Resources for Teachers
Preparing to Be a Culturally Responsive Practitioner - Page 63 has a workflow for analyzing less-than-desirable interactions
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
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 Forest Resources Institute - funding for field-trips!
SeaGrant
Oregon Connections - STEAM professional visits
Forest and Freshwater science
ODFW STEP education
OFRI Learnforests
StreamWebs
Good Popular Science Magazines
Blogs
Cult of Pedagogy-Feedback/Feedforward
TeachingChannel
Find videos
wnet/education
AP Biology Curriculum
Biozone
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