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Giant Panda - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
1 to 12
tag(s): animal homes (57), animals (295), habitats (91), video (265)
In the Classroom
Include this site with your other bookmarks for learning about animals and habitats. Have students share information learned about pandas by annotating an image using Google Drawings, reviewed here. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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U.S. Geologic Survey - Educational Resources - U.S. Department of the Interior
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): amphibians (17), animals (295), biomes (110), birds (46), caves (7), citizen science (27), climate (85), climate change (97), earthquakes (45), ecosystems (82), environment (252), erosion (15), floods (10), fossils (41), geology (61), mammals (22), minerals (13), plate tectonics (22), rock cycle (12), rocks (35), soil (16), tsunamis (15), volcanoes (54), water (101)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and the wealth of information on this site. As you go through the lessons on this site replace pen and paper and have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) links. 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Your Genes - Your Choices - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): genetics (81)
In the Classroom
Use this site to familiarize your students with current issues in genetic research. Have students choose one of the topics from the table of contents to read and research. Once they have an opinion about the topic, they should conduct research to support their position. If your students are inexperienced conducting research you may want to use a tool like Go, Ask, Achieve, reviewed here, an interactive and engaging tool for students to learn the formal research process. After completing a little research, form teams, by topic, and divide those teams into those who are in favor of the issue or those who are against the issue. Have student topic teams prepare for a debate with each other either with the class as the audience, or use a tool like Virtual Debate, reviewed here. Alternatively, students could view past debates on Virtual Debate to analyze pro and con arguments and effective strategies for debating.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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New Scientist - Reed Business Information Ltd.
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (147)
In the Classroom
Share the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector, and use it as a springboard for an ethics discussion during science class. Though there are a wide array of articles, some capture and illustrate arguments over the debate of stem cell research, Pluto's classification, and climate change. At the end of a unit, open one of these articles and use the real-world information provided to spark a classroom debate. Students can use the knowledge they have gained, in addition to seeing its practical application. This is a very useful site for science enrichment!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Mojave Desert - DesertUSA
Grades
4 to 12tag(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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Desert Plant Survival - Desert USA
Grades
4 to 12tag(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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Enchanted Learning: Tundra
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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Passport to the Rainforest - Passport to Knowledge
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): biomes (110)
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Secrets of the Ocean - Scripps Institute
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NOVA - The Odyssey of Life - PBS
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9 to 12tag(s): reproduction (7)
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Zoo Lab - A Website for Animal Biology
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Tree of Life
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biodidac - University of Ottawa, Canada
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): images (261)
In the Classroom
If your classroom is short on resources, this is a wonderful alternative.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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EarthEcho International: Expeditions - Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): conservation (102), engineering (128), scientists (64), STEM (290), sustainability (49), water (101)
In the Classroom
Show students how to combat the global water crisis starting with their communities. Immerse students in hands-on, inquiry projects with these expeditions, or use the lesson plans and videos. Introduce them on an interactive whiteboard or projector and select a class project to complete. List the choices on Dotstorming, reviewed here, for students to comment and vote. Once students have launched into the expedition or lesson plan, ask them to keep a journal about what they are learning using Penzu, reviewed here, with Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. Be sure to bookmark these expeditions and lesson units for future use. For students who are interested in pursuing a career in STEM allow them time to review Cabinet of Curiosities, reviewed here. Be sure to post the link on your web page for students to use at home, too.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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My Favourite Scientist - Brady Haran, Nottingham Trent University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): biographies (94), darwin (13), scientists (64)
In the Classroom
Use as a resource for finding more information about a variety of different scientists told from a scientist's perspective. Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Consider having students create their own report about the importance of research and not just the biographical information about a scientist. Encourage students to make their own videos (or other presentation tool) about scientists to place on a wiki, site, or blog. Have students use one of the many TeachersFirst Edge multimedia tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual Cell Animation Collection - Molecular and Cellular Biology Education
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): cells (83), photosynthesis (21), respiration (10)
In the Classroom
Use this free site for greater differentiation among learners in the Biology classroom. Use these animations at any point in a unit of study in Cell Biology. Use animations (on your projector or interactive whiteboard) as much of the content is very difficult for many students to grasp. Use animations with students summarizing the process in their own words for later review. Create a study guide that follows the processes and asks important points. Use the animations to create a vocabulary list to provide ahead of time to become familiar with the difficult language of Biology. Challenge students to create flashcards (with the key vocabulary words) using a site such as Quizlet, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BLOSSOMS Video Library - MIT
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): engineering (128), STEM (290)
In the Classroom
Use as some great starters to a unit where students can question what needs to be understood to solve the problem. Brainstorm questions, research information, or use these as starters for daily lessons. Provide time for students to view videos and report their understandings via a blog or report. Create student reviews of videos to be placed on a blog and allow for commenting on the videos and the reviews themselves.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DNA Tube - DNAtube.com
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Find great videos to use as an introduction to a unit or to help clarify how a certain process occurs using these visualizations. Use videos on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Pause through the video to ask questions about what is happening in the process, explain processes, or have students be able to use appropriate vocabulary to explain. This site is excellent for enrichment. Include it on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class. Challenge students to create their own simple videos to help explain a science concept. Share the videos using using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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