ASD Science Department

In SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!, students play the role of mayor, doing the challenging work of addressing environmental impact while balancing the employment needs and the happiness of the city's citizens. Designed in partnership with the assessment experts from ETS and Pearson, Pollution Challenge! will not only teach students about the factors affecting the environment in a modern city, but the game will also provide formative assessment information about students' ability to problem-solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and read informational texts and diagrams. Lesson plans and teacher and student dashboards - along with student data reporting - complete the SimCityEDU experience, delivering personalized learning to every student. Built with today's classrooms in mind, Pollution Challenge! supports a wide range of implementations from middle school science classrooms to after school programs and technology clubs.

I came across this blog from a HS physics teacher in NY - she has some good stuff about Standards Based Grading as well...

Brilliant is one way to keep your science and math whiz kids regularly engaged and challenged. Students receive challenge problems each week that they complete and then compare against their peers all over the world. They can see where they match up against others based on country and age, and share strategies with others students. The site also hosts competitions involving game theory, writing algorithms, and other fun shenanigans.

Check this out, this is so cool!! WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever -- a one-minute video of individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline.

part of 32 ways to use Google Apps in the classroom starts at 12m8s more info:  http://www.gapminder.org/upload-data/motion-chart/

really cool looking game-based learning tools, including lesson plans. looks like you can register your class to view students' progress.  

"Our brains are wired to think logarithmically instead of linearly: Children, when asked what number is halfway between 1 and 9, intuitively think it's 3.  This attention to relative rather than absolute differences is an evolutionary adaptation."

Website that brings together ordinary people and scientists for work on projects. Interesting way to bring real science projects into the classroom.

"About Kerbal Space Program Kerbal Space Program is a multi-genre game where the players create their own space program. In KSP, you must build a space-worthy craft, capable of flying its crew out into space, without killing them. At your disposal is a collection of parts, which must be assembled to create a functional ship. Each part has its own function and will affect the way a ship flies (or doesn't). So strap yourself in, and get ready to try some Rocket Science! "

great source for music videos explaining Science concepts