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San Diego Zoo - Kids - San Diego Zoo
Grades
3 to 8
tag(s): animals (284)
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Cosmicopia - Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center - NASA
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): energy (130)
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Earth and Moon Viewers
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Geography teachers will find lots of possibilities in this one.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): 1800s (73), 1900s (73), aviation (38), flight (31), wright brothers (15)
In the Classroom
Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector as an introduction to a lesson on the Wright Brothers and their impact on flight. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Assign each group a "wing" or subsection to read and research with the intent being for them to present their findings to their peers. Enhance learning by having students create a multimedia presentation using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. This site allows you 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 that their classmates know virtually nothing about. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try Pikwizard, reviewed here. This makes the most sense if the reports and presented chronologically so students can piece together the history of the Wright brothers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tiger Foundation
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animals (284)
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Optics for Kids - Optical Society of America
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Science and physics teachers will find this one a surprisingly rich resource for elementary and secondary students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Secret Worlds: The Universe Within - Powers of Ten - Florida State University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): exponents (35)
In the Classroom
Try using this one to help students visualize size, distance, and time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Railroad Pictures
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): railroads (14)
In the Classroom
Use the images from this site to supplement a lecture on transportation and the railroads. They are extremely detailed images and can be searched to find those that meet the time period being studied.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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String Theory - The Elegant Universe - PBS Nova
Grades
9 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cool Cosmos - Cal Tech
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): light (51)
In the Classroom
Turn the Gears! The real guts of this site aren't apparent until the user realizes that access to the various sections is available only by dragging up and down with the mouse to turn that big gear on the right side of that barrel-shaped gizmo on the left side of the page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sally Ride - ISS EarthKam - NASA
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): biomes (113), earth (184), images (259), landforms (37)
In the Classroom
Elementary students will likely need some guidance in using this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Resources - RSPB
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): birds (45), conservation (86), environment (238)
In the Classroom
There is a lot to explore here. You could start by engaging students with one of the activities on this page, then go to the home page and briefly look at the articles listed there, or go to the Birds and wildlife tab and have students choose something of interest. Have small groups divide up the articles to read and investigate. Then have students with the same article meet to become the expert on that topic (in cooperative learning, this is known as Jigsaw). Have each student in the Jigsaw group create an Awesome ScreenShot, reviewed here, where they can make digital notes with lines, text, or shapes. Once they form back into their original small group, they can report what they learned from the other group to their group members.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Changing the Face of Medicine - NIH
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans offered in this site! There is also a recommended book list which could be a great addition to a classroom reading list, or as a list students can choose from for a book report. This is an excellent site for any study of women in the workplace and the evolution of the medical field.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Historic Wings - Feature Stories
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): air (105), aircraft (16), aviation (38), explorers (66)
In the Classroom
Each of the individual web explorations could easily be used to introduce separate units within a history class. When applicable, select the exploration you would like students to work on and save it as a favorite on classroom computers. Have students go through the information and make a quick and small poster to show what they have learned. We recommend an online poster creator such as Padlet, reviewed here. The site offers information commonly left out of textbooks, but still relevant enough to apply to the Standards of Learning. They definitely make for interesting activators or introductions to units.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cosmic Distance Scales - NASA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): moon (71), planets (112), solar system (109), sun (70)
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Fission - Moments of Discovery - American Institute of Physics
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): energy (130), nuclear energy (19)
In the Classroom
Use the audio files on this site to introduce one of the corresponding topics in a science class over the interactive whiteboard. There are also teacher guides that provide a few simple ideas as to how to work these files into your classroom. This could be a great way to show a case study in your classroom, providing something tangible for students to listen to, supplementing their normal text.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PhysicsQuests
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): animation (63), electricity (59), energy (130), forces (37), heat (15), light (51), webquests (21)
In the Classroom
While not technically a webquest, this site has a lot of extension activities that could be used at the end of a lesson or as a review before a new one. Accommodate today's students, and have them complete the activities on Google Docs, reviewed here, making it easier for them to receive feedback and reduce the amount of messy papers you need to grade.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ACS Periodic Table - American Chemical Society
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): periodic table (44)
In the Classroom
Chemistry teachers should bookmark this one!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Science Odyssey
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): scientists (63)
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Virtual Chemistry - Oxford University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): experiments (52)
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