Secondary Science Resources
Keith Morrison, M. Ed.
Secondary Science Coordinator
Birdville ISD
Rashel Larson
Birdville ISD
Vocabulary Development
Padlet - an online space to create a collaborative, digital word wall. Getting a leg up on the more traditional word wall, Padlet allows users to create sticky notes that can include text, images, links and videos. Teachers can embed this into a classroom website or blog which makes it a go-to collaborative space for students.
ThingLink - an interactive media platform that empowers publishers, educators, brands, and bloggers to create more engaging content by adding rich media links to photos and videos.
StudyBlue - Flashcards, review sheets & quizzes. StudyBlue is a collaborative learning ecosystem that empowers more than 7 million people to master any subject. Students can connect with others who are on a similar learning journey through a shared library of more than 250+ million pieces of user-generated content.
MindMo - is a simple technique for drawing information in diagrams, instead of writing it in sentences. The diagrams always take the same basic format of a tree, with a single starting point in the middle that branches out, and divides again and again. The tree is made up of words or short sentences connected by lines. The lines that connect the words are part of the meaning.
Quality Formative Assessment
Socrative
Socrative can be used for quick quizzes and also on the fly. Quizzes can be created and then played as a game called Space Race. The website automatically divides the class into teams. Kids know what color team they're on and can look at the rockets racing one another on the board.
The advantage of Socrative is that it provides percentages that can be use as a grade. You can even use it for traditional quizzes if desired.
Movenote
Movenote lets you present your documents/slides/images with video or voice. Movenote is a one-of-a-kind video presentation tool online and on your portable devices. Movenote is incredibly versatile and is being used in education for blended and flipped learning. Recording your presentations is easy and quick and everything is sharable online by email or social media with a simple link. Since everything is on a cloud server, you can access your videos practically anywhere and with the statistics tool you will be able to see who watched your video and when. Movenote videos can be watched on any device that supports video, no matter if they have movenote on them or not. You can use movenote directly from your Gmail and your Google Drive and on any desktop computer, laptop, iOS or Android device. Movenote is here to change the way we communicate, join the move(note)ment! SMS story about Movenote.
Backchanneling
No BYOD or Limited Technology
Verbal Questioning
Quick Quizzes
Differentiated Instruction
Khan Academy
HippoCampus
Learning Science through Gaming
Additional Resources
Molecular Workbench - Visual and Interactive simulations for learning science
Science Videos - Science Channel
WebQuests - 6th & 7th grade science WebQuests
BISD Secondary Web Resources