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Using websites. We can also make teaching of science easy and interesting by using hundreds of science
education websites available on net. Further, we can prepare excellent websites that may be useful for the
students and the scientific community. There are numerous websites on the World Wide Web (www) that have
been created specifically for ESL/EFL learners as well as for native speakers of English. Many of these websites
can help the students to improve their proficiency in English too. A great advantage of the World Wide Web is
that it is available 24 hours a day and; if your students have access to the Internet outside the classroom, they
can access the websites as per their leisure and space. We have developed two websites for the students of
science, particularly the Plant Science. The following websites have been launched by us.
1. Innovative teaching - http://innovative-teaching.in
2. Directory of Useful Websites of Plant and Allied Sciences
http://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/directory.html
Acknowledgement
The first author, M.M.A. Khan, is highly grateful to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi for granting
a Major Research Project on Proliferation of Science Education.
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