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iExploreSTEM - University of Iowa
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): animals (295), architecture (76), engineering (128), environment (248), plants (147), STEM (290)
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.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Science in the Classroom - Science in the Classroom
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9 to 12tag(s): animals (295), cells (83), diseases (67), drugs and alcohol (28), genetics (81), human body (93), medicine (56), plants (147), STEM (290)
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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Bozeman Science - Paul Anderson
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9 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (26), animals (295), atoms (45), body systems (41), chemicals (41), ecosystems (81), elements (34), energy (131), evolution (89), human body (93), OER (43), planets (111), plants (147), plate tectonics (22), pollution (52), population (51), rock cycle (12), solar energy (34), solar system (108), stars (70), weather (160)
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
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): birds (46), evolution (89), map skills (63), maps (219)
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 (57), animals (295), deserts (16), habitats (91), multimedia (51), natural resources (37), oceans (147), rainforests (18)
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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NASA SciFiles - Knowitall.org - South Carolina ETV Commission
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3 to 12tag(s): earthquakes (45), electricity (62), energy (131), fitness (39), flight (34), habitats (91), oceans (147), planets (111), plants (147), soil (16), sound (73), space (218), water cycle (22), weather (160)
In the Classroom
The video lengths make these perfect for classroom use or for young people to view on their own. 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, extend learning and use a tool like playposit, reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length. Consider giving all students a chance to voice their opinions (even the shyest and quiet ones) by using a backchannel tool like GoSoapBox, reviewed here, during the discussion.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Bowers Institute: Design Challenge Learning - The Tech Museum of Innovation
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2 to 12tag(s): agriculture (47), architecture (76), commoncore (74), density (18), energy (131), forces (37), friction (10), gravity (43), heart (27), human body (93), magnetism (38), matter (47), motion (49), plants (147), simple machines (18), sound (73)
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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STEM Careers Coalition - Discovery Education
Grades
K to 12tag(s): energy (131), geology (61), recycling (46), STEM (290), water (101)
In 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. Enhance student learning and classroom technology use by challenging students to make a multimedia presentation demonstrating ideas from this site using Sway, reviewed here. 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 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 it: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here.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): aviation (40), earth (184), earth day (60), ecology (102), ecosystems (81), flight (34), mars (26), molecules (44), space (218), STEM (290), world war 1 (77)
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 X (formerly 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 Visme, reviewed here. Visme allows you to narrate slides. 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 (57), animals (295), architecture (76), bridges (11), circuits (20), counting (60), electricity (62), engineering (128), erosion (15), geometric shapes (135), habitats (91), insects (68), makerspace (40), pyramids (21), simple machines (18), solar energy (34), STEM (290), water (101)
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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 Penzu, reviewed here,Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Emoji Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy - GE and Bill Nye
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6 to 12tag(s): climate change (94), energy (131), human body (93), magnetism (38), solar energy (34), solar system (108)
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 Visme, reviewed here. Visme allows you to narrate slides. 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 (295), anthropology (10), cells (83), climate (82), human body (93), planets (111), stars (70)
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
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (295), chemicals (41), circuits (20), climate (82), electricity (62), energy (131), erosion (15), forces (37), light (56), matter (47), oceans (147), photosynthesis (21), plants (147), space (218), weather (160)
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 Make Beliefs Comix, 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 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 (295), brain (56), climate change (94), dinosaurs (43), drugs and alcohol (28), earth (184), human body (93), nutrition (138), planets (111), plants (147), scientists (64), space (218), STEM (290), weather (160)
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 (94), migration (45), oceans (147), whales (11)
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 Zeemaps, reviewed here, to show locations of whales around the world and their migration patterns. Zeemaps allows students to create audio recordings AND choose various locations on a map to show the locations of the whales.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 (47), american revolution (82), civil war (139), climate change (94), cold war (30), demographics (13), earthquakes (45), landforms (38), maps (219), minerals (13), oceans (147), population (51), rocks (35), volcanoes (54), weather (160), world war 1 (77)
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, enhance srudent learning by challenging 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 (229), newspapers (92)
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 extend their learning by creating a newspaper with science news using a site such as Printing Press, reviewed here. Have students modify their learning by collecting 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
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5 to 12tag(s): biomes (110), deserts (16), ecology (102), forests (29), oceans (147), tundra (14)
In the Classroom
Use this site as one of multiple sources for researching biomes or a particular biome. Since the pages are very text heavy you may want to use a tool like SMMRY, reviewed here, Show students how to take Cornell (two column) notes and summarize using this information. Use a tool like 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
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6 to 12tag(s): human body (93)
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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 Infogram, 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 (295), architecture (76), art history (100), aviation (40), black history (131), civil war (139), dinosaurs (43), explorers (65), images (260), inventors and inventions (80), Learning Management Systems (20), oceans (147), scientists (64), shakespeare (99), Teacher Utilities (191), volcanoes (54)
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. Enhance student learning by challenging them to create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here.Comments
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