Website of the Week: Squishy Circuits (Gr. 2-10)

Squishy Circuits – A project for all ages Squishy Circuits is a wonderful hands-on activity that is designed to teach students of all ages about electrical engineering and circuits in particular using play dough. The site includes directions with materials and measurements on how to make your own conductive and insulating dough. Click on the [...]

Website of the Week: 24/7 Science (Gr. K-8)

24/7 Science – The best projects and activities whenever you want! From the Lawrence Hall of Science, this website is chalk full of interactive games and activities covering a wide variety of science topics. The first collection of activities are designed to be hands-on with titles like Sticky Situations and How Old is Your Penny? [...]

PBS LearningMedia

PBS Learning Media – Fostering Classroom Innovation and Student Engagement PBS Learning Media is an online platform created to help teachers “re-imagine classroom learning” and integrate rich multimedia into lessons and activities. Currently there are over 14,000 resources available and can be filtered by grade level (Pre-K to 12+), subject (8), media type (document, audio, [...]

Magic and the Brain

Nova scienceNOW – Magic and the Brain In an effort to try to building on our understanding of how our brains work, scientists have turned to a group who has made a profession out of knowing how the brain perceives in order to deceive it: magicians. Watch as some well-known magicians share some (not all) [...]

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: Brightstorm Math (& Science)

Brightstorm Math – Free math help (Gr. 6-12) Brightstorm Math is a mathematics support site providing sample math problems and concept explanations in an online video format. Search their extensive library of videos or browse the specific content areas: algebra, geometry, algebra 2, trigonometry, pre-calculus and calculus. Each topic video is divided into sections with [...]

Website of the Week: ChemGameTutor

ChemGameTutor – Refine your chemistry knowledge (Gr. 9-12) “Dr. Despair has gone and captured the 12 most famous scientists of all time! You have been dispatched with your knowledge of chemistry and mathematics to find them and set them free.” Current game levels include significant figures, heating curve, moles, balancing equations, kinetics, naming and acids [...]

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: 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: [...]