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Above the Clouds - Plus 360 Degrees
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): conservation (127), earth (224), earth day (105), environment (323), planets (130)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for use on an interactive whiteboard. Use as a starting point for a unit on planets, the universe, or conservation. Be sure to include a link on your class website for students to explore at home. Introduce this site when you assign individual or group projects about environmental or global issues. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings for their projects using Easel.ly, reviewed here, or Venngage, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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National STEM Centre eLibrary - National Stem Centre (UK)
Grades
K to 12tag(s): engineering (132), STEM (184)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free activities, videos, and other resources throughout the year. Be sure to bookmark this site to search for resources for any lesson. Share a link to specific lessons and activities on your class website for use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Crash Course Kids YouTube Channel - Hank Green and John Green
Grades
3 to 9This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (321), gravity (49), matter (61), moon (74), planets (130), plants (174), seasons (36), sun (68), video (280)
In the Classroom
Mark this one in your teacher favorites to find videos to use at the start of a science or health unit. Make science more appealing as a way to answer the questions we ponder every day. Share them on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Use a Crash Course Kids video as inspiration for students to create their own videos explaining a science concept or debunking a science myth. To share a single video from this site without all the YouTube clutter, use a tool such as View Pure, reviewed here, and create a shortcut to the View Pure page directly on the desktop.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Future: Space Race - How Big is Our Own Solar System? - BBC
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): planets (130), rockets (17), solar system (121), space (226)
In the Classroom
Use this interactive as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard about our solar system. Make a shortcut to this site on classroom computers and use it as a center. This interactive is excellent for enrichment. Include it on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here, or Venngage, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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International Observe the Moon Night - Lunar and Planetary Institute
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): moon (74)
In the Classroom
Use the activities the week before your viewing event to learn about the moon. Use other classes for cross-curricular events. Read books that center on viewing the Moon. Read passages from a variety of sources that reference the Moon, focusing on how the Moon is portrayed in the passages. Research the role of the Moon and other celestial bodies on culture and superstitions. Encourage students to create art or write stories and poems that portray the Moon. Encourage students to draw a picture of the Moon they view during Observe the Moon night. Consider creating a night event for your school or community for the night and share the event using your school website, blog, Twitter or Facebook.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kartveli: Innovator in Aviation - Aviation Media LLC
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): aircraft (25), aviation (35), design (87), engineering (132)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector as part of a career or technology unit. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. This is a great find for gifted students to discover lesser known pioneers in the aviation field. Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about Alexander Kartveli or his peers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SciShow Kids YouTube Channel - Hank Green
Grades
3 to 9This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (321), moon (74), space (226), sun (68), video (280)
In the Classroom
Flip your classroom and use a video as homework. Have students take notes on the material and write down questions they still have and topics that confuse them. That activity can uncover misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length. For more advanced classes, provide time for students to choose a video to view and research the underlying concept. To share a single video from this site without all the YouTube clutter, use a tool such as View Pure, reviewed here, and create a shortcut to the View Pure page directly on the desktop. Students can create a mini-lesson that can be shared with the class or on a blog, wiki, or your class website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Khan Academy YouTube Channel - Khan Academy
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): computers (100), equations (152), financial literacy (90), probability (141), STEM (184), test prep (98), video (280)
In the Classroom
Flip your classroom and use a video as homework. Have students take notes about the material and write down questions they still have and topics that confuse them. That activity can uncover misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length. For more advanced classes, provide time for students to choose a video to view and research the underlying concept. Set up a video chat time using one of these YouTube videos and a tool such as Watch Together, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactives & Simulations: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere Education - UCAR Center for Science Education
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): arctic (46), atmosphere (30), carbon dioxide (15), climate (95), climate change (69), hurricanes (40), solar energy (39), sun (68), trees (28)
In the Classroom
Introduce Interactives & Simulations on an interactive whiteboard or projector then allow students to explore on their own. Be sure to provide a link on your class website or blog for students to explore at home. Have students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here, to demonstrate information learned from this site. Alternatively students could create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as Wordle, reviewed here, or WordItOut, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MinuteEarth YouTube Channel - Henry, Alex, and Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): atmosphere (30), earth (224), moon (74), oceans (164), planets (130), plants (174), video (280), weather (202)
In the Classroom
Share videos on an interactive whiteboard, projector, or as a link on your class website or blog. To share a single video from this site without all the YouTube clutter, use a tool such as TubeChop, reviewed here, and create a shortcut to the TubeChop page directly on the desktop. Have students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here, to share information learned from videos. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos about your curriculum topics and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Absorb Content - Crocodile Clips, Ltd.
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (45), earth (224), electricity (92), equations (152), forces (49), geology (81), geometric shapes (173), motion (70), newton (26)
In the Classroom
Use these interactives when discussing various topics in the content area you choose. Identify the relationship shown in the interactive. For example, under mathematics, choose the interactive for using a Protractor or Balanced Equations. In physics, find many interactives including Earth's Rotation and Factors Affecting Stopping Distance, among many more. In Chemistry, Forming Ionic Bonds and Electrolysis interactives are some of many that are free on this site. These interactives are great for use with an interactive whiteboard or projector for sharing with the class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Behind the News - NBC Learn
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): bacteria (30), computers (100), foreign policy (15), news (260), planets (130), plants (174), politics (97), STEM (184), tornadoes (17), video (280)
In the Classroom
Introduce the videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Ask students to form small groups depending on which video topic they are interested in further exploring. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools, reviewed here, to present what they learned to their classmates. Have older students use these videos as a springboard for further research into the topics found.Comments
Love these videos! Very engaging and extremely informative especially since they are all around five minutes!Cyndy, MN, Grades: 9 - 12
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Global Climate Change - NASA
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): climate (95), climate change (69)
In the Classroom
Use this resource for some excellent background information on climate change. Create public service announcements outlining the key points from this site. Create a campaign for making small changes in our lives that can add up to a big difference. Assign small groups to explore one facet of this site and create a multimedia presentation using one of many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Thematic Mapping Engine - Bjorn Sandvik
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): climate change (69), diseases (72), earth (224), landmarks (27), news (260), population (67)
In the Classroom
Use this tool with Google Earth to discuss population changes, incidence of various diseases, or look at environmental data such as carbon dioxide emissions. Use this tool when discussing various countries and populations throughout the world, looking at the various factors that affect countries. Use this information to question the history and current state of various populations. Create more than one .kmz file to place on your class website. Provide time for student groups to look at one of the files and draw conclusions or report on their findings. Use class time to look at the information from all groups to obtain a snapshot of various regions, looking at populations, diseases, and more. For younger grades, use an interactive whiteboard or projector to show these files in Google Earth and compare what students know about the United States or other areas in unfamiliar countries. This tool would be perfect for gifted students to use to extend learning in a Science or History/World Cultures class to better understand the world around them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Eyes on the Earth - NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): antarctica (29), arctic (46), carbon dioxide (15), climate (95), climate change (69), earth (224), glaciers (17), temperature (33), water (134)
In the Classroom
Be sure to share this tool using an interactive whiteboard or projector in the classroom. Provide a link to this tool on your website or bookmark on a class computer. Use this tool to introduce students to questioning and the scientific method. Why collect data on the Earth? Show a tool to the whole class or provide time for groups of students to view the visuals and develop questions and make observations. Challenge students to find answers to some of their questions. Help students figure out what they need to know to answer the questions. For a unit on the environment, begin the unit showing a few of the tools, namely the carbon dioxide and temperature tool. Compare two different tools side by side to note differences in patterns. For example, are the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide patterns similar? Why or why not? Research the various gases, how they originate, and problems they cause in the atmosphere. Why is the carbon dioxide higher in some areas and not others? Research the carbon footprint of various regions and compare. Are those same areas showing the greatest or least effects of climate change? When discussing technology, view the different missions featured in this tool and the various engineering feats needed to accomplish these missions. Provide time for students to propose a "fantasy" mission for NASA. What should be measured, what would you call the mission? What kind of data would need to be collected? How do you think the Earth image data would look? Draft the proposal and create the possible image for review. Note: Students can focus on biological, chemical, or physical data for their proposal.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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edX - Anant Agarwal
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8 to 12tag(s): aeronautics (13), architecture (85), china (63), circuits (23), civil rights (119), computers (100), electricity (92), engineering (132), environment (323), evolution (101), folktales (55), greeks (33), magnetism (39), medicine (70), nutrition (158), poetry (221), psychology (65), religions (67), shakespeare (111), solar energy (39), speech (89), statistics (128), terrorism (45)
In the Classroom
Share with students on your interactive whiteboard and take the demo course together. This is perfect for use with gifted and advanced students as an option for college level courses and enrichment. Allow gifted students to enroll in courses that interest them or that provide enrichment beyond classroom content. Share with others, in your building, as a resource for professional development. Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging topics to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Get Caught Recycling - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Grades
K to 12tag(s): energy (209), natural resources (57), recycling (62), resources (106)
In the Classroom
Research how to recycle materials including e-waste on this site. Follow with research about recycling in your state. For Earth Day or everyday, use this site to raise awareness about the energy that is used to create items and how energy can be saved by using recycled materials. Encourage students to keep track of what items their family throws away (or make an audit of what is thrown away at school). Students can research statistics about the various items used in the United States and abroad including the most discarded items in landfills. Research why recycling is an important endeavor to combat pollution and energy use. Assign small groups to create a public service announcement for your school or community to learn more about the benefits and encourage recycling. Use one of the many multimedia tools reviewed by TeachersFirst here. Initiate a recycling campaign and create a center for recycling many items from the school including e-waste. Classes can tally the pounds of materials saved for recycling including paper. Have students create informational commercials and share them using a hosting service such as SchoolTube reviewed here. Use the many broadcast and print resources on this site as inspiration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Trek - Idaho Public Television
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animal homes (63), animals (321), archeology (31), body systems (57), brain (67), earthquakes (50), ecology (137), endangered species (40), food chains (25), forces (49), fossils (46), gravity (49), habitats (108), heart (42), human body (133), mass (23), moon (74), planets (130), plants (174), rocks (52), simple machines (35), soil (19), sound (106), STEM (184), volcanoes (66), water (134), weather (202)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free resources on the site to supplement your current teaching materials in many science topics. Create a link on classroom computers for students to view videos and share a link on your class website for students to view at home. Have students create online posters individually or together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Don't forget to find the standards link within each resource to align to Common Core Standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Aurora Alive - Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): arctic (46), atmosphere (30), light (53), space (226), stars (68)
In the Classroom
Use the various materials in class with an interactive whiteboard or projector. Use the materials to learn about the Northern Lights and how and why they exist. Activities include vocabulary and scavenger hunts. Students can view many of the modules independently and teach others in the class about what they learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ABC Splash - ABC TV and Radio Australia
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K to 10tag(s): addition (227), animals (321), antarctica (29), atmosphere (30), australia (37), cells (99), climate change (69), continents (51), counting (113), decimals (124), division (161), earth (224), earthquakes (50), ecosystems (93), egypt (65), energy (209), environment (323), food chains (25), forces (49), forensics (26), fossil fuels (18), game based learning (138), gold rush (19), human body (133), immigration (60), insects (72), light (53), maps (298), molecules (45), money (186), multiplication (212), nuclear energy (25), nutrition (158), oceans (164), parts of speech (67), percent (81), perimeter (31), place value (56), plants (174), probability (141), rhymes (30), rocks (52), songs (53), sound (106), subtraction (187), time (141), vietnam (34), volcanoes (66), weather (202), whole numbers (16), world war 1 (55), world war 2 (139)
In the Classroom
This site is excellent for enrichment. Include it on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class. Share this link on your class web page and/or in a parent newsletter for help with homework and school projects. These high-quality media resources will engage your students and enhance their learning.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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