techapalooza2013 - Science and Math Tools and Sites

Stevie Kline instructor
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Techapalooza 2013 Science and Math sites.pdf

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Science

http://www.hhmi.org/educational-materials dedicated to advancing science education, HHMI provides powerful teaching tools for use in high schools, colleges, and universities across the country, free of charge.

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AnimalIndex/ - meet our animals A-Z

http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/ The mission of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS) is to promote the nationwide application of active learning techniques to the teaching of science, with a particular emphasis on case studies and problem-based learning.

http://www.navystemfortheclassroom.com/ With STEM-related fields projected to add over one million new jobs by 2020, it is more important than ever to ensure students are properly prepared for the future job market. Watch and share the following video with your students to help promote continued interest in STEM! - See more at: http://www.navystemfortheclassroom.com/#sthash.2SV0xDO9.dpuf

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/dotphysics/ a Wired Science blog

http://whyfiles.org/ The science behind the news

http://sciencefriday.com/ Podcasts

Vsauce http://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce?feature=watch

University of VA Virtual Lab The University of Virginia's "Virtual Science Lab" uses leading-edge visualization software to depict science and technology affecting our daily lives. This software allows us to climb inside objects, to see fields and forces, or to zoom in on things as tiny as atoms or electrons.

http://sciencenetlinks.com/ Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and all of it is free!

Interactives from Annenberg Learner

http://www.mos.org/museum-online from the Boston Museum of Science

http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/media.html The Inner Life of a Cell

Math

Wofram Alpha resources for educators http://www.wolframalpha.com/educators/

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/browse_by.jsp

Thinkport resources http://www.thinkport.org/Classroom/math.tp

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Resources for teaching math

http://mathandmultimedia.com/ Learning K-12 mathematics through multi-media

http://colleenyoung.wordpress.com/ Mathematics, Learning, and Web 2.0

FASTFIG the word processor for math https://www.fastfig.com/

Dynamic Paper - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=205

Reasoning and Sense Making Task Library from the NCTM

http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/ Resources and lesson plans

Math Snacks http://mathsnacks.com/

Math in the Movies - http://love2learn2day.blogspot.com/2010/06/math-in-movies.html

http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.htm More Math in the Movies

http://homepage.smc.edu/nestler_andrew/SimpsonsMath.htm Guide to Mathematics and Mathematicians on The Simpsons

Virtual Math Museum - Mathematical Art

Blanton Museum - Discovery the Art in Mathematics

For Elementary Students - Symmetry in Art

Center for Mathematics and Quantitative Education at Dartmouth Electronic Bookshelf Welcome to the electronic bookshelf of materials that feature an interdisciplinary approach to a mathematical topic. Some of these materials may be downloaded directly and others may be obtained by contacting the listed source. Many were developed as part of the Math Across the Curriculum Project at Dartmouth College. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation.

Interactives from Anneberg Learner