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Project//Draw 0.6 - AutoDesk Labs
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): electricity (92), modeling (9)
In the Classroom
This tool is amazing on interactive whiteboard. Teach simple concepts, such as area,on the board or have students at computers create their own floor plans or maps to reinforce concepts of proportion, direction, and more. Students can even collaborate from home or continue over several days, since the files can be saved on the system. If you wish to save drawings on Project//Draw, create a single class log-in using an "extra" teacher email account and have all students use that log-in, as well. [We recommend that every teacher keep a secondary email account just for memberships.] Make sure you specify some standard ways for students to name files so you know who created them!Students who log in and venture throughout the support site behind this will eventually find some bulletin boards where people are discussing features of the program. These discussions are largely technical and do not involve "social networking," but you should be aware of them.
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NDSL Science Literacy Maps - The National Science Digital Library
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Mark this in your Favorites on TeachersFirst to access it every time you start a new science topic or unit. Consider sharing a simpler version of the same map, created in Inspiration or using an online tool such as Gliffy (our review here) or Mindomo (see review )to show your students how the content in your science classes fit with their prior knowledge and connect from unit to unit. About a month before the year ends, challenge them to work in small groups and create their OWN annotated concept maps of the "big ideas" studied during the school year.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How Products are Made - Advameg, Incorporated
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (92)
In the Classroom
When it is 'science report' time, direct your students to this site, loaded with hundreds of possibilities. Better yet, as you teach science principles, first share how something works that uses the same principle (on a projector or whiteboard). Then challenge students to find other REAL applications of the principle and create a class wiki glossary of concepts with example links. Model this the first few times, then assign them to work in groups. Since this site permits reader contributions at the end of entries, you may opt to find a product that needs more research and allow your students to add content information to the site (with your approval, of course). Every science teacher, gifted teacher, or tech ed teacher will want to share this site on your teacher web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Fair Project Resource Guide - The Internet Public Library
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): air (148), scientific method (67)
In the Classroom
As you study scientific method, use the science fair examples as exercises for students to identify independent and dependent variables for the various projects. Give students the links to "find" experiments and analyze them with a partner or do this analysis as a class, sharing the project ideas on a projector or interactive whiteboard. The whiteboard tools would allow you to color code and highlight the various steps of scientific method consistently to help learning support students.Include this site on your teacher web page for students and parents to access as a reference. Consider directing students and parents to particular links within this site that apply to the science fair students are participating in.
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Physics GCSE - S-Cool!
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): electricity (92), energy (207), forces (45), magnetism (38)
In the Classroom
Many of these activities could be overview-introductions on an interactive whiteboard or projector. You will definitely want to share this resources on your teacher web page for students to use as test revew for your class. Be sure to tell them which modules to use to fit your content! More able and curious science students who wish to "self-teach" on their own will appreciate the modules as tutorials. Teachers of gifted should share them with their science enthusiasts from grade 5 and up.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Seeing Science - Science & Technology Facility Council
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): chocolate (7), plants (174), safety (92), solar system (119)
In the Classroom
Anyone teaching upper elementary and secondary science should check this free website for activites correlated to your curriculum. Your first choices should be replacements for units you find tedious or only marginally successful. Try a new way, and see the learning happen. Most of these activities are perfectly suited for an interactive whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TryEngineering - TryEngineering
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): circuits (23), electricity (92), engineering (129), machines (27), plastics (8), simple machines (35)
In the Classroom
The lesson plans are detailed and simple to follow. The interactive games will have your students' talking about the activity long after class is over. Share the link on your teacher web page so they can visit over and over. Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity for students to ask questions to real-live engineers, as well. Bring the real world into your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachers Try Science - TryScience
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): design (88), earth (224), earth day (105), energy (207)
In the Classroom
Get your interactive whiteboards ready for the design process . Students will love testing their designs. Have them hypothesize and keep track of what works and what doesn't.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bridge Designer - Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
The Bridge Designer would work well as a cooperative learning project for the entire class (via an interactive whiteboard) or a small group project for students to work on in pairs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NOVA: Mars - Design a Parachute - PBS
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): volume (53)
In the Classroom
Students will love the challenge of creating a safe parachute for the astronauts. Try an interactive whiteboard or partner-shared computers and get ready for an exciting journey. If you use the whiteboard, be sure to ask students to write their lab observations and record data as they experiment. the class can vote on what to try next. As the interactive reminds you, there are "costs" to wasteful experimenting. Perhaps you want to limit the number of class attempts allowed for everyone to receive a high grade. Then watch the debate!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactive Whiteboard Resources - Secondary Science - Think Bank Limited
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6 to 12tag(s): energy (207), matter (61), periodic table (51), solar system (119)
In the Classroom
Use these "ready to go" resources on your interactive whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Andy's Los Alamos Blog - TeachersFirst
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): blogs (85)
In the Classroom
Share this resource with your science students or gifted classes on your teacher web page and encourage them to follow it throughout the summer. Andy promises to keep all of us up to date and, within time constraints, respond to meaningful comments. Have students blog about their lab experiments or experiences outside of school. Use a blogging tool like Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The American Experience: Technology - PBS
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): evolution (102), industrial revolution (26), vision (79)
In the Classroom
The Flash-enabled technology timeline would be a great illustration of the impact of the industrial revolution on American culture. Use this on an interactive whiteboard or projector as you ask students to imagine their worlds without these inventions and predict the next ground breaking technology. While the section on the New York City subway system may seem to be less important, students might be encouraged to think about the relative failure of public transportation in the US and how that impacts the current oil crisis.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Secrets of the Dead: The Sinking of the Andrea Doria - PBS
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use the excellent flash-enabled interactive "Diving Deep" to illustrate the physical properties of deep-sea diving that can endanger the lives of divers. There is also a detailed lesson plan in the Teacher Toolbox section that offers hands-on activities for exploring gas laws that affect divers, and printable handouts that provide questions on the lessons.As you study the decades of the 20th century, this site could also be an interesting independent project source for a student interested in the 50's. Gifted students as young as upper elementary might find it a springboard for a comparison of maritime disasters.
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Mad Sci Network - Mad Sci Network/Third Sector New England
Grades
K to 12tag(s): air (148), experiments (69), scientists (69)
In the Classroom
Navigate the human body and label parts on an interactive whiteboard, or find the appropriate experiments for all your science concepts. By searching the question archives, you can find answers to questions at all levels. Be sure to include this link on your teacher web page year-round to promote curiosity about science. Teachers of gifted will love this one as a treasury of open-ended ideas on science by scientists.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Presentations - Jefferson County Schools
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): air (148), animals (322), matter (61), periodic table (51), plants (174), solar system (119), water (134)
In the Classroom
Try these ready-to-go PowerPoint presentations on an interactive whiteboard or projector in your classroom. Some may also be well-suited for individual students to run on a single classroom computer for remediation or review. There are games, resources and a lot of information.The site includes a disclaimer asking to be notified if users find any unauthorized, copyrighted material. TeachersFirst recommends that you NOT download copies but instead use them online, just in case.
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instacalc - instacalc
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (227), calculators (40), conversions (27), multiplication (211)
In the Classroom
Visit the site and observe how the shared examples work. If you find one you like, you can get the link (try the little disk icon) to go directly to it. If you are feeling more adventurous, try creating one of your own, perhaps for calculating the class average on a test. Your web-savvy students will love this tool for collaborative lab reports or graphs of statistics. For safety's sake do not use any student names or information if you share calcs online.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World of Teaching
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Use the small blue buttons to find your subject(s). This site is great for finding/sharing an interactive whiteboard activity or projected lesson. Since the PowerPoint shoes are editable, you may want to customize the shows you find. The grade equivalents are listed in the British system: KS1=ages 5-7; KS2=ages 7-11;KS3= ages 11-14;KS4= ages 14-16, A Level=ages 16-18.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MSTE Online Resource Catalog - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): addition (227), division (161), multiplication (211), probability (141), subtraction (187), vision (79)
In the Classroom
Many of these activities would work well with an interactive whiteboard. Read the desciptions of the interactives to see the specific curriculum topics. Many have step-by step lessons included. There is truly something for everyone.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb - Contra Costa County Department of Education
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): cold war (30)
In the Classroom
Consider using this exploration about the development of the bomb as a focus while studying atomic particles or twentieth century history. The webquests are ready-to-go units or you can "cherry pick" sites to feature as a single class activity on laptops or in a lab.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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