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"As a biology education community, we focus a great deal of time and energy on issues of "what" students should be learning in the modern age of biology and then probing the extent to which students are learning these things. Additionally, there has been increased focus over time on the "how" of teaching, with attention to questioning the efficacy of traditional lecture methods and exploring new teaching techniques to support students in more effectively learning the "what" of biology."

"Succeeding with Science is a website built around fun and interactive educational games, activities, and videos to help students learn and love science. The student activities are sorted by age range from 4-7 years up to 16+ and there is also a teachers section. Each activity come with PDF lesson plans and support materials as well. Science teachers at all levels should find this site to be useful way to support their curriculum."

"Derek Muller from YouTube's Veritasium will present a webcast on Wednesday November 27, 2013 at 7pm EST from the Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas at Perimeter Institute.Derek will discuss the question: Do videos really improve student learning? Derek's PhD in physics education research suggests the answer may be no! In this one hour talk, he will share insights from his research as well as the incredible physics phenomena he has captured for his YouTube channel.Derek Muller created the popular YouTube channel Veritasium in January 2011. With almost 1 million subscribers, Derek's 140 videos have received over 45 million views."

Both Juliana and I saw this presentation live at STAO on November 15, 2013. It was definitely interesting and thought provoking!

"9 Science Centered YouTube Channels for teachers and students"

" I am currently IB Bio, HS MYP Chemistry and Physics teacher, MYP Coordinator (and HOD Science) at Canadian Academy, Kobe, Japan. Before Japan, I was in Indonesia, as IB Biology, Science and Health teacher (and IB DP Coordinator) in Bandung International School. I have a degree in Marine Biology from Queen's University Belfast, A PGCE in Secondary Science from the University of Exeter and am working on an MA in International Education from the University of Bath. Find out more about me on Vizify here. This site serves as my students' online textbook or main resource."

For all different grades

"Little Shop of Physic (LSOP) is a group of science educators and science students based out of Colorado State University. Our goal is to make science accessible and teach people that science is something anyone can do. Our program offerings include: school visits, teacher resources, teacher workshops, as well as Everyday Science shows, podcasts, and classroom kits."

"MIT's Neil Gershenfeld originally envisioned Fab Labs as small-scale digital workshops accessible to all. Blikstein adapted the concept specifically for junior high and high schools.  His FabLabs@School are spaces where students work on long-term, creative projects, using their imaginations to bridge the gap between their ideas and the tools and training necessary to bring them to fruition. Since 2009, Blikstein and his colleagues have opened five experimental FabLabs@School: one in Bangkok, Thailand; one in Moscow, Russia; and three in Palo Alto. A sixth is opening soon in Melbourne, Australia, a seventh in Mexico City. As they roll out the labs, they conduct careful research on how best to deploy and make use of them in an educational setting."

"Bozemanscience is maintained by Paul Andersen, a science teacher in Bozeman, MT.  He has created hundreds of science videos that have been viewed millions of times by students and teachers around the world.  All of these videos are accessible from this website.  Click any of the links to view videos within specific content areas."

Always wondered why a violin sounds different than a guitar? Or what size mirror you need to see your entire body? Or what keeps a bobsled on its track? Say hello to CK-12's latest product: Interactive Simulations! Discover a whole new way of teaching. Play with these rich, free immersive experiences to teach core physics concepts through daily real world experiences. These simulations immerse students in an interactive learning experience using real world context combined with math or science content. So go ahead, spark their curiosity - help them learn, interact and have fun!

Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students."

"This website is linked to UNESCO.org and is free to download for educational purposes. It contains a database of school science experiments and investigations in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, weather studies, agriculture projects for primary and secondary schools; and sexuality education and drugs education. It is based on a revision, updating and expansion of the "New UNESCO source book for science teaching", 1979 edition, UNESCO, Paris. It contains experiments from the "low cost" science teaching movement, simplified versions of classical experiments, experiments using locally available substances and kitchen chemicals, and environmental science. Some experiments anticipate experiments usually done in senior high school or college classes. The experiments should be "student-friendly" and "teacher-friendly" because there is no overwhelming technology. Enough theoretical background is included to remind teachers of the theoretical context of the experiment. Every experiment is based on materials listed in a modern commercial catalogue of chemicals and equipment for use by educational institutions. The procedures and safety standards are consistent with instructions issued by Education Queensland (Ministry of Education), State of Queensland, Australia."

This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in 11-18 Schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. The appropriate Key Stage is indicated for each resource. It is hoped that the resources will help students to make sense of some of the more challenging concepts they encounter.