Archive for the 'Science' Category
What the World Eats is an interactive site created by National Geographic Education that graphically compares the diets of people around the world. It contains pie charts that show either the number of calories or grams eaten in six food categories: Sugar & Fat, Grains, Produce, Dairy & Eggs, Meat and Other. It also contains […]
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Serendip Studio is a site that is supported by Bryn Mawr College that provides thousands of resources for high school and middle school science classes. Included in these resources are NGSS-aligned activities that can be used with students. These activities include teachers notes and student handouts. The resources are organized into seven categories: playground, brain […]
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ThemeSpark is an online rubrics creator that allows the user to create rubrics related to the CCSS, NCCAS, NGSS and 21st Century Skills. The interface is very easy to use and allows the user to choose individual components of the standards. As of this writing, the Math CCSS are not available but hopefully they will […]
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Organ Translate 2 is an interactive game for learning the organs of the human body. After learning the various organs, users can play the game of trying to place the organs in their correct location in a given amount of time.
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Annenberg Learner is a site created to promote excellent teaching. The site offers many resources for use in the classroom as well as those to help teachers stay current in their field. The site offers videos, professional development, lesson plans and interactives, categorized by subject area and grade level.
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Your Life On Earth is a fun site in which you enter your birth date to find out how the world has changed since you were born. In addition to reporting the number of times your heart has beaten and how far you’ve traveled through space, you can also find out how many earthquakes have […]
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ReadWorks is a site created to help support reading comprehension. The hundreds of lessons available on the site are Common Core aligned. In addition, the site offers over 2,000 leveled non-fiction and literary passages. There are search tools to help you find what you need. An account login is required to access the passages but […]
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NASA Kid’s Club is a site created for students in Kindergarten through fourth grade. It is designed to spark interest in the areas of science, engineering, math, technology, and exploration. It contains games and other fun activities through which students can develop their thinking and problem solving skills.
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BrainRush is a website that allows teachers to create interactive activities for their students. Activities are created using built-in templates: Cards Template, Buckets Template, Sequences Template, and Hotspots Template. The Cards and Buckets games allow you to add images and audio. Teachers can create classes and add their students to assign activities. To get a […]
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The Digital Public Library of America is a one-stop-shop for over 7 million images, books, primary documents, audio files, artifacts, maps and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the country. These resources are freely available to the public. You can search for resources by keyword, date or location of where the artifact is located. […]
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