Science and Information Literacy on the Internet: Using the Standards Created by the Association of College and Research Libraries and Project 2061 to Create a Science Web Page Evaluation Tool

Abstract

With funding by the National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM) has developed a series of Web-based remote experiments. The remote experiments project is an initiative exploring the use of the Internet for creating and sharing laboratory information and teaching resources. The project pioneers school-based experiments on the Web: users with Internet access connect to high school Web sites to control equipment, make measurements and link to information resources remotely. ALCOM worked with teams of Northeast Ohio high school teachers, librarians, and students, in partnership with Keithley Instruments Inc. and Beta-Micron Inc. to set up experiments in the schools and integrate them into curricula.