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The following five free Web 2.0 tools promote a shared collaborative approach to teaching and learning science and math.
Provides an online set of tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms for collecting data. The advantage is that students can work on these documents from any location they have a computer and access to the Internet. Also students can work on the same document simultaneously. Google Docs provides additional information and links to supporting resources.
With this tool you can create a power point or keynote presentation and upload the it to SlideShare. Then you embed HTML (created by SlideShare) code of the presentation into a Wiki or Blog for use in the classroom. You can also embed videos and podcasts in a Wiki or blog using SlideShare. Visit SlideShare for additional information.
This tool is now called pbworks and is used to develop and make Wikis for class use. Tips for Using Wikis for Teaching and Learning has ideas and links to resources for using Wikis in science and math classes.
This tool is used to develop and make a Blog for class use. Visit WordPress for additional information.
This tool allows teachers to communicate with other teachers and students to work collaboratively with students in other locations 140 characters at a time. Using Twitter to Break Down Classroom Walls provides strategies for using Twitter in the classroom.
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Pre-K - 3 Interactive Software
GCompris is a free educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for Pre-K to 3rd Grade Children.
Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.
GCompris is offered in a multitude of languages such as French, Spanish, German, and 25 more languages.
Math and Science Learning Activities
Below you can find a list of categories with some of the math and science activities:
- computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gesture, …
- algebra: table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image, …
- science: the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, electric simulation …
- other math and science: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector drawing, …
Currently GCompris offers in excess of 80 activities and more are being developed.
Other Online Math and Science Resources
Illuminations- An Interactive Math Website
FOSS - An Interactive Science Website
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Interactive Activities
FOSS is a research-based science curriculum for grades K—8 developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. FOSS is also an ongoing project dedicated to improving the learning and teaching of science.
The FOSS program materials are designed to meet the challenge of providing meaningful science education for all students
The best way for students to appreciate the scientific enterprise, learn important scientific concepts, and develop the ability to think critically is to actively construct ideas through their own inquiries, investigations, and analysis. The FOSS program was created to engage students in these processes as they explore the natural world.
FOSS Grades K-2
Interactive activities include:
- Air and Weather
- Insects
- Plants
- Solids and Liquids
FOSS Grades 3 - 6
Interactive activities include:
- Environments
- Landforms
- Levers and Pulleys
- Solar Energy
- Variables
FOSS Grades 6 - 8
Interactive activities include:
- Chemical Interactions
- Population and Ecosystems
- Force and Motion
Additional Resource for FOSS
An Interactive Science Website - FOSS
