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| The Homeschool Diner Guide to Science Resources for Homeschoolers Audio-Visual Science Materials by Julie Shepherd knapp, copyright, 2006 Movies, video on demand, DVDs, and audio cassettes of science topics... Science Interactives free online tutorials from Annenberg Media The Magic School Bus -- website from Scholastic includes free fun science lab activities, games and video clips, episode guide, DVDs for sale The 90 Second Naturalist -- short podcasts on nature topics Windows to the Universe -- (K - 12) free online tutorials, activities, coloring pages, etc. on Earth and Space science, includes art, poetry and myths related to the sun and planets The Discovery Channel Store -- DVDs on many science topics, take a look at the "Myth Busters" series (on DVD or in current programming) for fun investigative science topics The Elements from Discovery Channel School -- a clever and artsy approach to learning about elements, includes poems by Roger McGough Nye Labs -- home of Bill Nye the Science Guy, free downloads for home demo activities, episode guide, DVDs for sale thru link to Disney Brain Pop - thousands of educational animated cartoon segments on topics in all subject areas, lots of science, humorous and fast-paced, subscription, free trial available Science Storybooks by the Math/cience Nucleus -- (K-10) free online stories that explain science concepts, short, fast-paced, click and read Elemental Hangman -- what element is it? Science Hangman Game -- choose what terms are included! Lyrical Learning -- promoting scientific literacy thru song Joy of Science -- a video lecture by Robert Hazen , George Mason University, from The Teaching Company NGA Classroom -- online tutorials integrating art into other subject areas, such as science, math, and social studies, from the National Gallery of Art I.Science MaTe by the Math/Science Nucleus -- (K - 10) free online kid-friendly tutorials on various science topics, short, illustrated with photos Ein-O Science -- science games and science clips, science kits (this is a Flash website and each page is slow to download) kits can be found thru other vendors, too Periodic Spiral -- downloadable software that provides and intersctive model of the periodic table of elements, arranged in a novel spiral form Interactives DNA -- from Annenberg Media and Learner.org Space Movies and TV Shows -- documentaries and SciFi Google Moon -- zoom in and fly over Apollo landing sites Google Earth -- "combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips" Learn the night sky -- a great short tutorial on how to find three constellations and Jupiter! World Sunlight Map -- "...Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated map of the earth..." The Earth's Timeline -- animation of the Earth's changing land masses from Paleozoic to Cenozoic Explorations Through Time -- interactive tutorials on the fossil record and evolution from the University of California Museum of Paleontology Virtual Oil Well from the American Geological Institute Teaching Company Video Lecture Series - great science courses taught by great teachers (Ivy League, Stanford, Georgetown, etc.), these are not flashy or fast-paced... just really good lectures, available on DVD, video, audiotape, and CD Stanford Computer Science Library -- free online tutorials, videos and applets for learning about computer science Standard Deviants - (6 - 12) fun, humorous, fast-paced educational overviews of various topics, great for review and as refreshers Songs for Teaching -- educational songs for science topics, free sample clips, pay for downloads Online Video Clips, Photos, Applets, and Tutorials The Large Hadron Rap -- a great description of physics research Anatomy of a Detector -- for colliding particles at Fermilab AstroCappella: Doppler Shifting -- a funny song about speeding and the Doppler Effect on sound and light, read the lyrics, too :-) The Physics of Superheros a video clip of Dr. Jim Kakalios at a CONvergence (sci-fi / fantasy convention) discussing an excerpt of his book Ruben's Tube -- video clip, flaming sound waves. Dissecting a Chicken Wing -- video clip, and a lesson plan by Liz Inman and another lesson plan from Science-class.net to guide your student Monarch Butterfly USA - a great photo documentary of the life cycle of a monarch, written for younger kids but good for all ages We Will Rock You -- animated video with "water" kids, a clever way to present the properties of water and the water cycle AfriCam Wildlife by Wavelit TV -- a live webcam of Nkorho Pan, a natural water hole in the Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, in South Africa Scratch -- a free download from MITof a new programming language that lets you create your own interactive stories, games, music, and art, website includes kid-friendly tutorials and "facilitorials", aimed at grades 3 - 8 WebMonkey HTML Basics and W3 School HTML Tutorial and Basic HTML Tutorial -- learn how to build websites WebMonkey -- lots of resources, reviews, and tutorials for web developers Exhibition of High Speed Photography -- amazing stop-action photos The Elegant Universe from NOVA -- the entire series online for free Kung-Fu Science -- video clip, physics of breaking boards with your hand Secret Worlds: The Universe Within by Nikon MicroscopyU -- video clip, move your point of view from the Universe to the cells and atoms of a leaf The Simpson's Version of "The Universe Within" The Virtual Rat by Nikon MicroscopyU -- thin sections of rat tissues and discussion of biological and historical information about rats Burgers'n Fries -- thin sections and history of fast food ingredients The Visible Body -- an amazing interactive 3D model of the body systems, where you download and explore each system individually. it is "designed to deliver the level of detail necessary to teach a college-level Anatomy and Physiology course". Currently, only the female model is available (a "G-rated" version is in development, but till then, don't download the Integumentary and Reproductive systems if you wish to avoid their "anatomically correct" male and female models ;-) Free registration is required to use the site Virtual Autopsy -- developed by med students at the Univ. of Leicester Cell Biology Animations by John Kyrk -- cell structures and molecules My Physics Lab -- interactive simulations with supporting calculations Starship Dimensions by Jeff Russell -- compares relative sizes of fictional starcraft to each other, The Hindenburg, Eiffel Tower, Apollo craft, etc. The Woods Smell of Shampoo by Koert -- a full-length documentary exploring the effects of media experiences on our consciousness Anatomy of a Black Hole -- interactive tutorial Nate's Time Fountain -- amazing strobe light application Senses Challenge -- test your perception skills, from the BBC Multi-touch Interactive Research by Jeff Hahn Map of the Known Universe by Sébastien Chevrel -- a 3d projection based on real astronomical data taking the viewer through a journey between the brightest stars in the nightsky Particle Simulation by Sébastien Chevrel -- play with physical forces Resonata -- a Wave Machine by Fergus Ray Murray For more audio-visual science resources check out the Online Science Enrichment page |
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