Resources for Teachers

All Good Science Lessons Have:

Imagination

Conversation

Experimentation

Observation

The Thinking Project Institute

Ways to help change your mindset.

Modeling

Scratch - block code that students can use to make models/animations

Sphero - block code robot

Makey Makey - turns anything into a keyboard (write program in scratch)

Circuit playground express

Raspberry pi

Make code/ada fruit

google cs first - train in scratch, etc

Cool Tech Resources

Phet - interactives

Molecular Workbench - interactives

Bloomz - parent techer messager with calender!

dojo

Seesaw

Goobric add-on

GoFormative - test giving

lightspeed - computer monitoring, link sharing

canvas - is free!

Nearpod - for interactive presentations

Socrative - monitor understanding

Newselea- articles on current events by grade

classkick & formative - synchronously watch student activities, provide differetiated activities

kaizena - synchronously provi editing/feedback, an be via text, audio, video, or links

google my maps - mapping tool, students can coconstruct maps in real time

TweenTribune - articles by smithsonian by Lexile levels

desmos - math

Padlet - story boards, online bulletin for group projects

https://pixlr.com/ - edit pictures

https://www.canva.com/ - edit poster


Lesson Plans & Field Trips & Funding

Oregon STEM hub

Oregon Coast STEM hub

Oregon Forest Resources Institute - funding for field-trips!

SeaGrant

Oregon Connections - STEAM professional visits

Forest Workshop

Forest and Freshwater science

ODFW STEP education

OFRI Learnforests

StreamWebs

Good Popular Science Magazines

Blogs

Cult of Pedagogy-Feedback/Feedforward

TeachingChannel

The Naked Scientist

Science News for Students


Find videos

wnet/education

chemistry demos



AP Biology Curriculum

Biozone

SEPUP

edshelf

writeabout.com


Get to Know you questions

  • If you could relive a moment in your life would you? And when? Why?

  • If you could have dinner with anyone (alive or dead) who and why?

  • What is your brand of toothpaste?

  • Who inspires you?

  • What is a personal goal of yours?

  • What is a professional goal of yours?

  • What is your favorite place to visit?

  • Are you reading a book for enjoyment right now? What is it?

  • What is you favorite Netflix series, movie?


Fun ideas to engage

Lab with no talking, no reading, only demo/copy

phone jail or vacation

cell phone chargers

Awesome inquiry based principles of biomedical sciences curriculum: CTE - PLTW curriculum