EBSCO magazines related to teaching Science

Magazines from EBSCO related to teaching Science.

Teaching Science - the Journal of Australian Science Teachers

Promotes the teaching of science in all Australian schools with a focus on classroom practices & contribute to the professional development of teachers of science. Articles by and for Australian primary and junior science teachers. Practical ideas for classroom teaching, reviews of resources, summaries of research work, helpful hints and special projects.

Science Activities

Experiments and activities in all phases of science, teacher tested explorations and projects keyed for age level and degree of difficulty; news notes, computer news, book reviews and new products for the classroom teacher. (with a 12 Month Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo") - you can only read the full-text from articles that are at least a year old.)

Scholastic SuperScience

Thematic issues containing articles, puzzles, projects and news in science for middle school students; seeds, plastics, toughing out winter, volcanoes.

Science World

A publication by and for students published by Scholastic Inc. Includes feature articles, interviews, science in the news, fiction, puzzles and cartoons.

Science World (Teacher's Edition)

Science Education; Teaching & Tutoring

Science Spin - Early Primary

From Weekly Reader Publications. Children's Interest; Science Education

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Children's magazine of science and exploration; it helps young children understand the world around them.

Current Science

Presents articles covering all topics related to science for children at the middle-school level.

Popular Magazines

Popular Science

Presents articles on products for homes, transportation and recreation, including automobiles, boats, tools & garden, electronic, photographic equipment and television.

Sky & Telescope

Written for the knowledgeable amateur astronomer. Articles on space science, astronomy, observatories, planetariums, telescopes and celestial events.

Nature

Original research articles & letters, review articles, news of science in universities, industry & government, correspondence and opinion pieces. (with a 12 Month Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")

HTML only Magazines

(The following magazines area only available in HTML format only, meaning no images, just text from articles.)

Discover (HTML version only, no images, just text from articles.)

Newsmagazine of science devoted to the wonders, mysteries and challenges of modern science, written for the educated layperson.

New Scientist (HTML version only, no images, just text from articles.)

The print edition of New Scientist has been at the cutting edge of science & technology since 1956. Every week our expert team of science writers bring you, colleagues & students, the latest news & advances in a stimulating, lively & authoritative way. (1 month embargo on deigital version.)

Scientific American (HTML version only, no images, just text from articles.) Authoritative articles on all sciences by scientists who do the research reported. Edited for the interested layman. Features science and the citizen, computer reactions, the amateur scientists, reviews of current books in science and bibliographies.

Acedemic Science Journals

Science News

Presents articles of interest to scientists and others involved with the latest developments in science.

Issues in Science & Technology

Published by the National Academies and the University of Texas at Dallas to inform public opinion, and to raise the quality of private and public decision-making by providing a forum for discussion and debate.

American Scientist

Reports on recent research in pure and applied sciences, written for scientists of all disciplines.

Bioscience

Presents articles dealing with current advances in the field of biological science for researchers, administrators and teachers. Pub. by Am. Inst. of Biological Sciences (AIBS)

An alternative to Wikipedia?

2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools

The "2008/9 Wikipedia Selection" is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum. It has about 5500 articles and is about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million words).

http://schools-wikipedia.org/

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Wikipedia,

eBook sales overtaking print

According to the "technolog" column on MSNBC, Kindle ebooks are now beginning to outsell paper editions.  

"Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books."

You can read the entire story here:

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/28/5940731-kindle-books-now-outsell-paperbacks

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Kindle, ebooks,

Borrow Kindle ebooks for free

Check out the new social sharing site called ebookfling. (currently in beta)  This is just one example of a new batch of sites that allow Kindle users to "lend books" once to anyone in the world and in turn borrow ebooks from others. (Note: you can read Kindle format books on the device itself, or using the app for Mac, PC, iPhone or iPad.)

http://ebookfling.com/howitworks.html

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Kindle, ebook, borrow, ebookfling,

Illustrators discuss their work

This past September, the Central branch of the "Brooklyn Public Library" opened an exhibit entitled "Drawn in Brooklyn" highlighting the work children's book illustrators who live and work in the Brooklyn area.  The BPL has a Youtube channel with short videos featuring all the illustrators in the exhibit.  You can hear them talk about their drawing and see their work spaces!

http://www.youtube.com/user/BPLvideos

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illustrators, BPL

Teaching Long Division?

Long Division Rap (Mr. Duey Live)

http://www.schooltube.com/video/8608266e4f7b49c0a28e/Mr-Duey-Long-Division-SMART-Board

Long Division Rap (Mr. Duey Cartoon )

http://mrduey.com/  

Millionaire Long Division Game

http://www.quia.com/rr/208064.html    

Jeopardy-Style division game

http://www.quia.com/cb/488130.html?AP_rand=622624197   

Division Facts Review matching game (Match equations & answers)

http://www.quia.com/mc/801802.html?AP_rand=1178366140   

Some Powerpoints and activities related to Math

http://math.pppst.com/division.html   

"Dad Mom Sister Brother Rover" Long Division ppt (view online)

Division (2 digit by 1 digit) Smartboard lesson

(download)

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long division, math,

Digital Dialects

For audio clips of various foreign languages, try Digital Dialects (http://www.digitaldialects.com/ ) and hear how other people in the world say things!

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Viewing Smartboard files without the software!

If you have an interactive whiteboard, sometimes you want to preview a Smartboard lesson on a computer that might not have the Notebook10 software installed. Smarttech has created an "in browser viewer" that will let you do just that. Using the "Express" version, you can open a file using the URL or download the notebook file and open it in your Safari or Firefox window. While Express doesn't allow you to use all of the features of some of the more complex lessons, at least you can preview the content on the spot!

The webviewer for Notebook: Express

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Smartboard, Express, viewer, Notebook,

Looking for French eBooks?

Looking for French eBooks?

Currently, while there are a number of titles available via some of the larger online booksellers, there are few "free" ebooks for kids.

(Vous cherchez des livres numériques?

En ce moment, bien qu'il y ait quelques titres disponibles chez certains des plus grandes libraries en ligne, il y a peu de livres gratuits à l'intention les jeunes.)

Here are a few interesting sites I've found:

(Voici quelques sites intéressants que j'ai trouvés:)

Tumblebooks has a few titles in French.

(Tumbletalkingbooks and choose "Language Learning")

http://www.learnnowbc.ca/services/homeworkhelp.aspx

(Bottom right of page.)

Bibliothèque nationale de France (salle de lecture)

http://enfants.bnf.fr/

http://enfants.bnf.fr/salledelecture/index.php

http://enfants.bnf.fr/modules/comparaison/livre.php?param=l050

Au Québec

http://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/

Trois romans-jeunesse de Denis Boucher

http://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/jeunesse/index.htm

Gutenberg.org (ie. Jules Verne)

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/fr

Numilog (peu pour enfants)

http://www.numilog.com/ebookgratuit.asp

JeLis (livres à acheter)

http://www.jelis.ca/fr/accueil_fr.aspx

Quad9 has some online kid resources in a magazine format

http://www.cforp.on.ca/quad9

http://www.cforp.on.ca/apps/quad9v2/archive.asp

Mon mag à moi (revue de jeunes)

http://www.mmamoi.ca/

For some interesting reading about ebooks in French

Pour s'informer à ce sujet en général.

http://www.ebouquin.fr/

Where to find them/ Où les trouver.

http://www.ebouquin.fr/2010/02/27/ou-trouver-des-livres-electroniques/

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ebooks, ebouquins, numérique,

The National Science Digital Library

Explore, Share, Learn, Create.

"NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources and collections for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research."

Resources include images, video, audio, animations, software, datasets, and text documents such as lesson plans and journal articles. (Some content requires a login to view complete versions, but most seem to be free.)

http://nsdl.org/

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digital library, science, math, NSDL,

EDSITEment - Humanities on the web - Chinese Zodiac

The Best of the Humanities on the Web

"EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies."

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans

Sample lesson:

Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/animals-chinese-zodiac

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EDSITEment, humanities, lessons, arts,

"OLOGY" - the Natural History Science site

The American Museum of Natural History - Science site for Kids

http://www.amnh.org/ology/

The side bar on the left side of the site provides introductory material to a number of areas from archeology  to genetics, from peleontology to zoology, and many other "ologies" besides.

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ology, science,

Visualize important demographic info

"View, chart, or download country time series data for 400+ indicators (indicators related to economy, energy, environment, health, infrastructure, population, society, and work)." Gapminder is a unique way to see data, and to observe it changing over time. You can compare countries, or select individual nations, and individual demographic parameters.

http://www.gapminder.org

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visual, Gapminder,

 

Looking for Images for student projects?

As we try to make students aware of copyright and referencing of sources, the question of "image attribution" often gets lost in the shuffle. Using Google images is a great way to find compelling graphics, but they may not be available to be re-purposed for project work. Veezzle styles itself as "the ultimate free stock photo resource."

Their FAQ explains that "you have to read each website's license to know what your rights and your obligations are. Usually, they ask you to mention the photographer's name or website's URL."

Take a look.

http://www.veezzle.com/

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image, copyright, stock photos,

iPad apps that connect to a projector

Using an iPad in your classroom? Then you need to be able to project your work on the big screen. First, get a VGA adapter for your iPad, and then start collecting apps that allow VGA output. (Not all apps do this, but that is changing all the time.) See below for some good candidates.

Expedition (a browser)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/expedition-vga-composite-component/id369305234?mt=8

Note Taker HD

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/note-taker-hd/id366572045?mt=8

Sundry Notes (it's free)

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/sundry-notes/id353007318?mt=8

Whiteboard HD

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-hd/id383779666?mt=8

Penultimate (Good for drawing, formulas, like an overhead)

http://itunes.apple.com/app/penultimate/id354098826#

6Tech Blog article

http://cathymoak.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/10-ipad-apps-to-project-with-vga/

App Store

http://www.apple.com/ca/ipad/apps-for-ipad/

Trig iTouch/iPhone/iPad app

Pearson just posted their first Math App on iTunes for Trigonometry. The trig app is free for download.

Here is a direct link to the iTunes app store. 

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/trigonometry/id413309124?mt=8

 

Smartboard Lessons for Math 9

Pearson is creating Smart Lesson packages for previously released WNCP editions of "Math Makes Sense" (Grade 9)

 

The link below provides free access to a range of samples. (These can also be used with a projector and laptop, and loaded up using the webviewer for Notebook: Express)

 

Scroll down to "SMART Notebook lessons"

http://www.pearsoned.ca/school/math/mms9dvd/

 

Video Demo of lesson layout

http://www.pearsoned.ca/school/math/mms9dvd/smart_demo.html

41st anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Anyone using The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle as part of your reading program?

Here is a Youtube video with 2 min. of Eric Carle talking about the  

40th anniversary (last year) and how book was created.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRcCKP5v6Q&feature=related

(There are also a number of other Eric Carle clips including a question and answer, and various narrations of the story.)

Links for info literacy

If you are looking to an engaging way to introduce the importance of Information Literacy and Critical Thinking to students, these links might help. Lynne Powell at Coyote Creek uses them to generate discussion around such issues as authority, trustworthiness and fact-checking.

Here are the links:

Tree octopus - the site looks plausible, but can we find info on this animal elsewhere?

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/    

House hippo - even "video evidence" can be misleading (stop at 0:45 and ask for impressions.)

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE

Extinct tiger photo - does finding a picture online mean it's true?

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/paper_tiger/    

Giant tomatoes - strange camera angles can create a false impression

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/giant_tomatoes/   

Amazing Iceberg - photoshop changes everything

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_tip_of_the_iceberg/      

Shark attacks helicopter - where can you check for hoaxes?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/shark.asp   

Animal Diversity Web

Animal Diversity Web Is An Online Encyclopedia.

ADW is a large searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals. Every day, thousands of classroom students and informal visitors use it to answer animal questions.

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

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Animal Diversity Web,

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