ASD Science Department

science lesson plans to accompany this new movie

real-world datasets

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

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.

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.

Top favorite sites for creating a chart or graph from the articles author

a multimedia, interactive alternative to a textbook for physics

great TED talk at the end

After two years, the final Next Generation Science Standards arrived in April, and along with a focus on rigor and real-world application, the standards include a focus on engineering-and education leaders are ensuring that their teachers have the resources to teach the subject. Resources: Amazing Alex app- grades 4-8- Rube Goldberg contraptions Coaster Crafter- grades 3-12 physics concepts taught through games building a roller coaster Design Squad Nation- grades 3-8- compete to solve engineering problems World of Goo app- grades 4-12- build structures with unique materials. Geometry, physics, engineering

Just received notice about November being Ocean month in Skype's "in the Classroom" project. Please let me know if you need any help. "Throughout November dive in to Skype in the classroom and make connections with some of the world's top ocean experts."

"Wolfram|Alpha now supports Lewis structures-diagrams that show both the bonded and unbonded electrons in a molecule. But as any good teacher will tell you, even more important than finding the answer is the procedure used to get that answer. Thus, Wolfram|Alpha is expanding its Step-by-step interface into the realm of chemical bonding (with even more Step-by-step functionality coming soon)."

"Here you can find teaching resources for your physics and physical science classe"

Searchable resources for chemistry! Really well done and easy to use.