Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on March 30, 2012
Cell Size and Scale from University of Utah is a site where you can zoom in to let students see the true relationships of cells in size and scale.
Cell Size and Scale from University of Utah is a site where you can zoom in to let students see the true relationships of cells in size and scale.
Hippo Campus.Org Educational Videos
HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge.
National Science Digital Library
Whether you want to build your content knowledge or need a quick refresher just in time to teach a topic, NSDL Science Refreshers provide quick and easy access to high-quality science content. These resources from trusted providers are selected and organized by grade level and subject area in order to save you time and effort in finding interactive tutorials, diagrams, articles, and other materials to enhance your content knowledge. The initial launch of this service focuses on resources for K-6 educators.
Here are two great resources for implementing Common Core standards
Livebinder – Common Core by Toby Price
12 Common Core Considerations Livebinder by Mike Fisher
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.
You Are Your Words is a great site for a language arts project. Students write a paragraph or words describing themselves, upload a portrait style photo, and the web site creates a digital profile that can be shared across social media or saved to a file.
Tennessee’s State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English/Language Arts in July 2010. This is an initiative led by the states designed to create a common core of state standards that is relevant and reflects the knowledge and skills young people need for success in college and the workforce.
The Common Core State Standards are already closely aligned with Tennessee’s existing Curriculum Standards. Here, you can browse the new Common Core State Standards and discover curriculum resources and connections to Tennessee’s standards, concepts within those standards, and even individual learning expectations. We also provide downloadable crosswalks to compare the entire K-8 Common Core State Standards to the current Tennessee Curriculum Standards.
This online program will assist you with learning and improving your typing speed!
Practice each lesson over and over to at least get all three stars. It really doesn’t take much to learn, a few minutes a day for one to two weeks and you will be a pro!
Using this program, your typing speed will reach 10 to 12 words per minute rather quickly. From there practice on your normal typing activities to increase your speed to 40 – 90 Word per minute.
This site has interactive online learning featuring science principles and methods.
This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text. Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this. Google Earth provides startling clear satellite views of the globe in an interactive 3D environment. Beyond the visual, users can add placemarks, annotations, photos, and models, as well as measure distances and draw paths.
Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards.
MRI is an online formative assessment tool designed to make teachers’ classroom instruction more effective. The MRI questions focus on number and operations and are based on content from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics prior to sixth grade. They are questions that we expect…and hope…all middle school students to answer successfully.
How Things Fly is a web site from Smithsonian Institute. It answers the questions…
What makes an airplane fly? How does a spacecraft stay in orbit? Why does a balloon float in the air?
6 Great Ways to Publish Student Work is a great post from the History Tech blog. Includes links to resources.
Screenleap makes sharing your computer screen simple. Allow as many people as you like to see your computer screen, with no downloads, account setup, or cost required. Friends, family, and colleagues can view your computer from their laptops, desktops, or mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone, or Android.
Get everybody on the same page, when they’re not in the same room, instantly. Review documents and designs. Train staff. Demo products or just show off. join.me is a ridiculously simple screen sharing tool for meetings on the fly.
Inspirations from Maths is a beautiful web site and video with images and ideas associated with math that surrounds us every day.
The Baloney Detection Kit: A 10-Point Checklist for Science Literacy
A 10-point checklist for assessing the believability of a claim, covering everything from telling the difference between science (e.g., SETI) and pseudoscience (e.g., UFOlogy) to detecting personal agendas.
10 Amazing Uses for Wolfram Alpha
Has unique ways for educators and students to utilize this free tool.
50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
This wiki has more than 50 tools to help students publish digital stories with links to Web 2.0 Resources.
The Teenage Brain – Article from National Geographic
Exploratorium – The Science of Gardening begins with…”Like all great endeavors, gardening is both a science and an art..” The site contains videos, articles and interactives.
How to Thrive & Survive the Last Days of School
It may be a little early to start counting the days, but it’s never too early to prepare for those crucial last days of school. This is a good article from Edudemic.