Science+Night,+Links

=Links from Science Night=

Reminders:

 * Follow your district technology guidelines
 * Refer to privacy policy and terms of agreement for resource sites
 * It is the classroom teachers responsibility to ensure the resource meets your district guidelines.
 * All resources should be reviewed by the classroom teacher before students are allowed to use them.
 * Some resources are appropriated for teachers to use for instruction but not for students to use independently.

Questions to Consider:

 * Does this resource align with your curriculum?[[image:Screen_shot_2010-10-01_at_2.57.37_PM.png width="369" height="247" align="right"]]
 * Are advertisements displayed on the site? What is being advertised?
 * Is a K-12 license available, if so how do I apply?
 * Does the resource require a log-in?
 * Can I validate the source/sponsor of the resource?

Website information: · EasyWhoIs: [|www.easywhois.com/] or [|www.domaintools.com] · The Wayback Machine: __[|www.archive.org]__ · Fact Checking: [|http://www.factchecked.org]
 * On-line Resources**

WikiSpaces www.wikispaces.com Request upgrade for K-12 institute

Science Wiki Information on Science in ESU #2 and resources [|http://www.esu2science.wikispaces.com]

Animoto [|http://Animoto.com] Register as a K-12 institute

Wall Wisher [|**Wall Wisher**] An on-line post it board. Easy to set up and use. Use for student discussions, questions, and projects. Teacher can approve content before it is posted. Check it out! @http://www.wallwisher.com/

Glogster [] Register as a K-12 institute

Videos [|http://kids.nationalgeographic.com] []

Prezi [|http://Prezi.com] Register as a K-12 institute

itunes podcasts [|www.itunes.com] to download Go to itunes store to subscribe to podcasts For information on downloading itunes and selecting podcasts, click here

itunes U [|www.itunes.com] to download Go to itunes store, then select itunes U from top menu bar

ESU #2, Media [|www.esu2.org], go to Media Center · Gale: (for the password ask you media instructor) o Research, multimedia · World Book: (for the username and password ask your media instructor) o Go to World Book advanced and then my research o Create an account to house research information notes · Visual Thesaurus: go to [|http://nnnc.visualthesaurus.com] IP addresses already put in, if using at school shouldn’t need a password o Great for vocabulary, text analysis, and roots/prefixes/suffixes NASA []

Weather Report for Kids, K-2, no reading required []

National Science Digital Library []

Access Excellence, The National Health Museum []

Nova online []

Folding at Home, secondary, Stanford Protein Folding Project []

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, cost, contact your LAN manager []

Virtual Microscope, parts, usage, and example slides []

Houghton Mifflin: K-6 Science Simulations []

Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado, Secondary []

Gameaquarium, K-6 Science Games []

Chemistry Experiment Simulations and Conceptual Computer Animattions Secondary, Chemical Education Research Group, Iowa State []

Lawrence Hall of Science, elementary Science games []

American Museum of Natural History, browse by topic, Resources for learning []

American Museum of Natural History, Science Bulletins, current events []

American Museum of Natural History, Ology, Choose an ology, elementary []

Mouse Party, Learn Genetics from University of Utah, Drug Usage Afffects the Brains Pathways http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html

Motion Mountain, Free on-line physics textbook []

Dynamic Periodic Table []

Scitable, Collaborative Learning Space for Science []

Edheads, K-12 interactive activities, various topics []

NeoK12, education videos, lessons and games []

Story of Stuff project, environmental science []

Extensive collection of lessons Khan Academy []

Wordle, create word clouds, analyze text []

Encyclopedia of Life []

Alien Juice Bar, Basic chemistry activity, elementary/middle []

Brainpop resources, varied topics []

Exploratorium, K-12 varied topics []

Cool Science for Curious Kids, Biology []

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, K-6 []

ScIslands, 100 hands on science activities for ages 1- adult, varied Science topics []

Quarked! Adventures of the subatomic universe. Physics grades 1-8 []

Biology in Motion, animations, simulations, cartoons. Mini lectures and interactive quiz [|http://www.BiologyinMotion.com/]

Reconstructors, grades 6-12, Rice University, Medical Mysteries []

Virtual Frog Dissection []

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