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great ideas about how you can use technology in science classes to help students explore science on their own by connecting with real scientists. 

Fascinating profile of what a inquiry based, connected science classroom looks like

Carolyn Durley is a fast talking, multi-tasking, teacher of students first and biology second, who has fallen hard for technology. She attended McGill University and after receiving a Bachelor of Science she ventured West and made BC home for the last 20 years. She is currently in her 18th year of teaching; Biology 12 and AP Biology at OKM in Kelowna, B.C.

great clearing house of clipart and educational stuff

Interesting experiment using force probe and motion sensor to characterize the energy loss of a rubber band

Interesting experiment to explore the insulating properties of different materials. 

good list of science resources from free tech for teachers

A much smaller version of the diving reflex occurs in humans and is easy to demonstrate in the lab using a few Vernier sensors, a large bowl of cold water, or a cold pack on the face. When cold water (10°C or less) contacts the face, the diving reflex is elicited. Breathing is inhibited and heart rate decreases. This response is not observed during normal breath holding in air or when the face is placed in warm water. Heart rate will actually increase in these two conditions.

In Sponge Lab Biology's Build a Body students construct a human body system-by-system. To build a body students drag and drop into place the organs and bones of a human body. Each organ and bone is accompanied by a description of the purpose of that bone or organ. The systems that students can build in the Build a Body activity are the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems.

cool uses of ipads

very cool idea for problem solving analysis using bump and audio/video recording.