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Science Buddies - ScienceBuddies.org
Grades
K to 12
tag(s): calories (6), earthquakes (45), electricity (62), energy (131), gravity (42), internet safety (113), recycling (45), robotics (23), science fairs (20), sound (72), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Be sure to bookmark this site as a useful resource for any science topic. Take advantage of the free lessons aligned to Next Generation Science Standards to add to your current content. Replace paper and enhance classroom technology use with an online bulletin board like Lino, reviewed here, throughout your science unit to record student questions, ideas, and ongoing discussions. If you use video content during your science lessons, consider incorporating a tool like MoocNote, reviewed here, or EdPuzzle, reviewed here, to integrate quizzes and polls directly into your video. Instead of a written or oral presentation of student research, transform classroom technology use and have students use Sway, reviewed here, to create a multimedia presentation incorporating video, images, and text.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Mount St. Helen's Teacher's Corner - National Park Service
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Science teachers will love all the summary tables and resources offered on this site. In teaching about Mt St. Helens, many of the summary tables can actually be cleared and printed to allow students to use them as a graphic organizer to follow along a lecture. This site is also great for refreshing the events of that day as well as the volcanic history of the mountain. Save this site as a favorite on your classroom computer for easy reference.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mount St. Helen's - Special Conditions
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Online Marine Picture Book
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6 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual Geology
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7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Backyard Nature
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5 to 9tag(s): animals (295), classification (22), plants (147)
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Virtual Cave - Djuna Bewley and Dave Bunnell
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): caves (7)
In the Classroom
Introduce Virtual Cave to your class with a projector or on a whiteboard. Once they understand how to navigate the site allow pairs to investigate on their own. Have students take digital notes on the explanatory text (including definitions for new vocabulary) using Memo Notepad, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Students should then choose one of the cave types that interests them and find out where they are located. Wrap up the study of caves by challenging student to create an interactive map using MapHub, reviewed here. With MapHub students can include display markers featuring text, photos, and videos!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Facing the Future: People and the Planet
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5 to 12tag(s): environment (246), population (50)
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Weather: Wind Chill - PBS
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7 to 10tag(s): weather (160)
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Bagheera in the Wild
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6 to 12tag(s): endangered species (27), extinction (3), population (50), species (16)
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Descent into the Ice - PBS Nova
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2 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Aquarium Terrarium - Family Education
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Shedd Aquarium Educational Materials - Shedd Aquarium
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4 to 12tag(s): marine biology (31), oceans (147)
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Wonder Facts - BBC
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4 to 12tag(s): amphibians (17), animals (295), birds (46), fish (18), mammals (22)
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Introduction to Bats - US Fish and Wildlife Service
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4 to 12tag(s): mammals (22)
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Understanding Geologic Time - University of California
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6 to 12tag(s): evolution (88), fossils (40), geologic time (11), logic (161), time (91)
In the Classroom
Briefly introduce this activity with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate the site. Then, in your flipped or blended classroom (or at a computer center), have students explore on their own. Ask students to document what they are learning by taking digital notes. Use Memo Notepad, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Take this a step further and allow pairs or small groups of students to explore Related Activities and share what they learned with their peers using an interactive poster like Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here. Students can keep their work for future reference in a digital portfolio such as Mahara, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Strange Science
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6 to 12tag(s): fossils (40), paleontology (28)
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All About Glaciers - National Snow and Ice Data Center
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4 to 12tag(s): antarctica (30), arctic (40), climate (82), glaciers (17)
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Great White Bear - Nature
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6 to 12tag(s): arctic (40), ecosystems (80), polar (11)
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All About Wind Chill - Canadian Government
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4 to 12tag(s): temperature (35), weather (160)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a reference tool for students working on a wind chill lesson or activity. Have students determine the wind chills of multiple locations using the formulas and information on this site. Be sure to save the site as a favorite on classroom computers to allow students easy retrieval of the information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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