Science

=Science Resources =



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This page is designed to analyze science education websites!!
Feel free to add links for websites or to rate the websites below!!!


===[|Discovery Education] media type="custom" key="4117515" === ===Discovery Education (DE) has created a site where one can find available searches to science, health, and streaming documents (previously United Streaming). Searches bring full videos, video segments, articles, games, virtual labs, etc. There is a teaching center, which includes lesson plans, thematic focuses, and an interactive atlas. DE also includes a professional development center which has teaching tips, best practices, and project demonstrations. Sources are also tied to frameworks and can be hyperlinked or embedded in various presentation formats. As an educator you can request a free trial preview of the site, however to continue, the membership must be purchased. DE is best used as a teacher's resource for videos and virtual labs. ===




===[|Education World] media type="custom" key="4117533" === ===The Education World team has created a free site that provides educators with information about lesson planning, professional development, administration, tech integration, school issues, etc. There is also a separate section for each subject, including science, and a ticker displaying the latest education headlines. Education World provides an evaluation of the sites it leads you to. Education World is best used as an evaluator of educational sites. ===




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===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">[|Animal Diversity] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="4117533" === ===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology has created this site that provides an organism's classification, habitat, geographic range, physical description, reproduction, lifespan, behavior, home range, communication and perception, food habits, predation, etc. The site also provides wav files of sounds that, the organism makes. Animal Diversity is a great place to start research, for teachers and students alike!! ===

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===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">[|BrainPOP] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="4117533" === ===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">BrainPOP is a site with sections designated for most academic subjects. The site has an area designated for science and is very user friendly with a lot of clip art and animations. BrainPOP now has a section for educators which includes lesson plans, video tutorials, curriculum calendar, classroom tools, state standards, and professional development. BrainPOP is a great place for introducing or supplementing curriculum for teachers and students. ===

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===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">[|The Rock Cycle] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="4117533" === ===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">The Rock Cycle is a site created by the Geological Society of London. The site has an animated version of the rock cycle, description and photos of the rock cycle processes, types of rock, and an area for testing your knowledge. The Rock Cycle site also has a teacher zone, including: a teacher's guide to the site, teacher background notes, experiments and demonstrations, and SAT type questions. This site is best used for students to visualize the ever changing processes involved in the rock cycle. ===

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===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">[|The Virtual Body] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="4117533" === ===<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">The MEDtropolis has created a site designed to educate and entertain adults and kids. This site is a virtual body in English and Spanish. There are divisions on the human brain, skeleton, human heart, and digestive tract. Each division has a section with a narrated tour, photos, and interactive games. Virtual Body is best used for bilingual studies of the human body, best for introducing or supplementing curriculum. ===