The Utah Education Network has provided a links to interactive educational games for science in grades 3 through 12.
These educational games cover all science core subject areas: Physics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, and Geology.
Secondary Science Educational Games
Categories include:
Science Activities such as “Vanishing Sharks” - Students learn why the shark populations are declining.
More Science such [...]
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I am always on the lookout for interactive websites that students can use in science and below is one that requires students to use critical thinking skills as they learn about the Periodic Table of Elements.
The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table by Anneberg Media is an interactive Web site where students can learn about the [...]
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Are you searching for science lessons and activities designed for gifted students in science?
I developed lessons for these gifted students, as well as students in honors science programs, based on the following:
Ideas and Evidence in Science
Gifted students should be taught that it is important to collect evidence by making observations and measurements when trying to [...]
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The National Science Teachers Association has released its list of Outstanding Science Tradebooks for 2009.
Category samples are:
Earth and Space Science
Life on Earth—And Beyond. Pamela S. Turner. Illustrated with prints and photographs. Charlesbridge. 112pp. Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-133-2, $19.95 (Middle and High School).
Searching for life that could exist on other worlds begins on Earth. This book gives [...]
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Do you have what it takes to be America’s Top Young Scientist? Discovery Education and 3M are looking for a few great students to inspire us with their enthusiasm for science, so show us what you’ve got! Create a short (1-2 min.) video about one of this year’s scientific topics and YOU could win a [...]
This website, sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), has provided a lot excellent earthquake resources for students and teachers.
The website provides latest earthquakes, animations, history, pictures, facts, and more about earthquakes. This is especially important knowledge for students who live in earthquake prone regions of the country and the world.
Here is a brief [...]
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I found that most of my students had a difficult time looking at picture or diagram of a science concept in a textbook and understanding what the image is depicting.
This is especially important in science, because many science concepts are learned as cycles or circles.
Pictures in science textbooks do not address multiple learning styles of [...]
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The use of blogs in middle and high school provides teachers with an additional teaching tool to expand the science knowledge base of their students. Teachers can use blogs as a new educational technology venue to provide support for their students or challenge students through web based problem solving situations.
The digital divide for many schools includes [...]
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