Online Resources

Online ResourcesMelanie Olson, Professional Development, ESU #2 mlolson@esu2.org

Using Online Resources

Follow your district technology guidelines Refer to the privacy policy and terms of agreement. It is the classroom teachers responsibility to ensure

the resource meets your district guidelines. All resources should be reviewed by the classroom

teacher before students are allowed to use them. Some resources are appropriate for teachers to use

for instruction but not for students to use independently.

Using On-line Resources Questions to consider

Does this resource align with your curriculum? Are advertisements displayed on the site? What is being

advertised? Is a K-12 license available, if so how do you apply? Does the resource require a log-in? Who is the creator of the resource?

EasyWhoIs: www.easywhois.com/ or www.domaintools.com (advanced)

The Wayback Machine: www.archive.org Fact Checking: http://www.factchecked.org

Scope of tonight

Resources into two categories: general usage and content specific

Resources that can be used with only a computer and internet connection

Limited practice time tonight

Small snapshot of resources available

Resources at ESU #2 ESU #2, www.esu2.org, go to Media Center

Gale: password ESU2 Research, multimedia

World Book: Username is: neneb Password is: world Go to World Book advanced and then my research Create an account to house research information notes

Visual Thesaurus: go to http://nnnc.visualthesaurus.com IP addresses already put in, if using at school shouldn’t need a

password Great for vocabulary, text analysis, and roots/prefixes/suffixes

General Resources NASA

www.nasa.gov

Multiple Earth/Space Resources

General Resources Weather Report for Kids

http://kidsweatherreport.com/

Pre-K to 1st grade

No reading required

General Resources National Science

Digital Library

http://nsdl.org/

K-12 various content

Multi-media

General Resources Access Excellence, The

National Health Museum

http://www.accessexcellence.org/

Focus on health topics

Ads on site

Check out readability.com to change look of sites

General Resources Nova online

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/

Go to teacher information site

Multi-media

Varied Content

General Resources Folding at Home, Stanford

Project

http://folding.stanford.edu/

Protein folding project To understand protein

folding, misfolding, and related diseases

Help scientists work

Background research/reading required

General Resources Center for Interactive Learning

and Collaboration

http://www.cilc.org/search.aspx

The only resource that costs money

Classes, talk with a dr., watch a surgery, etc.

Search by topic

Go through your DL room or cart

Contact your local technology coordinator if you are interested in a class.

General Resources Virtual Microscope

http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/#1

Microscope introduction or review

Parts of a microscope

Proper usage

Example slides

General Resources Houghton Mifflin: K-6 Science

Simulations

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/content/simulation/

Short simulations of elementary Science topics

General Resources Interactive Simulations,

University of Colorado, Boulder

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new

Secondary

Varied topics

Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science

General Resources Gameaquarium

http://www.gamequarium.com/

K-6 Science Games

Multi-media resources

General Resources Chemistry Experiment

Simulations and Conceptual Computer Animations

Chemical Education Research Group, Iowa State

http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/simDownload/index4.html#electrochem

For Secondary, some simulations very complex

Short animations showing various chemistry concepts

General Resources Lawrence Hall of Science

http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/arcade/index.html

Elementary Science games

General Resources American Museum of

Natural History

Resources for learning

http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=130687184&utm_campaign=BacktoSchool&utm_term=ResourcesforLearning

Browse by topic

General Resources American Museum of Natural

History

Science Bulletins

http://www.amnh.org/sciencebulletins/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=130687184&utm_campaign=BacktoSchool&utm_term=ScienceBulletins

Current Events

Current Research about the natural world

General Resources American Museum of Natural

History

http://www.amnh.org/ology/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=130687184&utm_campaign=BacktoSchool&utm_term=OLogy

Choose an -ology

Kid friendly language and pictures to understand various areas of Science

General Resources Genetics from University of

Drugs alter brains pathways

Mouse Party

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html

Interactive genetics study

Animated

General Resources Motion Mountain

http://www.motionmountain.net/contents.html

Free on-line physics textbook

General Resources Dynamic Periodic Table

http://www.ptable.com/

General Resources Scitable, by Nature

Education

http://www.nature.com/scitable

Collaborative learning space for science

On-line library

Focus on Genetics, Cell Biology, Ecology

General Resources Edheads

http://edheads.org/

Interactive online experiments

Varied topics, simple machines, weather, car crashes, virtual hip resurfacing, and more

General Resources NeoK12, education videos,

lessons and games

http://www.neok12.com/

Videos, lessons and games

Physical, Life, Earth/Space

General Resources Story of Stuff project

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Environmental Science

General Resources Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Extensive collection of video lessons

Some lessons are available through itunes U also

General Resources Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/

Create word clouds

Words that appear most frequently in a text appear larger

Customize

Save and print

General Resources Encyclopedia of Life

http://www.eol.org/

Life Science

General Resources Alien Juice Bar

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html

Basic Chemistry simulations

Animated

General Resources Brainpop

http://www.brainpop.com/

Need to log in, free

Varied resources

General Resources Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.php

Varied topics

Multimedia

General Resources Cool Science for Curious

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/

Biology

Microscopic World

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

General Resources Smithsonian

Astrophysical Observatory

http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.php

Hands on astronomy activities

Everyday Classroom Tools section has strategies for implementing inquiry based curriculum

General Resources ScIslands

http://www.questacon.edu.au/scislands/subjects.html

100’s hands on Activities

All ages

Varied Content

General Resources Biology in Motion

http://www.BiologyinMotion.com/

Animation, Simulation, Cartoons

Mini-lectures

Interactive Quiz

General Resources Reconstructors

http://reconstructors.rice.edu/

Grades 6-12

Rice University

Medical Mysteries

General Resources Virtual Frog Dissection

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_16/BL_16.html

Biology

Announcements Please follow all technology guidelines at your district

Please preview all websites before directing students to them

If you have any suggestions for resources please let me know and I will add them to our wiki

If a link is not working let me know

If the site has inaccurate or inappropriate information let me know and I will remove it from our list

Melanie Olson, mlolson@esu2.org

Thanks Thanks to the following people for suggesting

online resources: Sheree Person-Pandil, ESU #3 Deb Paulman, ESU #16 Rick Williams, ESU #2 Diane Wolfe, ESU #2 Amanda Marshall, Millard Public Schools Jerry Olson, Millard Public Schools Jason Larsen, Mead Public Schools SDA GEMS 2008-2010, 21st Century Skills Group

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