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Math and Science Concept Map - CK-12 Foundation
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): concept mapping (19), STEM (205)
In the Classroom
Display the concept map on an interactive whiteboard, or with a projector, and explore the complex interactions between math and science together. Focus on one specific topic, such as population growth patterns to find sub-topics for further exploration. Have students choose a topic for further research then present their findings using a tool like Zoho Show, reviewed here, which is similar to Powerpoint, but easier and free. This site is perfect for use with gifted students to find and learn more about specific math and science content.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Decoding Cancer - Discovery Education
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9 to 12tag(s): genetics (89), human body (133), medicine (65)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans (provided in PowerPoint format) and interactives for use when teaching genetics, health, or biology lessons. Be sure to share this site with students interested in medical careers and gifted learners. After learning about cancer, have students create a multimedia presentation using Slidestory, reviewed here. Slidestory allows you to narrate a picture. Challenge students to share their findings on cancer treatments and research. Sign up for Decoding Cancer to receive updates and notification of new site additions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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JuxtaposeJS - Knight Lab
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5 to 12tag(s): history day (24), images (279), local history (15), photography (155)
In the Classroom
Use JuxtaposeJS to highlight then and now images of any location or building. Compare current cities to images taken many years ago. Compare and contrast pictures of major war battles to how they look in the present. Highlight changes in photographs over time. Compare and contrast changes in plants or animals. It may take some practice getting images to align properly; however, it is worth the time to create the visual presentation provided by this tool. Upload finished images to your class or student's websites. If you don't have a website, try a simple web page creator like Carrd, reviewed here, or newhive, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactive Games: Science Lives Here - The Royal Institution
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (319), biodiversity (36), cells (101), genetics (89), gravity (51), human body (133), insects (73), medicine (65), nutrition (157), periodic table (51), plants (177), ponds (8), rainforests (21), solar system (122), space (230), stars (70), STEM (205)
In the Classroom
Introduce a new concept through games offered on this site. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector, then allow students to play on their own. If you are beginning the process of integrating technology, have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using 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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Google Earth Showcase - Google Earth
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5 to 12tag(s): climate (93), explorers (69), heroes (24), landmarks (26), mars (41), moon (76), oceans (165), space (230), stars (70)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use throughout the year with lessons on climate change, oceans, explorers, and much more. As an end of the year project, allow students to choose their area of interest from this showcase. Then, have students watch videos, and create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here. In language arts, during a study of heroes, use an online tool such as the Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast features of Heroes of Google Earth against cartoon heroes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Earth - Oceans - Google Maps/Google Earth
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5 to 12In the Classroom
Benefit from the many free videos to learn more about the world's oceans and explorations. Have students select one of the videos to use as a starting point for further research. Ask students make a multimedia presentation to present their findings using Acclaim, reviewed here, that allows annotation of video, or Zeetings, reviewed here. Zeetings allows adding polls, videos, embeds, web links, PowerPoint, and PDFs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reactions - American Chemical Society
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (46), diseases (71), nutrition (157), seasons (36), space (230)
In the Classroom
Share a video with students once a week to help all of you learn about the chemistry in our everyday lives. 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. They can do this with pen and paper or online. If you want the assignment online, explain to students they need to open a new tab in their browser window and take notes with a tool such as Webnote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Or, use a tool like playposit (formerly eduCanon), reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. These activities can help uncover student misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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iExploreSTEM - University of Iowa
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (319), architecture (84), engineering (134), environment (321), plants (177), STEM (205)
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. Include STEM career information with any career exploration unit. After completing STEM activities, challenge students to create a presentation using Prezi, reviewed here, to share their results and learning process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science in the Classroom - Science in the Classroom
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9 to 12tag(s): animals (319), cells (101), diseases (71), drugs and alcohol (25), genetics (89), human body (133), medicine (65), plants (177), STEM (205)
In the Classroom
Science in the Classroom is a must-add to any high school classroom. View articles together on your interactive whiteboard as you add highlighted annotations to focus on the content. Alternatively, print a copy of the article and have students add highlights to compare to the site's highlighted portions. Be sure to help weaker readers and ESL/ELL students by sharing the vocabulary words before reading, either on a handout or by projecting on an interactive whiteboard or screen and highlighting them in the text as you come to them. Flip learning by having students read an article before coming to class, ask them to prepare questions they have for when they return to class. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Venngage, reviewed here. Use an online flashcard maker, like Flashcard Stash, reviewed here, to review important vocabulary or content from any article.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Science How Webcasts - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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5 to 12tag(s): agriculture (57), arctic (46), birds (52), dinosaurs (50), environment (321), fish (24), fossils (44), human body (133), insects (73), mammals (34), minerals (17), paleontology (38), plants (177), rocks (50), solar system (122), space (230), volcanoes (66)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free resources on this site to use in your classroom. Watch webcasts together on an interactive whiteboard, or have students view at home and bring their questions and comments to class. Use this site for enrichment for gifted learners to dig deeper into science concepts. Redefine learning by challenging cooperative learning groups to create their own science videos using a tool like moovly, reviewed here, and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Or achieve the same learning goals by having students make a multimedia presentation demonstrating science concepts using Zeetings, reviewed here. Zeetings' features allow for audience participation, polls, video, embeds, web links, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bozeman Science - Paul Anderson
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9 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (25), animals (319), atoms (55), body systems (59), chemicals (46), ecosystems (91), elements (35), energy (210), evolution (103), human body (133), planets (133), plants (177), plate tectonics (22), pollution (65), population (63), rock cycle (12), solar energy (38), solar system (122), stars (70), weather (205)
In the Classroom
Be sure to take advantage of this extensive collection of videos in any upper-level science classroom. Be sure to include this site on your class webpage for students to access both in and outside of class for further practice. Embed a video onto your website to use for flipped lessons - have students watch the video before coming to class to participate in additional learning activities. View the Educational video portion of the site to find teaching ideas for your classroom. Use this site as a model, then ask students to create video explanations using a tool such as moovly, reviewed here, 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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Wall of Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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2 to 12tag(s): birds (52), evolution (103), map skills (80), maps (292)
In the Classroom
This enticing and engaging site will stimulate interest in birds at any level and works on any device. Explore the world of birds on an interactive whiteboard or projector with your whole class or have small groups or individuals research particular species. The lower right-hand navigational buttons, help explore the map and lead to other content about it. Using the map as an example, have students create their own maps featuring local, national, or international animals using Google Maps, reviewed here, or on paper. Research birds online using Audubon Adventures, reviewed here, or with bird guidebooks. Using a mobile device, have students collect their own bird pictures and calls to share in an online presentation, using a tool such as Sway, reviewed here, or on a Google Map. After watching the "Behind the Scenes" video whose link is in the right-hand corner of the Wall, have students work collaboratively to create a class mural of local birds or other topics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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bioGraphic - California Academy of Science
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4 to 12tag(s): animal homes (63), animals (319), deserts (18), habitats (110), multimedia (54), natural resources (57), oceans (165), rainforests (21)
In the Classroom
Even if you don't teach science, you and your students will love this magazine because of the beautiful images shared! Use bioGraphic for informational reading in your Language Arts classroom. Include a link on classroom computers for students to read on their own. In science class share bioGraphic articles as a starting point for any unit on animals, for social studies, use bioGraphic to learn more about places around the world and the people that live there. Have cooperative learning groups create online books about information learned on this site using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here. Don't forget to subscribe to bioGraphic to receive updates as new articles are added to the magazine.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Design Challenge Learning - The Tech Museum of Innovation
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2 to 12tag(s): agriculture (57), architecture (84), commoncore (89), density (24), energy (210), forces (47), friction (13), gravity (51), heart (40), human body (133), magnetism (40), matter (62), motion (70), plants (177), simple machines (35), sound (106)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free lesson plans offered at Design Challenge Learning to teach science concepts. Create a class wiki with additional resources for experimenting with science. Not comfortable with wikis? Check out the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here, and then post them on the wiki or on your class web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Guts and Bolts - BrainPop
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5 to 12tag(s): body systems (59), brain (67), human body (133)
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Introduce Guts and Bolts on an interactive whiteboard or projector, then allow students to explore on their own. Be sure to share a link to this game on your class website for play at home. Have students create a multimedia presentation using Slidestory, reviewed here. This site allows you to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find photos or diagrams of body systems (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo with essential information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Navy STEM for the Classroom - Discovery Education
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9 to 12In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and interactives. This site is excellent for enrichment; consider using the lessons with gifted students for independent learning or as project ideas for math and science fairs. Have students make a multimedia presentation demonstrating ideas from this site using Sway, reviewed here, for this presentation. Sway creates unique multimedia projects using text, images, and media. Change the look of your Sway using the Mood and Remix tools to change the color palette, layout, and fonts. Challenge students to find photos or diagrams about what they learned (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate and annotate the photo with essential information. Use a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here. With Thinglink, students can also add videos and links to help explain what certain parts of the image are about.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Stem in 30 - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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5 to 10tag(s): earth (227), earth day (104), ecology (133), ecosystems (91), flight (31), mars (41), molecules (46), space (230), STEM (205), world war 1 (56)
In the Classroom
For your blended or flipped classroom, share webinars on your class website for students to view at home. Replace pen and paper writing journals by writeing a blog entry that shares their learning and understanding. Use a tool like Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Edublog, reviewed here. Check the site's homepage for upcoming webinars, then participate with your class. Check Twitter to see if your class can follow any of the presenting scientists. If you are lucky enough to live in the Washington, DC area, contact the museum to attend a live taping. After viewing a webinar, have students enhance their learning by creating a multimedia presentation using Slidestory, reviewed here. This site allows you to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. STEM in 30 is also a great resource for gifted students to get involved with their own challenges and pursuits.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Educator's Guide to Building & Construction - HomeAdvisor
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K to 12tag(s): animal homes (63), animals (319), architecture (84), bridges (12), circuits (23), counting (110), electricity (94), engineering (134), erosion (19), geometric shapes (167), habitats (110), insects (73), pyramids (28), simple machines (35), solar energy (38), STEM (205), water (132)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free lesson plans and activities to incorporate STEM activities and Maker projects into your classroom. Ask a parent volunteer, local contractor, or naturalist to come in and help with activities. If you are beginning the process of integrating technology, have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Loose Leaves, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Emoji Science - GE and Bill Nye
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6 to 12tag(s): climate change (71), energy (210), human body (133), magnetism (40), solar energy (38), solar system (122)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans available on Emoji Science. Enjoy exploring the site with students on an interactive whiteboard or allow them to explore on their own. Use this site to introduce science concepts in an entertaining way. At the end of your unit, have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Have students create a multimedia presentation of science topics using Slidestory, reviewed here. This site allows you to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Nature Video YouTube Channel - Nature.com
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8 to 12tag(s): animals (319), anthropology (12), cells (101), climate (93), human body (133), planets (133), stars (70)
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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. Or, use a tool like playposit, (formerly eduCanon), reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. These activities can uncover misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length. 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. For more advanced classes, provide time for students to choose a video to view and research the underlying concept.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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