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Exploratorium Science Snacks - The Exploratorium
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This is an extensive collection of science lessons and laboratory procedures compiled by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas. The site offers a highly detailed...more
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This is an extensive collection of science lessons and laboratory procedures compiled by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas. The site offers a highly detailed outline of science concepts, and it provides a selection of different lessons and lab resources for each concept. All lessons are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF files which can be downloaded and printed on your printer. The index page groups these by topic, and each page includes instructions and illustrations. Many of the projects are suitable for "do at home" activities. Great resource!
In the Classroom
After introducing this site to your students, you can choose an activity to complement an area your are studying, or allow students choose an activity to pursue. Challenge students modify their learning by creating "visual" lab reports using Jimdo, reviewed here, to document experiments or illustrate concepts, such as the water cycle.
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Dip into the Thinking Fountain
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3 to 6
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Here's an extensive site devoted to students' explorations of mold! The Minnesota Science Museum collected student experiments, images, and reactions to their study of mold fungus....more
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Here's an extensive site devoted to students' explorations of mold! The Minnesota Science Museum collected student experiments, images, and reactions to their study of mold fungus. The images are suitably yucky, and the content could help a young experimenter become excited about his or her own exploration.
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Explore parts of this site with students to learn about mold. Take photos of your mold experiments and display them on your web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Building Big projects - PBS
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4 to 8
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This is the teacher's guide to the PBS "Building Big" series which describes the engineering methods required to create a variety of huge structures. The exercises and demonstrations...more
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This is the teacher's guide to the PBS "Building Big" series which describes the engineering methods required to create a variety of huge structures. The exercises and demonstrations let students try their hand at small models that demonstrate the same principles used for larger structures. Lots of "hands-on" stuff for different grade levels and topics. Well worth a visit.
In the Classroom
Introduce the site to the class with a projector or interactive whiteboard. Bookmark the interactive activities on learning center computers for students to explore together. Have students extend their learning by writing and drawing about it using a blog tool like Penzu, reviewed here. With Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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School Gardening - Texas A&M University
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Texas A&M University created this site to help school students plant gardens and learn about how plants grow. There are ideas for what to plant, how to get started, and ...more
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Texas A&M University created this site to help school students plant gardens and learn about how plants grow. There are ideas for what to plant, how to get started, and creative ways to design a garden that will keep students interested in the project.
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Use information from School Gardening to enhance or begin your school's garden. If your school doesn't have an area for planting a garden, be creative! Plant a small garden in a wagon to roll in and out each day! Create a class website and update your garden's growth through pictures and words each week. Better yet, have student blog about the garden using Edublog, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Explorer - Exploratorium
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This site is a comprehensive collection of natural science resources for teachers. Teachers can use this site to browse through the outline format to research a specific area of natural...more
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This site is a comprehensive collection of natural science resources for teachers. Teachers can use this site to browse through the outline format to research a specific area of natural science. This site takes some time to go through and lesson plans are not easily available; however detailed bibliographic information is provided and all material is based on national science standards.
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Allow students to choose from the activities offered on this site to learn more about natural science. Post a link on your class web page or newsletter for parents and students to use at home. With younger students, take photos, or have older students take photos, of the the steps and results of their experiment they make and post them on your website for parents to see. Older students could enhance their learning by posting the photos with and explanation using a portfolio tool such as Mahara, reviewed here. Mahara also offers tools for incorporating blogs. Alternatively, students could transform their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Galapagos Islands - Adaptions - Kyrene
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The National Science Teachers' Association developed this elegant PDF about the Galapagos islands and the abundance of species still found on the island. In addition to excellent photography,...more
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The National Science Teachers' Association developed this elegant PDF about the Galapagos islands and the abundance of species still found on the island. In addition to excellent photography, there are questions and discussion ideas for the species presented. Great site for a study of ecology or natural science.
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Introduce this activity with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate the site. Then, in your flipped or blended classroom (or at a computer center), have students explore on their own. Have students take notes on the material and write down questions they still have and topics that confuse them. They can do this with pen and paper or online. If you want the assignment online, explain to students they need to open a new tab in their browser window and take notes with a tool such as Webnote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. As a final assessment and to transform student learning, have small groups choose to make an interactive website using Webnode, reviewed here, or an interactive infographic using Canva Inforgraphic Maker, reviewed here, as if they are updating this site with a current look and using newer technologies.
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At Home Science - The Exploratorium
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The Exploratorium designed these simple science experiments primarily for use in the kitchen, but many could be adapted for classroom use. Most are very simple, a few are intentionally...more
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The Exploratorium designed these simple science experiments primarily for use in the kitchen, but many could be adapted for classroom use. Most are very simple, a few are intentionally "yucky," and they all demonstrate serious science which is explained in simple, kid-friendly terms. A wealth of good illustrations helps retain interest. Teachers, students, and parents will all like this one.
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as a resource for interesting, classroom-friendly science experiments. Share a link to experiments on your class web page for families to complete at home. Consider taking photos of the different stages of an experiment your students are doing in class. For all age students, use Sharalike, reviewed here, to display them on your webpage for students and families to view at any time. Enhance learning by having older students write blogs, documenting their understanding using a tool like Telegra.ph, reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Antimatter Mysteries - CERN
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Here's an introduction to the concept of antimatter for students. Nicely written text and colorful illustrations step users through a concept that's tough for many adults. Try this...more
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Here's an introduction to the concept of antimatter for students. Nicely written text and colorful illustrations step users through a concept that's tough for many adults. Try this one if you have a few students who need a little "something extra" to think about!
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Tackle the idea of "antimatter" with the information and graphics from this PDF. Make a pictorial response to what you have learned by going through this lesson.
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Amusement Park Physics - CPB/Annenberg
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This site, part of the Annenberg Center's collection of web activities, offers a simple introduction to the physics involved in riding a roller coaster, and allows young experimenters...more
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This site, part of the Annenberg Center's collection of web activities, offers a simple introduction to the physics involved in riding a roller coaster, and allows young experimenters to design their own roller coaster (friction-free, no less!) to see how it performs. Students could use this site easily.
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Have students or small groups of students design their own roller coaster with suggestions from this site; at the same time, they will learn about the physics involved in the roller coaster ride. Enhance learning by having students use Flip, to talk about what they learned about physics and then comment on what their peers learned, too. Flip is an augmentation tool for video responses to a question along with comments from peers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactivate - Shodor
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This fabulous collection of interactives and tools supports math and science concepts across grades 3-12. There are also lessons to accompany the activities and a dictionary of math...more
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This fabulous collection of interactives and tools supports math and science concepts across grades 3-12. There are also lessons to accompany the activities and a dictionary of math terms. Sort by "audience" to narrow the listings by level: 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12. Version 3.0, released in 2010, provides better searching by activity type and curriculum term. Click at the bottom of the screen for an "interactivate Guide" to explain the various ways you can search, or simply click on Learner Activities to browse and see the breadth of offerings in areas such as Number and Operations, Geometry, Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Modeling, Discrete, and more.
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Mark this one in your teacher favorites, then return to select activities in support of math or science units. Many curriculum topics have multiple offerings, so let students choose from among three to five activities for homework, in-class practice, or student- demonstrated skills on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Rotate different student groups to run the demonstrations and explanations of the interactives or have them write explanations of them on a class wiki for others to use for review and practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Water Science for Schools - US Government
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The EPA created this collection of resources dealing with water cycles, water purification, and water availability. It includes web resources, sample experiments, and explanations of...more
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The EPA created this collection of resources dealing with water cycles, water purification, and water availability. It includes web resources, sample experiments, and explanations of water quality issues. Each topic has several areas to explore and learn from.
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Start with Water Basics, and find lots of topics and activities. Review the water cycle on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Engage your students with one of the interactive activities. Once your students have the basics, enhance learning by having them choose a topic as a source for a multimedia project to present what they learned using Genially, reviewed here. With Genially students can insert maps, surveys, video, audio and more. Teachers will likely want to sort through the material before suggesting it to their students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earthwatch - Earthwatch Worldwide
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Find great ecology projects and adventurous ideas at Earthwatch, a program where everyone and anyone can get involved in making our planet environmentally safe. Sign up for their free...more
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Find great ecology projects and adventurous ideas at Earthwatch, a program where everyone and anyone can get involved in making our planet environmentally safe. Sign up for their free newsletter for the latest news, events, and ways you can get involved. There is a comprehensive guide and a fact sheet. Find many, many lesson plans on the Educator Opportunities page, on the right menu. If you haven't planned your next vacation, why not do something out of the ordinary and get involved in an Earthwatch expedition? There are more than 140 expeditions from all over the world from which to choose. You will meet professional research scientists, Earthwatch guides and professionals, and like-minded volunteers like you from around the world. There are grants available to fund your expedition.
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Select "Global Classroom" for a summary of planned and on-going scientific field trip explorations. Some explorations include classroom resources. Topics pertain to oceans, ecology, and endangered species.You will find there are lesson plans relating to: Oceans, Ecosystem Services, Cultural Heritage, Climate Change, and Taking Action.
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The Dino Directory - British Museum of Natural History
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This site from the Museum of Natural History is a rich resource for images of dinosaurs. You can select by body type, country, geologic time period, and other idicies. Apart ...more
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This site from the Museum of Natural History is a rich resource for images of dinosaurs. You can select by body type, country, geologic time period, and other idicies. Apart from the images, which are watermarked, there is only basic information on the size and environment of each creature on the landing page, however, scroll WAY down to the bottom of the page for a site menu. Look for Discover, and under that Dinosaurs. On this page you will find a WEALTH of information from an Introduction to Dinosaurs to Dinosaur behavior, abilities, lifestyles, to Dinosaur Digs, and even Dinosaur Crafts and Activities. While not intended for elementary students, the navigation is simple enough for these students to use effectively in finding images.
In the Classroom
In a unit on dinosaurs, share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector with students. The function they will find most interesting about this site is the area that describes the dinosaurs that existed in their local area! Brief bios are presented on all the dinosaurs, so this could also be a great resource if the students were to research their local dinosaurs for a project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Acid Rain - US Government
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This EPA page offers information on the science behind acid rain, as well as specific information for students. It also includes examples of mitigation activities, a glossary, and related...more
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This EPA page offers information on the science behind acid rain, as well as specific information for students. It also includes examples of mitigation activities, a glossary, and related resources
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Use this site as a resource during a lesson or unit on acid rain. Have cooperative learning groups explore the site, with the intentions of summarizing the information in a multimedia presentation. Have cooperative learning groups create online books using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here. Have groups tell the "acid" rain, explaining where and how it happens most. Great for a pre-discussion activity about the efforts to stop acid rain.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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You Can Change the World - Yale University
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Teach students about the positive and negative effects each of us has on our environment. ...more
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Teach students about the positive and negative effects each of us has on our environment.
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WhaleNet
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One of the fascinating features of this site is its display of tracking information for whales, porpoises, and sea turtles that have been equipped with radio transmitters. Users can...more
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One of the fascinating features of this site is its display of tracking information for whales, porpoises, and sea turtles that have been equipped with radio transmitters. Users can follow the movements of these marine creatures to see how they move about in the oceans. There is also a variety of reference information about whales, whale watching, and related topics.
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Virtual Botanical Garden - Missouri Botanical Garden
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The Missouri Botanical Garden has created a very nice elementary site about biomes and freshwater / saltwater environments. Because of the site design, you'll need to click the specific...more
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The Missouri Botanical Garden has created a very nice elementary site about biomes and freshwater / saltwater environments. Because of the site design, you'll need to click the specific area in which you are interested.
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Tarantulas!
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4 to 12
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This site contains lots of images and detailed descriptions of these large, often furry arachnids. While it's not the sort of thing that everyone will love, there's lots of material...more
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This site contains lots of images and detailed descriptions of these large, often furry arachnids. While it's not the sort of thing that everyone will love, there's lots of material for research papers, class presentations, and the like. This may be one case where viewing on the computer is better than seeing the real thing!
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Snakes Species in Massachusetts
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This site, developed by the the Massachusetts Audobon, provides facts and illustrations on snakes found only in that state. The graphics are well done, and the information is suited...more
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This site, developed by the the Massachusetts Audobon, provides facts and illustrations on snakes found only in that state. The graphics are well done, and the information is suited to students in grades 4-6. This site could be used in a research report, or serve as an example for making a web site on a species specific to a region.
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Sharks! - National Geographic
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The National Geographic presents an introduction to Great White sharks suitable for use by lower elementary students. The site helps dispel many of the myths about sharks and their...more
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The National Geographic presents an introduction to Great White sharks suitable for use by lower elementary students. The site helps dispel many of the myths about sharks and their behavior. The science, artwork, and design are all typical of the quality of National Geographic materials.
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Make a shortcut to this site on your desktop and use it as a center. Allow students to review the site, making sure to include headphones for the audio portions. There are a lot of random, but interesting, facts about sharks on this site that will maintain students interest. Have students decide what facts were the most interesting, and use their comments to spur a class discussion comparing sharks to other mammals the class has studied. A useful way to do this would be to use a venn diagram tool on the interactive whiteboard or projector, allowing all students to participate at once. We recommend a tool like the 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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