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Human Genome Project Education Resources
Grades
1 to 12
In 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.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Bioservers
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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 (221), newspapers (86)
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
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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 (46)
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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USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory
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6 to 12tag(s): volcanoes (62)
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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 (76), engineering (141), STEM (367)
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
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4 to 12tag(s): antarctica (28), arctic (33), biomes (96), chemicals (36), computers (114), cultures (289), earth (195), engineering (141), environment (252), fractions (178), geometric shapes (151), numbers (119), origami (15), planets (124), robotics (30), space (248), 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 (117)
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 (39)
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 (76), makerspace (39), STEM (367)
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 (39), STEM (367)
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 (39)
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 (66), 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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Science Explorer - Exploratorium
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): experiments (66)
In the Classroom
Allow students to choose from the activities offered on this site to learn more about natural science. Post a link on your class web page or newsletter for parents and students to use at home. With younger students, take photos, or have older students take photos, of the the steps and results of their experiment they make and post them on your website for parents to see. Older students could enhance their learning by posting the photos with and explanation using a portfolio tool such as Mahara, reviewed here. Mahara also offers tools for incorporating blogs. Alternatively, students could transform 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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The National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, Ohio
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (89)
In the Classroom
Open the tab on the top menu bar for Inductees and scroll down to the most recent year for inductees. Display this page on the interactive whiteboard or projector, and use it to create an inspiring discussion about inventions with students. Ask students to choose an inventor and/or invention of interest to them and research how the inventor went about discovering his/her invention. Look through the programs and camp offerings for ideas for a science fair project. Ask students to look around at home and school to find something that needs to be invented!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Galapagos Islands - Adaptions - Kyrene
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): ecology (117)
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. 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. As a final assessment and to transform student learning, have small groups choose to make an interactive website using Webnode, reviewed here, or an interactive infographic using Canva Inforgraphic Maker, reviewed here, as if they are updating this site with a current look and using newer technologies.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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