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return to subject listingCitizen Science Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): citizen science (21), environment (238)
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Share these resources with your students to learn about many citizen science opportunities. Share a link to this collection on your school web page and in your school newsletter (or email). Find resources to incorporate into your lessons to encourage students to get involved in citizen science activities.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Crowdsourcing Science Using Citizen Science in the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): citizen science (21), data (146), inquiry (24), STEM (259)
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Increase student engagement by encouraging students to find and select citizen science projects that help their community and appeal to their interests by voting on a project to participate in. Create a simple survey using Poll Maker, reviewed here for students to vote on a project to become part of. Extend learning by asking students to document learning using science journals. Find many different templates for journals at Slidesmania, reviewed here to download and use with PowerPoint and Google Slides.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Change Makers - Women in STEM - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): STEM (259), women (136), womenchangemaker (25)
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Share these resources with your students to learn about many women in STEM who changed the world. Share a link to this collection on your school web page and in your school newsletter (or email). Find resources to incorporate into your lessons to encourage girls to pursue learning paths in STEM and realize their potential.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Upschool - Richard Mills and Gavin McCormack
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K to 12tag(s): animals (278), antarctica (28), careers (139), climate (80), earth (185), explorers (64), food chains (17), gifted (64), glaciers (17), journalism (71), mountains (10), oceans (146), Online Learning (39), photography (131), planets (111), plants (141), rainforests (17), social and emotional learning (80), solar system (108), sustainability (44), weather (163), writing (315)
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Share Upschools 10-week and short courses with students to complete as individualized learning projects. Encourage gifted students to select courses that meet their interests and develop a personal learning plan based on the content. Each course includes accompanying materials for parents and teachers to support student learning. Use Whiteboard.chat, reviewed here as a collaboration tool for students while taking courses provided on the site. Create a board for each "cohort" to share ideas, ask questions, and add resources. After completing courses, ask students to share their learning through a method of their choosing. Examples might include podcasts shared using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here or videos created with Typito, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CK-12 Plix - CK-12
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K to 12tag(s): angles (51), area (52), atoms (42), charts and graphs (168), data (146), decimals (84), earth (185), earthquakes (44), equations (119), fractions (159), geometric shapes (135), integers (22), latitude (10), magnetism (36), molecules (40), oceans (146), planets (111), plate tectonics (20), prime numbers (26), probability (96), rock cycle (12), rocks (36), scientific method (47), seasons (36), simulations (8), solar system (108), statistics (114), STEM (259), Teacher Utilities (146), volume (34), water (101)
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Use Plix interactives as warm-up activities when teaching new concepts, as a computer center activity, or as an exploration activity for homework. If you are not using a learning management system, use the three dots located on the top bar to find different share options and embed code to use on websites. After providing exploration time, ask students to share their understanding of content in interactives using Flip, reviewed here. Create a topic for students to add a video response that might include a demonstration of their computer screen as they discuss how the interactive works and share their understanding of the concept they explored.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Saturday Morning Astrophysics - Purdue University Dept of Physics & Astronomy
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7 to 12tag(s): light (52), planets (111), solar system (108), space (212), stars (65), sun (69)
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Take advantage of the many free materials offered by SMAP to find lessons and activities to engage students in learning about astronomy research. Share the monthly SMAP schedule with students and invite them to share their learning with peers upon completing the monthly activity by creating a website using Canva for Education, reviewed here using one of the many shared templates. Ask students to include interactive elements found within Canva, such as infographics and quizzes, to engage their audience.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Superheroes of Science - Purdue University College of Science
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5 to 12tag(s): agriculture (49), engineering (117), friction (9), gravity (42), oceans (146), podcasts (72), rivers (13), solar system (108), sound (74), STEM (259), sun (69), water (101)
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Bookmark and save this site to find engaging science videos and podcasts for virtually any topic. Use the search features found in the Superheroes of Science YouTube channel and podcast page to search for episodes related to your current topic. Share a link to episodes with students to introduce a new topic, as a computer station activity, or as part of a flipped learning lesson. Include videos in lessons created with NearPod, reviewed here and add questions to the videos to enhance student understanding; include short questions in your slide presentation as a formative assessment and a quick option for creating differentiated learning activities. After watching videos and conducting your experiments and lab activities, ask students to create learning videos and podcasts to share with peers demonstrating the science content learned. Buzzsprout, reviewed here is an easy-to-use tool for creating and sharing podcasts, while moovly, reviewed here offers many free resources for creating and sharing engaging videos.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens - The Smithsonian Institution
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K to 12tag(s): alphabet (51), animals (278), colors (65), countries (69), egypt (45), folktales (34), habitats (87), insects (67), inventors and inventions (71), light (52), makerspace (41), museums (43), musical instruments (45), nutrition (134), oceans (146), plants (141), puzzles (143), seasonal (17), space (212), stars (65), STEM (259), summer (28), water (101), weather (163), webcams (10), women (136)
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Add Fun Stuff for Kids and Teams to your science and art bookmarks to use across many different content areas. For example, one activity is called Journey Through an Exploded Star; share a link to this interactive with students to explore before introducing lessons on stars and supernovas. Ask students to share their learning and add questions using IdeaBoardz, reviewed here. Create an IdeaBoard with two columns (or more if desired), then share the link with students to share information and questions with peers. Encourage student engagement in animal-related learning by introducing them to the Art Meets Science Collections. Afterward, ask students to create multimedia projects incorporating animals as art to showcase scientific concepts like habitats, conservation, and human interactions. Find many different templates and presentation ideas at Genially, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Wonder of Science - Paul Andersen
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K to 12tag(s): biodiversity (30), chemicals (39), climate (80), earth (185), ecology (99), ecosystems (71), energy (131), environment (238), forces (37), genetics (76), life cycles (21), light (52), matter (47), molecules (40), motion (49), oceans (146), planets (111), sound (74), space (212), stars (65), weather (163)
In the Classroom
This site is a must-have for all science teachers to use to find high-quality lessons and teaching materials. Be sure to visit the Phenomena section to find the Master List of Phenomenon Google Document sharing suggestions for observable science events or find phenomena by grade level. Engage students in learning by sharing videos on this site, then use Edpuzzle, reviewed here to add questions and focus comments to the videos to support student learning. Use the ideas and resources on this site to create flipped and blended learning lessons or to create playlists to encourage student choice of learning activities. Learn more about playlists by viewing the archive of OK2Ask: Playlists to Personalize Learning, reviewed here and learn about choice boards at the OK2Ask archive: Choice Boards for Differentiation Part 1, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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STEM - STEAM - STREAM Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): engineering (117), STEM (259)
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We have included resources for all grades. Remember, our "In the Classroom" suggestions with each reviewed resource, give you ideas about using these tools in your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Achievery - AT&T
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K to 12tag(s): blended learning (16), coding (87), digital citizenship (83), engineering (117), environment (238), equations (119), geometric shapes (135), graphic design (50), internet safety (112), literature (217), map skills (56), measurement (125), media literacy (102), narrative (15), numbers (119), operations (72), order of operations (28), problem solving (225), remote learning (61), Research (83), social and emotional learning (80), spanish (104), STEM (259), substitutes (27), writing (315)
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Bookmark and save this site as a resource for lessons in many content areas to engage students using popular video clips. All lessons are created as remote learning activities making them easily adaptable for both in-class and out-of-class assignments. Easily find activities to differentiate instruction for different student ability levels by browsing options below or above the student's current grade level. Many lessons include worksheets in PDF format, turn these activities into a digital format by taking a screenshot of the document, then save as the background on Google Slides, reviewed here. Add text boxes in the appropriate place on the slide for students to add responses. Use Pear Deck Flashcard Factory, reviewed here, to create flashcards for students to practice the vocabulary highlighted in each lesson.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Games - Crazy Games
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5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): body systems (40), earth (185), game based learning (171), human body (93), mitosis (8), planets (111), solar system (108), space (212)
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Be sure to take some time to explore this site before sharing it with students due to the different kinds of activities available. You may want to share specific games with tech-savvy students first, then let them be the teacher to show classmates how to play. Include games as part of blended learning activities, computer centers, or online lessons. For example, use Symbaloo Learning Paths, reviewed here, to create a lesson incorporating one or more science games, video tutorials, quizzes, and additional activities. Enhance learning by asking students to work in groups to create science games using Scratch, reviewed here. Many examples and tutorials are available on Scratch to get you started.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Geo-fs Flight Simulator - GeoFS
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): aviation (38), virtual field trips (80)
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There are various uses for this flight simulator, from a simple flight for exploring the land below to learning more advanced aviation skills. Your students can experience different parts of the world using the Geo-fs flight simulator. Use this site to learn the geography of a region or study various landscapes. Teachers can create a virtual field or lit trips by making a flight plan for their students to follow. Create a challenge or virtual race for your students to complete; the possibilities are endless!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Georgia Virtual Learning Shared Resources - Georgia Virtual Learning
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5 to 12tag(s): art history (85), body systems (40), business (47), chinese (44), drawing (60), environment (238), financial literacy (91), french (73), geology (64), japanese (47), latin (22), music theory (45), narrative (15), novels (31), nutrition (134), oceans (146), OER (43), photography (131), plagiarism (31), poetry (188), psychology (67), robotics (22), romeo & juliet (7), short stories (18), sociology (22), space (212), spanish (104), STEM (259), writers workshop (31)
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Bookmark and save this site as a supplemental resource for your current lessons, as a resource for students to learn about subjects not covered in their current courses, and to differentiate learning for students. For example, provide remediation to high school students by sharing the 9th or 10th-grade literature and composition courses as a review activity or enhance your British Literature unit by assigning a module that focuses specifically on 17th, 18th, or 19th-century British literature. Consider assigning different activities to groups of students to present to their peers. Ask them to use an infographic creator such as the Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here, as a tool for sharing important information. As a final learning extension, create a digital class book using Ourboox, reviewed here, to share understanding of the content learned. Include text, images, maps, and more in the student-created books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mars 2020 Perserverance Rover - NASA
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3 to 12In the Classroom
Include a link to the Perseverance Rover site on classroom computers for students to visit and view the latest updates from Mars. Consider using Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to create an ongoing class journal sharing observations and findings. Ask students to add a sticky note with new findings and information after exploring the site. Enhance learning by asking students to design a spaceship or rover that would explore one of the other planets. Use Google Drawings, reviewed here, as a starting point for students to create their drawing. Ask them to add text boxes with descriptions of their spaceship/rover and the reasoning behind their design. Extend learning by asking students to brainstorm ideas on applying Perseverance's design features to improve everyday items used at home and school. Have students share their thoughts using an animated video explainer tool such as Renderforest, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Daily Do Playlists - NSTA (National Science Teaching Association)
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K to 12tag(s): animals (278), biomes (113), climate change (87), colors (65), diseases (66), earthquakes (44), planets (111), plants (141), seasons (36), stars (65), STEM (259), temperature (35), water (101)
In the Classroom
Use the lessons found in the Daily Do Playlists to provide valuable science lessons throughout the school year. Download and save the PDF versions to have available for use at any time. Consider saving all lessons for your grade level in Wakelet, reviewed here, to make them easy to locate. As you complete activities, use Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to enhance learning through a variety of activities. Create columns and ask students to sort information by different categories, create an exit activity and have students add sticky notes sharing their learning or add an image and ask students to label different parts of the image. Have students or groups of students share their understanding of science topics by creating digital books using Book Creator, reviewed here. Include students' research reports, have students record videos explaining the science content and add pictures of students as they complete the experiments and activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Astronomical Observational Images: The Naked Eye through Current Observations - Project PHaEDRA
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6 to 12tag(s): scientists (62), space (212), stars (65), STEM (259), telescopes (9)
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Share this collection with students, then allow them time to explore on their own. Be sure to point out and discuss the proper use of citations when using materials from the site. Each item includes an icon with quotation marks which includes proper citation that can be copied and pasted into your document. Ask students to compare and contrast features found within the images using Canva's 4-Circle Venn Diagram Creator, reviewed here. To extend learning, ask students to use Canva's Infographic Maker, reviewed here, to share information about the change in technology used to observe stars over time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Annie Jump Cannon: Biographical Digital Resources - Project PHaEDRA
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6 to 12tag(s): biographies (93), scientists (62), stars (65), STEM (259), women (136)
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Include this collection with your other resources when teaching lessons about astronomers, famous women, or scientists. Use Wakelet, reviewed here, to curate resources and videos (Youtube videos) to share with students. As you provide time for students to explore this collection, use edpuzzle, reviewed here, with the videos to enhance learning. Add questions or comments to the videos that encourage students to focus on the importance of Cannon's work in the field of astronomy. When sharing articles that contain difficult reading selections, use Read Ahead, reviewed here, to transform the text into a Guided Reading activity that includes a focus on keywords and vocabulary found in the text.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Components of Stars - Project PHaEDRA
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6 to 12tag(s): biographies (93), elements (32), scientists (62), stars (65), STEM (259), women (136)
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Share this collection with students to explore when learning about famous Women in History, scientific advancements, or during an astronomy unit. Ask collaborative groups to work together and share information found in the collection. Use a collaborative note-taking tool such as Notejoy, reviewed here, to have students share ideas and information using checklists, adding images and links, and documenting individual contributions to the project. You may also want to show a few videos, or provide a list for students to watch using Youtube videos. Ask groups or individuals to share their learning using a simple video creation tool like Kizoa, reviewed here with voice overs and templates. Ask students to include images and require they include proper citations along with their original work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Science of Henrietta Swan Leavitt - Project PHaEDRA
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6 to 12tag(s): computers (105), scientists (62), STEM (259), women (136)
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Bookmark and save this collection for use during Women's History Month or during studies of famous scientists. Be sure to show students how to use the citation link found with each resource (select the quotation mark icon) when downloading and using items from this collection. Challenge students to learn more about Leavitt by starting with a Flip, reviewed here, sharing one of the plate glass images and encouraging students to speculate on what they are looking at. Include items from this collection with your other resources and share them with students on a Padlet, reviewed here. Add additional articles and videos to your Padlet for students to explore. Extend learning by asking students to conduct further research to learn about Leavitt, then share their findings using one of the presentation tools found at Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here, such as flyers, videos, or infographics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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