Teaching ideas
4 New Science Lesson Plans (including species diversity, adaptations, habitats and classification)
Tue, 2011-07-05 14:02 — ARKiveHi everyone,
We've just added 4 new activities to ARKive's learning resources:
http://www.arkive.org/education/resources
Suitable for 5 to 16 year olds, ARKive’s free fun-packed teaching resources cover a range of key science and biology subjects including: adaptation, food chains, Darwin and natural selection, classification, identification, conservation and biodiversity.
5-7 year olds
Penguin Diversity – Mask Making
Through this fun and creative activity, students learn about the different types of penguin species and how they are adapted to live in different environments.
New Science Teaching Resources
Mon, 2011-04-04 16:35 — ARKiveBring lessons to life with ARKive's new teaching resources. Covering key science topics such as food chains, adaptation, biodiversity and conservation, our free fun-packed teaching resources for 7 to 16 year olds are easy to download and adapt to your own classroom needs.
7 - 11 year olds
Play Dinner at the Reef and explore food chains through this fun and interactive game
Fancy yourself as a bit of a Van Gough? Learn about how species are adapted to live in different habitats and Design your own Species.
http://www.arkive.org/education/resources#resources7-11
11-14 year olds
Online free science event – I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!
Thu, 2011-03-31 17:18 — Im_a_ScientistGETTING SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SCIENTISTS TALKING
The award-winning I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! event brings together young science students and working scientists in a series of live online chats.
Mixing lessons with TV talent shows, the students can ask the scientists anything they like, before voting them off one-by-one, X-Factor style. The winner gets £500 to spend on their own science communication project.
Game for teaching: Remember the Planets
Sat, 2011-03-26 05:32 — ThePlanetThis game helps to teach children the different planets of the solar system in a fun way. It is a variation of the four corners game we played when we were kids.
Make the children form 3 groups of 9 each. Label each child as "Mercury", "Venus" etc and ask them to remember which planet they represent.
In three corners of the room, draw a Sun in the centre and circles for each planet. Make each child stand in his/her circle according to his planetary position.
Low cost data logger alternative
Thu, 2011-03-10 04:09 — MikeFA new use for digital multimeters has been successfully trialled in New Zealand, and is helping students come to grips with "the nature of science".
Inexpensive sensors permit a wide range of environmental data collection for mathematics as well as science classes. Students go through a cycle of "build, test, use" with an example activity provided at the link below;
http://www.nexusresearchgroup.com/technical-data/multimeter-sensors.htm
Education through technology
Sat, 2011-02-26 16:16 — marynastaEducation through technology is the method which is being incorporated into the new school system. E-books are one of the main projects that teachers have to use. Teaching with e-books makes learning more pleasant and efficient by containing videos, texts, simulations sound, animations and icons.
The most impressive is that making knowledge more realistic, interesting and attractive appeals to students. I must say that students are more adaptive to this revolutionary educational system than teachers. Children are always ahead of their time.
EU-Sol Tomato Seeds- Free Genetics Resource for EU Schools and Universities
Mon, 2011-01-10 14:57 — Samantha MurphyThe EU-Sol Tomato Seeds resource is a free, interactive genetics project for all secondary schools across the EU. The aim is to reinforce theoretical learning of Mendelian genetics: students can grow naturally occurring tomato seedlings in which genetic inheritance rules for the dominant/recessive characteristics can be detected.
ways of teaching Maths in English schools
Thu, 2010-10-28 13:55 — venus4Hi , I'm a mathematic teacher in France and I would like to learn more about how Maths is teaching in England .
actually, I have heard that maths is more amazing in England than in France and as I passed an exam to teach Maths in English , I wondered If I could use English Methods .
For example , algebra is very difficult for our pupils, because they can't memorize rules like "2x+3x= 5x and 2x x 3x = 6x to the power of 2"
Sorry for my bad English ,
venus 4
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ESA Human Spaceflight Teachers Workshop 28-30 June 2010, ESTEC: a follow up
Thu, 2010-09-23 16:04 — sisAfter the ESA Human Spaceflight Teachers Workshop this summer (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMDELRZ5BG_education_0.html), we would like to draw attention the ESA education resources that are available free to teachers, many in 13 languages. . These include online videos, competitions, DVDs, online lessons and education kits. Choose between materials for primary or secondary school.
For example:
· A series of short video lessons (Space-in-Bytes) for upper secondary-school students, and their teachers. See: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_In_Bytes/index.html
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This Science Experiment looks at whether Fish can be Raised in a Bottle
Sat, 2010-05-29 18:44 — Finalboy
