Here are 3 rich science links by level to check out:
Elementary
The BBC's Bite Sized Science Clips are excellent. My 5 year old son enjoys using these engaging activities. They are organized by content and level. Some of the text for the lower grade level is automatically read. At higher levels, there is an option to have the text instruction read.
Middle School
Marc Prensky considers programming to be the new literacy, Programming: The New Literacy,Edutopia, Feb 2008. Scratch is a new programming language from MIT. It is designed to be an easy way for people to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art on the web and easily share their work. It can help students apply mathematical and computational skills while learning to think creatively, reason logically, and work collaboratively. I highly recommend incorporating Scratch into class projects or as a summative assessment.
Highschool
The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science is an incredible resource from the University at Buffalo for science teachers who aspire to incorporate a case-based method of instruction in their class. The site's introduction is brief and compelling: "Although the case method has been used for years to teach law, business, and medicine, it is not common in science. Yet the use of case studies holds great promise as a pedagogical technique for teaching science, particularly to undergraduates, because it humanizes science and well illustrates scientific methodology and values. It develops students’ skills in group learning, speaking, and critical thinking, and since many of the best cases are based on contemporary—and often contentious—science problems that students encounter in the news (such as human cloning), the use of cases in the classroom makes science relevant."
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Bite sized is a tag for my granddaughter. Scratch is new to me, but I will tag for later. Awesome article on the new Literacy!!! Checkout these two sites:
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http://www.eurekascience.com/index.htm where students and teachers can get questions answered.
This is one of my favorites http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/online.html
and has great online learning activities.
Continue your journey of learning and keep finding the balance between content, technology and pedagogy. Most science teachers have been using the TPACK model for years. What’s new is there are so many more new technology tools available for teachers today that it can get overwhelming.