Online Science and Virtual Labs

With Your Host:Dr. Julia Parra

Featuring Amy Ewing & Dr. Kemi Jona

What is a Myofibril?

http://www.science-groove.org/Now/Myofibrils.html

What is an immediate take-away from this webconferencing we just did?

Online Science Course Showcase

Let’s go take a peek at some online science courses :)

BIOLOGY SEMESTER 1 GEOLOGY SEMESTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CELL BIOLOGY SEM 1 EARTH SCIENCE (6TH GRADE) SEMESTER 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SEMESTER 1

Amy Ewing

Teacher, Las Cruces High SchooleTeacher, IDEAL-NM, Chemistry

B.A., NMSU, Secondary General Science EducationM.A. NM Tech, Master of Science Teaching

Best Practices Take the time to create

an address book. Make yourself available

for chat, but recognize science can be difficult to explain via chat.

Assign students to tally discussion posts.

Have students post days off/holidays to the discussion board.

Give your students activities they can learn from by being able to interact.

Balancing equations: http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/balancing_equations_tutorial.htm

Rube Goldberg device:http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/rubegame.html

Virtual Lab at Virtlab:http://www.virtlab.com/main.aspx

Chemistry (Plastics, PCR, polymers), Physics (transistors, lasers, circuits) and Biology (Pavlov’s Dog, Malaria, The Cell, DNA and RNA):http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/all_productions.php

Interaction is Important

Online Science Course Showcase

Amy’s online science course in action :)

Focus on Virtual Labs

Online science issues/debateo AP Science accreditationo Can labs really be done online?

Kemi Jona, PhDNorthwestern University

Conducting R&D on advanced learning technologies since 1989

Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Computer Science in School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

Director, Office of STEM Education Partnerships

Strategic advisor on learning technologies & STEM education to education, government, and private sector organizations

Advantages of The iLab Network

Broadens access to expensive or delicate high-end equipment

Provides students with access to remotely-hosted science lab facilities rather than just local ones

More time on task / less setup & cleanup

More experimental runs

Safer

Can do labs before and after class, at home – not limited to 50 min class period

Share & compare data locally or globally – just like scientists do

Enables new economic models and public/private partnerships for provisioning lab equipment for schools

Radioactivity Lab Curriculum written by Northwestern University and pilot

tested by over 1000 students is available for general use NOW

Contact us for teacher materials and professional development

Four new curriculum adaptations of the original Radioactivity iLab Curriculum for biology, chemistry, AP Physics, and math written by Chicago-area high school teachers

www.iLabCentral.org/radioactivity

What we have available for high schools now

Online & Virtual Labs Resources

http://retapedia.pbworks.com/Online-Science-and-Virtual-Labs

Elementary Resources

Brain Pop Free Stuffhttp://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/

Internet Science Adventureshttp://www.sandia.gov/ciim/ISA/

Field Trip Earthhttp://www.fieldtripearth.org/

Middle School Resources

Science Pirateshttp://sciencepirates.com/

Brain Pop Free Stuffhttp://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/

General Science Resources for Middle Schoolhttp://wwwsldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html

Scienceinquirer http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff

High School Resources

Watershed Dynamics (GIS)GLOBE Watershed Dynamics

Project Sitehttp://www.globe.gov/projects/watershedsMy World GIShttp://myworldgis.org

iLabs (Remote online labs)

Northwestern Universityhttp://www.ilabcentral.org

Late Nite Labs (Chemistry Lab Simulationshttp://www.latenitelabs.com

PhET Interactive Simulationshttp://phet.colorado.edu

The ChemCollectivehttp://www.chemcollective.org/

Genetics Online Virtual Labshttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/index.html

Discovery Education - http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Check out the Programs and Free Tools Products & Services, Free 30-day trial, subscription

based, Teacher Center has a Mythbusters series. Planet Earth is there too! Check out the Featured Series or do a search

Smithsonian Education Online Learninghttp://smithsonianeducation.org Direct to Science & Technology -

http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/science_technology.html

One World Journeys - http://oneworldjourneys.com/

Other Cool Stuff

Music Resources

Educational Raphttp://www.educationalrap.com/music/science/

Science Groovehttp://www.science-groove.org/Make sure to fully preview these, I’m glad I did

Game Resources

10 Sources of Educational Science Gameshttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/04/10-sources-of-educational-science-games.html

Planet Sciencehttp://www.planet-science.com/wired/index.html?page=/wired/games/index.html

Brand new EdGames http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/all.html