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Earth Day Canada
Grades
1 to 12
tag(s): conservation (109), earth (195), earth day (61), ecology (117), pollution (55)
In the Classroom
Post this resource on your class website for parents and students to browse at home. Check out this site for suggestions of how to celebrate Canadian Earth Day. Even if you are not Canadian, you may find activities that would work for the similar celebration and remembrance in the U.S.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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The Genetic Science Learning Center - University of Utah
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site to help students review a unit on genetics. There are plenty of links that students can access reviewing a number of subjects within genetics. Save the site on your class wiki or web page to allow students to access it both in and out of the classroom. The "tour the basics" link would also be great at the beginning of a unit on genetics to assess what knowledge the students already have, and bring them all up to speed. Any science teacher should save this site and use it frequently in their class!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DOE Human Genome Program - Denise Casey, Charles Cantor, Sylvia Spengler
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1 to 12In the Classroom
This is good background knowledge for science teachers and students interested in exploring genetics further than their classroom instruction goes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Genomics and Genetics Resources - HHS, NIH, USA.gov
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): dna (52), ethics (21), genetics (82), sequencing (19)
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
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ABC News - ABC news
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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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Ancient Inventions -
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4 to 8tag(s): inventors and inventions (89)
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Pulse of the Planet
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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
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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
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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
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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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Tornado Project Online
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3 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Structures - Around the World - The Exploratorium
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3 to 8tag(s): design (76), structures (15)
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Teacher instructions are clearly presented in step-by-step fashion.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
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4 to 7tag(s): experiments (66)
In the Classroom
Search the site before class and examine the free activities provided in the webpage. (some of the experiments may not be age-appropriate, so it is best to get familiar with the site before you let your students loose on it.) Save the games and activities you like to the desktop, and use it as a learning center or station. Kids will love the mad scientist appeal of the website, along with the interesting ideas for science at home!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Newton's Apple - Teachers' Guides - PBS
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1 to 8tag(s): experiments (66), gravity (52), newton (24)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this on your computer to use when planning lessons and units about gravity. Take advantage of these free lesson plans, for any unit in a physics class. Search the site to find the appropriate lesson tools, and bring them up on an interactive whiteboard or projector. A lot of the activities can be used for a class activity, or you could also break students up into cooperative learning groups and have them complete them seperately. Make sure to post this site on your teacher web page to allow students to access it both in and out of the classroom for review.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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Lesson Ideas from the Science Museum of Minnesota
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3 to 8tag(s): experiments (66)
In the Classroom
This site could not be any more perfect for a learning center or station. There are quite a few digital "labs" available on the site, pick the corresponding one for your unit and save it as a favorite on your desktop. Allow students to explore the site in pairs. The section of the site entitled "simply Science" offers some free activity ideas for in the home or in the classroom activities that would add some variety to any science unit. Note: a lot of the outdoor activities are geared towards those cold Minnesota winters, so if you're in a warmer area they may be less usable.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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