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Rocket Principles - Nasa, Teacher Link
Grades
6 to 12
In the Classroom
Find out all you want to know about rockets here. Have your students make questions and see if they can find answers to their questions about the scientific principles behind rockets and rocket propulsion.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Sea World Parks and Entertainment - SeaWorld/Busch Gardens
Grades
K to 12tag(s): animals (281), biomes (97), ecosystems (117), mammals (20), oceans (142)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to share the neat interactives and soundclips at this site. This site is also great for research projects, science lessons, and more. Be sure to check out the Just for Teacher's link for some great lesson ideas!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Mad Scientist Network
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): human body (97)
In the Classroom
Teachers of younger students will find material useful for background to their teaching.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Hummingbird Site
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): birds (47)
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U.S. Geologic Survey - Educational Resources - U.S. Department of the Interior
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): amphibians (16), animals (281), biomes (97), birds (47), caves (7), citizen science (45), climate (100), climate change (116), earthquakes (51), ecosystems (117), environment (248), erosion (14), floods (11), fossils (44), geology (59), mammals (20), minerals (13), plate tectonics (28), rock cycle (25), rocks (42), soil (16), tsunamis (15), volcanoes (60), water (102)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and the wealth of information on this site. As you go through the lessons on this site, replace pen and paper and have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) link. 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Secrets of the Ocean - Scripps Institute
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Zoo Lab - A Website for Animal Biology
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Tree of Life
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Arctic National Wildlife Reserve - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): arctic (34)
In the Classroom
Include this site with materials you use to teach about biomes, ecosystems, and animals. Ask students to annotate an image of the Arctic using ThingLink, reviewed here to highlight and share information learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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My Favourite Scientist - Brady Haran, Nottingham Trent University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): biographies (103), darwin (14), scientists (72)
In the Classroom
Use as a resource for finding more information about a variety of different scientists told from a scientist's perspective. Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Consider having students create their own report about the importance of research and not just the biographical information about a scientist. Encourage students to make their own videos (or other presentation tool) about scientists to place on a wiki, site, or blog.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tundra - National Geographic
Grades
2 to 10This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (281), arctic (34), biomes (97), tundra (13)
In the Classroom
Have cooperative learning groups explore specific areas of this site and create a multimedia presentation to share with the class using Presentations AI, reviewed here. Compare and contrast tundras and other biomes using Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rainforest Alliance: Species Profiles - Rainforest Alliance
Grades
2 to 10tag(s): animals (281), biomes (97), habitats (113), rainforests (16)
In the Classroom
Have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia projects about one of the topics presented at this site using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Deciduous Forest - Connie T., Blue Planet Biomes
Grades
2 to 10This site includes advertising.
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Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia projects about one of the topics presented at this site. Challenge groups to create online books using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Coniferous Forest: Mission: Biomes - Earth Observatory
Grades
2 to 12In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TVA Kids - Tennessee Valley Authority
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): electricity (63), nuclear energy (20)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students on your interactive whiteboard or projector and allow students to explore on their own. Create a scavenger hunt with questions from the students and have students explore the site to find answers. Watch videos on your interactive whiteboard during lessons on energy production, conservation, or history lesson. After learning about a specific topic, challenge cooperative learning groups to enhance their learning by completing a presentation with "talking pictures" using Blabberize.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BLOSSOMS Video Library - MIT
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): engineering (139), STEM (389)
In the Classroom
Use as some great starters to a unit where students can question what needs to be understood to solve the problem. Brainstorm questions, research information, or use these as starters for daily lessons. Provide time for students to view videos and report their understandings via a blog or report. Create student reviews of videos to be placed on a blog and allow for commenting on the videos and the reviews themselves.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DnaTube - DnaTube.com
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
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Find great videos to use as an introduction to a unit or to clarify how a process works. Use videos on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Pause the video to ask questions about what is happening in the process, explain the process, or allow students to use appropriate vocabulary to explain. This site is excellent for enrichment. Include it on your class web page so students can access it both in and out of class. Challenge students to create their own simple videos to help explain a science concept. Share the videos using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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