Example
web sites for NLIST review
As the NLIST project is funded by NASA for the specific purpose
of assisting NASA in evaluating NASA education web sites, the examples
used below for this exercise are from NASA related web sites.
NASA's Classroom
of the Future
http://www.cotf.edu
This is NASA's research-based educational development institution
charged with the task of creating sound, theory-based, and formatively
evaluated educational support curriculum. At this site are three
projects:
-
Exploring
the Environment:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html
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BioBlast:
http://www.cotf.edu/BioBLAST/main.html
Space Telescope
Science Institute: Amazing Space-6 online modules
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
The Space Telescope Science Institute is the control center
for the Hubble Spaced Telescope, as well as other future NASA astronomical
observatories. The Amazing Space web site consist of shockwave-based
interactive student web modules. The idea behind Amazing Space is
to use the attraction of astronomy to teach the NSES standards.