Free Resources - Fall Class EDSE 4275
Provider
U.S. Geological Survey
Contact Information
http://www.usgs.gov/
Geology.com
http://geology.com/
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
The Geological Society of
America (GSA)
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/Natur
eOfScience.htm
Earth: The Science Behind the
Headlines
http://www.earthmagazine.org/
American Geological Institute
(AGI)
http://www.agiweb.org/environment/eart
hnotes/index.html
Amathyst Galleries’ Mineral
Gallery: “The First Internet
Rock Shop”
Awarded: Encyclopedia
Britannica Web’s Best Sites
Award 2009
The Pacific Northwest Seismic
Network: All about
earthquakes and geologic
hazards of the Pacific
Northwest
http://www.galleries.com/default.htm
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/learn/
Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence:
Teaching and Learning
Resources from Federal
Agencies
http://www.free.ed.gov/
http://www.pnsn.org/welcome.html
Description
This website provides an overwhelming amount of earth science
resources. From online lectures to rock and mineral pictures and
links to the earthquake hazards programs. This site provides
numerous links to files, programs, scientific papers, and images.
Biology, geography, geology and water are the main topics
covered. I have personally used this website for several geology
classes and highly recommend its usefulness for the student and
teacher.
This is a website that provides a systematic explanation of rocks
and minerals with good quality images. But that is just the tip of
the iceberg: earth sciences from astronomy, climate change,
landslides, to rare earth elements are explored at length at this
website. The teacher resources page provides links to articles
and commonly used internet resources. Classroom activities and
helps are also provided for free.
Awesome! Describes this website. There are incredible images
available from most/all of the space missions. Students can look
up the history of missions and pictures of the space crafts and
phenomena found in space. I used this site extensively for
images and background information when researching Jupiter’s
moon, IO.
Most of the GSA website is a commercial enterprise where you
are invited to pay for subscriptions or memberships. However
this publication can be downloaded for free,: “The Nature of
Science and the Scientific Method. The Geologic Time Scale is
also free. GSA is a world class organization that endeavors to tie
industry, the public, and education together where the earth
sciences are concerned. The site is definitely worth a look-see.
This is a GSA publication that one can subscribe to, but the
current issue can be read for free. Article topics cover geology,
energy and environment current events and travels in geology.
This is a good place for students to get a feel for what geology is
like in other parts of the world and how we are all part of an
interconnected global program.
“EarthNotes are summaries of interesting and timely information
about Earth and Earth scientists,” says the introductory page to
EarthNotes. Current topics include oil in the sea and Japan’s
earthquake and tsunami. The articles take about 10 minutes to
read and photographs are usually included. One can sign up to
receive newly published EarthNotes via email.
Mineral Gallery provides a plethora of pictures and definitions
for all the well-known minerals. For instance I clicked on Olivine
and it brought up the chemical make-up, description, and a list of
members of the Olivine Group. Some of these members had
their own links. This site could be used as a secondary resource
for teaching minerals. Images of minerals are often included.
This site includes news, tremor maps, shake maps, and
webicorders of earthquakes in Washington state. The
Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of
Washington sponsors the website. Under the Outreach &
Education tab one can find links to education resources, virtual
PNSN lab tours, real-time information products and other
information products. Definitely worth the time if you’re doing a
unit on earthquakes.
NPS.gov provides field trip planning, loans out materials (if you
live close to a site that does so), provides guest speakers, online
galleries and sometimes lesson plans depending on the site. I
also know that you usually can invite a ranger to come speak to
the class, if you live near a national park/monument.
This site provides links to federal agencies that provide materials
in the following categories: Arts and Music, Health and Physical
Ed, Language Arts, Math, Science (life, earth, space, applied and
other), world studies, and U.S History. Free videos are even
sometimes provided. A huge plus is the organization of these
websites: they are listed by category and subcategory. Or if you
know what you’re looking for there is a search tool available.
Since this is a federal site all the images and information are free
to educators.
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The Biology Corner
a.
http://www.biologycorner.com/
b. Shannan Muskopf- teacher at Granite City High School
c.
The Biology Corner is a free resource for science teachers. The website is filled with lessons, quizzes, labs, web quests, and general
information on science topics that I found useful. Mrs. Muskopf also posts useful tips for instruction in the classroom and uses her
master’s degree in technology education to show useful ways of implementing technology into science. It’s nice knowing all the materials
provided are from a teacher who has used them in her classroom.
BioEd Online
a.
http://www.bioedonline.org/
b. Baylor College of Medicine
c.
BioEd Online is an online resource for biology teachers and students. The site contains presentations, slide sets, lessons, and new science
news. This resource is very teacher friendly and organizes everything into very descriptive sections. One thing I noticed and was
impressed by was how up to date the material on the site is kept. This resource would be very useful for both teachers (lesson plans, science
ideas, and presentations) and for students (study tools and slides).
You Tube
a.
http://www.youtube.com/
b. You Tube LLC
c.
You Tube is a video data base that any teacher could easily utilize in their classroom. Teachers can find videos on anything to use in class
or have students upload videos for assignments. Teachers could even post short demonstrations or lessons on You Tube that students could
view away from school.
PTable
a.
http://www.ptable.com/
b. Dayah, M. (1997, October 1). Dynamic Periodic Table. Retrieved September 21, 2011, from Ptable: http://www.ptable.com
c.
PTable is a resource I used a lot in school. As a student it is extremely helpful in learning about elements. PTable is an interactive periodic
table that begins by showing you the table as a whole and allowing you to look at the specific element you want up close. Teachers could
certainly utilize this during lectures because it’s very easy to use on a smart board.
Science Biology
a.
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/sci-bio.html
b. Jefferson County Schools
c.
Jefferson County Schools has created this interactive biology site that is filled with games and puzzles. This would be a great resource for a
teacher to use as an incentive or just a fun break for students. The site also has links to other links the schools have found helpful. This
would more than likely be a resource for lower level science classes, not high school.
Virtual Microscope
a.
http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html
b. University of Delaware
c.
This is definitely the most engaging and exciting resource I found. This is a real microscope that students are able to use just like a real
microscope. The program takes students through the procedure for correctly using a microscope and allows them to use all the parts of the
microscope and even load in practice slides. Teachers could certainly utilize this when introducing microscopes for the first time.
7) Science Videos
a.
http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/
b. North Dakota State University
c.
This is a great resource for cell and molecule biology. The site contains very descriptive but understandable videos about molecules, cells,
and molecular processes. I watched several of the videos and the first thing I thought was I would actually learn something from watching
them if I were in high school. Teachers would have no problem showing these videos during lecture for some visual understanding or
further details.
8) Plant Database
a.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/
b. Natural Resources Conservation Service
c.
This is a great database for investigating vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens. It includes names, plant symbols,
checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, Web links, and references.
Teachers would be able to use this resource by having students use the database to research plants for class projects.
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Tree of Life
a.
http://tolweb.org/Life_on_Earth/1
b. The University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
c.
The Tree of Life is a great resource that’s goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each
group of organisms, living or extinct. Just like the plant database this would be great for students to look up animals and for teachers to
create projects with. The site also follows all phylogenic branching of the animals so this could be used when discussing evolution.
10) Journey North
a.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
b. Annenberg Learner
c.
Journey North is a project studying wildlife migration and season change. The site is consistently updated with what stage each animal is in
its migration route and allows you to follow along. The project looks at all sorts of animals and contains resources for students and for
teachers including lesson plans using Journey North. This would make for great class projects, allowing students to choose an animal and
map its migration journey.
11) Reactions in Chemistry
a.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series168.html?pop=yes&pid=1811
b.
Annenberg Learner (http://www.learner.org/index.html)
c.
This resource offers 8 one-hour video workshops for Chemistry/physical science teachers. The workshops demonstrate new lesson plans
and new labs that teachers can use in their own classrooms. It also includes discussions the teachers have about challenges, strengths, and
tips to help students connect topics to their own lives. I would use this in my classroom to learn strategies to teach the material better and
get new ideas for hands-on activities. This site has potential to meet these Wyoming state standards:
SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
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NCHS Chemistry
a.
http://www.unit5.org/chemistry/
3900 East Raab Road Normal, IL 61761
PHONE: (309) 336-4401
FAX: (309) 557-4502
info@chemistry website
b. Normal Community High School Chemistry, which is supported by PRISM project at Illinois State University
This is a website that offers a ton of resources for high school Chemistry teachers. The website lists all topics for general Chemistry and some for
AP Chemistry. Under each topic, there are lecture outlines and power points provided that anyone can use. Also, this is a place where teachers
can upload their own power points or lecture outlines and share with other teachers. I would use this to get notes for my own lectures or use it to
get some power point slides. Since this site also includes many topics, it can be used to cover these Wyoming state standards: SC11.1.10,
SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
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NSF: Chemistry Now
a.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/chemistrynow/
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230, USA
Tel: (703) 292-5111
b. National Science Foundation (NSF)
c.
The web site is created by NSF, National Science Teachers Association, and NBC. This site offers a weekly episode that explains the
chemistry of common items we use in our everyday lives. It also offers information about the lives of scientists, and includes updated
information on current science-related news articles and lesson plans that go with it. I would use this website to give my students real life
examples that demonstrate the chemical reactions that take place around us every day. This would cover Wyoming state standard
SC11.1.11.
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NSTA
a.
b.
c.
http://www.nsta.org/publications/freebies.aspx
1840 Wilson Boulevard • Arlington VA 22201
Telephone: 703.243.7100
National Science Teachers Association
This resource has a section called, “Freebies for Science Teachers”. In this section there are a ton of lesson plans for all science subjects
(including Chemistry). This site also helps teachers create experiments and has videos for teachers to watch in order to improve
experiments. Some other resources this site offers are curriculum for science topics and plenty of ideas for science activities to use in your
classroom. This site offers lessons for all topics in Chemistry, so I would use this for any lesson I found that is applicable to my class and it
has the potential to cover these Wyoming state standards: SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
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Federal Resources
a.
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=57&toplvl=56&res_feature_request=1
b. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
c.
This website provides simulations on the computer. Under the topic of chemistry, they have multiple simulations for thermodynamics,
chemical reactions, bonding, water and solution, and states of matter. I would use this during a unit of any of the above topics, and I would
have students use the simulations to get a better understanding of the material and it will give them an opportunity to picture the chemistry
in their head. This site could cover Wyoming state standards: SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
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9-12 Science
a.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/9-12/science/-/-/index.cfm
b. Discovery Education
c.
This site offers hundreds of resources for science teachers such as lesson plans, clip art, homework help, science curriculum, and
worksheets. I would use this site to get ideas for lesson plans or for developing a curriculum (if I needed to), and I would try to find an
appropriate worksheet to match my lesson. Also, I could provide this site to my students so they could get homework help. This site also has
potential to cover Wyoming state standards: SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
17) Free Stuff
a.
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/freestuff.html
e-mail: misterguch@chemfiesta.com
b. Mister Guch
c.
This website offers everything you can think of for a chemistry class; there are notes, homework assignments, labs, even safety posters, and
much more. I could use this resource for anything from planning a curriculum to assigning homework. This site has potential to cover
Wyoming state standards: SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
18) CHEMystery
a.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/
b. Oracle Think Quest
c.
This is an online textbook for 11th grade Chemistry. I could use this in my classroom instead of a hard copy textbook (if every student is
provided with a laptop) or I can use it as a supplemental book to an actual textbook if lap tops are not available. I like the idea of an online
textbook because I don’t have to worry about students losing or damaging the book. This book could cover Wyoming state standards:
SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
19) Amazing Chemistry Teacher Resources
a.
http://www.nclark.net/Chemistry#Games
b. Nancy Clark, SciLinks
c.
The website offers activities and worksheets, laboratory exercises, links to useful pages, puzzles, games, and songs, and online test reviews
by topic for both Chemistry and Biology classes. I would use this site in my classroom mainly for reviews before assessments; I would have
my students do the reviews and do the puzzles and games in order to wrap up a unit. This website could help me cover Wyoming state
standards: SC11.1.10, SC11.1.11, SC11.1.12, SC11.1.13.
20) Astonishing Science Spectacular Museum
a.
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/subjects/chemistry_and_materials.aspx
E-mail: feedback@nmsi.ac.uk
b. Science Museum
c.
This site offers museum dasiplays and games for various science topics. This site also offers news articles about science topics, current
events in science, and even history in science. I would use this in my classroom as a resource for current events in science and possibly use
the current events for a writing assignment. I don’t think that would fit a Wyoming state standard for science, but it would for language
arts: LA11.2A.
d.
21) http://www.myphysicslab.com/ Provider: Erik Neumann
(Springs Mostly)
This website has a variety of flash player simulations on it. This website shows many ideas from a regular spring equation, on to chaos theory of what will happen with
many springs, also how a ball will travel down a plane, and many other projects. This could all be used in my classroom for demonstrations, labs, to create interest, and
many other things. This simulation will meet a few standards like SC11.1.14 which is Force and motion which will teach students Newton’s Laws, motion, gravity, and
motion.
22) http://phet.colorado.edu/
(Kinetics Mostly)
University of Colorado at Boulder
The website also has a variety of different simulators that can be run and most of these cannot be run in classrooms. There are many labs that it shows a lot more detail
like certain energy of light of light particles bouncing off certain atoms, also atomic decay and the radiation in which it gives off, gravitation and orbit, and many other
simulators. Most of these tests would be impossible to see with the naked eye or without correct lab materials but this shows students what has been observed and
explains many laws in physics. This simulator will reach a few standards including SC11.1.13 which is energy and matter, in which students understand types of
energy and relationship between energy and mass.
23) http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html java@falstad.com
(Waves and how they act mostly)
This is also a physics classroom simulator but this particular one focuses on waves and how they have effects on each other. These effects include the effect of two
wave fronts on each other, and seeing many things as sound or noise and how that works. I would use it the same to encourage learning or exploration in students of
light, sound, and many other types of ways and affects they have on one another. This simulator could meet the standard SC11.1.10 which is Structure and Properties
of Matter, in which students learn about the atomic structure and how these subatomic particles such as electrons orbiting could be seen as waves of energy on a front.
24) http://prezi.com/ Prezi
This website is a new way in which to do a slideshow, demonstration, presentation, or many things that can be useful in a classroom. This website is a bit like a power
point but it has a few different ideas of how to draw the student or crowd into the presentation more. I would this as different form of presenting things to my students
such as a lab and data outcomes, notes I really want to highlight new areas and how it all ties together. This site would not meet standards by itself but it would allow
for the teacher to use it in many different ways in order to reach the audience in a new way and get the point across.
25) http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/physites.html Sasha Schwartz
This website has a list of many interactive topics in physics with plans set up for high school teachers. It hits all the topics a high school class does with gravity,
mechanics, optics, and it goes a good deal past high school as well. I could use this in order to come up with many exciting lessons to teach students. Each lesson has a
rating on how playful it is, how much interaction happens, and the explanation. This will be helpful to see wither I would like to make a student based lesson, groups,
or many other things. This website has so many options in which to choose from you could just pick one and it would fit a standard.
26) http://www.tinafad.com/
TINAFAD
This website has a great deal of interesting physics and math equations and ideas in which have simulators. These simulators can have all sorts of inputs in order for the
students to have freedom to test what they learn. The website contains topics such as wave interference, to projectile motion, to trigonometry, and many other things.
27) http://astro.unl.edu/animationsLinks.html
University of Nebraska Lincoln
This an astronomy simulator website in which you can look at things from small angle approximation, to coordinates of motion of objects in the sky, Lunar cycles, light
and all its types, and many other things. This could come in handy when talking about the formation of the universe which is SC11.1.9 or origin and evolution of the
universe. In a physics classroom this may sound different but the big bang is very relevant and so in the astronomy and universe all around us.
28) http://hypnagogic.net/sim/ University of British Columbia
This website has many applets from the Doppler Effect, to the effect of lens and mirrors and the effects that they can have on light, also it talks of a few laws such as
Snell’s Law of lens, and you can also look at planets and their rotations and gravitation. All these things are very relevant to a physics class room and could be used at
any time to show things that are more difficult to see such as planet rotations and such but are still important to physics.
29) http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/Simulations#Science
Kristin Hokanson
This website is a simulator for all classrooms from K-12 and all types of classrooms and lessons are available. It has science, math, social studies, languages English
and Foreign, and many other things that can be used any time. This website would meet teaching students many standards from science to math and all over it is all in
how you use it.
30) http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
This website is especially for the physics classroom and how you can teach the topics needed for students to succeed in physics in labs, home works, notes, videos, and
many ideas. It is free of charge and full of resources and ideas in order to teach all the topics a regular physics class in high school would be going over. This list
includes motion, optics, waves, work, power, and energy, also many more. This website could once again cover many standards it just depends on what you would like
to teach from energy and motion, to structure and property of matter.
1) Free 60 second daily podcast. This is a great way to start off your class by letting kids know what’s going on in the world of science. This resource delves into all
areas of science and may broaden students thinking processes.
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Students research scientific information and present findings through appropriate means.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/index.cfm?e_type=25
2) Popular Science Magazine has been around for a very long time. Now their whole catalog of archived editions is online for free. By having this resource students will
be able to gain ideas for projects within the classroom. They will also be able to see how science has changed over time throughout the volumes of magazines.
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Students explore the nature and history of science.
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Students explore how scientific knowledge changes and grows over time, and impacts personal and social decisions.
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Students explore the historical use of scientific information to make personal and social decisions.
http://www.popsci.com/announcements/article/2010-03/new-browse-137-years-popsci-archive-free
3) Understanding how women have played a vital role in science is extremely important. There is a somewhat perceived misconception that science and math are more
of a male trait. By placing this poster on the wall that depicts some of the history of women’s crucial roles, we can maybe motivate young females to take more of an
active role in their science classes.
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Students explore the nature and history of science.
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Students explore how scientific knowledge changes and grows over time, and impacts personal and social decisions.
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Students explore the historical use of scientific information to make personal and social decisions.
http://www.aps.org/about/pagenotfound.cfm
4) This resource provides templates and directions for foldable models out of paper. Such models include volcanos, fault lines, and planets. Student can put these
models together to gain a better understanding of them. My favorite one is the template of a cell and all of the information that it contains. This helps students see all of
the different pieces.
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The Cell: Explain the processes of life, which necessitates an understanding of relationships between structure and function of
the cell and cellular differentiation. Identify activities taking place in an organism related to metabolic activities in cells,
including growth, regulation, transport, and homeostasis. Differentiate between asexual and sexual reproduction.
http://jclahr.com/alaska/aeic/taurho/
5) This website from MIT gives free demo videos on all sorts of subjects. This video in particular gives the basic principles of Newton’s laws. These laws are taught in
every physical science and physics class which can be somewhat confusing. This demo video may be a good way to introduce the topic.
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Force and Motion: Develop a conceptual understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion, gravity, electricity, and magnetism.
http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/demonstrations-on-video/newtons-laws-of-motion/
6) The American Chemical Society has posted this book online which is called the Middle School Chemistry Project. The authors claim that this book will:
•Ask scientific questions and investigate them
•Design and conduct experiments
•Understand their observations on the molecular level
•Record and communicate results
This book can be a nice supplementation to the provided text that the school district supplies. I personally like the 4th chapter which explains Protons, Neutrons, and
Electrons. It gives a very descriptive list of directions for an activity and also gives it in PDF format to be printed off.
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Structure and Properties of Matter: Describe the atomic structure of matter, including subatomic particles, their properties,
and interactions. Recognize that elements are organized into groups in the periodic table based on their outermost electrons
and these groups have similar properties. Explain chemical bonding in terms of the transfer or sharing of electrons between
atoms. Describe physical states of matter and phase changes. Differentiate between chemical and physical properties, and
chemical and physical changes.
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/lessonplans/chapter4/lesson1
7) Environmental Heal Sciences publishes a daily news article called the Environmental Health news. I believe that students are sometimes so wrapped up in their pop
culture and their own lives that they are negligent of what currently is going on in the world in other areas. This daily news article gives a brief summary of what is
going on in the environmental world around them. A teacher may be able to pick one of these stories every week and somehow incorporate their lesson plans around
them.
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Geochemical Cycles: Describe the Earth as a closed system and demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the following
systems:
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Geosphere
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Hydrosphere
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Atmosphere
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Biosphere
Explain the role of energy in each of these systems, such as weather patterns, global climate, weathering, and plate tectonics.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
8) This website has a virtual cardiology lab within it. Heritable diseases of the heart are what this tour focuses on. Often time’s text books can become dull and are not
very descriptive. This website gives a 3-D tour of the cardiovascular system that interacts with the student. The exercise simulates you by being an intern next to a
doctor and your job is to identify diseases.
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Students explore how scientific information is used to make decisions.
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The role of science in solving personal, local, and national problems.
Interdisciplinary connections of the sciences and connections to other subject areas and careers in science or technical
fields.
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Origins and conservation of natural resources, including Wyoming examples.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
9) BioWorksU is a website type of game that shows students what carriers are out there in the biotechnology industry. It seems to be modeled kind of like the popular
game The Sims. The website gets the students to start thinking about their future and what they want to do. Too often students pose the question “when am I ever going
to use this stuff”, and this website allows them to see just how much they may need to know “this stuff”.
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Students examine how scientific information is used to make decisions.
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Interdisciplinary connections of the sciences and connections to other subject areas and career opportunities.
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The role of science in solving personal, local, national, and global problems.
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The origins, limitations, and conservation of natural resources, including Wyoming examples.
http://bioworksu.com/
10) I had to put this in here because I have my degree in wildlife biology. I think that this website would be extremely helpful to teachers who are in the cities and have
rooms full of students who have spent very minimal time in the outdoors with wildlife. This web site allows students to take a virtual tour through Yellowstone
National Park. They are able to examine some of the wildlife that inhabits this region. They are also able to see the amazing earth system processes that are so unique to
Yellowstone. Students are able to see how actual geological studies were carried out to examine the seismic activity and the volcanic activity.
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Students explore the nature and history of science.

Students explore how scientific knowledge changes and grows over time, and impacts personal and social decisions.

Students explore the historical use of scientific information to make personal and social decisions.
Geochemical Cycles: Describe the Earth as a closed system and demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the following
systems:

Geosphere

Hydrosphere

Atmosphere

Biosphere
Explain the role of energy in each of these systems, such as weather patterns, global climate, weathering, and plate tectonics.
http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/
1.
http://www.biologycorner.com/
This resource is an all-in-one resource for all topics in biology. It has everything from lesson plans and worksheets to project ideas. This website basically
hits on all of the standards ranging from evolution to scientific method to parts of the cell. This can be used in the classroom to adapt lesson plans to what you are
teaching as well as to how you are teaching.
2.
http://www.bioedonline.org/
This website is from the Baylor College of Medicine and it gives presentations, slides, lesson plans and current topics in science. From this site you can get
lesson plans as well as presentation ideas for different topics. The best part is that it is all free. This site also covers all topics in the standards and it looks like the
lesson plans would be easy to adapt to specifically meet standards.
3.
http://www.biology-resources.com/
This website would be a great website to meet the genetics standards. It is filled with presentations regarding genetics! It also has a lot of diagrams and
illustrations that could be used to teach students parts of plants, etc. I would use this in my classroom when I am teaching genetics and I think it would be good to go
through the presentations to get ideas for putting together a presentation of my own.
4.
http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=1
This website is more of a networking website for science teachers. It has information about conferences and if you join, you can be connected with many
other teachers. It also has some free resources, including lesson plans. This website can address many standards if you use what you learn from the networking to
teach. It does not directly address any specific standards though.
5.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
Creative lesson plans for all ages is what this website offers. The lesson plans are already completed and most with themes and catchy names. This would
be a website I would use if I was teaching other content in my classes besides biology because there is a lot of chemistry and physics on it. This could address the
standards relating to elements because there is a pretty neat lesson plan on elements.
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http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=41
This is a government website that offers free lesson plans for teaching every science subject. I would use this website to show life application to topics
students are learning, for example, there is a lesson plan for cells and cancer and how cancer occurs. This website could be adapted to meet every standard but I would
use it to meet the standard on the cell.
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http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
This website if full of interactive activities that can allow students to work on the computer. I would use it to further enhance learning of classification with
the interactive activity they have. This could address the standard relating to evolution and classification.
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http://naturalsciences.sdsu.edu/links.html
This site not only has a lot of biology lesson plans, but it also has links to field trip ideas and other organizations involved in science education. I would use
this in my classroom to not only get lesson plans but to learn more about science and find places to learn about science. This could address any of the biology standards
that are for Wyoming.
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http://oceanlink.island.net/teachers.html
This is an interesting website because it is geared just towards ocean biology. I thought this would be neat to use when teaching about the hydrosphere,
which is included in one of the standards. I like this website because living in Wyoming does not give you much experience with the ocean but this website could be
the missing piece to teaching about the ocean.
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http://www.ascb.org/ivl/design/education.html
This website is full of links to other biology resources as well as some lesson plans and activities. This website is geared most towards cells so it would
address the standard relating to the cell and its processes. I would use this website when trying to find new activities to help students understand the cell better.
1) www.learningscience.org
provider- Central Bucks School District, The College of Education at Temple University
description-This resource contains information that covers many areas of science. It has activities for all grade levels and relates all of its activities to the National
Science Standard that it corresponds with. This website provides links to many different online activities. It also allows teachers to leave comments.
2) Science NetLinks www.sciencenetlinks.com
provider- Thinkfinity
description- This resource contains lessons, tools and resources for teaching in all areas of science. Many of the lessons align with state science standards. The
website breaks down each of the categories by grade and subject, making it easy to find what fits individual classrooms.
3) Ask a Biologist www.askabiologist.asu.edu
provider- Arizona State University
description- The best feature about this resource is that it has a page where you can ask a biologist. This could be very useful for teachers to ask questions they
don’t know the answer to or for students with questions teachers don’t have the answer for. It also has activities and resources that are broken down by topic and
grade level. This website is geared more towards biology and life science content standards.
4) Access Excellence www.accessexcellence.org
provider- the National Health Museum
description- This resource is geared towards biology. One of the highlights includes biology activities with detailed guidelines and objectives. The site also has
information for teachers on how to teach specific science concepts.
5) BioEd Online www.bioedonline.org
provider- Baylor College of Medicine
description- One feature of this resource is that it provides articles about what is happening currently in the field of biology. This could be useful to relate classroom
content to the real world. It also provides presentations and classroom lessons broken down by national science content standard.
6) Action Bioscience www.actionbioscience.org
provider- American Institute of Biological Sciences
description- This website contains scientific articles from various disciplines in the field of biology. This could be used towards state standards in that it provides
examples of the scientific method and real world applications of science concepts.
7) Cell City www.open2.net/science/cellcity/
provider-BBCi and The Open University
description: This resource targets a specific state science standard. The site visually represents the structures of a eukaryotic cell as different buildings found in a
city. It is useful for helping students remember organelle structure and function within the eukaryotic cell.
8) Tree of Life http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
provider- Universtiy of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the University of Arizona Library
description- This website contains a comprehensive phylogenetic tree for all organisms. This would be helpful for the state content standard dealing with evolution.
It allows visitors to trace animals back to its ancestors and shows animals both alive and extinct.
9) FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm
provider- United States Government
description- This site does not contain any direct information, but has links to a multitude of other resources. These resources cover all aspects of science and are
broken down by specific content within the field of science. This site could be useful to find resources to meet any science standard.
10) Genetic Science Learning Center http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
provider- The University of Utah
description- This resource is split into two parts, one for teaching genetics and one for learning genetics. For teachers, the site provides activities and lesson plans.
For students, the site provides information from the basics of genetics and DNA to how proteins are made from DNA. This portion of the site could be used for
individual student investigation.
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Curiosityintheclassroom.com
The provider is Discovery Education
This resource gives teachers, parents, and students a way of linking science and technology. Teachers will find various lesson plans, video clips, and helpful
web links to use in the classroom. Students will be able to engage in exploratory quizzes, informative clips, and use helpful resources to further their
learning in the classroom. Parents will be able to use the website to further their student’s learning in a home environment. This will be great in the
classroom to keep students’ interest and to keep up to date with current scientific research.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
Focus and support inquiries while interacting with students.
Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.
Challenge students to accept and share responsibility for their own learning.
Recognize and respond to student diversity and encourage all students to participate fully in science learning.
Encourage and model the skills of scientific inquiry, as well as the curiosity, openness to new ideas and data, and skepticism that characterize science.
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Prezi.com
The provider is Prezi Inc
Prezi is a fun and new way to incorporate Powerpoints into the classroom. It is much more intereactive and engaging than a normal Microsoft Powerpoint.
Both teachers and students can find this resource useful. It is a great way to organize classroom material and for student projects.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
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Hhmi.org/biointeractive/evolution/video.html
The provider is Howard Hughes Medical Institute
This resource provides teachers with videos, animations, lectures, virtual labs, and activities for the classroom. Teachers will find this great for finding up to
date research on matters in the scientific world. Students will be able to use this for further research when needed in the classroom.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
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Bayville.thinkport.org
The provider is Maryland Public Television
This resource provides teachers with lesson plans, detailed guides, help for students with scientific reading, and interactive ways to introduce new topics.
There is a link to provide teachers with more information about this resource. Students will be able to explore an interactive game that incorporates science
and real world scenarios.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
SC11.1.4 - Interdependence of Organisms: Investigate the interrelationships and interdependence of organisms, including the ecosystem concept, energy
flow, competition for resources, and human effects on the environment.
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Annotator.thinkport.org
Provided by Thinkport
This is a helpful tool for teachers to have students look closely at journals, articles, or various texts. You can use virtual markers to highlight important
information, write questions, thoughts, or other ideas about the text. This is an engaging way to help students to look critically at scientific writing.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
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Pbs.org/teachers
Provided by Pbs
This resource provides teachers with audio and video clips, recent discussions, and professional development in the scientific world. This resource can be
used from kindergarden to twelfth grade and in any subject area. Teachers and students can search the webpage to find specific material. This may be used
in the classroom to get students up to speed with new science developments.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
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Http://search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch.jsp?empty=true
Provided by NASA
Teachers can find materials for grades K-12 searching anything from lesson plans, to posters, video etc. This is a great way to quickly find materials needed
for both teachers and students. As a teacher I would use this in the classroom for lesson plans, video clips, activities, etc. This can be used for students to
explore new information and resources.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
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Learn.genetics.utah.edu
Provided by the University of Utah
This resource is specifically for genetics and evolution. Teachers can find lesson plans, genetic technology, virtual labs, and new popular news. This would
be a great resource to allow students to explore genetic materials.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
SC11.1.2 - Molecular Basis of Heredity: Demonstrate an understanding that organisms ensure species continuity by passing genetic information from parent
to offspring. Utilize genetic information to make predictions about possible offspring. Apply concepts of molecular biology (DNA and genes) to recent
discoveries.
SC11.1.3 - Biological Evolution: Explain how species evolve over time. Understand that evolution is the consequence of various interactions, including the
genetic variability of offspring due to mutation and recombination of genes, and the ensuing selection by the environment of those offspring better able to
survive and leave additional offspring. Discuss natural selection and that its evolutionary consequences provide a scientific explanation for the great
diversity of organisms as evidenced by the fossil record. Examine how different species are related by descent from common ancestors. Explain how
organisms are classified based on similarities that reflect their evolutionary relationships, with species being the most fundamental unit of classification.
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www.nature.com/scitable
Provided by Nature Education
Inside the resource Scitable, students and teachers can browse and search science articles, get help or connect with peers, and communicate with the world of
science. Teachers will be able to use this resource to build an online classroom which can engage students with articles and discussions. This is a great way
to keep students organized, and up to date with classroom topics.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. In doing
this, teachers
Structure the time available so that students are able to engage in extended investigations.
Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Identify and use resources outside the school.
Engage students in designing the learning environment.
SC11.1.1 - The Cell: Explain the processes of life, which necessitates an understanding of relationships between structure and function of the cell and
cellular differentiation. Identify activities taking place in an organism related to metabolic activities in cells, including growth, regulation, transport, and
homeostasis. Differentiate between asexual and sexual reproduction.
10) cel.ly/c/mastercell
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The provider is Celly
This resource provides a connection between the ever advancing world of technology and your classroom. This resource allows teachers to create online
pulls, assignment reminders, discussion focuses, and so much more. Students will get the chance to use their cell phones in the classroom setting without
getting off task. Anyone can sign up for free and make a public or private page. The information you post on your page can be posted to all sorts of media,
such as: a website, print ads, TV, or podcast. This is a very useful resource that will keep students engaged in class.
SC11.2.4 - Students investigate the relationships between science and technology and the role of technology design in meeting human needs.
Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
Focus and support inquiries while interacting with students.
Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.
Challenge students to accept and share responsibility for their own learning.
Recognize and respond to student diversity and encourage all students to participate fully in science learning.
Encourage and model the skills of scientific inquiry, as well as the curiosity, openness to new ideas and data, and skepticism that characterize science.
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eecindex.php
The California State University
This resource offers clear demonstrations and simulations to many topics in geology including earthquakes, global warming, rivers, and age dating. These
simulations can be used as lesson supplements to give students a visual representation of important geology lessons. It also offers excellent student assessment
suggestions. This meets the science standards because students must understand the Earth’s destructive processes, the use of technology in science, geochemical cycles,
radioactive decay, and much other information.
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/index.html
On The Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty/Carleton College
This resource gives a wide array of visualizations and videos of Earth’s processes including the rock cycle, metamorphism, volcanism, and many more. They
can be used to supplement a lesson to help visual learners see the processes in action. These resources help meet science standards as mentioned above.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/ or Ask-A-Geologist@usgs.gov
United States Geological Survey
This is a very interesting resource as it provides students or the teacher the ability to e-mail any question to be answered (usually within a few days) by an
actual geologist. Not only can this help a teacher find out the answer to any of their geology questions, but it can also be used as a correspondence assignment. Using
resources including specialists is important when learning science and is backed by the science standards.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/index.cfm?e_type=25
Scientific American
This website provides free, 60-second science podcasts that discuss many different science fields including overall science, new technology, earth science,
space, and much more. These podcasts can be used in a daily routine to get the students to start thinking about science and why it is important. Because these podcasts
offer information about anything to do with science, they fit a wide variety of science standards.
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2024/list_15_1.html
Canon
This resource gives the templates and assembly instructions for many different science 3D foldables. These can be used for a visualization or for students to
create on their own to better understand some science topics. They meet the science standards of learning about the Sun, Earth’s layers and processes, and many others.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_educators/eos_posters/index.php
NASA
This website provides access to detailed earth science posters. These posters can be hung in the classroom and referred to when giving lessons pertaining to
these subjects. They are a visual queue for students that also relate to the science standards of geochemical cycles, the atmosphere, and other topics.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/degree/
National Science Foundation
This resource offers many different videos that help explain climate change through visualizations, interviews with actual climate scientists, and future
projections. This directly relates to the geochemical cycles and evolution of earth science standards. They help describe climate change using accepted facts and reliable
professionals.
http://www.popsci.com/archives
Popular Science
This is a collection of all the published Popular Science magazine articles. This resource provides students with interesting, readable articles about science
topics. It can be used to create a lesson where students must research a particular science topic or to report changes in scientific thinking. Many of the science standards
require students to research science, and these magazines are a fun yet reliable resource to have.
http://www.aerosolproducts.org/teachers.html
Consumer Aerosol Products Council
This website is a great resource for students to learn about the atmosphere. Although the information about aerosols are abundant and the information biased,
it still provides great lesson plans, templates, and assessment tools for understanding the atmosphere and different processes in the atmosphere. This follows the state
standards addressing geochemical cycles and processes. It is also an excellent tool to teach about the impact of CFCs.
http://www.teachertube.com/
Teacher Tube
This website runs just like YouTube, but is geared specifically for teachers. The videos found can help give ideas for demonstrations or can be used a
supplements to lessons on their own. Because there is an abundant amount of videos available about all conceivable subjects, it is hard to pinpoint specific standards,
but most will help achieve the standards through music, visual representation, or student engagement.
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Understanding Evolution
- Contact information: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
-Provider: University of California Museum of Paleontology
-Description: This education website provides information, tutorials, lesson plans, videos, readings, and other resources for elementary through higher
education teachers in evolutionary biology. This resource can be used in the classroom as a resource for teachers to brush up on knowledge, to find current
events related to evolution, readings for students to analyze, and many other resources. There are also places to give guidance to teachers handling difficult
questions and misconceptions. It meets state standards by proving activities/resources on evolution and the history of evolution, and it gives many labs that
have students go through the scientific process.
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Awesome Science Teacher Resources
-Contact information: http://www.nclark.net/Biology
-Provider: Nancy Clark, science educator of 37 years
-Description: This education website provides activities (both online and in a classroom), labs, worksheets, puzzles/games, and current events on many
subjects in both chemistry and biology. This can be used either by downloading/printing materials and using them in a classroom, or by having students do
online tutorials, research, and activities. It meets state standards by providing activities/resources on evolution, cells, genetics, gas laws, the atom, chemical
reactions, and others.
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DNA Learning Center
-Contact information: http://www.dnalc.org
-Provider: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
-Description: This website provides animations and 3-D animations of genetics, DNA, a and cellular functions, which can be used in the classroom to
provide students with an opportunity to view what is actually happening in cells, rather than looking at pictures in a textbook. The 3-D animations focus
around how DNA is made, what it is composed of, and how it replicates. It meets standards by helping students learn about functions of the cell and different
parts of the cell and how DNA is replicated.
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Planting Science
-Contact information: http://plantingscience.org/
-Provider: Botanical Society of America.
-Description: This resource brings students, teachers, and mentors across the US together through the inquiry process. Students create projects working with
peers, communicate with actual scientists acting as mentors, and collaborate with other students across the nation to share and problem-solve. This can be
used in the classroom as an ongoing experiment section of a class that takes place throughout a semester or a year. This resource meets standards by having
students complete the scientific process, from coming up with ideas all the way through to interpreting results.
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The Copernicus Project
-Contact information: http://www.copernicusproject.ucr.edu/ssi/HSBiologyResources.htm
-Provider: University of California, Riverside
-Description: This website has video clips, labs, activities, and presentations on many topics within biology. The project is actually to develop a quality pool
of science teachers, and also includes information on how to teach the 5E’s method. Since there is a vast selection of resources on this site, a science teacher
could implement them in a myriad of ways. This can be used in class for supplemental videos and presentations for the teacher to use introducing topics, or
the labs and activities can be implemented to expand upon topics. This meets standards by addressing cell function, evolution, genetics, and ecology, all of
which are integral parts of science standards for high school students.
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Action Bioscience
-Contact information: ActionBioscience.org
-Provider: American Institute of Biological Sciences
-Description: This education website provides many articles written by scientists and science educators on different science topics, such as genomics,
evolution, biodiversity, and environment. These articles are meant to provide resources to help promote science literacy. This site can be used in classrooms
by providing articles for students to read while learning to read science articles, because they include main points in the margins, and some include
highlighting of important parts. The site also provides lessons to go along with many of the readings. This meets standards by helping students learn about
topics in the standards (e.g. evolution, ecology) and helps them learn how to research and use that information appropriately.
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Lesson Plans Inc.
-Contact information: http://www.lessonplansinc.com/
-Provider: Lesson Plans, Inc., a for profit educational resource company (if you want the software, you will have to pay for it, but all lesson plans are free)
-Description: This website has links for biology lesson plans, activities, labs, worksheets, webquests, and other resources. These links cover topics in
biology, including natural selection, DNA topics, microbiology, and many others. These lessons can be implemented in the classroom either as is or as ideas
for lessons that are being created. This meets standards by covering these topics and offering lab exercises that teach the scientific method.
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National Human Genome Research Institute
-Contact information: http://www.genome.gov/Education/
-Provider: National Institutes of Health
-Description: Under the “Genetic Education Resources for Teachers” tab, this website contains lessons, presentations, activities, and labs on subjects in
genetics including cloning, DNA, and heredity. The PowerPoints are somewhat dry, but they contain useful information and many have activities and
laboratories associated with them. The website resources can be used in class by providing information for lectures, possible activities and labs to do in
class, or lesson plans on which to build. This meets standards by discussing topics like evolution, heredity, and genetics and also has students interpreting
others’ work and working through the scientific method.
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The Biology Project
-Contact information: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
-Provider: University of Arizona Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
-Description: This website has general biology lesson plans that include standards, objectives, associated activities, and assessments. These address topics
such as ecology, genetics, evolution, and entomology. These lessons plans can be used in class either as they are or as idea sources when creating lesson
plans. This meets standards by having being written with standards in mind (which are listed), dealing with topics such as evolution and ecology, and having
students work through the scientific method.
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Nova Teachers
-Contact information: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/
-Provider: PBS
-Description: This website has activities (both online and in the classroom), research articles, videos and interviews with scientists, and other resources. It
has a variety of topics such as human evolution, bipedalism, genetics, ecology, math, and others with many resources for each. This can be used in class by
having students get online and do the activities, showing videos for discussion purposes, and having students do readings on different topics. This meets the
standards by including a wide array of topics such as evolution, ecology, the scientific method, and other subjects. It also has students do investigations of
topics on their own.
HotChalk’s Lesson Plan Page.com - http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ by HotChalk, Inc.
This website is a database of lesson plans that have many science content lessons. You can search for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and other content areas or
for a certain topic that you are covering in your class. The entire lesson plan and some webquests could be used for a lesson or you can use ideas in the
lessons as a springboard. There are many lessons so a lesson that fits one of the standards you are using should be able to be found in the database.
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/labs.html by Mr. Guch
This is a set of labs that high school Chemistry teachers can use for ideas. There are many labs that deal with Wyoming standard in Physical Science like
reaction labs or physical/chemical change labs. Most of the labs come with prelab, procedure, and discussion questions. You can use these labs to
supplement the content that is being taught in class.
Timely Free Lesson Plans and Unit Plans - http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp by Scholastic, Inc.
This is a database that provides lesson plans, labs, and unit plans for many different subjects. Since this is a large database most of the lessons are aligned
toward the national standards, which means some lessons standards may be similar or different to Wyoming state standards. The lessons plans and activities
can be used in their entirety or just as ideas for other lessons.
Free Science Lesson Plans, Interactive - http://www.interactivescienceteacher.com/free-science-lesson-plans.asp by Interactive Science Teacher, LLC.
This website is from a book so you would have to buy the book to get the lessons, but they do have the teachers lecture notes available for free. All the major
science contents can be found on this website. These notes give examples, step by step example and some demonstrates that a teacher can use. The lessons
cover the main points that are similar to state standards. These lessons and demonstrations are meant to catch the interest the students so they can be used in
the classroom to engage students so they are interested in science.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/foodcookingchemistry/tp/kitchenscienceexperiments.htm - by About.com
These are some quick, easy experiments for Chemistry teachers that use common house items so the expense of the experiments will be cheap. The
experiment can be used as demonstrations for the more simple ones and student projects for the more difficult experiments. Density, chemical reactions, and
physical properties are some topics in the experiments which are also part of Wyoming standards.
Free Resources for Educational Excellence - http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=41 by U.S. Department of Education
This website has applications, programs and other tools that teachers can use for free. Since there are many different programs there will be something that
you can use in class that aligns with what you are already teaching. There are many topics in this website that are relevant to state and national standards,
especially national standards since it is made by U.S. Department of Education.
http://prezi.com/profile/signup/ by Prezi
This website helps you present information for free and the presentations are more interactive and exciting than PowerPoint. This is a great tool to use when
you want to catch the interest of the students. Since you can create your own prezis then you can align it to what you are teaching in class. There are some
examples on the website of websites that might align to standards, but the best way to have the prezis be relevant to standards is by making them yourself.
Discover Education - http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/9-12/science/-/-/index.cfm by Discovery Education
This website has science lesson plans and webquests that teachers can use to engage their students. These lessons are usually based on some videos that are
shown on discover channel and for some topics that are hard to visualize these video clips can help students understand what is happening. Standards that are
addressed by material in the website include science history, heredity, elements, periodic table, magnetism, etc.
http://www.homeeducationresources.com/FREEsciexper.htm by Home Education Resources
There are main different labs that are free and printable on this website. These labs are fairly inexpensive and they are simple enough that students can
perform them, some with teacher supervision. They will assist students understand the topic that you are teaching and most students will be unfamiliar with
the setup so it will be a learning experience for them. Mainly physical and earth science standards are addressed, like acid/base demonstration and an
aerodynamics lab with paper airplanes.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/browse/?fq_hierarchy=k12.sci.phys by Teacher Domain
This website has demonstrations, videos, and lessons of science topics. The demonstrations can be used in class to get the attention of the students, videos
could be shown to the students if the demo is too messy for class, and the lessons can be used as they are or used as a base for your own lessons. There are
many different topics that are addressed so you should use your discretion when you plan on aligning these materials to the standards for your class.
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Google Scholar, found at: scholar.google.com
This search engine can be very helpful t students looking for scholarly resources like article or journals. It is free and searches multiple databases online for
material, though access to all material is not free. This relates o the science standards in that it can be used for inquiry and investigation.
2. National Geographic, found at: www.nationalgeographic.com
This website could be very helpful for students in a science class. It has many articles on science subjects and it is free online. This could be used for almost
any of the state science standards from evolution to cell theory.
3. Youtube, found at: www.youtube.com
This site is free to use and can be used for videos. It can be helpful in class because you can make your own videos to show the class, have them make
videos about a certain topic, or just show them educational videos you’ve found. This can be involved in the standards if you set it up to be. You can make
videos or assignments that meet any of the standards.
4. Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence- found at: http://free.ed.gov/
This site is a great free resource for teachers. It has free lesson plans for just about every subject area there is. These lesson plans can be great for teachers
to take and use, modify, and make their own. There are lesson plans for just about every state standard.
5. The Biology Corner, found at: http://www.biologycorner.com/
This site is a great resource for science teachers, not just biology. It has a variety of media from slideshows to lessons and worksheets that can be
implemented into your classroom. The material can be tailored to meet specific science standards.
6. Awesome Science Teacher Resources, found at: http://www.nclark.net
This is a great resource that can be used by science teachers. It has free activities, worksheets, labs, puzzels, games, songs, and even online test reviews by
topic. This resource meets a variety of science standards depending on what is used.
7. Popular Science Magazine, found at: http://www.popsci.com
This is an entire 137 archive of Popular Science Magazine. This could be used by teachers or students in a variety of ways. You could have students look at
different historical times in science or even just look at current issues. This meets standards for inquiry and a variety of science content standards depending
on its use.
8. Conceptual Chemistry Alive, found at: www.conceptualchemistry.com
This site would be great is a general science or chemistry classroom. It offers video lessons, worksheets, articles, and other resources. This could be used to
meet any of the chemistry content standards.
9. OSA Foundation-Make Waves Discover Science Posters, can be found at: http://www.osa-foundation.org/programs/discovery/posters
This site offers a free set of posters on waves. This would be great for a physics classroom to put up on the walls. Tying the posters to standards could be a
stretch since they are mostly decorative, but you could probably use them for an illustration as part of a lesson for physics.
10. Scienceinquirer, found at: http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff
This site is set up to provide science teachers with free resources and links to different free media and material. It can be used to find everything from
podcasts to magazines. It can be used by teachers to meet any science standard they are trying to teach.
1.
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
a.
http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=1
b. E-mail office@nabt.org Phone (888) 501-NABT
There are a lot of different resources that this group provides. To be an actual member you have to pay a yearly fee but they do have a tap that gives free resource links
to other websites. It does not have lesson plans exactly but good labs and videos that you can integrate into fitting the state standards. On the website there is not any
place that shows the exact Wyoming standards but since it is focused to biology teachers they fit easily into our standards. It also shows workshops that they are doing,
even though these are not free it’s good to look to see what workshops are happening. There are free publications as well to keep up dated about specific issues in
biology classrooms.
2.
Zunal Web quests
a.
http://zunal.com/index.php
This website has hundreds of web quests made by other teachers across the nation and the world. It is broken down into subject areas and then by age level. Web
quests are helpful because it gives the students a different learning style by them using the computer to complete an assignment task. Also, a lot of them seem more
engaging and interesting than just a simple website. If you are a guest you can look and use any of the web quests that you would like. This is helpful because students
would not have to become a member to access the quest. It is free for you to register for the website. If you register it provides a template and guide to help make your
web quests. Since it is a worldwide website there is no place that have the state standards, so you would have to look to see where they correspond but it is at a high
school level so the information corresponds with what high school standards are. If you were to make your own web quest it would be good to make a section showing
what standards are met.
3.
PBS teachers
a.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
This website has every resource that a teacher needs. It has videos, labs, lessons, articles and more. It is free to sign up as a PBS teacher which gives you exclusive
content and resources. Also, you can have discussions with other teachers across the nation. There is also a professional development tap to help teachers keep updated
with new information. This content easily aligns with state standards because it is broken down by grade level and seems to have a lot of content.
4.
Discovery Education
a.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
b. Phone (800) 323-9084
Discovery is a great resource website because there are different sections for everyone. There is four tabs; administrators, teachers, parents and students. Under the
teacher tab there is brain booster, clip art, homework help, lesson plans and worksheets. There are also numerous videos that should different subjects. This is good for
the classroom because if you use it in the classroom students can go home and re look at what you taught, along with their own tab to help them with the content.
Another great thing is they have puzzles as well to engage students. On the website it says their content aligns with national standards which are very close to
Wyoming state standards.
5.
BBC Science
a.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/
BBC science is not exactly a teaching web site but it has a lot of resources that help with science content. I would use it in my classroom because there are a lot of great
interactive activities that students can practice such things as labeling organs in the human body. Another reason I really like this website is because it puts up current
science events that are happening around the world which I think is important for students to read about. When it comes to standards if you used it in the classroom you
would have to see what it aligns with yourself. Since it is not a teaching website it has a lot of information that can be a lot of different standards. They also have a lot
of interesting information that may not necessarily be under a high school curriculum.
6.
zeroBio
a.
http://www.zerobio.com/
I really liked this website because it is made by a high school biology teacher. He has broken it down to three different levels of biology classes (9 th, 11th, and 12th).
There are games, quizzes and videos that he has uploaded. It is very modern and would catch the attention of students very easily. The main reason I would use this in
my classroom because it contains videos of dissection labs. He put up everything that a teacher/student needs to know about dissection pigs, frogs and some other labs.
This is a great resource because some schools can’t afford to buy dissection items so the students can still experience it even if they can’t actually do it. Since this is
made by an actual teacher he seems to follow standards which from state to state they are not that different.
7.
Science NetLinks
a.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.php
This website has a lot of lesson plans along with links to other resources. Most of the lessons contain student worksheets, hands on activities along with answer keys
for the teacher. The best thing about this website is that every lesson has benchmarks aligned with it. Also, you can click and read all the national benchmarks so this
makes it very easy to convert to Wyoming state standards/benchmarks.
8.
teAchnology
a.
http://www.teach-nology.com/
This website has a lot of great resources for any type of teacher. On this website it has a worksheet samples that are general or specific to certain lessons. There are a
lot of lesson plan examples along with simple templates for creating lesson plans. It also can help you generate rubrics for basic different types of assessments, such as
a notebook check. It also can make puzzles for a teacher’s specific lesson plan. I would use this website to get some general templates for my lessons. Another thing
that I like is that it has activities for specific times of the year. There are also tips about conflicts every teacher faces that you can read to help in your own classroom.
It does have a more advance resource that costs money but there are a lot of free resources. Since the lessons and worksheets are more of templates the teacher can
make it fit into the Wyoming state standards.
9.
FREE- federal resources for educational excellence
a.
http://free.ed.gov/
FREE is just a website that just leads you to a lot of different websites. It does not have any direct lesson plans on the website but you can go to any subject area and it
will lead you to great websites that do. It just breaks every area down and leads you to a website that talks specifically about that topic. This is good for following
standards because it is easy to get a lot of resources on content so you can make sure to cover all the standards.
10. SEP lessons (science and health education partnership)
a.
http://www.seplessons.org/
On this website it has an extensive database of lesson plans. It is nice because you can do searches for what the lesson is about. I would use these lessons in my class
because they are broken down very well. They have an overview, summary, prerequisites, objectives, background, getting ready, actual lesson, closure and other
sections. Also, if a teacher posts a lesson requiring worksheets those are attached as well. If you join the website you can use tools and post lesson plans, along with
join groups of other teachers to discuss lessons. Since the lesson plans are posted by other teachers and are very detailed it is easy to connect to Wyoming state
standards.
Additional Resources:
There are two other very good resources that I like but they require you to go to a free workshop for both of them. Once completing these workshops you get a
workbook that is filled with lesson plans.
a.
b.
Project Learning Tree http://www.plt.org/
Project WILD http://www.projectwild.org/
c.
http://science-education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/WebPages/CSHome
a.
National Institutes of Health/ National Science Teachers Association
b. Resource – can either request a hard copy or print online
i. Offers a variety of lesson plans and topics regarding health and cell biology to teach in the classroom
1. Webinars for teachers
2. Getting started hand out – technical information
3. Teachers guide packet – lesson plans
4. Web portion of student activities
c.
Teachers can plan around some of the lesson plans and use some of the web activities to increase engagement.
d. Each lesson plan has a specific link to the state standard that it pertains to for each state. Most of the lessons on the website pertain to all of
the life systems state standards and most of the inquiry state standards for Wyoming.
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/teachers/teacherpack.html
a.
Micro World
b. Resource – print online
i. Offers a variety of experiments/activities to do with a light source or electrons
1. Instructions on how to set up experiments and materials needed
2. Student activities
3. Explanation about what is happening
4. Fact sheets
c.
Teachers can use these activities to engage students about how electrons move or about the electromagnetic spectrum.
d. Meets state standards by using inquiry based activities and also the state standard that has to deal with earth and space systems as well as
physical systems such as forms and uses of energy.
http://meridian.aag.org/climate/index.cfm?pairing_id=9#pairing_id=9
a.
Association of American Geographers
b. Resource – register free online to access complete materials and resources
i. Earth system science background and overview
ii. Common student misconceptions about climate change
iii. Resources for learning and teaching about global climate change
iv. Teacher to teacher forum to share ideas, resources, and teaching strategies
c.
It provides teachers with materials necessary to teach about global climate change and could benefit teachers to have a forum to gain
different ideas about teaching the topic.
d. The state standards that it could address: SC8.3.2 – students explore how scientific information is used to make decisions. A teacher could
teach about climate change and then go into what students can do to limit greenhouse gases by going green
http://www.iris.edu/hq/audience/educators
a.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
b. Resource – can either request hard copies or be downloaded online
i. Animations
ii. Video lectures
iii. Lessons
iv. Seismic software
v. Posters
vi. Newsletters
c.
Teachers can use a variety of different methods to teach about earthquakes by looking at posters, animations and videos.
d. Meet state standards by teaching about the structure of the earth system (SC8.1.8)
http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/StrategicSciTchgBk.pdf
a.
Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee of the California County Superintendent Educational Services Association
b. Resource – free book (pdf version): strategic science teaching.
i. Sample of science lessons for all grade levels
c.
Resource may help the teacher will different science teaching techniques as well as ideas for different lesson plans.
d. Applies to different content area state standards such as earth science and physical science.
http://www.inquiryinaction.org/
a.
American Chemical Society Education Division
b. Resource – free book (pdf version): Inquiry in Action, Investigating Matter Through Inquiry
i. Also has different inquiry science activities for students
c.
Gives teachers an idea of how to utilize different inquiry techniques
d. Applies to the science inquiry state standards
http://jclahr.com/alaska/aeic/taurho/
a.
USGS
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Resource – foldable paper model cut outs
i. Volcano, globe, etc
c.
A teacher could use the cut outs to illustrate the shape of different objects such as volcanoes and could be used as a different form of
representation.
d. This could address the structure of the earth system standard SC8.18
http://www.worksheets4teachers.com/generators.php
a.
Teacher Planet
b. Resource – worksheet generators
i. Word search
ii. Crossword
iii. Word scramble
iv. Word search
v. Science lab
vi. Worksheets
c.
Teachers could use this website to aid in the creation of different assessments such as worksheets.
d. This could address any standard the teacher wanted. It would help in assessment of different content and determining where the students
stand on different issues.
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=141&toplvl=47&res_feature_request=0
a.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
b. Resource
i. USGS videos and animations
ii. science bulletins
iii. Data library
iv. Quizzes
v. Lessons
vi. Ask a geologist
c.
Teachers can use this website for different teaching techniques as well as activities and animations to illustrate different science concepts.
d. This website will help teachers meet the earth and space systems state standards as well as some inquiry state standards.
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources.htm
a.
Geological Society of America
b. Resource
i. Lesson plans
ii. Additional resources
c.
Teachers can obtain different lesson plans to teach different topics
d. Lesson plans that will help teach different state standard topics such as : SC8.1.8 – the structure of the earth system and standard SC8.1.9 –
the earth’s history
b.
j.
k.
l.
m. Rip Tiger
Found: http://www.riptiger.com/edu.html
Description: This software allows you to “rip” most flash based videos (e.g. youtube) off of the internet, save them as video files on your computer, which
you can later take to class to share with your students. Some schools have youtube blocked, while others have unreliable internet connections, computers,
etc., so watching that video at the right time might not always work out. This software is easy to use and is free to teachers and students (which normally
costs $35). Two quick notes: if you leave it turned on it’ll download everything that you browse, so I suggest leaving it “off”, and in order to convert the
video to something “universal”, choose settings, either DivX or WMV, then after the video is downloaded, right click on it and choose to convert it. I don’t
think you can convert it once it’s cleared from your main list (like after you shut down the program, etc.)
n. Periodic Table of Vidoes
Found: http://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm
Description: This set of videos covers each element on the periodic table. Since elements make up all matter, and our sciences classes often involve matter,
showing students the unique properties of these elements can be interesting. Feel free to use the Rip Tiger software to save these videos as well.
o. Stellarium
Found: http://stellarium.org/
Description: For those interested in astronomy or those teaching a relevant class, this free software models a planetarium on your computer. It contains over
600,000 stars, the planets, constellations, realistic atmospheric/sunrise/sunset effects, powerful zoom, and so on. It is especially useful when trying to find
certain celestial objects outside.
p. Concord Consortium
Found: http://www.concord.org/projects
Description: This website has tools in all the major sciences, math, and engineering. It specialized in interactive workshops that are run on computers.
Topics can also be sorted by grade level.
q. TeachersCount
Found: http://www.teacherscount.org/campaign/posters.shtml
Description: This website has posters of “famous” people posing with a teacher that impacted their lives. New posters are released on a regular basis.
Simply email Teachers Count and they will send you a print of each of the latest posters free of charge.
r.
Class Connection
Found: http://www.classconnection.org/default.asp
Description: This service allows you to set up teacher specific websites that allow teachers to stay better connected to their students and teachers.
Homework assignments, news, links, pictures, and communications can be set up. If your district doesn’t already have a similar website, consider using
Class Connection.
s.
GPS Map Websites
Found: http://www.miscjunk.org/mj/mp_main.html
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/all
For WY trails: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/27/
Description: Thinking about taking your students out into the field? You might have your own GPS, or the school might have one, but you usually have to
get the maps (that contain topography, trails, bodies of water, etc.) separately. These websites have free downloadable maps. Note that they all claim to be
for Garmin devices, which could potentially work for other brands of GPS devices, but I’m not sure.
t.
Science Inquirer at Wikispaces
Found: http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff
Description: This website has by far the most relevant list of free things that I’ve seen – most other websites had junk. A few notable types of free things
include: posters, videos, lessons, labs, demos, newsletters, magazines, and so on. Try searching in your browser for a keyword (e.g. “atmosphere”) to try and
find relevant items.
I recommend the following from this website:
9. Human Genome Poster: https://public.ornl.gov/site/external/poster_request.cfm
This poster has the entire human genome mapped out. The poster looks excellent in my opinion. The website says there is a limited quantity, but you can
download individual chromosomes and print them on your own…
10. Survival Guide for new teachers:
http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/become/about/survivalguide/index.html
This website is run by the department of Education. It has relevant thoughts and recommendations for new teachers. Of course, it’s important to plan for
success when becoming a new teacher, as opposed to “just going for it”.
Resource #1:
Name of Provider: Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies
URL: http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm
Description: This resource offers a collection of more than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning assets in the form of websites from government agencies.
New websites are added regularly and there is an option to have these websites sent to you; especially the ones pertaining to your particular subject area. Teachers can
use this resource in the classroom to supplement lessons with the most current information available about a science topic. This resource provides an easy way to meet
state science standards by breaking down the material provided into earth science, space science, life science, and physical sciences topics (similar to how the standards
are broken-down). Best of all, within these topics there is opportunity for real-world application!
Resource #2
Name of Provider: Free Technology for Teachers – Free Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching with Technology written by Richard Byrne
URL: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
Description: Not only does this resource offer free downloads of lessons plans and ideas for teachers, it also offers tutorials on how to create blogs, websites, and
videos. This tool can help teachers to incorporate technology into their curriculum; which is a necessary part of any science curriculum in this changing world. When
meeting state standards, teachers can incorporate technology into experiments and laboratories which encompasses one standard regarding students using technology in
scientific investigation.
Resource #3
Name of Provider: PBS Teachers – Featured Classroom Resources
URL: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Description: This excellent resource allows teachers to connect with one another! There is a feed that give teachers the opportunity to ask and answer questions, give
helpful hints, and share information. In addition, this website gives teachers and students to virtually visit places such as the Grand Canyon which they might not be
able to field trip to otherwise! The helpful tags on these videos indicate which grade level and subject they are appropriate for, helping teachers to meet state standards.
Resource #4
Name of Provider: National Education Association – FREE Science Resources
URL: http://www.nea.org/tools/40686.htm
Description: The NEA is the largest teacher’s union in the United States, so it seems fitting that this prestigious organization would provide some helpful educational
tools for teachers. This website offers information on science subjects ranging from animals to weather and professional resources to free lesson plan examples. These
free science resources are listed by grade level allowing teachers to easily locate information relevant to state standards!
Resource #5
Name of Provider: Discovery Education – Free Teacher Resources
URL: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
Description: This resource takes education beyond the books. With this website, students can participate in fun games, puzzles, and interactive videos regarding
science. The resources are arranged by subject matter and go beyond science; English, history, and social studies can be implemented into science lessons. Although
this website might seem more appropriate for primary students, further investigation shows that it can be beneficial to all levels.
Again, these topics are divided by age group which allows teachers to meet state science standards.
Resource #6
Name of Provider: Wisconsin Education Association Council – Free Things for Your Students and Classroom
URL: http://www.weac.org/professional_resources/freebies/index.aspx
Description: The information provided by this website was compiled from a number of sources including the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), the
National Education Association, and the U.S. Department of Education; all very significant and reliable sources! Overall, this website provides a very simple list of
free educational resources from a variety of subject areas ranging from economics to oceanography. These resources can help teachers to meet state science standards
with current information and research to support instruction.
Resource #7
Name of Provider: Thinkfinity – Verizon Foundation
URL: http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Description: Who ever thought Verizon was anything but cell phones? I sure didn’t! However, Verizon offers a pretty helpful list of free lesson plans, training
resources, and even discussion boards on current school issues. In order to help teachers meet individual state standards, lesson plans are listed according to subject
matter and grade level appropriateness. Although this resource looks great, I would be aware of any commercial gains that Verizon is trying to make; try to keep those
out of the classroom.
Resource #8
Name of Provider: National Institute of Health – Office of Science Education
URL: http://science-education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/feature/index.htm
Description: The NIH has offered a free public resource that focuses primarily of distributing information regarding human health. This resource would be ideal for
any health, physiology, anatomy, or ecology unit plan. This resource organizes its content based upon topics, grade levels, and resource formats (i.e. lesson plans,
multimedia, posters). For this reason, it would be very easy for educators to meet state standards for their particular grade level.
Resource #9
Name of Provider: Microsoft in Education – Teacher Resources
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/Pages/index.aspx
Description: One thing that I really liked about this resource is that it is the only one I have found that mentions on the very home page, “Improve accessibility for
students and staff with special needs”. This resource takes into consideration integration and adjusting curriculums to fit individual accommodations. Not only does
this resource provide lesson plans but it also provides teacher guides. The content is organized by grade level which will help teachers to meet state standards.
Resource #10
Name of Provider: TeachKind – Free Humane Education Materials and Policy Resources for K-12 and College Educators
URL: http://www.teachkind.org/merchandise.asp
Description: For those educators looking for ways to incorporate more humane methods of science education, this is a perfect resource. All a teacher needs to do is
sign up for free and fill out an order form to receive the materials. This website is sponsored in part by PETA so it is necessary to understand that there is most certainly
an underlying agenda for these types of materials. However, for students who might be set against dissection or other science education methods, this would be a great
resource. Also, it is always good to show both sides of complicated science issues so this could be a good resource for class debates, etc. State science standards can be
met by simply adjusting the material to fit curriculum needs.
1. Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
This resource can be used in the classroom by any teacher in any school trying to teach science, this is brought to teachers by the Discovery Channel and has lessons,
demonstrations and labs that will benefit all students. This source has all of the national science standards built into every resource, so being able to connect these
lessons to the state standards should be fairly simple. This resource has wide applications and will be a great addition to any teachers arsenal.
2. Dan Bulfer Jr.
307 262-2383
This resource is a personal friend of mine who worked for United Launch Alliance in Colorado. He worked very closely with rocket design, propulsion and many other
aspects of rockets. As a resource he could come into a classroom and talk about the ins and outs of rockets from the ground up, he also has extensive knowledge of
robotics and can talk to students about that as well. This source meets state science standards in the way of teaching students about technology in our daily life and how
science can affect their daily lives or influence them. You can also tie this into a physics unit on motion and Newtons 3 laws.
3. California State University
http://www.csun.edu/science/chemistry/
This resource is for teachers from California State University, this website gives adequate demonstrations, lectures, and labs for the Chemistry classroom. This resource
can be used in the classroom to help with unit building and helping students to understand tough concepts. The ability to apply Wyoming State Science Standards would
be easy due to the wide variety of resources on this site, the lectures, labs and demonstrations apply to all aspects of the science standards.
4. Chem Collective
http://www.chemcollective.org/
This resource is like a lot of the others, except if more geared towards the students. As a teacher you can have a website and put information on it specifically for your
students, they can run virtual labs. This resource can be used in the classroom with diverse learners. If students need a lab to be modified, or are unable to perform the
lab in the classroom the virtual lab can help these students to understand the concepts that the lab may be teaching. This source can be tied to all the science standards
and inquiry standards for the state.
5. Science is Fun
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/
This resource is a wonderful one for students to hear about science and chemistry in the news and in the world around them now. This site includes information on
chemistry in the news on a monthly basis, it also includes wonderful demonstrations that could be turned into labs for your students. This can be used in the classroom
as a whats in the news or tieing science into their daily lives. This is a wonderful resource to help your students understand that science is in their everyday lives and
will hit the standard on this and many more with the extra sources on this website.
6. nclark
http://www.nclark.net/Chemistry
This resource is better for the demonstrations and using them to catch your students attention at the beginning of class. Utilizing this resource may be best served as a
once in a while thing. This can hit the standards for the utilization of the demos and helping students to connect the content you have either previously taught or will
teach.
7. YouTube
www.youtube.com
This resource has so many applications, the use of this resource can be overused by many teachers however it can give students the ability to see something that they
otherwise could not see because of school regulations such as a thermite reaction. Also a lot of mythbusters episodes are on this site and you can talk about the scientific
method with the students. This resource can hit any state or national standards as long as the video being shown is appropriate for the material/concept that is being
taught.
8. FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=41
This resource is given to teachers for free to help students understand concepts in classrooms. This resource has so many more resources that are free that I don’t know
where to begin, it has virtual labs, appropriate pictures, demos, labs and lectures. This is the Ultimate resource. Connecting to the standards should be simple with the
federal government upkeeping the information on this site. I am assuming that they don’t just blindly put up a resource without checking its validity or usefulness to
teaching.
9. NSTA
http://www.nsta.org/
This resource comes straight from the National science teachers association. This resource can be used in the classroom by utilizing the integration of social networking
and the integrated teaching methods that they have on the website. This resource hits the national science standards due to it being from the teacher association for
science.
10. PBS Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
This resource is not unlike the discovery channel education site. This site includes video lectures on various concepts in all disciplines of science and other areas of
teaching. This can be used in the classroom very easily and can connect concepts that are being taught, I am not sure if I would use this as an ultimate resource or as
something to teach all concepts, but to connect or to help stress a specific concept can be very helpful to a teacher. Tieing in the standards would be very easy since as a
teacher this resource can be used as an afterthought to a concept that is already being taught. This resource also brings in the standard of teaching students about the
connections to everyday life.
1)
2)
The Virtual Frog <http://froggy.lbl.gov/>
a.
(actual dissection link: <http://froggy.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/dissect>)
b. Provided by Berkeley Labs through the contacts of Bill Johnston and David Robertson
c.
The resource offers a different look at from the traditional frog dissection that may occur in some biology classrooms through MRI
reconstruction, ability to look at different parts of the frog with or with/out surrounding structures, and receive a brief description of what the
structure does for the frog. The providers do offer rotating frog movies #D rendered pictures from MRI images gathered during the creation of the
project.
d. The Virtual Frog is online and would require internet capable computers for the students to utilize for the project.
e.
The resource may be a great method to introduce students to a frog dissection so that they can get some background information and preliminary
images in their head about what the frog might look like once they start dissecting. The images are fairly simplistic and do not cover muscles,
circulatory system, and specific names of bone structures that may need to be learned.
f.
The resource meets Wyoming State Science Standards for 8th grade with: 1.1- Levels of Organization in Living Systems- “Students model the cell
as the basic unit of a living system. They realize that all functions that sustain life act within a single cell and cells differentiate into specialized
cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.” The resource meets this by introducing the students to basic system structures and describes what the
structures do for the frog. The resource also meets all of the 8 th grade Science as Inquiry Standards as long as the instructor provides the means on
which to start the investigations within the frog dissections, have the students present any findings that they encountered and why it was
important, gather data and draw conclusions based upon the data gathered (such as how frogs move, or ideas of the skeletal structure differences
amongst different amphibians, etc), and the students can recognize the relationship between science and technology to meet human needs
(curiosity, etc) within their own life.
The Virtual Cell < http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm>
a.
Created by a team effort through Brown University and Coyle and Cassidy High Schools.
b. The resource offers a virtual view of the cell, its components, and animations regarding organelle’s function and role within the cell. It also has an
accompanying ‘textbook’ that outlines an introduction and through each organelle that the students and/or teacher can utilize for quick reference
and/or introduction of functions before jumping further into detail. Unfortunately, it is still under construction for certain areas with no estimated
times for completion.
c.
The resource can be utilized in any life science classrooms as either an introduction or a quick review of previously covered material in which
students would need to discuss the differences in organelles amongst the different types of living organisms. Expanding it into chemistry and
physics could be accomplished by discussing the biochemistry that occurs with each organelle (if present) and how the cell accomplishes the
changes with energy costs for the movements or breakdown of materials (this would be easier to accomplish through the site if these links were
not under construction, but could be expanded into classroom exercises).
d. This resource serves both 8th and 11th grade state standards “Levels of Organization within Living Systems” in which the students are required to
know that the cell is the basis of all living organisms and gives a basic overview of how cells can differentiate into specialized tissues.
3)
4)
Becoming Human <http://www.becominghuman.org/node/learning-center>
a.
The site was created by the Institute of Human Origins.
b. The site offers some interactive activities in which students can work through rebuilding chimpanzee and human skeletons and comparing DNA
samples from humans and closely related apes. The teacher’s site offers student packets to walk the students through the sites and questions to
ponder and discuss amongst classmates and other classroom activity instructions to discuss why humans evolved to walk bipedal instead of
maintaining ‘knuckle-walking’.
c.
The site and resources can be utilized in biology (evolution discussions) and also anatomy and physiology classes to discuss the differences
amongst the great apes, how the changes occurred, and what is still commonly shared amongst all of the great apes. If students wished to discuss
the differences amongst walking styles, it could also lead into a discussion of mammal diversity and reasons for the skeletal styles amongst
different species that are outside of the ape family.
d. The state standards covered for 11th grade include: Molecular Basis of Heredity- demonstrating understanding that organisms ensure species
continuity by passing genetic information from parent to offspring, utilize genetic information to make predictions about possible offspring, and
apply concepts of molecular biology to recent discoveries; and Biological Evolution- explain how species evolve over time, discuss natural
selection and that evolutionary consequences provide a scientific explanation for the great diversity of organisms as evidenced by the fossil
record, examine how different species are related by descent from common ancestors, explain how organisms are classified based on similarities
that reflect their evolutionary relationships, with species being the most fundamental unit of classification.
eLucy <http://www.elucy.org/ >
a.
Provided by the University of Texas-Austin. They also provide eSkeletons and eFossils as well for your viewing pleasure.
b. This site is an introduction to how evolution has played a role in human and great ape survival and the changes that occurred to survive through
today. It probably should not be utilized on its own, but as a supplement to in class discussions and comparisons amongst all the great ape
species, including the evolution that played a role in their survival.
c.
The site and its resources can be easily utilized in biology and/or geological based classes to see how changes that occurred throughout earth’s
time affected the life upon the earth and why fossils are now the only means to know that some species even existed. The biology based classes
can utilized it to link into the geology aspects, but also cover how evolution can play a role in a species survival or extinction.
d. National Standards Met:
i. National Standards 5-8
1. Content Standard C Life Science: Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms
a.
Millions of species of animals, plants, and microorganisms are alive today. Although different species might
look dissimilar, the unity among organisms becomes apparent from an analysis of internal structures, the
similarity of their chemical processes, and the evidence of common ancestry.
b. Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many
generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves
the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in
structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.
c.
Extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are
insufficient to allow its survival. Fossils indicate that many organisms that lived long ago are extinct. Extinction
of species is common; most of the species that have lived on the earth no longer exist.
2. Content Standard D Earth Science: Earth's history
a.
Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed.
ii. National Standards 9-12
1. Content Standard C Life Science: Biological Evolution
a.
Natural selection and its evolutionary consequences provide a scientific explanation for the fossil record of
ancient life forms, as well as for the striking molecular similarities observed among the diverse species of living
organisms.
b. The millions of different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms that live on Earth today are related by
descent from common ancestors.
5)
Life Has a History (Level 2) <http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/intro/index.html >
a.
Provided through Berkeley and supported through National Science Foundation
b. The Level 2 Module provides and interactive exploration of previous and current organisms that live(d) upon Earth and how changes have either
allowed the organisms to flourish and survive or become extinct. The site provides teacher guides and handout for the students to utilize to ensure
all National Science Standards are met while using the site.
c.
The site and its resources can be easily utilized in biology and/or geological based classes to see how changes that occurred throughout earth’s
time affected the life upon the earth and why fossils are now the only means to know that some species even existed. The biology based classes
can utilized it to link into the geology aspects, but also cover how evolution can play a role in a species survival or extinction.
d. National Standards Met:
i. National Standards 5-8
1. Content Standard C Life Science: Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms
a.
Millions of species of animals, plants, and microorganisms are alive today. Although different species might
look dissimilar, the unity among organisms becomes apparent from an analysis of internal structures, the
similarity of their chemical processes, and the evidence of common ancestry.
b. Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many
generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves
the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in
structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.
c.
Extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are
insufficient to allow its survival. Fossils indicate that many organisms that lived long ago are extinct. Extinction
of species is common; most of the species that have lived on the earth no longer exist.
2. Content Standard D Earth Science: Earth's history
a.
Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed.
ii. National Standards 9-12
1. Content Standard C Life Science: Biological Evolution
a.
Natural selection and its evolutionary consequences provide a scientific explanation for the fossil record of
ancient life forms, as well as for the striking molecular similarities observed among the diverse species of living
organisms.
b. The millions of different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms that live on Earth today are related by
descent from common ancestors.
Ecology:
1)
Land Use History of North America < http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/>
a.
The site is a work in progress from USGS (United States Geological Survey) and co-sponsored by NASA.
b. The website is text intensive with some well-planned and presented US maps that show the changes that have been induced from colonization
through today and the effects that have occurred since that time. It does provide a fairly deep, yet broad overview of how Euro-Americans have
changed the land through data analysis of local/regional effects, plant/species diversity changes, population density changes, primary productivity
altercations, and regional changes for ecosystem management after agricultural needs are met.
c.
It would probably be most useful in an AP US History or US Biology class that discusses the changes that have occurred environmentally,
socially, and/or economically since colonialization and the impacts that have had lasted and those that have disappeared. There are sections that
are broad for the entire US as well as more localized/regional looks upon the land and changes. Students may be able to take the information that
is presented and then expand out into groups to look at possible additional reasons for the changes as well and hypothesize the changes that may
occur in the regions if current uses are maintained based upon known effects that current economic gains may already have done to other
locations.
d. For the Wyoming 11th Grade Science Standards, those that would be best fit include: “Behavior and Adaptation”- students examine behavior as
the sum of responses of an organism to stimuli in its environment, which involves through adaptation, increase the potential for species survival,
identify adaptations as characteristics and behaviors of an organism that enhance the chance for survival and reproductive success in a particular
environment; “Matter, Energy, and Organization of Living Systems”- students describe the need of living systems for a continuous input of
energy to maintain chemical and physical stability, explain the unidirectional flow of energy and organic matter through a series of trophic levels
in living systems, investigate the distribution and abundance of organisms in ecosystems, which are limited by the availability of matter and
energy and the ability of the living system to recycle materials; and “Interdependence of Organisms”- students investigate the interrelationships
and interdependence of organisms, including the ecosystem concept, energy flow, competition for resources, and human effects on the
environment.
e.
As for the Social Studies 11th grade Standards- Production, Distribution, and Consumption applications are most likely to be explained through:
1. Students explain how different economic systems are organized for production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and 2.
Students formulate solutions to economic problems. As well as- 4. Time, Continuity and Change- 1. Students analyze the interactions among
individuals and groups and their impact on significant historical events; 3. Students evaluate the impact of technology and how it has shaped
history and influenced the modern world; and 4. Students explain how past events impact the present and the future. And finally, 5. People,
Places and Environments- 1. Students interpret charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or
environments; 2. Students analyze how physical characteristics of the earth and human interactions with the environment have affected the
development of societies, cultures, and individuals; and 3. Students demonstrate and ability to organize and process information about people,
places, and environments.
Chemistry:
1)
2)
Molecular Workbench: Visual, Interactive Simulations for Teaching and learning Science <http://mw.concord.org/modeler/showcase/chemistry.html>
a.
The modules are provided by the Concord Consortium.
b. The website has multiple modules in which the students can utilize as resources for background information regarding thermodynamics,
states of matter, chemical bonds, water and solution reactions, and reactions. Some of the modules are interactive for the students to change
different variables to see how it affects the overall chemical balance, while others describe previously created pictorials.
c.
The website and its modules can be utilized most readily into chemistry classes, but some of the laws and formula modules could be
expanded into physics classrooms with discussions. The extra links that are provided take the modules from being basic introductions or
classroom discussion material into advanced calculation and discussion material that would need some guidance to ensure that the students
do not get too bogged down by all the details provided.
d. The resource can easily be placed into the Wyoming 11th Grade Science Standards: “Structure and Properties of Matter”-they explain
chemical bonding in terms of the transfer or sharing of electrons between atoms, describe physical states of matter and phase changes,
differentiate between chemical and physical properties, and chemical and physical changes; “Chemical Reactions”- recognize that chemical
reaction take place all around us, realize that chemical reactions may release or consume energy, occur at different rates, and result in the
formation of different substances, and identify the factors that affect reaction rates; “Conservation of Energy and Increase in Disorder”students demonstrate an understanding of the laws of conservation of mass and energy within the context of physical and chemical changes
and realize the tendency for systems to increase in disorder; and “energy and matter”- students demonstrate an understanding of types of
energy, energy transfer, and transformation and the relationship between energy and matter.
Chemicals, the Environment, and You: Explorations in Science and Human Health. <http://science.education.nih.gov>
a.
Provided by the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Environmental Health Science
b. The website allows for downloading of a teacher’s manual and handouts for the students for in-class discussions and activities to discuss
how chemicals are used, what they are, and how they can impact either individuals or the environment.
c.
The resource can be added into a biology, ecology, or chemistry classrooms easily to link ideas from different ‘subject areas’ together and
allow students to see how their chemistry lessons from the previous year may have an impact upon why environmental or health related
issues may appear and vice-versa. It may also be utilized in a general science classroom in which multiple topics are covered and used to
link ideas presented from one topic to another for the students.
d. The resource can be used for middle or high school students with relating to: “Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter” and “The
Structure and Properties of Matter” for the chemistry standards since students will need to understand basic symbols that may be present
upon containers, how the chemicals can impact themselves, others, or the environment and the chemical changes that may occur once the
item is introduced into a living organism. As for life-sciences, “Levels of Organization of Living Systems” to explain why certain chemicals
only affect different types of cells and/or tissues after covering how cells are the basic unit of a living system; “Diversity of Organisms”
investigating how chemicals may affect some organisms differently from others by identifying how the organisms are similar and/or
different from each other; “Behavior and Adaptation” to explain the reactions that the individuals discussed in the scenarios are just
responses of the individual to an internal or external stimulus (in this case chemicals) and the behaviors that were exhibited afterwards.
Geology:
1.
2.
3.
Geologic Time <http://paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/main/index.html>
a.
Provided by Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Presented by their Department of Paleobiology
b. The website allows students to explore time eras that the earth has already undergone, what was living (or evolving) during that time, what
the landmasses were doing, etc and has it displayed directly below the eon by defining characteristics and secondary characteristics and the
contents displayed to the lower left. The students can also look through foundational concept links on how paleontologists estimate rock
age, find fossils, and perform their own studies.
c.
This resource mostly likely could be used as a secondary introduction after a primary ‘lecture’ to introduce rocks, mineralogy, and age of
the earth and the species that use to live here.
d. The resource can be utilized into life sciences to explain how species have either evolved or died out (Biological Evolution under Life
Systems); Introduction into the Geochemical cycles with ‘seeing’ how the earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere have
changed since earth’s creation; Investigating geologic time and how we can explore the age of earth (Origin and Evolution of the Earth
System).
Rock Cycle <http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/petrology/visualizations/rock_cycle.html>
<http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/petrology/teaching_activities_table_contents.html>
The Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit- A Teacher’s Guide for Hands-On Mineral Education Activities < http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/17/>
a.
Provided by the US Geological Survey, Information Services, National Mapping Division
b. The Resource provides ideas for teaching how geologists extract core samples from the earth, analyze core data, how mining sites are
reclaimed, how minerals and mineral resources are processed, how we use mineral resources in our daily lives, identification and
measurement of mineral deposits through a series of hands on activities for the students.
c.
The resource can be used by the teachers to either use the ideas already present in the book or to expand on the ideas for their own purpose
that covers the concepts listed above. It most likely would be useful with middle school students (if left unchanged) being introduced to
geological concepts and how even studying rocks and minerals actually impacts our daily lives.
d. The resource most efficiently lines up with the 8th grade Earth, Space and Physical Science standard “structure of the earth system’ with
students examine the structure of the earth, identifying layers of the Earth, considering plate movement and its effect, and recognizing
landforms resulting from constructive and destructive forces with having students actively working through simulations to see changes that
can occur on the earth’s surface and then reporting back on what they observed and communicate their results back to either their peers
and/or the instructor.
4.
University Professors- You can ask University Professors to come in and talk to the class about real world applications of research in science. The
professors would help to show students what they could do in the field of Science. Some Unversity even has science teams full of students that go to
the local schools and perform experiments. This service would be provided by the local university of college.Uwyo.edu. This fits the NBPTS
standards of developing collegiality and Leadership as well as engaging the science learner. This gets you a reputation with local professionals as well
as gains the students interest.
(See the UW Science Posse at: http://www.uwyo.edu/SCIENCEPOSSE/)
5.
Water treatment center- This would allow students to see science at work in making their water clean. It would show the real application of science to
make our drinking water safe. The provider is the City of Laramie. Richard Elliot- 307-721-5241. This fits the NBPTS standards of developing
collegiality and Leadership as well as engaging the science learner. This gets you a reputation with local professionals as well as gains the students
interest.
6.
Public library-www.albanycountylibrary.org/ The public library is a natural place for teachers to go and look to rent movies and books to use in their
classroom. I would use this as a place to find resources for my classroom. I could also be up to date on the latest science fiction novels that come out
and can be related to the classroom. This fits the NBPTS standard of engaging the science learner, making connections in science, and connecting
with families and communities. This would get in me in touch with the public library system near my school. Along with finding different connections
to science for my students.
7.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-noble-gases.cfm. This is the discovery channel website that allows teachers to find
lesson plans for all different topics in science. It would be a good skeleton of a lesson plan to get a teacher started in planning their lessons. This fits
the NBPTS standard of understanding science teaching. This would help teachers understand different approaches to certain topics.
8.
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=124&content_id=CNBP_026828&use_sec=true
&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=7af1a738-f323-4f51-abf5-84c08286585c .. American women in science. This website is a list of all the famous
American women scientist that there have been. It is a much more diverse list then the white men in their white lab coat. This would fit the NBPTS
standard of Promoting Diversity, Equity and fairness. IT will show minorities and women that they play a prominent role in science as well.
9.
CDC- Using the website to talk about things as simple as why is it important to wash your hands, to explaining what Ro means in relationship to
disease transmission. The center for disease control website has a plethora of information on a variety of subjects ranging from environmental health
to emergency preparedness. This fits the NBPTS standards of developing collegiality and Leadership as well as engaging the science learner. This gets
you a reputation with local professionals as well as gains the students interest.
10. National forest- Medicine Bow- Routt National forest number: 307-745-2300. You could bring the national forest scientist in to talk about the different
experiments and how the National forest utilizes science. This will help students to make the connection between all the different sciences and how
correlate with each other.
11. Local brewmaster/ vineyard (for junior or seniors)- Altitudes Chophouse and brewery (307) 721-4031. This is like National forest in that this would
bring a real world application of science into the classroom. It would be intriguing for older students, and give them a reason to learn. This fits the
NBPTS standards of developing collegiality and Leadership as well as engaging the science learner. This gets you a reputation with local professionals
as well as gains the students interest.
12. Poll everywhere- polleverywhere.com. This is a free website that allows teachers to create polls or have students submit questions in the classroom.
This will be a positive use of cell phones in the classroom. It will allow teachers to continuously check on how much the students understand. It also
allows students to text in questions that they might be afraid to ask out loud. This fits the NBPTS standard of Assessing results. This is a different
method to Asses what students are and are not learning.
13.
Voki- http://voki.com/ This is a virtual world website. This would allow teachers to have personal online office hours. Students could come up with
characters and feel more engaged in the classroom. The students could be learning through their avatars. This is a free website that would allow
teachers to have office hours on the nights and weekends. This fits the NBPTS standard of engaging the science learner. This is a different way to
engage students who may be more uncomfortable in a classroom setting.
14. University of Utah- Teach Genetics
http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content
This website has a great variety of useful lesson plans to teach genetics. It has everything from the most basic genetics, to very advanced AP high school
level lesson plans. Because I don’t know exactly what grade I will be teaching, it will be great to have this resource because it is so applicable to various
ages. I really like how this site uses extremely well animated videos to help students grasp each idea. These videos can help spark interest, clarify confusing
concepts, and help students see relationships between what they are learning to real life processes in biology.
Science standards for SC11.1.2 and SC8.1.2, molecular basis of heredity, can be applied to every concept on this website because it all deals with genetics
and heredity.
15. Arizona University- The Biology Project
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/problems.html
This website is really great for students to explore cell biology. It is a simple website with older visuals but it also comes in Spanish, which would be very
helpful to help clear up information for students that are ESL or ELL. After each lesson, there are quizzes over all the material. This could be useful to allow
students to use this website to review before exams and quizzes. This information can also be aligned with a cell lab where students identify cell structure
and function. Standard SC11.1.1 is met because the lesson would revolve around students identifying activities taking place in an organism related to
metabolic activities in cells, including growth, regulation, transport, and homeostasis.
16. Action BioScience
http://www.actionbioscience.org
This site is a great resource that I have used time to time to stay up with the always-changing science world. Each article is not too advanced for the average
middle school student to understand and offers topics that vary from genetics to biotechnology and even legislation that is affecting the science world. This
is a resource I will use when I do a project on science research that allows students to study information on a topic that most interests them. I believe it is
important to allow students to study something they find interesting to spark involvement and participation for lessons to follow that relate to their topic of
interest. State Standard SC11.3.2 is met with this projects by allowing students to discover “interdisciplinary connections of the sciences and connections to
other subject areas and career opportunities.”
17. Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc_cellbio.htm
I have seen and used this interactive website in multiple biology courses that I have taken. It really does a great job of allowing students to interact and
explore cellular function. I would set up a lesson plan that outlines how the students should proceed through each interactive animation including questions
that they would answer throughout the lesson. I would also use this tool as a review or introduction lecture and discussion with my class. SC.8.1.1 (levels of
organization in living systems) and SC11.1.1 (the cell) are being met because students are learning cell structure, function, and lifecycle.
18. Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers
This is an entire compilation of lesson plans put together by the discovery channel. Lesson plans, labs, and activities are all divided into categories of grade
level to subject area. I have been looking at lesson plans and ideas on this website and have found numerous good ideas that I plan to use. This vast resource
can cover any standard and each concept can be taught in all different ways using the labs, lesson plans, or activities.
19. Lesson Plans Inc.
http://www.lessonplansinc.com/science.php/biology/lessonplans/C95
This is another compilation of lesson plans for each science discipline. When I searched natural selection (just to see what would come up), I found many
interactive multimedia presentations and activities that would really be a hit in a classroom and cover standard SC11.1.3 which covers biological evolution.
This is another comprehensive site that can offer lesson plans and activities for all different types of science classrooms. I really like that this site allows for
the rating of each lesson plan, and a place to read teacher’s comments to help make the lesson better.
20. The Biology Corner
http://www.biologycorner.com
The Biology Corner is a resource for teachers to use that allows educators to communicate and pass ideas about lesson plans and other useful information. I
really like how it has numerous links to other resources, but I mostly like the images and media tab that allows teachers to use images of dissected pigs to
pictures of different cells under a microscope. The biology corner offers lesson plans along with images and multimedia, quizzes, exams and supplemental
activities for students. This is another resource that can be applied to Wyoming standards that differ from cell biology to ecology.
21. Biology4Teachers
http://www.biology4teachers.com
This is another resource for biology teachers that allow teachers to send in lesson plans and activities that worked for them. PowerPoint presentations,
multimedia activities, and interactive animations for each subject make this website a great tool for any unit in a biology classroom. This site is so diverse
and complete that any standard can be applied to this cornucopia of lessons.
22. Conceptual Chemistry Alive
http://www.conceptualchemistry.com
This website has tutorial videos, worksheets, review sections for students, and resources for teachers. I found this site to be interesting because of its
simplicity. The video tutorial would be a great introduction tool for a classroom that is beginning a chemistry unit in my biology class. This site adequately
covers standards SC8.1.10 and SC8.1.11. I only plan on teaching chemistry as a supplement to biology or as a unit in my class, so this site might be too
simple for high school chemistry classes.
23. Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies
http://www.outdoorbiology.com
This site is my favorite lab resource I have come across. It is a library of labs performed outside ranging from biology experiments to ecological observation
projects. Every lesson plan I looked at is planned really well and include guiding questions to ask students, teacher feedback comments, time estimates, and
assessment suggestions. These labs and activities cover all the Life Systems standards for both middle school and high school.
1.
Rocky Mountain Herbarium Database
http://www.rmh.uwyo.edu/data/search.php
Other contact information:
Department of Botany, 3165
1000 E. University Ave.
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071
(307) 766-2236
This database can be used to find the locations of different plant species. The search page can be used to search by a variety of fields. In the high school biology
classroom, searching by plant genus and species should be the most useful. Students can then select a specific location and a specific specimen. The information
associated with each specimen’s collection location, habitat, and characteristics may be included in a description of the specimen. Many times ecology studies
focus on animals and not plants. This database will help students associate different plant species with different habitats in a real-world setting that they can then
tie to wildlife and the broader ecological picture.
2.
Public Libraries
Laramie Location:
310 S 8th St.
Laramie, WY 82070
307-721-2580
Public libraries carry many useful resources, especially reference books. In many cases, if a library does not have a book, they can order it if someone requests it.
These resources can be used for individual research projects or supplemental materials in the classroom itself. Many of the Wyoming standards focus on students
conducting research. The public library is a great way to find a variety of different resources types (e.g. book, journal article, online article) that students can use
to synthesize ideas.
3.
U.S. Forest Service Website
http://www.fs.fed.us/
This website has a page designed for kids as well as lots of information about current project going on. Some material, especially on the kids’ page, may be
inappropriate for older students. The website also contains information about special events and programs that students can get involved with. This website is a
great supplemental resource for students, particularly in an ecology unit.
4.
Bureau of Land Management Website
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
The BLM website has a variety of information on it, some of which is not very useful to students and other information that could be very beneficial and
supplemental to students. For example, energy sources and wildlife management issues have fact sheets and general information. Several states also have their
own BLM websites that focus on the issues in those states and what is being done about those issues. Therefore, this website may be useful in a current events
project or a local issues project. Students could use the site to find a local issue and, using knowledge learned in class, discuss potential solutions and plans-ofattack for the issues.
5.
World Wildlife Fund Website
http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full.html
This website has articles about current global issues regarding wildlife and efforts that are being made to help wildlife. Like a couple of the other resources, this
website is a great tool to find information on current events. A free database download is also available that allows students an interactive way of learning about a
variety of topics.
6.
Copernicus Project
http://www.copernicusproject.ucr.edu/ssi/HSBiologyResources.htm
This website contains a lot of videos and PowerPoint lectures about a range of biology topics. In particular, the video clips of mitosis and meiosis may really help
students visualize the processes better and aid them in studying. While the website isn’t very attractive, the material is very useful (or at least the few topics I
sampled). The video clips are short and to the point with crazy music that will help keep students’ attention.
7.
Information and Visitor Centers
http://www.wyomingtourism.org/travelerservices?view=List&features=(1070)
Visitor and information centers have many displays and pamphlets that may provided useful information to students. Some displays are interactive and help to
engage students in further learning. Many of these centers are very open to classes visiting and have special programs and tours geared towards students. The
centers can be used to supplement a variety of standards, depending on the center the class is visiting.
8.
USDA Plant Database
http://plants.usda.gov/java/
This plant database contains a quick search that can find a plant species using the scientific name or the common name. Each plant species’ page contains the
state(s) the plant is found in naturally and the phylogenetic classification information of the plant. Pictures and additional resources are also included. This
website is useful if a student wants to research a particular plant or if a teacher is introducing phylogenies.
9.
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/
Yes, YouTube can be a great resource for students! There are many videos of animals in their natural habitats, studies, and zoos that may help students further
understand animal behavior, especially in an animal behavior and ecology unit. YouTube also contains videos of many labs and demonstrations that may be
informational and interesting to students.
10. Biology101 Website
http://biology101.org/
This website contains a variety of study guides, flash cards, and practice questions for students to use to aid in studying. These materials may also be useful to
help clarify information for students. The material covered is primarily cell functions and genetics – material that students frequently have a difficult time
understanding and is included in many high school biology standards.
1. a.)
The Biology Corner http://www.biologycorner.com/
b.) This website was created by a teacher at Granite City High School named Mrs. Muskopf and appears to be used regularly for the classes she teaches but
contains a great deal of links to other useful sources/resources.
c.) This resource provides lessons in microscopy in addition to full class lesson plans and activities in Anatomy, AP Biology, General Biology 1, General
Biology 2 and Physics. Additionally, there are worksheets, image, media and links to other useful educational sites for both teachers and students.
This resource can be modified as teachers see fit to achieve personal classroom/learning goals. However, it is extremely useful because there are
PowerPoint’s, quizzes, review guides and worksheets ready for use or modification. Because these resources can be uploaded and modified, they can be used as a
beginning point, or depending on the states standard, can be used directly to achieve learning goals.
2.) a.) Scienceinquirer: Free Stuff for Science Teachers http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff
b.) This website and the contributions to it are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 License. Because this website is a list of free
resources for teachers, each link is provided by a different person/company.
c.) This resource is simply a website full of other links/websites. The site provides links that will take you to podcasts, posters, email list serves,
foldables, bookmarks and coloring books, science kits, videos, lessons, labs, demos, books, newsletters, magazines, computer simulations, and additional
websites for free items for teachers and students. I also noticed a link for grants, which will probably be quite useful for all teachers wishing they had more
money for their classrooms.
Because there are so many links on this site, it would take some time to weed out which sites you would actually want to use in your classroom and then
decide if the website was achieving what you wanted it to. As with any resource, you could use any or all of these websites to assist in achieving state science
standards in a fun and interesting way. I have clicked on numerous links and found them to be informative and potentially useful. This is a great site to get started
or to just stay on a use over and over again!
3.) a.) Amazing Biology Teacher Resources http://www.nclark.net/Biology
b.) This website was created by a science teacher Nancy Clark who works at Bristol- Plymouth Regional Technical School but has a great deal of experience at
other schools as well.
c.) This website is a compilation of resources that Nancy collected during 37 years of teaching. She includes worksheets and activities, laboratory exercises, links
to other useful pages, puzzles, games and songs and test reviews organized by topic. For Biology specifically she many pages that cover cells to ecology. When
one clicks on one of the topics, there are several options to look at activities, labs, and other links and additionally the site shows what national science standards
these topics link to. This website is great and makes knowing what you need to teach and how to teach it a no brainer!
4.) a.) TeachOne: Biology Links http://teachone.tripod.com/biology/
b.) This website was created by a substitute teacher R.M Coleman. He basically compiled useful websites and files while substituting that he found helpful in
teaching biology.
c.) Again this site is a compilation of other useful sites for biology teachers. The site is organized into main categories including general biology sites, teaching
tools, lesson plans and other sites by topic. Just to test the sites validity out I checked out the lesson plans link which came up with a huge list of lesson plans for
biology K-12. Again as we know all lesson plans can be incorporated into larger units or modified to reach specific state standards. This website proved to be
quite useful and will be a great resource in the future.
5.) a.) NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers) http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=38
b.) This website was provided by NABT
c.) This site allows you to access many different resources however some are not free to everyone. There are links that will take you to free resources including
interactive labs, lesson plans, tutorials for dissections, and numerous other helpful links. In addition to instructional links there are also links to conferences and
workshops, clubs, committees and awards/opportunities for science teachers. Because this site provides both teaching tools and professional development tools I feel
that this is one of the better sites to check out. Again, many of the resources that this site takes you to can be used and adapted to help achieve state science standards.
6.) a.) MITOPENCOURSEWARE Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/biology/
b.) This website was provided by MIT
c.) This site provides resources for both teachers and students in courses like biology, calculus and physics. They want the site to help teachers find resources easily
which can be used to inspire students in the sciences. Interestingly there is a pull-down menu that teachers and students can access where you search by topic and
subtopic to get greater understanding of materials/concepts. For example I searched cellular energetics and then fermentation and cellular respiration. This took me to
video clips, lecture notes, practice problems and exam questions. This could be used to design lesson plans and provide ideas on how to explain tough topics. Again
this could help teachers meet state standards by providing useful and interesting information on topics that have to be covered in the classrooms.
7.) a.) The Science Spot http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classbiolsn.html
b.) This website was created by a 8th grade teacher in Illinois named Tracy Trimpe
c.) Like many of the other resources I have found this site again provides links to biology lesson plans and other useful websites. This site is geared toward middle
school teachers and students, which will be extremely useful for those simply trying to find age appropriate lesson plans. However, many of the lessons here can be
modified for high school students as well. There are links to lessons and activities, project and club ideas, daily science trivia, science starters to challenge students,
puzzles, and a place to share teaching tips with others. Because there are useful lesson plans as well as other fun activities and even out of school activities, this website
can be used to truly inspire students. Because there are links to activities and lessons, these can be directly used or modified to achieve state science standards.
8.) a.) Lesson Plans Inc. http://www.lessonplansinc.com/
b.) This site is copyrighted by Lesson Plans Inc.
c.) This site is mostly geared toward high school science but some middle school and elementary curriculums are also included. This site focuses on different
learning styles and therefore provides a variety of ways to teach topics in biology. There are links to lesson plans, tests and quizzes and classroom management
strategies as well as other useful links. This is a very nice site because the lesson plans are written very well and also state the standards that they are covering.
Although some modification will probably be necessary for individual classrooms it is a great resource to use to start. I also really liked that the lesson plans also had
worksheets attached. Again this can be taken directly from this site and implemented in your classroom if you feel comfortable with the teaching and learning
outcomes.
9.) a.) Interactive Biology http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/biosites.html
b.) This website was copyrighted by Serendip but was contributed to by many people. It was founded by Bryn Mawr College.
c.) This website was created to add the fun factor into science and science education. There are links to different biology topics and there are numerous
interactive exhibits used to help students understand topics. Additionally, there are links to help teachers become better at their jobs as well as links to summer
institutes that teachers can attend. This website is so huge yet very well put together that I feel it has more to offer than what I initially was able to find. I really
like the links to the interactive exhibits, which would be great additions to lessons within the classroom to help mix things up and also make learning entertaining.
Many of these lessons and suggestions can be incorporated into the classroom and can help achieve state standards in science education. This is one site that is
difficult to describe simply because it is so vast and extremely useful weather you are an elementary education teacher or a college professor.
10.) a.) National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/biology.jsp
b.) This website was created by The National Science Foundation
c.) This website provides classroom resources by research area. There is a vast amount of resources related to biology including links to lessons and web
resources, which mostly come from the National Science Digital Library. After looking at some of the topics/resources they appear to be similar to previous mentioned
resources. This site provides links to other sites that will be useful in developing lesson plans and activities. This site provides the links with a brief description of what
you will find once you go to those links. I appreciated the description because some are geared toward very young learners while others are for middle and high school
teachers/students. In addition to teaching resources this site also provides links to funding opportunities, which will again be quite useful in the future. As with every
other resource I found, the information, lesson plans and activities can all be modified or simply directly used to help achieve science state standards.
http://web.mac.com/thompsonron/Site/Biology_Inquiry_Lab_Activities_files/Snail%20Lab.pdf Provider: NSTA; Chapter 7 respiration and photosynthesis is a
laboratory investigation for students to design an experiment and test a hypothesis using snails and Elodea. It meets state standards as a science inquiry as well as
interdependence of organisms. It is designed with an introduction, pre-lab, materials needed, Hypotheses, prediction, conducting the experiment, and recording the data.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/ Is Yeast Alive? Provided by seredip is also an inquiry lab which allows students to perform a scientific experiment
testing metabolism using yeast. It meets the same state standards as the previous resource. Serendip also provides additional activities which are very useful in the
classroom.
http://www.nsta.org/elementaryschool/?lid=pub Safety in the Science Classroom provided by NSTA is a handout for students and parents to sign and date to ensure
safety in the classroom. It explains how to be same in a science classroom by following strict rules and guidelines. This resource also follows the science inquiry
standard.
http://www.bioedonline.org/space/STS_Mission_134P.cfm “Plants in Space” is provided by BioEd Online which is a great biology teacher resource. There are many
different activities for students to partake in. The one I picked specifically is Plants in space where students grow plants and examine root growth in microgravity. This
covers the behavior and adaptation as well as the interdependence of organisms standards.
www.nsta.org Two Green Thumbs Up provided by NSTA is about teaching using the right movie clips specifically in environmental science. But, it gives a lot of useful
information about picking the right movie clips where teachers will not waist valuable time. It gives example of movies which show environmental issues such as
FernGully for example. This covers the science and technology standards.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/1001838.pdf?acceptTC=true A collaborative Model for Helping Middle Grade Science Teachers Learn Project-Based Instruction
provided by Chicago Journals is about transforming classrooms into active learning environments and student based. It gives different examples of projects using this
type of instruction. His doesn’t meet any specific standard, just depending on what their project is based on.
http://educaion.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/field-investigations/ This website is a great place to fine some really awesome activates for students to do in
and out of the classroom. The activity I picked specifically was a field-investigation which activates student’s prior knowledge in field-work and research. It uses
technology in science as well as science as inquiry.
www.sciencenetlinks.com is a resource that provides internet-based learning activities. There are also other types of interactive lesson resources for teachers as well.
Everything on this website is based on standards.
www.teachersdomain.org is a great website where you can do a search on which grade level and which state standards you want and activity for. For example I picked
Science as Inquiry standard and it brought up many different activities for you to pick from which go along with the standard you chose.
www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/ This website also has many free resources for teachers. You can choose by grade, the type of resource, and teacher picks. It also
provides curiosity in the classroom where students can get on and explore interesting science topics that are going on today. This can touch any standard depending on
which you choose.
1.)
RubiStar. This site has templates for personalizing grading rubrics. The rubrics can be used by the teacher and the students. Also, it can provide evidence for
principals or the state as to how your project-based learning activities were graded. www.rubistar.4teachers.org
2.)
I also found another rubric maker, however this place has them already done for you submitted by other teachers. All I would have to do is go on and pick a
rubric and print it out. The lab write up rubric is standard based for science teachers. It is provided by the TeachNology website.
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
3.)
TeacherTube is a site similar to YouTube that contains all kinds of videos, except these are aimed at providing easy accessible resources for teachers. There
are demonstration videos which would be nice in a lab, interviews, attention getting videos to use in an introduction, and informative videos.
http://www.teachertube.com/
4.)
Lessonopoly is a site that provides a couple options for the teacher. It has an archive of lesson plans that can be viewed and used. They have pre-developed
classroom management plans, and also a place where you can communicate with other teachers to share ideas or ask questions.
http://www.lessonopoly.org/?gclid=CLLRteyQrKsCFYYZQgodiitU4Q
5.)
Teachers.Net is another site that is primarily full of lesson plans and lesson plan ideas. Also on this site there are chatboards with current educational topics,
projects/labs, and job postings. The thing I like about these general lesson plans is that they give the teacher a great foundation to go off of and personalize
the lesson to meet her students’ needs and fulfill any state or district requirements. http://teachers.net/lessons/
6.)
School Rack is a site that the teacher can use to create a blog to stay connected with the students, teachers, principals, and anyone else. The teacher can go
through this website to post personal comments or announcements, post assignments, results, reviews, and leave a spot for communication with either the
students or their parents. http://www.schoolrack.com/
7.)
The last resource (#6) got me thinking that the teacher could create a Facebook page for each class. The status could relate to what is going on in class and
any assignments could easily be announced. There would be pictures of class activities and lab demonstrations. The students could instantly chat with the
teacher if they had any questions. The critical part of this would be that the page couldn’t be the teacher’s personal page, but the class page. Maybe even the
students could create it with the teacher having the login access to it. I feel this resource would be visited more than other resources by the students due to
the popularity of Facebook. www.facebook.com
8.)
Labs don’t have to be skipped due to limited resources, money, or time. A teacher can take the students through a virtual lab. I don’t think it is quite as
effective as a hands-on lab activity, but it is better than nothing. One example of a virtual lab website is Online Labs.
http://www.jdenuno.com/TechConnect/OnLineLabs.htm
9.)
The U.S. Geological Survey website has a great educational section where a teacher can find important data, maps, images, online lectures, and the
EarthNow! feature. All the data is reliable and free to use by teachers and students alike. http://education.usgs.gov/
10.) Google earth can be a great resource to direct students attention to different scientific concepts around the world and outer space. The zoom feature gives the
students the idea of how natural things scale to the planet. It’s a fun and interesting way to make the lesson personal to the students. You can start at their
house and from there jump around the world to areas that relate directly to whatever standards you are meeting with you lesson that day.
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
#1
The Pedal House bicycle shop. 207 South First Street Laramie, Wy 82070 (307-742-5533) www.pedalhouse.com
For example: old bicycles tubes that no longer hold air, or have holes in them that can be patched, can be useful for physics projects like a giant slingshot.
Valves/cores from the tubes can be used for projects that utilize holding air in a container. There are also old tires, frames, and other parts. Generally, the
materials are thrown away or recycled and the owners are down with learning, as Dewey is an English teacher at Cathedral Home for Children. Most of the
things you’d find here would be for physics type projects.
SC8.1.14 Effects of Motions and Forces: Students describe motion of an object by position, direction, and speed, and identify the effects of force and
inertia on an object.
#2
www.craigslist.org has a “free” section and a “barter” section. For example I found plenty of electronics, like a printer, that could be scrapped for small
motors, resistors, etc… Other things that were found: scrap metal, dog food, treadmill, dirt, gravel and sand. Plants were on there too which would be useful
for a life systems project. Many of these things could be used for a mulch, or compost, project. Temperature of the compost heap could be observed and
recorded.
SC8.1.4 Diversity of Organisms: Students investigate the interconnectedness of organisms, identifying similarity and diversity of organisms through a
classification system of hierarchical relationships and structural homologies.
#3
University of Wyoming will generally participate in guided tours or visits. The herbarium on campus can be used during regular hours to teach Life Systems
and Botany. There’s an insect gallery that could be used to teach some fundamentals regarding evolution. The Herbarium is located in the Aven Nelson Building and
houses a botanic systematics research collection. 307-766-4390. The Insect Museum is located at Dept. 3354 1000 E. University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 Phone:
(307) 766-5338
SC8.1.1 Levels of Organization in Living Systems: Students model the cell as the basic unit of a living system. They realize that all functions that sustain life act
within a single cell and cells differentiate into specialized cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
SC8.1.4 Diversity of Organisms: Students investigate the interconnectedness of organisms, identifying similarity and diversity of organisms through a classification
system of hierarchical relationships and structural homologies.
#4
“Stink Lake”, or any other local pond, is full of free pond scum and aquatic biota. For example, a large sample could be taken and students could prepare
slides from this host batch. Microorganisms, algae, and detritus could be observed and identified under a microscope. 7 th grade students particularly are amazed at the
“life” that can be found in local aquatic systems. There’s also an annual hatch of salamanders that can be observed on the east end of the park--9th street.
SC8.1.4 Diversity of Organisms: Students investigate the interconnectedness of organisms, identifying similarity and diversity of organisms through a classification
system of hierarchical relationships and structural homologies.
SC8.2.5
Students properly use appropriate scientific and safety equipment, recognize hazards and safety symbols, and observe standard safety procedures.
#5
Garage sales can be an excellent place to find older literature, often encyclopedias. These older encyclopedias can be used to show how ideas in science
have changed. A lesson that includes looking for differences in older and newer theories would be appropriate to show how science changes.
www.laramieboomerang.com lists all the local garage sales.
SC8.3.1
Students explore the nature and history of science.
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Students explore how scientific knowledge changes and grows over time, and impacts personal and social decisions.
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Students explore the historical use of scientific information to make personal and social decisions.
#6
Ants are some of the easiest organisms to observe. An ant farm is a perfect free way to show how organisms adapt to environmental stimuli. An aquarium,
dirt, ants, and food are all that is needed to construct a miniature ecosystem. Feeding the ants different foods at the same time can show preferences in their diet.
Aquariums are a dime a dozen and ants are even more abundant.
SC8.1.5 Behavior and Adaptation: Students recognize behavior as a response of an organism to an internal or environmental stimulus and connect the characteristics
and behaviors of an organism to biological adaptation.
SC8.1.6 Interrelationships of Populations and Ecosystems: Students illustrate populations of organisms and their interconnection within an ecosystem, identifying
relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers.
#7
Bring or borrow a larger telescope to class and instruct the students on its components and operation. After appropriate permission has been obtained,
schedule an evening when students can meet on school grounds to observe constellations and the moon. Someone you know has a decent telescope, maybe even a
department in the school.
SC8.1.7 The Earth in the Solar System: Students describe Earth as the third planet in the Solar System and understand the effects of the sun as a major source of
energy, gravitational forces, and motions of objects in the Solar System.
#8
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/freeforteachers.htm is a site that gathers an enormous amount of information for teachers looking for supplies, lesson plans,
ideas, etc… Teachers can register for free computers, webhosting, and Internet access. There are numerous links for lesson plans and other demos/labs. There are no
specific standards that the entire site addresses, but many of Wyoming’s could be addressed. Unfortunately, some of the links are outdated
#9
http://www.edutopia.org/class-supplies is another website that is geared more towards ideas in finding supplies or how to raise funds for supplies. One of
my favorite ideas involved teachers contacting equipment manufacturers to inquire about used/damaged equipment that may be useful in the classroom.
#10
Your own pocket. As we all know, we’ll be fronting funds from our own paycheck to help students out with projects and supplies. Hit the dollar store
occasionally and buy bulk paper, pencils, erasers, and other items. It’s part of the job and expected of us to fill the classroom with things that will help our students
learn.
Web 2.0 Science Tools (Added for you by Dr. Burrows but written by someone else)
By Laura Turner
The following web2.0 sites would be useful for science educators at the high school and middle school level. Some would also be appropriate for higher elementary
grade levels. There are many new ‘tools’ or websites that take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today’s Internet. Web 1.0 tools/websites were text based
and web2.0 tools/websites are designed for full-motion video, 3D animations and are generally interactive in some manner.
Web 2.0 can also be described as the second round of new technology development and adoption. The Internet began as an adoption of a new technology, and then as
web practices were standardized, user-friendly interface and aesthetic design were improved.
GENERAL SCIENCE
EcoKids
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm
This award-winning EcoKids web site is an interactive environmental web site for children, their families, and educators in Canada and around the world. It offers
topical information about the environment through interactive, fun, educational games and activities.
Experience Math and Science with Gizmos (3-12)
www.explorelearning.com
This site features 450 interactive simulations for math and science. –Fee required.
Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu
This site was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. This site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different
topics.
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com
Google SketchUp
http://sketchup.google.com
Create, modify, and share 3-d models!
Explore with Google Earth
http://www.techlearning.com/article/23432
Google Earth for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
Google Earth Lessons
http://gelessons.com/lessons
How to Teach with Google Earth http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/teaching_methods/google_earth/how.html
GEarthHacks
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This site works in tandem with Google Earth. Overlay files can be downloaded and used with Google Earth.
Kinetic City (3-8)
http://www.kineticcity.com
This site has an amazing collection of Science Experiments, Games and Projects
MyExperiment (6-12)
http://www.myexperiment.org
The MyExperiment Virtual Research Environment enables you and your students to share digital items associated with your research — in particular it enables you to
share and execute scientific workflows. You can also use myexperiment.org to find publicly shared workflows
Skoool
http://kent.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx
This site from England is the first resource of its kind designed specifically for the students and teachers of Math and Science. It leverages the expertise of top teachers
in their fields for the development of its content.
Science NetLinks (K-12)
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID=9&DocID=111
The Thinkfinity partnership provides free, Internet-based content across academic disciplines. Science NetLinks' role is to provide a wealth of standards-aligned
resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans, interactive and reviewed Internet resources. Site features include Interactive Lessons, Resources,
Benchmarks and Science Updates.
St. Louis Science Center Web Site (K-12)
www.slsc.org
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet. (K-8)
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Yucky teaching units (for grades 3-8 and K-2) correlate with the science topics that students love on the Yucky Site. They are designed to align with your curriculum's
scope and sequence and with national standards.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science (6-12)
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs.
Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more
advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
ANATOMY
Get Body Smart (8-12)
http://www.getbodysmart.com
An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology. Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "Flash" Animations
Inner Learning Online (9-12)
http://www.innerbody.com
Welcome to inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.
Inside the Brain - An Interactive Tour (6-12)
http://www.alz.org/brain/overview.asp
The Heart: An Online Exploration. (4/5-12)
www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
This site was developed by the Franklin Institute of Science Museum. It is an interactive museum exhibit devoted to the heart. Included are statistics, resource
materials, enrichment activities and a brief glossary.
Neuroscience for Kids (K-8
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html)
This site is designed to help students learn more about the nervous system. It also includes links with information on the brain, spinal cord, the neuron, the senses, and
other related topics.
Science & Nature’s Mind & Body (6-12)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml
This site, from the UK, has numerous interactive sites and pages related to the human body and mind.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be
used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
Human Body Lesson Plans from Discovery.com
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/body.html
Nervous System - Anatomy & Physiology from Get Body Smart (need Flash Player)
http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/nervoussystem/menu/menu.html
Virtual Body (K-12)
http://medtropolis.com/Vbody.asp
This site contains a collection of interactive presentations on the functions of the brain, the digestive system, the heart, and the skeleton of the human body.
Virtual Brain Tour (6-12)
http://suhep.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/MM/brain/brain.html
Virtual Dissections, Labs and Field Trips (9-12)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.php
This site has activities related to Biology and Health
ASTRONOMY & SPACE
Amazing Space. (6-12)
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
This site is by the Space Telescope Science Institute an is responsible for the scientific operation of the Hubble Space Telescope. This site provides a variety of
interactive Web based space lessons and related activities.
American Meteorological Society - DataStreme Junction. (K-12)
www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/junction
DataStreme Junction is the place where information is found or can be located that promotes the use of current environmental data across the K-12 curriculum. This is
portal type of site, with numerous related links.
Celestia
http://shatters.net/celestia
Celestia is a real-time 3D space simulation featuring a database of over 100000 stars, nearly a hundred solar system, objects, and a complete catalog You can travel
throughout the solar system, to any of the over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons,
asteroids, comets, and spacecraft.
Cosmic Zoom. (5-12)
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/cosmic_zoom/index.htm?ASPIRE_Session=... Cosmic Zoom is an idea based on the book entitled Powers of Ten by Morrison and
Morrison. This visual representation is to help give you an idea of the size and scale of the universe. Each image is 10 times bigger or smaller than the one that comes
before it or after it.
HubbleSite (4/5-12)
http://hubblesite.org
This site from the Space Telescope Science Institute, allows users to study and view the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible using Hubble’s
cutting-edge technology. HubbleSite is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.
Mars Quest Online (3-8)
www.marsquestonline.org
This site is the result of a collaboration among SSI, NASA’s Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and TERC. They have developed 34 highly visual, interactive experiences
that highlight the most interesting planetary features. This site has two main areas, the Tour and the Investigations. Activities in both areas have specific challenges,
natural ending points, and clear measure of success.
Stellarium (4-12)
www.stellarium.org
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is
being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
Virtual Solar System. (4/5-12)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ax/high.html
This site was created by National Geographic and is an interactive solar system site. An excellent tool for your students to use as they study our solar system.
Virtual Space Tours from Space.com
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour/htmlonly.php
Kids’ Space Sites
Celestia
www.shatters.net/celestia
This is a simulation program that allows students and teachers to navigate a 3-D solar system.
KidsAstronomy. (K-8)
www.kidsastronomy.com
This site is designed for students interested in astronomy. Links include Teacher’s Corner, Fun With Astronomy, Deep Space, The Solar System, Space Exploration, the
Universe and more related links.
Space Place (1-6)
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov This site offers a variety of hands-on earth and space science activities and projects for elementary school children.
BIOLOGY
Biology 4 Kids. (3-8) www.biology4kids.com
This site contains basic biology information and is not just biology for kids, it's for everyone. It has information on cell structure, cell function, scientific studies, plants,
vertebrates, invertebrates, and other life science topics.
The Biology Project. (9-12)
www.biology.arizona.edu
An online interactive resource for learning biology. There are numerous interactive modules.
Biology Simulations
http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/simulations.html
This site has a number few simple simulations (written in Java) that can be used when teaching principles of population genetics and population ecology in various
courses.
BioInteractive Lab. (9-12)
www.biointeractive.org
This site is from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Links include a cardiology lab, other virtual labs, related animation clips, a click learn section, a related virtual
museum, cool science for kids and related teacher resources.
Cells Alive. (4/5-12)
www.cellsalive.com
This site is an excellent interactive web site for educators dealing with all aspects of cells.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be
used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs.
Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more
advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
The Visible Human Project. (9-12)
madsci.org/~lynn/VH
This site allows students to view the human body. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female
human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female bodies has been completed.
World of Teaching. (K-12)
www.worldofteaching.com
This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
CHEMISTRY
Chem Buddy (9-12)
www.chembuddy.com
Every chemist occasionally has to do some simple calculations, like concentration conversion, finding pH, or solving a complicated stoichiometric problem. When these
problems are easy, they are waste of time. When they are harder, quite often they get too difficult to solve on paper - that is especially true in case of pH calculations
involving several dissociation equilibria. This is when software can save you time and frustration.
Chem4Kids. (4-8)
www.chem4kids.com
CHEM4KIDS.COM also has KAPILI.COM. Kapili now has tutorials, an extensive library, experiments, over fifty activities, and downloads like flash cards and
workbooks.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be
used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs.
Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more
advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Periodic Table of Comic Books (5-12)
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
This site covers a number of elements from oxygen to the Metal Men (Gold, Tin, Mercury, Lead and Platinum) to molybdenum. A search engine lets you quickly mine
the periodic table of comics.
ph Meter
www.ph-meter.info
This site can be used as a device for potentiometer pH measurements.
Web-based High School Chemistry Simulations
http://cse.edc.org/products/simulations/catalog.asp
This site has provides teachers with links to chemistry simulations, organized by which McREL standard (and in some cases, national science education standard) to
which they correspond. You can view the site either through Simulations Aligned to the Standards or you can view the complete list of simulations in our Catalog of
Simulations
World of Teaching (K-12)
www.worldofteaching.com
This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
EARTH SCIENCE
Earth Cams for Kids
www.earthcamforkids.com
This portal type site allows student to search for and view various web cams all over the earth.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs.
Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more
advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Journey North - A Global Study of Wildlife and Seasonal Migration (6-12)
www.learner.org/jnorth
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across
North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald
eagles— and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants; changing sunlight; and other natural events. Find migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson plans,
activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context.
Windows to the Universe (K-12)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu
This site provides a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data that explore the earth and space sciences. Seasons Interactive. (4-8) INTERACTIVE
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600...
This site from McGraw Hill helps illustrate the concept of seasons by providing users with a series of tools to manipulate and observe this cycle. Students can change
the Earth's inclination, the speed in which it travels, and how seasons would both feel and appear if our inclination was set to that of other planets.
PHYSICS
Fear of Physics (K-12)
http://www.fearofphysics.com
This is an interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way for students of all ages to learn about the laws of physics in action.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be
used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs.
Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students Use these programs to supplement your classroom activities, or use one of the more
advanced applets as a starting point for your science project.
My Physics Lab
http://www.myphysicslab.com/
This site, created Eric Neumann, contains a number of interactive physics simulations. Also included are the math components of the simulations.
PhET (Physics Education Technology) (9-12)
www.colorado.edu/physics/phet
This site from the University of Colorado has fun, interactive simulation of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world. A collection of 40 Java
applications for introductory physics is available.
World of Teaching (K-12)
www.worldofteaching.com
This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.