Try Out These Favorite Web 2.0 Tools for Science Classes
| Science |
* Indicates sites that work well with SMARTBoardsRED - recommended for science curriculum work
K-5 Students/Teachers | Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking - From Exploratorium is a great way to get students interested in science using real-world concepts. |
9-12 Students/Teachers | Action Bioscience - Uses current issues to teach Biology. Click on Educator Resources for lesson plans and links |
4-12 Students/Teachers | Amazing Space - Very good tools for teachers of Astronomy |
6-12 Students/Teachers | Archaeology Magazine |
3-6 Students/Teachers | Archaeology Magazine for Kids |
| 4-7 Students/Teachers | Astro-Venture - Students search for and design a habitable planet. Requires Shockwave. |
3-7Students/Teachers | Biology 4 Kids - Site for beginners to explore the world of cells and different animal and plant groups. |
9-12 Students/Teachers | Biology Project - University of Arizona Biochem problem sets and tutorials |
3-7 Students/Teachers | Biomes of the World - Basic information on biomes with good graphics and simple explanations. |
| 9-12 Teachers | BLOSSOMS Video Lessons (MIT) A video library from MIT containing more than 50 math and science lessons, all freely available as streaming video and internet downloads and as DVD's and videotapes. (50 minute lessons) |
6-12 Students/Teachers | Bridge - All about Oceans - Marine education resources with real world research and data collection students can work with. |
6-12 Students/Teachers | Brightstorm - Includes over 3300 math and science videos along with a math homework checker and question/answer forum. Good resource for flipped classroom videos but there is a fee - $2/student/mo but teachers can get a free account. |
3-12 Students/Teachers | Bucket Buddies and other CIESE Projects - Collaborative projects that bring students and engineers together studying real world data. |
| 8-12 Students/Teachers | Cell: An Image Library Freely accessible, easy to search, public repository of reviewed and annotated still images, videos and animations of cells from a variety of organisms. |
6-8 Students/Teachers | Chem 4 Kids - Basic information for kids on matter, atoms, molecules, elements, reactions, and more. Great starter site for students wanting to know more about chemistry. Advertising can be annoying. |