Free Science Internet Resources - December 2011
[Link] The Scientists Teaching Science program is an OITE resource that provides NIH trainees with both an introduction to best practices in science education and an extended in!depth examination o" pedagog#$ or the art and science o" teaching. [Link] &isne#'s (%anet )ha%%enge *&()+ is a pro,ect!based %earning environmenta% competition "or c%assrooms across the -nited States. [Link] On%ine postings that address high!interest topics and can be used as discussion starters in science and socia% studies c%asses and a"terschoo% science c%ubs [Link] / month%# news%etter that o""ers s.i%%!bui%ding activities %esson p%ans and teaching ideas in core sub,ects "or pre0!1 teachers [Link] 5idd%e Schoo% Science demonstrations to excite students about cha%%enging science concepts [Link] /n on%ine [Link] where teachers "%esh out and imp%ement the ideas generated during the wee.%# Twitter science teachers6 chat 7Sci)hat. The [Link] inc%udes member!contributed resources such as %esson p%ans podcasts and vodcats and resource!sharing sites. [Link] 5aster teachers "rom 44 high schoo%s deve%oped science %esson p%ans based on the research o" con"erence [Link]. [Link] / curricu%um guide "or students in grades 8!1 that exp%ores the importance o" maintaining a hea%th# %i"est#%e "or the who%e bod# inc%uding the e#es.
[Link] 23 science activities "or parents and .ids to do together ! &esigned "or chi%dren ages 8!42. Each activit# inc%udes [Link] in"ormation procedures and additiona% resources. [Link] ;5a.e <aves = &iscover Science> poster series ! Each poster inc%udes a guideboo. with de"initions suggested activities additiona% resources and career pro"i%es to he%p 0!42 teachers incorporate the topic into the c%assroom. [Link] -se this website to incorporate the %atest environmenta% hea%th and science news and research into high schoo% science %essons. [Link] Teachers can access %esson p%ans activities %in.s and ideas to enhance the teaching o" science in grades ?!1. [Link] Spe%%bound How 0ids Became Scientists ! / video series that te%%s the stor# o" scientists whose chi%dhood curiosit# about ever#da# things he%ped them %aunch careers in the %ab win Nobe% (riCes and ma.e other achievements. Their curiosit# mentors ro%e mode%s and other ear%# chi%dhood experiences ma# point to approaches that can be used toda# and tomorrow in encouraging #oung peop%e into careers in the science techno%og# engineering and mathematics "ie%ds. [Link] OrganiCed %ists o" Bio%og# )hemistr# and (h#sics resources "or high schoo% students ! inc%uding interactive games videos %essons and other mu%timedia experiences [Link] ;The 5oon around the <or%d> high%ights the man# aspects o" the 5oon through animations "act pages images and interactive games. [Link] corner The -S/ Science and Engineering Destiva%6s month%# b%og "or midd%e and high schoo% students teachers and parents [Link] / co%%ection o" web!based curricu%um resources in core sub,ects such as science math %anguage arts socia% studies and Spanish targeted "or teachers and students in grades 8!42. Eesources inc%ude interactive too%s in@uiries web %essons virtua% %abs and video and audio tutoria%s in each sub,ect.
[Link] / web!based visua%iCation too% that a%%ows space enthusiasts o" a%% ages to exp%ore the so%ar s#stem in F& [Link] 0!42 educators wi%% "ind too%s resources and ideas "or teaching Earth science space science mathematics and robotics. The website a%so inc%udes in"ormation "or students about science techno%og# engineering and math programs and opportunities. [Link] Hands!on science activit# "rom N/S/ Guest cha%%enges student teams to bui%d a ba%%oon [Link] and use it to carr# a paperc%ip pa#%oad. Students %earn about the processes invo%ved in scienti"ic experimentation. This site inc%udes student data sheets [Link] in"ormation procedures discussion @uestions assessments and extensions. [Link] E(/ database that can he%p 0!42 educators %earn about chemica% sa"et# and the e""ects o" various toxins on humans and the environment. [Link] / student6s Huide to H%oba% )%imate )hange. In"ormation is presented via video animations interactive graphics and ;expeditions> in which students can %earn how c%imate change wi%% a""ect p%aces wor%dwide. [Link] / co%%ection o" resources "or grades 8!42 that engages students in the vo#ages and discoveries presenting standards a%igned %essons exp%oring the reasons "or modern ocean exp%oration [Link] in"ormation "or teachers on .e# topics and %in.s to resources and %esson p%ans "rom the Ocean Exp%orer website. [Link] ;Inside Ai"e Science> [Link] readers inside the science o" hea%th. [Link] ;The New Henetics> is a science education boo.%et exp%ains the ro%e o" genes in hea%th and disease the basics o" &N/ and its mo%ecu%ar cousin EN/ and new directions in genetic research. [Link] This initiative invites 0!42 educators to create (eop%e6s Hardens in their communities and schoo%s and to register them in the pro,ect database.
[Link] / website designed to inspire students to become the next generation o" conservation %eaders and assume the stewardship o" our nation6s pub%ic %ands. [Link] / co%%ection o" se%ected videotaped %ectures that were given at -SHS "aci%ities ! /%% o" these %ectures shou%d be suitab%e "or viewing b# the genera% pub%ic and upper %eve% students *grades 1 through universit#+. 5ost videos are in 5(I "ormat and are t#pica%%# 83!J3 minutes %ong *83 minute %ecture p%us @uestion/answer+. [Link] / video produced b# the -.S. &ept. o" Education spot%ights the success"u% teacher! training program. All Links have been verified and are working as of December 4, 2011. Lisa Michalek The Lesson !ide
