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http://www.edutopia.org/blog/websites-for-science-teachers-eric-brunsell
This blog post has ten websites that this science teacher thinks are the most useful for classes. I choose this article because I think it is a good idea to have lots of different resources that way it keeps the class from getting stale and boring. I have started a "Links" page on the website we have for this class for all the useful/interesting educational sites that I have found. I am definitely going to be adding a bunch from this post. The comments had a lot of them as well.
The flexbooks that I read about in the last blog were mentioned in the comments for this blog as well. Something that I hadn't heard about was the scishow channel on youtube. This channel has TONS of short science videos by a guy who (in my opinion) does a good job of keeping them interesting. I really like that he does current event science topics. One of the websites on the blog was called Edhead. I checked it out and it is doing virtual surgeries. I think this website would be helpful for an anatomy and physiology class. The one negative of the program was that it took a lot of time. They did a large introduction and explained everything very thoroughly. I liked how much it explained the surgery process but if you have already covered the material in class the large introduction just takes more time away from the class.
I think it's a great idea to have lots of different resources for your class. It does get mundane if the teacher teaches the same way every day with the same lesson and assessment formats. Different resources can help to keep things interesting and engaging.
ReplyDeleteWow that virtual surgery sounds awesome! I could definitely see time becoming an issue, but these videos are still great resources.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is a great idea to keep a "Links" page (I may copy you by starting an "Education" file in my google reader for links to great websites). I agree that the ten this teacher pointed out were very good for students. Youtube has been an awesome tool for me in my current science class because we are able to see videos inside the human body of how body parts function, this would never be possible without technology!
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