Engagement in Science with Interactives

Engaging
Learners with
Web Tools for
Science
Cherie Stafford, Technology Integration Specialist,
Maricopa County Education Service Agency

Curriculum must drive the
need for technology
integration

» Technology is the tool used to
facilitate student centered learning

Engagement
Participating in the same task the teacher
has designed.

Successful, engaged learners are

responsible for their own learning.
energized by their learning
collaborative
able to define their own learning goals
able to transfer knowledge to solve problems
creatively
r

Classroom is
a knowledge-building learning community
where students

have
work-
related
conversatio
lead ns with
ask hard define
conversa- set goals family
questions problems
tions members
and other
adults in
and out of
school

The most powerful models of
instruction are interactive.
What are some ways your classroom is
interactive?

Technology
Students are acquiring information,
practicing skills or responding to questions.

My instructional model is above this.
What should I do?
Work at your own pace with this presentation:

1. Listen to the webinar recording:
http://iste.acrobat.com/p85543335/

2. Come back to this webinar and share 3
things you learned.

Considerations for using Web Tools

● How many computers do you have?

● Will students access at home?

● Plug-ins and Operating Systems

● Browser

Concept Mapping - Bubbl.us
https://bubbl.us/

General Science
EcoKids
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm

General Science

Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu

Google Earth
http://earth.google.com

Kinetic City (3-8)
http://www.kineticcity.com

General Science

Science NetLinks (K-12)
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID=9&DocID=111

General Science

Skoool
http://kent.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet. (K-8)
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com

Anantomy
FreezeRay (4-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html

Virtual Body (K-12)
http://medtropolis.com/Vbody.asp

Astronomy and Space
1. Mars Quest Online (3-8)
www.marsquestonline.org

2. HubbleSite (4/5-12)
http://hubblesite.org

3. Virtual Solar System. (4/5-12)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ax/high.html

4. Space Place (1-6)
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov

Chemistry
Chem4Kids. (4-8)
www.chem4kids.com

Earth Science

Seasons Interactive. (4-8)
INTERACTIVE
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.
com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.
cgi?it=swf::800::600::
/sites/dl/free/0072482621/787
78/Seasons_Nav.swf::
Seasons%20Interactive

All Interactives
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.
com/sites/0072482621/studen
t_view0/interactives.html#

Physics
Fear of Physics (K-12)
http://www.fearofphysics.com

My Physics Lab
http://www.myphysicslab.
com/

Your Turn
Choose 3 of the sites to explore. You may work
in groups of 2 or 3.

You will share:
1. If you will use one or more of them.

2. Explain why or why not.

3. Any tips for other teachers about the sites.

Shared Presentations
Slideshare

slideshare.net/

Wikis: to collaborate and publish
PB Works pbworks.com/

Formative Assessment Ideas that
Engage
1. Help Wanted Ad
Write an ad to find a “professor” who can help to explain the subject at hand.

2. Diary
Pen a diary entry from a famous scientist.

3. Trivia Game
Students create the questions (and answers) that will be used in a review
game.

4. T-shirt
Design a t-shirt that matches the current science concepts.

22. Calendar
Mark on a calendar (paper or electronic copy) the time frame for how long it takes to see changes in a scientific event
(such as erosion or plants growing).

23. Advice Column
Students write advice to an “anonymous friend” who has a scientific problem that needs solved.

Dear Mr./Ms Dear Stuck in the Mud,
Science Advisor, you are studk in the mud!
Frogs do not lay their eggs in
I am trying to figure the mud, they lay their eggs
out why frogs lay in water!
their eggs in the You can find out more about
mud. Can you help frogs at
me? http://www.learner.
org/jnorth/search/FrogNotes2
Signed, .html
Stuck in the Mud
Here's to seeing you clearly,
Ms. Science Advisor

Comic Strip
Draw a comic strip that shows examples of figurative language.

Using a spreadsheet.

Using Read Write Think's Interactive
Comic Creator
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-
resources/student-interactives/comic-
creator-30021.html

This presentation shared with you
TEACH 4 Today web site

moourl.com/teachcourse
or
sites.google.
com/site/teach4todayaz/courses/teach

references
Digital Learning Environments, Web 2.0 Science Tools
By Laura Turner

http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/professional_development/web_2_0_science_tools

Preston, Charity. "40 Alternative Assessments for Learning | TeachHUB." Home | TeachHUB.
K-12 Teachers Alliance. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.teachhub.com/40-alternative-assessments-learning>.

Smith B. and Mader J. Web 2.0 in the Science Classroom. Ed Tech Innovators, http://www.edtechinnovators.
com/EdTechInnovators/ISTE_Webinars_files/ISTE_TIP_Web20.pdf

Jones, B., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Rasmussen, C. (1994). Designing Learning and Technology for Educational Reform.
Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
Retrieved from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/engaged.htm

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