Useful Web sites

National Science Teachers Association

AAAS-Project 2061: A comprehensive research based document that states what students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics and technology by the time they graduate high school.

National Science Education Standards

Create a graph

Graphic Organizers

Discovery School Puzzle Maker

MnSTA Workshop: ELL and LD Strategies in Science Inquiry

Recommend Books and Reading

How Students Learn Science in the classroom

Using Science Notebooks in the Middle school classroom by Michael Klentschy

Teaching Science with Interactive Notebooks by Kellie Marcaralli

Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards

Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol 1-IV by Page Keeley

Giving Students a Purpose to Read: Article by my publish in Science Scope September 2007

Animations

Saving animations

1. Click on the animation you want

2. Open file menu

3. Select save page as....

4. Save as a .swf

Osmosis with water only

Higher concentration inside the cell

Higher concentration outside the cell

Equal concentrations on both sides of the cell

Microscope magnification

Download a worksheet you like

Below is a list of assignments that I have created along with Sarah Weaver. You can download them in Microsoft Office (Words, Excel, or Power point) format if you would like to change it. If you like it the way it is simply download the pdf version. You will need Adobe Reader in order to view the pdf files. You can use these worksheets and change them as you please, I do however reserve the copyright on these documents.

Lesson and Units I am not using right now

SmartBoard Lessons