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Pulse of the Planet
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3 to 12
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National Geographic publishes this ongoing collection of short documentary pieces, each of which has both text and audio narration in high quality stereo sound, with lots of natural...more
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National Geographic publishes this ongoing collection of short documentary pieces, each of which has both text and audio narration in high quality stereo sound, with lots of natural effects. For students with special needs, who have trouble either reading or attending, these short sound clips provide a well-constructed exposure to topics ranging from science to cultures and celebrations. Watch for new segments each week, along with a monthly feature presentation.
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Because there are a LOT of short recordings on this site, be sure to examine it thoroughly before allowing students to use it. Find one or several informative recordings that could benefit your classroom, and use them as introductory pieces before beginning a unit or lesson. Play the recording using the interactive whiteboard as a starter, previewing the lesson to come, allowing students to reflect on the recording via writing or verbally in a class discussion. Enhance student learning and replace paper pen by asking students to write blogs sharing information learned using a site like Edublog, reviewed here. Edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogs. Include all students in a discussion (even your most shy) by using YoTeach!, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory
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6 to 12
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This site features information and research on volcanoes. Included are volcanic images, terminology, and monitoring of active volcanic sites. Excellent site for students, very text...more
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This site features information and research on volcanoes. Included are volcanic images, terminology, and monitoring of active volcanic sites. Excellent site for students, very text intensive.
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Evolution Theory and Teaching - Berkley Edu
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1 to 12
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Learn about some of the great evolutionary thinkers of our time including Wallace, Darwin, and Aristotle. There are three categories for educators: Understanding Evolution with lesson...more
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Learn about some of the great evolutionary thinkers of our time including Wallace, Darwin, and Aristotle. There are three categories for educators: Understanding Evolution with lesson plans and resources, Talk Origins Archive with resources for the evolution/creation controversy, and a link to the National Center for Science Education website, a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice on teaching evolution in the classroom.
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Get some help teaching a controversial topic like evolution in your classroom from the Understanding Evolution section of this site. You may also want to preview NewseumEd's From Provocative to Productive, reviewed here, for some guidance using controversial issues in the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Who Invented it? When? Chinese Inventions: An Introductory Activity - Ask Asia
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5 to 12
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Learn about Chinese inventors and deflate erroneous stereotypes about Chinese technology. From the Ask Asia series. ...more
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Learn about Chinese inventors and deflate erroneous stereotypes about Chinese technology. From the Ask Asia series.
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Use this free lesson plan in class during a unit on Chinese inventions and innovations. Make sure to mention the years inventions were made while performing the activity, students will be amazed just how many inventions we use today were made almost 3 thousand years ago!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
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6 to 12
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Creating by a professional engineering society, this site provides a short narrative and time line for 20th century engineering achievements in more than a dozen different categories....more
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Creating by a professional engineering society, this site provides a short narrative and time line for 20th century engineering achievements in more than a dozen different categories. The site highlights both the accomplishments and the people who made them happen, and it often includes simple explanations of the engineering principles behind those achievements. Great supplement to an invention unit, or as a brainstorming tool for engineering or science competitions.
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Climate Research Division - Scripps Institute
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6 to 12
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Click on "ECPC" to find material on Scripps' climate prediction program. Click on "El Nino" to find up to the minute information on its impact. Interesting site to show how ...more
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Click on "ECPC" to find material on Scripps' climate prediction program. Click on "El Nino" to find up to the minute information on its impact. Interesting site to show how models and forecasts are made. Have class compare predictions against actual weather events.
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NSF Classroom Resources - National Science Foundation
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4 to 12
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This is a collection of science and math lessons and web resources ranging from how the Internet works to nanoscience, engineering, biology, and principles of physics and chemistry....more
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This is a collection of science and math lessons and web resources ranging from how the Internet works to nanoscience, engineering, biology, and principles of physics and chemistry. The content is predictably detailed, "real science" based on topics and phenomena that will interest students. These are the best of the best lessons and resources with applicability to lots of settings.
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Bookmark this site as a reference site for finding further material. Under each subject find a varity of formats from forums and articles, to videos, interactives, podcasts, experiments and more. Some of the resources on this site may lead to a starting point for individual or group projects. Use parts of this site at a center. Share this site with staff (especially new teachers) and parents looking to extend science and math activities at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Global Warming
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4 to 12
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Students gather information about global warming and climate changes in preparation for future lessons on the Greenhouse Effect. From Michigan State University & Ameritech. ...more
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Students gather information about global warming and climate changes in preparation for future lessons on the Greenhouse Effect. From Michigan State University & Ameritech.
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Students will be researching Global warming. If your students need an introduction or review of research skills you may want to parallel the POV lesson with R4S: Research for Success, reviewed here. As you work through the lesson, ask students to keep a journal about what they are learning and questions they still have. Subtitute paper and pen journals for a digital journal using a tool like Penzu, reviewed here; with Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. As a culmination activity modify student's understanding by having them put together an interactive infographic about their learning for you and their peers using Infogram, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Haze - Hands On Physics
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10 to 12
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students. ...more
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students.
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Divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have them complete the free activity provided, adjacent to unit on optics in Physics. Use this activity as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Extend student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to modify their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Heat
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10 to 12
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students. ...more
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students.
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Use this activity as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Enhace student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to extend their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Advanced Mechanics - Concord Coalition
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for Hands on Physics for high school students. ...more
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for Hands on Physics for high school students.
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Use these activities here as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Enhance student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to extend their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Introduction to Mechanics
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10 to 12
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students. ...more
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students.
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Use these activities here as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Extend student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to modify their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Introductory Electronics
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students. ...more
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One of a set of experiential lessons developed by the Concord Coalition for high school students.
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Use the electronics activities here as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Extend student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to modify their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exploratorium Science Snacks - The Exploratorium
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This is an extensive collection of science lessons and laboratory procedures compiled by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas. The site offers a highly detailed...more
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This is an extensive collection of science lessons and laboratory procedures compiled by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas. The site offers a highly detailed outline of science concepts, and it provides a selection of different lessons and lab resources for each concept. All lessons are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF files which can be downloaded and printed on your printer. The index page groups these by topic, and each page includes instructions and illustrations. Many of the projects are suitable for "do at home" activities. Great resource!
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After introducing this site to your students, you can choose an activity to complement an area your are studying, or allow students choose an activity to pursue. Challenge students modify their learning by creating "visual" lab reports using Jimdo, reviewed here, to document experiments or illustrate concepts, such as the water cycle.
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Science Explorer - Exploratorium
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2 to 12
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This site is a comprehensive collection of natural science resources for teachers. Teachers can use this site to browse through the outline format to research a specific area of natural...more
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This site is a comprehensive collection of natural science resources for teachers. Teachers can use this site to browse through the outline format to research a specific area of natural science. This site takes some time to go through and lesson plans are not easily available; however detailed bibliographic information is provided and all material is based on national science standards.
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Allow students to choose from the activities offered on this site to learn more about natural science. Post a link on your class web page or newsletter for parents and students to use at home. With younger students, take photos, or have older students take photos, of the the steps and results of their experiment they make and post them on your website for parents to see. Older students could enhance their learning by posting the photos with and explanation using a portfolio tool such as Mahara, reviewed here. Mahara also offers tools for incorporating blogs. Alternatively, students could transform their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, Ohio
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Use the Inventors Hall of Fame site to read about famous inventors. The site is indexed and searchable. Students could easily use these biographies to start a research project, or ...more
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Use the Inventors Hall of Fame site to read about famous inventors. The site is indexed and searchable. Students could easily use these biographies to start a research project, or you can post them on a bulletin board. Help inspire your students! You may also want to search through the camps and programs offered to see if there is one of interest being held near your community. Alternatively, you could suggest to your administrator that your school sponsor one of the programs. There is no cost to the hosting school/district.
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Open the tab on the top menu bar for Inductees and scroll down to the most recent year for inductees. Display this page on the interactive whiteboard or projector, and use it to create an inspiring discussion about inventions with students. Ask students to choose an inventor and/or invention of interest to them and research how the inventor went about discovering his/her invention. Look through the programs and camp offerings for ideas for a science fair project. Ask students to look around at home and school to find something that needs to be invented!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Galapagos Islands - Adaptions - Kyrene
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The National Science Teachers' Association developed this elegant PDF about the Galapagos islands and the abundance of species still found on the island. In addition to excellent photography,...more
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The National Science Teachers' Association developed this elegant PDF about the Galapagos islands and the abundance of species still found on the island. In addition to excellent photography, there are questions and discussion ideas for the species presented. Great site for a study of ecology or natural science.
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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. 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. As a final assessment and to transform student learning, have small groups choose to make an interactive website using Webnode, reviewed here, or an interactive infographic using Canva Inforgraphic Maker, reviewed here, as if they are updating this site with a current look and using newer technologies.
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Physics Lecture Demonstrations
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This rather long page has a list of puzzling demonstrations (many with simple materials) you can use to spark student interest and challenge their powers to explain what they observe....more
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This rather long page has a list of puzzling demonstrations (many with simple materials) you can use to spark student interest and challenge their powers to explain what they observe. A great resource.
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Bookmark this site for use all year, and use to build it build simple models that you can use to demonstrate physics concepts to your science students! Encourage them to build some as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Zona Land : Education in Physics and Mathematics - Ed Zobel
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9 to 12
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Click on the "More Science..." link to access activities with Physics or the "More Math..." link for Geometry, Trigonometry, and more. Find a Simple Data Grapher, Curve fitting, Graph...more
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Click on the "More Science..." link to access activities with Physics or the "More Math..." link for Geometry, Trigonometry, and more. Find a Simple Data Grapher, Curve fitting, Graph paper, and help with many mathematical concepts in the math section.
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This site includes simple definitions of physics terminology and a game to demonstrate momentum. It has a good array of mathematical content useful for students in or out of class. It could be useful for student review or supplemental material. Be sure to link this site to your class web page or bookmark on a classroom computer for easy access.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Trebuchet.com
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This privately published site documents and illustrates the history of the trebuchet, a marvel of medieval physics that could hurl heavy things great distances. Students can learn how...more
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This privately published site documents and illustrates the history of the trebuchet, a marvel of medieval physics that could hurl heavy things great distances. Students can learn how to build their own miniature version, and they can study why the trebuchet worked so efficiently. This one's both fun and instructional.
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Share this site on the interactive whiteboard or projector to introduce a unit or lesson on the physics of throwing machines. Use this site to provide a historic example of their many uses. Teachers can focus simply on the history of mechanics of the machinery OR can have students attempt to create their own based on the directions and resources provided. This would be a great resource for either a History or Physics classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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