Science and Social Studies Educational Websites

Science

• BBC's Science Clips
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Toon University
• BBC's Bitesize Science
• Simple Machines
• Weather Maker
• The Water Cycle
• Wolfram Demonstrations Project
• Black Holes
• Electromagnetic Waves
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• NASA Science for Kids
• Science NetLinks
• Science Online
• Harcourt School Science
• Science With Tom
• Medical Mysteries
  

Social Studies

• Utah History Encyclopedia
• Utah.com
• County, State, & Country Reports
• The History Channel
• If You Were President
• Gilbert Stuart Making Faces
• The Underground Railroad
• Lizardpoint Geography
• Ancient Rome
• Pearson Social Studies Library
• Smithsonian's History Explorer
• National Geographic's Xpeditions
• EconEdLink
• EDSITEment
• The Kennedy Center's ARTSEDGE
  

Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

Online K-12 teacher resources:

• Canyons EMT
• UEN Core Curriculum
• UEN Student Center
  
• Thinkfinity
• Literacy Network
• Elementary Technology Lessons
  
• Miss Blunt's Engaged Classroom Blog - I frequently post ideas and links on my blog, so click on "Follow" at the bottom of the sidebar or get the RSS feed to receive notices about new posts. Also on my blog: use tags to make your search for specific topics easier, follow me on Twitter, and link to other Ed Tech and teacher blogs
  

**See also my "Reading and Math Educational Websites" post for a lesson plan outline.

Reading and Math Educational Websites

Reading and Math Educational Websites

Reading:

• Starfall
• ReadWriteThink
• GameGoo
• Sesame Street
• Arthur
• Play Kids Games
• Toon University
• Primary Games
• Apples 4 the Teacher
  
• Surweb
• Pioneer Library
  
• Utah History Encyclopedia
• Puzzlemaker
• Language Arts at pppst.com
• Storyline Online
• Free Rice
• Poisson Rouge
  

Math:

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Pattern Dots / Polka Dot Shorts / Patterns Shape Our World
  
• Toon University
• Primary Games
  
• 2 minute warning
• Rainforest Maths
• Elementary Math
  
• Mathematics at pppst.com
• Apples 4 the Teacher
• Free Rice
• Amelia Earhart Elementary Computer Lab
• Illuminations
  

Additional online K-12 teacher resources:

• Canyons EMT
• UEN Core Curriculum
• UEN Student Center
  
• Thinkfinity
• Literacy Network
• ReadWriteThink
• Elementary Technology Lessons

How to add these sites to the school folder

As with any other educational technology tool, educational websites should be used as part of a planned lesson to teach core curriculum concepts. For example:

1. Anticipatory Set - A short activity, dispatch or prompt that focuses the students' attention and ties previous lessons to today's lesson.
2. Purpose - An explanation of the importance of this lesson and a statement concerning what students will be able to do when they have completed it.
3. Input - The vocabulary, skills, and concepts to be learned.
4. Modeling - The teacher demonstrates what is to be learned
5. Guided Practice - The teacher leads the students through the steps necessary to perform the skill using multiple modalities.
6. Checking For Understanding - The teacher uses a variety of questioning strategies to determine if the students are understanding.
7. Independent Practice - The teacher releases students to practice on their own.
8. Closure - A review or wrap-up of the lesson.

(Source: Dr. Madeline Hunter http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/plans/lesson_design_hunter.html)

Example:

Patterns

• Core Curriculum: 1st Grade Mathematics, Standard 2, Objective 1
  
• Anticipatory Set: Patterns Shape Our World
  
• Purpose: identify, create, and label repeating patterns using objects, pictures, and symbolic notation
• Input: Mathematical language - attribute, repeating patterns
• Modeling: Eyes on the "big screen"
  
• Guided Practice: Polk Dot Shorts
• Checking For Understanding: Pattern Dots
• Independent Practice: Kid Pix Patterns
• Closure: View student project and review concepts and vocabulary learned