Archive for March, 2009

Middle School Physical Sciences Sources

At the Monday meeting of the Physics and Physical Sciences Group in TappedIn, we had requests for web sites suitable for middle school students. Here are some of the sites we viewed.
The Physics Front.org K-12 resources http://www.compadre.org/precollege/static/topic.cfm?course=1
Science Games.org
http://www.scigames.org/
Science Teaching Tips
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/podcasts/index.php
Exploratorium Snacks
http://exploratorium.edu/snacks/
Physics and Everyday Thinking
http://petproject.sdsu.edu/
Sciencegeekgirl
http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/sciencegeekgirl/
Cool Stuff from Arbor Scientific
http://www.arborsci.com/
Pretty Good Physics Wiki
 http://prettygoodphysics.wikispaces.com/
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Public TV and Science

Several televsion stations have developed science portals. The portals have information for both faculty and students. Here are some examples.
KNME developed a Science Central web portal that promotes all KNME Science Central events and outreach activities.
http://www.knme.org/sciencecentral/
WGBH Boston
http://www.wgbh.org/kids/parents/eds
 BBC Schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
Public TV Canada
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/learnres/Edu/TV.html

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Science Lessons for Bilingual Classrooms

Yesterday I had the pleasure of demonstrating some web resources, via TappedIn for several elementary school teachers. Some of them expressed interest in science materials for their class rooms which have both English and Spanish speaking students. Here are some sites of interest.
Kids Science News Network
http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/about.asp
Paso Partners (K-3)
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/senses/
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