Tips for Technology Use in the Science Classroom

TIPS FOR TECHNOLOGY USE IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM

Astronomy

(Virtual multimedia tour of 8 planets, great graphics)

(Tour of Mars Space Station)

(Earth and Moon viewer)

(Hubble Telescope Tours)

http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/space.php (Travel Exploration, great images, check out Project Galileo and NASA’s Classroom of the Future Project)

Free open source planetarium free download to negotiate your way around stellarium.org

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=3

Check out online webcasts in Live Universe

http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/resources/shuttle.shtml (Space Shuttle tour)

Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/ (Smithsonian has a varitety of great online class activities)

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html (Check out the Museum Ocean Tour, activities included)

Weather Hot Lists

http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/weather.php (Check out the Interactive Weather Project for predicting, tracking and researching global weather trends…enroll the class in World Weather Watch…great links for current weather)

http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/resources/weather.shtml (Real time weather links including current satellite maps}

Rainforest

Rainforest Portal, information on preservation

(National Geographic’s virtual rainforest site…loss of biodiversity, effects of deforestation and global warming)

Chemistry

(Hands-on activities, worksheets, puzzles, games and projects)

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml Powerpoints, teaching notes

Interactive Periodic Table

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=4

Check out the periodic table of comic books and sample movies

General Science

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=7

Check out Brain Pop

Life Science

Interactive Frog Dissection

http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/

Virtual Microscope

http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/

How Cells Divide

Living Skeleton – Virtual Tour of Human Bones

http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/ Interactive Heart

http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/animals.php Animal Lists

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=12

Check out Biology in Motion

Virtual Body in English and Spanish…Brain, Skeleton, Heart and Digestive Tract

Earth Science

(image bank, up-to-date information and interactive games)

(Volcanoes and Earthquakes}

http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/educators/index.shtml (Images help students envision biomes through direct imaging, track oil spills and coral reef destruction)

Earth Science Hot Lists

http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/geology.php

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=5

Interactive Earth Science websites…check out the virtual cave

Virtual trip through the Grand Canyon

Digital Library for Earth Science Education, includes audio and video clips

Environmental Science

(Current information/resources for Environmental Issues)

(Deforestation, Ozone, and Human Impact)

(Galapagos Island virtual tour, class activities included)

http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/energy.php Energy Hot Lists…Check out Wind, Solar, Hyrdo and Renewable Energy Modules)

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=6

Conservation, Global Warming and a tour of a solar house in Maine

Biomes and Habitats…check out the video

Physics and Astronomy

(many links for physics and astronomy)

(History of satellites)

(Optics…Light, Lenses and Lasers)

Physics

Properties of objects, position and motion, transfer and energy.

http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php?cmd=browse&category=19

Virtual Physics Labs and activities

Extras:

Resources from NBC news

(collection of science, technology, historical and current videos. Short clips can be searched by topic

Online exhibits, Podcasts and video options

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ (Check out eyeball dissection)

(Education Podcast Network….podcasts from NASA, colleges and Elementary and Middle school science classes)

Powerpoint JEPORADY template (added bonus: tips for new teachers!)

http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/menu.htm

World Language

Virtual Tour of Peru

Smithsonian Latino Educator

http://latino.si.edu/education/educator.htm

Writing Prompts (LOG)

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