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"Below are some great YouTube channels for science. If you are a science teacher and you need some useful resources where you can search for and find educational science videos, then the list below would be of great help. Some of the channels listed below have thousands of subscribers featuring some of the best science videos online."

Virtual field trips challenge and expose students to new types of technology. It is a great way to spark their interest and motivate their learning in a specific content area. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities because you can take them to places they wouldn't normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or ocean floor! In addition, virtual field trips may even boost students' reading comprehension skills and will expose them to different cultures and environments. While virtual field trips offer a great learning opportunity, they can be hard to organize and time consuming. Take advantage of our free virtual field trips and engage your students even more!

Everyone likes instructions, right? Just think up a city name and declare yourself Mayor. Check out what other great leaders have built and rate them. If you're a school teacher, you can to register so your students' cities can be registered to and searched for by your school name. What is ElectroCity? ElectroCity is an online computer game that lets players manage their own virtual towns and cities. It's great fun to play and also teaches players all about energy, sustainability and environmental management in New Zealand. NB: New Zealand is nuclear-free, so nuclear power plants cannot be built in our country. However, this game is intended to provide players with a base knowledge of energy generation, so nuclear power is included. Find out more.

you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and all of it is free! Science Netlinks provides a wide variety of science lesson plans and other materials that teachers can use with their students in class.

Pbs's Stephen Hawking website full of great resources.

Gerald Carey 12 Jan 12 02:01:54 The open source version of Google Body. Many thanks to Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne on Twitter) for this great find.

Martin Burrett 02 Feb 12 05:39:21 A great set of science and engineering animations to help you explain difficult concepts visually. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

This electric circuit builder program is something that you can use with all ages. It is a great resource for teaching about electricity.

Vicki Davis 08 Feb 12 11:51:18 I know Steve Spangler sells a lot of science things on his website, but I just enjoy him. I like how he explains things and how he uses colorful, attractive things in his science experiments. If you're a science teacher, I think you'll enjoy browsing the experiments on his website. Here is one on convection currents. He shares how to do all of the experiments, so you don't have to buy anything from him. This is a great example of how you can be helpful and people want to buy from you.

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"Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos SporesFiery explosions, beautiful reactions, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about chemistry. Here are some of our favorites."

Martin Burrett 08 Aug 11 11:57:09A great site from the Open University. See evolution in action... slowly, with snails from across the world. You can submit your own data. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

"Schools Global Footprint is a teaching resource that helps you to explore and to reduce the environmental effect your school has on the planet. The global footprint calculator is a great tool for helping you reduce your schools' ecological footprint by taking action on six topic areas including: energy, transport, food, waste, water and buildings."

Explore the wildþfflife in your own backyard with UK Safari. Great child-friendly profile pages on animals and plants around the UK.

Professor Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research, gives a guest lecture on writing. Seven simple

"Earthquakes for Kids"

A great variety of earthquake related resources, grade for demos and interaction