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Open Learning Initiative - Carnegie Mellon University
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): chinese (45), classroom management (118), design (78), engineering (127), french (75), logic (161), OER (43), Online Learning (36), probability (98), psychology (65), statistics (120), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of content in courses to supplement your current lessons. No registration is required to access and view course information. Share this site with gifted students or students with interests in specific academic areas not covered in your current curriculum. Create a course and offer it to your students for greater interaction and learning through community building. Find great ideas from other existing courses. Teachers of gifted can use courses to challenge students in their areas of interest. You can also have gifted students create or collaborate on a student-made "course." Explore the topics for some new, engaging topics to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field. The Open Learning Initiative would also be perfect for setting up directions and steps for any projects you require students to do for your class. The program will integrate with some learning management systems.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
Includes teacher tools for registering and/or monitoring students
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Math and Science Concept Map - CK-12 Foundation
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): concept mapping (15), pi (29), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Display the concept map on an interactive whiteboard, or with a projector, and explore the complex interactions between math and science together. Focus on one specific topic, such as population growth patterns to find sub-topics for further exploration. Have students choose a topic for further research then present their findings using a tool like Slides, reviewed here, which is similar to Powerpoint. This site is perfect for use with gifted students to find and learn more about specific math and science content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Full Spectrum Science: Fireworks - Exploratorium
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Enhance learning by having students create a simple infographic about fireworks using Venngage reviewed here. Use this video as a model and have students research the origins of other common items. Have students upload a photo they have taken and add an explanation about what they learned using a tool such as Add Text, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reactions - American Chemical Society
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (41), diseases (67), nutrition (137), seasons (37), space (216)
In the Classroom
Share a video with students once a week to help all of you learn about the chemistry in our everyday lives. Flip your classroom and use a video as homework. 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. Or, use a tool like playposit (formerly eduCanon), reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. These activities can help uncover student misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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iExploreSTEM - University of Iowa
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (295), architecture (74), engineering (127), environment (246), plants (147), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free activities, videos, and other resources throughout the year. Be sure to bookmark this site to search for resources for any lesson. Share a link to specific lessons and activities on your class website for use at home. Include STEM career information with any career exploration unit. After completing STEM activities, challenge students to create a presentation using Prezi, reviewed here, to share their results and learning process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science in the Classroom - Science in the Classroom
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9 to 12tag(s): animals (295), cells (83), diseases (67), drugs and alcohol (28), genetics (81), human body (93), medicine (56), plants (147), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Science in the Classroom is a must-add to any high school classroom. View articles together on your interactive whiteboard as you add highlighted annotations to focus on the content. Alternatively, print a copy of the article and have students add highlights to compare to the site's highlighted portions. Be sure to help weaker readers and ESL/ELL students by sharing the vocabulary words before reading, either on a handout or by projecting on an interactive whiteboard or screen and highlighting them in the text as you come to them. Flip learning by having students read an article before coming to class, ask them to prepare questions they have for when they return to class. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Venngage, reviewed here. Use an online flashcard maker, like Flashcard Stash, reviewed here, to review important vocabulary or content from any article.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - Sylvia Todd
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): engineering (127), experiments (53), makerspace (40), STEM (288), video (264)
In the Classroom
A young female teen, science, and maker ed - the perfect ingredients to get girls interested in science! Sylvia's web shows could be an excellent "back door" to creating female student interest in science! Share videos with students as part of your plan to implement maker spaces in your classroom. Use Sylvia's presentations as a model, then have students create videos demonstrating classroom projects and experiments using a tool like moovly, reviewed here, and then share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their experiments. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bozeman Science - Paul Anderson
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9 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (26), animals (295), atoms (44), body systems (41), chemicals (41), ecosystems (80), elements (34), energy (131), evolution (88), human body (93), OER (43), planets (111), plants (147), plate tectonics (22), pollution (52), population (50), rock cycle (12), solar energy (34), solar system (108), stars (70), weather (160)
In the Classroom
Be sure to take advantage of this extensive collection of videos in any upper-level science classroom. Be sure to include this site on your class webpage for students to access both in and outside of class for further practice. Embed a video onto your website to use for flipped lessons - have students watch the video before coming to class to participate in additional learning activities. View the Educational video portion of the site to find teaching ideas for your classroom. Use this site as a model, then ask students to create video explanations using a tool such as moovly, reviewed here, and share them on a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements - Moreno/Lyons Productions & Oregon Public Broadcasting
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8 to 12tag(s): atoms (44), biographies (93), matter (46), scientists (63)
In the Classroom
If you teach chemistry, you will want to bookmark this valuable resource. View the videos and explore the site information together or flip your classroom and have students view the videos as an introduction to the material. If full episodes aren't available online in your area, you can still take advantage of the many resources on this site. Be sure to find the video library in the teacher's section with many clips from the original shows. Challenge students to redefine their learning by creating a timeline (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here, to visualize the progression of the discoveries of matter.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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STEM in 30 - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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5 to 10tag(s): aviation (40), earth (184), earth day (59), ecology (102), ecosystems (80), flight (34), mars (26), molecules (43), space (216), STEM (288), world war 1 (77)
In the Classroom
For your blended or flipped classroom, share webinars on your class website for students to view at home. Replace pen and paper writing journals by writeing a blog entry that shares their learning and understanding. Use a tool like Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using edublog, reviewed here. Check the site's homepage for upcoming webinars, then participate with your class. Check X (formerly Twitter) to see if your class can follow any of the presenting scientists. If you are lucky enough to live in the Washington, DC area, contact the museum to attend a live taping. After viewing a webinar, have students enhance their learning by creating a multimedia presentation using Visme, reviewed here. Visme allows you to narrate slides. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. STEM in 30 is also a great resource for gifted students to get involved with their own challenges and pursuits.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Emoji Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy - GE and Bill Nye
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6 to 12tag(s): climate change (94), energy (131), human body (93), magnetism (37), solar energy (34), solar system (108)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans available on Emoji Science. Enjoy exploring the site with students on an interactive whiteboard or allow them to explore on their own. Use this site to introduce science concepts in an entertaining way. At the end of your unit, have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Have students create a multimedia presentation of science topics using Visme, reviewed here. Visme allows you to narrate slides. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Good Thinking! - Smithsonian Science Education Center
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (295), chemicals (41), circuits (21), climate (82), electricity (62), energy (131), erosion (15), forces (37), light (54), matter (46), oceans (147), photosynthesis (21), plants (147), space (216), weather (160)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free class materials available on the site for use in lessons and activities. Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Share videos on your class website for students to view at home. Then have students create an online or printed comic comparing misconceptions to the truth using Make Beliefs Comix, reviewed here, or Printable Comic Strip Templates, reviewed here. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as WordItOut, reviewed here. Be sure to share professional information with peers during professional development sessions or grade level discussions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Nanotechnology: Super Small Science - NBC Learn
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): careers (141), chemicals (41), engineering (127), scientists (63)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson in chemistry or physical science class. Divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have each group choose a video to use as a launching pad for further study. Have students create an annotated image, including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Google Drawings, reviewed here. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use it: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here. Place the videos on your classroom website or blog for students to explore on their own. Flip your instruction and as an assignment have your students watch the videos before class time to build background knowledge. Review nonfiction reading strategies with students before having students read transcripts. Have students explore STEM careers by researching the jobs of the scientists interviewed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Business Insider Science YouTube Channel - Business Insiders
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (295), brain (56), climate change (94), dinosaurs (42), drugs and alcohol (28), earth (184), human body (93), nutrition (137), planets (111), plants (147), scientists (63), space (216), STEM (288), weather (160)
In the Classroom
Share a video with students once a week to help all of you learn about the latest information from the world of science. Flip your classroom and use a video as homework. 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. Or, use a tool like playposit (formerly eduCanon), reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. These activities can help uncover student misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach.Genetics - Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah
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9 to 12tag(s): body systems (41), evolution (88), genealogy (8), genetics (81), heart (27), human body (93)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free educational materials for use in your science classroom. Use materials from this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Share topics from Teach.Genetics with students for use with science fair projects. Have students create a multimedia presentation using Presentious, reviewed here. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. Use a tool such as bubbl.us, reviewed here, to create and share the concept maps of information included with activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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In the Swim eGuides - Make a Splash in the Classroom - In the Swim
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (41), safety (68), sports (81), water (101)
In the Classroom
Follow these links for some supplemental materials to enliven lessons that could include water as a recreational resource. Science teachers will find real world applications and information about chemicals. Use interactive boards to show videos and activities as whole group lessons. Have students read articles for informational reading practice. Use the resources for flipped or blended learning links on your class website for individual or small group work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SciTech Daily - scitechdaily.com
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): news (228), newspapers (92)
In the Classroom
SciTech Daily is a great addition to science classrooms as a source of current information. Bookmark this site on classroom computers and allow students to explore and find information of interest. Share pertinent articles on your interactive whiteboard to discuss together. Use SciTech Daily in your English/Language Arts classroom as an excellent resource for non-fiction reading. Have students extend their learning by creating a newspaper with science news using a site such as Printing Press, reviewed here. Have students modify their learning by collecting media (videos and more) from multiple online sources including SciTech Daily to show their research findings using a tool such as Dragontape, reviewed here. If articles are too long for some readers, consider using Skim.it, reviewed here, a Chrome extension that reduces articles into a 100-word summary.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Learning Lab - The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access
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4 to 12tag(s): animals (295), architecture (74), art history (99), aviation (40), black history (130), civil war (138), dinosaurs (42), explorers (65), images (260), inventors and inventions (80), Learning Management Systems (20), oceans (147), scientists (63), shakespeare (99), Teacher Utilities (183), volcanoes (54)
In the Classroom
The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a must-add to your list of classroom bookmarks! Search for collections and information throughout the year on all topics. Add a link to classroom computers for the entire site or specific collections. Be sure to take advantage of the many features of this site to create customized collections, then have students add additional resources. Have students create quizzes for review of topics. Enhance student learning by challenging them to create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here.Comments
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Study Jams - Scholastic
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3 to 8tag(s): addition (129), animals (295), climate (82), decimals (85), differentiation (82), division (98), ecosystems (80), energy (131), estimation (33), forces (37), fractions (159), game based learning (187), human body (93), landforms (37), light (54), matter (46), measurement (123), minerals (13), multiplication (122), number lines (33), percent (59), place value (34), plants (147), probability (98), problem solving (228), rocks (35), solar system (108), sound (72), subtraction (110), weather (160)
In the Classroom
Excite your students with the Jams! Share the Jam videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students sing along and learn more about science and math. Especially younger students will enjoy this feature. Create a link to the site on your classroom website or blog for students to use for review and practice at home. Use the many topics available to differentiate for all students in your classroom. Create learning centers using this site or use it on individual laptops. Print out the quizzes for students to take as an assessment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NBC Learn Free Resources - NBCUniversal Media, NBC News
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): brain (56), civil rights (201), news (228), olympics (44), pi (29), sports (81), STEM (288), sustainability (45), video (264)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for flipped or blended learning classrooms but will spark interest in most classroom lessons. Use the search box in the upper right corner to find free content of interest. The whole class can watch the videos, many of which are parts of a series. Create a Padlet, reviewed here, for each group and have individuals or small groups view and extend their learning by sharing information. The transcripts and close captioning will be helpful for struggling learners. Transcripts can be used alone for informational text reading practice. If your school or district doesn't block YouTube, you may want to investigate the NBC Learn playlists here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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