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ChronoZoom - Microsoft Research
Grades
8 to 12The site's creators freely admit that they don't really know where the project will lead, and what technologies might emerge that will help them create more content for the site. There are some caveats for using the site. First, the site assumes a particular theory of the creation of the universe, and the timeline of its existence. Second, the site can lend itself to aimless "mousing," or the temptation to simply click and move the mouse to see how the site will react, with no attention to the content at all.
tag(s): charts and graphs (199), evolution (103), Microsoft (59), timelines (56)
In the Classroom
This is a big idea, still in its early stages. Obviously it has usefulness as a way of visually demonstrating the sheer immensity of time, and the relative insignificance of human existence in comparison. You could use this site as an intro to any history or geology class simply to generate BIG questions that students want to know. Consider asking gifted students, or students interested in technology applications to imagine what the site COULD be. How would they create a visual overview of--forever? How can one prioritize what matters? But on an interactive whiteboard--WOW! If you, as current students seem to be, are comfortable with imagining the world as a series of hyperlinks rather than a linear march, this site has limitless potential.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Explore the Seafloor Physics Teacher's Pack - TSL Education
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): marine biology (36), oceans (165)
In the Classroom
Use materials included on this site as part of a unit teaching about marine biology, the ocean, or marine geography. Share with students as a resource for classroom projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NOVA Body and Brain - NOVA/PBS
Grades
3 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): carbon dioxide (15), carbon footprint (11), earth (227), environment (321), human body (133), nuclear energy (25), nutrition (157), solar energy (38), space (230)
In the Classroom
Discover some terrific lessons about a variety of topics. For example, under Environment find a great lesson for Capturing Carbon: Where Do We Put It? Find background information to understand the material and questions for discussion that can be used with your class. Find additional resources along the side.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactive Biology - Leslie Samuel
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): body systems (59), cells (101), diseases (71), human body (133), plants (177), respiration (17)
In the Classroom
Share this website with biology students on your class wiki. Or share with advanced middle school students to explore and enrich their own understanding of biology. Assign interactive quizzes as homework. Students can report results via email or by turning in evidence at school. Quizzes would make great reviews for tests. View videos and select a few to share during class to reinforce concepts. Ask students to take notes using Simplenote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simplenote updates across all devices. Next challenge students to share their findings with their peers by creating online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Take this a step further with technology and make the posters interactive using Adobe Spark, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Stem Career - Rich Feller
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
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Share some of the infographics on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Allow time for students to search careers to report to the rest of the class using conventional or multimedia posters and other products. Use an online poster creator, such as Padlet (reviewed here). Include the skills required for the job, the education needed, and what that person does. Challenge students to create an advertisement for a STEM career they might enjoy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Project Laundry List - Project Laundry List, Inc.
Grades
2 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): earth day (104), ecology (133), environment (321), holidays (137)
In the Classroom
During environmental science units or Earth Day, use this to have students calculate what their own households spend to care for clothing. Have students consider different tips for reducing environmental impact and saving money. As a homework assignment, have students implement two changes for two weeks. Have parents sign off on a log form to verify student participation. (Parents will love the extra help and possible money savings!) Set up your own celebration of "National Hanging Out Day" by having teams of students prepare presentations (the website even provides one) to share with others students and the community.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CK-12 - CK-12 Foundation
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5 to 12tag(s): atoms (55), cells (101), charts and graphs (199), decades (10), energy (210), engineering (134), equations (154), fractions (231), genetics (89), inequalities (25), landforms (49), measurement (179), oceans (165), organisms (20), periodic table (51), probability (135), pythagorean theorem (33), rocks (50), scientific method (68), seasons (36), solar energy (38), solar system (122), statistics (125), STEM (205), test prep (94), variables (20)
In the Classroom
Introduce CK-12 to your students (and parents) on your interactive whiteboard and demonstrate ways to use the site at home. Be sure to create a link to the site on your class website or blog for easy access at any time. Create an account and upload your own resources and activities to create your own flexbooks for use with students. CK-12 is available in many languages. Use this site with your ESL/ELL students as a supplement to classroom resources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Algalita - Plastic Ocean Pollution - Algalita Marine Research Foundation
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): environment (321), oceans (165), plastics (9), pollution (65)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard and projector to introduce this site. Use the Trash Tracker lesson as is or adapt for your own use. Consider having students work in groups of four, and have each group explore a different expedition (listed by year and selected by you). Have the small groups of students investigate the first several days of the selected expedition together. After that, have pairs take notes about what they learn, using Memo Notepad, reviewed here, then have partners compare notes for the days they investigated. Once they've investigated their expedition, remix the groups so you have one student from each of the different expeditions together. Have them share information and determine what was alike and different for each year. Use a graphic organizer or mind mapping tool such as WiseMapping, reviewed here, to help students keep track of the information. Once done have students access the additional resources pages (the blogs will often have more information for the expeditions), and look at the maps. Older students may want to investigate information about careers related to GIS, Conservation, and Marine Biology by using the link at the bottom of the page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Charts Bin - Chartsbin.com
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): business (57), charts and graphs (199), data (157), infographics (51), maps (292)
In the Classroom
Introduce a topic by sharing the Infographic and allowing time for students to identify various items that they notice about the chart. Allow time to think-pair-share in class and list questions for further understanding. Consider creating Infographics of material learned in class and for better understanding and connection with other topics and the world around them. Make curriculum content more real with infographics that students can relate to.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Succeeding with Science - Sellafield Ltd.
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): adaptations (19), carbon footprint (11), chemicals (46), ecology (133), electricity (94), energy (210), environment (321), friction (13), heat (17), light (54), motion (70), nuclear energy (25), safety (90), senses (32), solar energy (38), waves (22)
In the Classroom
Share some of the animations on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Early elementary teachers may want to set up a science center with one of the interactives for students to watch with a partner. Challenge individual groups to explore specific facets of this site and create a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Jefferson Lab Teacher Resources - Jefferson Science Associates
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5 to 12tag(s): atoms (55), electricity (94), elements (35), experiments (68), magnetism (40), microscopes (13), periodic table (51), planets (133), puzzles (205), solar system (122), STEM (205), video (269)
In the Classroom
Show videos from the site as an introduction to new units such as studying static electricity. Share this site with students and allow them to explore online activities on their own. BUild excitement for STEM related careers by having students explore and report their favorite discoveries. Have students complete an online activity then create a talking avatar using a photo or other image (legally permitted to be reproduced). Their avatars can explain science concepts demonstrated in the activity. Use a site such as SuperLame, reviewed here, for talking avatars.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Seaview - Underwater Earth
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K to 12tag(s): conservation (122), earth day (104), ecology (133), ecosystems (91), oceans (165), reefs (7)
In the Classroom
Explore this site as a virtual field trip under the sea during a unit on animal habitats, biomes, or oceans. Create a poem, song, or artwork using the images from the viewer as inspiration. 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. Create a poster campaign (digital or traditional) to identify why conservation is important in these areas.Comments
Students will love taking an underwater dive and seeing many species of ocean animals, NJ, Grades: 0 - 12
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Protein Translation - The University of Arizona
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): cells (101)
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Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use this resource after discussing the basics of mRNA, tRNA, and protein synthesis. As the animation progresses, use student groups to create a key that shows the various components of the molecules. Have students write a story that describes the process of protein production. Consider having students make animations or other media to demonstrate their understanding of protein synthesis or any other cellular process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mother Nature Network: Earth Matters - MNN Holdings, LLC
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4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (319), climate change (71), earth (227), earth day (104), energy (210), environment (321), natural resources (57), nuclear energy (25), politics (102), solar energy (38), space (230), weather (205)
In the Classroom
Click on each topic for more information. For example, Choosing Energy shows latest news related to energy alone. Use the spectacular images as writing prompts or to encourage discussions. Find incredible photographic lists to use as a writing prompt and for further research. Research more information under the Learn more section. Use the information for research, understanding issues involved with the environment, for questioning the natural world, and to encourage action. Reading specialists can find informational reading passages to use for practice with reading comprehension. Clear out clutter on the page with the article using the Readability tool, reviewed here. Then share the article on interactive whiteboard for students to use the pens to annotate main idea, etc. In science class, have students read an article of choice and create a public service announcement type assignment. Consider using Tildee, reviewed here. With Tildee students can use text, screen shots, and video to develop their public service announcement. Be sure to provide a link of this site on your website or a classroom computer for easy access.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TES Teaching Resources - TSL Education
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K to 12tag(s): bullying (50), business (57), creativity (119), preK (284), psychology (64), religions (68), sociology (22), teaching strategies (28)
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Save this site as a favorite to use as a resource when searching for lesson plans and classroom activities. Why reinvent the wheel? Take advantage of these ready to go resources!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sun Moon Scope - Sunaeon
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): map skills (80), moon (76), seasons (36), sun (70), time zones (9)
In the Classroom
The change in seasons is a difficult concept for students to understand. Use this interactive tool to show the sun's position at various times of the year and how the sunrise and sunset times change. This is terrific to share on an interactive whiteboard or projector, then have elementary (or even middle school) students "act out" the roles of sun. moon, and earth by moving about the room. Turn down the music to avoid distraction. Show how sunrise and sunset are also different at various points on the globe. Allow students the opportunity to play with the tool first and ask them what they notice and what questions they have. Inquire together to understand the various concepts. Share on an interactive whiteboard or projector with a student emcee to run the inquiry. Be sure to include this site with your study of map skills, longitude, and latitude so students can see how our maps and nature's actions fit together.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Powering the Earth - CNN
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7 to 12tag(s): conservation (122), earth day (104), energy (210), environment (321), population (63), solar energy (38), sustainability (17)
In the Classroom
Use this at the start of an Ecology or Environmental unit to determine and notice trends and generate questions for research. Share the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. The Infographic is simple yet powerful and sure to begin the discussion of relevant information needed for understanding past and present energy use and questions that need to be asked and answered for our future. Assign cooperative learning groups different geographic areas to investigate. As an extra challenge, ask students to research more recent data to find out whether the trends in this site have continued. Challenge groups to create an online poster using a site such as Padlet (reviewed here). Share posters as part of Earth Day or other environmental events.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Game Up: Brain Pop Games - Game Up Brainpop games
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): branches of government (53), cells (101), debate (45), diseases (71), fractions (231), game based learning (139), logic (247), matter (62), myplate (27), nutrition (157), oceans (165), planets (133), plants (177), puzzles (205), solar system (122), supreme court (24)
In the Classroom
Use Game Up to introduce, illustrate, review, or assess concepts. Share the activities on your interactive whiteboard or projector for students to operate as a class activity. Use one of the activities as a learning center. Be sure to put this as a link on your website to allow students a great way to reinforce learning both in and out of your class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lab Out Loud - Brian Bartel and Dale Basler
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): podcasts (60), scientists (69)
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Use the links and notes to dig deeper into the science topics discussed in each podcast. Find a variety of science topics to discuss from environmental to science breakthroughs to science education. Assign student groups to choose and listen to their choice of podcast during a unit on scientists and scientific method, then report back to the class on what modern scientists are doing that interests them. Have the role-play as one of the scientists or make a Voki recording as the scientist, explaining their research. See a Voki review here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DIY chart builder - CUI WEI
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (199)
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You will want to play with this tool before using it in class. Use anywhere numerical data is collected and is best shown on a chart. Collect data in a science, survey, or math class and display it using different graphs to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using each graph type. Use for quick creation and sharing of created graphs. Create charts together easily on an interactive whiteboard when introducing the different types.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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