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Water Science for Schools - US Government
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): agriculture (53), conservation (100), ecosystems (114), environment (248), water (106)
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.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): antarctica (28), space (252), STEM (381)
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 - US Department of Energy
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): conservation (100), electricity (64), recycling (48), solar energy (36)
In the Classroom
Have students work in pairs to compare two renewable energy sources and organize similarities and differences with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here. Assign small groups one DOE-named benefit, such as energy independence, job creation, grid resilience, or reduced air pollution, and have them locate supporting evidence before presenting whether the benefit is well supported.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Backyard Weather Station - University of Colorado Boulder
Grades
2 to 7This site includes advertising.
tag(s): weather (172)
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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Earthwatch - Earthwatch Worldwide
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): earth (189), environment (248)
In the Classroom
Select "Global Classroom" for a summary of planned and on-going scientific field trip explorations. Some explorations include classroom resources. Topics pertain to oceans, ecology, and endangered species.You will find there are lesson plans relating to: Oceans, Ecosystem Services, Cultural Heritage, Climate Change, and Taking Action.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Dino Directory - British Museum of Natural History
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
In a unit on dinosaurs, share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector with students. The function they will find most interesting about this site is the area that describes the dinosaurs that existed in their local area! Brief bios are presented on all the dinosaurs, so this could also be a great resource if the students were to research their local dinosaurs for a project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lead Contamination In Our Environment - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Grades
5 to 8tag(s): conservation (100), environment (248), pollution (57)
In the Classroom
Incorporate these lesson plans and more with any of your environmental studies. Have students complete a graphic organizer as a pre- and post-assessment on what they know about lead and lead contamination. A KWL chart works well. Replace paper graphic organizers with online, interactive graphic organizers at Holt Graphic Organizers, reviewed here. As you work through the unit, ask students to write about how to apply the ideas in this curricular unit on the environment and health to their own home lives. Exchange paper journal with a blog tool like Site123, reviewed here. 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Environmental Health Hazards and Children - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Grades
4 to 6tag(s): conservation (100), ecology (113)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the lesson plans and more. Have students fill out a graphic organizer as a pre and post assessment about what they know about environmental hazards. A KWL chart works well for this. Replace paper graphic organizers with online, interactive graphic organizers at Holt Graphic Organizers, reviewed here. As you work through the unit ask students to write about how to apply the ideas in this curricular unit on the environment and health to their own home lives. Exchange a paper journal with a blog tool like Site123, reviewed here. 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Earth and Me: Forever Friends - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Grades
K to 3tag(s): conservation (100), ecology (113), ecosystems (114), habitats (109), natural resources (34), pollution (57), recycling (48)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many lesson ideas and activities found on the site, all designed by a teacher and explained from a teacher's point of view. Videotape students performing experiments then use a video tool like edPuzzle, reviewed here, to extend student learning. Use edPuzzle to add questions (for students to answer) to your video to assess students' understanding of the experiment's concepts. At the end of your unit, ask students to create animated video explanations of experiments using Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here. Adobe Express Video Maker is a simple-to-use animated video creation tool that features a variety of templates for different recording needs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Studying Cells Tutorial - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): cells (82), scientific method (49)
In the Classroom
Use this tutorial to help students review before a unit assessment. Set this site up as a learning station or center OR post the site on the teacher webpage to allow students to use it both in and out of the classroom. This would be a great study resource in a biology classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Multidimensional Human Embryo - University of Michigan
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): embryos (2)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for your advanced biology students interested in human development through studying images of the developing human embryo.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MendelWeb
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): genetics (84), probability (133), statistics (126)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate. Suggestion - start with "Experiments in Plant Hybridization." The English Hypertext is a glossary. Then, in your flipped or blended classroom (or at a computer center), have students explore assigned sections of Experiments in Plant Hybridization on their own. Ask students to create their own concept maps sharing their learning and understanding using MindMup, reviewed here. Take this a step further and allow pairs or small groups of students share what they learned with their peers using an interactive infographic like Canva, reviewed here. Students can keep their work for future reference in a digital portfolio such as DIY, reviewed here. If your students are already familiar with the content of "Experiments in Plant Hybridization," use the tool suggestions as above for the "Secondary Sources and Tools" section.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Human Genome Project - To Know Ourselves
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
The reading here is both dense and full of high-level vocabulary that almost limit its usage to that of an AP classroom. However, if your readers are able, this could be used in a class debate or discussion about current events in high-tech biology. You can always use a tool like Professor Word, reviewed here, which is a bookmarklet you use to highlight any word on the page to see it's definition.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Human Body & Mind - BBC
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): body systems (47), respiration (10)
In the Classroom
Introduce this activity with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate the site. Then, in your flipped or blended classroom (or at a computer center), have students explore on their own. Ask students to create their own concept maps sharing their learning and understanding using MindMup.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Endangered Species
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): endangered species (28), species (15)
In the Classroom
This site would be an excellent resource for any unit conservationism, ecosystems, and endangered species. Have students use this site as a resource for research projects about specific animals. The site provides images, information and statistics what would be extremely helpful! Save this site on your class web page 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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Color Vision - How Does it Work?
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
The text portions may be challenging, so you should pair weaker readers with a partner as they read. 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. At the bottom of the page there are several topics labeled Read More About Seeing Color. Divide students into small groups to research and take notes for one or more of the topics. Then ask students to share what they learned by creating a simple infographic sharing their knowledge about seeing color using Visme, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cells Alive!
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): cells (82)
In the Classroom
Use your projector or interactive whiteboard to introduce Cells Alive to your class. Keep this site in your professional favorites to find supporting technology and lessons for teaching about cells. As you find practice or extension ideas for student use or at-home reinforcement, share specific links on your class web page or classroom computer center so students can access them independently or as you assign them for needed practice. Consider posing questions in Gravity, reviewed here, for students to respond to and comment on others' responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biology4Children - Noel Nelson
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (285), classification (20), plants (145)
In the Classroom
This site will complement your study of cells. Use it as an introduction or review. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students explore this site independently or in pairs. If used independently, put the site on a classroom computer and use it as a center. To use in pairs, bring students to the lab or use a classroom set of laptops. This site would also be a good addition to your class webpage or blog for use at home. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Visme, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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An Interactive Periodic Table - Los Alamos
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6 to 12tag(s): periodic table (47)
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An interactive periodic table - Mass. Instit. Technol.
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): periodic table (47)
In the Classroom
Save this site as a favorite on classroom computers to allow students to use MIT's periodic table as help with studying, worksheets, and review. What is great about this periodic table is that it provides additional information and images on all the elements, which can be accessed merely by clicking on them. A very useful site for any chemistry class!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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