June's top 5 posts

I hope everyone's June went well. My school year ends in June so it's the start of summer for me. I hope you are all having a relaxing summer.

1. Chemistry and Biology online review questions and practice questions
2. Electronic Exit Tickets
3. Phases of the Moon Webquest
4. Periodic Table Apps for the Chemistry Classroom
5. Zygote Body - 3D Anatomy Viewer

Chemistry and Biology online review questions and practice tests

For those of you who teach in New York, and even those who don't, you may have used the website RegentsPrep.org at some point. Unfortunately that site is down, but I may have an alternative for you. Syvum created a sort of alternative. This site goes back to past 15 years of so Regents exams and has created an interactive testing environment. Students can take any past test and the site will correct the answers for them. Students can even create a free account that will track their progress as well as give them the ability to mark specific question to back to for review. In addition, there are specific pages for Chemistry and Biology where students can focus in on a set of questions from a topic of their choice.

What do you like to share with students to have them practice on their own? 

Citizen Scientist Projects

One of the things I liked to do with my students were Citizen Science Projects.  I think it is important to show students the types of things that scientists do.  Many have an image that scientists are in a lab mixing chemicals.  These projects help to expose students to the type of work that a variety of scientists do.

Spring Maple Monitoring - In this project you to help monitor the timing of budburst and leafout in sugar maple trees across the North Country. Your maple observations can also provide a wealth of information on how climate, habitat, and human activity affect this important local species.

Rink Watch - This is a citizen science research initiative that asks people who love outdoor skating to help environmental scientists monitor winter weather conditions and study the long-term impacts of climate change. If you maintain a rink in your backyard or neighborhood park, or if you have a favorite pond you like to skate on then this project is for you!

Snapshot Serengeti - Students look at pictures that were taken in the Serengeti and help identify what it is by narrowing the animal down by its features

Citizen Science Alliance

• Galaxy Zoo - To understand how galaxies formed we need your help to classify them according to their shapes. 
• Planet Hunters - undiscovered planets by looking at how the brightness of a star changes over time.

Top 5 Posts of May

Thank you so much for reading my blog!  I love being able to share with you and I really hope that it is valuable to you.  If there is something that you are looking for, please feel free to send me an e-mail!

Here are the top 5 posts of May

1. Phases of the Moon Webquest
2. Periodic Table Apps for the Chemistry Classroom
3. BioLegend Biology Coloring Pages
4. Zygote Body - 3D Anatomy Viewer
5. 42 Awesome YouTube channels for your Science Classroom

Summer Sun Safety Tips

Top 5 Posts of April

I'm a little late with this, but below are the Top 5 Posts of April.  I hope that you enjoyed reading them and if you haven't now is a great time to give them a read. :-)

1. Phases of the Moon Webquest
2. Get to know your students with Padlet
3. Big Bang Theory Punnett Square Worksheet
4. 10 Ways to Make Every Day Earth Day
5. All 2.3 Million Species Mapped into a Single Circle of Life

What are looking for for your classroom?  Leave me a comment and I will work on a post just for you! 

BioLegend Biology Coloring Pages

Sometime adults and kids just need a mental break and coloring is just the thing for that.  While you may not want to have your students totally take their mind off of science, you can give them a little break with these coloring pages from BioLegend.  The Legendary Coloring Book (https://www.biolegend.com/coloring) has 20 different pages that you can print out.  In addition to the coloring page, the webpage has information about what you are coloring.  It's a nice way to give kids a break or something for them to do if they finish early, but still stay on the topic of science.