The following resources were shared with us through
the State Education Deparment. The on line options are ever increasing, with
the Virtual Learning Site expanding for providing professional development
options and materials. The PBS site provides guides and lessons to
coordinate with PBS broadcases. Please check out the following to help you
enrich your teaching this year.
Science Resources from Public Broadcasting
Searchable sites with extensive classroom resources:
EdVideo Online (requires free registration)
http://wmht.unitedstreaming.com/logins/login_wmht.cfm
PBS TeacherSource - resources for all ages across the
curriculum with correlations to state standards.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech.htm
PBS Interactive – click on Science. Features include
Archeology & Anthropology, Creatures, Earth & Habitat, Health & Medicine,
Physics, Space, and Technology & Inventions. The "For Educators" link
provides hundreds of lessons and activities tied to state science
standards.
http://www.pbs.org/science/
ThinkBright Lifelong Learning - this site also offers links
to all content areas, including music with correlations to NYS Standards
with cross-curricular links.
http://www.thinkbright.org/Teachers/explore.asp
Sites related to individual public television programs:
For kids:
60-Second Science - Science activities, resources and
events for young scientists.
http://60secondscience.org/
Homework Hotline - in addition to homework help, this site
contains math puzzles, science challenges, creatureteasers and links to NYS
Standards and Curriculum.
http://homework-hotline.org/
Dragonfly TV - excellent resource which contains games,
riddles, video streams and message boards.
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/
Reading Rainbow - award winning reading program based in
math and science. Math is Everywhere and Science Comes Alive
are sites worthy of investigation.
http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/
ZOOM - "By kids, for kids"®, ZOOM is a daily interactive
television series. ZOOM is packed with science experiments, recipes, plays,
games, jokes, chats, poems, and volunteer ideas, all sent in by viewers, and
offering a wealth of activities for kids to do by themselves, with friends,
or with their parents. Behind each entertaining half-hour episode is a
curriculum developed by leading educators and advisors.
http://pbskids.org/zoom/grownups/index.html
Sites related to individual public television programs:
For all ages:
The Secret Life of the Brain - take a 3-D tour of the
brain! Investigate the brain at each stage of development.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/
Nature - puzzles, fun, interactive animal games, a virtual
tour of the Serengeti, explore the conception and development of your
favorite baby animal - these are among the many features of this amazing
site!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
NOVA - Science programming on air and on line
that features: Disasters, Earth, Exploration, Flight, Health, History,
Nature, Physics and Math, Space, and Technology.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Closer to the Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future
brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate latest
discoveries and their impact on the human condition.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/
NOVA: ScienceNOW - Top science news stories with teachers
guides and links to video streams.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/
The Eyes of Nye - Scientist Bill Nye takes an indepth view
of science topics in the news, changing lives and impacting public policy.
Astrobioloby, Sports, Nuclear Energy, and Climate Changes are among the
topics addressed. Topics addressed at intermediate and high school levels.
http://www.eyesofnye.org/
Professional development for science teachers:
PBS TeacherLine New York - on line professional
development. Fee required but at discounted rates. PBS Teacherline does
offer free registration for classroom resources
http://teacherline.pbs.org
(online courses; tuition required; graduate credit available)
Annenberg/CPB Learner.Org - Professional development on
line for K-12 teachers. Browse teacher resources by discipline and grade
level. Share this site with other content area teachers on your staff!
http://www.learner.org/index.html
Public radio sites:
Earth & Sky - this site is for skywatchers! Locate the
constellations and find the answers to the most commonly asked science
questions.
http://www.earthsky.com/
Science Friday - this site provides information about
science topics in the news each week.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
The DNA Files - This site seeks to unravel the mysteries of
genetics and science. Transcripts and resources are available through this
site from national public radio broadcasts. New series will air in the fall
of 2005.
http://www.dnafiles.org/home.html
The link to the NYSED VLS is:
http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls/
Follow this link to more information about the Teacher/Leader
Quality Partnerships (TLQP) Program:
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/kiap/COLLEGIATE/TLQP/dde%20description.htm
Resources from WNET's National Teacher Training Institute:
NTTI has a very extensive website -
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/