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DNA Interactive
Grades
9 to 12
In the Classroom
Use the interactive timeline as a learning center. Have students tour the timeline, with the purposes of finding what they think are the 10 most important events in the history of DNA. Have students create a multimedia presentation of their top 10 events using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate their photos as if it is a news report. To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try Pikwizard, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Historical Hurricane Tracks - NOAA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): hurricanes (36), weather (175)
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National Science Bowl - US Department of Energy
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): competitions (11)
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Science, Art, & Technology - Art Institute of Chicago
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): art history (104)
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SimForest - Hampshire College
Grades
7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Human Senses - BBC
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): senses (22)
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Smithsonian Education - Smithsonian
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): cultures (290)
In the Classroom
The lesson plans in the educator's section are sorted subject area and cover arts and design, language arts, history and culture, and science and technology. The site also has helpful hints for planning a field trip to the Smithsonian, as well as a searchable database that allows educators to browse the lesson plans in search of a particular subject.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Shape of Life Activities - PBS
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): organisms (13)
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Lewis & Clark Lessons - PBS
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): lewis and clark (15)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and classroom activities for this site! There are a lot of interdisciplinary uses for the tale of Lewis and Clark listed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fun Science Gallery
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): experiments (65)
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Astrobiology - NASA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): space (248)
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George Eastman Museum
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (88), photography (136)
In the Classroom
Have students compare and contrast the different virtual tours using Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Students can share what they learned on Lino, reviewed here. Finally, students can learn more about the George Eastman House using Kiddle, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chesapeake Bay - Maryland DNR
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): oceans (142)
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National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): energy (139), nuclear energy (19)
In the Classroom
Possibly the most interesting aspect of this site is the information they have on the Manhattan Project. Access the article via the "History articles," found after searching through the "Online exhibits" section. The article is lengthy but extremely informative and interesting. Separate the article into parts, assigning the separate parts to pairs or cooperative learning groups. Have the class put together a digital book of the history, with students creating their own individual pages from their sections. While it may seem a bit disjointed at first, the students will pick up a lot of the key details and the results will be really entertaining when the class reads it together over the interactive whiteboard or projector. We recommend using a site such as Bookemon, reviewed here for the online book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Museum of Natural History Learning Resources - The American Museum of Natural History
Grades
K to 12tag(s): amphibians (16), biodiversity (39), brain (58), climate change (112), darwin (14), dinosaurs (48), diseases (59), diversity (55), fossils (44), light (58), mammals (21), natural disasters (21), oceans (142), paleontology (28), poisons (2), space (248), volcanoes (62)
In the Classroom
When starting a new unit in social studies or science, take a minute to search the resources available at this website. Consider allowing students, individuals, pairs, or groups, to explore the Exibitions for areas of interest and enhance their learning by having them create a multimedia presentation for their peers using Genially, reviewed here. With Genially, students can choose the format of their multimedia product.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Museum of Natural History - Science Teaching Resources - Smithsonian Museum
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): animals (274), biodiversity (39), climate change (112), dinosaurs (48), engineering (141), geology (61), life cycles (22), minerals (14), paleontology (28), plants (141), plate tectonics (29), reptiles (12), rocks (44), volcanoes (62)
In the Classroom
Be sure to give yourself sufficient time to investigate this site for the topic you are looking for. Once you find the resources you want to use, you may want to introduce the subject with a video. From there, open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector, and use the Exhibits as a guide to a lecture on one of the many aspects of your topic. This site would be great in an Earth Science or Physical Geography class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Genetics & Medical Research - National Institutes of Health
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): genetics (82)
In the Classroom
Start out with this site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector and the introduction pointing out the list of topics to explore. Ask all students to explore The Genetic Basics noting important information and questions they may have with Memo Notepad, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Once students have a basic understanding of genes have small groups investigate the other topics continuing with taking notes or organizing the information using an online concept map such as MindMup, reviewed here, to use in a final presentation. For the final assessment challenge student groups to present their topic to their peers using an interactive poster creator like Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How Fuel Cells Work - How Stuff Works
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): cells (79), electricity (62)
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Biointeractive Labs - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): dna (52), human body (98)
In the Classroom
Elementary and Middle School teachers should look to the "Cool Science for Curious kids" link, which provides interactive science activities for younger age-groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Olympic - National Parks Conservation Society
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): conservation (109), coral (11), environment (253), forests (31), national parks (28), reefs (8), wetlands (7)
In the Classroom
After students have read about the Lady of the Lake, assign small groups of students to explore the other five mysteries that happened in one of the National Parks. Enhance learning by having students create a presentation for the other groups to learn about their mystery. Use Genially, Genial.ly, reviewed here, where students can choolse the format of their presentation from posters, videos, and infographics where they can insert maps, surveys, video, audio and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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