Life Sciences
Biology in Motion - http://biologyinmotion.com/
Interactive learning activities, animations, illustrations, diagrams and more supplements to help explain difficult biological concepts. A helpful teacher’s section provides tips for how best to integrate the technology into existing lessons plans
Propello - A New Science Teaching and Learning Platform Propello is a new service that offers a free and customizable science learning platform. Propello provides teachers with core science curriculum that is recommended for students in grades six through eight. But because Propello allows teachers to modify materials, the curriculum could be used with younger or older students. When you sign-up for a free Propello account you'll have access to all of the materials on offer. The materials are organized into three sections. Those sections are Earth and Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. www.freetech4teachers.com
TEACHFLIX (DitchThatTextbook.com/TEACHFLIX)What if you could access tons of great YouTube videos for your class all in one place? That's what we have collected here on our Ditch That Textbook TEACHFLIX page. Browse 360 videos, elementary and middle school science, virtual field trips and more.
BioInteractive website brings the power of real science stories into tens of thousands of high school and undergraduate life science classrooms.The stories anchor a variety of classroom resources based on peer-reviewed science. From data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, the resources connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world. In addition, the BioInteractive website provides educators with planning tools to build resource playlists and storylines, and professional learning materials and opportunities to deepen their scientific and pedagogical expertise.
Explore The Science Behind Life On Earth
The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth. Explore dozens of award-winning Planetarium shows, short science media, K-12 training toolkits, and compilations of teaching strategies for the science classroom.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) and/or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources).
BioInteractive The website brings the power of real science stories into tens of thousands of high school and undergraduate life science classrooms. The stories anchor a variety of classroom resources based on peer-reviewed science. From data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, the resources connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world
OpenSciEd is to ensure that science teachers anywhere can access and download freely available, high-quality, locally adaptable full-course materials that support equitable science learning. OpenSciEd provides teachers the materials and support to get all students excited and curious about the world around them and confident in their ability to shape it through questioning, investigating, and solving problems.
MySciLife gr 6 - 8) A free educational social media platform that leverages social media elements students already enjoy using to create media and active connections with curricular content and develop digital citizenship skills. Students design identities based on science concepts, conduct research to build their profiles, and learn from one another as they personify their identities in posts, comments, and responses. For example, they may choose to become their favorite planet and talk about their region of the Solar System. Or they may comment on posts as different organisms to show relationships in the food chain, or play two truths and a lie while personifying a tectonic plate.
University of Colorado Boulder: Interactive Simulations for Science and Math
One of the richest single repositories of online science interactives and virtual labs. Investigate more than 150 physics, chemistry, math, biology, and Earth science topics. Available in dozens of languages, the interactives are searchable by grade level, subject, and accessibility. Accessibility options include alternative input, audio descriptions, and pan-and-zoom functionality. The University of Colorado Boulder team even found a way to incorporate Java sims so that you can easily run one in your browser window
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources). Teachers will also find a collection of lesson ideas, including hands-on activities, case studies, and games with distance-learning options.
Twig Science Reporter is a free weekly science news service for kindergarten through grade 6 classrooms created in partnership with Imperial College London to connect science lessons with real-world STEM news and events through high-quality video and other learning resources to pique students’ interest. Each week Twig helps teachers boost student engagement with free stories highlighting scientific concepts focused on everything from local phenomena to global issues.
🎯Ask a Biologist K - 12 activities (includes short and long play games, simulations, and virtual field trips) , stories and images (zoom - in/virtual microscope)
Frontiers Science For Kids - Not only are these articles for kids... they are written by kids. Perhaps your students could be the next contributor.
Hyperdoc Science Lab Report Template
Experience Biology invites students to investigate basic scientific phenomena and concepts in biology through simulations and interactive labs. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, the apps challenge middle-school students with investigations and quizzes based on the students' explorations of each interactive unit
Science News For Kids - A collection of the latest news written for kids that will fit into any project.
OLogy has been recognized as a premier site for science learning by supporting children’s questions about the natural world. Now teachers can use OLogy to support reading comprehension in their classroom. Through a partnership with ReadWorks, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has paired dozens of OLogy articles with vocabulary lessons and formative assessments. These units cover life, earth, and physical science content and are available for students in elementary through high school. Students can read articles such as “Creatures of the Reef” (third grade); “Wonderful World of Wasps” (fifth grade); “Paleontology: The Big Dig” (seventh grade); and “Unearthing Pterosaurs” (eleventh and twelfth grades). Teachers can explore these and other articles on the ReadWorks website.
Open-Source Kit for Middle School Science
Nonprofit OpenSciEd was launched to create high-quality open-source science instructional materials specifically for middle schools. The lessons are available for science teachers to access and download freely. All align with NGSS and are developed by educators and tested by teachers. The organization recently released hands-on learning content for eighth-grade science. The latest unit covers “forces at a distance,” with 12 lessons for 30 days of classes. Among the inquiries are, “What causes a speaker to vibrate?” “What can a magnet pull or push without touching?” “How does energy transfer between things that aren’t touching?” Most activities require only ordinary materials (such as a screwdriver and scissors, cardboard and foil). Each unit includes a set of professional learning resources, with instructional agendas, slides, and videos. A remote learning guide is also available
Science News for Students an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. SNS is a publication of the Science News Media Group, which is a program of the Society for Science & the Public (SSP). SNS—which is free to use—helps to fulfill the Society’s mission by connecting the latest in scientific research to learning in and out of the classroom.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources.
HHMI Biointeractive
Seven free virtual labs, designed for high school and college students, cover lizard and stickleback evolution, bacterial identification, clinical lab testing, neurophysiology, transgenic flies, and cardiology. The detailed labs include built-in quizzes, notebooks, and references. No account is required, but users who sign in with their Google account can save their progress across multiple devices.
The Concord Consortium (gr. 6-12) has hundreds of science activities and computer simulations best used with middle and high school students. Teachers can use the site to find tasks aligned to their standards, push assignments out to their students, and track student progress. By assigning a task to their class, teachers can view written responses that students provide throughout an activity. Activities are organized by discipline in the life, engineering, physical, and earth sciences.
NOVA Education tailors digital resources for STEM educators and offers a free educator library featuring videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives, all aligned to teaching standards.
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts.
The Reading, Evidence, and Argumentation in Disciplinary Instruction (READI) Project, a multi-institutional initiative headed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, supports disciplinary argumentation from multiple sources in middle school and high school science and history/social studies classes The website provides links to integrative curriculum modules developed as part of the project. For example, “Life Sciences: The Spread of MRSA” (versioned for grades 6 and 9) supports science students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices while building their knowledge of evolution, microbes, and antibiotic resistance. Similarly, the module “Earth Science: How Are Humans Impacting Water?” (for grade 8) supports students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices in science while building knowledge of water resources and pollution. The “Reading Science Modules” (for grades 6 and 9) support students’ close reading of science visuals and models while building knowledge about the conventions of scientific models and the criteria for evaluating them. Each module includes a freely downloadable interactive notebook with integrated texts, tasks, scaffolds, and routines, along with an annotated teacher guide.
Knewton.The company believes its new, free online tutoring platform will radically transform how teachers personalize instruction. Knewton claims to offer automated, digital tutoring that responds to each student's needs. "We can take the combined data power of millions of students — all the people who are just like you — [who] had to learn a particular concept before, that you have to learn today — to find the best pieces of content, proven most effective for people just like you, and give that to you every single time," he says. Here's how it works: The platform presents video and a variety of written content and then asks multiple-choice questions. Based on student responses, and patterns of responses from other, similar students, the next piece of content is served up.
Knewton currently offers programs in math, biology and English language arts, mostly for middle school and high school grades. The company plans to expand soon with history and other curricula.
Online Labs for Biology (gr 8-12)
Biology Browser Biology Browser is a great resource for finding research, resources, and information in the field of biology. You can also check out their Zoological Record and BIOSIS Previews.
Inq-ITS is a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
Science Netlinks Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources. In Holiday Lectures, for instance, you will get introduced to a series of lectures covering different scientific topics presented by leading scientists. The Short Films section features a number of ‘broadcast-quality films designed to engage students. Each one tells a different scientific story and is supported by supplemental resources including teacher guides and activities.’
Inq-ITS a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
Freezeray http://freezeray.com/physics.htm interactive science concept demos for use on a computer and whiteboard. bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in 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. Categories include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Technology VnR modeling as well as a Teacher Guide category.
Nuskool This is a site that uses pop culture as teaching moments for students. Tailored to grades 6th-12th students learn a variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, English, etc through educational lessons based on the different elements of pop culture (video games, sports, films, etc.).
interactive biology textbooks. You’ll see just how powerful an interactive textbook can be! These iBooks might supplement your science curriculum or just inspire you to dive into iBooks Author to create your own.
Technology Resources for Teaching Science This page from Edtech Teacher provides different resources for teachers of science from websites on biology and chemistry to those providing teaching materials on medicine and nanoscience.
HHMI's BioInteractive is a good place for science teachers to search for science lesson plans, videos, animations, and slideshows to use with students. You can search the BioInteractive library according to topic, keyword, or resource type.
Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/
BioSciEdNet - http://biosciednet.org/portal/
A portal for biological science teaching
Science Daily popular science news web sites. With over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos, there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.
Nuskool This is a site that uses pop culture as teaching moments for students. Tailored to grades 6th-12th students learn a variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, English, etc through educational lessons based on the different elements of pop culture (video games, sports, films, etc.).
Healthline Body Maps
Provides interactive three dimensional models for learning about human anatomy. Body Maps has male and female models. The models have eight layer views, from skin to skeletal, that you can select. There are also videos that connect with each anatomy section, for example, in lungs there is a video on asthma.
Muscle Wiki website for learning about how to enhance your physical fitness. The site features a human skeleton with different muscle groups. Click on any muscle and you will get tips and short animated GIFs of exercises to use to target that muscle. This could be great for physical teachers too. They can use it with students to help them learn about the different workouts to develop fitness.
Biology Pop is a site that features videos, articles, games, and reviews of apps about topics in biology. The site features content in seven categories; anatomy, cell biology, biotechnology, genetics, ecology, evolution, and taxonomy. You can browse through the categories in a Pinterest-like style. An option to search by media type is also available. Biology Pop seems to be focused on current news and topics in biology rather than trying to be a reference site. If you're looking to bring some current news into your biology lessons, Biology Pop might be a good site to bookmark.
World of Teaching (K-12) This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science 6-12
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Sumana Science Resources develops animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines
Kids Biology
http://www.kidsbiology.com/http://www.kidsbiology.com/ Covers from cells to animals.
Biology4kids http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/index.html
Biology, ecology and chemistry
Elementary School Biology Lessons: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/NaturalSciences/
Features lesson plans for a variety of topics.
Biology Project http://www.biology.arizona.edu
Includes a HIV simulation
Interactive learning activities, animations, illustrations, diagrams and more supplements to help explain difficult biological concepts. A helpful teacher’s section provides tips for how best to integrate the technology into existing lessons plans
Propello - A New Science Teaching and Learning Platform Propello is a new service that offers a free and customizable science learning platform. Propello provides teachers with core science curriculum that is recommended for students in grades six through eight. But because Propello allows teachers to modify materials, the curriculum could be used with younger or older students. When you sign-up for a free Propello account you'll have access to all of the materials on offer. The materials are organized into three sections. Those sections are Earth and Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. www.freetech4teachers.com
TEACHFLIX (DitchThatTextbook.com/TEACHFLIX)What if you could access tons of great YouTube videos for your class all in one place? That's what we have collected here on our Ditch That Textbook TEACHFLIX page. Browse 360 videos, elementary and middle school science, virtual field trips and more.
BioInteractive website brings the power of real science stories into tens of thousands of high school and undergraduate life science classrooms.The stories anchor a variety of classroom resources based on peer-reviewed science. From data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, the resources connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world. In addition, the BioInteractive website provides educators with planning tools to build resource playlists and storylines, and professional learning materials and opportunities to deepen their scientific and pedagogical expertise.
Explore The Science Behind Life On Earth
The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth. Explore dozens of award-winning Planetarium shows, short science media, K-12 training toolkits, and compilations of teaching strategies for the science classroom.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) and/or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources).
BioInteractive The website brings the power of real science stories into tens of thousands of high school and undergraduate life science classrooms. The stories anchor a variety of classroom resources based on peer-reviewed science. From data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, the resources connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world
OpenSciEd is to ensure that science teachers anywhere can access and download freely available, high-quality, locally adaptable full-course materials that support equitable science learning. OpenSciEd provides teachers the materials and support to get all students excited and curious about the world around them and confident in their ability to shape it through questioning, investigating, and solving problems.
MySciLife gr 6 - 8) A free educational social media platform that leverages social media elements students already enjoy using to create media and active connections with curricular content and develop digital citizenship skills. Students design identities based on science concepts, conduct research to build their profiles, and learn from one another as they personify their identities in posts, comments, and responses. For example, they may choose to become their favorite planet and talk about their region of the Solar System. Or they may comment on posts as different organisms to show relationships in the food chain, or play two truths and a lie while personifying a tectonic plate.
University of Colorado Boulder: Interactive Simulations for Science and Math
One of the richest single repositories of online science interactives and virtual labs. Investigate more than 150 physics, chemistry, math, biology, and Earth science topics. Available in dozens of languages, the interactives are searchable by grade level, subject, and accessibility. Accessibility options include alternative input, audio descriptions, and pan-and-zoom functionality. The University of Colorado Boulder team even found a way to incorporate Java sims so that you can easily run one in your browser window
Science Journal for Kids and Teens reports on cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for students and their teachers. Articles can be selected according to reading level (elementary school, lower high school, middle school, upper high school) or subject field (biodiversity and conservation, biology, energy and climate, food and agriculture, health and medicine, physical science, pollution, social science, technology, water resources). Teachers will also find a collection of lesson ideas, including hands-on activities, case studies, and games with distance-learning options.
Twig Science Reporter is a free weekly science news service for kindergarten through grade 6 classrooms created in partnership with Imperial College London to connect science lessons with real-world STEM news and events through high-quality video and other learning resources to pique students’ interest. Each week Twig helps teachers boost student engagement with free stories highlighting scientific concepts focused on everything from local phenomena to global issues.
🎯Ask a Biologist K - 12 activities (includes short and long play games, simulations, and virtual field trips) , stories and images (zoom - in/virtual microscope)
Frontiers Science For Kids - Not only are these articles for kids... they are written by kids. Perhaps your students could be the next contributor.
Hyperdoc Science Lab Report Template
Experience Biology invites students to investigate basic scientific phenomena and concepts in biology through simulations and interactive labs. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, the apps challenge middle-school students with investigations and quizzes based on the students' explorations of each interactive unit
Science News For Kids - A collection of the latest news written for kids that will fit into any project.
OLogy has been recognized as a premier site for science learning by supporting children’s questions about the natural world. Now teachers can use OLogy to support reading comprehension in their classroom. Through a partnership with ReadWorks, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has paired dozens of OLogy articles with vocabulary lessons and formative assessments. These units cover life, earth, and physical science content and are available for students in elementary through high school. Students can read articles such as “Creatures of the Reef” (third grade); “Wonderful World of Wasps” (fifth grade); “Paleontology: The Big Dig” (seventh grade); and “Unearthing Pterosaurs” (eleventh and twelfth grades). Teachers can explore these and other articles on the ReadWorks website.
Open-Source Kit for Middle School Science
Nonprofit OpenSciEd was launched to create high-quality open-source science instructional materials specifically for middle schools. The lessons are available for science teachers to access and download freely. All align with NGSS and are developed by educators and tested by teachers. The organization recently released hands-on learning content for eighth-grade science. The latest unit covers “forces at a distance,” with 12 lessons for 30 days of classes. Among the inquiries are, “What causes a speaker to vibrate?” “What can a magnet pull or push without touching?” “How does energy transfer between things that aren’t touching?” Most activities require only ordinary materials (such as a screwdriver and scissors, cardboard and foil). Each unit includes a set of professional learning resources, with instructional agendas, slides, and videos. A remote learning guide is also available
Science News for Students an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents, and educators. SNS is a publication of the Science News Media Group, which is a program of the Society for Science & the Public (SSP). SNS—which is free to use—helps to fulfill the Society’s mission by connecting the latest in scientific research to learning in and out of the classroom.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources.
HHMI Biointeractive
Seven free virtual labs, designed for high school and college students, cover lizard and stickleback evolution, bacterial identification, clinical lab testing, neurophysiology, transgenic flies, and cardiology. The detailed labs include built-in quizzes, notebooks, and references. No account is required, but users who sign in with their Google account can save their progress across multiple devices.
The Concord Consortium (gr. 6-12) has hundreds of science activities and computer simulations best used with middle and high school students. Teachers can use the site to find tasks aligned to their standards, push assignments out to their students, and track student progress. By assigning a task to their class, teachers can view written responses that students provide throughout an activity. Activities are organized by discipline in the life, engineering, physical, and earth sciences.
NOVA Education tailors digital resources for STEM educators and offers a free educator library featuring videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives, all aligned to teaching standards.
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts.
The Reading, Evidence, and Argumentation in Disciplinary Instruction (READI) Project, a multi-institutional initiative headed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, supports disciplinary argumentation from multiple sources in middle school and high school science and history/social studies classes The website provides links to integrative curriculum modules developed as part of the project. For example, “Life Sciences: The Spread of MRSA” (versioned for grades 6 and 9) supports science students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices while building their knowledge of evolution, microbes, and antibiotic resistance. Similarly, the module “Earth Science: How Are Humans Impacting Water?” (for grade 8) supports students’ close reading, modeling, explanation, and argumentation practices in science while building knowledge of water resources and pollution. The “Reading Science Modules” (for grades 6 and 9) support students’ close reading of science visuals and models while building knowledge about the conventions of scientific models and the criteria for evaluating them. Each module includes a freely downloadable interactive notebook with integrated texts, tasks, scaffolds, and routines, along with an annotated teacher guide.
Knewton.The company believes its new, free online tutoring platform will radically transform how teachers personalize instruction. Knewton claims to offer automated, digital tutoring that responds to each student's needs. "We can take the combined data power of millions of students — all the people who are just like you — [who] had to learn a particular concept before, that you have to learn today — to find the best pieces of content, proven most effective for people just like you, and give that to you every single time," he says. Here's how it works: The platform presents video and a variety of written content and then asks multiple-choice questions. Based on student responses, and patterns of responses from other, similar students, the next piece of content is served up.
Knewton currently offers programs in math, biology and English language arts, mostly for middle school and high school grades. The company plans to expand soon with history and other curricula.
Online Labs for Biology (gr 8-12)
Biology Browser Biology Browser is a great resource for finding research, resources, and information in the field of biology. You can also check out their Zoological Record and BIOSIS Previews.
Inq-ITS is a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
Science Netlinks Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources. In Holiday Lectures, for instance, you will get introduced to a series of lectures covering different scientific topics presented by leading scientists. The Short Films section features a number of ‘broadcast-quality films designed to engage students. Each one tells a different scientific story and is supported by supplemental resources including teacher guides and activities.’
Inq-ITS a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
Freezeray http://freezeray.com/physics.htm interactive science concept demos for use on a computer and whiteboard. bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in 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. Categories include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Technology VnR modeling as well as a Teacher Guide category.
Nuskool This is a site that uses pop culture as teaching moments for students. Tailored to grades 6th-12th students learn a variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, English, etc through educational lessons based on the different elements of pop culture (video games, sports, films, etc.).
interactive biology textbooks. You’ll see just how powerful an interactive textbook can be! These iBooks might supplement your science curriculum or just inspire you to dive into iBooks Author to create your own.
Technology Resources for Teaching Science This page from Edtech Teacher provides different resources for teachers of science from websites on biology and chemistry to those providing teaching materials on medicine and nanoscience.
HHMI's BioInteractive is a good place for science teachers to search for science lesson plans, videos, animations, and slideshows to use with students. You can search the BioInteractive library according to topic, keyword, or resource type.
Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/
BioSciEdNet - http://biosciednet.org/portal/
A portal for biological science teaching
Science Daily popular science news web sites. With over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos, there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.
Nuskool This is a site that uses pop culture as teaching moments for students. Tailored to grades 6th-12th students learn a variety of subjects such as: Math, Science, English, etc through educational lessons based on the different elements of pop culture (video games, sports, films, etc.).
Healthline Body Maps
Provides interactive three dimensional models for learning about human anatomy. Body Maps has male and female models. The models have eight layer views, from skin to skeletal, that you can select. There are also videos that connect with each anatomy section, for example, in lungs there is a video on asthma.
Muscle Wiki website for learning about how to enhance your physical fitness. The site features a human skeleton with different muscle groups. Click on any muscle and you will get tips and short animated GIFs of exercises to use to target that muscle. This could be great for physical teachers too. They can use it with students to help them learn about the different workouts to develop fitness.
Biology Pop is a site that features videos, articles, games, and reviews of apps about topics in biology. The site features content in seven categories; anatomy, cell biology, biotechnology, genetics, ecology, evolution, and taxonomy. You can browse through the categories in a Pinterest-like style. An option to search by media type is also available. Biology Pop seems to be focused on current news and topics in biology rather than trying to be a reference site. If you're looking to bring some current news into your biology lessons, Biology Pop might be a good site to bookmark.
World of Teaching (K-12) This site contains a variety of PowerPoint teaching presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Math, English, History, Physics, Geography and Spanish.
Interactive Library Applets for Math, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry & Earth Science 6-12
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity"! The database contains hundreds of activities that make use of sophisticated java, vrml and shockwave programs. Teachers can create their own activity sheet to go with the programs. Students can use these programs to supplement their classroom activities, or use one of the more advanced applets as a starting point for their science project.
Sumana Science Resources develops animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines
Kids Biology
http://www.kidsbiology.com/http://www.kidsbiology.com/ Covers from cells to animals.
Biology4kids http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/index.html
Biology, ecology and chemistry
Elementary School Biology Lessons: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/NaturalSciences/
Features lesson plans for a variety of topics.
Biology Project http://www.biology.arizona.edu
Includes a HIV simulation
Molecular - Cells
Virtual Lab Microscope http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/ Images yu can download to simulate a powerful microscope
Cell Teaching Theme Activities and Lessons
http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/science/cell/
Science Game Exploring the Molecular WorldMicroscopya is a science-themed adventure and puzzle game that takes players on a journey through the inside of a cell. The game sparks curiosity and excitement about science while bringing awareness to careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math)
One Health Offers a free standards-based science curricula for middle school students leveraging the student-centered approach. Each learning module within the curriculum feature topics include cell biology stress, ecology, and infectious diseases. Multiple learning paths that offer diverse methods for engaging with the topic content from fictional stories based on factual key moments and people in science to level-appropriate science journal articles and interactive games the design of the one health curriculum encourages discovery and takes a flexible approach to learning.
BioMan Offers engaging interactives and virtual labs for learning biology content based on national standards. Find virtual labs and activities sorted by topics such as cells, body systems, and ecology. . Here you will find learning games, review games, virtual labs and quizzes that will help you to learn about cells, ecology, genetics, physiology, and much more! Note: If you are a teacher, please check out the teacher section for ways to use the site to increase student engagement and learning. Remember, everything on this site is completely FREE to use!
Biology in Motion (gr. 5 - 12)
interactive biology learning activities
Interactive Cell Sites K - 5
Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com/
Animations and movies The Virtual Cell (MS, HS) http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm
The Biology Department at Davidson College has a large collection of videos and animations of cell biology processes. Most of the videos are in QuickTime format while most of the animations are GIF animations. The collection is divided into five categories; Movies of Cells, Movies of Cellular Calcium, Movies of Molecular Methods, Molecular Movies, and a miscellaneous category.
The Virtual Cell (MS, HS) http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm Click "The Virtual Cell Tour" to start.
Molecular Stepping Stones
Features online activities, including simulations, to help students understand 10 key concepts underlying many biological processes. Topics include atomic structure, random motion... (The Concord Consortium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Virtual Cell Animations (gr. 5-12) The Molecular & Cell Biology department at North Dakota State University hosts a nice collection of virtual cell animations. The collection of virtual cell animations introduces students to seventeen molecular and cellular processes. For each process there is a series of annotated images, a text explanation, and a video explaining the process.
The Molecular Workbench is an excellent site produced by the Concord Consortium with funding from the National Science Foundation. On the Molecular Workbench you can find dozens of interactive models, simulations, and lessons in biology, chemistry, and physics. Each of the lessons walk students through a concept or series of concepts using a set of models and simulations. For example, the Cellular Respiration activity is actually a series of nine lessons using simulations of the process.
Micro-organisms The Children's University of Manchester has great collections of animated lessons for students of early elementary/ primary school age. For each science subject covered by The Children's University of Manchester there is an introduction followed by seven to ten interactive animations.
Canvas Mol is a website that provides 3D, interactive, rotating models of simple and complex molecules. There are more than fifty models of relatively common molecules like glucose, fructose, and morphine. Each model can be altered to show or not show bonds, to show or not show individual atoms, and to rotate on the X,Y, or Z axis. Canvas Mol works best in Chrome or Opera, but it can also be used in Firefox and Safari.
Virtual Cell Animations
Includes 17 cellular and molecular processes. Includes annotated and video explanations.
The Powerhouse of the Cell
Grades 9-12 | Video | Cell Structure & Function
Invite your students to examine the microscopic elements that keep the human body in motion.
Interactive Cell Tutorials, Games and Quizzes (elem)
An interactive site that steps you through the different parts of the Animal, Plant and Bacterial cells. After learning about the cells, students can play a game or take a quiz on what they've learned.
Cellupedia: http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/
ThinkQuest on cells which includes simulations and Images.
Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
Bacterial Animations: http://www.biointeractive.org/
Animations and virtual labs of the nervous system, heart, and antibodies.
Institute for Molecular Virology; Visualizations of Viruses:
http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/virusviztip.html Terrific images of viruses.
Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
Medmotion
(Middle & High School)learning cellular and body systems interactive
From Cell to DNA 9 - 12
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, features an animation that takes students through a tour of a typical human cell, moving from larger to smaller cell.
Molecular Expressions Science, Optics and You
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/index.html
The goal of this site is for students to acquire the skills with which they can do microscopic analysis of a variety of samples in multiple ways. These activities are designed to promote the asking and answering of questions related to light, color and optics.
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. - http://education.denniskunkel.com/catalog/
Microscopy and Science Education Web Site The Image Gallery Contains Hundreds of Micrographs of Scientific, Biological and Medical Subjects Photographed With Light and Electron Microscopes.
See Game section below
Cell Teaching Theme Activities and Lessons
http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/science/cell/
Science Game Exploring the Molecular WorldMicroscopya is a science-themed adventure and puzzle game that takes players on a journey through the inside of a cell. The game sparks curiosity and excitement about science while bringing awareness to careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math)
One Health Offers a free standards-based science curricula for middle school students leveraging the student-centered approach. Each learning module within the curriculum feature topics include cell biology stress, ecology, and infectious diseases. Multiple learning paths that offer diverse methods for engaging with the topic content from fictional stories based on factual key moments and people in science to level-appropriate science journal articles and interactive games the design of the one health curriculum encourages discovery and takes a flexible approach to learning.
BioMan Offers engaging interactives and virtual labs for learning biology content based on national standards. Find virtual labs and activities sorted by topics such as cells, body systems, and ecology. . Here you will find learning games, review games, virtual labs and quizzes that will help you to learn about cells, ecology, genetics, physiology, and much more! Note: If you are a teacher, please check out the teacher section for ways to use the site to increase student engagement and learning. Remember, everything on this site is completely FREE to use!
Biology in Motion (gr. 5 - 12)
interactive biology learning activities
Interactive Cell Sites K - 5
Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com/
Animations and movies The Virtual Cell (MS, HS) http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm
The Biology Department at Davidson College has a large collection of videos and animations of cell biology processes. Most of the videos are in QuickTime format while most of the animations are GIF animations. The collection is divided into five categories; Movies of Cells, Movies of Cellular Calcium, Movies of Molecular Methods, Molecular Movies, and a miscellaneous category.
The Virtual Cell (MS, HS) http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm Click "The Virtual Cell Tour" to start.
Molecular Stepping Stones
Features online activities, including simulations, to help students understand 10 key concepts underlying many biological processes. Topics include atomic structure, random motion... (The Concord Consortium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Virtual Cell Animations (gr. 5-12) The Molecular & Cell Biology department at North Dakota State University hosts a nice collection of virtual cell animations. The collection of virtual cell animations introduces students to seventeen molecular and cellular processes. For each process there is a series of annotated images, a text explanation, and a video explaining the process.
The Molecular Workbench is an excellent site produced by the Concord Consortium with funding from the National Science Foundation. On the Molecular Workbench you can find dozens of interactive models, simulations, and lessons in biology, chemistry, and physics. Each of the lessons walk students through a concept or series of concepts using a set of models and simulations. For example, the Cellular Respiration activity is actually a series of nine lessons using simulations of the process.
Micro-organisms The Children's University of Manchester has great collections of animated lessons for students of early elementary/ primary school age. For each science subject covered by The Children's University of Manchester there is an introduction followed by seven to ten interactive animations.
Canvas Mol is a website that provides 3D, interactive, rotating models of simple and complex molecules. There are more than fifty models of relatively common molecules like glucose, fructose, and morphine. Each model can be altered to show or not show bonds, to show or not show individual atoms, and to rotate on the X,Y, or Z axis. Canvas Mol works best in Chrome or Opera, but it can also be used in Firefox and Safari.
Virtual Cell Animations
Includes 17 cellular and molecular processes. Includes annotated and video explanations.
The Powerhouse of the Cell
Grades 9-12 | Video | Cell Structure & Function
Invite your students to examine the microscopic elements that keep the human body in motion.
Interactive Cell Tutorials, Games and Quizzes (elem)
An interactive site that steps you through the different parts of the Animal, Plant and Bacterial cells. After learning about the cells, students can play a game or take a quiz on what they've learned.
Cellupedia: http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/
ThinkQuest on cells which includes simulations and Images.
Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
Bacterial Animations: http://www.biointeractive.org/
Animations and virtual labs of the nervous system, heart, and antibodies.
Institute for Molecular Virology; Visualizations of Viruses:
http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/virusviztip.html Terrific images of viruses.
Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
Medmotion
(Middle & High School)learning cellular and body systems interactive
From Cell to DNA 9 - 12
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, features an animation that takes students through a tour of a typical human cell, moving from larger to smaller cell.
Molecular Expressions Science, Optics and You
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/index.html
The goal of this site is for students to acquire the skills with which they can do microscopic analysis of a variety of samples in multiple ways. These activities are designed to promote the asking and answering of questions related to light, color and optics.
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. - http://education.denniskunkel.com/catalog/
Microscopy and Science Education Web Site The Image Gallery Contains Hundreds of Micrographs of Scientific, Biological and Medical Subjects Photographed With Light and Electron Microscopes.
See Game section below
Genetics
The Role of DNA
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dna/index.html this site examines the focal points in the time line of modern-day genetics. An interactive feature examining the structure of DNA is included as well.
FlyLab JS
"A super simple and focused site, the Fly Lab is just plain fun—and perfect for beginning and advanced genetic students. Select your flies’ attributes—eye color, wing size and shape, antennae—and predict the offspring that will result from mating. Then cross the flies to test your knowledge. Export analysis and lab notes easily too."
Learn.Genetics Virtual Labs
From the University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center, these five interactive labs cover techniques that are essential to any molecular biology lab. With DNA and PCR becoming common vocabulary, it’s a great introduction to highly topical technology.
Connected Biology Lab ( HS) Simulations for genetics, evolution, and protein synthesis in a nice phenomena based unit.
Genetic Science Learning Center
Features animations and activities for learning about DNA, cells, and other topics in genetics and bioscience. Build a DNA molecule. Transcribe and translate a gene. See why a... (University of Utah, supported by National Institutes of Health)
Genomics Primer
An overview of the science of genetics and the Human Genome Project. Learn about genomes, DNA, genes, chromosomes, and more. Find audio and video files about genetics and the...
From Cell to DNA 9 - 12
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, features an animation that takes students through a tour of a typical human cell, moving from larger to smaller cell.
Learn Genetics - Visit this site from the University of Utah. You will find that there is more then genetics here.
Protein Synthesis: At the Ribosome 9 - 12
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, presents a brief animation that demonstrates the process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) is translated into protein.
Click and Clone http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/clickandclone/ Preactice the steps or cloning with this interactive animation
DNA Microarray is a "virtual lab" of a DNA microarray experiment. Compare samples of healthy tissue and cancerous tissue as a scientist would. Learn the basics about DNA and gene expression...
The Genetics of Obesity
Grades 6-12 | Video | Mind and Body
Consider the physiological basis of appetite regulation and emphasize the importance of a healthy diet and exercise with this resource from NOVA.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dna/index.html this site examines the focal points in the time line of modern-day genetics. An interactive feature examining the structure of DNA is included as well.
FlyLab JS
"A super simple and focused site, the Fly Lab is just plain fun—and perfect for beginning and advanced genetic students. Select your flies’ attributes—eye color, wing size and shape, antennae—and predict the offspring that will result from mating. Then cross the flies to test your knowledge. Export analysis and lab notes easily too."
Learn.Genetics Virtual Labs
From the University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center, these five interactive labs cover techniques that are essential to any molecular biology lab. With DNA and PCR becoming common vocabulary, it’s a great introduction to highly topical technology.
Connected Biology Lab ( HS) Simulations for genetics, evolution, and protein synthesis in a nice phenomena based unit.
Genetic Science Learning Center
Features animations and activities for learning about DNA, cells, and other topics in genetics and bioscience. Build a DNA molecule. Transcribe and translate a gene. See why a... (University of Utah, supported by National Institutes of Health)
Genomics Primer
An overview of the science of genetics and the Human Genome Project. Learn about genomes, DNA, genes, chromosomes, and more. Find audio and video files about genetics and the...
From Cell to DNA 9 - 12
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, features an animation that takes students through a tour of a typical human cell, moving from larger to smaller cell.
Learn Genetics - Visit this site from the University of Utah. You will find that there is more then genetics here.
Protein Synthesis: At the Ribosome 9 - 12
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, presents a brief animation that demonstrates the process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) is translated into protein.
Click and Clone http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/clickandclone/ Preactice the steps or cloning with this interactive animation
DNA Microarray is a "virtual lab" of a DNA microarray experiment. Compare samples of healthy tissue and cancerous tissue as a scientist would. Learn the basics about DNA and gene expression...
The Genetics of Obesity
Grades 6-12 | Video | Mind and Body
Consider the physiological basis of appetite regulation and emphasize the importance of a healthy diet and exercise with this resource from NOVA.
Diseases
Inside Cancer
Uses animations and video clips of experts to reveal what is known about cancer. Learn about kinds of cancer, how they start (cell mutations), and their distribution worldwide. Explore... (National Center for Research Resources, supported by National Institutes of Health)
Germ Science Investigation is a free online game that is designed to help students understand how to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The game has four "missions" for students to complete. Students complete the missions by answering a series of scenario-based questions. Students are given instant feedback after answering each question. If they answer a question incorrectly, the correct answer and a fact about COVID-19 is displayed. Registration is not required in order to play Germ Science Investigation. In fact, I didn't even seen an option for creating an account. Therefore, students have to play the game in one sitting or lose all of their progress. Completing the game shouldn't take more than about fifteen to twenty minutes. The game is available in seventeen language www.freetech4teachrs.com
SCI: Skin Cancer Investigation gives you the opportunity to learn about skin cancer diagnosis and prevention. It is divided into two sections. An introductory section walks you through the basic biology of healthy skin and then goes on to further explore the types of skin cancer, the causes of skin cancer, and the means of lowering skin cancer risk. The second section provides two practical and engaging applications of the information covered in the tutorial section. In this section, assume the role of an employee in a fictional skin cancer lab called Glowell Labs. In the Lab, you can screen skin samples, identify symptoms, and determine whether samples are cancerous. Or field phone calls from patients concerned about skin cancer risks in the Helpdesk.
Biodigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models.
Infographic: “The Elemental Composition of the Human Body”
The BioDigital Human ( iPad | Chrome App ) is a free 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease, and treatments. The most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled, all accessible through your browser! Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. Interactive tools combined with detailed medical descriptions provide an unprecedented new visual format to learn about your body.
See The Causes of Death Visually in Every Country GBD Compare is an impressive visualization of the causes of death in every country around the world.
Medical Animations animations of diseases, body systems and injuries
Solve the Outbreak Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.
Germ Blaster game that is appropriate for students in elementary school.
students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others. Then they review the methods used to fight those pathogens. In the Germ Blaster game students fight off the pathogens by selecting the appropriate weapon to kill the approaching pathogens. If they get stuck and can’t remember which weapons fight which pathogens, students can pause the game to look up information about the pathogens
See Games section below
Uses animations and video clips of experts to reveal what is known about cancer. Learn about kinds of cancer, how they start (cell mutations), and their distribution worldwide. Explore... (National Center for Research Resources, supported by National Institutes of Health)
Germ Science Investigation is a free online game that is designed to help students understand how to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The game has four "missions" for students to complete. Students complete the missions by answering a series of scenario-based questions. Students are given instant feedback after answering each question. If they answer a question incorrectly, the correct answer and a fact about COVID-19 is displayed. Registration is not required in order to play Germ Science Investigation. In fact, I didn't even seen an option for creating an account. Therefore, students have to play the game in one sitting or lose all of their progress. Completing the game shouldn't take more than about fifteen to twenty minutes. The game is available in seventeen language www.freetech4teachrs.com
SCI: Skin Cancer Investigation gives you the opportunity to learn about skin cancer diagnosis and prevention. It is divided into two sections. An introductory section walks you through the basic biology of healthy skin and then goes on to further explore the types of skin cancer, the causes of skin cancer, and the means of lowering skin cancer risk. The second section provides two practical and engaging applications of the information covered in the tutorial section. In this section, assume the role of an employee in a fictional skin cancer lab called Glowell Labs. In the Lab, you can screen skin samples, identify symptoms, and determine whether samples are cancerous. Or field phone calls from patients concerned about skin cancer risks in the Helpdesk.
Biodigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models.
Infographic: “The Elemental Composition of the Human Body”
The BioDigital Human ( iPad | Chrome App ) is a free 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease, and treatments. The most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled, all accessible through your browser! Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. Interactive tools combined with detailed medical descriptions provide an unprecedented new visual format to learn about your body.
See The Causes of Death Visually in Every Country GBD Compare is an impressive visualization of the causes of death in every country around the world.
Medical Animations animations of diseases, body systems and injuries
Solve the Outbreak Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.
Germ Blaster game that is appropriate for students in elementary school.
students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others. Then they review the methods used to fight those pathogens. In the Germ Blaster game students fight off the pathogens by selecting the appropriate weapon to kill the approaching pathogens. If they get stuck and can’t remember which weapons fight which pathogens, students can pause the game to look up information about the pathogens
See Games section below
Forensics
Who Dunnit? http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html
Learn to be a sleuth by exploring the world of the forensic scientist.
Elementary and Middle School students can learn to take fingerprints, analyze unidentified powders, and other techniques to solve “The Case of the Barefoot Burglar. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School
How to set up a Forensic scene http://heyjude.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/year_8_forensic_science.pdf
Forensic Science Resource - CSI: The Experience Web Adventures - forensics is a great way to get kids interested in science and this site has virtual cases for students to solve.
CSI: The Experience Suitable for: Grade 5 - Year 9
The CSI Web Adventure will put you in the shoes of a rookie crime scene investigator. You will need the help of fellow CSI agents.
Forensic Firsts (gr. 9-12) is a Smithsonian Channel television show. The show examines (in sometimes gruesome detail) how science can be used to solve crime mysteries. The Forensic Firsts game asks players to try to catch a serial murderer on the loose. The murderer can be caught by generating leads, correctly following up on leads, and correctly analyzing evidence
Forensics for Kids
Web Adventures ( Click Here to Access Web Adventures in English )in science designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. Each of the free Web Adventures is appropriate for middle school or high school use. In each adventure, students take on the role of a scientist to solve a crime, conduct experiments and learn about scientific methods and processes. In Cool Science Careers, students explore five STEM-based career areas. The adventure begins with a 21-question interest survey. How students progress through the activity is based in part on how they respond to the interest survey. CSI: The Experience is based on the CSI television show. In this set of Web Adventure, students find out if they have what it takes to be a forensic scientist. There are fou r CSI cases of increasing difficulty. In Med Myst, students learn about microbiology through a series of interactive lessons and games. Med Myst focuses on infectious diseases and how to prevent the spread of those diseases.Reconstructors includes three games in which students need to gather evidence and data to solve drug-related cases. Virtual Clinical Trials puts students into the role of research scientists who are working toward developing treatments for spinal cord injuries, depression and brain injuries. In the N-Squad adventure, students investigate the effects of alcohol on the digestive, circulatory and nervous systems. The Web Adventures are accessible in English and Spanish
N-Squad Students work with forensic scientists to solve an alcohol related crime. Along the way, they will learn about alcohol's interaction in different body systems: digestive, circulatory, and nervous.
Learn to be a sleuth by exploring the world of the forensic scientist.
Elementary and Middle School students can learn to take fingerprints, analyze unidentified powders, and other techniques to solve “The Case of the Barefoot Burglar. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School
How to set up a Forensic scene http://heyjude.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/year_8_forensic_science.pdf
Forensic Science Resource - CSI: The Experience Web Adventures - forensics is a great way to get kids interested in science and this site has virtual cases for students to solve.
CSI: The Experience Suitable for: Grade 5 - Year 9
The CSI Web Adventure will put you in the shoes of a rookie crime scene investigator. You will need the help of fellow CSI agents.
Forensic Firsts (gr. 9-12) is a Smithsonian Channel television show. The show examines (in sometimes gruesome detail) how science can be used to solve crime mysteries. The Forensic Firsts game asks players to try to catch a serial murderer on the loose. The murderer can be caught by generating leads, correctly following up on leads, and correctly analyzing evidence
Forensics for Kids
Web Adventures ( Click Here to Access Web Adventures in English )in science designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. Each of the free Web Adventures is appropriate for middle school or high school use. In each adventure, students take on the role of a scientist to solve a crime, conduct experiments and learn about scientific methods and processes. In Cool Science Careers, students explore five STEM-based career areas. The adventure begins with a 21-question interest survey. How students progress through the activity is based in part on how they respond to the interest survey. CSI: The Experience is based on the CSI television show. In this set of Web Adventure, students find out if they have what it takes to be a forensic scientist. There are fou r CSI cases of increasing difficulty. In Med Myst, students learn about microbiology through a series of interactive lessons and games. Med Myst focuses on infectious diseases and how to prevent the spread of those diseases.Reconstructors includes three games in which students need to gather evidence and data to solve drug-related cases. Virtual Clinical Trials puts students into the role of research scientists who are working toward developing treatments for spinal cord injuries, depression and brain injuries. In the N-Squad adventure, students investigate the effects of alcohol on the digestive, circulatory and nervous systems. The Web Adventures are accessible in English and Spanish
N-Squad Students work with forensic scientists to solve an alcohol related crime. Along the way, they will learn about alcohol's interaction in different body systems: digestive, circulatory, and nervous.
Anatomy - Body Systems
Brain Tour http://www.alz.org/brain/01.asp Virtual tour of the brain.
Biodigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models.
The BioDigital Human ( iPad | Chrome App ) is a free 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease, and treatments. The most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled, all accessible through your browser! Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. Interactive tools combined with detailed medical descriptions provide an unprecedented new visual format to learn about your body.
The Body and Medicine, Energy and Environment, Teeth and Eating, The Brain, and Exercise.The Children's University of Manchester has great collections of animated lessons covering science subjects for students of early elementary/ primary school age.
For each science subject covered by The Children's University of Manchester there is an introduction followed by seven to ten interactive animations.
Who Pooped? is one of the most Pinned resources of all time on this blog. Who Pooped? is an interactive site in which students learn about various animals by guessing which animal created which pile of poop. Believe it or not, there is actually some good information about the animals that follows each round of guessing who created which poop.
Build a Body with. 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.
Human Anatomy (Elem, Mid, High) http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Good zooming capabilities for each part. Click on the hot spots for an explanation of systems, organs, muscles, etc.
The Virtual Body http://medtropolis.com/virtual-body/
Digital Anatomist Program: http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
2-3 Dimensional views of parts of the body:
Interactive Body Systems K-5
Build a Body 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 Interactive Ear students can learn about how the human ear works. The site has three sections; the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. In each section students can click on little pinmarks on the drawings to learn about the parts of the ear and their functions. Students can also click the "journey" button to see how sound travels through the ear.
You and Your Skin (3-8) This interactive provides an introduction to the basic structure of the skin, information about how it protects us, and how to care for the skin.
Secret Life of the Brain
Presents a history of efforts to understand the brain, a three-dimensional tour of the brain, optical illusions, and an animation showing how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) works. Video clips examine how the brain evolves and differs from infancy to childhood, adolescence, and through adulthood.
PBS Nova Interactives - Body and Brain
Get Body Smart (8-12)
An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology. Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "Flash" Animations
All Systems are Go (gr. 3-8) In this online activity, a fictional character named Arnold is missing a number of body parts. You are presented with a body system and a variety of organs. You should drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body system to Arnold's body.
Organs (6-12) In this interactive on organs, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will learn about the organs of the human body.
Inner Learning Online (9-12)
Welcome to inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.
Virtual Body (K-12)
This site contains a collection of interactive presentations on the functions of the brain, the digestive system, the heart, and the skeleton of the human body.
Virtual tour through the human heart
Beginning with the oxygen-poor blood in the right atrium and ending with the oxygen-rich blood going out to different parts of the body. Along the way, you can learn the anatomy of the heart, as well as some quick facts about the heart’s function. While you are learning from the website, the website is tracking how much blood your heart is processing in the same time period.[Flash required]
Muscles ( 6-12) In this interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will have fun learning about the muscles of the human body.
Nervous System (6-12) In this interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will learn about how different body parts are connected to the nervous system.
Skeleton (6-12) This interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, contains a great deal of information about the skeletal system.
Split Brain Experiments Game Perform classic experiments.
3D Interactive Brain
Virtual Brain Tour (6-12)
See Games section below
Biodigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models.
The BioDigital Human ( iPad | Chrome App ) is a free 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease, and treatments. The most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled, all accessible through your browser! Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. Interactive tools combined with detailed medical descriptions provide an unprecedented new visual format to learn about your body.
The Body and Medicine, Energy and Environment, Teeth and Eating, The Brain, and Exercise.The Children's University of Manchester has great collections of animated lessons covering science subjects for students of early elementary/ primary school age.
For each science subject covered by The Children's University of Manchester there is an introduction followed by seven to ten interactive animations.
Who Pooped? is one of the most Pinned resources of all time on this blog. Who Pooped? is an interactive site in which students learn about various animals by guessing which animal created which pile of poop. Believe it or not, there is actually some good information about the animals that follows each round of guessing who created which poop.
Build a Body with. 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.
Human Anatomy (Elem, Mid, High) http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Good zooming capabilities for each part. Click on the hot spots for an explanation of systems, organs, muscles, etc.
The Virtual Body http://medtropolis.com/virtual-body/
Digital Anatomist Program: http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
2-3 Dimensional views of parts of the body:
Interactive Body Systems K-5
Build a Body 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 Interactive Ear students can learn about how the human ear works. The site has three sections; the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. In each section students can click on little pinmarks on the drawings to learn about the parts of the ear and their functions. Students can also click the "journey" button to see how sound travels through the ear.
You and Your Skin (3-8) This interactive provides an introduction to the basic structure of the skin, information about how it protects us, and how to care for the skin.
Secret Life of the Brain
Presents a history of efforts to understand the brain, a three-dimensional tour of the brain, optical illusions, and an animation showing how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) works. Video clips examine how the brain evolves and differs from infancy to childhood, adolescence, and through adulthood.
PBS Nova Interactives - Body and Brain
Get Body Smart (8-12)
An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology. Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "Flash" Animations
All Systems are Go (gr. 3-8) In this online activity, a fictional character named Arnold is missing a number of body parts. You are presented with a body system and a variety of organs. You should drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body system to Arnold's body.
Organs (6-12) In this interactive on organs, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will learn about the organs of the human body.
Inner Learning Online (9-12)
Welcome to inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.
Virtual Body (K-12)
This site contains a collection of interactive presentations on the functions of the brain, the digestive system, the heart, and the skeleton of the human body.
Virtual tour through the human heart
Beginning with the oxygen-poor blood in the right atrium and ending with the oxygen-rich blood going out to different parts of the body. Along the way, you can learn the anatomy of the heart, as well as some quick facts about the heart’s function. While you are learning from the website, the website is tracking how much blood your heart is processing in the same time period.[Flash required]
Muscles ( 6-12) In this interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will have fun learning about the muscles of the human body.
Nervous System (6-12) In this interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will learn about how different body parts are connected to the nervous system.
Skeleton (6-12) This interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, contains a great deal of information about the skeletal system.
Split Brain Experiments Game Perform classic experiments.
3D Interactive Brain
Virtual Brain Tour (6-12)
See Games section below
Plants
The Great Plant Escape Help Detective Leplant and his partners Bud and Sprout solve six mysteries of plant life. Spanish versions also available.
Interactive Sites for Plant Understanding K -5
Life Cycle of a Plant in AR Life Cycle of PlantiOS, Plantale is an engaging learning app that takes students on a journey of a plant’s life. Using the Plantale app, students can explore a sunflower plant’s life cycle and reproductive cycle in augmented reality
Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed! A lively, upbeat video exploration of how plants got to be the way they are and how we can make better use of them in the future. Learn how plant genome research is revolutionizing..
Canadian Botanical Society Teaching Section - resources for elementary and secondary school
Partnership for Plant Genomics Education This site offers dynamic photos, curriculum & materials, student experiences, professional development and related links for teaching plant genomics.
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer This website greets the viewer with a split screen. The left side presents an interactive map showing the evolutionary relationships of the living world, represented as spiraled branches on a tree. Clicking on a group of organisms on the branch leads to a new screen that zooms in, revealing new branches of organisms related to the original group.
Wisconsin Fast Plants Teachers and learners use Fast Plants® in classrooms from kindergarten through college and beyond to explore a wide variety of plant biology questions and learn by engaging in genuine scientific inquiry. Developed by ASPB member Paul Williams (University of Wisconsin-Madison), these very fun and affordable activities will meet the pedagogical goals and objectives of most any biology program.
Learning to Give Phil's Garden of Good is a well-organized, motivating 4-part unit that combines kid-lit and plant biology while teaching very young students (K-2) about community service and joyful giving.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) offers innovative online materials that enlighten students and educators about the breadth of scientific research, technology, and activities. These resources include student activities, case studies, tutorials, and lesson plans for education audiences of all ages. Formal lesson plans and classroom ideas emphasize hands-on activitiesand problem-based learning using online data resources
Center for Plant Conservation - Plants in Peril lesson for middle school
Plant Activities K - 4
Chicago Botanic Garden's Education Division
Plants and Animals - Partners in Pollination - three lessons from the Smithsonian Institution
K12 Resource Links A compiled list of external links that have been submitted and gathered specifically for K-12 plant science.
Adventures of the Agronauts Adventures of the Agronauts is an online science curriculum for elementary-aged students with an overarching theme: how can we grow plants on the Moon? Children become "Agronauts in Training" and complete six different standards-based lessons towards the final goal of growing plants on the Moon. Teacher resources are included. Glossary contains some movies that demonstrate concepts. Some career information too. Developed at North Carolina State University through the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Gravitational Biology.
Plants-in-Motion - timelapse photography and more
Science and Plants for Schools
Interactive Sites for Plant Understanding K -5
Life Cycle of a Plant in AR Life Cycle of PlantiOS, Plantale is an engaging learning app that takes students on a journey of a plant’s life. Using the Plantale app, students can explore a sunflower plant’s life cycle and reproductive cycle in augmented reality
Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed! A lively, upbeat video exploration of how plants got to be the way they are and how we can make better use of them in the future. Learn how plant genome research is revolutionizing..
Canadian Botanical Society Teaching Section - resources for elementary and secondary school
Partnership for Plant Genomics Education This site offers dynamic photos, curriculum & materials, student experiences, professional development and related links for teaching plant genomics.
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer This website greets the viewer with a split screen. The left side presents an interactive map showing the evolutionary relationships of the living world, represented as spiraled branches on a tree. Clicking on a group of organisms on the branch leads to a new screen that zooms in, revealing new branches of organisms related to the original group.
Wisconsin Fast Plants Teachers and learners use Fast Plants® in classrooms from kindergarten through college and beyond to explore a wide variety of plant biology questions and learn by engaging in genuine scientific inquiry. Developed by ASPB member Paul Williams (University of Wisconsin-Madison), these very fun and affordable activities will meet the pedagogical goals and objectives of most any biology program.
Learning to Give Phil's Garden of Good is a well-organized, motivating 4-part unit that combines kid-lit and plant biology while teaching very young students (K-2) about community service and joyful giving.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) offers innovative online materials that enlighten students and educators about the breadth of scientific research, technology, and activities. These resources include student activities, case studies, tutorials, and lesson plans for education audiences of all ages. Formal lesson plans and classroom ideas emphasize hands-on activitiesand problem-based learning using online data resources
Center for Plant Conservation - Plants in Peril lesson for middle school
Plant Activities K - 4
Chicago Botanic Garden's Education Division
Plants and Animals - Partners in Pollination - three lessons from the Smithsonian Institution
K12 Resource Links A compiled list of external links that have been submitted and gathered specifically for K-12 plant science.
Adventures of the Agronauts Adventures of the Agronauts is an online science curriculum for elementary-aged students with an overarching theme: how can we grow plants on the Moon? Children become "Agronauts in Training" and complete six different standards-based lessons towards the final goal of growing plants on the Moon. Teacher resources are included. Glossary contains some movies that demonstrate concepts. Some career information too. Developed at North Carolina State University through the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Gravitational Biology.
Plants-in-Motion - timelapse photography and more
Science and Plants for Schools
Animals
Rabbits and Wolves Simulation http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RabbitsAndWolves/ With the Students explore how nature keeps balance by varying the number of rabbits and wolves that live in a defined space. It includes directions and activities for students as well as background information for teachers.
RWT's Animal Inquiry guide is a good fit for elementary school science lessons. Animal Inquiry provides students with four templates; animal facts, animal babies, animal interactions, and animal habitats. Each template is an interactive template in which students respond to three prompts to help them create short reports about animals they are studying. Read Write Think suggests using the questions in the Animal Inquiry template as prompts for research. The questions in the templates could also be good for helping students brainstorm additional questions to research.
WWF Free Wild Classroom Kit on Sea Turtles and Oceans
Wild Kratts ( gr. 1 -3 ) Find lesson plans, videos and virtual resources to help your students explore science concepts around animal behaviors, habitats, ecosystems and more.
Minuscule A French-made collection of short stories, Minuscule is about the private lives of ants, snails, bees, caterpillars, wasps, spiders and other tiny creatures, all told without any speaking at all.
WWF's Wild Classroom page you will find a list of upcoming livestreams and he target audience for those livestreams. For example, tomorrow's livestream about bees is intended for students in second through sixth grade. In addition to upcoming live broadcasts the WWF Wild Classroom page features daily lesson plans and activities. www.freetech4teachers.com
Wildearth Kids "We take kids ages 4-18 on free, live and interactive safari experiences, transporting them from wherever they are onto the back of a virtual safari vehicle! For 45 minutes, kids join safariLIVE and tour two of the most iconic wildlife areas in the world – the Kruger Park of South Africa and the Maasai Mara in Kenya. They interact with our expert naturalists in real time as they drive through the African wilderness, asking questions about what they see."
Interactive Animal Sites K - 5
Habitat Interactives K - 5
Rainforest Journey is an engaging, online Life Science curriculum for students in grades K-5. It takes students on a virtual trip to the rainforest and features vibrant images, multimedia content and nonfiction reading.
Interactive Animal Classification K - 5
Ecosystem Explorer produced by PBS Learning Media, is a nice collection videos, images, and games designed to help students learn about the roles of predators and scavengers in ecosystems. Three animals are featured in Ecosystem Explorer: wolves, sharks, and vultures.
Dog Breeding http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_dogbreeding.html
Elem. and middle school - Breed dogs by combining traits.
Switcheroo Zoo - http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm At Switcheroo Zoo you can make new animals, make postcards and send them to your friends, play games, learn about animals, and watch movies.
Food Chains Interactives K - 5
ANIMAL CAMS
Animal Web Cams at the National Zoo http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/
Through streaming Web cams, observe cheetahs, flamingos, mole rats, elephants, pandas, tigers, and more.
Arkive http://www.arkive.org/
A unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species. Teachers and students can explore and search Arkive's growing multi-media collection via the navigation bar at the top of every page.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Live Web Cams http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp
These live web cams offer a look at marine life in the exhibits and off the oceanfront decks from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time.
San Diego Zoo: Live Web Cams & Zoo Videos http://www.sandiegozoo.org/videos/index.html
Check out their new video page that allows you to easily choose videos by channel.
Take a Close-Up Look at Animals @ Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/tech/webcams_animals.htm
On this adventure you'll use webcams to take a close-up look at animals large and small.
Africam http://www.africam.com
All the cams have a history, between the nature reserves, conservation, game parks and dedicated people who’s passion is to share their love of wildlife.
RWT's Animal Inquiry guide is a good fit for elementary school science lessons. Animal Inquiry provides students with four templates; animal facts, animal babies, animal interactions, and animal habitats. Each template is an interactive template in which students respond to three prompts to help them create short reports about animals they are studying. Read Write Think suggests using the questions in the Animal Inquiry template as prompts for research. The questions in the templates could also be good for helping students brainstorm additional questions to research.
WWF Free Wild Classroom Kit on Sea Turtles and Oceans
Wild Kratts ( gr. 1 -3 ) Find lesson plans, videos and virtual resources to help your students explore science concepts around animal behaviors, habitats, ecosystems and more.
Minuscule A French-made collection of short stories, Minuscule is about the private lives of ants, snails, bees, caterpillars, wasps, spiders and other tiny creatures, all told without any speaking at all.
WWF's Wild Classroom page you will find a list of upcoming livestreams and he target audience for those livestreams. For example, tomorrow's livestream about bees is intended for students in second through sixth grade. In addition to upcoming live broadcasts the WWF Wild Classroom page features daily lesson plans and activities. www.freetech4teachers.com
Wildearth Kids "We take kids ages 4-18 on free, live and interactive safari experiences, transporting them from wherever they are onto the back of a virtual safari vehicle! For 45 minutes, kids join safariLIVE and tour two of the most iconic wildlife areas in the world – the Kruger Park of South Africa and the Maasai Mara in Kenya. They interact with our expert naturalists in real time as they drive through the African wilderness, asking questions about what they see."
Interactive Animal Sites K - 5
Habitat Interactives K - 5
Rainforest Journey is an engaging, online Life Science curriculum for students in grades K-5. It takes students on a virtual trip to the rainforest and features vibrant images, multimedia content and nonfiction reading.
Interactive Animal Classification K - 5
Ecosystem Explorer produced by PBS Learning Media, is a nice collection videos, images, and games designed to help students learn about the roles of predators and scavengers in ecosystems. Three animals are featured in Ecosystem Explorer: wolves, sharks, and vultures.
Dog Breeding http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_dogbreeding.html
Elem. and middle school - Breed dogs by combining traits.
Switcheroo Zoo - http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm At Switcheroo Zoo you can make new animals, make postcards and send them to your friends, play games, learn about animals, and watch movies.
Food Chains Interactives K - 5
ANIMAL CAMS
Animal Web Cams at the National Zoo http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/
Through streaming Web cams, observe cheetahs, flamingos, mole rats, elephants, pandas, tigers, and more.
Arkive http://www.arkive.org/
A unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species. Teachers and students can explore and search Arkive's growing multi-media collection via the navigation bar at the top of every page.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Live Web Cams http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp
These live web cams offer a look at marine life in the exhibits and off the oceanfront decks from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time.
San Diego Zoo: Live Web Cams & Zoo Videos http://www.sandiegozoo.org/videos/index.html
Check out their new video page that allows you to easily choose videos by channel.
Take a Close-Up Look at Animals @ Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/tech/webcams_animals.htm
On this adventure you'll use webcams to take a close-up look at animals large and small.
Africam http://www.africam.com
All the cams have a history, between the nature reserves, conservation, game parks and dedicated people who’s passion is to share their love of wildlife.
Insects and Bugs
Interactive Sites for Insects and Bugs K - 5
Expedition Insects is an interactive book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The book was written to helps students in third through fifth grade learn about insects from all over the world. The book is full of pictures and videos to complement the text. Throughout the book students can click or tap on underlined words to quickly access their definitions. Expedition Insects was created for the Apple Books (formerly known as iBooks) platform. It is interactive if you read it on a Mac or on an iPad. A non-interactive version of the book is available to read as a PDF. Scroll down website to upload interactive book www.freetech4teachers.com
Expedition Insects is an interactive book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The book was written to helps students in third through fifth grade learn about insects from all over the world. The book is full of pictures and videos to complement the text. Throughout the book students can click or tap on underlined words to quickly access their definitions. Expedition Insects was created for the Apple Books (formerly known as iBooks) platform. It is interactive if you read it on a Mac or on an iPad. A non-interactive version of the book is available to read as a PDF. Scroll down website to upload interactive book www.freetech4teachers.com
Bees elementary (9 to 12 years old) Explore bees' behavior and their role in pollination through real-world sources and data and meet Smithsonian experts in the field. This collection includes instructional strategy, student activities, assessment, and extension ideas. Organization is made visible by divider tabs indicating such components as concept understanding, Project Zero thinking routines, and calls to action.
Videos
Untamed Science offers a collection of videos and podcasts about biology and Earth science topics.
Scishow This is one of the most popular science channels in YouTube. SciShow discusses science news and history and concepts.
iBiology’s open-access videos convey the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made. Through the videos, students meet the leading scientists in biology and find out how these biologists think about scientific questions and conduct their research, while getting a sense of their personalities, opinions, and perspectives.
Mosa Mack 4th through 8th grade A resource for science teachers and students. Mosa Mack provides students with a variety of short animated mysteries that they have to solve using knowledge gleaned from videos they watch. Mosa Mack adopts an inquiry-based approach to science learning and provides content that is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Mosa Mack arranges its science content into units each of which is comprised of three lessons that ‘progress upwards on Blooms Taxonomy and the the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) chart.Additionally, each lesson comes with a number of hands-on activities and several other materials (e.g graphic organizers, PowerPoint presentations, assessments, lesson plans…etc).
Glean - Ever feel overwhelmed by all the educational videos online? Aided by a team of teachers, this service chooses and catalogs the best videos.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources. In Holiday Lectures, for instance, you will get introduced to a series of lectures covering different scientific topics presented by leading scientists. The Short Films section features a number of ‘broadcast-quality films designed to engage students. Each one tells a different scientific story and is supported by supplemental resources including teacher guides and activities.’
Inq-ITS a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
Science Videos - A selection of engaging videos and podcasts from the creators at the New York Times.
Garland Science: Brought to you by Taylor & Francis, this channel includes some outstanding videos and animations pertaining to cellular and molecular biology.
Reactions Everyday Science is a YouTube channel that provides illustrative tutorials and videos on different scientific events.
High School Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Environment Science
Science animations on Learners TV are organized into three categories; biology, physics, and chemistry.
Science Friday is a must-bookmark for teachers and students of science. On Science Friday you will find interesting videos and articles about a wide array of topics in chemistry, biology, physics, space science, and much more.
Science Daily popular science news web sites. With over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos, there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.
Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed What causes crazy corn mutations? Is GM food safe? Do genomes come in more than one size? This hip site helps you learn the answers to these questions and many more as you watch videos and see what scientists have to say about plant genomes.
Seven Wonders of the Microbe World. The Seven Wonders of the Microbe World is a seven part series of short videos exploring things like the Black Death, antibiotics, and food preservation. You can watch the videos individually or watch them as one combined 25 minute long video.
Into the Outdoors is a new site featuring videos and lesson plans about a wide variety of topics related to nature. The site is divided into six main topic areas; life science, farm science, social science, physical science, environmental science, and natural resources science. Each primary topic area includes a handful of sub-topics. Click on any sub-topic to find videos, lesson plans, and links to additional resources.
ScienCentral: Making sense of science on an everyday level, this channel produces science and technology content for television, video, and the web. From broadcast news features to educational products, it covers the medical, environmental, and technological issues that affect daily life.
Open Culture has curated a list of 125 science videos. Their list is divided into subcategories. Each video has a brief description and a link to the video with a more detailed description.
Neo K12
Comprehensive collection of videos, lessons and games
PBS Video
There is an intro before the actual video appears. PBS Video offers videos from the most popular shows including Frontline, NOVA, Nature, and American Experience. For the younger crowd, PBS Kids offers videos as well. If you're not sure what you're looking for, but you think PBS has an appropriate video you can search the PBS Video center by topic.
Teaching Channel This website is a little bit like YouTube because you can watch streaming videos. However,it’s very different because each video shares teaching ideas and methods that can be implemented in a classroom.
Nature videos This site comes to us courtesy of South Africa- appropriate since the site is a collection of incredible video footage of the natural world including animals and the environment. Moreover, the site allows you to actually download the video
STEM Video Series Uncovering the World of BiomimicryNature Knows Best, a video series from Xploration Station, looks at the clever ways scientists and innovators are copying nature to create some of the world’s most amazing advancements. For example, in season 1, episode 1, “Planes Inspired by Nature,” host Danni Washington takes a look at how exactly birds were the inspiration for the first airplanes. She flies planes in tight formation to try to mimic the energy-efficient flight patterns of migrating birds. She looks at how engineers are inventing wings that change their shape while in flight. And she even jumps out of a plane to test an innovation based on the flying squirrel! In episode 10, “Copying Nature’s Communication,” Washington takes a look at how today’s scientists are studying “swarm” behavior of animals to make better robots that will help in factories, collect things on other planets, or make better autonomous cars.
Biomimicry units gr 2 - 6
Scivee.tv - Science Videos for Science by Scientists.
ScienceFix is the blog and YouTube channel of middle school science teacher Darren Fix. On both the blog and the YouTube channel you will find more than 100 videos demonstrating various science experiments, demonstrations, and middle school science lessons.
High School Biology Videos
American Field Guide - Over 1400 short video covering all areas of science.
Exploratorium TV - Browse hundreds of webcasts, video clips, podcasts, and slideshows from the Exploratorium's collection of original programming, from remote scientific expeditions to fun hands-on activities.
Nat Geo Wild: This National Geographic channel narrows its focus to animals, their behavior, and their relationships with the surrounding ecosystems.
Wildlife Conservation Society: This channel introduces learners to the importance of conservation and environmentalism. The videos serve as informative guides on what works and what doesn’t in the conservation circle, and what would happen if humanity stopped caring.
National Audubon Society: Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. This channel features videos on migration, markings, habitat protection, and more.
National Geographic- Videos for science classes. Over 3000 uploads,
Discovery Channel- Clips from the most popular shows. Includes How Stuff Works section.
Science Magazine's Video Portal offers dozens of videos across a variety of topics in science. Each of the videos is connected to an article that you can read online or print for classroom distribution. The Science Interactives menu contains six interactive versions of posters they have published in recent years.
Crash Course offers a course on World History. Literature and a course on Biology. They are now up to 15 videos in each course. The videos are fast-paced ten to twelve minute overviews of major concepts and themes.
The Shape of Life was an eight part television series developed by the Sea Studios Foundation, National Geographic, and PBS. The Shape of Life websitecontains dozens of segments from the series. The video segments are arranged according to eight animal phyla. The segments can be downloaded or viewed online. Lesson plans and or worksheets are available along with the video segments.
Wired Science has hundreds of videos addressing a variety of science and technology topics. In addition to the library of videos, Wired Science, has great articles and lists of science resources.
Test Toob science teachers and science students can share videos of the experiments they conduct. The service is designed for use by middle schools and high schools. In addition to providing video sharing services, Test Toob offers suggestions for experiments that students can conduct.
Arkive.org an extensive collection of videos and images of plants and animals. The videos and images are cataloged according to animal, plant, eco-region, and geo-political region. Videos on Arkive can be downloaded to for your classroom use. Arkive offers a dozen online games for kids. The games collection is a mix of quiz games and problem solving games.
Wild Earth is a site that has organized more than three dozen live webcam feeds of animals. While watching the video feeds, registered users can chat with each other about what they're seeing. If the video feed is not live when you visit the website, you can choose from any number of recorded videos.
Scishow This is one of the most popular science channels in YouTube. SciShow discusses science news and history and concepts.
iBiology’s open-access videos convey the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made. Through the videos, students meet the leading scientists in biology and find out how these biologists think about scientific questions and conduct their research, while getting a sense of their personalities, opinions, and perspectives.
Mosa Mack 4th through 8th grade A resource for science teachers and students. Mosa Mack provides students with a variety of short animated mysteries that they have to solve using knowledge gleaned from videos they watch. Mosa Mack adopts an inquiry-based approach to science learning and provides content that is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Mosa Mack arranges its science content into units each of which is comprised of three lessons that ‘progress upwards on Blooms Taxonomy and the the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) chart.Additionally, each lesson comes with a number of hands-on activities and several other materials (e.g graphic organizers, PowerPoint presentations, assessments, lesson plans…etc).
Glean - Ever feel overwhelmed by all the educational videos online? Aided by a team of teachers, this service chooses and catalogs the best videos.
BioInteractive provides access to a treasure trove of educational materials to use in science classes. You will find multimedia materials, videos, interactives, classroom activities, teacher guides, virtual labs and many other resources. In Holiday Lectures, for instance, you will get introduced to a series of lectures covering different scientific topics presented by leading scientists. The Short Films section features a number of ‘broadcast-quality films designed to engage students. Each one tells a different scientific story and is supported by supplemental resources including teacher guides and activities.’
Inq-ITS a science learning platform with simulations for Physical, Life, and Earth Science - all aligned with NGSS standards. Students show what they know and educators get real-time, actionable data to inform whole class instruction or one-on-one support. Rex, the virtual coach, gives students personalized assistance to help students conduct inquiry.’ Watch this video to learn more about Inq-ITS.
Science Videos - A selection of engaging videos and podcasts from the creators at the New York Times.
Garland Science: Brought to you by Taylor & Francis, this channel includes some outstanding videos and animations pertaining to cellular and molecular biology.
Reactions Everyday Science is a YouTube channel that provides illustrative tutorials and videos on different scientific events.
High School Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Environment Science
Science animations on Learners TV are organized into three categories; biology, physics, and chemistry.
Science Friday is a must-bookmark for teachers and students of science. On Science Friday you will find interesting videos and articles about a wide array of topics in chemistry, biology, physics, space science, and much more.
Science Daily popular science news web sites. With over 65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos, there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.
Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed What causes crazy corn mutations? Is GM food safe? Do genomes come in more than one size? This hip site helps you learn the answers to these questions and many more as you watch videos and see what scientists have to say about plant genomes.
Seven Wonders of the Microbe World. The Seven Wonders of the Microbe World is a seven part series of short videos exploring things like the Black Death, antibiotics, and food preservation. You can watch the videos individually or watch them as one combined 25 minute long video.
Into the Outdoors is a new site featuring videos and lesson plans about a wide variety of topics related to nature. The site is divided into six main topic areas; life science, farm science, social science, physical science, environmental science, and natural resources science. Each primary topic area includes a handful of sub-topics. Click on any sub-topic to find videos, lesson plans, and links to additional resources.
ScienCentral: Making sense of science on an everyday level, this channel produces science and technology content for television, video, and the web. From broadcast news features to educational products, it covers the medical, environmental, and technological issues that affect daily life.
Open Culture has curated a list of 125 science videos. Their list is divided into subcategories. Each video has a brief description and a link to the video with a more detailed description.
Neo K12
Comprehensive collection of videos, lessons and games
PBS Video
There is an intro before the actual video appears. PBS Video offers videos from the most popular shows including Frontline, NOVA, Nature, and American Experience. For the younger crowd, PBS Kids offers videos as well. If you're not sure what you're looking for, but you think PBS has an appropriate video you can search the PBS Video center by topic.
Teaching Channel This website is a little bit like YouTube because you can watch streaming videos. However,it’s very different because each video shares teaching ideas and methods that can be implemented in a classroom.
Nature videos This site comes to us courtesy of South Africa- appropriate since the site is a collection of incredible video footage of the natural world including animals and the environment. Moreover, the site allows you to actually download the video
STEM Video Series Uncovering the World of BiomimicryNature Knows Best, a video series from Xploration Station, looks at the clever ways scientists and innovators are copying nature to create some of the world’s most amazing advancements. For example, in season 1, episode 1, “Planes Inspired by Nature,” host Danni Washington takes a look at how exactly birds were the inspiration for the first airplanes. She flies planes in tight formation to try to mimic the energy-efficient flight patterns of migrating birds. She looks at how engineers are inventing wings that change their shape while in flight. And she even jumps out of a plane to test an innovation based on the flying squirrel! In episode 10, “Copying Nature’s Communication,” Washington takes a look at how today’s scientists are studying “swarm” behavior of animals to make better robots that will help in factories, collect things on other planets, or make better autonomous cars.
Biomimicry units gr 2 - 6
Scivee.tv - Science Videos for Science by Scientists.
ScienceFix is the blog and YouTube channel of middle school science teacher Darren Fix. On both the blog and the YouTube channel you will find more than 100 videos demonstrating various science experiments, demonstrations, and middle school science lessons.
High School Biology Videos
American Field Guide - Over 1400 short video covering all areas of science.
Exploratorium TV - Browse hundreds of webcasts, video clips, podcasts, and slideshows from the Exploratorium's collection of original programming, from remote scientific expeditions to fun hands-on activities.
Nat Geo Wild: This National Geographic channel narrows its focus to animals, their behavior, and their relationships with the surrounding ecosystems.
Wildlife Conservation Society: This channel introduces learners to the importance of conservation and environmentalism. The videos serve as informative guides on what works and what doesn’t in the conservation circle, and what would happen if humanity stopped caring.
National Audubon Society: Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity. This channel features videos on migration, markings, habitat protection, and more.
National Geographic- Videos for science classes. Over 3000 uploads,
Discovery Channel- Clips from the most popular shows. Includes How Stuff Works section.
Science Magazine's Video Portal offers dozens of videos across a variety of topics in science. Each of the videos is connected to an article that you can read online or print for classroom distribution. The Science Interactives menu contains six interactive versions of posters they have published in recent years.
Crash Course offers a course on World History. Literature and a course on Biology. They are now up to 15 videos in each course. The videos are fast-paced ten to twelve minute overviews of major concepts and themes.
The Shape of Life was an eight part television series developed by the Sea Studios Foundation, National Geographic, and PBS. The Shape of Life websitecontains dozens of segments from the series. The video segments are arranged according to eight animal phyla. The segments can be downloaded or viewed online. Lesson plans and or worksheets are available along with the video segments.
Wired Science has hundreds of videos addressing a variety of science and technology topics. In addition to the library of videos, Wired Science, has great articles and lists of science resources.
Test Toob science teachers and science students can share videos of the experiments they conduct. The service is designed for use by middle schools and high schools. In addition to providing video sharing services, Test Toob offers suggestions for experiments that students can conduct.
Arkive.org an extensive collection of videos and images of plants and animals. The videos and images are cataloged according to animal, plant, eco-region, and geo-political region. Videos on Arkive can be downloaded to for your classroom use. Arkive offers a dozen online games for kids. The games collection is a mix of quiz games and problem solving games.
Wild Earth is a site that has organized more than three dozen live webcam feeds of animals. While watching the video feeds, registered users can chat with each other about what they're seeing. If the video feed is not live when you visit the website, you can choose from any number of recorded videos.
Games and Simulations
Bioman Biology On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
Connected Biology Lab ( HS) Simulations for genetics, evolution, and protein synthesis in a nice phenomena based unit.
Symbiotic Schoolyard the new science unit you’ll want in your middle schoolers’ classrooms.
Virtual Biology Labs Ecology, cell biology, and evolution labs. My favorite is the island biogeography simulation.Free Interactive Science SimulationsBased on JavaScript, JavaLab simulates various natural phenomena that relate to physics, chemistry, Earth science, astronomy, biology, measurement, and mathematics. For example, the Spectrum Analysis Simulation analyzes the sound around students and displays it as a spectrum. Students listen to an orchestra and categorize the instruments used in real-time. In the Continental Drift Simulation, students move the continents to create a connected supercontinent. And in the Making Molecular Models (whiteboard) Simulation, students create molecular structures by dragging and dropping atoms. Atoms that are no longer needed can be returned to the periodic table.
ExploreLearning Gizmos A site containing an array of math and science simulations arranged by curriculum, topic, or textbook. These little applications explore hundreds of concepts that students learn in elementary, middle, and high school math and science.
Jungle Jeopardy: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
IFeed the Dingo: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Mountain Scramble: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING
Make a Mangrove: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Germ Science Investigation is a free online game that is designed to help students understand how to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The game has four "missions" for students to complete. Students complete the missions by answering a series of scenario-based questions. Students are given instant feedback after answering each question. If they answer a question incorrectly, the correct answer and a fact about COVID-19 is displayed. Registration is not required in order to play Germ Science Investigation. In fact, I didn't even seen an option for creating an account. Therefore, students have to play the game in one sitting or lose all of their progress. Completing the game shouldn't take more than about fifteen to twenty minutes. The game is available in seventeen language www.freetech4teachrs.com
Prepmagic Customize science simulations to highlight phenomena by adding pause points, notes, and quizzes to simulations, teachers can help build and assess student understanding. Not all simulations are customizable yet, but there are plans to add more in the future.
Bioman biology
Created and maintained by a biology teacher, Bioman Biology offers an outstanding selection of free biology interactives, games, quizzes, and virtual labs. All are standards-based and easy to use for students (no registration required). Teachers can track student progress by simply registering for their own account. Biology topics covered range from physiology to evolution to scientific methods.
Cells, Diseases, Forensics, Immunology
Solve the Outbreak Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.
Biology in Motion
BiologyInMotion! Here you will find animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to make learning biology a richer, more engaging experience.
LabXChange Harvard
More than 300 free lab simulations that can be easily shared or embedded. Searchable by subject, level, source, and 13 different languages. A rich resource for virtual labs, including some very topical entries, such as Covid-19 infection spread, climate change predictor, and model of hydraulic fracking.
ScienceTake, an online video channel by The New York Times. The series combines research from the world of science with footage of the natural world in action. Dolphins mug for the camera in an awareness test. Wolves beat dogs in a teamwork test. Cockatoos rival children in shape recognition. A tiny robot inspired by caterpillars and jellyfish crawls, walks, and swims inside the human body. Each video is accompanied by a related article from The Times.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts.
Wolfram Demonstrations gr. H.S. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/education.html?edutag=High+School+Biology&limit=20
Use online or download. Demonstrations allow students to change variables.
Molecular Workbench.
Molecular Workbench is a cross platform (Java) application that allows students to run simulations on all kinds of scientific content. I use the simulations for classroom demonstrations and then have students work with them individually as virtual labs.
The Body and Medicine | Teeth and Eating | Micro-organisms | The Brain | Exercise. Interactive Animations
Cellcraft Suitable for: Year 7 - 12
Build a cell, fight off viruses, survive harsh worlds, and save the Platypus species!
This game was made possible by a grant from the Digital Media & Learning Competition. The goal was to make a truly educational game that was also genuinely fun to play. We hope students, teachers, and gamers will all enjoy the game, and encourage you to visit www.cellcraftgame.com, which will soon have an open forum and eventually downloadable teacher materials.
Build-a-Cell gr. 4-12 A drag and drop game to teach students about the organelles and organelle substructures .
Cell Division Simulation (gr 6-12) Students drag chromosomes to demonstrate their understanding of mitosis and meiosis
Kineticcity is developed by the American Association for The Advancement of Science . Kineticcity provides some of the amazing collection of science experiments, games, activities, and challenges.
Bioman Biology On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. The games and virtual labs are appropriate for middle school students.
Control the Cell Cycle Three hundred million cells are replaced in your body every minute. Before you can begin as supervisor, you must review what happens to cells when they die and how they are replaced. Different cells divide at different rates, but the division follows a specific pattern called the Cell Cycle. Once you are sure of how this cycle works, you are ready for your job. When you enter the cell cycle control center, be prepared to make decisions that will let your cells grow, divide, and contain the correct chromosomes.
Calvin Cycle gr 4-12 Inside the Inside the chlorplast Learn about the enzymes and components involved in the Calvin Cycle and about the concept of 'recycling' as it pertains to a biochemical 'cycle.
Glycolysis Game Take a trip inside the cytoplasm and control the necessary enzymes to make pyruvate from sugar
Microbes Challenges players to isolate a single microorganism that is causing a plague while supporting understanding of scientific inquiry and life sciences.
Spore Create creatures and apply thinking skills for surviva
Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
You Make Me Sick gr 5 - 9 Explain some of the ways that people can avoid bacterial and viral infection. Describe the anatomy and functions of bacteria and viruses. Describe how bacteria and viruses reproduce and carry out life functions.
Evaluate how lifestyle choices and environments (e.g., tobacco, drug, and alcohol use, amount of exercise, quality of air, and kinds of food) affect the immune system in the human body. Collaborate with other students to generate creative solutions to a problem, and apply methods for making trade-offs to choose the best solution
Molecular Stepping Stones
Features online activities, including simulations, to help students understand 10 key concepts underlying many biological processes. Topics include atomic structure, random motion... (The Concord Consortium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Medmotion
(Middle & High School)learning cellular and body systems interactive
Molecular Stepping Stones
Features online activities, including simulations, to help students understand 10 key concepts underlying many biological processes. Topics include atomic structure, random motion... (The Concord Consortium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Genetics: Tour the Basics
Uses animations to answer six questions: What is DNA? What are genes? What are chromosomes? What is a protein? What is heredity? What is a trait...
EpiSims Simulate the spread of epidemics at the level of individuals in a large urban region
NanoQuest Suitable for: Grade 5 - Year 10
Discover that size really matters in NanoQuest, an epic 3D adventure through the tiny world of nanotechnology. The new version includes the Virus Attack Bonus Game which takes Jack and Orla on an adventure inside an animal cell
Great Sperm Race Learn about the journey of a sperm cell to the egg
Gut Instinct Battle intruders in the digestive tract.
Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage is a virtual tour of Charles Darwin's nearly five year journey on the Beagle. Throughout the tour viewers will see sketches from the journey, hear readings from Darwin's journals, and learn about the journey as a whole. The virtual tour is not limited to just Darwin's work as a naturalist. Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage explores social issues of the time such as slavery.
Foldit is an experimental video game about protein folding, developed as a collaboration between the University of Washington's departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Biochemistry . This game provides a chance for students to contribute to real scientific research.
Resources: The Science Behind Foldit - http://fold.it/portal/info/scienc
Glycolysis Game Take a trip inside the cytoplasm and control the necessary enzymes to make pyruvate from suga
DNA - The Double Helix Make copies of DNA by matching base pairs and identify the source.
Genetic Code Crack and learn the genetic code
Nobelprize.org: The Immune System
The official site of the Nobel Prize brings us an online game (yea!) based on the 1908 award-winning immunity work of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich. The Immune System Defender Game lets you explore what happens when you are wounded, what kind of cells are involved with the immune system, and how immune cells remove bacteria. "In this game, you are a trainee soldier of the Immune System Defense Forces, defending a human against bacterial infection."
More from Nobelprize.org Blood Typing | Control of the Cell Cycle | Diabetes and Insulin
DNA - RNA - Protein | DNA - the Double Helix | Ear Pages | ECG/Electrocardiogram
Immune Responses | Immune System | Malaria | MRI | Nerve Signaling | Pavlov's Dog
Split Brain Experiments | The Cell and its Organelles | The Genetic Code |Tuberculosis
Vitamin B1
Simulation of the Spread of a Virtual PathogenOperation Outbreak is an innovative platform for STEM education on infectious diseases and outbreak preparedness. The app is free for iOS and Android users.
Malaria Game Mosquito and Parasite games based on the 1904 Nobel Prize research.
Blood Typing Game Learn about blood types and Rh factors.
MedMyst Investigate infectious disease outbreaks.
One Health Offers a free standards-based science curricula for middle school students leveraging the student-centered approach. Each learning module within the curriculum feature topics include cell biology stress, ecology, and infectious diseases. Multiple learning paths that offer diverse methods for engaging with the topic content from fictional stories based on factual key moments and people in science to level-appropriate science journal articles and interactive games the design of the one health curriculum encourages discovery and takes a flexible approach to learning.
Antibiotic Attack (3-8) This interactive activity helps students look at the pros and cons of using antibiotics to treat illness.
Diabetes and Insulin Game Learn about Diabetes and Insulin by helping a diabetic dog.
Tuberculosis - Experiments & Discoveries Game Reproduce classic experiments.
Immune Attack (9-12) In this resource, you get to navigate through a 3-D representation of the human body, fighting germs and restoring a healthy immune system to a sick patient.
Immune System Defense What happens if you get a breach in the skin? Try to get rid of bacteria that have gathered around a wound
Immune ResponsesI MMUNOLOGY Go through ten interactive stops and find out how our immune system protects us and sometimes could harm us.
1. The Blood Typing Game
2. The Laser Challenge Game
3. The DNA - the Double Helix Game
4. The Pavlov's Dog Game
5. The Diabetic Dog Game
6. The Lord of the Flies Game
7. The Electrocardiogram Game
9. The Control of the Cell Cycle Game
10. The Split Brain Experiments Game
Body System
Reconstructors Students use neuroscience approach to explain the impact of substance abuse.
Body Needs
Grades 3-8 | Interactive | Nutrients
How do our bodies use food? Use this interactive feature to reinforce lessons about nutrition and the human body.
Nutrition: What Your Body Needs
Grades 5-8 | Blended Lesson | Nutrition
What makes a food healthy? This interactive online lesson for blended learning explores why certain foods are a better source of energy and nutrients than others - and takes a closer look at the role nutrition can play in managing diseases. For more blended lessons, explore the Walmart Middle School Literacy Initiative here.
Build a Body 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.
Kinetic City Suitable for: Grades 3-5. A program of standards-based online science games on the human body systems, animals, memory and more
Inner Body Point and click your way around this interactive body system. It is like a virtual tour of a human body
N-Squad Students work with forensic scientists to solve an alcohol related crime. Along the way, they will learn about alcohol's interaction in different body systems: digestive, circulatory, and nervous
Split Brain Experiments Game Perform classic experiments.
3D Interactive Brain
Virtual Brain Tour (6-12)
Animals and Plants
The Dig 6 - 12
This Xpedition Hall interactive, promotes an understanding of how humans have evolved by showing how a skeleton reveals secrets from the past.
Life Preservers gr 6-8 The game teaches National Science standards on evolution, adaptation, and the history of life on earth
Evolution Lab Do-it-yourself evolution! Use this humorous but powerful simulation tool to test the effects of selection, mutation and chance on the evolution of a trait.
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer This website greets the viewer with a split screen. The left side presents an interactive map showing the evolutionary relationships of the living world, represented as spiraled branches on a tree. Clicking on a group of organisms on the branch leads to a new screen that zooms in, revealing new branches of organisms related to the original group.
Pollution and Peppered Moths
This model explores the effects of pollution and bird predation on the protective coloration of peppered moths(through directed selection). A series of questions guides students' exploration
PBS Nova Animals and Plants Interactives
VistaZoo
A customizable portal from where you can create stunning, professional Virtual Tours combining panoramas, pictures, video, audio, floorplans and objects in 3D. Your tours will be uploaded and placed on a map instantly. Once the tour has been created, you can easily embed it into any website in seconds. It works just like YouTube. Create and share instantly.
Animal Community Comparison K - 12
In this student interactive, from Xpeditions, students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two animal communities of their choosing....
A Touch of Class ( gr. 2-5) This is an interactive activity in which students classify various plants and animals, including organisms such as a frog, jellyfish, venus flytrap, bat, human, and seaweed.
Build a Fish (gr 3-8) In this interactive activity, you must build a fish whose adaptations make it suited to its ocean environment.
Killer Snails for iOS and Android devices, BioDive is a free virtual reality/digital experience in which middle school students become marine biologists investigating the delicate ecosystems of venomous marine snails. Throughout their expedition, students observe, discover, and hypothesize about abiotic and biotic factors that impact marine diversity.
Color and Camouflage This interactive activity allows you to check out different types of camouflage that an animal can use to protect itself depending on the habitat in which it lives.
WolfQuest An immersive, 3D wildlife simulation game, WolfQuest challenges players to learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in Yellowstone National Park
LIFE: The Game
Compete as an animal from Life in this fast, competitive strategy game. Can you gain control and take over other animals' habitat.
Animal Community Comparison K - 12
In this student interactive, from Xpeditions, students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two animal communities of their choosing....
The Journey North
Migratory Animals - interactive science studies about animals that migrate.
Connected Biology Lab ( HS) Simulations for genetics, evolution, and protein synthesis in a nice phenomena based unit.
Symbiotic Schoolyard the new science unit you’ll want in your middle schoolers’ classrooms.
Virtual Biology Labs Ecology, cell biology, and evolution labs. My favorite is the island biogeography simulation.Free Interactive Science SimulationsBased on JavaScript, JavaLab simulates various natural phenomena that relate to physics, chemistry, Earth science, astronomy, biology, measurement, and mathematics. For example, the Spectrum Analysis Simulation analyzes the sound around students and displays it as a spectrum. Students listen to an orchestra and categorize the instruments used in real-time. In the Continental Drift Simulation, students move the continents to create a connected supercontinent. And in the Making Molecular Models (whiteboard) Simulation, students create molecular structures by dragging and dropping atoms. Atoms that are no longer needed can be returned to the periodic table.
ExploreLearning Gizmos A site containing an array of math and science simulations arranged by curriculum, topic, or textbook. These little applications explore hundreds of concepts that students learn in elementary, middle, and high school math and science.
Jungle Jeopardy: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
IFeed the Dingo: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Mountain Scramble: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING
Make a Mangrove: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Germ Science Investigation is a free online game that is designed to help students understand how to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The game has four "missions" for students to complete. Students complete the missions by answering a series of scenario-based questions. Students are given instant feedback after answering each question. If they answer a question incorrectly, the correct answer and a fact about COVID-19 is displayed. Registration is not required in order to play Germ Science Investigation. In fact, I didn't even seen an option for creating an account. Therefore, students have to play the game in one sitting or lose all of their progress. Completing the game shouldn't take more than about fifteen to twenty minutes. The game is available in seventeen language www.freetech4teachrs.com
Prepmagic Customize science simulations to highlight phenomena by adding pause points, notes, and quizzes to simulations, teachers can help build and assess student understanding. Not all simulations are customizable yet, but there are plans to add more in the future.
Bioman biology
Created and maintained by a biology teacher, Bioman Biology offers an outstanding selection of free biology interactives, games, quizzes, and virtual labs. All are standards-based and easy to use for students (no registration required). Teachers can track student progress by simply registering for their own account. Biology topics covered range from physiology to evolution to scientific methods.
Cells, Diseases, Forensics, Immunology
Solve the Outbreak Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.
Biology in Motion
BiologyInMotion! Here you will find animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to make learning biology a richer, more engaging experience.
LabXChange Harvard
More than 300 free lab simulations that can be easily shared or embedded. Searchable by subject, level, source, and 13 different languages. A rich resource for virtual labs, including some very topical entries, such as Covid-19 infection spread, climate change predictor, and model of hydraulic fracking.
ScienceTake, an online video channel by The New York Times. The series combines research from the world of science with footage of the natural world in action. Dolphins mug for the camera in an awareness test. Wolves beat dogs in a teamwork test. Cockatoos rival children in shape recognition. A tiny robot inspired by caterpillars and jellyfish crawls, walks, and swims inside the human body. Each video is accompanied by a related article from The Times.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts.
Wolfram Demonstrations gr. H.S. http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/education.html?edutag=High+School+Biology&limit=20
Use online or download. Demonstrations allow students to change variables.
Molecular Workbench.
Molecular Workbench is a cross platform (Java) application that allows students to run simulations on all kinds of scientific content. I use the simulations for classroom demonstrations and then have students work with them individually as virtual labs.
The Body and Medicine | Teeth and Eating | Micro-organisms | The Brain | Exercise. Interactive Animations
Cellcraft Suitable for: Year 7 - 12
Build a cell, fight off viruses, survive harsh worlds, and save the Platypus species!
This game was made possible by a grant from the Digital Media & Learning Competition. The goal was to make a truly educational game that was also genuinely fun to play. We hope students, teachers, and gamers will all enjoy the game, and encourage you to visit www.cellcraftgame.com, which will soon have an open forum and eventually downloadable teacher materials.
Build-a-Cell gr. 4-12 A drag and drop game to teach students about the organelles and organelle substructures .
Cell Division Simulation (gr 6-12) Students drag chromosomes to demonstrate their understanding of mitosis and meiosis
Kineticcity is developed by the American Association for The Advancement of Science . Kineticcity provides some of the amazing collection of science experiments, games, activities, and challenges.
Bioman Biology On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. The games and virtual labs are appropriate for middle school students.
Control the Cell Cycle Three hundred million cells are replaced in your body every minute. Before you can begin as supervisor, you must review what happens to cells when they die and how they are replaced. Different cells divide at different rates, but the division follows a specific pattern called the Cell Cycle. Once you are sure of how this cycle works, you are ready for your job. When you enter the cell cycle control center, be prepared to make decisions that will let your cells grow, divide, and contain the correct chromosomes.
Calvin Cycle gr 4-12 Inside the Inside the chlorplast Learn about the enzymes and components involved in the Calvin Cycle and about the concept of 'recycling' as it pertains to a biochemical 'cycle.
Glycolysis Game Take a trip inside the cytoplasm and control the necessary enzymes to make pyruvate from sugar
Microbes Challenges players to isolate a single microorganism that is causing a plague while supporting understanding of scientific inquiry and life sciences.
Spore Create creatures and apply thinking skills for surviva
Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
You Make Me Sick gr 5 - 9 Explain some of the ways that people can avoid bacterial and viral infection. Describe the anatomy and functions of bacteria and viruses. Describe how bacteria and viruses reproduce and carry out life functions.
Evaluate how lifestyle choices and environments (e.g., tobacco, drug, and alcohol use, amount of exercise, quality of air, and kinds of food) affect the immune system in the human body. Collaborate with other students to generate creative solutions to a problem, and apply methods for making trade-offs to choose the best solution
Molecular Stepping Stones
Features online activities, including simulations, to help students understand 10 key concepts underlying many biological processes. Topics include atomic structure, random motion... (The Concord Consortium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Medmotion
(Middle & High School)learning cellular and body systems interactive
Molecular Stepping Stones
Features online activities, including simulations, to help students understand 10 key concepts underlying many biological processes. Topics include atomic structure, random motion... (The Concord Consortium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Genetics: Tour the Basics
Uses animations to answer six questions: What is DNA? What are genes? What are chromosomes? What is a protein? What is heredity? What is a trait...
EpiSims Simulate the spread of epidemics at the level of individuals in a large urban region
NanoQuest Suitable for: Grade 5 - Year 10
Discover that size really matters in NanoQuest, an epic 3D adventure through the tiny world of nanotechnology. The new version includes the Virus Attack Bonus Game which takes Jack and Orla on an adventure inside an animal cell
Great Sperm Race Learn about the journey of a sperm cell to the egg
Gut Instinct Battle intruders in the digestive tract.
Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage is a virtual tour of Charles Darwin's nearly five year journey on the Beagle. Throughout the tour viewers will see sketches from the journey, hear readings from Darwin's journals, and learn about the journey as a whole. The virtual tour is not limited to just Darwin's work as a naturalist. Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage explores social issues of the time such as slavery.
Foldit is an experimental video game about protein folding, developed as a collaboration between the University of Washington's departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Biochemistry . This game provides a chance for students to contribute to real scientific research.
Resources: The Science Behind Foldit - http://fold.it/portal/info/scienc
Glycolysis Game Take a trip inside the cytoplasm and control the necessary enzymes to make pyruvate from suga
DNA - The Double Helix Make copies of DNA by matching base pairs and identify the source.
Genetic Code Crack and learn the genetic code
Nobelprize.org: The Immune System
The official site of the Nobel Prize brings us an online game (yea!) based on the 1908 award-winning immunity work of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich. The Immune System Defender Game lets you explore what happens when you are wounded, what kind of cells are involved with the immune system, and how immune cells remove bacteria. "In this game, you are a trainee soldier of the Immune System Defense Forces, defending a human against bacterial infection."
More from Nobelprize.org Blood Typing | Control of the Cell Cycle | Diabetes and Insulin
DNA - RNA - Protein | DNA - the Double Helix | Ear Pages | ECG/Electrocardiogram
Immune Responses | Immune System | Malaria | MRI | Nerve Signaling | Pavlov's Dog
Split Brain Experiments | The Cell and its Organelles | The Genetic Code |Tuberculosis
Vitamin B1
Simulation of the Spread of a Virtual PathogenOperation Outbreak is an innovative platform for STEM education on infectious diseases and outbreak preparedness. The app is free for iOS and Android users.
Malaria Game Mosquito and Parasite games based on the 1904 Nobel Prize research.
Blood Typing Game Learn about blood types and Rh factors.
MedMyst Investigate infectious disease outbreaks.
One Health Offers a free standards-based science curricula for middle school students leveraging the student-centered approach. Each learning module within the curriculum feature topics include cell biology stress, ecology, and infectious diseases. Multiple learning paths that offer diverse methods for engaging with the topic content from fictional stories based on factual key moments and people in science to level-appropriate science journal articles and interactive games the design of the one health curriculum encourages discovery and takes a flexible approach to learning.
Antibiotic Attack (3-8) This interactive activity helps students look at the pros and cons of using antibiotics to treat illness.
Diabetes and Insulin Game Learn about Diabetes and Insulin by helping a diabetic dog.
Tuberculosis - Experiments & Discoveries Game Reproduce classic experiments.
Immune Attack (9-12) In this resource, you get to navigate through a 3-D representation of the human body, fighting germs and restoring a healthy immune system to a sick patient.
Immune System Defense What happens if you get a breach in the skin? Try to get rid of bacteria that have gathered around a wound
Immune ResponsesI MMUNOLOGY Go through ten interactive stops and find out how our immune system protects us and sometimes could harm us.
1. The Blood Typing Game
2. The Laser Challenge Game
3. The DNA - the Double Helix Game
4. The Pavlov's Dog Game
5. The Diabetic Dog Game
6. The Lord of the Flies Game
7. The Electrocardiogram Game
9. The Control of the Cell Cycle Game
10. The Split Brain Experiments Game
Body System
Reconstructors Students use neuroscience approach to explain the impact of substance abuse.
Body Needs
Grades 3-8 | Interactive | Nutrients
How do our bodies use food? Use this interactive feature to reinforce lessons about nutrition and the human body.
Nutrition: What Your Body Needs
Grades 5-8 | Blended Lesson | Nutrition
What makes a food healthy? This interactive online lesson for blended learning explores why certain foods are a better source of energy and nutrients than others - and takes a closer look at the role nutrition can play in managing diseases. For more blended lessons, explore the Walmart Middle School Literacy Initiative here.
Build a Body 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.
Kinetic City Suitable for: Grades 3-5. A program of standards-based online science games on the human body systems, animals, memory and more
Inner Body Point and click your way around this interactive body system. It is like a virtual tour of a human body
N-Squad Students work with forensic scientists to solve an alcohol related crime. Along the way, they will learn about alcohol's interaction in different body systems: digestive, circulatory, and nervous
Split Brain Experiments Game Perform classic experiments.
3D Interactive Brain
Virtual Brain Tour (6-12)
Animals and Plants
The Dig 6 - 12
This Xpedition Hall interactive, promotes an understanding of how humans have evolved by showing how a skeleton reveals secrets from the past.
Life Preservers gr 6-8 The game teaches National Science standards on evolution, adaptation, and the history of life on earth
Evolution Lab Do-it-yourself evolution! Use this humorous but powerful simulation tool to test the effects of selection, mutation and chance on the evolution of a trait.
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer This website greets the viewer with a split screen. The left side presents an interactive map showing the evolutionary relationships of the living world, represented as spiraled branches on a tree. Clicking on a group of organisms on the branch leads to a new screen that zooms in, revealing new branches of organisms related to the original group.
Pollution and Peppered Moths
This model explores the effects of pollution and bird predation on the protective coloration of peppered moths(through directed selection). A series of questions guides students' exploration
PBS Nova Animals and Plants Interactives
VistaZoo
A customizable portal from where you can create stunning, professional Virtual Tours combining panoramas, pictures, video, audio, floorplans and objects in 3D. Your tours will be uploaded and placed on a map instantly. Once the tour has been created, you can easily embed it into any website in seconds. It works just like YouTube. Create and share instantly.
Animal Community Comparison K - 12
In this student interactive, from Xpeditions, students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two animal communities of their choosing....
A Touch of Class ( gr. 2-5) This is an interactive activity in which students classify various plants and animals, including organisms such as a frog, jellyfish, venus flytrap, bat, human, and seaweed.
Build a Fish (gr 3-8) In this interactive activity, you must build a fish whose adaptations make it suited to its ocean environment.
Killer Snails for iOS and Android devices, BioDive is a free virtual reality/digital experience in which middle school students become marine biologists investigating the delicate ecosystems of venomous marine snails. Throughout their expedition, students observe, discover, and hypothesize about abiotic and biotic factors that impact marine diversity.
Color and Camouflage This interactive activity allows you to check out different types of camouflage that an animal can use to protect itself depending on the habitat in which it lives.
WolfQuest An immersive, 3D wildlife simulation game, WolfQuest challenges players to learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in Yellowstone National Park
LIFE: The Game
Compete as an animal from Life in this fast, competitive strategy game. Can you gain control and take over other animals' habitat.
Animal Community Comparison K - 12
In this student interactive, from Xpeditions, students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two animal communities of their choosing....
The Journey North
Migratory Animals - interactive science studies about animals that migrate.
iPad Apps
Turn Your iPad into a Microscope Sure, you could buy a simple magnifying attachment for your iPad at any toy store, but why not go a step further and build your own microscope? This hack from Instructables is meant for an iPhone but is easily adapted for an iPad, and it only requires about $10 worth of materials. Video
The hack itself would make for an excellent group project, but that’s just the beginning of what you can do. Of course, any kind of scientific exploration or experiments you would normally do with a microscope can be done here, except now you can take photos and video of the action. As described in the Instructables video, students will be amazed to witness plasmolysis in red onion epithelial cells with time lapse photography. Or, take your iPad microscope out into the field for real-time magnification in the elements.
The hack itself would make for an excellent group project, but that’s just the beginning of what you can do. Of course, any kind of scientific exploration or experiments you would normally do with a microscope can be done here, except now you can take photos and video of the action. As described in the Instructables video, students will be amazed to witness plasmolysis in red onion epithelial cells with time lapse photography. Or, take your iPad microscope out into the field for real-time magnification in the elements.
DIY Lake Science was developed by UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of ScienceThe app for iPad and iPhone takes learners outdoors to find what’s below the surface of bodies of freshwater. With the app's field adventures, learners can make a viewscope and look for underwater plants and animals, build a “quadrat” square and measure biodiversity, and construct a Secchi disc to show how clear or murky a body of water is. Using such tools helps show how scientists test water quality, monitor pollution, track the populations of species, and even discover unknown life forms.
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic.
interactive biology textbooks. You’ll see just how powerful an interactive textbook can be! Look at the bottom of the page for more titles.
Eat and Move. Consider this app a “health calculator” because users can find out the calories of common foods and how much time they’ll need to swim, dance, jump rope, etc. to burn the calories in their meal.
Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane The only barrier between the cell and the dangers of the outside world is the plasma membrane. Defend your cell by building a functional plasma membrane and thwart the evil plans of Dr. Vial to destroy all life on earth! Learn how the membrane works and its parts, including phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins, and carbohydrates. Also, learn about cell transport!
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics Snurfles, just like any other organism, must reproduce in order to continue as a species! But how does this happen? By the end of this game, you will understand how MEIOSIS and FERTILIZATION work to make offspring! You will also see how GENETIC characteristics are passed on through these processes and the connection between meiosis and genetics!
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics 2: Genetic Diversity When Snurfles reproduce, their offspring can have a lot of different traits (lots of diversity). But how? By the end of this game, you will understand how the processes of CROSSING OVER, INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT, and RANDOM FERTILIZATION result in increased diversity of offspring! Also, you will learn how to perform a DIHYBRID CROSS!
Click and Learn Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet connection required). Learn about topics in Earth history and climate change, evolution, neurobiology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and genomics.
Wildlife MonographA glimpse of some of the worlds increasingly rare and endangered species, captured on camera in their natural habitats. The spell binding intimate imagescaptured by some of the worlds premier wildlife photographers breath with vivid insight and a sense of being closer than most of us can ever hope to be.
Bagheera may be the best resource of all for information on endangered species, including their Endangered TV site.
World’s biodiversity ‘crisis’ needs action, says UN is from the BBC.
Nature loss ‘to damage economies’ is from the BBC.
Which animals are in danger? is the title of a series of very accessible articles on endangered species from the CBBC Newsround.
Rarest of the rarest: top 10 lost amphibians is a slideshow from The Guardian.
A Directory of Rare Wonders is an interactive from The New York Times.
Endangered Species Ecotourism: Developing Citizen Science Travel Itineraries is a lesson plan from The New York Times Learning Network.
Mysteries of the Unseen World is a free iPad app based on the National Geographic film of the same name. In the free iPad app students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the electron microscope images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cyphergame is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing.
In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture. Mysteries of the Unseen World has games and images arranged in four categories. The categories are science, human, nature, and modern.
GeoEndangered
Animals all around the world are in danger but how familiar are you with vulnerable and endangered species? This app present you with a picture of an animal and you have to guess whether it is Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Raise awareness for endangered species as you educate yourself.
World Aquariums Immerse yourself in large amounts of video content from aquariums around the world! A virtual tour application that has compiled in excess of 50 famous aquariums from a variety of places such as the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Creatures of Light is a beautiful free iPad app from the American Museum of Natural History. The app contains five chapter about bioluminescent animals like jellyfish, fireflies, and glow worms. In each chapter students learn about what causes bioluminescence and how it helps animals survive in their environments. Each chapter includes an interactive map of the world that students on which students can tap to learn about the bioluminescent animals of a particular region.
My Environment: From the Australian Government, find the Australian environmental places and species that make up your neighbourhood. See the heritage places, wetlands, protected species, protected areas, weeds and invasive species near you. Drill down to see photos and location maps of environmental places and species.
The Camosun Bog 360º Field Trip is a self-directed tour of a bog that rests on the unceded, ancestral territory of the Musqueam people in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, Canada. The once large Camosun was and is a source of stories, food, medicines, raw materials, and trade commodities for the Musqueam people. It is also home to many plants and animals that have adapted to its wet, low-nutrient, and acidic environment. However, local housing developments and climate change have threatened the health of Camosun Bog, and today it is at risk of disappearing. Dedicated community members, knowledge keepers, and scientists have been working to protect and restore this special place.Camosun Bog 360º can be accessed using a virtual reality headset, desktop, or mobile device. As they explore the bog, students will see hotspots. They can click or tap these to read signs, or launch videos or audio. Learning materials
Molecules Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them
Virtual Cell Virtual cell animations, stills, narrative and quiz
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool In addition to accessing video content, users can create their own cell image.
The Virtual Cell Animations app includes an animation, still images, narrative, and content quiz. In version 1.4, the modules covered are aerobic respiration; cellular respiration; meiosis and mitosis; photosynthesis; protein expression; RNA expression; secretion; and signaling.
iCell developed by the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. The app provides students with 3D models of plant, animal, and bacteria cells. Each cell model can be viewed in detail by zooming in and rotating the model on your iPad. Students can learn about the parts of the cells by tapping on them to reveal their labels and a brief description of that part’s function. There are a basic, intermediate, and advanced description options.
VCell The purpose of the app is to provide a place where students can learn about cellular respiration, protein expression, and RNA expression.
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool Learn about the cell and all its structures using our new 3D Cell tool. Enjoy the ability to rotate the cell 360 degrees and zoom in on any cell structure. Choose from a list of cell structures to learn more about how each structure functions and relates to the other components of the cell. Dive even deeper and create your own stained cell image by using Molecular Probes™ products. There are over 250 image combinations to explore!
Sugar Shake - What better way to learn how molecules interact than by shaking your iPad and seeing the collisions happen?
Powers of Minus Ten: Cells and Genetics (1.99) zoom into a human hand and explore environments with scientifically-accurate 3D content. Discover some of the basic concepts in biology and learn about the structures of a few of the key cells, proteins, and molecules found in our bodies.
Bacteria ID Science and techniques to identify types of bacteria
Mitosis
Germ Blaster developed by Rice University’s Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning. By playing Germ Blaster students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others.
Miracle of Life designed to teach kids about the human growth cycle and development. This is done in a tasteful and educational way through the use of interactive games, animations, and illustrations. Focuses on the 3 stages of development such as: fertilization, gestation, and growth.
Gene Screen: A fun way to learn how recessive genetic traits and diseases are inherited and why certain diseases are more prevalent in different populations. Gene Screen also provides information on some recessive genetic diseases and genetic screening programs.
Mysteries of the Unseen World based on the National Geographic film of the same name. Students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cypher game is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing. In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture.
A Life Cycle (0.99) This app covers the following life cycles:
- Life Cycle of a Frog- Phases of the Moon- Life Cycle of a Butterfly
- Plant Life Cycle- Pollination and Fertilization- Rock Cycle- Water Cycle- Photosynthesis- Nitrogen Cycle- Oxygen Cycle- Life Cycle of a Ladybug
Each cycle of life is illustrated in a kid-friendly manner. In addition, each step in each cycle is accompanied by explanatory text and a narrator is available to read the text too. Both of those options can be turned off - making the app customizable to meet your needs.
The Human Body helps elementary and middle school students learn human anatomy. The app features interactive diagrams of the major systems of the human body. A few of the things that students can see on the app are how lungs breathe, the heart beats, and the ears hear. Through the app students will also see how the feeling of a touch of the hand is received in the brain. Students can turn layers and labels on and off throughout the app.
Science Heroes 1 Digestion takes players on a tour of the digestive system, from mouth to large intestine, in the “Chompercraft.” The Captain gives kids various missions in order to stop the nefarious Ignarus (this time, in bacterial form), from wreaking havoc at important digestive pit-stops.
Living Lung Interactive 3D model. You can speed up or slow down the respiratory rate. Also allows users to add or remove labeled layers of respiratory syste
Energy for Life (^ - 12)This beautifully designed interactive app takes students through the different systems of the body: digestive, respiratory, and circulatory. Easy to understand explanations and interactive animations that engage students and allow them to learn in a fun way
Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp. the app is a teaching game that shows children how to describe movement and motion while visiting exotic animals at the National Zoo. The app equips players with a virtual camera to take pictures of the animals as they perform motions. The game responds to individual players, adjusting the difficulty depending on the child’s progress. Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards,
Experience Life (2.99) Through the nervous system’s response to external stimuli, we relate to other living beings and to our surroundings. Our senses receive stimuli; the nervous system processes the information and responds in the most appropriate manner; then, the musculoskeletal system implements the action.
Virtual Heart allows users to take a closer look at how the human heart functions.
Science Heroes 1: Digestive System for Kids - This is a game that focuses on all 5 phases of digestion through 15 levels of play.
3D Brain Rotate and zoom around 29 interactive structures. Consider functions, disorders, links
Essential Skeleton Users can manipulate a 3D skeleton, highlight different sections and read information about each bone.
Powers of Minus Ten: Bone takes students through ten levels of viewing the inside of human bones. Students can zoom through and explore each of the microscopic levels.
Visual Anatomy Lite Visual Anatomy Lite is an interactive reference, and education tool. The Lite version contains 120 high-resolution images and more than 300 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. Add-on Images from 6 chapters of Gray's anatomy can be used as a quick reference.
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic. Points are awarded to students for correct answers.
LeafSnap uses visual recognition to identify leaves
Trees Pro HD explore trees in your neighborhood and beyond. Forty tree species are listed with beautiful, high quality photographs and information on their leaves, fruit and general characteristics.
WWF Together features eight interactive stories about endangered animals around the world. Each of the interactive stories includes beautiful images and videos, facts about the animals and their habitats, and the threats to each of the animals.
Project Noah document the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science research projects by tagging contributions into specific field missions and can be used as a location-basedfield guide as well.
Creek Watch Users input data to help monitor local watersheds.
American Museum of Natural History: Cosmic Discoveries: Take a ride with the Museum’s astrophysicists through our Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and beyond. Cosmic Discoveries is the first app to collect nearly 1,000 stunning astronomic images.
iNaturalist Users record observations from the natural world and contribute them to iNaturalist.com
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic.
interactive biology textbooks. You’ll see just how powerful an interactive textbook can be! Look at the bottom of the page for more titles.
Eat and Move. Consider this app a “health calculator” because users can find out the calories of common foods and how much time they’ll need to swim, dance, jump rope, etc. to burn the calories in their meal.
Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane The only barrier between the cell and the dangers of the outside world is the plasma membrane. Defend your cell by building a functional plasma membrane and thwart the evil plans of Dr. Vial to destroy all life on earth! Learn how the membrane works and its parts, including phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins, and carbohydrates. Also, learn about cell transport!
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics Snurfles, just like any other organism, must reproduce in order to continue as a species! But how does this happen? By the end of this game, you will understand how MEIOSIS and FERTILIZATION work to make offspring! You will also see how GENETIC characteristics are passed on through these processes and the connection between meiosis and genetics!
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics 2: Genetic Diversity When Snurfles reproduce, their offspring can have a lot of different traits (lots of diversity). But how? By the end of this game, you will understand how the processes of CROSSING OVER, INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT, and RANDOM FERTILIZATION result in increased diversity of offspring! Also, you will learn how to perform a DIHYBRID CROSS!
Click and Learn Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet connection required). Learn about topics in Earth history and climate change, evolution, neurobiology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and genomics.
Wildlife MonographA glimpse of some of the worlds increasingly rare and endangered species, captured on camera in their natural habitats. The spell binding intimate imagescaptured by some of the worlds premier wildlife photographers breath with vivid insight and a sense of being closer than most of us can ever hope to be.
Bagheera may be the best resource of all for information on endangered species, including their Endangered TV site.
World’s biodiversity ‘crisis’ needs action, says UN is from the BBC.
Nature loss ‘to damage economies’ is from the BBC.
Which animals are in danger? is the title of a series of very accessible articles on endangered species from the CBBC Newsround.
Rarest of the rarest: top 10 lost amphibians is a slideshow from The Guardian.
A Directory of Rare Wonders is an interactive from The New York Times.
Endangered Species Ecotourism: Developing Citizen Science Travel Itineraries is a lesson plan from The New York Times Learning Network.
Mysteries of the Unseen World is a free iPad app based on the National Geographic film of the same name. In the free iPad app students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the electron microscope images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cyphergame is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing.
In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture. Mysteries of the Unseen World has games and images arranged in four categories. The categories are science, human, nature, and modern.
GeoEndangered
Animals all around the world are in danger but how familiar are you with vulnerable and endangered species? This app present you with a picture of an animal and you have to guess whether it is Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Raise awareness for endangered species as you educate yourself.
World Aquariums Immerse yourself in large amounts of video content from aquariums around the world! A virtual tour application that has compiled in excess of 50 famous aquariums from a variety of places such as the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Creatures of Light is a beautiful free iPad app from the American Museum of Natural History. The app contains five chapter about bioluminescent animals like jellyfish, fireflies, and glow worms. In each chapter students learn about what causes bioluminescence and how it helps animals survive in their environments. Each chapter includes an interactive map of the world that students on which students can tap to learn about the bioluminescent animals of a particular region.
My Environment: From the Australian Government, find the Australian environmental places and species that make up your neighbourhood. See the heritage places, wetlands, protected species, protected areas, weeds and invasive species near you. Drill down to see photos and location maps of environmental places and species.
The Camosun Bog 360º Field Trip is a self-directed tour of a bog that rests on the unceded, ancestral territory of the Musqueam people in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, Canada. The once large Camosun was and is a source of stories, food, medicines, raw materials, and trade commodities for the Musqueam people. It is also home to many plants and animals that have adapted to its wet, low-nutrient, and acidic environment. However, local housing developments and climate change have threatened the health of Camosun Bog, and today it is at risk of disappearing. Dedicated community members, knowledge keepers, and scientists have been working to protect and restore this special place.Camosun Bog 360º can be accessed using a virtual reality headset, desktop, or mobile device. As they explore the bog, students will see hotspots. They can click or tap these to read signs, or launch videos or audio. Learning materials
Molecules Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them
Virtual Cell Virtual cell animations, stills, narrative and quiz
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool In addition to accessing video content, users can create their own cell image.
The Virtual Cell Animations app includes an animation, still images, narrative, and content quiz. In version 1.4, the modules covered are aerobic respiration; cellular respiration; meiosis and mitosis; photosynthesis; protein expression; RNA expression; secretion; and signaling.
iCell developed by the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. The app provides students with 3D models of plant, animal, and bacteria cells. Each cell model can be viewed in detail by zooming in and rotating the model on your iPad. Students can learn about the parts of the cells by tapping on them to reveal their labels and a brief description of that part’s function. There are a basic, intermediate, and advanced description options.
VCell The purpose of the app is to provide a place where students can learn about cellular respiration, protein expression, and RNA expression.
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool Learn about the cell and all its structures using our new 3D Cell tool. Enjoy the ability to rotate the cell 360 degrees and zoom in on any cell structure. Choose from a list of cell structures to learn more about how each structure functions and relates to the other components of the cell. Dive even deeper and create your own stained cell image by using Molecular Probes™ products. There are over 250 image combinations to explore!
Sugar Shake - What better way to learn how molecules interact than by shaking your iPad and seeing the collisions happen?
Powers of Minus Ten: Cells and Genetics (1.99) zoom into a human hand and explore environments with scientifically-accurate 3D content. Discover some of the basic concepts in biology and learn about the structures of a few of the key cells, proteins, and molecules found in our bodies.
Bacteria ID Science and techniques to identify types of bacteria
Mitosis
Germ Blaster developed by Rice University’s Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning. By playing Germ Blaster students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others.
Miracle of Life designed to teach kids about the human growth cycle and development. This is done in a tasteful and educational way through the use of interactive games, animations, and illustrations. Focuses on the 3 stages of development such as: fertilization, gestation, and growth.
Gene Screen: A fun way to learn how recessive genetic traits and diseases are inherited and why certain diseases are more prevalent in different populations. Gene Screen also provides information on some recessive genetic diseases and genetic screening programs.
Mysteries of the Unseen World based on the National Geographic film of the same name. Students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cypher game is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing. In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture.
A Life Cycle (0.99) This app covers the following life cycles:
- Life Cycle of a Frog- Phases of the Moon- Life Cycle of a Butterfly
- Plant Life Cycle- Pollination and Fertilization- Rock Cycle- Water Cycle- Photosynthesis- Nitrogen Cycle- Oxygen Cycle- Life Cycle of a Ladybug
Each cycle of life is illustrated in a kid-friendly manner. In addition, each step in each cycle is accompanied by explanatory text and a narrator is available to read the text too. Both of those options can be turned off - making the app customizable to meet your needs.
The Human Body helps elementary and middle school students learn human anatomy. The app features interactive diagrams of the major systems of the human body. A few of the things that students can see on the app are how lungs breathe, the heart beats, and the ears hear. Through the app students will also see how the feeling of a touch of the hand is received in the brain. Students can turn layers and labels on and off throughout the app.
Science Heroes 1 Digestion takes players on a tour of the digestive system, from mouth to large intestine, in the “Chompercraft.” The Captain gives kids various missions in order to stop the nefarious Ignarus (this time, in bacterial form), from wreaking havoc at important digestive pit-stops.
Living Lung Interactive 3D model. You can speed up or slow down the respiratory rate. Also allows users to add or remove labeled layers of respiratory syste
Energy for Life (^ - 12)This beautifully designed interactive app takes students through the different systems of the body: digestive, respiratory, and circulatory. Easy to understand explanations and interactive animations that engage students and allow them to learn in a fun way
Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp. the app is a teaching game that shows children how to describe movement and motion while visiting exotic animals at the National Zoo. The app equips players with a virtual camera to take pictures of the animals as they perform motions. The game responds to individual players, adjusting the difficulty depending on the child’s progress. Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards,
Experience Life (2.99) Through the nervous system’s response to external stimuli, we relate to other living beings and to our surroundings. Our senses receive stimuli; the nervous system processes the information and responds in the most appropriate manner; then, the musculoskeletal system implements the action.
Virtual Heart allows users to take a closer look at how the human heart functions.
Science Heroes 1: Digestive System for Kids - This is a game that focuses on all 5 phases of digestion through 15 levels of play.
3D Brain Rotate and zoom around 29 interactive structures. Consider functions, disorders, links
Essential Skeleton Users can manipulate a 3D skeleton, highlight different sections and read information about each bone.
Powers of Minus Ten: Bone takes students through ten levels of viewing the inside of human bones. Students can zoom through and explore each of the microscopic levels.
Visual Anatomy Lite Visual Anatomy Lite is an interactive reference, and education tool. The Lite version contains 120 high-resolution images and more than 300 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. Add-on Images from 6 chapters of Gray's anatomy can be used as a quick reference.
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic. Points are awarded to students for correct answers.
LeafSnap uses visual recognition to identify leaves
Trees Pro HD explore trees in your neighborhood and beyond. Forty tree species are listed with beautiful, high quality photographs and information on their leaves, fruit and general characteristics.
WWF Together features eight interactive stories about endangered animals around the world. Each of the interactive stories includes beautiful images and videos, facts about the animals and their habitats, and the threats to each of the animals.
Project Noah document the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science research projects by tagging contributions into specific field missions and can be used as a location-basedfield guide as well.
Creek Watch Users input data to help monitor local watersheds.
American Museum of Natural History: Cosmic Discoveries: Take a ride with the Museum’s astrophysicists through our Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and beyond. Cosmic Discoveries is the first app to collect nearly 1,000 stunning astronomic images.
iNaturalist Users record observations from the natural world and contribute them to iNaturalist.com