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Breeding Bird Survey
Grades
9 to 12
tag(s): birds (47)
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AmphibiaWeb - University of California at Berkeley
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): amphibians (16)
In the Classroom
Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector during a unit on the classification of animal kingdoms. The site provides a good example of the classifications, and can be easily searched for specific species if students are doing a research project. Forewarning: the classifications are all the Latin names of the reptiles, so it is best to know the creature you're searching for beforehand. Allow students to explore the site on their own, and post on the teacher's web page if there are any research projects to allow students to access it both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Amazon River Dolphins - Virtual Explorers
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): amazon (11)
In the Classroom
Try the TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit to get your students involved and engaged with their own research. Have them work alone or with a partner on laptops or in a lab.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Weather Gateway
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): weather (175)
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Water Science for Schools - US Government
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): agriculture (54), conservation (109), ecosystems (106), environment (252), water (105)
In the Classroom
Start with Water Basics, and find lots of topics and activities. Review the water cycle on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Engage your students with one of the interactive activities. Once your students have the basics, enhance learning by having them choose a topic as a source for a multimedia project to present what they learned using Genially, reviewed here. With Genially students can insert maps, surveys, video, audio and more. Teachers will likely want to sort through the material before suggesting it to their students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Treasures at Sea - Franklin Institute
Grades
4 to 6tag(s): oceans (142)
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TopoZone - Locality, LLC
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): oceans (142)
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): antarctica (28), space (248), STEM (371)
In the Classroom
After learning about the IceCube Observatory, have students work in teams to design and sketch their own particle detector. Students should explain how their detector would collect data and what scientific questions it could help answer. Students can investigate the location of IceCube in Antarctica and create a map using Google My Maps, reviewed hereshowing the observatory, the South Pole, and other Antarctic research stations. They can add facts about climate, geography, and scientific research conducted there. Older students can examine IceCube data visualizations and graphs from the website. Students can identify patterns, make observations, and discuss how scientists use evidence to draw conclusions about events occurring in space.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Renewable Energy Introduction - US Department of Energy
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): conservation (109), recycling (46)
In the Classroom
Teachers will find this a good introduction site for a unit on energy sources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Society for Underwater Exploration
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): oceans (142)
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The Owl Pages
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): amphibians (16), oceans (142)
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Ocean Color Viewed from Space
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): oceans (142)
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Minerals, Crystals and Gems: Stepping-Stones to Inquiry - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
3 to 8In the Classroom
The site includes three lesson units for teachers. They include objectives, materials, procedures, sample sheets and listngs of related subjects .Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Marine Institute
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): oceans (142)
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Backyard Weather Station - University of Colorado Boulder
Grades
2 to 7This site includes advertising.
tag(s): weather (175)
In the Classroom
Have students keep a daily weather journal for a week, recording details like temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and precipitation. They can create a weather journal using a free resource such as Book Creator reviewed here. Students can role-play as meteorologists in groups by preparing and presenting a weather forecast. Have students track the path of a storm (like a hurricane or tropical storm) over several days, noting changes in its trajectory, strength, and impacts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lightning! - National Geographic
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): weather (175)
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Kids Do Ecology - Univ. of California Santa Barbara
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
Though this site is no longer maintained, the links work and there is plenty of material to use in your classroom. This site is a great science find for both teachers and students! Teachers, there is an entire section of free lesson plans and activities that can be easily recreated in your classroom. For students, use this site as learning center or station. Allow students to use the site in cooperative learning groups, for any science unit on biomes, ecology, mammals, or data collection. This site would be a great supplement to book materials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FEMA Backgrounder: Earthquakes - US Government
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): disasters (35), earth (195), earthquakes (52)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on geology and/or natural disasters on a projector or interactive whiteboard. When an earthquake is in the news, use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects in response to their curiosity about the news event. An option would be to divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have them take online notes using Webnote; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Use the information they find as a jumping off place for doing further research on areas that interest them. To show what they have learned from this site and their research, challenge students to create an online graphic to share using Visme. Have them create presentations on different parts of the information found in the site and its activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Explore a Pond - Utah Education Network Brandon Thacker
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): ecosystems (106)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for your science lessons on scents, disolved oxygen, camouflage, soil erosion, and math lessons on probability, surface area, estimating perimeter and more; there is something for every grade level. Easily adapt lessons that are not at your grade level.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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EPA Curriculum Materials - US Government
Grades
2 to 12In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to include with your lessons on environmental issues. After completing your unit, consider using the links to " other sites for more extensive information" for students to continue research in an area that interests them. Challenge students to share their redefined learning with their peers in a multimedia presentation using one of these tool suggestions (click on the tool name to access the review): Infogram, Lucidpress, Powtoon, and MoocNote.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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