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Living in an Alkaline Environment - Microbial Life Educational Resources
Grades
8 to 12
tag(s): ecology (116)
In the Classroom
You can use these activities in their entirety or pick and choose from the resources they include.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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ICBL: Investigative Case-Based Learning - BioQuest Curriculum Consortium
Grades
11 to 12tag(s): genetics (84), scientific method (49)
In the Classroom
Review the cases and select one that extends your curriculum, then share it on a projector so students are not overwhelmed by the level of sophistication at first. These would also be ideal for gifted high school students interested in the sciences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biological ESTEEM: Excel Simulations and Tools for Exploratoty, Experiential Mathematics - Bioquest and MAA Online
Grades
11 to 12tag(s): ecology (116), environment (250), modeling (8), species (16), statistics (127)
In the Classroom
Teachers eager to spread enthusiasm for true scientific inquiry and use of mathematical tools in the sciences may want to select one of these tools to extend their regular curriculum. Share it on a projector so students are not overwhelmed with the college-level material at first.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dimming the Sun - NOVA/WGBH
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): climate (99), climate change (112), earth (191), earth day (62), pollution (56), sun (87)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a starting point for your discussion of global warming and environmental issues or as a research source for student projects. The interactive timeline would display well on a projector or interactive whiteboard to give students the "big picture" they so rarely have on their own.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Leaf-Turning Time Lapse - Virginia Tech Dept of Dendrology
Grades
K to 8In the Classroom
Make a shortcut to this site on your elementary classroom desktop for students to "observe" as a center. They can enter their observations in a science log. Project it in a middle school classroom as an anticipatory set or illustration in discussing the science of cells and chlorophyll.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World News in Special English - VOA
Grades
4 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): agriculture (54), communication (125), cultures (292), news (223), vocabulary (252)
In the Classroom
Play a short VOA Learning English video from the site or YouTube, then have students read the matching article to compare how information is presented in spoken versus written form. Assign students a short video or article and have them identify new words using the built-in Word Book. Students can create sentence cards or mini glossaries using the vocabulary in new contexts. Use science, health, or history-based VOA videos to launch short research extensions, discussions, or opinion writing tied to social studies or science standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NASA Space Place - NASA
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): migration (44), solar system (126), space (252)
In the Classroom
There is a special section for teachers that offers printable pictures for the classroom and classroom activities. Use the menus or search function to find extenxsion topics for your regular curriculum, such as "What Batteries Will Last Until Your Old Age?" when studying electricity, and share them on a projector or as a classroom center during that unit. Encourage budding scientists by making this site available on your classroom computer all the time or sharing it on your teacher web site. Play the Space Place Musings podcast as students wait for their bus. The full site provides enrichment or home activities for kids and parents, too.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Simple Machines Made Simple - Beacon Learning Center--Sandi King
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): machines (17), simple machines (23)
In the Classroom
Use a projector to introduce or review simple machines to the entire class. Movies are small and would project well for the whole class to view. You can also include a link to this from your teacher web site for students to use as review for a test.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Inventor of the Week - MIT Lemelson Center
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (89), scientists (72)
In the Classroom
Use the Inventor Archive as an activator at the beginning of every week in a science or Physics classroom. This could be used as an activator over the interactive whiteboard, a projector, or as a learning center or station. This could be used every week or before inventive projects, serving as a motivator!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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What'sThat Stuff? - American Chemical Society
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
If you're looking for good examples of applications, these might make an interesting starting point.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bugs in the Classroom - University of Kentucky
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): insects (64)
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Space Shuttle STS-121 - NASA
Grades
6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Conduction, Convection, and Radiation - Teach Engineering
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): heat (13)
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A River Ran Through It - Teach Engineering
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): electricity (63), water (106)
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Cai Guo-Qiang's "Tornado" - Art of the Explosion - Kennedy Center
Grades
9 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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School Garden Curriculum - Calif. School Garden Network
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): plants (143)
In the Classroom
There are some great interdisciplinary opportunities here, but teachers will need to work thoughtfully to adapt the raw materials to local circumstances. Consider sharing information from this site with your school's parent/teacher organization to gain support and possible funding for a garden project. Gardening is a perfect topic for student blogs. Have students replace paper and pencil journals and use Edublog, reviewed here, to share the progress of their gardens including images and journal entries.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hawaii's Atolls - Learning Opportunities - University of Hawaii
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
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This site could be a great example of an ecosystem that has been relatively unspoiled by human interactions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hawaii's Marine Monument - NOAA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): oceans (143)
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Katrina Animal Rescue - WNET
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): animals (283), hurricanes (36)
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Try this one as part of a study of animals, habitats, or even careers in working with animals.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Nobel Prize Lessons - Nobel Foundation
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): brain (59), cells (82), dna (53), martin luther king (42), sustainability (55), women (191)
In the Classroom
Try these as an online "hook" to counter the "why do we need to know that...?" reactions some students have to science. Enhance student learning by having them present to their peers what they learned using a tool Google Forms reviewed here. Create an interactive class book using Book Creator, reviewed here, to share findings from each game and lesson, including video of game-play and pictures of results of their learning. Students can combine their books later as a class book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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