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Smithsonian Science How Webcasts - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Grades
5 to 12
tag(s): agriculture (60), arctic (46), birds (53), dinosaurs (54), environment (323), fish (25), fossils (46), human body (132), insects (72), mammals (36), minerals (18), paleontology (42), plants (175), rocks (52), solar system (121), space (225), volcanoes (68)
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. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create their own science videos using a tool like Stupeflix, reviewed here, and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Have 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.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Bozeman Science - Paul Anderson
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (25), animals (322), atoms (55), body systems (57), chemicals (45), ecosystems (92), elements (35), energy (210), evolution (101), human body (132), planets (129), plants (175), plate tectonics (23), pollution (66), population (66), rock cycle (11), solar energy (40), solar system (121), stars (68), weather (201)
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 Stupeflix, 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
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): birds (53), evolution (101), map skills (80), maps (294)
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
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animal homes (63), animals (322), deserts (18), habitats (108), multimedia (62), natural resources (57), oceans (164), 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
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): agriculture (60), architecture (85), commoncore (89), density (24), energy (210), forces (49), friction (14), gravity (49), heart (42), human body (132), magnetism (39), matter (61), motion (70), plants (175), 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
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): body systems (57), brain (67), human body (132)
In the Classroom
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 Voicethread, reviewed here. This site allows users 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
Grades
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
Grades
5 to 10tag(s): earth (224), earth day (105), ecology (137), ecosystems (92), flight (32), mars (39), molecules (45), space (225), STEM (187), world war 1 (55)
In the Classroom
For your blended or flipped classroom, share webinars on your class website for students to view at home and write up a blog entry sharing their learning and understanding using 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 EasyBlog, 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 create a multimedia presentation using Voicethread, reviewed here. Voicethread allows users 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
Grades
K to 12tag(s): animal homes (63), animals (322), architecture (85), bridges (13), circuits (23), counting (113), electricity (93), engineering (133), erosion (18), geometric shapes (173), habitats (108), insects (72), pyramids (28), simple machines (35), solar energy (40), STEM (187), water (134)
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
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): climate change (69), energy (210), human body (132), magnetism (39), solar energy (40), solar system (121)
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 Voicethread, reviewed here. This site allows users 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
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): animals (322), anthropology (12), cells (99), climate (94), human body (132), planets (129), stars (68)
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. 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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Good Thinking! - Smithsonian Science Education Center
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animals (322), chemicals (45), circuits (23), climate (94), electricity (93), energy (210), erosion (18), forces (49), light (54), matter (61), oceans (164), photosynthesis (33), plants (175), space (225), weather (201)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free class materials available on the site for use in lessons and activities. Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Share videos on your class website for students to view at home. Then have students create an online or printed comic comparing misconceptions to the truth using Write Comics, reviewed here or Printable Comic Strip Templates, reviewed here. Have students 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. Be sure to share professional information with peers during professional development sessions or grade level discussions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Business Insider Science YouTube Channel - Business Insiders
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (322), brain (67), climate change (69), dinosaurs (54), drugs and alcohol (25), earth (224), human body (132), nutrition (158), planets (129), plants (175), scientists (69), space (225), STEM (187), weather (201)
In the Classroom
Share a video with students once a week to help all of you learn about the latest information from the world of science. 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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Filming a Beluga Whale - National Geographic
Grades
3 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): climate change (69), migration (58), oceans (164), whales (15)
In the Classroom
Share this video on an interactive whiteboard or projector, or ask students to watch at home as an introduction to a unit on ocean animals or climate change. Challenge students to research whales further and learn more about their migrations and interactions as a unit. Have students use Vibby, reviewed here, to grab more information from other YouTube videos to share with the class about whale behavior. Have students create maps using Animaps, reviewed here, to show locations of whales around the world and their migration patterns. Students can add text, images, and location stops with Animaps!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GeoInquiries - ESRI
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4 to 12tag(s): agriculture (60), american revolution (85), civil war (144), climate change (69), cold war (30), demographics (19), earthquakes (50), landforms (49), maps (294), minerals (18), oceans (164), population (66), rocks (52), volcanoes (68), weather (201), world war 1 (55)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lessons offered on GeoInquiries for use in your classroom. Divide students into groups to participate in different activities or use as enrichment for gifted students to complete independently. When finished with your inquiries, challenge students to create a presentation using Prezi, reviewed here, demonstrating information learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SciTech Daily - scitechdaily.com
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): news (260), newspapers (98)
In the Classroom
SciTech Daily is a great addition to science classrooms as a source of current information. Bookmark this site on classroom computers and allow students to explore and find information of interest. Share pertinent articles on your interactive whiteboard to discuss together. Use SciTech Daily in your English/Language Arts classroom as an excellent resource for non-fiction reading. Have students create a newspaper with science news using a site such as Zinepal, reviewed here. Click to "Start with a blank e-Book." Have students collect media (videos and more) from multiple online sources including SciTech Daily to show their research findings using a tool such as Dragontape, reviewed here. If articles are too long for some readers, consider using Skim.it, reviewed here, a Chrome extension that reduces articles into a 100-word summary.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World's Biomes - University of California
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): biomes (140), deserts (18), ecology (137), forests (34), oceans (164), tundra (20)
In the Classroom
Use this site as one of multiple sources for researching biomes or a particular biome. Show students how to take Cornell (two column) notes and summarize using this information. Use a tool like 43 Folders Cornell Notes, reviewed here, to help explain Cornell Notes to students. Pair weak readers with strong readers for this activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TED-Ed Human Body Playlist - Richard Byrne/TED-Ed
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): human body (132)
In the Classroom
Use videos as an introduction to human body lessons or flip your classroom and have students watch videos before introducing lessons. Share a link on your class website for students to view at home. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Piktochart, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Learning Lab - The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (322), architecture (85), art history (81), aviation (35), black history (58), civil war (144), dinosaurs (54), explorers (68), images (286), inventors and inventions (90), scientists (69)
In the Classroom
The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a must-add to your list of classroom bookmarks! Search for collections and information throughout the year on all topics. Add a link to classroom computers for the entire site or specific collections. Be sure to take advantage of the many features of this site to create customized collections, then have students add additional resources. Have students create quizzes for review of topics. Challenge students to create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here.Comments
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Tread Lightly! - Tread Lightly! Inc
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): conservation (127), environment (323)
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Take advantage of the many free materials for use in classroom lessons about the environment. Have students explore the Quick Tips portion of the site, then create their own environmental Quick Tips online posters individually or together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or, for the novice technology user, try PicLits, reviewed here. Consider becoming a Tread Lightly! member as a class or school and apply for a recreation stewardship grant to organize a clean-up day in your community.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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