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Online ResourcesMelanie Olson, Professional Development, ESU #2 [email protected]
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
Free
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 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
Ology
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
Utah
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 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/
Video
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 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
Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/
Biology
Microscopic World
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
General Resources Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory
http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.php
K-6
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, [email protected]
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
