http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/  There are many excellent teachers' resources in the Learning Studio.  Look at the Snacks for home and classroom projects. 

http://wnsl.physics.yale.edu/events/olympics  The annual Yale physics contests are designed for any high school level students who want to have some fun learning physics, unlike the typical physics Olympics aimed at only the very top physics students.  Answers to the past contests are presented in http://wnsl.physics.yale.edu/events/olympics/facts.html.

http://www.amasci.com/newname.html  There are many interesting and simple to construct activities from the Boston Science museum and amateur scientists.

http://www.math.uic.edu/IMSE/TIMS/tims.html  Teaching Integrated Mathematics and Science (TIMS) project from the Teachers' Academy of Chicago has been very successful in professional development for elementary and middle school teachers.  The project  has activities which identify variables in an investigation and integrate mathematics with science.             

http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org//Classroom/Science/Physics  or http://awesome library.org//classroom/science/physics/physics.html There are many classroom contest projects that have been successfully used by teachers.  Projects such as Bridges, Catapults and Eggdrops are all written up for teachers to use in the classrooms. Successful designs are shown there.

http://www.techmuseum.org/  A collection of contest activities, mostly typical ones collected from various sources are presented here.

http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/high.html  A teacher exchange website, many hands-on classroom projects written by teachers for teachers.

http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/physicsolympics/titlepage.htm This is the 2000 Marin County Physics Olympics website. Contact Peter Wilding at San Rafael HS at 415 485 2343 for Marin County Physics Olympics or email to pwilding@marin.k12.ca.us.

http://www.prisms.uni.edu/Resources/Labs/III-7/ Excellent Teacher Workshops for middle and high school teachers are provided by the PRISMS of the College of Natural Sciences of the University of Northern Iowa. Contact the manager.

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