Ten Websites for Science Teachers
We all know that the web is full of excellent web resources for science teachers and students. However, unless you live on the web, finding the best websites can become quite a challenge. This isn't a "Top Ten" list -- instead, it is a list of websites that I either use on a regular basis or just find interesting. From teaching resources for the nature of science and authentic field journals to wacky videos about numbers, I am sure that you will find something in the following list the works for you! Please share your favorite science web resources in the comment section! 1) Understanding Science UC Berkeley's Understanding Science website is a "must use" for all science teachers. 2) Field Research Journals The Field Book Project from the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives intends to create a "one stop" archive for field research journals and other documentation. 3) Evolution 4) PhET Simulations 5) Earth Exploration 6) EdHead Interactives video
What is science about? / Science / Learning areas / The New Zealand Curriculum
Mā te whakaaro nui e hanga te whare;mā te mātauranga e whakaū. Science is a way of investigating, understanding, and explaining our natural, physical world and the wider universe. It involves generating and testing ideas, gathering evidence – including by making observations, carrying out investigations and modelling, and communicating and debating with others – in order to develop scientific knowledge, understanding, and explanations. Scientific progress comes from logical, systematic work and from creative insight, built on a foundation of respect for evidence. Return to top
Welcome to Virtual Incredible Science! • Incredible Science Online
The activities you find on this website have been created by each of our schools and departments: The School of Biological SciencesThe School of Chemical SciencesThe Department of Computer ScienceThe School of EnvironmentThe Institute of Marine ScienceThe Department of MathematicsThe Department of PhysicsThe School of PsychologyThe Department of Sport and Exercise ScienceThe Department of Statistics Having so many schools and departments doing amazing scientific research means it is easy to show you one of the coolest things about science – it is everywhere! Whether we’re talking about your favourite website, the colour your mum dyes her hair or why your feet get smelly, if you look behind the scenes of almost anything, you will find science in the answer. Explore the website – we hope you love it as much as we do. E whakahīhī ana te Wāhanga Pūtaiao ki Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau, ki te whakaatu i a Pūtaiao Mīharo Kē Ao Mariko 2013, ki a koutou!
Science capabilities for citizenship / Home - Science Online
The science learning area in the New Zealand Curriculum promotes the idea of developing citizenship capabilities. Students (citizens) need to be ready, willing, and able to use their science knowledge. This means dispositions are important. What does this mean for teaching and learning? Engaging critically with science is a bit like being a book or theatre critic. say what science is say what its strengths and weaknesses are ask informed questions about science issues. Building knowledge of science content and the processes of science is important, and so is building knowledge of the nature of science. The science capabilities help students practice the types of thinking, questioning, and actions needed to become informed citizens. Return to top
Links | nZAPSe: New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators!!
A list of Websites and Curriculum Linked Material for kids and adults, fun Activities, Science Education Associations and Experiences that come to your school. These have been recommended by other teachers, parents and children as sources for great experiments and science ideas that can be used in or adapted for your classroom. If you have any recommendations that you would like us to share, please contact us to let us know! Need more resources on the Human Body? Here is your one page stop for links to websites on how the body and its systems work. A range of activities, worksheets, lesson plans and games. Courtney Phillips and her students recommended this site on the Human Body. Thank you to Lilly Dawson and the kids at schoolfundraisingevents.com for this site!! Awesome resource recommended by- Kelly Graves and the kids at Morrow Community Center
Achievement objectives / Science
Nature of science Students will: Understanding about science Appreciate that science is a way of explaining the world and that science knowledge changes over time. Identify ways in which scientists work together and provide evidence to support their ideas. Investigating in science Build on prior experiences, working together to share and examine their own and others’ knowledge. Ask questions, find evidence, explore simple models, and carry out appropriate investigations to develop simple explanations. Communicating in science Begin to use a range of scientific symbols, conventions, and vocabulary. Engage with a range of science texts and begin to question the purposes for which these texts are constructed. Participating and contributing Use their growing science knowledge when considering issues of concern to them. Explore various aspects of an issue and make decisions about possible actions. Living world Life processes Ecology Evolution Planet Earth and beyond Earth systems Interacting systems
Links to useful sites / Science at work in the world / Home - Science Online
Pathways to New Zealand Science Department of Conservation website has resources to support conservation teaching and learning, and DOC supported education programmes to get involved in. Enviroschools programme supports children and young people to plan, design, and implement sustainability actions that are important to them and their communities. The programme provides pathways from early childhood through primary, intermediate, and secondary school and beyond. The aim of the Enviroschools programme is to foster a generation of people who instinctively think and act sustainably. GNS Learning on the GNS Science website has lesson plans, posters, interactive games, virtual tours, videos, blogs, maps, research, collections and databases, and a glossary, covering many science topics. GeoNet website provides public access to hazards information, including earthquake reports and Volcanic Alert bulletins. LEARNZ is a series of virtual field trips for science.
