Science Resources
Let’s Talk Science is a national, charitable organization focused on education and outreach to support and engage children, youth and educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The CurioCity website provides educators with free classroom-ready resources on a variety of scientific issues. All resources are searchable by type and include articles, backgrounders, career profiles, events, educator resources, featured topics, Q&A, research profiles, student projects, and videos. Students can also access the site to find reliable information on scientific topics.
Let’sDoScience60: As BC educators, we are starting to create science lessons that align with the new BC Curriculum model of “Know-Understand-Do”. Knowing that two heads are better than one, a group of SD60 secondary science teachers, elementary and middle school teachers, local science experts, and students gathered resources and generated ideas to provide Grades 4 – 7 teachers with resources to help with the planning process.
Through this collaborative effort, the letsdoscience60 website has been created to provide teachers in Grades 4 – 7 with links to lesson plans, field trip ideas, local experts, resources, and more information on scientific issues that affect our local community. The resources are organized by content area: biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, and space. As well you will find specific resources that link to curriculum by grade level.
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Northern BC Regional Science Fair
Students from around School Districts #59, 60 and 81 compete at their own schools for a spot to go to the Regional Science Fair. Science fairs encourage students to explore their own scientific interests and showcase their learning. Many resources are available to both educators and students on the Northern BC Regional Science Fair website. Volunteer mentors are also available to support students in developing their scientific method.
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Math Resources
GeoGebra is an interactive online tool that enables students to practice and conceptualize mathematical problems related to geometry and algebra.
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Khan Academy is an online math and science tutorial site. Students can access lessons that are available in video format.
Arts & Technology Tools
Multimedia
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[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://vimeo.com/” size=”medium” icon_type=”social foundicon-vimeo” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-blue” target=”_blank”]Vimeo[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://www.youtube.com/” size=”medium” icon_type=”social foundicon-youtube” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-red” target=”_blank”]YouTube[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”http://explaineverything.com/” size=”medium”bgcolor=”#575357″ icon_type=”general foundicon-idea” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” target=”_blank”]Explain Everything[/otw_shortcode_button]
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[otw_shortcode_button href=”http://screencast-o-matic.com/home” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-greenish” target=”_blank”]Screencast-O-Matic[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://www.canva.com/” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-green” target=”_blank”]Canva[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”http://www.videoscribe.co/” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-greenish”]VideoScribe[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://goanimate.com/” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-orange” target=”_blank”]GoAnimate[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons” size=”medium” bgcolor=”#801e80″ icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” target=”_blank”]Flickr Creative Commons[/otw_shortcode_button]
Concept Mapping
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[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lucidchart-diagrams/klhpiejgjijjcglpcaanggahphcgckpm?hl=en” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”square” color_class=”otw-orange” target=”_blank”]Google Lucid Charts[/otw_shortcode_button] Google Lucid Charts is available in your Learn60 Google drive
Website Builders
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[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://wordpress.com/” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-blue” target=”_blank”]WordPress[/otw_shortcode_button]
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Survey Tools
[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://www.google.com/forms/about/” size=”medium” bgcolor=”#532182″ icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” target=”_blank”]Google Forms[/otw_shortcode_button] Google Forms is available in your Learn60 Google Drive
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Collaboration Tools
Google Drive is available in your Learn60 accounts.
Coding
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[otw_shortcode_button href=”https://studio.code.org/” size=”medium” bgcolor=”#a858a8″ icon_position=”left” shape=”radius”]Code Studio[/otw_shortcode_button]
[otw_shortcode_button href=”http://www.sqworl.com/pd43pu” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-green”]Getting started with programming[/otw_shortcode_button] A website that helps educators and students get started with computer programming
Game Builders
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Websites
Fort St. John Community Arts Council
Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide Gr. 5 – 9
Engineering Tools
Computer-aided Design (CAD) programs
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[otw_shortcode_button href=”http://www.123dapp.com/design” size=”medium” icon_position=”left” shape=”radius” color_class=”otw-blue” target=”_blank”]123d design[/otw_shortcode_button]
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