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Bytesize Science
This site provides a collection of science related podcasts for young
students. Bytesize Science translates cutting-edge scientific
discoveries from ACS’s 36 peer-reviewed journals into stories for young
listeners about science, health, medicine, energy, food, and other
topics. New instalments are posted every Monday and are available free
of charge.
Middle-school science teachers have a new resource at
their disposal: SIMPLE Science, an online collection of science
activities created by Tucson, Ariz.-based education company Science
Approach with funding from the National Science Foundation. SIMPLE
Science lets students explore X-rays of animal skeletons, measure snow
and ice cover over time, explore bipedal locomotion, manipulate
photographs, diagnose lung disease, and much more. Each topic can be
covered in a 50-minute class session. The site is free and is available
to anyone with high-speed internet access and a Java-enabled
browser. The site's goal is to help overcome
barriers to the use of image processing and analysis in K-12 classrooms
by giving educators access to extensive, updatable archives of imaging
data, while designing a pedagogical structure that helps teachers use
imaging data in a way that supports middle-school science standards.
SIMPLE Science consists of a three-tired structure that scaffolds
students’ use of image processing and analysis, from basic explorations
of how imaging is used in various fields of science, to lessons
developed from an archive of images and data housed on the site's
server.
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm#ecology
The use of a well-placed animation in a lecture
can help illuminate any number of important concepts in the
sciences. Educators seeking high-quality animations need look no
further than this very useful site created by staff members at
North Harris Community College. The animations are divided into
a number of topics, including plants, ecology, astronomy,
geology, anatomy, and biology. Each section contains links to a
host of fascinating and helpful animations from institutions
like Florida State University, Cambridge University Press, the
University of Nebraska, and the University of Alberta. As a
note, the astronomy and physics areas are particularly strong,
and visitors would do well to take a look at the lunar and
planetary time-lapse animations offered up by António Cidadão.
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007.
http://scout.wisc.edu/
Periodic
Table of Comic Books
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/index.html
"Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involving that
element," then click on thumbnails to see the whole strip. Another
wonderfully sneaky way to interest kids in science.
From: Neat New
Stuff I Found This Week
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html Copyright, Marylaine Block,
1999-2007.
FOSSWEB
http://www.fossweb.com
Ages
5-12
FOSSweb has
interactive science activities for grades k-6, and more resources for
middle schoolers (but you have to register for the middle school
modules).
The modules
are fun and creatively done. They cover a broad range of science topics,
including animals and plants, mechanics, electricity, earth science, and
science-related math.
Some
activities require a little clicking around before you figure out what
you're supposed to do, so parents might want to help their kids get
started.
Also, (buried
so deep in the site you might never find it) there is a great set of
resources for caring for live plants and animals in a classroom or at
home. You can find that here:
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/foss/fossweb/teachers/materials/plantanimal.html
The Science
House
http://www.science-house.org
Materials for K-12 science teachers: suggested lab activities,
professional development directories, online science news and teaching
resources.
Videos show
how math, science relate to real-world applications and careers
August 1, 2007—Math and science educators will find free video resources that
can help connect their lessons to real-world applications at
TheFuturesChannel.com. The site produces short documentary-style videos that
take students behind the scenes with professionals from a wide range of careers.
As the subjects of these video clips discuss why math and science are so
important in their respective fields, they help answer the common question, "Why
do I need to learn this?" The site's Hand-On Math section features movies on
counting numbers and integers, algebra, fractions, geometry, measurement, and
statistics. One clip incorporates measurement into a video about college
students who must measure food for animal feedings. Teachers can download
classroom activities based on the video content. All videos and classroom
activities are available free of charge.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.php
LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/
"Frequently updated science, technology, and health news items in more than 50
categories." Circuits
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter04.html
Learn about simple and parallel circuits.
Circuits And Conductors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors_fs.shtml
Interactive tutorial about circuits and conductors.
Multimedia Gallery
A searchable database of images,
videoclips and sound files from the National Science Foundation. All
media in the gallery may be used for educational purposes.
NSF Multimedia Gallery
What is A Circuit?
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/10a.html
Information and instructions for creating circuits.
Electricity Links
http://www.kathimitchell.com/elect.htm
Links to sites and activities related to circuits.
Build an Electromagnet
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=428
Students learn how to construct and use an electromagnet and that
electromagnets are temporary magnets and work only when electricity passes
through the coil of wire.
Rain Sensor
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/F_Rain_Sensor_Student_Pages.html
Create and test a sensor circuit by simulating rainfall with a spray
bottle filled with water.
Interactive sound and hearing for ages 4-5
Science Fiction in the Science Classroom
Tips for using science fiction in the classroom, with
teacher notes for SciFiZone activities, recommended Web sites, and other
materials.
Nature's
Alphabet
Plants, animals, and other natural objects may bear
patterns that resemble letters, numbers, and other figures.
Read more
Word Find: Nature's Alphabet
Science Songs
http://www.acme.com/jef/science_songs/
Collection of fun songs which each have a different scientific theme. Free
to download.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/resource.htm
Penguins Arcade Games
http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/default.htm
These games are science interactives. Games include Doom Funnel, Chasers!, Hop!,
Jelly Jammers, Light Brigade, Ship Lander, and Spaced Penguin! The games focus
on thinking skills, logic, experimentation, problem-solving, as well as some
scientific principles such as gravity, and projectile motion. Some of the games
use the mouse, others the keyboard.
Planet Science: Sci-Teach
http://www.scienceyear.com/sciteach/start.html
Helping primary and secondary science teachers to teach inspirational science in
the classroom is one of the key aims of Planet Science: providing resources,
ideas and downloadable materials that can all be put to use in creating
enjoyable and memorable lessons. Other parts of the Planet Science website
contain materials specifically for under 11s, activities, experiments and online
adventures of all sorts and shapes, activities and ideas for parents, a games
cupboard, a library of online materials and a weekly newsletter.
Living
with plants
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/02234.html
Contributed by Kerry Taylor.
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