Websites of the Week
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| Each week we examine ten websites worth a visit. | |
| Especially for Students . . . | |
| Bill Nye the Science Guy | |
| URL: http://www.nyelabs.com/ | |
| Home demonstrations, question of the week, send an e-card, and more. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 4 and up. | |
| What Did T-Rex Taste Like? | |
| URL: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/Trex/index.html | |
| ". . . an introduction to cladistics, the most commonly used method of classification today. Cladistics organizes living things by common ancestry and evolutionary relationships, enabling us to better understand life's present diversity and evolutionary history." | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 7-12 | |
| Understanding Geologic Time | |
| URL: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/ | |
| "An informational tour in which students gain a basic understanding of geologic time, the evidence for events in Earth’s history, relative and absolute dating techniques, and the significance of the Geologic Time Scale." | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 5-10 | |
| Ocean Oasis Field Guide | |
| URL: http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/index.html | |
| Photographs and information about marine animals. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 3 and up. | |
| Fear of Physics | |
| URL: http://www.fearofphysics.com/ | |
| Animations, simulations, videos, dictionary, annotated links, and more. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 6 and up. | |
| Especially for Teachers . . . | |
| Teaching Heart: A Place for K-3 Teachers with Sharing Hearts | |
| URL: http://www.teachingheart.net/ | |
| Printables, lesson themes, and more. | |
| Rethinking Reports from LEARN NC | |
| URL: http://www.learnnc.org/articles/collections/rethinking | |
| Tired of the same old animal report or famous person report. Find alternatives here. | |
| The Tower of English | |
| URL: http://towerofenglish.com | |
| Helps "ESL students and teachers quickly find the best places on the Internet to practice real English! You'll find about 300 fun and interesting websites in 34 different categories." | |
| Teaching with Historic Places | |
| URL: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/ | |
| "By using places listed in the National Register to "bring history to life," educators can help students connect social studies, history, geography, and other subjects to their own lives. Students not only learn better, but also come to appreciate the value of the nation's cultural resources. TwHP materials guide teachers, historians, historic site specialists, and others through this process." | |
| Science Fair Handbook | |
| URL: http://www.eduplace.com/science/profdev/science_fair/ | |
| Designed to "provide you with ideas, strategies, and techniques which will make a planned science fair a pleasant and enjoyable part of your classroom or school science program." | |
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