Tools

**Excel **
(also see spreadsheets uploaded in Excelets) Lessons and modules: [] Activities and labs: [] Develop your own Excelets: [|http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/excelets/]

====**SMARTBoard ** ==== Earth Science SB Lessons: [] Chemistry SB Lessons: http://iwbchemistry.wikispaces.com/ Manipulating simulations of scientific principals is an effective use of the SMARTboard. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A wealth of simulations: []

====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessment Tools ** ==== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Socrative]- Internet-based quiz, immediate response, and back channeling system. Useful way to integrate mobile devices, computers, and SMARTboard into the classroom. Immediate results <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Edline quizzes - Immediate feedback and gradebook syncing.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Resources for Flipping **
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Youtube Channels: [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/03/7-useful-youtube-channels-for-science.html]

Khan Academy []

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Animations **
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">** General **
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Data collection tools <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital Cameras <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Multimedia software <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Audacity, iMovie
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Probes - []

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Other useful websites**
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;">[|Live] [|Binders]- Collect resources like a notebook or textbook <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;">[|Google Docs]

====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other possible software ** ==== [] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chemsense Animator is useful for modeling chemistry

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MathMol is designed to serve as an introduction for those interested in molecular modeling.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Protein Explorer - 3-d structural models of protein, DNA, RNA, etc

[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JMol - Free atom/molecule modeling tool - easy to learn, lots of already-made molecules and atoms available

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JASON Project <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students can collaborate with real scientists and other students worldwide to research some particular issue/hypothesis. This is designed specifically for 5-8th grade students. It’s an excellent program that presents some exciting opportunities.