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Smithsonian X 3D - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): coral (10), dinosaurs (39), electricity (60), fossils (39), jamestown (7), lincoln (60), magnetism (36), museums (44), presidents (121), space (213), STEM (262), virtual field trips (80)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these many resources to take a virtual visit with your class to the Smithsonian Museum. View artifacts and tours together on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector then allow students to explore on their own. After viewing a tour, ask students to research a topic further. Instead of a written report have students create an online quiz for fellow students using a quiz tool like QuizWhizzer, reviewed here. Use a video response tool like Flip, reviewed here, for student collaboration and sharing of research. Extend learning by asking students to create their own virtual field trip using Google Earth, reviewed here. Have students add articles, images, and videos to locations featured on their virtual trip.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Cabinet of Curiosities - Philippe Cousteau Jr.
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): anthropology (9), careers (139), communication (136), ecology (100), engineering (119), marine biology (25), oceans (146), STEM (262)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save to use when exploring career options with students. Ask students to use information found on this site and others to create an infographic sharing information about a chosen career. Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, offers many templates for creating infographics. To increase student knowledge of options within STEM careers, have groups of students create a weekly podcast sharing different career fields. Buzzsprout, reviewed here, is an online tool to use when creating and hosting podcasts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Time Now - Shane Buck
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): calculators (37), calendars (40), moon (70), space (213), sun (69), time (92), time zones (7), weather (163)
In the Classroom
Bookmark (or save in your favorites) The Time Now on your classroom computers for students to use throughout the year. Find out the local time and temperature in countries as you study them and compare their local time to yours. Include time/date conversions for online conferences you will hold with parents who are deployed or traveling in different time zones. Share meeting dates/times for virtual sessions using the time conversions, so everyone is "on time." Find a partner classroom located in a different time zone - try finding one at Global Virtual Classroom, reviewed here, and use The Time Now to compare local times throughout the day. Then create a collaborative class book with your partner class to contrast and compare what is happening in one area of the world compared to your partner. Use a tool like Book Creator, reviewed here, to create collaborative books including images, videos, and audio recordings.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Climate Explorer - globalchange.gov
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): climate (80), climate change (87), floods (10), temperature (35), weather (163)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and share this resource for student research into climate change anywhere in the world. Have groups of students work on different perspectives of climate change including rainfall, annual and monthly temperature change over time, population density, or flooding changes. Have students make an impressive, interactive poster, infographics, chart or multimedia presentation sharing their findings using Genially, reviewed here. Genially allows you to add polls, videos, embeds, web links, PowerPoint, PDfs, and more to any presentation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biomes of the World - Arizona State University School of Life Sciences
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), deserts (15), forests (28), oceans (146), rainforests (18), rivers (13), tundra (14)
In the Classroom
Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts describing each different biome using the scientist's audio from the site as a model. Use a site such as Podcast Generator, reviewed here. Have students use a mapping tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map of biomes from around the world (or country) with audio stories and pictures included!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Timeline Eons - Maani.us
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): climate change (87), conservation (83), geologic time (10), space (213), timelines (49)
In the Classroom
Have students explore the timeline on their own, then research and share information on any given period of time. Encourage students to view future predictions on the timeline as a research project to find the basis of the predictions. Have students create a simple interactive infographic sharing their findings using Infogram, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea - New York Times
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): antarctica (28), climate (80), climate change (87), oceans (146)
In the Classroom
Include these animations and text with any lessons on climate change, oceans, or weather. Enhance learning and build student understanding for your weaker readers and ENL students by creating and sharing a guided reading activity with Read Ahead, reviewed here, prior to reading. Share the locations using Google Earth, reviewed here, and have students research other locations experiencing the effects of climate change.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Climate Kids Time Machine - NASA
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): carbon (15), climate (80), climate change (87), earth (185), oceans (146), temperature (35)
In the Classroom
Share these timelines on your interactive whiteboard as an introduction to your unit on weather and climate change. Include a link to the site on your class webpage and classroom computers for students to explore on their own. Have students research causes for climate change, then make a multimedia presentation using Powtoon, reviewed here, or Sway, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Anyplace America - AnyplaceAmerica.com
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4 to 12tag(s): bridges (11), glaciers (17), landforms (38), maps (209), mountains (10), national parks (27), natural resources (37), rivers (13), volcanoes (55), water (101)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use when teaching about landforms, bodies of waters, or geographic features. Be sure to create a link on classroom computers or your class website for students to access at any time. Have students use a mapping tool such as MapHub, reviewed here, to create a map of local landforms with audio stories and pictures included.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Human Influence on Ecology Mapped - Erle Ellis
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), conservation (83), ecology (100), population (47)
In the Classroom
Share this video as part of your unit on biomes, conservation, or world populations. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast the proposal to current definitions of biomes. Then have students debate the pros and cons of the proposal outlined in the video using a tool such as Thinkalong, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Grassland Biome - University of California Museum of Paleontology
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), climate (80), environment (240)
In the Classroom
Include this site with other resources when teaching lessons about biomes. The text portions may be challenging, so you should pair weaker readers with a partner as they research on this site. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their knowledge about grassland biomes using Visme, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Grassland - Jeremy M.B. Smith/Encyclopedia Brittanica
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), ecology (100), environment (240)
In the Classroom
Before exploring the site as a class, download images of grasslands and have students identify the biome and its properties. The text portions may be challenging, so you should pair weaker readers with a partner as they research on this site. Include this site as a resource for your biome unit by sharing a link on your class website. Upon completion of your biome unit, have students make an infographic showing what they learned using Visme, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Guide to Anthropogenic Biomes of the World - Andrew Petit de Mange & Kelly Kennedy
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), earth (185), ecology (100), environment (240)
In the Classroom
Include this site with your class resources when teaching about biomes and ecology. Have students create online posters individually or together as a class to display human impact on your local environment using a tool such as Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education , reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts sharing ideas on how to reduce the impact of humans on our environment. Use a site such as Buzzsprout, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biomes of the World - Marietta College Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), ecology (100), ecosystems (72), organisms (16), weather (163)
In the Classroom
Include information from this site on your class wiki on biomes and environment. Not comfortable with wikis? Check out the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through. Have students create a simple infographic sharing information on your local biome using Visme, reviewed here. Include a link to the site on classroom computers and your class webpage for students to review throughout your biome unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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5 Human Impacts on the Environment - CrashCourse
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): conservation (83), ecology (100), environment (240), plants (144)
In the Classroom
Before sharing this video, ask students to create their own top 5 list of ways humans are impacting the environment. Take advantage of time-stamp links to share specific portions of the video with students. Since the narrator speaks so quickly, you may want to use a tool like Vibby, reviewed here, to pause the video and discuss what was said, and then enhance student learning by asking students to respond to a prompt or question right on the video! Have students propose solutions to the problems mentioned in the video and share in a blog. 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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Weather Lab - Smithsonian Science Education Center
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): air (106), oceans (146), temperature (35), weather (163)
In the Classroom
Use this interactive as an introduction to weather patterns and wind movements in North America. Provide time for each student or groups of students to play with the different options and make observations about the weather that results. Make this assignment an online lab activity including an analysis portion about what temperature variations create similar weather outcomes. If they are able, have students research online, or use a textbook, to look for reasons for the weather patterns. This activity can also be used after a class discussion to check for understanding of the concepts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Extreme Event - Koshland Science Museum
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): critical thinking (112), disasters (36), earthquakes (44), floods (10), game based learning (171), hurricanes (35), logic (164), problem solving (226)
In the Classroom
Use the materials found on Extreme Event as a hands-on lesson in problem-solving, short and long term planning, and building community. Use an online tool such as Interactive Three Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast different strategies needed to solve problems in different crisis situations. Challenge students to create a brochure or newsletter sharing their findings. Are you integrating technology in your class? Instead of the traditional paper brochure, enhance student learning by using Marq, reviewed here, or if you are more experienced use Sway, reviewed here, and create a newsletter. If you complete this activity with different classes, share results from the different games as part of your discussions on your problem-solving decisions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Ideas for Infusing STEM - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): professional development (393), STEM (262), twitterchatarchive (173)
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Do you teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)? Check out this archived chat for tools and tips to use in your classroom. Share this tool with your colleagues interested in learning more tips and tools to use in STEM lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments - Stephen Lewis and Dr. Janet Sumner
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Include these short weather videos as part of any weather unit, then perform the experiments together in class. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos of their experiment and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Have students use a mapping tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map with locations vulnerable to different types of extreme weather. With Zeemap you can add audio stories and pictures!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks - Google Arts & Culture
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): alaska (20), florida (10), hawaii (7), landforms (38), national parks (27), states (122), utah (2), video (257), virtual field trips (80)
In the Classroom
Share this beautiful site and images on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector, then have students explore on their own. This site can be included with many different geography units to teach landforms found around the United States. Use as a starting point to learn more about our National Parks and Parks Service. Enhance learning by having students create an annotated image of other interesting geographic locations using 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: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos using FlexClip, reviewed here, of behind the scenes information from your hometown, then 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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