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A Primer on Molecular Genetics
Grades
9 to 12
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Genomics and Genetics Resources - HHS, NIH, USA.gov
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): dna (53), ethics (22), genetics (84), sequencing (20)
In the Classroom
Looking at the map of the all the human chromosomes (GeneMap99) is an interesting way to introduce genetics and tie research into genetic studies in the classroom. Students can investigate the traits of students in the classroom and determine the different variations. Provide a link to this site to determine the chromosome and location on the chromosome for the trait. Find data about the frequency of the different variations in different populations around the world. Use the trait to complete genetic crosses. Do research and create an informational brochure, blog post, website page, or presentation on the findings. If you are beginning the process of integrating technology, have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Human Genome Project Education Resources
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Be sure to sift through the teacher aids for lesson plans and classroom activities from BCSC. The curriculum supplements cover a variety of topics within genetics, and could be useful for a general biology or even an AP biology classroom. Be sure to save this site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bioservers
Grades
1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ABC News - ABC news
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): news (223), newspapers (87)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for current events projects - assign students various weeks throughout the semester in which they are to be the class news reporter, keeping their peers up to date and informed. Have students research what's going on via this news site and present a small presentation at the beginning of class every day during their week. Students can either orally present, or for the technologically inclined, create a short video summarizing the same information. Have students create news briefs and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Invention Stories - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (89)
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Pulse of the Planet
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): adhd (21), learning disability (20), Special Needs (45)
In the Classroom
Because there are a LOT of short recordings on this site, be sure to examine it thoroughly before allowing students to use it. Find one or several informative recordings that could benefit your classroom, and use them as introductory pieces before beginning a unit or lesson. Play the recording using the interactive whiteboard as a starter, previewing the lesson to come, allowing students to reflect on the recording via writing or verbally in a class discussion. Enhance student learning and replace paper pen by asking students to write blogs sharing information learned using a site like Edublog, reviewed here. Edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogs. Include all students in a discussion (even your most shy) by using YoTeach!, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CT.gov - State of Connecticut
Grades
K to 12tag(s): civics (130), connecticut (3), digital citizenship (110), primary sources (146), states (128)
In the Classroom
Groups can collect agency links, quotations, images, and reflections on Padlet, reviewed here, to create a virtual Connecticut government resource board. Students can close-read a state-agency page, annotate evidence about an agency's responsibilities, and prepare a short explanation of how its work affects Connecticut residents. Extend civics learning with a mock public hearing, agency role-play, community-needs debate, or collaborative plan proposing how state resources could address a local concern.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): volcanoes (61)
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Evolution Theory and Teaching - Berkley Edu
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): evolution (85)
In the Classroom
Get some help teaching a controversial topic like evolution in your classroom from the Understanding Evolution section of this site. You may also want to preview NewseumEd's from Provocative to Productive, for some guidance using controversial issues in the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Who Invented it? When? Chinese Inventions: An Introductory Activity - Ask Asia
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): asia (138), china (79), inventors and inventions (89)
In the Classroom
Use this free lesson plan in class during a unit on Chinese inventions and innovations. Make sure to mention the years inventions were made while performing the activity, students will be amazed just how many inventions we use today were made almost 3 thousand years ago!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Great Achievements of the Twentieth and Grand Challenges - National Academy of Engineering
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): design (77), engineering (141), STEM (380)
In the Classroom
Start class with a short reading about one achievement. Students can discuss what problem was solved and why it mattered. Have students identify a modern problem and propose an engineering solution inspired by past achievements, creating a poster, model, or presentation. Have students explore different decades and create a classroom timeline with key inventions and engineers. For a digital timeline, use a tool such as Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NSF Classroom Resources - National Science Foundation
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): antarctica (28), arctic (34), biomes (96), chemicals (37), computers (114), cultures (292), earth (191), engineering (141), environment (250), fractions (173), geometric shapes (152), numbers (118), origami (15), planets (124), robotics (30), space (252), symmetry (30)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as a reference site for finding further material. Under each subject, find a variety of formats from forums and articles to videos, interactives, podcasts, experiments, and more. Some of the resources on this site may lead to a starting point for individual or group projects. Use parts of this site at a center. Share this site with staff (especially new teachers) and parents looking to extend science and math activities at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Global Warming
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): ecology (116)
In the Classroom
Students will be researching Global warming. If your students need an introduction or review of research skills you may want to parallel the POV lesson with R4S: Research for Success, reviewed here. As you work through the lesson, ask students to keep a journal about what they are learning and questions they still have. Subtitute paper and pen journals for a digital journal using a tool like Penzu, reviewed here; with Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. As a culmination activity modify student's understanding by having them put together an interactive infographic about their learning for you and their peers using Infogram, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Haze - Hands On Physics
Grades
10 to 12In the Classroom
Divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have them complete the free activity provided, adjacent to unit on optics in Physics. Use this activity as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Extend student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to modify their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Heat
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): heat (13), makerspace (44)
In the Classroom
Use this activity as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Enhace student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to extend their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Advanced Mechanics - Concord Coalition
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): design (77), makerspace (44), STEM (380)
In the Classroom
Use these activities here as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Enhance student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to extend their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Introduction to Mechanics
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): makerspace (44), STEM (380)
In the Classroom
Use these activities here as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Extend student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to modify their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Introductory Electronics
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): engineering (141), makerspace (44)
In the Classroom
Use the electronics activities here as a student "choice" activity in your Makerspace classroom. Extend student learning by asking students to share their journey in completing activities in a blog. Mahara, reviewed here, offers tools for building digital portfolios and incorporating blogs. Challenge students to modify their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exploratorium Science Snacks - The Exploratorium
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): experiments (68), scientific method (49)
In the Classroom
After introducing this site to your students, you can choose an activity to complement an area your are studying, or allow students choose an activity to pursue. Challenge students modify their learning by creating "visual" lab reports using Jimdo, reviewed here, to document experiments or illustrate concepts, such as the water cycle.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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