Seventh Generation - Mad Science Experiments gr 1-10

Fun, interactive and educational science activities

Published by FNESC for the "Seventh Generation Club" (a club for First Nations youth) these science activities from Mad Science ("sparking the imagination and curiosity of children") are fun, interactive and educational activities appropriate for various grade levels. Each 22 page booklet contains a dozen exeriments teachers can model for their students.

Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, Book 5, Book 6, Book 7, Book 8, Book 9, Book 10

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Scholastic Science Activities

Link to Scholastic Science Magazine on EBSCO

[LINK here]

Middle School Science Education: Thematic issues containing articles, puzzles, projects and news in science for middle school students; seeds, plastics, toughing out winter, volcanoes.. (ID and password needed for home access - see your TL)

Access to online activities for past issues:

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753102 

Browse materials for past issues from April, 2011 - Sept, 2009

PDF downloadables, links to external sites, quizzes, activities, podcasts, etc.

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Science House Videos

The Science House Foundation is dedicated to bringing the excitement of science to students around the world. The site has a number of videos explaining simple (and some more complicated) demos teachers can do in the classroom. With over 80 videos, and more added every month, Video Science helps you find inexpensive lab tools and lots of experiments that are easy, effective, and hopefully fun to offer your students.

http://www.sciencehousefoundation.org/videoscience-experiments.html

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How to make recycled paper (video)

Make your own paper.

Here's a nice activity for Earth Day coming up in April. It is a simple lesson that illustrates in a hands-on and clear way a procedure for recycling paper products. (The videos are more of a "how-to" for the science teacher explaining how to use the activity with students)

Step One

http://www.sciencehousefoundation.org/videoscience-video-recycledpaper.html

Step Two

http://www.sciencehousefoundation.org/videoscience-video-recycledPaper2.html

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Science in Everyday life

Some Videos and Interactives that explore science in Everyday life.

"Is there chemistry in the kitchen? Is there physics at the park? Fun, family activities will help students discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school. There is something for everyone!"

http://scienceofeverydaylife.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/videos.cfm

Some examples:

Seasons

Series and Parallel Circuits

Weather Patterns

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Flexbooks - digital highschool texts

Please share this with your senior Math and Science teachers.

http://www.ck12.org/flexr/books/cafreetextbooks/

ROWSEfornia Free Digital Textbooks Titles:

• CK-12 Probability and Statistics (Basic)
• Dow12 Probability and Statistics (Advanced)
• CK-12 Calculus
• CK-12 Geometry
• CK-12 Trigonometry
• CK-12 Biology I
• CK-12 Earth Science
• CK-12 Life Science
• CK-12 Chemistry
  

People's Physics Book

http://www.ck12.org/flexr/flexbook/734

How Things Are Made

Here's a great site that explains (in great detail!) how many common household items are made. This would be an interesting site to visit as part of a "science in everyday life" strand.

http://www.madehow.com/

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NSTA Lesson plans and science links

For Science teachers

The NSTA's website has some good links to science lessons on a variety of topics.

http://www.nsta.org/publications/freebies.aspx?lid=tnav

also,

Blick on Flicks

Prof. Blickenstaff helps turn "bad science" into teachable science for middle level and high school students. 
http://www.nsta.org/publications/blickonflicks.aspx?lid=hs

Forensics in the Classroon

http://apps.trutv.com/forensics_curriculum/index.html

Episode 43 – Mythbusters’ Adam Savage

http://laboutloud.com/2010/02/episode-43-mythbusters-adam-savage/

NOVA  The Pluto Files

http://video.pbs.org/video/1425502261

Chemistry links/labs/animations

Your teachers might appreciate some of the science links on this page

http://explore.ecb.org/surf/surf_report?subject=0

Links for other subjects:

http://explore.ecb.org/surf/surf_alpha