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Purpose and Contents
DUCIM is intended to be a resource for high school science teachers. It is an index of online Instructional Materials for use in classrooms. Commentary and a quality rating is provided for each entry, which provides an overview of what is available without the need to actually visit the specific site. A teacher should be able to find relevant on-line materials quickly. The Web sites listed are characterized by the following:
· Subject area (physics, astronomy, etc.)
· Intended audience (teachers, students, general public, etc.),
· Required level of mathematics
· Whether or not the site has applets
· Whether or not the site is interactive
· Site sponsor and developer
A subjective rating for each site is provided based on the sole judgment of the site developers. The default ordering of the sites is based on this rating.
In order for this site to become increasingly useful, we include a section for your comments. Click on General at the left to enter your feedback, suggestions and complaints. The comment section allows users to enter their own comments about any entry for the benefit of those who come after. These comments will be incorporated in updates of the ratings as appropriate. We also need to know when links are broken or other usability issues arise.
For those seeking only interactive demonstrations of physical concepts, clicking on Physics Applets (also on the left panel) will take you to a listing of sites that have interactive applets that students can play with to view critical relationships between physical parameters.
Note that CIM Work Requests is for internal use in maintaining the site.
Acknowledgements
NASA and the University of Denver have funded the development of this site. It started with subject matters of interest to NASA. These include physics, earth science, space science and astronomy. If successful, we may expand in the future to cover other science disciplines. Research Professor Jonathan Ormes of the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) at the University of Denver has developed the site and is solely responsible for its content. Professor Steven Iona has provided critical review and comments. Mr. Aaron Bradley has done most of the searching for web sites and provided the commentaries. Ms Grace Fisgus has done much of the data entry work. The materials on this web site have been gathered using support from an Education and Outreach Supplement to NASA Grant NNG05WC20G. We thank NASA for this support. The site is supported by the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division. Comments on the materials found here, suggestions for new entries, problems with links, etc. may be directed to Jonathan.Ormes@du.edu. |