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Fold It - UW Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Allow students time to manipulate this site and learn the structures of proteins prior to the discussion of the content of the unit. Brainstorm what students have learned to develop notes or major content points. Identify the specific proteins and functions and determine why certain proteins have specific shapes. Identify the roles of proteins in the bodies of all living organisms. Connect these proteins with proteins in the diet and discuss the importance. Determine protein sources that are more beneficial for the human body. Think you have found the best way to fold the proteins? Register on the site and discuss the pattern.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Zooniverse - Zooniverse
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): earth (224), moon (72), space (222), sun (69), weather (201)
In the Classroom
Find interesting scientific information and how our understanding increases when data is included from other sources. Find information about our past history, earth and space around us, and information that can affect our future technology and exploration. Have students make a multimedia presentation about one of the "projects" using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual urchin - Stanford.edu
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): food chains (24), microorganisms (15), microscopes (13)
In the Classroom
Use these tutorials in conjunction with classroom activities and instruction. For example, measuring an organism under the microscope is difficult for many students to comprehend. Place this link on a class website for students to follow the tutorial as they are investigating the same procedure on their own in the lab. Consider creation of student videos or explanations of similar instruction in class to place on the class site or blog. Use the Predator/prey interactive to determine which organisms belong to each category. Provide time for students to work independently then form student groups to discuss wrong answers and correct for right responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Greenlearning.ca - Pembrina Institute
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): climate (95), climate change (70), conservation (128), ecosystems (93), electricity (92), energy (207), environment (325), natural resources (58), persuasive writing (57), solar energy (39)
In the Classroom
The e-Card project series invites students to research a topic, write a persuasive letter to an individual they believe makes decisions that effect environment, then design and create an e-Card. Have your students share their work on the e-Cards website and view what other students have created.There is a range of lessons and activities here, some more complex than others. You may want to choose a few that fit your curricular needs and then allow small groups of students to investigate one together. Have student groups make an online Stixy (reviewed here) of things they discover about their topic, and later rearrange the items to "explain" their topic to classmates visually.
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Campaign for Safe Cosmetics - DIY Recipes - Safe Cosmetics Action Network
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): chemicals (44), experiments (69)
In the Classroom
Use in a personal hygiene or health course to teach good practices. This is a great addition to family and consumer science or chemistry class for students to see science in practice. This site may inspire some terrific science fair projects, as well. Make your Halloween makeup an all-natural option. Challenge students to create one of the products and share their creations on a video. Share them using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Molecular Station - Molecular Station
Grades
10 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): biodiversity (34), dna (64), genetics (88), medicine (70)
In the Classroom
Use for additional information about extremely technical information. Find information about various topics and techniques currently in the news to understand how our understanding of molecular structure has changed many other fields such as medicine.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chalkbored - Jeremy Schneider
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): elements (34), experiments (69), periodic table (51), printables (38)
In the Classroom
This resource would be wonderful for an online chemistry course. The PowerPoint presentations could be uploaded and shared with students. The students could view them on their own time, taking time to properly digest the information. In a traditional classroom setting, pick and choose some presentations to share with your students. Try an associated lab in chemistry. The module is meant to make science easier on the paperwork end of things and more engaging with the hands-on activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science of Everyday Life - Discovery Education
Grades
K to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (92)
In the Classroom
Use the many great activities to bring home basic science concepts such as collisions and motion in the activity "Cushion It!" Help students make real world connections that may interest them in a science career. Use the innovation activities as part of a unit in inventors and inventions. This site has something for every age level. This is a fabulous site to save in your class favorites for students to explore on their own. Challenge cooperative learning groups to research a specific science topic and create a multimedia presentation to share with the class about their topic. Have students create a simple online posters using PicLits (reviewed here). This is also a fabulous link to share on your class website for students to access both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ptable - Dynamic Periodic Table - Michael Dayah
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): elements (34), periodic table (51)
In the Classroom
Use this unbelievable resource for finding information about the elements. Consider using the site to first understand periodic trends. Allow groups of students time to look at the elements and play with the controls. Encourage them to question why the numbers change and what the terms represent. Knowing the elements is more powerful when they are studying the trends in the periodic table. Report group findings to the class to understand how the periodic table is arranged and what elements have in common with one another. Create a mindmap using a tool such as scribblar (reviewed here) or a poster (using PicLits reviewed here) of the trends of the periodic table for quick reference.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CalcEnstein - Blaine Hilton
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): energy (207), medicine (70), phonics (70), rockets (16), sports (99), weather (201)
In the Classroom
There are many different calculators for students to explore as ways to apply math in real world situations. For example, choose weather and then wind chill. Enter the information and wind chill will be calculated. Enter the information, view the calculated answer, and then have students determine how it is actually calculated. This site is a great find for gifted students to use to further investigate specific topics beyond your "regular" classroom content. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students work with a partner to explore various "buttons" on this interactive calculator. Have the groups create multimedia presentations to share their findings or demonstrate them on the whiteboard as advertisements or infomercials! Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard (reviewed here) or PicLits (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World without Oil - Ken Eklund
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): climate change (70), critical thinking (120), environment (325), oil (40)
In the Classroom
This is a massively collaborative imagining of the first thirty-two weeks of a global oil crisis. Though a game, the research shows that most of the players have continued the habits they developed in this game into their real life. Follow the Quick Tour to identify the parts of the game and have students peruse and report on player stories. Share with the class and brainstorm which stories are apt to occur in their household or community. Research ways to decrease our personal use of oil and other environmental or personal reasons to do so. Create conventional or blog writing about their personal opinions to the possibility of a world without oil and what students can personally change. Be sure to identify the many things that petroleum makes that is used in our lives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Math Website - The Math Website
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (198), puzzles (203)
In the Classroom
Introduce the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector and allow students to explore on their own. Share a link on your class website or blog for students to use at home. Assign specific portions to students struggling with math concepts to use as practice. Assign problems on the Enrichment page for extra credit or as a problem of the week.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science projects, ideas & topics - Science Made Simple
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): colors (80), electricity (92), experiments (69), photosynthesis (33), plants (174)
In the Classroom
Share portions of the site such as how to use a lab notebook or how to do experiments safely on your interactive whiteboard when beginning science projects. Use the site as a resource for classroom experiments with materials that are readily available. Assign experiments for students to do at home, then have them prepare a presentation for the class describing science concepts demonstrated and learned. Secondary teachers can assign students a topic from the Science News portion of the site to read and discuss with the class. Challenge students to create a multimedia project to share with the class using one of many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ingenious - NMSI
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): debate (46), industrialization (14), medicine (70), natural resources (58)
In the Classroom
Find great information, photos, and possible questions for use in the classroom to stimulate thinking and make connections between content and the use of science in everyday life. For example, the debate "Can we sustain our lifestyles and our planet?" uses content from food chains to technology to natural resources. Additionally the discussion of what every organism needs to survive can bring to light discussions of characteristics of living things and our responsibility to the planet.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science.Gov - CENDI
Grades
8 to 12In the Classroom
Use this as resource when researching for scientific papers, getting ideas for experiments, or just staying apprised of the latest scientific research on a specific topic.If your students are doing scientific research you might want to supply them with links from Science.gov using Diigo-Education reviewed here.
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Would like to see better search features within subject categories.Kathleen, VT, Grades: 0 - 12
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Science Geek - Mr. Allan
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Use the printables in your classroom when students do not have easy access to the internet. Try something more adventurous by showing a chemistry video on your interactive whiteboard. To use this site even further, have students try out a virtual lab tool as an alternative to a hands on lab assignment. Assign groups to different (specific) topics and challenge the groups to present their lab and results by creating a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Make this link available as an alternate way to look at concepts when students are "stuck" or confused.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Build an Atom - Keithcom.com
Grades
10 to 12tag(s): atoms (55), periodic table (51)
In the Classroom
Use this simple illustration to find patterns among atoms at the start of a unit on atoms. Students view and brainstorm the rules of arrangement of protons, neutrons, and electrons together. Use a think, pair, share and then discuss these rules with the rest of the class to build notes on atomic theory. Find the atoms that share the same column in the periodic table to find what they have in common in terms of orbitals and electron configuration. Create flashcards with information on index cards or using any multimedia program to use to create an interactive periodic table to study from or to add periodic trends as the class continues to uncover properties of elements. Use an online flashcard maker, like Flashcard Stash, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KId Wind - Kind Wind Project
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): air (148), electricity (92), energy (207), engineering (129), ratios (63), solar energy (39)
In the Classroom
Use experiential learning to model how higher-level math concepts have a direct correlation to current environmental issues. Learn to measure wind energy, calculate "gear ratios," the area of a blade's "sweep," measure the amount of energy or wind a turbine is producing.There is a range of lessons and activities here, some more complex than others. You may want to choose a few that fit your curricular needs and then allow small groups of students to investigate one together. Have student groups make an online Stixy (reviewed here) of things they discover about their topic, and later rearrange the items to "explain" their topic to classmates visually.
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CanvasMol - alteredqualia.com
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): atoms (55), elements (34), molecules (45), periodic table (51), structures (23)
In the Classroom
For many students, envisioning how molecules are put together is challenging. Identify how many atoms are put together, including how many bonds they form by using this as an introductory, inquiry activity. Have students use information learned here to create their own models using a drawing program such as Draw.to, reviewed here, or use more conventional material like marshmallows and gum drops that are always a hit! Identify the atoms in the molecules on this site and research the effects of these molecules in living systems.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Everyday Mysteries - Library of Congress
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): agriculture (60), animals (322), climate (95), energy (207), planets (128), plants (174), questioning (36), resources (107), seasons (36)
In the Classroom
Use as a reference to answer questions that students have. Use this site to also apply information learned in the classroom. For example, when discussing light energy and wavelengths, use the explanation of why it is hot in the summer and cold in the winter to apply the information about energy and wavelength. Follow the use of this site with related labs and other activities. Follow up also with more research. For example, after learning about how an hour glass works, research, report, or create other timepieces used throughout history focusing on the advantages and disadvantages as well as the limitations and changes in technology over time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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