Science+Open+Source+Resources

=**Science Open Source Resources**= Session 1 __ Virtual High School GLobal Consortium: __ 140 Course Titles, 650 member schools Open Educational Resources (OERs) include: (DIgital Media) - podcasts - blogs - videos - lesson plans - games - Animations - Articles Why use OERs? - Introduce - Reinforce - //Explore// - //Accomodate//

Top Ten (according to Kim the presenter) 1. National Science Digital Library - NSF Classroom resources - PBS Teachers domain Packed with stuff. Most sites sponsored by various scientific foundations All images and resources are pubic domain (use in classroom and materials, etc.) Broken up by different focuses (Chemistry, biology, physics, etc) >Resources for K-12 Teachers (left hand nav bar) > High School Tab (top of page) > various links to additional OERs (organized by focus) Classroom resources (searched, couldn't find link) Same stuff as NSDL I have an account for this. Folder? Can create Class account?? Use the same username and password 4. [|uccp.org] AP Open Access Courses and Content 5. [|Nobleprize.org] Educational Section provides games students can play 6. ScienceFriday 7. 10 cool sites I clicked on OceanPortal (lots of good stuff on coral reefs...Biomes??) Examples of Lessons with OERs: Finding OERs: Use BEN, NSF, NSDL Go to publishers we use NOVA, DIscover, PBS How to fit them in? Here's a list to use for review... eh Diigo list []
 * 1. National Science Digital Library **
 * 2. NSF **
 * 3. TeachersDomain **

See also: [|Kahn Academy]