Gloucester Township Middle Schools

Science Technology Resources

CK-12 Foundation
CK-12 Foundation offers free resources for a variety of subjects, including FlexBooks to
supplement or replace textbooks. Integrates with Google Classroom! "Were raising the bar with
interactive learning activities and practice that adapts to individual student performance".

BBC Bitesize - Science

Wide variety of interactive lessons, videos, and assessments. From the BBC, therefore grade
levels and standards will not match up and many video clips are not available. Good source for
webquests.

Lunar Cycle Challenge

The goal of the Lunar Cycle Challenge is to drag moons to their places in lunar cycles.

Free Online Science Games

"Test your knowledge about the universe with our quizzes and games! Expand your science
horizons by reading our fascinating illustrated articles". Various interactive games and
assessments for all grade levels and science content areas.

Open Educational Resources - UEN

Utahs first OER project was science. USBE has been working with science for over several
years. We would like to recognize the support of the Hewlett Foundation, the CK12 Foundation,
and Brigham Young University in development of these materials. Visit the Science Activities
webpage to view all of the Online Interactive Activities that are included in each textbook.
*Excellent resource includes digital textbooks and links to interactive games*

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Discover, Create, Share

"The thrill of discovery awaits you in the Smithsonian Learning Lab. From the Discovery space
shuttle to the Star Spangled Banner to dinosaur fossils, the Learning Lab gives everyone with a
desire to learn the opportunity to explore the Smithsonian's rich resources anytime, anywhere".

Science Explorations | Scholastic

Science Explorations offers rich, interactive content, developed by Scholastic in
partnership with the American Museum of Natural History. Each exploration
features audio, text (including related vocabulary words), photos, and videos.
These activities support curriculum standards and teach skills such as observation,
finding and predicting patterns, classification, and inference."

Easy Science Experiments You Can Do at Home or at School

"Heres list of great science experiments with instructions that you can do right at home or at
school. In order for your science experiment to be safe and successful, be sure to: Get your
parents or teachers permission, and their help."

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 Top Science Websites for Interactive Learning - Getting Nerdy Science
Together, we have compiled a HUGE list of sites that we know to be truly exceptional and we
hope you and your students will enjoy them too! Below is a list of our TOP TEN along with a
short synopsis about each of them to show you why theyre so incredibly special and deserve to
be used in your classroom!

STEM Resource Finder | Concord Consortium

Our STEM Resource Finder features some of the best of our free, open source educational
activities, models and software tools. You can search by keyword or filter by subject, grade
level and type to find the right resources for your learning goals.

Science Education at Jefferson Lab

Welcome to Jefferson Labs Student Zone. From here you can find a variety of resources that will
expand your knowledge and understanding of science.

Middle School | HHMI BioInteractive

"A small selection of our multimedia resources that will enhance your teaching of middle school
life and earth science classes. They include engaging, high-quality animation, hands-on
activities, short films and videos, and a citizen science project."

7-12 Student Interactives - Science - UEN

This webpage from the Utah Education Network includes links to interactive activities on a
variety of topics - physics, genetics, chemistry, and virtual labs.

Explore, Play, Discover: Websites, Activities, and More | Page 2 | Exploratorium

Browse by topic for a large number of science activities, such as motion and matter, cells, and
human anatomy. All grade levels.

Faultline: Earthquake History and Science | Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/index.html

Exploratorium: Traits of Life: Exhibits: Cell Explorer

http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/cell_explorer.html

SciShow Kids
Science YouTube video channel

Let's Build a City: Crash Course Kids #48.1 - YouTube

Crash Course Kids YouTube Channel - videos on a variety of science topics.

Teacher NGSS Resources

Five Innovations in the NJSLS-S

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 This pdf outlines 5 standards and some goals in implementing the New Jersey State Learning
Standards for Science

Planning NGSS-Based Instruction: Where do you start?

For Teachers: This article by Mary Colson and Russ Colson (2016) discusses NGSS - how to
move to more authentic science classes by asking more authentic questions, engaging in
scientific practices, and looking at big ideas.

Engaging English Learners in the Science and Engineering Practices : StemTeachingTools

Tools : StemTeachingTools
Great website for Teachers - includes 49 articles that highlight some ways of working on
specific issues that come up during STEM teaching. http://stemteachingtools.org/

A FRAMEWORK FOR K-12 SCIENCE EDUCATION: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and

Core Ideas
This PDF links to the Framework for K-12 Science Education ebook. (2012)
https://www.nap.edu/read/13165/chapter/1 "The framework highlights the power of integrating
understanding the ideas of science with engagement in the practices of science and is
designed to build students proficiency and appreciation for science over multiple years of
school. Of particular note is the prominent place given to the ideas and practices of
engineering".

EQuIP-ped for Success: A rubric to help implement the Next Generation Science Standards
"The Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric for science is a
new tool for science educators that provides criteria by which to examine the alignment and
overall quality of lessons and units with respect to the Next Generation Science Standards"
(NGSS).

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