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Shedd Aquarium Educational Materials - Shedd Aquarium
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): marine biology (33), oceans (143)
In the Classroom
Find everything you will need for your classroom from Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation, Climate Change, and Dolphins, to Wild Reef Exhibit Guides by grade level.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Turtles - NOAA - NOAA
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4 to 12tag(s): marine biology (33), oceans (143)
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Photography from National Geographic - National Geographic
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): animals (284), photography (136)
In the Classroom
Share a photo of the day as an activator at the start of a lesson on your projector or interactive whiteboard (IWB). Allow a student of the day to select his/her photo of the day as a class inspiration. Share a photo as a visual writing prompt. Use tools on your IWB to discover and reveal design elements in the photos in art class. Use selected collections on laptops with student partners (galleries) to provide a visual experience of a location or culture you are studying, engage students and enhance learning by asking students to use Padlet, reviewed here, to record their observations for visual evidence of some of the major concepts you have discussed in class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ACS - Chemistry For Life - American Chemical Society
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (37), energy (139), experiments (67), inquiry (38), matter (52)
In the Classroom
Scroll to Education and click Teaching Resources. Select your grade level interest and find links to dozens of different Lessons, programs, units and Safety Guides.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DNA Interactive
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Use the interactive timeline as a learning center. Have students tour the timeline, with the purposes of finding what they think are the 10 most important events in the history of DNA. Have students create a multimedia presentation of their top 10 events using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate their photos as if it is a news report. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try Pikwizard, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SimForest - Hampshire College
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7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Human Senses - BBC
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): senses (23)
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Shape of Life Activities - PBS
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): organisms (13)
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Astrobiology - NASA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): space (252)
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Chesapeake Bay - Maryland DNR
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6 to 12tag(s): oceans (143)
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American Museum of Natural History Learning Resources - The American Museum of Natural History
Grades
K to 12tag(s): amphibians (16), biodiversity (42), brain (59), climate change (112), darwin (14), dinosaurs (48), diseases (59), diversity (57), fossils (44), light (61), mammals (21), natural disasters (21), oceans (143), paleontology (28), poisons (2), space (252), volcanoes (61)
In the Classroom
When starting a new unit in social studies or science, take a minute to search the resources available at this website. Consider allowing students, individuals, pairs, or groups, to explore the Exibitions for areas of interest and enhance their learning by having them create a multimedia presentation for their peers using Genially, reviewed here. With Genially, students can choose the format of their multimedia product.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Genetics & Medical Research - National Institutes of Health
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): genetics (84)
In the Classroom
Start out with this site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector and the introduction pointing out the list of topics to explore. Ask all students to explore The Genetic Basics noting important information and questions they may have with Memo Notepad, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Once students have a basic understanding of genes have small groups investigate the other topics continuing with taking notes or organizing the information using an online concept map such as MindMup, reviewed here, to use in a final presentation. For the final assessment challenge student groups to present their topic to their peers using an interactive poster creator like Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Giant Kelp - UC San Diego
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): marine biology (33), oceans (143)
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Biointeractive Labs - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): dna (53), human body (98)
In the Classroom
Elementary and Middle School teachers should look to the "Cool Science for Curious kids" link, which provides interactive science activities for younger age-groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Marine Biology - American Museum of Natural History
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): ecosystems (113), marine biology (33), oceans (143)
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Motivate your students by using an interactive whiteboard or projector to share these engaging, interactive, and educational resources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biodiversity - American Museum of Natural History
Grades
4 to 7tag(s): biodiversity (42), ecosystems (113), natural resources (34), resources (78)
In the Classroom
Help your students to understand that we are all connected! Share this site (and its resources) on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Take advantage of the literature list provided to find books to read about the unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Olympic National Park -- National Parks Conservation Association - National Parks Conservation Association
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): conservation (98), coral (11), environment (246), forests (30), national parks (30), reefs (8), wetlands (7)
In the Classroom
After students read about the Lady of the Lake, assign small groups to explore the other five mysteries that happened in one of the National Parks. Enhance learning by having students create a presentation for the other groups to learn about their mystery. Use Genially, reviewed here, where students can choose the format of their presentation from posters, videos, and infographics where they can insert maps, surveys, video, audio, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day Network
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): earth (189), earth day (61), ecology (113), environment (246)
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The teachers' section includes additional resources and lesson ideas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Environmental Inquiry - Cornell University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): ecology (113), environment (246), habitats (108)
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Natural History Notebooks - Canadian Museum of Nature
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): animals (284)
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Use the resources that are included in the site. Have students use Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here to compare and contrast different animals. Finally have students use DotStorming reviewed here to share facts that they learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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