The 10 Websites I LOVE for teaching Science

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The 10 Websites I LOVE for Teaching Science:

My favorite thing in the world to teach is science to middle and high school students.  This is the age where they can really fall in love with the subject.  Science is also one of the most interactive subjects and an important route to many top ranking, top paying, prestigious careers.  Every science teacher needs valuable resources, whether their classroom is within a school district, a virtual realm, at private sector, or even at home.  

Here are the top 10 online resources I LOVE to use in my middle and high school science curriculum and lesson plans:

1. National Ocean Service: This is the best online resource for students studying the ocean.  They can learn about ocean tides, sea levels, algae blooms, nautical charts, and career profiles.  There is an animated series for younger students called Explore Planet Earth with Teek and Tom that is engaging and fun.  I highly recommend this resource for all science teachers and learners.  https://oceanservice.noaa.gov

2. NASA Climate Kids: What is more exciting than teaching and learning about the weather?  I say, not much!  Climate Kids is the perfect resource for all things weather.  There are articles and learning activities on weather and climate, the atmosphere, water, energy, and plants and animals.  They provide interactive tools for educators, information on NASA's studies of the Earth and the satellites they use.  Students will love the games and interactive activities.  https://climatekids.nasa.gov

3. DK Learning:  A wonderful resource for a variety of subjects.  They offer science lesson plans, curriculum, articles, books, videos, case studies, downloads, that can be searched by subject, grade level, and/or topic.  Check it out!  https://www.dkfindout.com

4. Weather Wiz Kids: Another must for all things weather is Weather Wiz Kids.  The website is designed and ran by a meteorologist and there are so many great topics for kids to learn about the weather.  From lightening to windstorms and weather instruments and forecasting, it is an extraordinary educational resource. There are some great experiment ideas and instructions and kids will love the kids' zone that is full of fun facts, weather jokes, flashcards, and games.  This website should definitely be saved to your favorites bar! https://www.weatherwizkids.com

5. Britannica Kids: A useful tool for a variety of topics, but I love it for science resources.  There are articles, learning platforms, media galleries, videos, activities, and my favorite feature is the three age-appropriate reading levels for most of their articles.  The perfect interactive tool for all parents, learners, and teachers. https://kids.britannica.com

6. National Geographic Education: Anyone that knows me as an educator, has seen some of my curriculum, and/or, has read my past blog posts, knows that I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE, The National Geographic website.  I use it as a resource tool in my science, social studies, and geography lesson plans.  I can rave for hours, especially about their geography tools, but I won't, not here!  What I will say is the blog posts are impressive, and their explorer classroom is a one-of-a-kind immersive experience for students to "explore" the world with a real explorer.  How exciting! https://education.nationalgeographic.org

7. Discovery Education Blog: Discovery Education is a good blog for science educators to have on deck for resources, innovative teaching ideas, classroom voices, and educational trends.  There are some interesting articles and ideas for every type of teacher. https://blog.discoveryeducation.com

8. PhET Interactive Simulations: I love this site!  They have a ton of fun, interactive simulations for math and science classes.  Explore how magnets work in physics, build a molecule in chemistry, or learn about natural selection in biology.  This website doesn't just offer simulations, although they are awesome all on their own, they also have activities, and ways to contribute to activities, and virtual workshops.  Both students and teachers will love working the simulations, and they are the perfect resource for science labs and journaling. https://phet.colorado.edu

9. Science Buddies: If you haven't utilized Science Buddies you are missing out!  They have a plethora of science experiment ideas that you can sort by grade, topic, and/or goal, they also have experiment kits.  The resources they offer for teachers are unique and include, engineering challenges, video lessons, lesson plans, career tools, science fair resources, STEM kits, and more!  This one should be on every educators favorites bar for sure.  https://www.sciencebuddies.org

10. Froguts: Last, but certainly not least, is Froguts, which is an amazing interactive, virtual dissection tool!  That's right, you can virtually dissect a bullfrog, cow's eye, a starfish, a fetal pig, and an owl pellet.  You can also observe a fruit fly colony, and a Mendelian Pea experiment.  Every dissection is equipped with assessment tools to quiz students.  Student's will use virtual dissection tools to preform and detailed dissection that is life-like and ordered correctly.  To download is free for both windows and mac systems.  This is an essential resource for older students in the virtual classroom setting, but it is absolutely useful in any classroom setting.  https://thesciencebank.org/pages/froguts

Well folks that rounds out our most loved website resources for science educators and students.  There of course are so may resources and tools available virtually, and we would love for you to comment with your favorite websites!  Follow or blog and email club for exclusive deals on educational resources, newsletters, and so much more!  Just sent us an email to curriculumlab365@gmail.com or FOLLOW on the blogs website.  We can't wait to start a conversation.