Science Website Resources

Digital Oasis

2010NPST 5: Construct learning experiences that connect with the world beyond school.

المدرسة خارج بالعالم الطلبة تربط تعلم خبرات تصميمNPST 6: Apply ICT in managing student learning.

تتعلم ادارةعملية في االتصاالت و المعلومات تكنولوجيا توظيف الطلبة

Resource Objectives

In a standards-based learning environment, educators will want

بيئة في المعلمون يحتاجالى المعيارية :التعليم

the latest research, العلمية والبحوث الدراسات حدث

resources, المصادر

tips and strategies at their fingertips.

سريعة واستراتيجيات نصائحاليد " متناول في الوصول "وسهلة

Three Questions1. Are you redesigning

lessons so that they are enhanced by current, up-to-date online ICT?

2. Are you taking advantage of chances to strengthen your teaching expertise with educational websites?

3. Are you providing reliable ICT access for students?

تصميم باعادة تقوم هلالدروس وتحديث

وسائل بأحدث وتعزيزهاالمتاحة؟ التكنولوجيا

من باالستفادة تقوم هللتطوير المتاحة الفرص

التدريسية من خبراتكالتعليمية؟ خالل المواقع

وسائل بتقديم تقوم هلللطالب يمكن تكنولوجيا

عليها؟ االعتماد

Where to Begin: Exploratorium

THE BEST RESOURCE SITE:http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS:http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/index.html

Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tipshttp://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/podcasts/index.php

Resource Websites with Keyword Search

Teacher’s First: Beautifully designed and organized site:http://www.teachersfirst.com/faq-how.cfm

TeachersNetwork: Designed by teachers, for teachers in order to improve student achievement. http://www.teachersnetwork.org/lessonplans/

The Awesome Libraryorganizes your exploration of the World WideWeb with 10,000 carefully reviewed resources. http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html

More Resource Websites with Keyword Search

The Discovery Channel’s website is a huge science resource. Games and interactive features enhance education.http://discoveryeducation.com/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators A fantastic hotlist for everything including all aspects of education. (Click picture for science)

About.com: Education : “Guidance. Not Guesswork.” Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, & Space Science.http://www.about.com/education/

How Stuff Works: Sciencehttp://science.howstuffworks.com/ has explanations and colorful illustrations related to all branches of science.

http://www.talkscience.org.uk/

Carbon Footprint Calculators

Cloning Quiz

– Fun PowerPoint quiz

Powerful Question generator : 

– Generate powerful questions and statements

Superbugs PowerPoint Quiz

Wellcome Trust – Animations

Six Step Active Learning Process

Six Steps with Websites Options

1. Teacher Explanation

VisuwordsBritannica

GoogleYoutube

SnagFilms

SparkNotesWikipedia

2. Student Explanation

Ediscio Quizlet Cobocards

3. Student Illustrate

4. Student Independent Practice

GlogsterScience-Athon

40 Day Challenge GoAnimate

5. Group Practice

GlogsterScribblar

ZohoShowNota

6. Revision with Games

BBC Bitesize What2Learn Word Game Boards

Multimedia Quizzes that can be designed for Knet and data shows.

http://www.mystudiyo.com/

Best Online Assessment: Put these quizzes on Knet!

http://www.proprofs.com/ Great Feature: Completion certificates!.

http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/indexsearch.html

Dare to Compare: How do you compare with students from around the world?

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp

http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/

Assessment Resources

Teacher Favorite: Doc Brown’s Science Quizzes for All Secondary Stages KS3 Science Revision

Quiz Index

– http://www.docbrown.info/ks3science.htm

Chemistry, Earth Science and RadioActivity - Quizzes and Worksheets

– http://www.docbrown.info/page05/page05.htm

NOTE: Music ad header

OBK Prep Recommendation: Wikipedia

Color & Lighthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light#Optics

Electricityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnets

Geologic Time Scalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Geologic_time_scale

Portal: Sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Science

Solar Systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Solar_system

SOUNDS!!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Featured_sounds

http://www.1001inventions.com/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/1001inventions

Teachers Pack: http://www.1001inventions.com/media/teachers-pack-download

General Science Resources

All Science NetLinks resources support standards-based teaching, and are reviewed according to rigorous review criteria. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/resource_index.php

Science Interactives for Grades 7-12Search for lesson plans and resources by Grade and Topic.http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/science.shtml

Science Education Zone A little bit of everything for the science teacher

Science Teachers' Resource Center Biology, Chemistry, Physics

Science Resources: Units, Lessons & Games

Science Learning NetworkInquiry resources have been developed by each museum in the Science Learning Network.http://www.sln.org/resources/index.html

Planet Sciencehttp://www.scienceyear.com/sciteach/start.html

Lawrence Hall of Sciencehttp://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/education/curriculum/search

KS3, KS4 and Advanced Chemistry Resources http://www.science-active.co.uk/

LEARNING OBJECTS for All Levels of Science: http://www.wisc-online.com/ListObjects.aspx Use learning

objects when:

teaching a basic concept

applying concepts in "real world" applications

checking and testing mastery

providing simulation

giving remedial

instruction.

Science Education in 5 Languages including English and Arabic

Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development -Sharing Science Education and Technology with Teachers and Students around the World

Each SEEDKIT contains directions needed for students to run a project with a teacher.

SEEDKITS include – workshop overview

and presentation

– experiment instructions

– training videos, in some cases.

Air & Space Build Your Own Star The Hubble Constant Air Resistance More...

Earth Science Personal Seismographs Oil Well Blowout Simulator The Permeability of Soil More...

EnergyMore Interactive Resources

Electricity & MagnetismThe Electrical Resistivity of Materials Build An Electromagnet Build An Electrical Logging Tool More...

Properties of Liquids Cool Clay Viscosity Explorer Yellow Money More...

Virtual Labs/Online Simulations**

Virtual Bacterial Identification Lab: Science and techniques used to identify different types of bacteria based on their DNA sequence. http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/bacterial_id/index.html Virtual Dissections, Labs, and Field Trips for All Scienceshttp://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.php

PhEThttp://phet.colorado.edu/index.php

FreezeRayhttp://www.freezeray.com/

The Interactive Libraryhttp://edinformatics.com/il/il.htm

**Online simulations should not replace hands-on versions since there is a lot to be learned through trial and error with a hands-on lab. Simulations should be used to strengthen learning.

Science Blogs: Tips and Resources

SCIber Monkey: it's a jungle out there so scibermonkey collects all the best KS3 websites http://www.scibermonkey.org/

Tower of Marshmallows for “Center of Gravity” activity and other physical science lessons.http://teachingphysics.wordpress.com/

Discussing ways to learn and teach biosciences with technology. The blog of www.actionbioscience.org

Chemistry blog: Various topics such as metal and nonmetallic elementshttp://gundulshare.blogspot.com/2009/03/site-map.html

Blog of the Year: Extreme Biology

This site is maintained by Ms. Baker and her biology students.

“We live in the Northeast U.S. and blog about anything biology-related. If you have any content requests or would like to be a guest blogger, please contact us at <extremebiology@gmail.com>”

Life Science: Interactive Resources

Digestion and Enzymeshttp://www.klbschool.org.uk/interactive/science/digestion2.htm

HomeostasisDrag &Drop

http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bio/homeostasis/Introduction.htm

Free Tech for Teachers Science Recommendations

Biology Place BioCoach activities allow

students to visualize and apply their understanding of biological concepts. s.

LabBench provides students with pre- and post-lab reviews. Animations and interactive questions connect laboratory procedures to biological principles.

The Glossary is a comprehensive, online, easily accessible listing of definitions of the key biological concepts.

Biointeractive

– Animations : Excellent! Example - Development of the human embronic brain

– Interactive Resources: Example – Click & Learn

– Virtual Labs: Cardiology Lab

– Classroom Activities: Example – Mirror Tracing Activity

– Videos: Taser and the nervous system

– Ask a Scientist

Interactive Anatomy Graphicshttp://www.innerbody.com/image/di

geov.html

Genes, Alleles & Punnett Squareshttp://library.thinkquest.org/28751/r

eview/heredity/8.html Homeostasishttp://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bio/ho

meostasis/Introduction.htm Digestive System, Reproductive System, Eye, Respiratory System, & Immune Systemhttp://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/biolo

gy/defence-against-disease/how-does-the-body-fight-back.html

OBK Prep Recommends these Biology Sites

Physical Science

Flight

Paper AirplanesMore Paper AirplanesMore Wright Brother GamesLift and DragPaper Airplane Simulator

PhysicsFront.org

LabsActivitiesLesson PlansAssessments

BuoyancyGamesDensityBuoyancy Basics

GravityGalileo Experiments Design Your Own RollercoasterGravity & VelocityThe Gravity StoryGravity & the MoonMore Galileo ExperimentsWhat is Gravity?

OBK Prep Recommends these Physical Science Sites

Characteristics of Waveshttp://www.ewart.org.uk/wjec.ph

p?t=9 ElectroMagnetic Spectrumhttp://www.ewart.org.uk/wjec.ph

p?t=10 Sound Waveshttp://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundvib.html

Science of NonDestructive Testinghttp://www.ndt-ed.org/Education

Resources/HighSchool/highschool.htm

Reflection of Sound

OBK Prep Recommends these Physical Science Sites

Simple Machines Resourceshttp://atlantis.coe.uh.edu/archive

/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html

There are different types of forces that act in different ways on structures such as bridges, chairs, buildings, in fact any structure. The main examples of forces are shown.http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/proj

ects/forces.htm

OBK Prep Recommends http://www.technologystudent.com/index.htm

This website contains numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY.

TechnologyStudent: Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metalshttp://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/metals1.htm

QUESTIONS:1. What is the advantage of tube compared to solid sections?2. With the aid of simple diagrams explain how metals could be used as part of your project. 3. Sketch in 3D each of the sections shown above.4. List metals that are produced as tubes and sections.5. What is the difference between a ferrous metal and a non-ferrous metal?

What’s This?

Take Your Students on a Walk to Study the Sun and Light

Each pair of students will need:

– a "Spots and Streaks" card each student can make himself

– a sheet of white posterboard measuring about 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches

– a sunny day

ChemistryThe Open Door Websitehttp://www.saburchill.com/chemistry/chapters

/chapters.html http://www.saburchill.com/chemistry/question

s/c02q01.html The Best 55 Online Periodic Tableshttp://pontotriplo.org/triplepoint/

This Chemistry site has over 500 pages and 160 illustrations.http://www.gcsescience.com/science-chemistry-links.htm

Chemistry Comes Alive! Online video collection: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/pirelli/index.html

OBK Prep Recommends these Chemistry Sites

Natural and Synthetic Polymers

http://pslc.ws/macrog/natupoly.htmhttp://pslc.ws/macrog/kidsmac/synth.h

tm

Chemistry ResourcesExcellent chemistry lessons plus.http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_conte

nt/chem20/summary/tasks.html http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_conte

nt/science9/chemistry/index.html

Interactive simulation examples from PhET:

http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Earth_Science

Earth and Space Science: PhET

Use the visualizations on a data show projector to start class ("What is happening here?") or bring concepts to life.

Explore the World of Earth Science

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/

navigation/home.cfm

The Dynamic Earthhttp://www.mnh.si.edu/

earth/main_frames.html

Earth & Space Science Recommendations

OBK Prep Recommends these Earth and Space Science Sites

POLLUTION http://www.umich.edu/~g

s265/society/waterpollution.htm

http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html

Stars & Galaxies– Animations

– Visualizations

– http://www.telescope.org/btl/sg.html

Earth Science Mystery Class

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/mclass/How.html

Every Monday between February 1 and April 12 students will record their local sunrise and sunset times on their Data Sheets.

Using this information they will calculate daylength (photoperiod) in their hometown. On the same days, students at ten secret Mystery Class locations around the world will also record their own local sunrise and sunset data.

Earth Science Blog: A Year of Documented Learning (6 May, 2009) Review your blog entries

and your table of contents in your Science notebook for the entire year.

For your final blog assignment, you will tell me about your favorite topic from each unit:

– Astronomy

– Earth's Atmosphere

– Geology

– Weathering and Erosion

– Earth's Waters

Label each unit of study and identify your favorite topic.

Provide a detailed explanation (evidence) as to why this was your favorite topic.

Include a picture for each topic.

This is due May 15th.

* Your last blog post should be to sign off from your 8th Grade Earth Science blog or to redefine the blog's purpose. Your choice.*

Another Great Earth Science Blog with Questions: http://jpiniat.wordpress.com/

“In Death Valley national Park there are huge rocks with mysterious trails behind them.  The truth is that nobody really knows how they move but people have come up with many theories.” 

Science Games

Science Games   Science Mysteries Land the Lunar La

nder Tours of Planets Science Pirates: T

he Curse of Brownbeard is a 3D scientific exploration game.

Conservation Games

Journey to the Bottom of the Sea

Livin' in the SeaWhat lives at what depth and why? Test your know-how in this interactive game.

More Science Games

Tuning In What does the world sound like with a cochlear implant? Try one on for size.

Map of the MindTake a tour of the human brain.

Sailing Simulator Windward Game Jefferson Labs

Games & Puzzles

Science Education Organizations

Association for Science Education (United Kingdom)

Australian Science Teachers Association

Earth Science Teachers Association (United Kingdom)

The National Science Teachers Association (USA)

New Zealand Association of Science Educators

Citations & Resources

Critical Evaluation Information: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html

http://jc-schools.net/bag-o-tricks.pdf