Prospective teachers can examine documentary websites known as "snapshots of practice" in an on-line "Gallery of Teaching and Learning" http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org). Developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Gallery of Teaching and Learning includes a wide variety of web-based "snapshots" developed by college instructors and teacher educators as well as K-12 teachers. These multi-media websites provide enticing visions of the possible. By that the author means that prospective teachers can learn about inquiry-based instruction, for example, by exploring electronic examples with video clips of students in action, reflections by their teachers, copies of student work, relevant curriculum, and commentaries from a variety of perspectives. In this article, the author presents a case study which documents her experience using web-based "snapshots of practice" to foster learning to teach science. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 1 note.)