Ever wondered how to add technology to your curriculum? We now have some Web 2.0 tools that can add "snap" to your curricular products, and open up students to new career ideas. The list below are just a few of the Web 2.0 tools.
Blogs
Glogster.com (http://edu.glogster.com)
Weebly.com (http://education.weebly.com/)
Kidblog.org
Wikis
Weebly.com (http://education.weebly.com/)
Wikispaces.com
Discussion Forums
Typewith.me
Wallwisher.com
Todaysmeet.com
Web discussion forums
Voki.com
Screencast-o-matic.com
Voicethread.com (http://voicethread.com/products/k12/)
Stixy.com
Posterous.com
Social Bookmarking
Delicious.com
Diigo.com
Video/Book Editing Applications
Ustream.tv
Animoto.com (http://www.animoto.com/education)
Myna – aviary.com (http://www.aviaryeducation.com/)
Blabberize.com
Tikatok.com
TokBox.com
Content Aggregators
Quizlet.com
Wordle.net
Dipity.com
Mindmeister.com
Bubbl.us
Surveys
Polleverywhere.com
Surveymonkey.com
Animation or Cartoon Creation
Toondo.com
Pixton.com
Bubbl.us
xtranormal.com
Maps
Google Maps – http://maps.google.com (Look beyond looking at maps. Think creation)
Titles for the Web 2.0 tools from from:
Ferriter, William M.; Garry, Adam (2010-07-09). Teacher the iGeneration Five Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills with Web 2.0 Tools (Kindle Locations 360-370). Solution Tree Press. Kindle Edition
Web 2.0 Tools for Math Educators
By Laura Turner
This is a continuing series on Web2.0 and other web-based tools for educators. This information is specific to math educators, but there is some crossover into ccience. Math educators will find a large number of useable interactive companion web sites for the teaching of math concepts and skills.
3Dvinci
http://www.3dvinci.net/ccp0-display/splash.html
3D design is a great motivational and instructional tool. It exercises both left-brain and right-brain skills, and appeals to students of all abilities. ModelMetricks books contain easy-to-follow projects based on the free Google SketchUp application, to show how to model anything in 3D.
Algebasics
http://www.algebasics.com
This site contains a variety of interactive Algebra help/ problems/activities
Archimy
http://www.archimy.com
This site has a service for drawing the graphs of all kinds of functions . With Archimy, you will draw the graph of any function and form, just use your imagination. The program must be downloaded and is free.
Arcademic Skill Builder
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
Our research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games will engage, motivate, and help teach students. Click a button below to play our free multi-player and single-player games!
Calc3D
http://www.calc3d.com
This site has interactive Mathematical graph and charting software for geometry and statistics
Chart Gizmo
http://chartgizmo.com
This site has an incredible chart builder for any type of data that can be typed or uploaded to this tool
Chart Tool
http://www.onlinecharttool.com
This site is another great tool for creating Charts and graphs On Onlinecharttool.com you can design and share your own graphs online and for free We support a number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots.
Concord Consorium
http://www.concord.org/work/software
This site features free downloadable Math & Science software.
CrickWeb
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
Math interactive tools for white boards
Flash Card Creator
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/Flashcard_Creator.html
This site from aplusMath allows for the easy creation of online/printable math flash cards
Interactive Simulations for Math and Science
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Featured_Sims
This site is from The University of Colorado
Interactives
http://www.learner.org/interactives
Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science 6-12
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Introducing Integers (6-8)
http://mathstar.lacoe.edu/newmedia/integers/intro/media/media.html
This site contains hands-on approaches for teaching the sometimes challenging concept of integers. Included are video clips, concrete models and Mat Board for solving the problems. Quick-Time media player is required.
Java Math & Science Applets
http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html
Johnnie's Math Page
http://jmathpage.com/index.html
Links to interactive math tools and activities for students and teachers.
Lure of the Labyrinth
http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www
This site contains a interesting digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters.
Math.com
http://www.math.com/students/puzzles/puzzleapps.html
This site has a large number of math puzzles and games. Many can be used with an interactive white board
MathsNet (K-12)
www.mathsnet.net
MathsNet is an independent educational website providing free mathematics resources to the education community. Its aim is to offer truly interactive resources that are both wide and deep in terms of their applicability and usefulness. MathsNet is not an online textbook. It is interactive, requiring the user to participate rather than be a passive observer.
Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/simulations
This site contains a listing of a number of additional sites that contain Math interactive simulations.
MathNet Number Cruncher
http://mathsnet.net/cruncher/index.html
Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
MathTV
http://www.mathtv.org
This site has interactive games and simulation related to math problem solving.
Math Tool Chest http://macmillanmh.com/math/mathtoolchest/mtc_online ">
http://macmillanmh.com/math/mathtoolchest/mtc_online
This site has a 'kid' look and feel and many Math related interactive games.
MathVids
http://www.mathvids.com
MathVids.com is a website dedicated to providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to middle school, high school, and college students who need math help.
Mathway
http://mathway.com
This site is powered by Bagatrix Solved!™ technology, Mathway provides students with the tools they need to solve their math problems. With tens of millions of problems already solved, Mathway is the #1 online problem solving resource available for students, parents, and teachers.
Online Calculators
Instacalc
http://instacalc.com (also creates charts)
Calcr
http://instacalc.com/calcr
(basic calculator only - powered by Instacalc)
e-Tutor Graphing Calculator
http://www.e-tutor.com/et2/graphing http://www.calcoolate.com
Calcoolate
http://www.calcoolate.com
(Also available as a download for Windows machines.)
Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph
(creates five kinds of graphs)
Online Conversion
http://www.onlineconversion.com
This site can convert just about anything to anything else.
NumberNut
http://www.numbernut.com/index.html
This site has a variety of activities and games that can be used in conjunction with interactive white boards
Random Number Generator
www.random.org
This site allows for the generation of true random numbers. Teachers could use this for probability and statistics actives as wall as drawings, random sampling and more
SqoolTools MathFacts (K-6)
http://sqooltools.com/freeworkshops/mathfacts.html
Explore all of the best K-6 math tools the web has to offer! From basic addition to geometry and fractions, from virtual manipulates to interactive games, from online calculators and converters to graphing tools. You will discover resources for every math topic you teach.
Teaching Time
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/
Teaching Tables
http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/
TUSD Interactive Math Portal
http://www.tusd1.org/resources/math/students_math.asp
Visual Math Learning (4-8)
www.visualmathlearning.com
This site is a free interactive multimedia on-line tutorial for math students. Its first level, Numbers and Arithmetic , is a pre-Algebra level course suitable for grades 4-8. Unlike traditional textbooks, Visual Math Learning is designed to run on any personal computer with a modern browser.
Web 2.0 Math Symbols Drawing Applications
http://software.informer.com/getfree-web-2.0-drawing-math-symbols
Web2.0 for Math Educators - a Wiki
http://mathfest.wikispaces.com/Web2.0+For+Math+Educators
You can find Laura’s complete listing of Web2.0 tools for educators at http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/web_2.htm
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Web 2.0 Science Tools
By Laura Turner
The following web2.0 sites would be useful for science educators at the high school and middle school level. Some would also be appropriate for higher elementary grade levels. There are many new ‘tools’ or websites that take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today’s Internet. Web 1.0 tools/websites were text based and web2.0 tools/websites are designed for full-motion video, 3D animations and are generally interactive in some manner.
Web 2.0 can also be described as the second round of new technology development and adoption. The Internet began as an adoption of a new technology, and then as web practices were standardized, user-friendly interface and aesthetic design were improved.
GENERAL SCIENCE
EcoKids
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm
This award-winning EcoKids web site is an interactive environmental web site for children, their families, and educators in Canada and around the world. It offers topical information about the environment through interactive, fun, educational games and activities.
Experience Math and Science with Gizmos (3-12)
www.explorelearning.com
This site features 450 interactive simulations for math and science. –Fee required.
Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu
This site was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. This site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com
Google SketchUp
http://sketchup.google.com
Create, modify, and share 3-d models!
Explore with Google Earth
http://www.techlearning.com/article/23432
Google Earth for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
Google Earth Lessons
http://gelessons.com/lessons
How to Teach with Google Earth
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/teaching_methods/google_earth/how.html
GEarthHacks
http://www.gearthhacks.com
This site works in tandem with Google Earth. Overlay files can be downloaded and used with Google Earth.
Kinetic City (3-8)
http://www.kineticcity.com
This site has an amazing collection of Science Experiments, Games and Projects
MyExperiment (6-12)
http://www.myexperiment.org
The MyExperiment Virtual Research Environment enables you and your students to share digital items associated with your research — in particular it enables you to share and execute scientific workflows. You can also use myexperiment.org to find publicly shared workflows
Skoool
http://kent.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx
This site from England is the first resource of its kind designed specifically for the students and teachers of Math and Science. It leverages the expertise of top teachers in their fields for the development of its content.
Science NetLinks (K-12)
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID=9&DocID=111
The Thinkfinity partnership provides free, Internet-based content across academic disciplines. Science NetLinks' role is to provide a wealth of standards-aligned resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans, interactive and reviewed Internet resources. Site features include Interactive Lessons, Resources, Benchmarks and Science Updates.
St. Louis Science Center Web Site (K-12)
www.slsc.org
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet. (K-8)
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Yucky teaching units (for grades 3-8 and K-2) correlate with the science topics that students love on the Yucky Site. They are designed to align with your curriculum's scope and sequence and with national standards.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science (6-12)
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
ANATOMY
Get Body Smart (8-12)
http://www.getbodysmart.com
An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology. Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "Flash" Animations
Inner Learning Online (9-12)
http://www.innerbody.com
Welcome to inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.
Inside the Brain - An Interactive Tour (6-12)
http://www.alz.org/brain/overview.asp
The Heart: An Online Exploration. (4/5-12)
www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
This site was developed by the Franklin Institute of Science Museum. It is an interactive museum exhibit devoted to the heart. Included are statistics, resource materials, enrichment activities and a brief glossary.
Neuroscience for Kids (K-8
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html)
This site is designed to help students learn more about the nervous system. It also includes links with information on the brain, spinal cord, the neuron, the senses, and other related topics.
Science & Nature’s Mind & Body (6-12)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml
This site, from the UK, has numerous interactive sites and pages related to the human body and mind.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
Human Body Lesson Plans from Discovery.com
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/body.html
Nervous System - Anatomy & Physiology from Get Body Smart (need Flash Player)
http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/nervoussystem/menu/menu.html
Virtual Body (K-12)
http://medtropolis.com/Vbody.asp
This site contains a collection of interactive presentations on the functions of the brain, the digestive system, the heart, and the skeleton of the human body.
Virtual Brain Tour (6-12)
http://suhep.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/MM/brain/brain.html
Virtual Dissections, Labs and Field Trips (9-12)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.php
This site has activities related to Biology and Health
ASTRONOMY & SPACE
Amazing Space. (6-12)
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
This site is by the Space Telescope Science Institute an is responsible for the scientific operation of the Hubble Space Telescope. This site provides a variety of interactive Web based space lessons and related activities.
American Meteorological Society - DataStreme Junction. (K-12)
www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/junction
DataStreme Junction is the place where information is found or can be located that promotes the use of current environmental data across the K-12 curriculum. This is portal type of site, with numerous related links.
Celestia
http://shatters.net/celestia
Celestia is a real-time 3D space simulation featuring a database of over 100000 stars, nearly a hundred solar system, objects, and a complete catalog You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of the over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft.
Cosmic Zoom. (5-12)
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/cosmic_zoom/index.htm?ASPIRE_Session=... Cosmic Zoom is an idea based on the book entitled Powers of Ten by Morrison and Morrison. This visual representation is to help give you an idea of the size and scale of the universe. Each image is 10 times bigger or smaller than the one that comes before it or after it.
HubbleSite (4/5-12)
http://hubblesite.org
This site from the Space Telescope Science Institute, allows users to study and view the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible using Hubble’s cutting-edge technology. HubbleSite is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.
Mars Quest Online (3-8)
www.marsquestonline.org
This site is the result of a collaboration among SSI, NASA’s Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and TERC. They have developed 34 highly visual, interactive experiences that highlight the most interesting planetary features. This site has two main areas, the Tour and the Investigations. Activities in both areas have specific challenges, natural ending points, and clear measure of success.
Stellarium (4-12)
www.stellarium.org
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
Virtual Solar System. (4/5-12)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ax/high.html
This site was created by National Geographic and is an interactive solar system site. An excellent tool for your students to use as they study our solar system.
Virtual Space Tours from Space.com
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour/htmlonly.php
Kids’ Space Sites
Celestia
www.shatters.net/celestia
This is a simulation program that allows students and teachers to navigate a 3-D solar system.
KidsAstronomy. (K-8)
www.kidsastronomy.com
This site is designed for students interested in astronomy. Links include Teacher’s Corner, Fun With Astronomy, Deep Space, The Solar System, Space Exploration, the Universe and more related links.
Space Place (1-6)
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov This site offers a variety of hands-on earth and space science activities and projects for elementary school children.
BIOLOGY
Biology 4 Kids. (3-8)
www.biology4kids.com
This site contains basic biology information and is not just biology for kids, it's for everyone. It has information on cell structure, cell function, scientific studies, plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, and other life science topics.
The Biology Project. (9-12)
www.biology.arizona.edu
An online interactive resource for learning biology. There are numerous interactive modules.
Biology Simulations
http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/simulations.html
This site has a number few simple simulations (written in Java) that can be used when teaching principles of population genetics and population ecology in various courses.
BioInteractive Lab. (9-12)
www.biointeractive.org
This site is from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Links include a cardiology lab, other virtual labs, related animation clips, a click learn section, a related virtual museum, cool science for kids and related teacher resources.
Cells Alive. (4/5-12)
www.cellsalive.com
This site is an excellent interactive web site for educators dealing with all aspects of cells.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
The Visible Human Project. (9-12)
madsci.org/~lynn/VH
This site allows students to view the human body. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female bodies has been completed.
World of Teaching. (K-12)
www.worldofteaching.com
This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
CHEMISTRY
Chem Buddy (9-12)
www.chembuddy.com
Every chemist occasionally has to do some simple calculations, like concentration conversion, finding pH, or solving a complicated stoichiometric problem. When these problems are easy, they are waste of time. When they are harder, quite often they get too difficult to solve on paper - that is especially true in case of pH calculations involving several dissociation equilibria. This is when software can save you time and frustration.
Chem4Kids. (4-8)
www.chem4kids.com
CHEM4KIDS.COM also has KAPILI.COM. Kapili now has tutorials, an extensive library, experiments, over fifty activities, and downloads like flash cards and workbooks.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Periodic Table of Comic Books (5-12)
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
This site covers a number of elements from oxygen to the Metal Men (Gold, Tin, Mercury, Lead and Platinum) to molybdenum. A search engine lets you quickly mine the periodic table of comics.
ph Meter
www.ph-meter.info
This site can be used as a device for potentiometer pH measurements.
Web-based High School Chemistry Simulations
http://cse.edc.org/products/simulations/catalog.asp
This site has provides teachers with links to chemistry simulations, organized by which McREL standard (and in some cases, national science education standard) to which they correspond. You can view the site either through Simulations Aligned to the Standards or you can view the complete list of simulations in our Catalog of Simulations
World of Teaching (K-12)
www.worldofteaching.com
This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
EARTH SCIENCE
Earth Cams for Kids
www.earthcamforkids.com
This portal type site allows student to search for and view various web cams all over the earth.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Journey North - A Global Study of Wildlife and Seasonal Migration (6-12)
www.learner.org/jnorth
Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles— and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants; changing sunlight; and other natural events. Find migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson plans, activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context.
Windows to the Universe (K-12)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu
This site provides a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data that explore the earth and space sciences.
Seasons Interactive. (4-8) INTERACTIVE
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600...
This site from McGraw Hill helps illustrate the concept of seasons by providing users with a series of tools to manipulate and observe this cycle. Students can change the Earth's inclination, the speed in which it travels, and how seasons would both feel and appear if our inclination was set to that of other planets.
PHYSICS
Fear of Physics (K-12)
http://www.fearofphysics.com
This is an interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way for students of all ages to learn about the laws of physics in action.
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity.
The Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science
http://edinfo.securesites.net/il/il_math.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students Use these programs to supplement your classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for your science project.
My Physics Lab
http://www.myphysicslab.com/
This site, created Eric Neumann, contains a number of interactive physics simulations. Also included are the math components of the simulations.
PhET (Physics Education Technology) (9-12)
www.colorado.edu/physics/phet
This site from the University of Colorado has fun, interactive simulation of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world. A collection of 40 Java applications for introductory physics is available.
World of Teaching (K-12)
www.worldofteaching.com
This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
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