http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:41:37 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:41:37 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=634487 This online source provides students to see the universe from a unique prespective. It utlizes certain images provided by NASA. This might facinate students and captive their attention when presenting them with astronomy. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=634484 This is a useful website because it provides animations for certain concepts in physcis which become a little time consuming to draw out on the white board. Instead of reading it in a book with your class for 5 minutes, teachers could display the animation. The animation would help give students a visual so when they read the section about the concept it becomes easier to understand. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=634456 This is an online community for high school chemistry teachers to collarborate on material to utilize for various class activities. This would be extremely useful for all high school chemistry teachers because it allows them to see examples of what other teachers from across the country implement to assist their students in comprehending the chemical world in which they live in. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=634461 This website provides users with an array of different labs in all the various concepts covered in high school biology. These labs are online, which could be quite useful to high school teachers who have a computer lab present at the school in which they are currently teaching at. Online labs might help high school kids get a better visualization of what is trying to be presented in a certain lab. Online labs are also useful because they save money compared to constructing an actual lab in the classroom. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=634420 This is provides great questions for students engaging in trying to understand the configuraiton of certain organic chemistry structures. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=634481 This website provides a virtual chemistry experiment, and it is important to note that a Java3D is necessary for the different virtual experiments to run. This website also provides tutorials for students to look over before conducting the virtual experiment.