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include component="comments" page="Science Treasures" limit="10"  Science Interactive Websites and Lesson Plans Here are some websites that you can use to add more excitement and interactivity to your science lessons. ​



=Science Videos  = [|First Science.com] - FirstScience.com is a leading online popular science magazine featuring articles on important breakthroughs, the latest science news, video clips, blogs, poems, facts, games and a whole lot more science-related content [|Sqooltools.com] – videos, learning games, printables, and related books [|Kidsknowit.com] – super videos and interactive games for the interactive whiteboards. Need to register but it is free [|BrainPop.com] - features free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, and best practices for our teacher community [|NeoK12.com] – videos and lessons for prek – high school [|PBS.org] – educational videos from public broadcasting system [|Sciencewithme.com] - Science With Me! is a free educational science website for elementary age children. Our website offers science animations, movies, games, science coloring book pages, worksheets, fun science projects for kids and stories to help young children learn scientific principles and science the fun way. [|ScienceHack.com] - ScienceHack is a vertical search engine for science videos. Search for science experiments, science projects, science movies and science news. [|Teachers Domain] - Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development. You must register, but it is free. [|101Science.com] [|Reviewed science videos, software, websites], etc. from CLRN. Some require subscription or payment. [|Science videos], powerpoints, worksheets, and career profiles. A collection of [|physics-related YouTube videos] (1,000 of them) that have been previewed. [|**Cool experiments and demonstration videos**] from weirdsciencekids.com [|Videos to accompany Nova's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" video]  including Ken Miller and Judge John Jones [|Educational Videos]  like YouTube but filtered to be appropriate for kids. Variety of topics in science section. [|Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed]  video from NSF [|Science in Motion Video series] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from NSF on a variety of topics, mostly life science. "Secrets of the Sequence" <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Videos on genetic research] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from Virginia Commonwealth University <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Science and Technology videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from NBC news, 1,000 short clips <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Mystery of Dark Matter DVD] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> and lesson plans PBS <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Science Investigators Videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (How do knuckleballs work, bacteria batteries, etc.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|WiredScience Videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (GeekDad, DIY, Careers in Science, etc.) Another free <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|DVD with clips from 20/20] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> for use in the classroom. This one includes ethanol fuel and vaccine fears. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Videos of teachers using research-based strategies with English Learners in the classroom] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (some science) through Project CONNECT 50 Free <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Biotechnology and genetics videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> for streaming or download from Virginia Commonwealth University <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Evolution DVDs] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, animations, lesson plans, teachers guide from HHMI <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Nova "Absolute Zero" series] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, part two coming soon. Hundreds of cool <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|high speed videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> like a "whoopee cushion" and a balloon filled with syrup popped by a dart. Free <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|DVD "Watershed Wonders"] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> about pollution and the watershed Free <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|ocean science video clips] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from BlueWorldTV Free science videos, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|YouTube] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|TeacherTube]  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|ScienceHack]  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (Note, some videos are unsafe and inappropriate for the classroom. Screen all videos before showing. TeacherTube and ScienceHack are filtered for content but not safety.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Free Videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> on: The nature of science, critical thinking, biodiversity, and bald eagle habitats. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Earth Science videos] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Free math and science videos]  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from The Futures Channel <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|ESPN science of sports videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Great <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Chemistry Demo Video Clips] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from JCE's Chemistry Comes Alive <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Free biology DVDs] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (cloning, bioengineering, RNA, etc.) from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Teaching English Learners] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> videos including Assessment, Differentiation, Accessing the Textbook, etc. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Optics and Light videos]  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> including: Optics: Light at work and Careers in Optics <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Women in Science] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> videos and posters <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Einstein's Miracle Year] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> video streamed. 300 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Newton's Apple video clips] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> and project ideas <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Webcast of "Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners," on Thursday, November 30 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time by Wested.] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Lots of high quality content and pedagogy streaming videos for teachers] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Videos for teaching evolution] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> for students and teachers from WGBH <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Chemistry demonstration videos] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> from JCE's "Chemistry Comes Alive" CDs <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Quicktime videos to accompany labs and demos] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|DVDs on evolution, RNA, fat, hypertension] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|“It’s a Wild Ride”: Science and Math of roller coasters] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Chemistry Demonstration videos] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Watershed Wonders DVD] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> free to 1,000 California schools <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|John Stossel] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> clips about educational issues from 20/20 Video of a <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|cow eye dissection] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> and instructions how to do one yourself <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Hawaiin Volcano] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> time-lapse videos from USGS <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|A Tour of the Cryosphere] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> download video or free DVD from NASA

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Physics modules with video clips] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> for teaching common physics concepts from University of New South Wales <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Super Slow Motion Video clips <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|RIT LivePhysics Videos] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Rutgers Physics Quicktime Movies] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Doane Physics Quicktime Movies] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Vidshell Video Clips] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Video Analysis on the Web] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (includes built-in video analysis for ANY video clip online) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Animations] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> on a variety of physics topics
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Learning Science Through Inquiry (K-8)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Minds of Our Own (K-12)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Private Universe (5-12)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Private Universe Project in Science (K-12)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Science IMAGES (K-8)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Science K-6: Investigating Classrooms] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|The Science of Teaching Science (K-8)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Teaching High School Science through Inquiry]
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Science Misconception Podcast by Michael Horton <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|**Free audio and video university science lectures**]. Hundreds of feeds available. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|NSTA's "Lab Out Loud" podcast about science education] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> American Chemical Society's [|podcast, Bytesize Science] for students <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|60-Second science podcast] gives a 1-minute story each day on a variety of subjects. Perfect as a sponge activity. [|60-Second psych] podcast gives 1-minutes stories of brain and behavior research. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe] podcast hosted by Dr. Steven Novella covers topics of pseudoscience, UFOs, aliens, and homeopathy. Very funny cast, often inappropriate language for students but great for teachers. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|The Naked Scientists podcast]. The title sounds bad, but this is a great podcast always appropriate for students and teachers. Has a segment called "Kitchen Science" each episode with simple-to-do experiments ([|archived online]). <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|Science podcasts] dealing with a variety of issues particularly interesting to new science teachers. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|Science Inquirer Summer Edition] had a list of over a dozen free podcasts from the BBC, Popular Science, Science Magazine, and more. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|MicrobeWorld Radio], Microbiology podcast 90 seconds per day