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I chose this site because there are a lot of recourses that can be found regarding science for both teachers and students. I will use this website for the virtual labs.

I chose this website because National Geographic has so many reliable sources. I will use this site to have the students look up things regarding science. I think this website would be good to just look around and browse as well.

This website is ideal for finding new lessons and activities to do with students. I also like how there are two separate links for teachers and kids in order for everyone in the classroom to benefit. The lessons and activities found on the website are extra help for teachers to make new activities to keep students interested in material. It is always helpful as a teacher to have extra help with creating lessons and experiments.

BrainPop is great way to keep the kids encouraged when learning about science. I will use this in class as a way to help them visual situations that happen due to science.

This link os for a book about science to buy. In the description of the book it explains the different fun experiments that the class could do such as a folding egg, bubbling lava bottle and many more. It will spark the imaginiation and amaze the kids in the class.

This website is awesome for a teacher who has a smart board in their classroom. Incorporating technology whenever possible is always fun. Kids today are very technologically advanced and love any chance to play with it. There are lessons anywhere from holidays to music and science.

This website really caught my eye because of the video aspect. It is a series that will help teachers deal with questions that students will have and how to help students understand concepts on a higher level. The videos are done by real teachers and educators. Working with high school students, especially as a new teacher in the field, can be a difficult feat and every bit of help that is available is a good thing.

This website has many different things for physical educations to do. As well, this site also has specific sports that teachers can look up and find activities to do with that unit. I can use the information on this site because it has adaptive sports that I can use if I was working with students that have special needs. I could also use this site to infuse physical education with science. Since, a section talks about how science and sports can be connected.

This offered some different ideas that could be used as fillers during down times in the classroom. The magic tricks would have to be adapted but it could work if the teacher was willing to take the time.

Science: This website has a lot of useful resources and online games that can be used in the classroom. You can easily select what grade you are teaching and what subject you wish to focus on and it will give you a list of related resources. They range from lesson ideas, to links to other websites, to games or experiments, etc. I also like that they offer field trips for classes and have worksheets you can give your students before you go. I would definitely consider doing this with my future class.

This is a site that offers animated videos to help explain science topics for many different levels. Its fun and interactive for any student. Teachers can use this as a tool for students to go on and watch the videos to learn and have fun. I remember using this in high school and thinking even grade school students would be able to understand the information. It can be used for other subjects also, like health and social studies.

BrainPop is extremely useful for all teachers, and I think should be completely utilized. All subjects are present, and students can learn and explore a variety of topics. However, teachers can utilize lesson plans, standards, and create homework assignments on the website. Truly a great site to add to a PLN.

This website is cool because it has different articles every day related to science. It is current news around the world. You can watch videos and read articles.

Internet for classroom website lays all the grades out. It is easily understood. All you have to do is click on the grade you are teaching to and then a ton of different things about science for that grade will come up. There are different units or topics you can chose from such as weather. When you chose weather it will bring up a ton of links that have to do with weather. These links include things like storms, clouds, games, and test.

This website has games for kids and resources for teachers. I could use this website to look for ideas for lesson plans.

This website is more for teachers because it gives you a bunch of different lessons for all of the types of science. I would use this to find lessons for my class.

This website has a variety of educational games for the classroom. It has games for each subject area:math, science, social studies and laguage arts. It also breaks it down into grade levels. I will use this websites for students to play games once they have finished classwork early.

This is a good website to use for social studies. It provides current events that are interesting to kids. There is also information about other countries around the world. This website has great picture taken from National Geographic. I will use this in my classroom with children to learn about different countries and keep up with current events.

Interesting science info!

This is a good website to use in a science class. This website has facts abouts the solar system. It has a link to individual pages for each of the planets that includes facts and pictures. I will use this website in my classroom when I teach a unit on planets.

This would be a good website to use in science when learning about safari animals. This is a website of the San Diego zoo where children can learn facts about the animals in the zoo. It also has live cameras so the students can watch the panadas, polar bears, elephants, and apes live in Iowa! I will use this if I teach a unit on safari animals.

This website provides ideas and answers to creating a 21 century classroom science class. It gives examples of how to incorporate technology in lessons, cool and unique class projects and how to create a classroom website.

This website has fun songs to help students learn about biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, and there are even more. I think a catchy song helps students remember information more effectively than just reading it.