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http://whyfiles.org/

 

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Educational Technology Portal Website

 

THE WHY FILES

       This site provides an easy way for social studies and science teachers to collaborate on classroom activities focusing on current events and the science behind the news.

 

       This is a website dedicated to educational technology. this web site Created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the auspices of the National Institute for Science Education, the Why Files web site provides scientific information to explain and expand on current news stories. This witty web site updates weekly and provides a searchable archive of stories and articles. A list of National Science Education standards that link to support Why Files articles is included. Additional classroom activities are offered that can be used with an entire class or for extra credit. There is enough intriguing information, as well as cool science images, to entice older students to explore the site on their own. Grades 5-12.

 

 

      These two NASW members have, for more than a decade, trawled the headlines to bring a deeper understand of everyday events and phenomena to the public. Their new book is formatted like a newspaper and is divided into sections including: World News, Metro, Business Life, Sports, Arts and Leisure, Travel, Style, Opinion Page, and more. The Why Files originated 13 years ago with an off-the-cuff remark by a NSF grant officer who wanted to know how people learn about science on the web, a medium then in its infancy.

 

Break Down:

•The Good: Today, whyfiles clocks several hundred thousand users per month and has been heralded by the AAAS, Popular Science, and The Wall Street Journal among others.

• The Bad: No online learning materials provided with Arabic language.
•The Bottom Line: Their whyfiles.org is reputedly the number one science destination on the web.

Rating:  4 (very good).