Science Education Idea Exchange

I just discovered this fantastic resource for middle school physical science: middleschoolchemistry.com

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There are many free websites that I have stumbled upon that share free ideas.  Here is a couple valuable ones, no matter your subject. http://sciencespot.net/ : Labs, PowerPoint, and worksheets http://www.biologycorner.com/ : Labs, worksheets, pictures, and video worksheets http://www.mysciencebox.org/ : Unit plans with excellent ideas for photosynthesis/cellular respiration and others  http://science-class.net/ : Resources for middle school teachers such as lab ideas for many subjects

TeacherTube is a website that you can use to find educational videos for the classroom. It is one free way that you can sort through all the advertisements and unrelated to find appropriate videos.

This was sent to me via Twitter and it's fantastic, so thanks to Carol! This is a website that runs almost 24 hours showing a family of bald eagles in Australia. So many learning opportunities! It could easily become a part of a class routine at any age level. So many students are unexposed to wildlife and know even less about animal development. Go to: http://www.zaplive.tv/web/hwf-sidney2?streamId=hwf-sidney2

PowerPoints can be a fun way to review materials with students. This website provides amazing templates made by Mr. Damon. It offers Who Wants to be a Millionaire? , Hillsborough Squares , and Jeopardy to name a few. All of these are ready to go and easy to modify for free.

I have found videos related to the material that are non-traditional get my students' attention. For example, this video is part of a series that can be found on YouTube about survival of the fittest and the importance of drinking milk. It was a fun way to start class and review the terminology in the evolution unit like "fitness" and "natural selection". At a MNSTA conference I went to last month, I learned how to download websites. All you need to do is type the phrase "kick" in the address bar before " youtube .com" and it will bring you to another site to download it for free. It's nice to keep out the advertisements and for schools that have blocked YouTube on the Internet .