Websites for Student Digital Science Projects
CLASS WEBSITE
8 Grade Physical Science: http://ctemsscience.wikispaces.com/8th%20Grade%20Science
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7th Grade Life Science: http://ctemsscience.wikispaces.com/8th%20Grade%20Science
7th Grade PBL: http://ctemsscience.wikispaces.com/Problem-Based%20Learning%3B%207th%20Grade
SCIENCE WEB SEARCH ENGINE
Scirus Science Web Search Engine (http://www.scirus.com/ ); this is a great search engine you can use to find
just science stuff on the web.
BUILD A WEBSITE OF YOUR OWN TO DISPLAY YOUR WORK…
WikiSpaces; (http://www.wikispaces.com/); Create a wiki website to display the work you do.
PBWorks; (http://pbworks.com/ ); an alternative to WikiSpaces.com (looks nice); has free option.
Webs (http://www.webs.com/ ); Build a website easily here.
Merlot, (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm ); another web page builder but more complex than a wiki.
INFORMATION PRESENTATION SITES
Picasa School; (http://picasaweb.google.com/wthompsonctems); create slide shows to present information
Phrasr; (http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/ ) Start w/phrase; ties to photos in Flickr. Go to the site and
search for the following…
Bubblr; (http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ ) Same as Phrasr but with caption bubbles
Bookr; (http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/) Same as phrasr and bubblr but in book form (use with vocab)
ShowBeyond Presentation Site (www.showbeyond.com )
DigitalStoryTeller (http://www.digitalstoryteller.org/ ); use still graphics, video and personal narration to tell a
digital story.
Screencasting; Create a screencast presentation; http://www.screencast.com
Glogster; Make your Own Poster (http://www.glogster.com/ )
OTHER COOL SITES
Gizmos (http://www.explorelearning.com/ ); way cool science site. Embed in a presentation. Free trial.
Make your Own Quiz; (http://www.proprofs.com/ ); (8th grade password; “physical”; 7th grade password;
“life”)
Flashcard Program; Create a set of Flashcards https://sourceforge.net/projects/mnemosyne-proj/
Thompson Science Blogg; http://adventuresintime-wthompson.blogspot.com/
Webspiration (http://www.webspiration.com ); Online concept mapping
Google Aardvark; (http://vark.com/ ) Ask a question and Google finds the perfect person to answer the
question.
Writing Assistance; iWrite; (http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/ )
Create a Graph (http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/ (Super simple easy great graph-creating site)
Wikipedia Mind Map (http://wikimindmap.com/ ); wikipedia searches laid out in concept map format. choose
en.wikipedia
Wordle; (http://www.wordle.net/)Word Cloud generator
Visuwords; (http://www.visuwords.com/?word=cognition ); Like Google WonderWheel…
Science Method Tututor (with biology); (http://www.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/01/ch1intro.html )
Evernote; ( https://www.evernote.com ); Remember everything.
StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/ ); Awesome web crawler
Edublog; (http://edublogs.org/ ); Teacher and student blogs
Google Labs new search engines (http://www.googlelabs.com/ )
Create a Custom Search Engine (http://www.google.com/cse/ )
Wonder Wheel; (http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/ ); after a google search in the “View options” menu
choose “Wonder Wheel”
Google Squared (http://www.google.com/squared )
Google backwards, http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi
Online Youth Magazine (written by teens since 1989)
http://teenink.com/ Submit Science Project Summaries to the magazine.
Image Swirl; (http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com/ ); loads photos from many photo sites in simple page
presentation
Animoto; educator acct (http://www.animoto.com/eduction/signup; http://www.animoto.com ) 60 sec “learn
more” video. Use w/images, music, video. Create a ppt then save as jpg. to upload to animoto.
Google Goggles; (http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark )Take a photo from your phone and then
search the web for related
Online Movie Maker; (http://www.dvolver.com/live/home.html )
Vimeo Video Site (http://www.vimeo.com/ ); quality and artistic better than YouTube.
Net-Based Voice Recording Storage (http://www.voxopop.com/ )
Blender (http://www.blender.org/ ); Cool 3-D rendering
COMIC BUILDING SITES
Comiqs; (http://comiqs.com/editor/ )
PikiKids (http://www.pikikids.com/ )
BeFunky (http://www.befunky.com/ ); Super Cool!! Creates cartoonized images from photos
MyWebFace; (http://www.mywebface.com ); More cartoonization, but better than BeFunky.
Talking Pictures Blabberize (http://blabberize.com/ ); Super cool talking photo creation site.
100 Best Science Websites http://www.forensicsciencetechnician.org/?page_id=156
Lab Science & Experiment Sites
Physics Demos & Labs; University of Illinois; Urbana-Champagne
(http://demo.physics.uiuc.edu/LectDemo/ )
Exploratorium Science Labs (http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ )
Science Videos from Frostbite Theater at Jefferson Labs (http://education.jlab.org/frost/ ); science videos,
static, liquid nitrogen, dry ice.
CHEMISTRY SITES
The Atoms Family (http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ ): Visit here for a website that teaches chemistry to
students with monsters. Mummies, vampires, and more teach about energy, light, atoms, and conservation.
The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements: (http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/ )If your students
have trouble memorizing the table, click here. Superheroes and cartoon characters are used to teach all about
them.
WebElements (http://www.webelements.com/ )
BIOLOGY SITES
Biology Textbook (http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html )
Biointeractive (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ )
Human Body Atlas (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/patient-education-materials/atlasof-human-body.shtml )
ASTRONOMY SITES
Nasa (http://www.nasa.gov/ )
Astronomy (http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx )
Sky & Telescope (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/ )
Space.com (http://www.space.com/ )
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (http://seds.org/more/projects/ )
EARTH SCIENCE SITES
Earth Science Resource Site (http://www.carlwozniak.com/earth/ )
Earth Science (http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/home.cfm )
Earthquakes for kids (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/ )
CALCULATOR SITES
Calculator.com (http://calculator.com/ )