Classification: (T – open source) (S – Science)

Audacity

http://johnp.wordpress.com/

For those of you who are a fan of John Pearce, John has a fantastic portal of resources, lesson plans and ideas on using a range of ICT with your IWB including Audacity and Science lessons.

Classification: (T – mapping) (S – science)

Gliffy

http://www.gliffy.com/

A diagram tool used to create mind maps or represent circuits or other types of scientific drawings.

Classification: (S – science)

Online Flash Cards

http://www.studystack.com/Science

Create or use those already created.

Classification: (T – google) (S – science)

Google Sky

http://earth.google.com

Armchair explorers will now have the entire universe at their fingertips, thanks to Google's latest venture, Google Sky, a new free feature that's an application in the popular Google Earth program. Starting today, anyone with a computer can view a close-up of about 100 million galaxies and 200 million stars.

Classification: (S – science)

RobotProg

http://www.physicsbox.com/indexrobotprogen.html

Program a virtual robot with a flowchart: first you draw the flowchart, and then you run the program and watch the robot executing your program.
With RobotProg you can learn programming bases by means of gradual levels.
At the last level, you may program several robots playing games on the same ground.

Classification: (S – science) (T – websites)

Hubble’s Education Resource Page

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/hubble-index.html

The Hubble educational resource site offers activities and resources for three primary themes: Hubble Careers, From Galileo to the Great Observatories, and the Hubble Walk: Spacesuits and Spacewalks. Revisit this Web site often throughout the next year for updates and added activities, resources, links to complementary sites, and notices of special events.

Classification: (S – science)

Solar System Simulator

http://www.sssim.com/en/product/edu.html

Check out this great Solar System Simulator; you’ll wow the kids with this fantastic resource.

Classification: (T – blogging) (S – science)

Salty Solutions (John Pearce)

http://johnp.wordpress.com/

John Pearce has quite a following at our conferences. His workshops always book out very early. You will find a lot of his presentation content, handouts and resources on his blog.

Classification: (S – science) (T – websites)

The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library

https://marinelife.noaa.gov/media_lib/index.aspx

The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library is an online vault where a comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still images from America's underwater treasures are securely stored and available for searchable access and download.

Classification: (S – math) (S – science) (T – interactive whiteboards)

Making the best use of your IWB in Maths and Science

Download: To download this resource click here (Box.net)

This presentation was presented by Pascale Warnant at the Sixth National IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: In this session Pascale will share some ideas and resources to help you use your IWB successfully in stage 4 Mathematics, Stage 4 – 5 Science, Biology and Chemistry. Pascale will demonstrate some easy to use web based resources that are a hit with her students. She will show you just how easy it is to run an Activote quiz and she will share some tips and tricks for creating flipcharts that are truly interactive. Pascale will also pass on technical knowledge that is particularly relevant to Mathematics and Science teachers, such as how to include chemical equations and formulae in your flipcharts with minimal effort.

Classification: (T – interactive whiteboards) (S – science)

Using the IWB in the Secondary Science Classroom

Download: To download this resource click here (Box.net)

This presentation was presented by Dr Cinnamon Lane at the Fifth National IWB Conference in 2008.

Description: Cinnamon will demonstrate practical examples of how to use the IWB in teaching Science to secondary students. This session is aimed at teachers of Yr 9 -12 science. Topics covered will include how to organise your many websites you have collected over the years so you can access them from any computer using del.icio.us, using Adobe Acrobat to annotate any current .pdf file (including past exams) and any document made with Word, using the CD-ROM of the text book you use in class, using flipcharts to organise your teaching and many examples of interactive activities I have created.

Classification: (T – gaming) (S – science)

Science Quizzes

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__tech/index.html

Take a look at the great range of other quizzes and resources available on the site.