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"Teaching about sound in the classroom used to involve lots of fiddly bits of kit such as Signal Generators and Decibel Meters that would cost a lot of money and only get wheeled out once a year. Thankfully if you have an iPhone or iPad you can replace quite a bit of that kit with a couple of handy apps which are either free or relatively inexpensive. Here's a couple to get you started:"

Root is a robot that can draw, erase, and play music. Root is the only robot in the world that can be used to teach coding from Kindergarten to College.

"Science is best taught in a hands-on manner. For around $10 per student (plus fabric or other materials), they can create wearable circuits that will teach them not only about how circuits work, but also the fine motor skills involved in sewing, the planning skills associated with creating schematic diagrams, and the challenge of planning out more intricate circuits."

* Videos and interactive presentations drawn from NASA's vast collection of media resources * Informational texts, discussion questions, and teaching tips to support the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards for Literacy * Professional development resources that illustrate best practices and provide concrete models of effective teaching

Nice interactive for teaching Earth science.

The goal of Encyclopedia of Life is to be a portal to information about all species of life on Earth. Ultimately, the Encyclopedia hopes to "serve as an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet, as well as all those later discovered and described. Encyclopedia of Life will be used as both a teaching and a learning tool, helping scientists, educators, students, and the community at large gain a better understanding of this planet and all who inhabit it." Many resources are available already, however, this site always will be a work in progress.

Based in London UK, EngiMake has created the QuadBot to give anyone the opportunity to make their own robot! It is available on kickstarter now.

Coders are the pioneers of the digital age, and Codeybot aims to push the trend further. Codeybot is easy for beginners to adopt, and complex enough for...

"Coder is a free, open source project that turns a Raspberry Pi into a simple platform that educators and parents can use to teach the basics of building for the web. New coders can craft small projects in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, right from the web browser."

"Activists are pushing schools to teach climate-change "controversy" by issuing textbook ratings of their own."

"Technology has had a massive impact in the classroom over the last decade but rarely has the arrival of a new device been so hotly anticipated. While it is still early days, trials of Google Glass are already giving an insight into whether it will live up to its hype as a teaching tool."

Almost everyone online has heard of the Google AdSense program. However, not everyone is clear on what it is, how it works, the benefits of it and most importantly, how to make money with it. That is exactly what this post to teach you.

open source materials for teaching and learning science

OnePlus, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, just recently launched the OnePlus 3T which is like an evolution of the existing OnePlus 3.