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Welcome to
Discovery Education
Science for Middle School
Digital Media that Works
Enhance science instruction
with a formative assessment
tool that enables you to monitor
student progress and
recommend resources based
on individual student needs.
Empower students to think
and explore like scientists.
Engage student minds with
science while reinforcing
important literacy and
mathematics skills.
Log In Screen
New users must click the tab “Passcode Login” to get started.
New Users – the school Passcode
New users in each school
building will need to know the
unique 8-character Passcode
that has been assigned to their
school.
When they enter the Passcode
and click the “Go” button, they will
be taken to an account set-up
screen.
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Setting Up Accounts
This is the form you will see
when you have entered your
school Passcode.
The key field in this form is the
“Username” field, since your log-in
name must be unique to the entire
Discovery Education Science for
Middle School subscriber base.
Before you click the “Continue”
button, be sure that you are
familiar with the Terms of Use
and click the box that signifies
that you agree to Discovery
Education’s subscription terms.
Logging into DE Science for Middle School
Teachers use the “Educator Login” tab to log in
with their username and password.
Logging into DE Science for Middle School
Locate Discovery Education Science Middle School
and click the link “Go now!”
Enhance Your Instruction with Multimedia Content
Keyword Search
Advanced Search
Curriculum
Standards Search
Browse three
areas of science
Browse Units, Topics & Concepts
Three areas
of science
Unit
Topics
Concepts
Inquiry Problems
Use the Inquiry Problems to introduce a topic to students.
Explore Concepts
You can browse media in 3 categories:
Interact, Watch and Read
Explore Concepts: Interact
Explorations
Students manipulate
variables and make
predictions about
outcomes
Virtual Labs
Students design and
conduct their own scientific
investigations
Integrated Science
Simulations
Students explore concepts
by making choices and
controlling variables
Interactive Video
Users click on “hot spots”
to pause the video to learn
more information
Explore Concepts: Watch
Videos
Video content is exclusive
to Discovery Education
Science.
Videos are divided into
segments, so you can
show only the parts of the
video that best relate to
your teaching.
Explore Concepts: Read
Articles
Support key concepts
while enhancing reading
proficiency with engaging,
informative selections
from WRC Media’s
award-winning libraries
Reading Passages
Enhance your lessons
with these highly visual
and dynamic reading
passages from Discovery
Education’s awardwinning book series.
Selections include
science timelines and
interviews with leading
scientists.
Teacher Center
Assessment Manager
Build formative assessments and view
results by class or student.
Assignment Builder
Build and store online assignments for your
students that use Science content.
Classroom Manager
With the Classroom Manager, you can build
and manage your classrooms and
assignments. Students visit the Student
Center to access these materials.
Process Skills Library
Find resources that can help your students
develop their science process skills:
• Virtual Labs
• MythBusters episodes
• Science Sleuths
Featured Series Library
Find Video Clips from some of your
favorite Discovery series:
• Planet Earth
• Jeff Corwin Experience
• Human Body: Pushing the Limits
Assessment Manager
Use Science’s formative assessment tools to monitor students’
understanding and adjust your lessons accordingly.
Create
• Standards-based
assessments
• Custom assessments
• Edit existing
assessments
Assign
• Assessments you’ve
already created
• Assessments created by
Science
Report & Recommend
• View results by student
• View results by class
Assignment Builder
Build your own
online
assignments
incorporating
Science resources,
assessments and
links to other
websites
Search existing
assignments
Classroom Manager
Manage Your
Classroom
with the Classroom
Manager, you can
build and manage
your classrooms
and assignments.
Students visit the
Student Center to
access these
materials
Process Skills Library
A variety of media in the Process Skills Library addresses the critical thinking skills
students must acquire in order to successfully engage in the scientific process.
Virtual Labs
Students design and
conduct their own
scientific investigations
Science Sleuths
Students examine science
mysteries and use articles,
interviews and video to
solve the problem
MythBusters
Episodes have been
selected and edited for
Middle School audiences
and illustrate the
adventure and careful use
of the scientific process to
prove a science myth, or
bust it!
Featured Series Library
Find Video Clips from some of your favorite Discovery series. Immerse students
with featured video including Planet Earth, Jeff Corwin Experience and Human
Body: Pushing the Limits.
My Content
Use My Content to collect, organize, retrieve, and assign your favorite
Science media resources in one convenient place
Use the pull down
menu to view
specific media types
you’ve added to My
Content
Add media
resources and
assessments to
folders you create
My Content
Add a resource to
My Content:
1. Click “View Details”
2. Click “+ Add to My Content”
3. Select an existing folder in
My Content or create a new
folder to add the resource
4. Click “Add”
My Classes
This feature enables you to create classrooms and student accounts
and assign Science content to students.
Click to add a new class
Click a class
to view a list
of students
Add a Student to a class
Presentation Strategies
and
Software Integration
Presentation Models
Common ways teachers, Media Specialists, and
technology coordinators display Science content:
– Computer connected to an LCD projector
– Interactive whiteboards
– Televisions with scan converters
– Computer labs
– Libraries and Media Centers
– Mobile carts with laptop computers
– Student “stations” and “centers”
Teaching Strategies to Consider
Create “investigative teams.” Have
students work in small groups on
Virtual Labs or Explorations to
develop testable questions, test
their hypotheses and record
results.
Determine prior knowledge with a
pre-activity assessment. Use
assessment results to assign
appropriate Science media to
individual students.
Pose questions or prepare thoughtprovoking “lesson starters” before
viewing media to actively engage
students.
Connect your computer to a
projector and use Explorations or
Integrated Science Simulations as
presentation tools to kick off a
lesson.
Assign Reading Passages and
Articles that reinforce concepts and
provide background information.
Save time by saving your favorite
resources to folders within My
Content.
Technology Information to Know
Recommended 3rd party software:
• Windows Media Player - PC
• Apple QuickTime Player - Mac
• Flash 8.0 or Greater
• Adobe Shockwave Player
Screen Resolution:
• Minimum : 800 x 600
• Best results: 1024 x 768
A building with a dedicated T-1
line could comfortably
accommodate 6 users with no
buffering assuming no other
users on the Internet.
Home users with 56k modems can
search and use support materials;
viewing interactive media and
performing downloads may be
possible but will be very slow.
Video files, images, articles and
reading passages may be
downloaded. All other content is
available online only via streaming.
You may need to install updated
“codecs” if the media player is not
properly playing the audio or video
components.
Questions?