Archive for the 'Science' Category
ThingLink is a site that allows users to create interactive images. After uploading an image, the user creates hot spots on the image that link to text, video and audio content or to other websites. ThingLink for Education allows teachers to set up and manage accounts for their students, which is a great feature for […]
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OpenEd is a repository of online educational materials that are aligned to the Common Core standards. It contains a searchable database of videos, games, courses and assessments. The resources can be browsed by topic, grade level and standard. In addition to the resources, OpenEd has a practice assessment generator which allows teachers to add multimedia […]
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eSkeletons is an interactive site created by the College of Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services at the University of Texas at Austin. It is designed to help students learn about skeletal anatomy. It allows users to view the bones in the anatomies of various mammals at different angles. It also allows you to compare the […]
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ABCYa! Animate is a tool for creating short animations. The animations are made using the tools available through the site. Students can create up to 100 frames before downloading their animation. One drawback is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to save an unfinished project to work on at a later time so […]
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Arthur Family Health is a site created through PBS Kids to help young students learn about health and nutrition. The site contains basic information along with videos, games and activities related to Asthma, Peanut Allergy, Nutrition, Resilience and Fitness. There is also a section for teachers with activities that can be used in the classroom.
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Electric Circuits is an interactive site that shows how electric circuits are used in common items. Students create circuits by dragging and dropping objects on the screen. Then they answer a series of three questions. Electric Circuits provides a safe, hands-on way for students to experiment with electric circuits.
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The Chemistry of Cookies is a TED-Ed video that shows the chemical reactions that take place when cookies are made. It also talks about salmonella and why we shouldn’t eat raw cookie dough.
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Boolify is a visual search engine that I found out about from Kristen Novotny. The site is designed to help students learn Boolean searching through a drag-and-drop, visual interface. To use Boolify, start by dragging the green Word or Phrase rectangle into the workspace and enter a search topic. Then drag the other rectangles as […]
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Rewordify is a free website that helps users read difficult passages. To use Rewordify, the user just copies and pastes the passage into the box on the Rewordify website, then clicks on the Rewordify text button. What appears on the screen is the same passage with simpler words. The easiest way to see how this […]
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Gooru is a website that I learned about from Deyana Matt. It calls itself a website for learning and is a great place for teachers and students in middle or high school to go to find quality resources related to a variety of topics. At the time of this posting, Gooru’s resource collections center on […]
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