Science Department - The York School

Evolution

Canadian cuts to the Environmental assessment process

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.

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"One of the benefits of using videos on an IWB in Science lessons is for those moments when you want to demonstrate something that is just too dangerous to do in the classroom. This is particularly true when demostrating the reaction of Alkali Metals with water. You can demonstrate small pieces, but it's a little dull. And when the kids ask "go on Sir, throw in a bigger bit" you still can't use too big a bit for obvious safety reasons. Which is why it's good to then turn to a good video to demonstrate the reaction. An old favourite of mine was from the TV show "Brainiac":"

"Biology Department awesome animations!

"The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and inland seas."

Case studies for many Science issues, sortable by grade level & usage

"a directory of ways to participate in space exploration "

Phenomena is a  gathering of spirited  science writers who take delight in the new, the strange, the beautiful and awe-inspiring details of our world. 

This is an aggregation site for science news and articles. Find fascinating research and stories to intrigue your class and explore the boundaries of human knowledge yourself.

"Information and pictures of all species known to science"

TedEd vidoes and lessons - quizzes and more. Pruney Fingers is an example. AWESOME

Online science research

"High school science teacher Kimette Witt curates this collection of her favorite chemistry, physical science, and general science iPad apps. And the best part - they are all FREE! A teacher's favorite price!"

"The circulatory system is one of the major systems in the human body and is responsible for the transport of nutrients, wastes and hormones throughout the body. The heart, blood, arteries, capillaries and veins form the circulatory system. Resources on the lymphatic system are also found on this topic page.  "

"I'm pleased to say that John Bailey and I have a paper out in "Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Education and Research" on 19 best practices on how to design Google Earth tours for education. The paper isn't free to download but to give you a taster I've taken a table from a draft of the paper  which summarizes the best practices discussed (note GET = Google Earth Tour).  I've discussed many of these best practices on this blog so I've added links to posts within the table (some posts also discuss other topics)."