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Marine Life - Marinebio Conservation Society
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): biomes (110), marine biology (31), oceans (147)
In the Classroom
Try the TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit to get your students involved and engaged with their own research. Have them work alone or with a partner on laptops or in a lab.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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About the Colorado River - Colorado River Alliance
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): biomes (110)
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Try the TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit to get your students involved and engaged with their own research. Have them work alone or with a partner on laptops or in a lab.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Mariana Trench - Marianatrench.com
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Try the TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit to get your students involved and engaged with their own research. Have them work alone or with a partner on laptops or in a lab.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Why Leaves Change Color - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): biomes (110)
In the Classroom
Try the TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit to get your students involved and engaged with their own research. Have them work alone or with a partner on laptops or in a lab.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Children's Butterfly Site
Grades
K to 3tag(s): life cycles (21)
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Share the Gallery with the class on a projector during lesson discussions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animals (295), biodiversity (36), diversity (39)
In the Classroom
Introduce the site on a projector or interactive whiteboard before asking students to investigate their own animal choices. Older students can do comparisons and contrasts to better understand the taxonomy and can also read about naming of species. See the teaching link for more ideas. Play the sounds on your computer speakers, especially if the animals are unfamiliar in your part of the world. Sounds require Quicktime. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..This site also has a very public message about its authorship (college students) which can prompt a good discussion about reliability and appropriateness of sources. Reinforce critical evaluation of sources and information literacy in your science class, too!
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Welcome to Animal Corner! - Animal Corner
Grades
2 to 8Be aware: the site says that it is "currently under construction" but all information and links work, they are simply adding additional material. There are some unobtrusive advertisements at this website.
In the Classroom
Perfect for a web quest or research tool for a project/report. Place on your classroom homepage or desktop to correlate with your weekly/daily theme. Lower elementary readers will need help with some of the text, but there are also pictures.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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An On-Line Textbook of Natural History - Wayne's Word
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
This site would be very handy for a research project or upper-level web quest. Include it on your teacher web page as you assign independent projects for both in and out of class. The pages are text-intensive, so an weak readers will need and alernate source or reader-partner.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Gene Scene - American Museum of Natural History
Grades
3 to 8In the Classroom
Assign students to explore a section and complete the genetic journey then use the computers to organize data and graph their D.N.A. findings. Use an interactive whiteboard or projector to share and compare findings.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Arborday.org Tree Guide - National Arbor Day Foundation
Grades
5 to 10tag(s): trees (18)
In the Classroom
A good reference resource for outdoor outings involving leaf collecting or as a reference site during your botany unit. There are portions of the site where items and memberships are for sale, so preview and alert your students to avoid these areas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wolves of Yellowstone Webquest - Keith Nuthall
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): conservation (101), endangered species (27), environment (248), species (16)
In the Classroom
Update this project a little and have students deliver their reports via an interactive infographic using Canva, reviewed here, or a podcast which will give them practice on oral reporting and editing. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Student groups can present their reports to the class or post the to the class wiki or webpage. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Big Wide World Webquest - The Museum of Television & Radio
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): animals (295), cultures (179), environment (248)
In the Classroom
Use this Webquest to introduce the connections between major social studies and science concepts. After students work in groups to investigate the different areas, bring the class together to share. Guide a class discussion to show how the different areas are linked and work together. Use the Relationship Wheel (see Teacher Guide) as a bulletin board to support understanding. The site information says it can be used in grades K-4, but non-readers cannot do the tasks without a reader! For independent workers, it is better suited (and quite applicable)for grades 2-6.If you do this at the start of the school year, you can revisit the overarching connections as you begin study of each sub-area so you are connecting to prior knowledge every time. Teachers in later grades could even recall the overarching questions as they continue with the study of these topics. Be SURE to put the link on your teacher web page for students to revisit throughout the year.
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Teach Engineering Resources for K-12 - University of Colorado Boulder
Grades
K to 12tag(s): amazon (11), architecture (76), bridges (11), cells (83), density (18), engineering (128), environment (248), forces (37), friction (10), heart (27), human body (93), latitude (10), light (56), longitude (9), map skills (63), marine biology (31), mars (26), medicine (56), motion (49), pollution (52), robotics (23), rockets (11), simple machines (18), space (218), STEM (290)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as a resource for finding STEM lessons and activities for all grade levels. Collaborate with your peers using a bookmarking tool like Papaly, reviewed here, to share all of your resources. Papaly offers you the ability to add notes to shared resources making it easy to discuss and add comments to items shared. Instead of having students write journal entries during science or maker lab activities, enhance student learning by using a video response tool like Gravity, reviewed here to have students respond to essential questions and comment on their peers' observations. As a culminating activity to a unit, ask students to create an explainer video answering essential questions to the unit topic. Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here is an easy to use tool for creating animated video explainers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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4-H Embryology - University of Nebraska
Grades
1 to 6tag(s): embryos (2)
In the Classroom
If you are unable to hatch your own chicks, rent a projection screen and teach your students about the embryology of chicks via this website. The resources page provides lesson plans, standards and more for teachers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cells Are Us - Partnership for Environment Education and Rural Health
Grades
6 to 10tag(s): cells (83)
In the Classroom
Some of the interactives would make good interactive whiteboard or partner-shared review games. The entire site should be a link from your teacher web page for students to use in at-home review.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biology Online - Biology Online Team
Grades
8 to 12In the Classroom
Include a link to this one among the resources on your teacher web page so stumped students have somewhere to turn while reviewing or doing homework. You must be a member to edit the dictionary, add posts to the forum, or suggest a resource (membership is free). Perhaps you want to set up a class account so you can add entries together from a projector in class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dr. Saul's Biology in Motion - Leif Saul
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): body systems (41), evolution (89), meiosis (8), mitosis (9)
In the Classroom
Several of these interactives would be terrific on an interactive whiteboard or projector. The quizzes would be a great way to review on the whiteboard before a test.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KidsHealth For Kids - Nemours Foundation
Grades
K to 8tag(s): human body (93)
In the Classroom
Use an interactive whiteboard and make the unique activities at this website a class experience. Then include the link on your teacher web page for students to share at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Genomics: Systems Biology for Energy and Environment - U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): biodiversity (36), energy (131), environment (248), sustainability (46)
In the Classroom
Plan a web scavenger hunt to help students learn more about the scientific fields related to their biology class or use specific resources within this very adult site to share the excitement. The images may be used in your class projects and materials, as long as you give credit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fishbanks: A Renewable Resource Management Simulation - Defra
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): environment (248), financial literacy (91), fish (18), resources (84), sustainability (46)
In the Classroom
The game could be helpful in showing students that "success" in a business that affects the environment can be measured in a number of ways: cash flow, environmental impact, community support. The game could be played cooperatively by groups of students on an interactive whiteboard, or could be played individually by students, as long as other players are online. Since it's available on-line, students could be instructed to play the game at home or during study halls and then be prepared to share their individual data in group discussion.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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