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Chaparral Biome - Blue Planet Biomes
Grades
3 to 12
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tag(s): animal homes (50), biomes (86), habitats (98), plants (136)
In the Classroom
Include this site with your biome unit. Be sure to check out TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit. This is an online research project for elementary and middle school students.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Chaparral Animal Printouts - Enchanted Learning
Grades
K to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animal homes (50), animals (261), biomes (86), habitats (98)
In the Classroom
Have students create maps locating chaparals and animals from around the world using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Use an online poster creator, such as Padlet, reviewed here, to create posters with animal facts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sonoran Desert Fact Sheet - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Grades
K to 6tag(s): animal homes (50), animals (261), deserts (19), plants (136)
In the Classroom
Include this site as a student resource when teaching about biomes and habitats. Use an online flashcard maker, like Quizlet, reviewed here, to create digital flashcards with features of different desert animals. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast features of different animals or biomes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sonoran Desert Seek and Find - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Grades
K to 6tag(s): animal homes (50), animals (261), deserts (19)
In the Classroom
Share with younger students on an interactive whiteboard before asking students to explore on their own. The mouse needs to be placed in a certain area for each image before the caption appears. After exploring the site, have students choose and research an animal then create an online interactive poster individually or together as a class using a tool such as Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Have students use a mapping tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map of local landmarks (with audio stories and pictures included)!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 (86), deserts (19), forests (29), oceans (137), rainforests (15), rivers (15), tundra (12)
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 Adobe Podcast, 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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Biome Challenge - Diana Dell
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): assessment (129), biomes (86), ecosystems (90), game based learning (244)
In the Classroom
Use this site as either an activator to assess what students know about biomes or as a review tool to assess what needs practice before an exam. Have students complete the activity individually on classroom computers, either simultaneously or as a learning center or station. Be sure to post the site on your teacher wiki or webpage, too, so students can review it before an assessment, both in and out of the classroom. Have students create their own quizzes using Quia or another quiz creation site such as Bamboozle, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biomes Jeopardy Review Game - SuperTeacherTools
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): assessment (129), biomes (86), game based learning (244)
In the Classroom
Use this game as a quick assessment of prior knowledge at the beginning of your biome unit. Share a link on classroom computers and your website for students to play on their own to review concepts. Have students create their own Jeopardy game using Classroom Jeopardy, reviewed here to share and review facts before a unit test on any topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Colorscope - CNN Creative and Dr. James Fox
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): colors (61), cross cultural understanding (175), cultures (256), senses (19)
In the Classroom
Include this colorful series with lessons about our senses, cultures, and art. Use information from the videos to understand and analyze images from around the world including typical forms of clothing worn or great works of art. Have students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Image Annotator, reviewed here, to demonstrate cultural uses of color.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Climate Kids Big Questions - NASA
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): carbon (16), climate change (110), conservation (103), earth (188), oceans (137)
In the Classroom
Use the Big Questions wheel to guide and direct lessons on climate change. Share each question on your interactive whiteboard to introduce content and spark student conversation. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as Word Cloud for Kids, reviewed here, or WordItOut, reviewed here. Upon completion of your climate change unit, challenge students to create online comic strips sharing what they learned about climate change using a site such as Make Beliefs Comix, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Habitats - Smithsonian Science Education Center
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): animal homes (50), animals (261), coral (11), deserts (19), habitats (98), jungles (5), wetlands (7)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Share this site on classroom computers to use as a center during your habitat or animals unit. Instead of oral presentations of research findings, have students create animated movies online using Powtoon, reviewed here. Have students choose an animal or habitat to research further, either individually or in groups. As a class, use a mapping tool such as MapHub, , to create a map of different habitats and add display markers featuring text, photos, videos, and information about the animals found in each location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Amaze - Ann-Kathrin Grebner, Michael Durgner, G Widschwendter, M Ardelt
Grades
5 to 7tag(s): adolescence (7), difficult conversations (52), diseases (58), hiv/aids (15), sexuality (14)
In the Classroom
Be sure to follow suggestions for age appropriateness and have appropriate parental permission when using this site in the classroom. Share this site with school counselors and teachers of sex education. Use Amaze as a resource for discussions involving relationships, personal safety, and other teen and preteen issues. When appropriate, share a link to videos on your class webpage. Amaze is an excellent site to share with parents as they face difficult issues that arise during the teen years. Have students create personal blogs for their private reflection about these videos and discussions.Comments
I have used Amaze videos for 9th gradersLinda, IL, Grades: 9 - 12
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Food Chains for Kids - Free School
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): animals (261), food chains (20)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on food chains on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Include a link to the video on your class website for students to view at home. Take a walk outside of your classroom to look for different members of food chains and take pictures. Have students create an annotated image describing the animal's role in the food chain by adding text boxes and related links using a tool such as Image Annotator, reviewed here. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as Aha Slides, reviewed here to create word clouds.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramid - makemegenius
Grades
4 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (261), energy (136), food chains (20), plants (136)
In the Classroom
Although animated, this video isn't recommended for use with very young students due to the higher-level vocabulary used throughout and a visual of a lion eating a giraffe. Share with older students to introduce the concept of food chains and food webs, pausing the video often to discuss visuals and vocabulary shared in the video. Have students make a multimedia presentation about food chains using Powtoon, reviewed here.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 (86), conservation (103), ecology (109), population (52)
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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Honey & Honey Bees - myvocabulary.com
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): animals (261), insects (60), spelling (94), vocabulary (243), vocabulary development (97)
In the Classroom
Share the puzzles on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work with a partner to solve the puzzles on their own. Have students try to create their own word puzzles and share them on a class wiki. Challenge students try to create a different type of word puzzle for these words using a site like Educaplay, reviewed here. Share them on a class wiki.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Animals in their Habitat - myvocabulary.com
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): animal homes (50), animals (261), habitats (98), spelling (94), vocabulary development (97)
In the Classroom
Share the puzzles on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work with a partner to solve the puzzles independently. Challenge students to try to create their own word puzzles using a site like Just My Crossword Maker, reviewed here. Share them on a class wiki.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 (103), ecology (109), environment (244), plants (136)
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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Twig Science Reporter - Twig Education and Imperial College London
Grades
K to 8tag(s): animals (261), endangered species (26), energy (136), environment (244), glaciers (18), human body (91), insects (60), oceans (137), weather (166)
In the Classroom
This site is a must-include for any elementary classroom (and perhaps middle school). Subscribe to receive emails with weekly updates. Include a link on classroom computers to use for both a science and non-fiction reading center. Have students create blogs using Telegra.ph here. Telegra.ph will create a "quick and easy" blog to be used one time only. A unique URL is provided, and with Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer. Add a YouTube or Vimeo link. It's as easy as using a basic Word program!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth - NASA
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): air (27), carbon (16), climate (94), climate change (110), energy (136), glaciers (18), oceans (137), weather (166)
In the Classroom
Include Earth with any unit on oceans and climate change. Share the site on your whiteboard to feature specific games and articles for your students. Upon completion of your unit, enhance learning and modify classroom technology by having students create a simple infographic sharing information about climate change using Infogram, reviewed here. Extend learning by having students take pictures of your local environment, then create an annotated image sharing potential effects of climate change, including text boxes and related links, using a tool such as a tool such as Image Annotator, reviewed here, for younger students, or Google Drawings, reviewed here, for older students. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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EarthCam Live Webcam Network - EarthCam, Inc
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cultures (256), globe (11), maps (214), webcams (18)
In the Classroom
This site would be an excellent addition to any science, social studies, or world cultures class. Teachers click on a webcam in different parts of the world to see things like weather and basic geography. Share the videos on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. In early elementary, use webcams to introduce the world visually with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard. Select specific webcams and create shortcuts on classroom computer desktops for students to "see what's happening" on a certain continent as you study the seven continents. Use this resource to visit different areas that have been effected by natural disasters. Use animal webcams for students to observe animal behavior and keep a "lab journal" of what they see. Instead of the traditional paper and pencil "lab journal," have students keep a virtual journal about what they are learning. Use an easy virtual journaling tool such as Penzu, reviewed here. With Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. Challenge students to further research the animal(s) they observed and to create an interactive map showing where the animals can be found with a tool like 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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