Website(s) of the Week: Two Earths

Another Earth – Compare two Earths over time GE Teach – Look beyond your borders Both of these sites use the Google Earth plugin to give viewers a unique perspective of our planet and the wealth of information we’ve collected about it over time. Each site allows you to put TWO Google Earths side-by-side in [...]

Website of the Week: The Universe

The Universe (Gr. 6-12) From the History Channel series with the same name, The Universe has an impressive interactive library along with video clips from the TV series for students to explore. Make sure you check out the Interactive Universe applet that contains descriptions and beautiful images of 12 celestial bodies and 8 other space [...]

Website of the Week: Extreme Planet Makeover

Extreme Planet Makeover – A NASA interactive experiment (Gr. 5-10) A NASA project, EPM asks students to investigate the conditions necessary for a planet like Earth to exist in another solar system. Use the tools at the bottom of the window to adjust several planetary variables including its distance from star and the size, age [...]

Japan Earthquake: Before & After

Japan Earthquake: Before & After (Gr. 3-12) From ABC News in Australia, this site shows the level of devastation that Japan has experienced after the earthquake and resulting tsunami events that took place a week ago today. Using a unique overlapping interface along with images from Google Maps, students can compare and contrast the landscape as it look [...]

Website of the Week: Geocube

Geocube: The world of Geography at your fingertips (Gr. 5-10) Created as a result of a European initiative by the European Network for Geography in Higher Education, Geocube provides students with a unique way to explore a variety of geographical topics. Based on the rubrics cube puzzle game, the site has grouped its information into [...]

Website of the Week: DnaTube

DnaTube – Scientific Video Site (Gr. 6-12) Last Friday I blogged about a great YouTube channel that every history/social studies teacher should have at the top of their bookmark list: HistoryTeachers. Thanks to Richard Byrne over at FreeTech4Teachers, here is a similar site that presents a library of videos for you science teachers out there: [...]

Website of the Week: Changing the Balance

Changing the Balance – Digital assets investigating climate change (Gr. 6-12) Changing the Balance dives into the debates around climate change by investigating the story of some unlikely players in this game: blood-thirsty parasites. As students progress through the story they will learn about mosquitoes, Malaria, the West Nile virus and how climate change has [...]

PBS Presents: Absolute Zero

Absolute Zero – The Conquest of COLD (Gr. 6-12) On this, the shortest day of the year, I point you to the NOVA episode Absolute Zero from PBS online. Watch as scientists trace the history of the study of “cold” from the invention of the thermometer to scientists making artificial cold to harnessing cold to [...]

Website of the Week: Oil Spill Crisis Map

Oil Spill Crisis Map (Gr. 3-12) This site uses a Google interactive map to plot the impact of oil spills, chemical contamination and other events that have caused damage to the land, the wildlife and the people who live and work there. Use the categories and layers table along the right side of the site [...]

PBS: Nova ScienceNOW

Mystery of the Gakkel Ridge http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0406/03.html Scientists journeying deep beneath the Arctic sea ice discover a world never before seen. Scientists hope to use what they learn from these Arctic trips to prepare them for similar expeditions into space and to the Jupiter ice moon named Europa. Watch the video at pbs.org (8:01) Download the [...]