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Famous Scientists - famousscientists.org
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6 to 12
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Know your Einstein from your Eddington with this informative site that profiles some of the greatest scientists. Learn about their contributions to science and society and how their...more
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Know your Einstein from your Eddington with this informative site that profiles some of the greatest scientists. Learn about their contributions to science and society and how their discoveries affect us today.
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tag(s): scientists (72), inventors and inventions (87)
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The reading level of this site is rather challenging. Have weaker readers work together with stronger ones. While discussing scientists and inventors, use this site as a resource for gathering information. Have small groups of students research scientists from the same time period. Have them research their contributions including reactions of others to their discovery or invention. Research why these inventions were particularly important and the scientific knowledge that changed as a result. Have them present their findings to the class by creating a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, Vevox, Animatron, Renderforest, and Microsoft PowerPoint Online. Then, if you would like to take your students critical thinking up a notch and extend their learning, you could have the small groups compare the different inventions and decide how and why the earlier inventions had to come before a later invention could be developed. For this you might want to have students use a collaborative graphic organizer like Canva Edu, reviewed here, and have them report out their thoughts and discoveries to the class.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Fission - Moments of Discovery - American Institute of Physics
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9 to 12
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Pretty it isn't, but this site about the serendipity surrounding the discovery of nuclear fission (and many other scientific achievements) emphasizes how a combination of knowledge,...more
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Pretty it isn't, but this site about the serendipity surrounding the discovery of nuclear fission (and many other scientific achievements) emphasizes how a combination of knowledge, research, and happy coincidence contributes to many scientific advances. It's a great point of view for physics and science students to see.
tag(s): nuclear energy (20), energy (135)
In the Classroom
Use the audio files on this site to introduce one of the corresponding topics in a science class over the interactive whiteboard. There are also teacher guides that provide a few simple ideas as to how to work these files into your classroom. This could be a great way to show a case study in your classroom, providing something tangible for students to listen to, supplementing their normal text.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fiveable - Amanda Doamaral
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10 to 12
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Fiveable offers a small collection of free learning experiences for students preparing to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Resources include study guides, live stream learning sessions,...more
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Fiveable offers a small collection of free learning experiences for students preparing to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Resources include study guides, live stream learning sessions, weekly study plans, and trivia activities. Visit the Resources dropdown box to access different learning activities. Some resources require you to create a free account; others are available without registration.
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tag(s): literature (215), psychology (61), statistics (126), test prep (68), advanced placement (25)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free resources found on Fiveable to guide instruction in your AP classes and to share with students to prepare for AP Exams. Include a link to weekly study plans on your class website to share with students. Encourage students to use online study tools to enhance learning. For example, use AhaSlides, reviewed here, to create quizzes from your documents and assess learning. Keep students motivated by designing Escape Room activities using Room Escape Maker, reviewed here. Use critical information required to pass the AP exam as questions to solve the puzzle to escape the room successfully. Enhance learning by having tech-savvy students create escape rooms for their peers to use as a study activity.
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Fluids in Space - Physics Central
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6 to 12
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What happens when you try to boil water in space? While it sounds trivial, the issue of working with liquids in zero-gravity environments has implications for space exploration and...more
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What happens when you try to boil water in space? While it sounds trivial, the issue of working with liquids in zero-gravity environments has implications for space exploration and travel. It's just an idle question. This site explains the problems and what scientists are trying to do to manage it.
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Fly By Math - NASA Ames Research Center
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5 to 10
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Solve distance, rate, and time problems with this engaging site. View a video introduction, learn how to solve sample problems, read about experiments, and learn strategies for solving...more
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Solve distance, rate, and time problems with this engaging site. View a video introduction, learn how to solve sample problems, read about experiments, and learn strategies for solving these types of problems. Click on sample problems to solve. This site offers teacher and student materials as well as other resources. Want to challenge your students, click on the link for the FlyBy Math Simulator which allows you to manipulate the parameters of the plane and the problem being solved.
tag(s): measurement (123), ratios (48)
In the Classroom
Use this great resource in a Math or Physics/Physical Science Course. Allow students to view the materials or show to the class using a projector or interactive whiteboard. Provide time to view the methods of solving the problem. Allow students to share with one another the method they found the easiest to use. Allow students to tutor each other in how to solve the problems. Consider having student create their own problems to solve and share with other groups. Have a group of students who have a great method to solve these problems and can explain it well? Consider creating a video (and sharing the video using a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here) Be sure the video explains how to solve the problem and place on your site/wiki/blog.
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Flying Classroom - Flying Classroom
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K to 9
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Join a journey to eleven countries and three continents as part of a global STEM learning adventure aligned to Next Gen and Common Core Reading standards. The site navigation itself...more
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Join a journey to eleven countries and three continents as part of a global STEM learning adventure aligned to Next Gen and Common Core Reading standards. The site navigation itself takes a little "exploration," but the time is well worth it. Learn about locations around the world as you explore science and technology at each stop along the way. Learn about the captain and crew under Flight Briefing. Follow the clickable flight route under Flight Tracker. Take a flight tutorial at Fly with Us (under Flight Briefings). Explore videos on the Blog and under Flight Briefings. Watch the intro video on the home page. Some of the videos are hosted on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, they may not be viewable.
tag(s): weather (170), ecosystems (117), oceans (142), endangered species (28), architecture (81), aircraft (24), volcanoes (60), flight (32), animals (281), STEM (393)
In the Classroom
Incorporate this expedition into your units on continents, exploration and explorers (to compare modern exploration with historic expeditions), or science units on flight, energy, and more. See the Blog for specific scientific explorations your students can read in groups or as a class. Include this resource in a unit on scientists and their work. Include some of the readings as informational texts that will generate high student interest. This is a great resource for your gifted students in a regular classroom to extend the curriculum and share what they have learned with classmates. For more background for teachers, see the Executive Summary under "About." Have students use a class account to create maps using MapHub, reviewed here. Students can add icons, URLs, text, images, and location stops! Middle school students can use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about any of the people on Captain Barrington's journey.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FooPlot - FooPlot
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9 to 12
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Use FooPlot for a web-based graphing calculator and function plotter. This tool is easy to use and functional for those needing complex graphing calculator functions. This site allows...more
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Use FooPlot for a web-based graphing calculator and function plotter. This tool is easy to use and functional for those needing complex graphing calculator functions. This site allows you to save your project as an SVG, PDF, eps, or PNG file.
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tag(s): calculators (39)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site on your own computer for projection on an interactive whiteboard and make the link available on your class web page for students to access from individual computers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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For Women In Science - Loreal
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4 to 12
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This website is for girls to learn about STEM careers and the various research and educational opportunities that exist for them. Famous women in STEM careers and other prominent women...more
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This website is for girls to learn about STEM careers and the various research and educational opportunities that exist for them. Famous women in STEM careers and other prominent women are a focus of this site. Learn about great STEM careers and how STEM impacts much of our world. Watch and learn from others, view video clips, take challenges, learn about careers, and more. Some of the videos are hosted on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable.
tag(s): engineering (137), STEM (393), women (197)
In the Classroom
Use this site when researching science careers and scientists to be sure to give women their turn and to inspire another generation of female scientists. Share the video clips on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Use this site during Women's history month. Challenge your students to learn more about present-day famous women in STEM careers and create their own interactive books. Have students use Ourboox, reviewed here. Ourboox creates beautiful page-flipping digital books in minutes, and you can embed video, music, animation, games, maps and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FORA.tv - FORA.tv
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9 to 12
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FORA.tv's claim to fame is as the Web's largest collection of conference and event videos. These videos come from sources such as universities, think tanks, and other intelligent discourses....more
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FORA.tv's claim to fame is as the Web's largest collection of conference and event videos. These videos come from sources such as universities, think tanks, and other intelligent discourses. Videos are hosted on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable.
Please preview anything before you share it with your students. At the time of this review there was a subcategory "Sex" which may not be appropriate for most classrooms. But always preview! Teachers may want to share ONLY specific video links. If your district blocks YouTube, then the videos may not be viewable.
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Please preview anything before you share it with your students. At the time of this review there was a subcategory "Sex" which may not be appropriate for most classrooms. But always preview! Teachers may want to share ONLY specific video links. If your district blocks YouTube, then the videos may not be viewable.
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tag(s): news (221), cultures (286), environment (248), politics (122), business (50), stock market (12), investing (7), sustainability (60), energy (135), elections (92), religions (118), evolution (85), genetics (84), psychology (61), sexuality (16)
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Search to find videos relevant to the subjects that you are teaching. Videos are thought provoking and suggest different viewpoints. Once you select a video, show it as an inepth look into a topic you are already studying. Share the video and start a class discussion about the viewpoints of the video and the students' own viewpoints. From here, students could write a position paper from their own side or do further research for a class debate. Challenge your students to create their own video about topics being discussed/learned in class. 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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Force And Motion Science Experiments - Science Fun for Everyone
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3 to 8
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Discover easy experiments you can do at home at this site! Experiments include Strength Test, Magic Ball, Balance a House on Your Finger, Rocket Balloon Blast, Build Your Own Balance...more
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Discover easy experiments you can do at home at this site! Experiments include Strength Test, Magic Ball, Balance a House on Your Finger, Rocket Balloon Blast, Build Your Own Balance Buddy, and more. Each experiment lists materials, instructions, how it works, and make this a science project.
tag(s): motion (60), forces (54), energy (135), science fairs (22)
In the Classroom
Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to post questions that they have as they conduct their experiment. Students can use Free Screen Recorder Online, reviewed here to record themselves as they are experimenting. Finally, students can use Time Graphics Timeline Maker, reviewed here to write step-by-step instructions that they took as they experimented.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FreeTechBooks - FreeTechBooks
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6 to 12
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Expand your technology library for free at Free Tech Books! Find a variety of ebooks with topics such as computer science, math, operating systems, programming, scripting, web design,...more
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Expand your technology library for free at Free Tech Books! Find a variety of ebooks with topics such as computer science, math, operating systems, programming, scripting, web design, electrical circuits, and engineering. Join the RSS feed to keep up with the latest new additions. Although this site is plain vanilla in appearance, it is full of "sprinkles" of information!
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tag(s): book lists (168), STEM (393)
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In a middle or high school program dig deeply into math, science, or engineering. Find materials to supplement in-depth studies. Challenge gifted or advanced students. Use this as a way to check the validity of your source, whether it is a textbook or another Internet resource. Challenge students to write their own ebooks on their topic of interest in groups collaboratively or individually. Have students use a tool such as Ourboox, reviewed here. Ourboox creates beautiful page-flipping digital books in minutes, and you can embed video, music, animation, games, maps and more.
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Fun Science Demos - Dr. George Mehler & Jared Hottenstein
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K to 8
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Fun Science Demos is a YouTube Channel devoted to sharing engaging science lessons for young learners based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Choose from popular videos such...more
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Fun Science Demos is a YouTube Channel devoted to sharing engaging science lessons for young learners based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Choose from popular videos such as Balancing Balloons - Air Has Weight or Muscles Moving Your Bones. Be sure to check out the playlists to find videos categorized by topic. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable.
tag(s): minerals (13), rocks (42), energy (135), engineering (137), STEM (393), heat (12), magnetism (40), electricity (62), sound (71), life cycles (22), solar system (126), sun (87), moon (87), earth (187), recycling (51), water (102), space (249), matter (51), human body (97)
In the Classroom
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. Or, use a tool like playposit,reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. These activities can uncover misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length. To share a single video from this site without all the YouTube clutter, View Pure, reviewed here, and create a shortcut to the View Pure page directly on the desktop. For more advanced classes, provide time for students to choose a video to view and research the underlying concept.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Funderstanding Roller Coaster - Funderstanding
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6 to 12
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Here's one worth waiting for! This interactive roller coaster page uses a java applet that lets students adjust the layout of a roller coaster, as well as the forces for ...more
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Here's one worth waiting for! This interactive roller coaster page uses a java applet that lets students adjust the layout of a roller coaster, as well as the forces for gravity, friction, etc. to see how the roller coaster behaves under different circumstances. The measurements are all relative, of course, but the interrelationships are all there, and students can readily draw conclusions about how all these forces are interrelated. Truly neat.
In the Classroom
Have students create their roller coasters at the end of a physics term. The site requires knowledge of acceleration, motion, and the laws of physics, and is an excellent way for students to apply their newfound knowledge. For a twist, have students compete in teams to see who can build the scariest, highest, craziest, or most creative roller coaster. Or use this site to spark a class discussion on how physics is applied in the real world!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fusion and Plasma Physics - Princetom Plasma Lab
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9 to 12
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Here's a site from the Princeton Plasma Lab that explains fusion - the basic energy force that drives the universe. Designed for high school students, the site explains the principles...more
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Here's a site from the Princeton Plasma Lab that explains fusion - the basic energy force that drives the universe. Designed for high school students, the site explains the principles of fusion and provides interactive illustrations to show how fusion can create abundant energy sources. Once you land on the IPPEX page, click "Continue."
tag(s): nuclear energy (20)
In the Classroom
Use the animated Video "What is Fusion" in your flipped or blended classroom. Have students use a tool like YiNote, reviewed here. YiNote is a Chrome extension for taking notes online on the video while watching it. You may want to use the same strategy when students use the Virtual Tokamak, or you could ask them to 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) links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Futurity - Futurity.org
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9 to 12
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This site features the latest discoveries by the scientists of top research universities throughout the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. There is a huge selection of topics to explore....more
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This site features the latest discoveries by the scientists of top research universities throughout the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. There is a huge selection of topics to explore. Find current findings and research in the topics of Earth and Environment, Health and Medicine, Science and Technology, and Society and Culture. This free site is funded by the universities partnered in the project solely to share research news directly with the public.
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tag(s): earth (187), nutrition (139), medicine (52), environment (248), scientific method (48)
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Enter an email address to receive daily e-news. Use these articles as a way to connect current research to material being studied in class. If you are looking for informational texts to use for Common Core practice, this is a great place to start! Use to highlight the use of the scientific method and the importance of publishing findings. Critique the presentation of data and graphs. Determine if raw data could be presented in a different way. Assign students to choose a research topic from this site and research background information to present as a poster or a multimedia project. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Include this site in resources for career explorations or science fair inspiration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gajitz Science - Gajitz
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6 to 12
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See remarkable and astounding scientific discoveries and inventions on this amazing site. Categories of science include Earth and Nature, Energy and Power, Medical Marvels, New Materials,...more
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See remarkable and astounding scientific discoveries and inventions on this amazing site. Categories of science include Earth and Nature, Energy and Power, Medical Marvels, New Materials, Quantum Leaps, Space and Time, Science Fiction, and Weird Science. Young scientists will be amazed, engineers inspired, and even the disinterested will find accomplishments to make them curious. Even middle school girls will find something that they like about science on this site. There is some advertising, but the science images and information outweigh it.
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tag(s): inventors and inventions (87), medicine (52), engineering (137), cells (82)
In the Classroom
Share selected discoveries or a science-in-real-life scenario at least weekly on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Watch the site for real-world examples of your current unit, or award extra credit to students who lurk on this site to find such connections. Just as your social studies colleagues assign students to write up a current event each week, you can assign students to write a blog post or a brief explanation of a recent find on your class wiki. Be sure to include this link on your class web page for students to access both in and out of class, and include it in your emergency sub plans so students can find and explain the accomplishment of a real scientist found here. If you do a unit on science careers, this is a definite source for student projects. Why not have students create an interactive infographic using a tool like Genially about a branch of science that interests them after exploring this site?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gauth AI STEM Homework Helper - Gauth Math
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6 to 12
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Gauth uses AI to provide homework help in math and science topics, including chemistry, physics, calculus, and more. Under the menu topic - Subjects, you will also find help with ...more
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Gauth uses AI to provide homework help in math and science topics, including chemistry, physics, calculus, and more. Under the menu topic - Subjects, you will also find help with Literature, Writing, Social Science, and others. To begin, upload a question or an image. Gauth then provides a step-by-step response with a detailed explanation of the answer. Find additional explanations by selecting Copilot, which is built into Gauth's platform, or by choosing from suggestions for related questions. You don't need to register, but doing so will allow access to your search history.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (372), statistics (126), equations (128), tutorials (51), STEM (393), literature (215), writing (301)
In the Classroom
Include Gauth with your other math and science support resources for students. Demonstrate how to ask questions and analyze the responses as a learning tool. Be sure to discuss the ethical use of AI tools with students as a learning tool and not a substitute for completing assignments. Encourage students to provide proper attribution when using Gauth. Share Gauth as a flipped learning tool for students to use as they begin to understand new concepts, then ask students to apply that knowledge to problems without using AI resources. Have students demonstrate how to solve problems by creating a video explanation with Free Screen Recorder Online, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GE Focus Forward - GE & Cinelan.com
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6 to 12
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GE Focus Forward offers a series of 30 three-minute videos featuring stories about innovators. Directed by award-winning documentary film makers, the films range in topics from a "Journey...more
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GE Focus Forward offers a series of 30 three-minute videos featuring stories about innovators. Directed by award-winning documentary film makers, the films range in topics from a "Journey Under the Sea" to a look at the "Secrets of Trees." Hover over any film icon to view a short description of the topic. Click to begin. Share films using social networking buttons within the film. Copy the code (click the video you want, then, click the third symbol in the upper right corner to copy the code) to embed on any website or blog. Videos are hosted on Vimeo, which is accessible in most schools.
tag(s): STEM (393), inventors and inventions (87), trees (18), medicine (52), environment (248), oceans (142), solar energy (35), mental health (65), nutrition (139), robotics (30)
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Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students explore this site independently or in small groups. There is one film about sanitation that refers to "poop," so you may want to avoid classroom giggles from less mature students by setting the tone for scientific viewing. Use as any part of a career unit, as a look at explorers and innovators, or when discussing character education. Be sure to include this site on your class web page for students to access both in and outside of class for further practice. Challenge students to choose a topic to further explore and create a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): Infogram, Marq (formerly Lucidpress), Powtoon, and Vibby.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GearSketch - GearSketch
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2 to 12
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GearSketch is an online environment for users to explore and experiment with drawing and connecting gears. No registration is required to begin using this site. Draw a circle to create...more
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GearSketch is an online environment for users to explore and experiment with drawing and connecting gears. No registration is required to begin using this site. Draw a circle to create a gear, then click on the outside edge of the gear to draw a line that determines whether the gear rotates clockwise or counterclockwise. Click play to see your gear turn. Add additional gears and move them to fit together or inside of each other to see the gears interact. Users can also draw a circle around gears that don't fit together to create a chain and see how the gears work together. The more you add, the more engaging this site becomes! Although GearSketch doesn't offer registration, users can share boards using the link found in the cloud icon at the top of the site.
tag(s): forces (54), inquiry (42), simple machines (22), engineering (137), STEM (393), motion (60)
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Before sharing this site with students, choose the question mark icon to demonstrate how to build gears and use the available features. The best way for students to engage with and learn about gears is to provide exploration time and ask them to share their findings. Consider using ChatGPT reviewed here or a similar AI chat tool to create a set of questions for students to explore after they have spent time with the site. Questions can include how gears interact, whether size affects speed, and the changes that occur when multiple gears work together. As an extension, have students create and share their GearSketch project that meets parameters, such as designing a gear train that makes the final gear turn twice as fast as the first, or building a system that reverses direction with exactly three gears.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GeeksforGeeks School - GeeksforGeeks School
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GeeksforGeeks School is a comprehensive academic learning hub designed primarily for middle and high school students (starting around grade 8). The site offers structured learning resources,...more
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GeeksforGeeks School is a comprehensive academic learning hub designed primarily for middle and high school students (starting around grade 8). The site offers structured learning resources, including concept explanations, practice questions, quizzes, mock tests, and assignments, to help teachers and students assess understanding and build mastery. Content spans a wide range of subjects, including Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Social Studies, Commerce, and Computer Science, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving and skill development. GeeksforGeeks School is especially useful for independent practice, remediation, and enrichment, as well as for students preparing for exams or strengthening foundational skills across core subject areas.
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tag(s): problem solving (284), puzzles (177), Microsoft (48), coding (112), quizzes (83), test prep (68)
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Students can take the practice quizzes and mock tests from the site. Students can take notes using NotebookLM, reviewed here. Students can do a show what you know video using Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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