Thinkfinity brings you a great list of resources for students and teachers to celebrate Earth Day.
Thinkfinity offers Earth Day lesson plans, activities, projects, videos, interactive tools about conserving energy, recycling and finding innovative ways to solve environmental challenges.
Larry Ferlazzo, created a list of resources to learn about the earthquake in Haiti.
A Tent in Port-au-Prince is a panoramic view of life inside a tent for a Haitian family. It’s from The New York Times.
Eyewitness in Haiti is a slideshow from LIFE.
Haiti: Three Weeks Later is from The Boston Globes’ Big Picture.
The New York Times has posted a panoramic view inside the devastated Cathedral in Haiti. You can certainly get a sense of the strength of the earthquake by looking at it.
Two new infographics just came out showing which countries are giving how much to help victims of Haiti’s earthquake:
One is from the British newspaper The Guardian and is quite easy to understand.
The other is from GOOD Magazine and looks far cooler, but the information is not particularly accessible (at least to me).Stephen Downes also points out that Canada’s sizable contribution is not included in it.
Major Earthquake Hits Haiti is a collection of all Washington Post photos on the disaster. The Post also has a special page on the quake that’s regularly updated.
Hope for Haiti Event Raises Millions is a Breaking News lesson for ELL’s.
CNN has an incredible 360 degree video from Haiti. I have never seen a 360 degree video before. Thanks to Jerry Swiatek for the tip.
The Big Picture has The Faces of Haiti.
Here’s a good interactive map.
The BBC has a very interesting interactive map and information on relief supplies getting to the island.
The videos are geolocated on a Google Map according to where they are typically found in the world. The Museum of Animal Perspectives could be a handy resource for elementary school and middle school science teachers who would like to provide their students with videos, in geographic context, of animals their students are learning about. -Richars Byrne-
Shared by web20classroom on twitter!
Field Trip Earth is the global resource for teachers, students, and proponents of wildlife conservation.
Science NetLinks is part of Thinkfinity, a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and 11 premier educational organizations.
Science NetLinks' role is to provide a wealth of standards-aligned resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans, interactives and reviewed Internet resources.
Lessons are sorted according to grade level by default. To sort the lessons by lesson title or benchmark.
MSP2 is a project of The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Teaching and Learning, National Middle School Association, and Education Development Center, Inc., and is funded by the National Science Foundation.
The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) project supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to increase content knowledge in science, mathematics, and appropriate pedagogy for youth ages 10 to 15. MSP2 employs social networking and digital tools to foster dynamic experiences that promote creation, modification, and sharing of resources, facilitate professional development, and support the integration of technology into practice.
This are some of the great resources and sites shared by Kelly Tenkley, author of the I Learn Technology Blog.
You are free to download them to use offline or to put them on your own web site.
This resource was shared on diigo.
The scientific method is one of the most important concepts that every student should know.
The Scientific Method Web Page is a site were students can learn in a interactive way. There is also a Scientific Method WebQuest were teachers can ask their students to work with.
On march 23, 2009 Eschool News website published an article about a new section on the Teacher's Domain, a library of free digital resources and fee-based professional development courses developed by Boston public television station WGBH.
According to the article,
"the new section called “Inspiring Middle School Literacy: Reading and Writing in Science and History.” These self-paced classroom activities are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5-12. Teachers choose a science or history topic, then have students proceed through reading passages, videos, and interactive activities, using a glossary to build vocabulary and a note-taking area to submit writing assignments."
''Science topics include continental drift, transitional fossils, and behavioral adaptations for surviving winter; history topics include Mayan civilization, resisting slavery, and building the Eerie Canal. ''
Cartoon pictures belong to http://www.howtoons.com/
Shared by Ilearn Technology
How toons is a site for students that teaches them how to make things through cartoons. This how to website has information and videos in topics like science, space, nature etc. Its such a cool website I know students will love to explore.
Shared by Richard M. Byrne on the Free Technology for Teachers Blog
Wild Earth TV provides live video feeds of animals in Africa. While watching the video feeds, registered users can chat with each other about what they're seeing. If the video feed is not live when you visit the website, you can choose from any number of recorded videos.
This periodic table is great because it has a quick summary for each element. Each element has its own image, which makes it more colorful for students to learn about each element.
KScience is a website aimed at science teachers and students.
Check out the Resources section. The materials are grouped by key stage and then by subject.
Remember that everything on the site is free to download and use, either directly from the site or on local intranets and stand alone computers.
Their Biology, chemistry and physics animations are nice.
Photo Credit: Birding in Taiwan
From the Science Bulletins Educators Guide,
The American Museum of Natural History developed Science Bulletins, an innovative Web site that makes current science events and research accessible to the public.Discussion questions, links to related NASA resources, and links to our own Resources for Learning site offer effective uses for the compelling videos, data visualizations, and interactives that will kindle students’ interest in science, stimulate inquiry, and support in-depth student research.Students can visit the site for weekly science news updates or the site can be the basis for collaborative learning projects. It will help stimulate inquiry and help students understand and appreciate the dynamic nature of science.
