Science

  • TEKS Resource System
    Quick screen capture for TRS districts to consider using formative items and PA’s as learning option assignments for students to complete at home. 
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    Discovery Education 
    Announced this morning that they will now be providing free access to the full Discovery Education Experience (DEX) digital classroom resource to ALL schools experiencing closure until June 30, 2020 as well as upgrading all accounts for current subscribers to add PLUS content as well.
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    Free offer from Tuva
    Free for all teachers for the remainder of the school year. Datasets, instructional materials, and data and graphing tools. 
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    Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Web Cam

    Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are.

    https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

    Cinncinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden closed to the public yesterday to do its part to curb the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  During the closure, the Zoo plans to offer Home Safari Facebook Lives seven days a week!

    Amoeba Sisters Youtube Channel
    https://www.youtube.com/user/AmoebaSisters
    Two sisters host videos tackling a variety of science topics with humor.

    STEMscopes Summer Activity Pack
    https://info.stemscopes.com/summer_es_activitypack
    Packet that includes: Parent and child hands-on activities for elementary school science topics on magnets, sound, and waves, readers that dive deeper on each topic, and gorgeous science photos

    Smithsonian Online Exhibits
    The Smithsonian Open Access initiative expands the ways educators and students may use Smithsonian digital assets. Understand history, art, culture, and the sciences through inquiry and analysis.
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    Mystery Doug
    Show a video every week that inspires your students to ask questions
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    National Geographic Kids
    Games, quizzes, homework help, science experiements ...
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    Scholastic Learn At Home
    classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
    Scholastic publishing learning content for all grade levels.

    NeoK12
    www.neok12.com
    A collection of educational videos, games, quizzes, diagrams, and puzzles.

    Mystery Science
    https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
    Science lessons for grade levels k-5.

    10+ Things to do at home with NASA
    https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1192/10-things-to-do-with-nasa-at-home/
    A collection of NASA-published activities for students too do at home.