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Here's a list of individual student bloggers, grades 6-8. Their posts are about digital citizenship & science. I'm sure they would love students to comment on their blogs.

Gives an idea on how to use Google Apps Template to create a digital science notebook.

A wiki that provides options for delivering content, digital exploration, data collection, etc.

close reading sample lessons -- it has literature and nonfiction -- some is for science, some for Social Studies, some for Eng class... so scroll through the list for your grade level and content area Note: I haven't gone through all of them and I don't know if they have all the steps, but it's a start to work with

The Teacher Guide shows the types of Common Core questions being asked.

Become Agents of Change! The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is the premier national environmental sustainability competition for grades K-12 students. Through project-based learning, students learn about science and conservation while creating solutions that impact their planet. Beginning August 13, 2013 through March 4, 2014, teams from across the country will be challenged to create sustainable, reproducible environmental improvements in their local communities.

"Japan got just a little bit bigger this week, as a volcano created a brand new island about 600 miles (970 kilometers) south of Tokyo."

STEM -- promoting sci/tech in girls Every year, Xavier holds an event to encourage middle school girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We were deeply impacted by the data that showed girls in 6th grade had equal interest as boys in STEM, but by 9th grade that interest had evaporated. Consequently, we hold this event annually to engage, encourage and excite middle school girls in STEM. It is a FREE event open to all middle school girls - we just need an RSVP so we can have enough goodie bags for all. (This is NOT a recruiting event for Xavier. We believe a girl deserves the opportunity to be inspired in STEM regardless of where she attends high school.) Our data shows this event has an excellent impact on the girls! As a result of participating in Girls Have IT Day, about 2/3rd report being inspired to work harder in school to make a difference in the world, almost the same number say they would like to be an engineer, and 3/4ths report they learned something new and had fun. Join us!

Welcome to a Resource for Physics Teachers This site is designed to help physics teachers share their ideas. Many of us are the sole physics teacher in their school. It's nice to know there are others out there to help develop experiments and demonstrations.

Just as it says...maybe be good for classroom demonstrations

A huge resource for videos and activities

Oodles of cool things to check out. I found it while seeking natural selections/evolution stuff, but it has so much more to it!!!

Review game for bird beak design and protective coloration concepts

For 8th grade science.

A review game to practice concepts about pollination and seed dispersal.

For 8th Grade Science.

Take a picture of a tree & have it identified while adding to a Smithsonian database. You can also search for a particular leaf/tree.

I found this app for my iPhone, so I'm not sure there is a compatible app for Android or Blackberry, but it might be worth a look if you are interested.

This site is from a book that I read about how to manage a classroom that is formated to have students self paced in mastering content.

I read a book this summer about this concept and am attempting to configure a way to "re-design" my instruction based on this model. I thought that I'd share just so you know what I'm up to this summer... :)