http://sin.fi.edu.
124. Science Net http://www.campus.bt.com/campus world/pub/Science Net
125. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana http://www.uiuc.edu/wcbclasses.html.
126. World Lecture Hall. http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
127. Collaboratory model http://www.udel.edu/scup/
128. Science Space http://www.virtual.gmu.edu.
129. Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/